Air Force Chief Promises Tokyo More Bombings and Secret Weapons
Randolph Field Texas hearing Lt. General Henry H. Arnold told graduates that U S bombers would strike Nippon again and again urging a fast and large air offensive He hinted at secret weapons and parachute bombs while noting U S production outpaces Germany and Japan and listing battle successes across eight zones with ships sunk and planes destroyed.
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Randolph Field
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United States
Germany
Japan
Jap Air Base in Solomons Bombed by Allied Forces
U S Navy reports heavy air bombardment of the Munda air base on New Georgia Island in the Solomons. Allied naval actions claim sinking or damaging multiple Japanese destroyers around Guadalcanal as three Army bombers strike Kiska.
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South Pacific
Navy
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Guadalcanal
United States
Nippon
Pacific
North Pacific
Buna
New Guinea
Guadalacanal
Jao
Kiska Island
King George VI Observes Birthday With Family
King George VI marked his 47th birthday quietly with his family six months before the official celebration. A private luncheon was held with the Duchess of Kent and her two children as guests of the royal family. Official ceremonies occur in June due to better seasonal conditions.
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London
George VI
Duchess of Kent
Cleveland War Plant Jobs Seen as Small Plant Aid
Daniel B. Ford of the Smaller War Plants Corporation said additional contracts would be awarded in the Cleveland area as available. The program helps small plants convert to war production with government aid where loans are unobtainable through normal channels. The Ethiopian legation announced Addis Ababa said Ethiopia has declared war on Germany Japan and Italy.
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Daniel B. Ford
WPB
War Plants Corporation
London
Addis Ababa
Germany
Japan
Italy
New Order set up in Netherlands and France moves closer to coop
Adolf Hitler designates Anton Mussert as leader of the Netherlands under a new European order. Berlin reports say Petain agrees to raise a new French army and Laval outlines anti Jewish measures aligning France with the new order. Tass cites mobilization of 250 000 Dutch workers for Germany.
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Adolf Hitler
Anton Mussert
Fuehrer
Netherlands
Axis
France
Henri Petain
Germany
Petain
Hitler
Quisling Mussert
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Tass
Stockholm
Berlain
Pierre Laval
Berlin
Laval
Farm Parity Formula Doomed at This Session
President Roosevelt opposes changing farm parity price formulas. A House approved plan to boost parity by including all farm labor costs sits on the Senate calendar with broad committee backing but may be dropped by mid week adjournment. Farm leaders will reintroduce it in the new session.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Jersey Union Urges Federal Labor Posts
Newark New Jersey Local 365 of the United Automobile Workers urged reconsideration of labor's no strike pledge unless labor leaders receive government posts of authority. The New Jersey State AFL rejected the resolution citing that workers sacrifices are profited by employers who use them to break unions and hamper the war effort.
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N. J
New Jersey
Ela
United Automobile Workers
WAAC Officer Dismissed After Court Martial
Kathryn Doris Gregory 22 of Fort Worth Texas an AWOL WAAC member previously identified as Amber d Georg of Hollywood was dismissed from WAAC with an other than honorable discharge after a court martial in Des Moines Iowa. The three WAAC officers formed the court and their recommendation was approved in Washington.
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Amber d'Georg
Hollywood
WAAC
Kathryn Doris Gregory
Fort Worth
Tex
A.W.O.L
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Strike Widens as Eight New York Papers Go Silent
Negotiations between publishers and the Newspaper and Mail Deliveries Union halted progress on a new contract after an all night session. Union attorney Louis A. Waldman said no agreement was reached and wage talks are not near settlement. Morning papers The Times Herald Tribune Daily News Daily Mirror face disruption. afternoon papers The Sun Post World Telegram Journal American also affected.
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Journal-American
Eight Sinkings Added to Total in Western Atlantic
The first week of the second year after Pearl Harbor brought eight more sinkings of cargo ships in the Western Atlantic campaign. The toll rose to 536 merchant vessels in enemy action since Pearl Harbor, with nearly 6,000 people lost aboard those ships.
