War Draft Plans Grow As Invasion Losses Rise
A 1944 draft expansion faces pushback as Army leaders assess heavy invasion losses and a looming national election. Congress debates emergency measures to conscript labor and men at home while recruiting overseas, with projections of up to 11 million total strength and millions moving between civilian production and military service.
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Hitler
Cairo
Teherag
Armed Services
May
D-Ky
House
Congress
Balkans
Ser Committee
Ford Estate Valued at 66 Million in Maine Court
In Hancock County Maine an affidavit filed in Oath court lists a 66 million estate for Ford the son of Henry Ford the motor magnate who died. The will names Clay Ford his widow as executrix and details of inheritance tax are in the file. Ford had a summer home at Bar Harbor.
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Ford
Henry Motor
Hancock
Clay Ford
Bar Harbor
Mars Favor Aid for Victims of Nazis
Foreign Relations Committee with Great Britain and Switzerland supports a system to move food to Nazi-occupied Europe. The Senate would notify the State Department and push relief for Norway Poland Greece Jugoslavia as part of aid efforts.
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GTON
Sea- Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Switzerland
Sen
Senate
Norway
Poland
Greece
Jugoslavia
Air Men Are Headed for Big Attack
Air Men Are heady for big attack as Polish base in Britain readies to break away from RAI farces and deploy full strength. Available figures place force at over 200 men. Invasion of the West looms as tensions mount.
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Britts
Alr
More Rail Workers Vote To Strike Amid Pay Row
A subcommittee of 15 nonoperating unions votes to set a strike date as wage demands rise. Mediation resumes between operating brotherhoods and carriers while Transportation Director Eastman warns a strike could harm the war effort. President Roosevelt notes talks on overtime pay systems continue.
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Washington
Congress
George M. Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Harrison
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Bolivia Bonds Tin Supply To Allied War Needs
Bolivian troops guard tin ore mines as a Nationalist junta seizes control and pledges to honor United Nations commitments. Victor Paz Estensoro and Maj. Alberto Villaroel say the Atlantic Charter and Bolivia's international obligations will be respected.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
United States
United Nations
Victor Paz Estensoro
Maj
Alberto Villaroel
New Army Head at Ohio State University
Col. George R. Middleton, 48, director of training for the Army's Fifth Service Command since September, becomes military commandant at Ohio State University. He succeeds Col. Otto L. Brunzell and will direct all Army personnel at the university including about 3,000 training unit members and ROTC cadets.
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Columbus
George R. Middleton
Army
Fifth Service Command
Ohio State University
Otto L. Brunzell
Middleton
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Sore Finger Excuse Fails to Halt Draft
A draftee at Fort Leavenworth offered a written reason for deferment claiming a traumatic tendinitis in the finger joint, but the Army rejected it as not sufficient to excuse him from service.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Treasury Chief Attacks Senate Tax Plan In Broad Rebuke
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau denounces the Senate Finance Committee tax bill as a danger to war profits and a national scandal. He calls the measure extremely disappointing revenuewise and urges reconsideration after the holiday recess. He maintains a goal of ten and a half billion dollars in additional revenue and criticizes renegotiation provisions affecting manufacturers and subcontractors.
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Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Retary
Capital Hill
War Trophies Are Sent to Ohioans
Seventy two Ohioans will receive Japanese machine guns as Christmas gifts from soldiers abroad. The assortment also includes vases slippers sandals pajamas cigarette cases pins rings silk garments and foreign made ice tongs, appraised by the customs office before delivery.
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Cleveland
Strikes at Firestone Plant Drag On Near Detroit
About 1,200 Firestone Rubber and Metal Products Co. workers in Wyandotte remained on strike despite appeals from the Army and union leaders. Captain Foris said he asked UAW President Thomas for help to bring the workers back. He warned negotiations could not resume until all employees returned to work.
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Detroit
Firestone Rubber and Metal Products Co
Wyandotte
Army
J. Z. Foris
Detroit Army Ordnance District
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Thomas
Foris
Protest on Botany Worsted Mills Ballot Void Claim
Botany Worsted Mills challenges a CIO union victory in an employee election. The company says 800 former service members were not given absentee ballots and that the ballot tally should be void. Louis Hall Jr. notes the servicemen count exceeds the union’s margin.
