Allied Forces Drive Fresh Assaults on Cape Gloucester Front
Allied planes ships and troops pounded Japanese positions on New Britain as Marines expanded beachhead lines at Cape Gloucester and nearby areas. US forces used flamethrowers to clear paths near the air base, with reports of at least 200 Japanese killed in one battle.
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Associated Press
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
New Britain-New Guinea - Bougainville
Pacific
Bergen Bay
U. S
Gasmata
Cape Hoskins
Blucher Point
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Bougainville
Kieta
Solomons
Buka Island
Sadao Iguchi
Tokyo
Japan
Greater East Asia
Strike Order Cancelled by Rail Unions
Rail unions reach contracts with trainmen and engineers ending the strike threat. Wage increases of nine cents per hour and a week’s vacation are included, but five cents of the raise was set by Roosevelt. Other unions resist, fearing a wartime wage freeze and potential changes after hostilities end.
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Washington
Brehon B. Somervell
Roosevelt
Alvanney Johnston
Navy to maintain postwar force unmatched by any nation
Rep. Shep of California, chairman of the naval appropriations subcommittee, declared the United States must keep a postwar navy unmatched by any nation or combination. He vowed not to vote for scrapping vital equipment and noted congress has approved ship-expansion bills totaling 94.9 billion dollars since June 1940 as the nation plans broader policing duties.
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Washington
Shep
D.-Calif
Appropriations
United States
Congress
Salesman Finds Shoes Poor Place for Money
Ezra Rubin, a Cleveland used car salesman, hid two cash deals totaling $1,350 inside the heels of his shoes. As he parked near his home, a gunman and two accomplices demanded the shoes, then fled after Rubin tossed the money back to them.
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Cleveland
Ezra Rubin
Rubin
Spain Denies Recognizing Mussolini's Italian Government
Madrid sources stated that Spain has not recognized Benito Mussolini's new Fascist regime and that Generalissimo Francisco Franco's government has no intention of recognizing the Italian puppet government.
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Madrid
Spain
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Berlin
Francisco Franco
Ohio Seamless Tube workers vote for United Steelworkers
The Regional National Labor Relations Board announced at Shelby Ohio that an election among Ohio Seamless Tube Co employees resulted in 436 votes for the CIO United Steelworkers of America and 427 against.
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Cleveland
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio Seamless Tube Co
Shelby
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Electrvny
Hold Two for Posing As U.S. Marshals
Huntington FBI said James Patrick 36 and his cousin Jesse Mattox 30 are jailed in Cabell County on $2000 bonds each for posing as U S marshals following a December 5 Burlington incident. Meredith Mattox 52 of near Burlington is named in a related Ironton complaint and held in Scioto County jail at Portsmouth Ohio.
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Huntington
E. E. Kuhnel
FBI
James Patrick
Jesse Mattox
Cabell County
U. S
Burlington
Lawrence Co
Meredith Mattox
Ironton
Scioto County
Portsmouth
Shortage of Domestic Vegetable Oil Forecast
Washington FDA warns American reserves of domestically produced vegetable oils could be very short next October unless conserved. It urges industrial users of soy bean, cottonseed, peanut and corn oils to switch to castor linseed or other inedible oils where possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Food Distribution
FDA
Life Worth More Than Woman Says Judge In Freeing Man
In Chicago Judge Francis Borrelli freed 27 year old John Jankaskas on a disorderly conduct charge after he admitted attempting suicide by gas when his wife left him. The judge warned that no woman is worth killing oneself for and urged him to find another if the wife does not return.
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Chicago
Francis Borrelli
John Jankaskas
Jankaskas
Borrelli
Webster House Destroyed by Fire in Marshfield
The historic Thatcher Webster House in Marshfield Mass. once linked to Daniel Webster was destroyed by fire early today. Local firefighters fought the blaze but the structure could not be saved. no injuries are reported and officials inspect the site for cause.
Cincinnati lecturer killed in auto accident crash
Horace Greeley Williamson aged 63 noted lecturer and author died early today when his car struck a sirees car loading platform.
