Dies Group Is Due To Die Dies Group Is Due To Die
Washington dispatch reports the Dies Committee, created in 1938 to probe un American activities, is set to end January 3 as no influential backers seek another extension. Despite 17 volumes of testimony and $650000 spent, support waned with health reasons and electoral defeats among key members.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Dies
Capitol Hill
House
Rep
Martin Dies
Texas
Farflung
Congress
CIO Political Action Committee
Starnes
Alabama
Costello
California
Bussey
Ilinois
Eberharter
Pennsylvania
Japs Bolster Bases in China
Maj. Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer, new U S China theater chief, says Japan plans decisive mainland battles and is strengthening South China bases. He notes Japan has shifted from naval to continental strategy and that its army remains intact and formidable. He estimates substantial, steadily growing forces in the region.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Japan
South
China
A. C. Wedemeyer
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Stilwell
Wedemeyer
Germany
Europe
Vets Farm Bill Takes Shape
Harry W. Bashore of Washington, commissioner of the U S Bureau of Reclamation, urged early enactment of a soldier settlement program to rehabilitate veterans on new farms. He said the bureau is drafting a plan with Representative Murdock to serve service people, and predicted demand from discharged soldiers will exceed supply.
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Denver
Harry W. Bashore
Washington
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
National Reclamation Association
Bureau
Murdock
Arizona
Bashore
71000 Jeeps Built At Dallas Ford Plant For Overseas Service
Dallas observer says the war department lifted censorship to announce that 71000 jeeps have been produced at the Dallas Ford plant for overseas combat use. C B Ostrander, regional manager, reported the figure at a local briefing yesterday.
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Dallas
Texas
War Department
Two Purple Hearts Arrive Same Day in Amarillo Home
The home of Mr and Mrs E Greathouse Gem Lake received two Purple Hearts on the same day One was posthumous for Lt Wayne M Greathouse Army Air Forces who died off Sicily July 15 after 30 missions He is survived by mother a son Jimmy Great house of Clovis California The second went to Pfc E Myrle Greathouse Marines wounded on Guam July 26 His wife and daughter Shannon Ann live in Wellington Kaw He was a football star at Sandus foot ball in 1939 40 named All State in senior year A third son Pfc G R Greathouse is at Tinker Field Oklahoma
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E. Greathouse
Gem Lake
Wayne M. Greathouse
Army Air Forces
Sicily
Greathouse
Jimmy Greathouse
Clovis
Calif
Pfc
E. Myrle Greathouse
Marines
Guam
Shannon Ann
Wellington
Kaw
Sandie
Pfc. G. R. Greathouse
Tinker Field
Okla
Portable Army Field Hospital Packs for Jungle Mobility
Cleveland reports the portable hospital unit shown at the American Hospital Association convention can be divided into 36 packs weighing 50 to 70 pounds each. It can be set up within 400 yards of battle lines and care for up to 40 casualties, with instruments, medicines, mess gear, generators, cots, linens, and insecticides included. It features eight inch insect bombs and samples of DDT, claimed to disinfect large areas quickly.
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Cleveland
U.P
American Hospital Assn
Berlin Raids by Mosquito Bombers and Lancasters Hit Germany
RAF Mosquito bombers struck Berlin with two ton blockbusters and day raids followed by Lancasters on Dortmund in the Ruhr. Heavy bomber escorts roared across the Straits of Dover in a half hour flight. In two and a half years 150000 shipments of blood and vaccines have been moved in refrigerated containers. U.S. infantry units field 57mm cannons to keep enemy tanks at distance.
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London
U.P
Berlin
Continent
English
Straits of Dover
Germany
U. S
Markets and Livestock Reports Roundup
Markets show Dow Jones up 27.20 as rails utilities and stocks rise. Chicago and Kansas City livestock markets list steady to higher cattle hogs and sheep with varied prices. news notes 1 percent of FEAs war materials flown to the U.S. in Q1 1944 by Army and Navy Air Transport Command planes.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WFA
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
FEA
United States
Army
Navy Air Transport Command
Foreign Economic Administration
Army gun recoil matched by freight train halt in six feet
The article compares gun recoil to stopping a 60 car freight train at 60 mph in six feet. It also notes that over 2,000 WAVES are releasing regular Navy personnel to active sea duty across the 13th naval district including Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana.
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13Th Naval District
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Women in Prisons Join War Effort
Chicago report shows 6,230 women in prison and 6,520 girl delinquents aiding the war program. They buy war stamps, knit, donate blood, sew, learn new trades, and some serve as nurse's aides or in prison shops. A few enter active service after release. many work in gardens and canning, Red Cross sewing, and bond drives.
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Chicago
Central Howard Association
Wacs
Red Cross
Lieutenant's Souvenirs Overflow Into Extra Garage
The Wear family in Indianapolis houses a vast postwar collection from Lt. Robert E. Wear. Over two years he sent home campaign buttons, trinkets, and weapons from Africa and Italy. The stock includes helmets, bayonets, a French revolver, Egyptian fez, and other artifacts, with many items still unidentified.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Robert E. Wear
Africa
Italy
Lt. Wear
Italian Family Artifacts Found in Africa Collection
A fragment describes a collection of items tied to an Italian family in Africa including coins flashlights postcards and seashells along with an Italian flag. The note implies a personal heritage exhibit or archival record.
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Tives
Africa
U.S. Plans Export Subsidies to Hold Overseas Markets
The War Food Administration announced two measures to defend farm markets abroad. It will subsidize exporters to lower cotton and wheat prices and encourage continued high production. The move signals a willingness to use export subsidies despite past opposition by the Roosevelt administration.
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Washington
United States
War Food Administration
Roosevelt
Hot Springs
Kilgore Forecasts Early Push for War Worker Aid
Senator Kilgore of Virginia predicts an early revival in Congress to grant broad federal aid to war workers who lose their jobs, signaling renewed emphasis on worker relief as the war economy shifts.
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Washington
Kilgore
Virginia
Congress
Dallas Union Terminal Strike Threat Looms
Dallas union terminal employees vote on a strike not later than December 21. Ballots issued yesterday and to be counted November 18. H. R. Lyons, international vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, announces. Workers seek time and a half pay for Sundays holidays and all work.
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Dallas
Dallas Union Terminal
H. R. Lyons
Minneapolis
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
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