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Passaic
N. J
CIO
Botany Worsted Mills
National Labor Relations Board
Armed Services
Louis Hall, Jr
Call Medical Men To Examine McCoy Slayer
Defense attorneys in an unexplain ed move summoned two Columbus physicians to examine slender white haired James M. Collett who is charged with the gun deaths of three relatives found on their farm Thanksgiving Day. Doctors Harding and Brundage would see Collett but the purpose was not disclosed.
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Washington C. H
Columbus
James M. Collett
James N. Linton
George T. Harding
H. M. Brundage
Collett
Pasadena seaman dies from auto crash injuries
James Robert Leech a 19 year old second class seaman from Pasadena California died from injuries after an automobile crash that also killed Robert F Wolfe I son of Edgar T Wolfe publisher of the Ohio State Journal The report notes the fatal accident occurred as Wolfe was identified in connection with the incident.
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Delaware
James Robert Leech
Pasadena
Calif
Robert F. Wolfe I
Edgar T. Wolfe
Ohio State Journal
Viola Griffith 90 Former Heidelberg Dean Dies in Tiffin
Mrs. Viola Griffith aged 90 long time Heidelberg College dean of women dies in Tiffin Ohio. Her funeral is planned for Wednesday with burial to follow in local cemetery. She served the college in administrative and academic roles for decades.
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Tiffin
Viola Griffith
Heidelberg College
Allies Press Pacific Offensives On Multiple Fronts
Allied land and air attacks drive Japanese back in New Guinea Bougainville and New Britain with small gains inland and evacuations observed. In China Chiang Kai-shek forces breach forward bases near the Rice Bowl, while Australian troops rout Japanese near the Huan Peninsula. Burma and India hostile fronts seeing intensified air and ground actions as Wavell warns of a larger eastern battle fleet buildup.
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Bougainville
New Britain
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Rice Bowl
Lake Tungting
Yangtze River
Huan Peninsula
Masawang River
Finschhafen
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
U.S
Sixth Army
Arawe
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Army
Mili Atoll
Navy
Marshalls
Bangkok
Thailand
Eastern Asia Air Command
Burma
USAAF
RAF
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chungking
14Th Army Air Force
Hunan
Nanhsien
Ansiang
Tungting Lake
Lihsien
Tsingshih
Lord Wavell
India
Japan
Liquor Stores Report Strong Holiday Stock in Ohio
State Liquor Director Don A. Fisher says Ohio stores are well stocked for the holiday trade. Supplies left over from last week and new shipments due from warehouses today or tomorrow will give customers a good selection this week.
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Columbus
Don A. Fisher
Fire Sweeps Hartford Area Landmark in Major Blaze
A large fire destroyed the Juhling Store in Hartford and damaged nearby residences and buildings. Damage exceeds 25000 dollars with emphasis on the Juhling property, Mrs. Juhling’s home, and other buildings on both sides of the street. Fire departments from Point Pleasant and neighboring towns aided in preventing further spread.
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Point Pleasant
Juhling
Hartford
Hugo Juhling
Walter Bulmer and
C. L. Smith
Senate Blocks Patton Rise
The Senate delays promotions for 14 army officers including Lieut. Gen. George S Patton Jr awaiting fixes after Patton allegedly struck an enlisted man and berated two others. The President nominated raises in permanent ranks but senators balk at Patton specifically, signaling possible approval if new nominations are submitted.
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Washington
Robdsevelt
Senate
George
S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Parachute Save Liver Lt. Earl Ody in California Crash
A fighter plane crashed into San Francisco Bay near Oakland airport during a training flight. Lt. Earl D. Ody, 23, of Mogadore Ohio, survived after deploying a parachute.
