Wallace Is Labeled Unqualified for Big Lending Agencies
Jesse Jones labels Henry A. Wallace unqualified to run the RFC and related lending bodies. Wallace is invited to address the Senate Commerce Committee on a plan to separate the RFC and its subsidiaries from the Commerce Department. Roosevelt had nominated Wallace to the combined post of loan administrator and secretary, prompting Jones’s dismissal.
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Waoruyssve
Henry A. Wallace
Jesse Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
RFC
Commerce Department
Roosevelt
Jones
Wallace
Sana Sareea Sant
Socameres
Ieee
Senate
Pebranty
Teas Busnessman
Hoover
Pepper
Henry Wallace
Wallace Faces Demagoguery In RFC Lending Debate
Henry A. Wallace pressed for a congressional inquiry into RFC lending under Secretary Jones. He argued the struggle over controlling banking power is the real issue and that attempts to strip lending authority from the commerce secretaryship aim at undermining his competence. Senate hearings revealed CIO President Philip Murray urged unions to back Wallace’s confirmation.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Congressional
RFC
Jenne Jones
Sal
Jones
Commerce
Senate
CIO
Philip Murray
Wallace
Soviets Reach Industrial Center in Silesia as Breslau Imminent
Red Army vanguards within 125 miles of Berlin crack the Oder line at Breslau and push toward the Bohemian Mountains. Soviet forces split East Prussia and threaten German armies in Austria and Hungary as Mayakovsky and Konev's units press toward Moravia and Breslau's industrial heart.
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Red Army
Berlin
Oder River
Breslau
Silesian
East Prussia
Reich
Baltic
Oder
Silesia
City
Oppeln
Bohemian
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
Mayinovsky
Jablunka
Moravia
Moscow
London
Konev
Germany
FD Recommends Son's Promotion to Brigadier General
The article reports FD nominating Col Elliott Roosevelty, 34, for brigadier general amid a controversy over army air priority that allegedly favored a dog owned by Colonel Roosevelt. It mentions a Washington to Colonel Roosevelt's base transfer and actress Faye Emmerson in Hollywood. It also notes hundreds of Russian self propelled howitzers hammering the city and a field report on the Oder Line push.
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Col
Elliott Roosevelty
Army
Roosevelt
Washington
Baie
Faye Emmerson
Hollywood
Oder Line
Meat Dealers Request Separate Butter Stamps
Meat dealers seek distinct butter stamps to distinguish products amid market confusion. Officials say proposed marks would aid traceability and protect brands. Local merchants warn implementation may raise costs and require regulatory updates.
Water Crisis Based Curtiss Plant Reopens
In Columbus Ohio officials of the Curtiss Wright warplane plant the citys largest war industry forced to shutdown yesterday due to a municipal water famine today called its employer back to work Mayor James Rhodes warned the situation remained critical Reopening was made possible by auxiliary supplies and reduced water use in a city of over 300000 Rainfall deficiency left reservoirs nearly depleted and 60000000 gallons a day flowed into the filtration plant last night after firemen opened a clogged reservoir outlet.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Rhodes
Belgian Woman Recounts Nazi Atrocity in Belgium
A Belgian spinster testified she witnessed a German non-commissioned officer murder American tankmen in front of a roadside snowbank at Laigneuville. On December 17 a German reconnaissance battalion in an armored SS division killed about 100 more Americans along the same road. The Nazi Elite Guard is blamed for multiple atrocities against Americans and civilians across Belgium.
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Laigneuville
Belgium
U. S
Street Car Lothario Sought in San Francisco
Police sought Francis Van Wie a 58 year old street car conductor known as the Ding Dong Daddy of the D Car Line with nine wives from past marriages. He reportedly left town last Saturday after a string of matrimonial inquiries arose at the Fillmore car barn.
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San Francisco
Francis van Wie
van Wie
Fillmore
Coast Guard Auxiliary to Run Ohio River Flood Relief Division
A new Coast Guard auxiliary unit, headquartered in Columbus, will oversee flood relief operations along 250 miles of the Ohio River from near Manchester to below Portsmouth. The division is organized under the St. Louis Coast Guard District.
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Coast Guard Auxily
Ohio River
Columbus
Ohiover
Mannesetta
Portsmouth
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
St. Louis
Opposes Bonds for Bonuses to Veterans in Ohio
Columbus reports Rep J J Gallagher of Cleveland has filed a proposed constitutional amendment to issue 300000000 in state bonds for war veteran bonuses. The measure accompanies other bills creating a state fair employment practices commission exempting used cars from sales tax and banning business operation under assumed names.
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Columbus —ii
J. J. Gallagher
Cleveland
War effort totals rise as Army and Navy reach new marks
Washington reports Army flights since Pearl Harbor total 616,951 and Navy 84,999, yielding a combined war effort increase of 3800 over last week. Plant Corporation projects expansion at Byesville, Guernsey County, Ohio, with new facilities costing substantial funds and aiding defense production.
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Washington
Timson
Army
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Bluesville
Sense Plant Corporation
Byesville
Guernsey County
14th Corps Nears Manila After Luzon Push
American armored forces reach Clark Field as U S forces close on Manila two weeks into reinvasion of Luzon. Clark’s 13 runways can support bombers and fighters bound for Japanese-held islands off the China coast and southern approaches to Japan. General Ya praises progress amid heavy action.