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Cincinnati
Horace Greeley Williamson
Shipment Ban on West Coal Tightens East Supply
Interior Secretary Ickes announced an embargo halting hard coal shipments west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania line until April 1 to free roughly 300000 tons for the eastern region. He blamed the coal shortage on mine stoppages and criticized the War Manpower Commission for inadequate assistance and a failed recruitment push. He also accused east distributors of avoiding soft coal over fears of anthracite shortages.
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Washington
Ickes
Ohio
Pennsylvania
War Manpower Commission
Manpower Commission
Jap Installations Bombed Without Loss in China Raid
Communiques from Lt. Gen. Joseph Stillwell said Japanese installations and shipping in French Indo China and the Tungting lake area of Central China were bombed without loss. In a raid of 36 planes, American fliers destroyed four zeros, possibly five more, and damaged two. One U S plane was shot down with the pilot safe after parachuting. another aircraft was destroyed on the ground.
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Chungking
Indo-China
Tungting Lake
China
Joseph Stillwell
U. S
Lorain Yards Lose Maritime Contracts Over Delays
American Ship Building Co officials said the U S Maritime Commission cancelled orders for four frigates due to missed production schedules at Lorain yards. The third warship, the U S S Key West, a 393 foot frigate, slid into the Black River yesterday as part of the six day launch sequence. In Sandusky a fatal fall from a moving railroad dining car near Huron claimed the life of Hugh Dennison, 59, of Cincinnati.
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Lorain
American Ship Building Co
U. S. Maritime Commission
Lorain Yards
U. S. S. Key West
Black River
Sandusky
Hugh Dennison
Cincinnati
Huron
Roosevelt Seen As Fourth Term Candidate On War Win Platform
Washington observers note President Roosevelt likely seeks a fourth term on a win the war platform. Republicans deride the shift from the New Deal while Democrats praise the wartime pledge and postwar expansion in security and living standards.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Hatch
D-Nm
Wallace
Nye
R-Nd
Picayune
Senator White
Maine
Churchill Announces Recovery From Pneumonia
London prime minister Churchill reports full recovery from pneumonia in a cheerful No 10 Downing Street note to well wishers. He says he is able to transact business and will depart for an unannounced destination after falling ill in the Middle East.
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London
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Middle East
Time Magazine Names Marshall Man of Year
Time Magazine selects Gen. George C. Marshall as its 1943 man of the year for leading the U S Army and shaping history in the preceding year. The designation comes from editor choice based on reader nominations highlighting the most dramatic impact on history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Time Magazine
Marshall
New York
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Abolish Treaty Vote Proposal Sparks Senate Debate
Senator Gillette of Iowa urged dropping the two thirds Senate rule for treaty ratification to curb by pass by executive agreement. He cited growing sentiment for change and predicted a judiciary subcommittee would study four substitutes under Senator Connally’s leadership in the coming year.
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Washington
Senate
Gillette
Iowa
Congress
Iown
Foreign Relations Committee
Judiciary
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Sued by Wellston Man
Harvey Candel of Wellston sues on behalf of contractors to challenge the Ohio State Highway Department practice of withholding penalties for late project completion. He seeks a court declaration of illegality and a refund of unpaid sums, including $2,470 from an $87,545 Route 7 project in Adams County.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Harvey Candel
Wellston
Candel
Hal G. Sours
Adams County
Traffic death toll for 1943 estimated at 23 000
The National Safety Council reports 1943 traffic fatalities about 23 000, down 20 percent from 1942 and roughly 40 percent from 1941, reflecting wartime transport changes and enforcement.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Dayton Marine Sniper Stein Slays Five Enemies
Marine Private Jony Stein of Dayton Ohio became an expert sniper in the Empress Augusta Bay area near Bougainville Solomon Islands. A Marine Corps correspondent reports Stein, a runner for his company commander, helped kill five enemy snipers by waiting for them to show their eyes and firing.