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Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
United and
Neutral Nations
Manpower Shortage to Slow U S Canning Additions
CHICAGO—Manpower was described as the No 1 problem facing the nations fruit and vegetable canners who said labor scarcity prevented any expansion of canning facilities to meet growing government and civilian demand. Carroll E Lindsey association president said only favorable weather and by recruiting new labor sources could this year’s pack total be maintained.
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Chicago
Carroll E. Lindsey
Association
First Ocean Craft Launched in Illinois
A large welded steel tank landing ship slid into the Illinois waterways yesterday marking the first ocean going craft of its type built in the Middle West. Naval and civilian dignitaries attended the ceremony at the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works Ship yards in Seneca Illinois where the yard was previously pasture land less than six months ago.
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Ill
Illinois
Middle West
Chicago Bridge and Iron Works
Ohio Hotels Association ends bottled liquor sales in rooms
Members of the Ohio Hotels Association agree to halt in room bottled liquor sales for guest consumption in Cleveland. The decision affects hotel bars and room service and signals a broader move toward in house beverage controls.
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Ohio Hotels Association
Fire destroys Knights of Columbus hostel in St John’s
A devastating blaze swept a Knights of Columbus servicemen’s hostel during an old time barn dance in St John’s Newfoundland killing 100 and injuring 102. The wooden building crowded with 500 people burned quickly with cause unknown and many victims unidentifiable. The disaster echoed the Cocoanut Grove tragedy as panicked crowds rushed for exits.
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Cocoanut Grove
Boston
Knights of Columbus
Milk prescriptions honored by New York stores
Mayor LaGuardia announced that doctors prescriptions for canned milk will be honored by New York grocers when parents cannot obtain the product. Health officials arranged for stores to honor physician prescriptions amid shortages. He noted limits on evaporated and condensed milk and a looming meat shortage.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
City Health Department
Former Meigs School Superintendent Dies
Charles N. Wagner 72 of Letart former Meigs County schools superintendent died Sunday night in St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg. He taught in the district and was active in Masonic circles. Survived by his wife six daughters and one son. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at Letart Methodist Church burial in Letart Cemetery.
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Charles N. Wagner
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Meigs County
St. Joseph's Hospital
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Letart Methodist Church
Letart Cemetery
Belgians Executed by German Court Martial
Thirteen Belgians were executed after conviction by a German court martial for possessing firearms and anti German activity, the Free Belgian Telegraphic Agency reported today.
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London
Free Belgian Telegraphic
Marine Corps to Adopt Preference System for Enlistment
The Marine Corps announces a preference system aligning with President Roosevelt’s manpower order. Enlistments by volunteers are suspended for 18 to 38 year olds after noon tomorrow, with exceptions for 17-year-olds with parental consent and older workers with special qualifications.
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Marine Corps
Washington
Roosevelt
Corps
Chinese Review Claims Large Japanese Force in Manchuria
Chinese officials say about 1 000 000 Japanese troops are concentrated in Manchuria with increased military preparations over the past year. The review notes fortifications along the Amur and Usuri rivers and alleges Chinese workers at Japanese installations were killed to prevent leakage of secrets.
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Manchuria
Amur
Ussuri
Japan
Manchukuo
Russian
Siberia
More Kentuckians Are To Study Ohio Farming
A group of 45 Kentucky farmers began a government sponsored program at Ohio State University, living in 35 trailer homes beneath the stadium arches. The second class in the experiment will be trained in a week to work on mechanized Ohio farms to address the farm labor shortage.
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Ohio State University
Kentucky Hill
Ohio
Extra Gas Rations To Be Checked Over Ohio
Columbus The Office of Price Administration will begin checks to determine if holders of supplemental gasoline ration books are entitled to them. H T Beckmann the state OPA director said regional estimates show errors in issuing these books up to four percent due to boards misinterpreting regulations.
