Three Railway Unions Call Off Strike Tomorrow
President Roosevelt orders government control of railroads but calls for no wage arbitration while under military operation. Three operating unions join two others and 15 non operating unions in suspending a nationwide strike, with War Powers and Stimson asserting schedules and personnel will remain unchanged. The Lenawee County Ration Board reconstitutes, naming Tracy R. Lassey chair and adding five new members as old ones retire or resign.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Deast
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
War Stimon
Somervell
David B. Robertson
H. W. Fraser
T. C. Cashen
Alexander Surles
War Department Public Relations Bureau
Secretary of War
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Locomotve Biremen
Switchmen's Union of North America
General Somervell
Stimeos
Somerveil
Stimson
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Fred MM. Vinson
Rep
Crosser
Ohio
Congress
Lenawee County Ration
Willian G. Lewis
Charles Galloway
Robert O'Connor
Lewis
Tracy R. Lassey
Adrian
Rex B. Forrister
W. B. Fitzgerald
7. R. Foreman
Clinton
Forrister
Fortister
Michigan
Frank J. Riley
Blissfield
L. A. Kauffman
James C. Murdock
Tecum
Paul Peters
Jeannie Keeber
William Schaller
Francis
Mw”. Daind
Deerfield
Victor L. Keip
Hudson
George H. Baker
Ralph W. Morrie
Morenci
Theo Glaser
Riga
Earl L. Wickwire
Tecumseh
Commando Raids on Sark Reported
London reported that two British commando assaults targeted Sark in the English Channel within three days as Nazi forces advance pre invasion probing of the French coast. German broadcasts via DNB claimed failures and claimed annihilation of raiding parties, though Allied sources had no confirmation.
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London
Sark
English Channel Islands
Dwight D. Eisenhower
DNB
High Command
Channel
DRAFT GROUP LEAVES FOR FORT SHERIDAN TOMORROW MORNING
Lenawee county draftees head to Fort Sheridan for training tomorrow morning. The group gathers at the Armory at 6 45 a.m. and boards the New York Central line at 7 40 for Detroit to join Fort Sheridan.
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Fort Sheridan
Lenawee County
New York,Central Railroad
Detroit
New Deal term scrapped says Roosevelt in news conference
President Roosevelt, asked about a possible fourth term, favors scrapping the New Deal label and continuing a postwar program with expanded economy. He calls isolationism wrong and notes the need for a new plan beyond the 1932-33 measures while resisting picayune framing.
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Picayunish
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
New Deal
New York Herald-Tribune
Bert Andrews
Reddening
Picayune
Spangler
G.O.P
Ration costs to rise. meat points seen higher in spring
Washington reports the January meat chart holds small boosts for fresh ham, with Bowles predicting higher points in March and April. He criticizes profiteers while warning of stricter rationing amid wartime needs. Beef cuts and other staples show modest changes, butter and cheese unchanged.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
Teuch Tire
British Admiral Allied Navy Chief Under Eisenhower
London dispatch reports Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay named naval commander in chief under General Eisenhower with Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory as commander in chief of all air forces. The appointments follow talks between Roosevelt and Churchill. Ramsay and Leigh-Mallory bring long service in Royal Navy and RAF, ages 60 and 56 respectively. Also announced: Montgomery as British ground forces commander and Doolittle to lead the Eighth Air Force in Britain, Esker to command all Allied air units in the Mediterranean theater, Devers to command all American forces in the Mediterranean, and Twining to head the Fifteenth Air Force in the region.
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London
Bertram Ramsay
Oday
Dwight D. Eisenhower
T. W. Leigh-Mallory
Roosevel
Churchill
Ramsay
Mediterranean
Andrew Brown
Cunningham
Royal Navy
Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
RAF
Air Force
Dieppe
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Roosevelt
Washington
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Eighth Air Force
Great Brita
Ira C. Esker
Henry Maitland Wilson
Jacob L. Devers
United States
Britain
Wilson
Nathan F.twining
U. S
Solo- Mons
Fifteenth Air Force
Death of Wesley Hoffman After Detroit Streetcar Crash
Wesley Hoffman aged 44 of Royal Oak died at Mt. Carmel Mercy hospital after being among 41 Greyhound suburban bus passengers injured in a Detroit streetcar collision Monday. Five others remained in serious condition today.