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Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Jony Stein
Dayton
Empress Augusta Bay
Marine Corpus
Stein
Marine Radhute
Educators Demand Share of Ohio State Surplus
The Ohio Education Association urged a $12 million yearly boost for public schools and asked Governor Bricker to discuss financial relief in a special session. Secretary W. B. Bliss noted 1,500 teachers earned $1,000 or less annually and the $12.6 million needed should come from the state's $65 million surplus. D. W. Codding of Nelsonville was elected to the educational council.
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Columbus
Ohio Education Association
John W. Bricker
W. B. Bliss
Association
Ohio
Bliss
Ohio Public Schools
Educational Council
D. W. Codding
Nelsonville
Police Officer Held On Alien Registration Charge
In Cleveland district court, assistant district attorney Ray Scott filed criminal information charging August J. Mackerty of Lorain Ohio with failing to register under the alien registration act of 1940 and 1941. Mackerty, a native of Hungary, is not naturalized.
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Cleveland
Ray €. Scott
August J. Mackerty
Lorain
Hungary
Navy fliers aid British in Biscay Bay destroyer clash
American pilots Lt. Stuart D. Johnston and Ensign Hugh M. Greeley spotted 11 German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay and shadowed them for six hours. Their signals helped British cruisers sink three enemy ships as German units pressed westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Greene
London
Bay of Biscay
Stuart D. Johnston
Upper Darby
Hugh M. Greeley
Boston
OPA Cut Canned Goods Points in January Ration Change
The Office of Price Administration slashes point values for canned snap beans peas and tomatoes and freezing fruits vegetables effective January. Green and wax beans drop to zero points while No 2 cans of peas drop to 15 points and tomatoes lose six points. Frozen corn peas and lima beans unchanged while other frozen vegetables become point free. Some jams preserves and non citrus marmalades rise by two points to eight per pound jar. Apples applesauce and rhubarb at zero with blueberries and huckleberries trimmed to six points. Frozen fruit juices fall to zero points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Goebbels Foresees Turbulent 1944 for Germany
In a Berlin radio year-end review Joseph Goebbels warned of a dangerous year ahead for civilization. He acknowledged enemy difficulties but asserted Germany retains essential economic and military positions and claimed preliminary conditions for final victory were secured by past German victories.
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Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Goebbels
Germany
Court Rules Caisson Song Not Copyrighted
The United States circuit court of appeals ruled that The Caisson Song was not copyrighted by composer Brigadier General Edmund L. Gruber, dedicating it to the public. A New York firm had claimed assignment and sought an injunction against a Boston music company, which the court denied in line with its finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Edmund L. Gruber
New York
Gruber
Boston Music Company
Lune
September Sinking of Merchantman Revealed
The Navy announced a medium U S merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Caribbean in mid September. Survivors were landed at Miami Florida. Cleveland report notes Tech Sergeant Winford D Lancaster of Pittsburgh pleaded innocent to illegal possession of narcotics before U S Commissioner B D Nicola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Caribbean
Miami
Fila
Cleveland
Tech
Winford D. Lancaster
Pittsburgh
U. S
B. D. Nicola
RAF Massive Night Raid on Berlin and Allied Advances
The night assault on Berlin involved up to 2,240 tons of bombs by RAF heavy bombers with U S S aircraft extending into Southwest Germany. Mosquito aircraft hit Central and Western Germany and Northern France, while mines disrupted German waters. The Berlin raid, described as very heavy and concentrated, left extensive fires and rising smoke and may have ended Berlin as the German capital's nerve center.
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Berlin
RAF
U. S.S
Germany
France
Air Ministry
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sid Amoke
Rubber Union Chief Targets Wildcat Strikes
International president Sherman H. Dalrymple of the CIO United Rubber Workers denounced unauthorized work stoppages in the rubber industry and called a Sunday meeting to address the situation. He urged that neither labor nor management justify stoppages and production curtailment.
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Akron
Sherman H. Dalrymple
CIO
United Rubber Workers
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