East's Gasoline Tap May Be Turned On Again Monday
Eastern seaboard gasoline distribution may resume on Monday with a thinner overall supply. The Office of Price Administration aims to replace the emergency cutoff with a fairer plan, amid expected stricter rationing through December and January. Officials indicated possible reductions in A B and C coupon values, or elimination of A coupons, while B and C remain four gallons. Emergencies for war workers are to be defined to ensure essential commuting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Seaboard
Office of Price Administration
District of Columbia
Sean Henderson
Henderson
OPA
Harold L. Ickes
West Virginia
Arma
Aline
Ration Board Moves to Bank Building Next Saturday
Lenawee war price and rationing board will relocate from the courthouse to the National Bank building at 113 East Mewmee Street. The move aims to expand quarters for gasoline, tires, sugar, fuel oil, and other rationed items. The office will close at Noor closing hour next Friday and reopen Monday morning, December 23, at the new site.
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Court House
National Bank
East
Mewmee Street
Noor
Eal
Guy E. Nemire
Jta
Farmer Bank
Nemire
Esther Hentschler
Detroit Civil Service Board
Lansing
Harry Bradley
State Juvenile Institute Commission
Bradley
Adrian
Civil Service
Aneta B. Truman
Ernest L Bridge
Truman
Kaiser and army eye air ambulances for wounded transport
In Portland Henry J. Kaiser and the army medical corps discuss air ambulances to move wounded from battlefields to base hospitals or overseas. Brig. Gen. Fred W. Rankin, chief consultant surgeon, notes Kaiser hopes to build large planes for transporting troops overseas and convert them into ambulance air ships quickly. Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica signals plans to return service members to one of six plants as they are released.
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Henry J. Kaiser
The
Army Medical Corps
United States
Fred W. Rankin
Army
Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Company
Hasey
Douglas
War warns of space shortage on trans Chicago rail lines
Chicago December 19 Civilians planning trips on the nations railroads for the Christmas holiday face a shortage of space on almost every train, says George A. Kelly vice president of the Pullman Company. He notes cooperation with troops moves and war duties, urges avoiding unnecessary trips through Jan 12, cites three factors shaping civilian travel: troop movements, regional conditions, and public cooperation with travel guidelines.
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Chicago
George A. Kelly
Pullman Company
Kelly
Pullman
Office of Defense Transportation
Fears Criticism In Onsted Case May Harm School Lunch Program
Lansing officials defended Michigan's free lunch for school pupils amid criticism of surplus commodities distribution in Lenawee County. Welfare director John D O Connell warned against harming a program aiding about 200 000 children, noting malnutrition respects no neighborhood and praising the lunch program as building strong young Americans. Rep Earl Michener criticized wasteful distribution, while O Connell argued the nation should feed its own children as it does England. The program runs in about 3 000 Michigan schools and is viewed as vital to current and future health.
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Lansing
John D .O'Cornnell
Michigan
O'Connell
Lenawee
Earl Michener
R-Mich
England
Norris to return to Nebraska home after defeat
Washington reports that Senator Norris Ind Neb, defeated after almost four decades in Congress, will not take a Roosevelt urged advisory post. Norris plans to return to McCook Neb in January to magazine write and attend a New York dinner, then head home via St Louis for a rural electrification convention speech. General Sikorski visits Detroit war plants as Roosevelt guest.
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Roosevelt
Norris
Capitol Hill
Congress
Federal Power Commission
St. Louis
Wistel
Detroit
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Poland
Michigan Central Depot
United States
England
Sikorsky
Jhonor
Methodist Church sees 11000 new members in state drive
Lansing report shows 11000 new members across 1100 churches in Michigan and Detroit conferences during a wartime two month crusade led by Bishop Raymond J. Wade. Detroit district added 7031, Michigan 4070. totals by district include Ann Arbor 1204 Flint 1299 Albion Lansing 1483 Grand Rapids 924.
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Detroit
Methodist Church
Raymond J. Wade
Peninauia
Ann Arbor
Flint
Albion-Lansing
Grand’ Rapids
B. H. Babbitt
Grand Rapids
Blind Chicago man to teach repairing radios in darkness
Byron H. Webb, 23, a blind Chicago native, has finished at DePaul University with a bachelor's in physical science and will train U S Army Signal Corps personnel to repair radios in blackout conditions. Using finger sense and earphones, he locates wiring breaks and estimates voltage without meters, aided by car phones. His talents were brought to the army by the Blind Service Association.
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Chicago
United States Army Signal
Byron H. Webb
DePaul University
Wachelor
Webb
Army Signal Corps
Harry Brewer
Army
Blind Service Association
Map Shows Tunisia Gateways In Telegram Page Seven
A brief note indicates today’s map for the three gateways into Tunisia appears on Page Seven of the Telegram.
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Tunisia
Rommel Chased Within 240 Miles of Tripoli
British pursuit of Rommel's retreating army pushed westward with vanguards within 19 miles of Strte and 240 miles from Tripoli. Axis forces continued evading and engaging on the road to Tripoli amid heavy air and ground pressure. Allied air forces reached an advanced base west of the area as fighting intensified near Zauta en Nafilia and the Tunisian front showed rising activity. A warship at Bizerte was set on fire by Flying Fortress bombers, with several enemy planes shot down and additional damage reported to docks and bases.
