U S Decision on Synthetics Debate Faces Public Interest
George E. Sokolski argues against Inter-American conference proposals on synthetic products. He contends the United States must maintain freedom to pursue inventions and national self sufficiency, urging Congress to decide disposal of public assets rather than foreign resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Sokolsky
Conference of Commissions of Inter-American Development
Americas
Pearl Harbor
Dutch East Indies
Congress of the
United States
Brazil
Chile
Honduras
Mexico
Haiti
Congress
Senate
Hubbies Face Dish Duty Debate in Home Poll
A kitchen survey asks if husbands should help with dishes. Fred Galle backs joint chores, E O Greer hedges, H H Townsend says no, Mrs W C Bowie says husband decides, Mrs L A Parks notes if she works he should help. The scene ends with dishes still in sink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Fred Galle
Khiva Temple
E. O. Greer
H. H. Townsend
W. C. Bowie
Allies Surround Aachen Amid 24 Hour Surrender Ultimatum
Americans encircle Aachen and issue a 24 hour surrender ultimatum as U. S. First Army blocks the city. Patton's Third Army tightens a line north of Nancy while Allied advances push toward Duren Julich and Cologne. German resistance remains stubborn with calls to defend the Reich.
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London
U. S
Aachen
Germ
Siegfried Line
Reich
Rhine
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Nancy-Metz
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
Patton
Fresnes-En-Saulnois
Nancy
Cheminot
Duren
Julich
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Ruhr Pounded as Allied Air Forces Strike Bochum
Allied daylight air formations attacked Bochum and other Ruhr targets at sunrise. British heavy bombers dropped fire bombs over Bochum, a major rail center, while Mosquitos hit Wilhelmshafen port. Night fighters supported missions with seven planes reported lost.
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London
RAF
Ruhr
Ranhiuwm
Ereek
Mvulilumnm
Bochum
Wilhelmshafen
Air Ministry
Euskirchen
U. S
Eighth Airforce
Britain
Schweinfurt-Coblenz
Mainz
Germany
Corinth Taken: Athens Is Next
British and Greek forces captured Corinth, securing the isthmus link from the Peloponnese to the mainland. The communiqué says forward troops faced no opposition and control expanded to key points and communications on the Peloponnese as operations continue. Bombers attacked Athens area air fields and targets in Durazzo and Zara.
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Huullceu
Corinth
Peloponnesus
Greece
Balkan Air Force
Peloponnese
Hariman in secondary role at Moscow talks
Early Moscow reports indicate U S Ambassador Averell Harriman is taking a secondary role in talks between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. Initial Moscow statements did not mention Harriman attending the meetings though common understanding had him as the American representative.
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London
U.P
Moscow
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Harriman
Stalin
Churchill
Yv. M. Molotov
Anthony Eden
Commons
Wage Law Breaches Hinted Abolishing Little Steel Formula
George A. Haberman, president of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, said an unnamed official told him the Little Steel wage formula would be abolished by Sunday. He noted a new wage limit about 25 percent above January 1941 levels, or 10 percent over the Little Steel increases, urging unions to proceed on that assumption.
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Milwaukee
George A. Haberman
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
AFL
American Federation of State
Haberman
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Cloudy cooler tonight with Wednesday partly cloudy and cool. Panhandle and South Plains partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions. New Mexico partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with few light afternoon showers in northern mountains. Highs near 81, lows around 50, midday 52.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Miller predicts Britain will bill U S for lend lease aid
Rep Miller of Nebraska says the United States will not collect repayment for lend lease aid to Great Britain and may be charged for aid by Britain. He cites an English statement claiming Britain will record all labor hours to move American troops and equipment and bill the U S after the war. He notes the record covers moves across the channel and even shoe polish and liquor.
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Washington
England
Miller
Nebraska
United States
Great Britain
Lighted Match Burned Woman in Car on West Sixth
Mrs. L. H. Pendley of 314 Maryland Street remains at home recovering from blister burns to an ear after a lighted match was tossed into a car on West Sixth Ave between Maryland and Tennessee Streets. The incident burned a hole in her coat as she rode with granddaughter Carole June Ford. Desks, chairs, stools and tables. Russell Stationery Company.
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L. H. Pendley
Maryland Street
Carole June Ford
Eleven States To Decide It In 1944 Election
Four weeks remain in the campaign as voters in 11 pivotal states choose between Franklin Roosevelt and Thomas Dewey. States include Illinois Indiana Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In 1940 Roosevelt won nine of these and Willkie won two.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Dewey
Willkie
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Mr. Roosevelt
South
Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee
New Palau Beachhead Secured. Pacific Advances Reported
Allied forces establish a beachhead on Garakayo Islet in Palau, with Garakayo near Peleliu. Nimitz notes light opposition and plans for support operations for MacArthur’s Philippines invasion. Simultaneous air strikes target Zamboanga, Marcus Island, and Balikpapan refineries as weather and typhoons hinder Pacific moves.
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81St Army
Garakayo Islet
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Garakayo
Peleliu
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Zamboanga
Nimitz
China
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Babelthuap
Palau Islands
Japan
Borneo
Balikpapan
Russians Storm Memel and Drive Toward Tilsit and Budapest
Russian artillery pounded Memel as two Soviet armies pressed on Tilsit in East Prussia. Malinovsky’s northern drive neared Belgrade outflanking Subotica, while Cherniakhovsky and Bagramian pushed toward Debrecen and Budapest as part of a Baltic offensive involving nearly one million troops.
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Memel
Baltic
Tilsit
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Rodion Malinovsky
Hungary
Debrecen
Budapest
Col
Malinovsky
Tisza Haver
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Subotica
Belgrade-Budapest
Berlin
Jlthuanian Bulge
Germany
Whoopee Hungry Country Division Parades Through Europe
HAL BOYLE reports American Ninth Infantry Division troops lament their limited chances to enjoy large towns across Europe. They recount fleeting stops in Magenta and Verviers, and describe sparse crowds and few entertainments from Africa through Sicily England and France on the path of Allied advance.
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Europe
Germany
Ninth Infantry Division
French
Morocco
Tunisia
Sicily
England
France
Belgium
Lindsey Nelson
Columbia
Tenn
Nelson
Verviers
St. Lo-Perriers
Poles
Paris
Paree
Christency
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Nieuwlandschemolen-Bierviiet
Supreme Headquarters
Leopold Canal
Arnhem
Third Army
Metz
Fort Driant
Seventh Army
Epinal
Laveline
Herp-Elmont
Belfort
Brittany
Lorient
St. Nazai
Hodges
Charlemagne
Gerd von Runstedt
The
von Ronstedt
John
Maynard Lbr. Co
Owi
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Namlea
Boeroe Island
Moluccas
Steel Capital
Athens
Anna
U. S. Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery Company
New Palau Beachhead
Leonard Milliman
Western Pacific
14Th U. S. Air Force
Liuchow
Ivan C. Bagramain
Ivan Petrov
Hal Boyle
Africa
Bizerte
Bivouacs
Oran
Algiers
Genta
Sidi Bel Abbes
Sahara Desert
Messina
Randazzo
Biberto
Catania
Palermo
Cefalu
Cherbourg
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