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Chute
Hamilton Field
Calif
Earl D. Ody
Mogadore
San Francisco Bay
Oakland
Massive Allied Air Assault Pounds Frankfurt and Axis Targets
British bombers in great strength dropped over 2000 long tons on Frankfurt last night in a major assault on a chemical and armament center. Meanwhile raids hit Sofia and the Eleusis air field near Athens as Allied losses rose, with Frankfurt compared to Berlin and Hamburg as heavily bombed cities.
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Frankfurt
Rhineland
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
Sofia
Eleusis
Athens
Balkans
Air Ministry
Bremen
France
Berlin
Cologne
Hamburg
Kassel
Germany
Rome in revolt as Nazis mine and evacuate city
Reliable reports from Naples indicate Northern Italy is aflame with anti German resistance. The German command and the puppet Italian government are evacuating areas in Rome and may be planting mines and dynamite on a large scale, suggesting a possible strategic withdrawal.
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Naples
Italy
Rome
Bombing Raids Target German Rocket Emplacements
A large portion of the populace has been driven from homes as daylight bombing raids by medium and light bombers press the southeast coast toward France. The attacks back heavy assaults that began yesterday on what may be German rocket gun emplacements.
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France
Fourth Great Attack in Month Drives Berlin Bombardment Surge
News accounts report the RAF conducted its fourth major raid in a month, dropping over 2,300 tons on Berlin on November 22, with Leipzig and Frankfurt also hit. Allied and Soviet actions unfold across Europe as Russian forces threaten toward Vitebsk and Kherson, while Italy and Denmark see shifting fronts and political moves.
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Frankfurt
Berlin
RAF
Leipzig
Russia
Vitebsk
Leningrad
Kiev
Nevel
Kherson
Ohio Schools Closed Amid Influenza Epidemic
Influenza outbreaks prompt early Christmas vacations for Lima and Hamilton pupils and force cancellation of a Findlay-Lima South High game. Public schools near Columbus in Westerville shut two days early as a cold epidemic persists. state health director estimates 700000 Ohioans ill in two weeks.
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Columbus
Lima
Hamilton
Findlay
Lima South
R. H. Markwith
Westerville
Second Strike Starts In City of Montreal
Montreal's second strike of municipal employees began with about 2000 city hall clerks and stenographers walking off to demand higher wages. White collar workers rejected a provincial government offer for arbitration. A week earlier police fire and public works workers had staged a 14 hour strike that won union recognition for the Canadian Congress of Labor.
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Montreal
Quebec Municipal Commission
Police
Fire and
Public Works
Canadian Congress of Labor
Ration Tokens Change Mechanics of Food Distribution
The new system introduces two billion vulcanized fiber tokens worth ten points each from February 27. Red tokens will cover meat purchases and blue tokens processed foods, with a uniform 10 point value. Tokens have no expiration, are used as change, and the plan aims to balance ration costs and average consumer needs over the life of Ration Book Four.
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OPA
Capital Printers Ordered Back to Work in D.C.
War Labor Board ordered presses to resume daily newspaper publication in Washington after a 24 hour suspension. The Columbia Typographical Union claimed they were not on strike and held a union meeting with the Washington Publishers Association over wage negotiations that failed to yield an agreement.
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Washington
War Labor Board
National Capital
Columbia Typographical Union
Washington Publishers Association
Ohio Plant Will Lay Off Hundreds of Men
Springfield supervisor J. W. Armour of International Harvester Co. said about 1,100 workers would be laid off in the coming weeks due to changes in motor trucks built for the Marine Corps. Roughly 150 layoffs would occur before year’s end, with the remainder in early next month.
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Ohio
Springfield
J. W. Armour
International Harvester Co
Springfield Works
Marine Corps
Armour
Waller's Funeral Held at Abyssinian Church
Funeral services for Thomas Waller also known as Fats Waller a prominent Negro musician and composer were held Monday at Har lem Abyssinian Baptist Church. The service drew more than 4200 people into the church and community house nearby.
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Waller
New York
Thomas W
Fats) Waller
Harlem
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Wheat acreage large Washington Ohio seed winter wheat
Washington Ohio seed 2 075 000 acres to winter wheat with an indicated production of 38 388 000 bushels, the Agriculture Department reported late.
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Washington
Ohio
Agericulture Department
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