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London
Rommel
Morocco
Strte
el Agheila
Tripoli
Montgomery
Zauta En Nofilia
E Agteila
Sultan
Eighth Army
Zauta En Nafilia
North Africa
Tunisia
Tunis
Bizerte
Avis
Cruiser
Great Naval Base
Mediterranean
Major air battles waged in Russia in early winter drive
Front dispatches report heavy German air attacks against the Soviet lines between the Don and Volga as Red Army counterattacks surge southwest of Stalingrad near Kerelnikovski. In sectors west of Rzhev and along the Rzhev Vyazma railway, repeated German assaults were repulsed with heavy losses to the Axis, while Soviet troops claimed gains after storming barbed wire entanglements. The German high command continued air support into Stalingrad, with losses on both sides acknowledged in earlier and latest communiqués.
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Volga
Stalingrad
Kerelnikovski
Rzhev
Rzhev- Vyazma
Rzhev-Vyazina
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Elnikovski
Red Army
Kotelnixeveki
Serafimovich
Surovikine
Chir River
Brown favored for price chief as Henderson leaves
Washington December 15 an administration checkup indicates Senator Prentiss Brown of Michigan will win prompt confirmation as price administrator once Roosevelt submits his name to the Senate. Brown is expected to take over the Office of Price Control by January 15, facing some private farm-led opposition but broad support from farm state senators. Brown’s prior Senate fight over price-wage parity and farm labor cost provisions shapes his nomination as leaders foresee quick, favorable action to fill Henderson’s vacancy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prentiss Brown
Michigan
Roosevelt
Senate
Leon Henderson
Brown
Cohgrss
Office of Price Control
Aiken
R-1
Browtt
Henderson
Gillette
Iowa
Jonson
D-Cole
Johnson
Congress
St.Ignace
Mich
White House
Han
Legislative Branch
House
O Donnell denounces claim of German Iron Cross delivery
Washington December 29 Correspondent John O Donnell of the New York Daily News says he is at a complete loss to understand why he was designated to receive the German Iron Cross by President Roosevelt He asserts his paragraphs were facetious and misunderstood at the White House He notes that Earl Godwin reported the gift as a relay to him and explains that the decoration was supposedly for delivery because of his published letters and a friendship with Captain Durno He laments the misinterpretation and bewilderment at the White House.
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Washington
John O'Donnell
Roosevelt
O'Donnell
New York Daily News
White House
Earl Godwin
Tam
O'Donnel
Godwin
Australia
George Dunne
Durno
Captain Durno
Post War Thinking Urged By Wallace
Vice President Wallace says postwar planning cannot be fiat from Washington Moscow or London but must grow from united public thinking wherever people gather The Christian Advocate interview urges private groups like churches to discuss postwar aims and offer recommendations He laments signs of racial hatred and imperialist trends and urges faithful leaders to act to prevent another cycle of wars
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Chicago
Wallace
Washington
Moscow
London
Christian Advocate
Methodist Church
Church
Sub marines strike to sap Japanese supply lines
Washington reports undersea raids by American submarines weaken Japan's Pacific grip. Seven more enemy ships sunk as Knox notes subs target cutoffs near Japanese bases, aiding an anticipated Allied invasion. Toll reaches 105 sunk vessels, with 22 probably sunk and 28 damaged. area undisclosed.
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Washington
Japan
South Pacific
Navy
Knox
U.S
Nippon
Hore
Indicted in Lottery Plot by Chicago Grand Jury
Chicago grand jury indicted 88 men and women on conspiracy to violate lottery laws. The scheme grossed over 1 million annually with a baseball pool base and mutuel numbers at race tracks. As many as 80 000 tickets were printed weekly. ringleaders resided in Chicago and others across states. Five defendants face actual violation charges with up to two years in prison and 10 000 dollars fine. Names include Frank J. Reiber of Paw Paw Michigan and Ernest W Steinbracher of Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Chicago
Ted Prat
J. Albert Woll
Woll
Combine
Treasury
Ares
Frank J. Reiber
Paw Pay
Mich
Ernest W- Steinbracher
Mick
British thrust into Burma advances 40 miles to Maungdaw area
British and American air forces pounded Japanese positions along the India Burma frontier as Gen. Wavell led a 40 mile advance from the border into Maungdaw and Euthidaung area enhancing Allied initiative. The operation, started after a heavy aerial bombardment, faced little Japanese opposition and aimed at recapturing Akyab.
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New Delhi
Burma
Maungdaw-Euthidaung
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
United States
Indian
Wavell
India
Ndia- Burma
Arakan
Maingdaw-Bundaung
Buentta
Burman
RAF
Rathedaung
Maungdaw
Mayu
War Aglance: Burma drive nears Port of Akyab and Tunisia push
General Wavell's India army drives Japanese toward Burma as monsoon slackens. Allied HQ notes reconquest aims while Africa fronts see intensified patrols and Rommel pursuit near Sirte. Red Army reports stalling Nazi counterattacks around Rzhev Vyazma and Stalingrad. Pacific: submarines seize seven ships as Buna offensive in New Guinea continues.
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Wavell
Army of
India
Aghella
Russia
Rzhev-Vyazma Front
Stalingrad
Buna Strip
New Guinea
Mambare River
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