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Office of Price Administration
H. T. Beckmann
OPA
Beckmann
Employment Hits Nation High Across October At 59.5 Million
The National Industrial Conference Board reports total U S employment including the armed forces rose to a record 59,500,000 in October up 300,000 from September and 10,000,000 above 1940. The figure sits 4,000,000 above the peacetime labor force estimate.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Eight Army Airmen Die In Indiana Plane Crash
A traveling investigative board searched for the crash cause after a twin engined Army cargo plane fell south of New Castle Indiana on Saturday night. Eight Army airmen were killed when the aircraft exploded, shaking nearby homes and lighting the night within two miles. The plane was en route from Patterson Field Ohio to Stout Field Indianapolis, according to Lt Ed C Stein Stout Field PR officer.
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Ind
Here
Patterson Field
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Stout Field
Troop Carrier Command
Indianapolis
Ed C. Stein
Cotton Growers Approve Federal Control Plan
Washington reports incomplete returns from an Agriculture Department referendum show 642,234 farmers favoring federal control and 103,186 against. The plan would govern cotton production and marketing for a sixth consecutive year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kroger Branch Gutted By Fire in Cincinnati
Fire destroyed Kroger Grocery and Baking Co branch offices and warehouse in Cincinnati. Manager Harry W Bracy estimated damage above one million dollars. About 25 to 30 workers inside escaped as fire origin remained undetermined.
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Carbondale, Ill
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Harry W. Bracy
British Women in War Industry Reach 8 Million in June
The Office of War Information reports eight million British women aged 14 to 65 were employed full time in war industry roles by the end of June, among 17,250,000 in the eligible range.
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Washington
Office of War Information
New Trimming Predicted for Aid Agencies in Congress
House Republican leaders outlined early goals for the 78th Congress including reorganizing the Office of Price Administration and Congress itself and abolishing the National Youth Administration and the Farm Security Administration. They predicted many Democrats would back parts of the program, and Rep. Dirksen urged reform of congressional procedure and said the Farm Security Administration is no longer needed.
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Office of Price Administration
Congress
National Youth Administration
Farm Security Administration
House
Roosevelt
Representatives Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Milk Strike Threat Looms in Central Ohio Area
Eighty five percent of Central Ohio milk producers favor a strike unless higher prices are granted. J. R. Bridenstein, secretary treasurer of the Central Ohio Cooperative Milk Producers Association, cites a survey of about 2,400 Columbus area farmers showing only 15 percent oppose keeping milk at home rather than selling at current prices. He hopes a price increase will follow a CPA survey.
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Columbus
Central Ohio
J. R. Bridenstein
Central
Wright to miss 39th Celebration of Flight at Kill Devil Hill
The 39th anniversary of the first powered flight at Kill Devil Hill will be marked Thursday without Orville Wright. Wright, who with Wilbur pioneered the first successful heavier-than-air craft, remains in Dayton, Ohio, where the brothers did much of their early development.
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Kill Devil Hill
N. C
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Dayton
Burns Prove Fatal to Three Year Old Girl
Carolyn Irene Qualls three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Qualls Kerrs Run died in Holzer Hospital Sunday night of burns from clothing catching fire on an open grate in the home. Funeral services will be Thursday at Naomi Baptist Church with burial in Minersville Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Carolyn Irene Qualls
John Qualls
Kerr
Holzer Hospital
Naomi Baptist Church
Minersville Hill
Fire burns fatal for 72 year old at Chandlersville farm
Mrs. Hattie Frazee age 72 suffered fatal burns when her clothing ignited from an open stove at her farm home near Chandlersville in Zanesville.
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Zanesville
Hattie Frazee
Chandlersville
Eighth Army Push Drives Rommel Westward From El Agheila
Allied forces under Field Marshal Montgomery breach the El Agheila line and push toward Tripoli as air power harasses Tunisian bases. Rommel’s retreat to the west is confirmed with Axis responses muted, while Libyan and Sicilian fronts see intensified Allied air and naval operations.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
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