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Detroil
Wesley Hoffman
Royal Oak
Greyhound
Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital
Russians Hold Vicinity as Vatutin Presses Zhitomir Front
Soviet forces under Gen. Vatutin smashed toward Zhitomir and Korosten on the Leningrad Odessa railway line, recapturing key towns and closing in on the two cities. Heavy guns softened defenses while units advanced from Korostyshev and Smolayka.
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VHE Associated Press
London
Nikolai Yatutin
Zhitomir
Korosten
Leningrad-Odesse
Kiev
Vatutin
Ukraine
Korostishev
Smolayka
Zlobichi
Korosien
Bekhi
Morthesst
Fritz von Mannstein
Radomysl
Brusiov
Marines Push Toward Cape Gloucester Airdrome
Allied forces report the Marines advancing from Cape Gloucester beachheads at New Britain despite heavy rain and stiff Japanese resistance. With tank support and air bombardment, the Leathernecks reduced two miles from shore to within 1.5 miles of the airdrome, while Arawe fighters downed 37 enemy planes.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Mmuniqué
Arawe
Bergen Bay
Cape
Sixth
Umtingalu
American Thunderbolt
Aruve
Pacific
British navy sinks German destroyers Bay of Biscay action noted
London reports a decisive British driven campaign against Germany’s sea power. Combined warship and air action sank multiple destroyers in the Bay of Biscay while the battleship Scharnhorst was sunk in the Arctic. Soviet Red Fleet and Red Star commentary frame the loss as near total German surface power collapse.
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Associated Press
London
Bay of Biscay
Admiralty
Aid
France
Scharnhorst
Arctic
Biscay
Monitor
Norway
Hitler
Red Star
Oil stove explosion destroys Madison township house trailer
A mid afternoon blast from an oil stove in a trailer occupied by Paul McLain in Madison township ignited a fire that consumed the four house trailer and lean-to. Firemen, unable to control the flames, fought the blaze with water but the structure was totally destroyed. Earlier, an alarm at 7:08 pm from Snappy Jim's restaurant reported a fire caused by hot furnace ashes igniting rags in a basement. the flames were extinguished before arrival.
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Paul McLain
Madison’ Township
Atrailer
East Maumee Street
War Across Fronts In World War II Summary
World War II front reports: British sinks three German destroyers and a blockade runner in the Bay of Biscay. Italian Canadians of the Eighth Army seize Ortona. Allied bombers strike airfields near Rome. Hed Army advances west of Kiev threatening rail hubs. Berlin claims five commando raids on Sark failed. Marines move within 132 miles of New Britain airfield. Japanese planes attack Arawe as Japs suffer losses. Eisenhower reshuffles command ahead of invasion force.
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Red Army
Moscow
White Russia
Ivan Bagra- Mmnian
Siberian
Vitebsk
Bagranian
Kiev
Dnieper
Kirovograd
Associated Press
Bay of Biscay
Eighth Army
Ortona
Rome
Russia
Hed
Berlin
Channel
Sark
Canadian Troops Capture Ortona and Advance Toward Pescara
Allied forces announced the eight day bitter battle for Ortona ended with the town ruined, as Canadian troops pressed north along the Adriatic coast toward Pescara. German resistance continued on the eastern coast near Ponte di Garigliano while French Moroccan units seized high ground inland. The 15th Air Force conducted heavy raids across northern Italy, targeting airfields at Guidonia and Rimini with significant German losses.
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Algiers
Ortona
Mediterranean
Rome
Pescara
Ortone
Ciampini
Centocelle
Fifth Army
Ponte di Garigliano
Garigliana
San Vittore
Vincent
Eighth Army
Villa Grandé
Chi
Rimini
Mahoney Boys Declared Not Welcome in War Plants
In Washington on December 29 the government urges workers to skip New Year celebrations and report for shifts in war plants on New Year’s Day. Manpower Commissioner McNutt asks workers to get rest New Year’s Eve and avoid holiday revelry that could disrupt production.
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Washinurton
Mahoney Boys
McNutt
Workers of America
Store Owners Asked to Aid In 4th Bond Drive
Secretary Morgenthau urged store owners managers and clerks to aid the Fourth War Loan. He said the campaign opens January 18 and requires tremendous equipment funded by bond purchases. Morgenthau and Ted Gamble praised retailer support in prior drives as the nation mobilizes to meet a $5.5 billion bond target.
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Washington
Morgenthau
America
NBC
War Campaigns Committee
Treasury
Ted Gamble
Wac’ Finance Division
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