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U. S. Philippines
Clark
China
Japan
Luzon
Philippines
Manila
Bamban
Luzon Island
P. 1
Pashita
Ainst
14Th
Rapp Brush
Bam-ban
Fred Hampson
Associated Press
Davis
Richard Bergholz
Posotrubio
Bambang
Iorning
Maila
Rosario
Amercan
Corregidor
Fortre
Manila Bay
Formosa
Pescatoros
Ryukyu Islands
Iwo Cima
Tokyo
Sumatra
Singapore
Canton-Hankow
Burma
Man ‘Dalay
Rangoon
7Th Air Forces
Air Force
Manila Besieged as Refugees Starve Under Japanese Use
Manila endures dire hunger with emaciated residents in the streets while Japanese forces strip the city of food and communications. Reports detail heavy American casualties, a large Japanese toll, and rapid advances toward Manila with air and ground campaigns across Luzon and beyond.
Sinking of Troop Ship Announces Heavy Losses
Washington report says an American troop ship carrying over 2,200 soldiers was sunk by enemy action in European waters. Losses included 248 dead and 517 missing, with more than 1,400 saved. Secretary of War Stimson announced at a news conference, offering no further details.
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Washington
War Stimson
Hti
Stimson
Russian Ambassador and Wife Die in Airplane Crash
Mexico City reports Soviet Ambassador Constantine Duman and his wife were killed today in a fatal airplane accident. The tragedy reduces diplomatic leadership in the Soviet delegation abroad.
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Mexico City
Constantine Dumansky
Toay
False Era of Plenty Challenged by NAM Leaders in Cincinnati
Walter B. Weisenburger executive vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers and J L W Prentiss Jr of Lancaster told a University of Cincinnati audience that peace would not deliver a rising standard of living without effort. Dr George Harrison of MIT joined them at the Golden Jubilee NAM program. In Lansing a Circuit judge sentenced 15 year old Edward to 1 1/2 to 5 years for carrying concealed weapons.
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Cincinnati
JL. W. Prentiss, Jr
Lancaster
United States
George H. Harrison
Bean of Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy
NAM
Lansing
Mich
Charles
Hayden
Edward Los O Lorain
Four Million Farm Workers Need To Be Recruited
The War Food Administration states agriculture will require four million workers for emergency farming to meet food needs, about eight million more than last year. Losses to armed services and rural migration shrink labor, with nationwide volunteer appeals to recruit through 12 000 local farm labor offices. Reports indicate many 18 to 25 year olds deferred as essential have been drafted following a White House instruction to the Selective Service.
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Minurus
War Food ‘Administration
WFA
White House
Selective Service
Labor Draft Legislation Urges Prompt Action in Congress
A House Military Committee recommended rapid action on national service laws amid shortages. The plan would require men aged 18 to 45 to work where needed under threat of induction, with penalties including imprisonment. The panel also pushed an anti closed shop measure and warned against political payoffs to registrars.
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Washington
House Military Committee
House
Ilwell Succeeds Lear as Commander in Army Ground Forces
War secretary Stimson announced Gen Joseph W Ilwell will command the Army ground forces, succeeding Lt Gen Jen Lear. The transfer names Ilwell to head the ground forces amid wartime leadership changes.
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Ilwell
Lear
Wastuurun
Stimson
Joseph W.ilwell
Army
Jen Lear
Prague unrest and siege amid Soviet push toward East Prussia
Radio reports mass unrest in Prague, with a state of siege declared for the city. Moscow says Rokossovsky’s forces push on Elbing and Danzig, tightening the noose on East Prussia as Cherniakhovsky’s Third White Russian Army advances toward Konigsberg. Frontline actions include Konev near Grabow, near Racica, and Breslau, with battering divisions preparing for street defense.
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Prague
Czecholovak
Rokossovsky
Elbing
Baltic
Danzig
East Prussia
Cherniakhovsky
Konigsberg
Poe
Berlin
Konev
Zhukov
Grabow
Kac Ia
Besiny
Racica
Breslau
Sppein
Silesian
Volkssturm
Battle for Alsace Front Report Signals Final Assault Likely
A wartime dispatch describes a major German push in Northeastern Alsace against the U S Seventh Army on a 20 mile front from Haguenau to the Moder River. Allied forces hammer supply lines, with the Ninth Army pushing toward the Roer while Luxembourg actions and rail strikes complicate German defenses.
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U.S
Seventh Army
Haguenau
Moder
France
Ardennes
U.S. Ninth Army
Roer
Stockholm
Julich
Eisenhower
Duren
Linnich
U.S. Third Army
Luxembourg
Bullangest
Bullange
Salient
Heinsberg
Plan to Move Motor Vehicle Bureau Faces Senate Doubt
In Columbus Senator Frank E. Whittemore questioned any bill to transfer the Bureau of Motor Vehicles from the Highway Department to the Secretary of State. Secretary Edward J. Hummel had proposed the move, a shift that would place about 400 employees under new jurisdiction, including deputy registrars statewide.
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Columbus
Senate
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Highway Department
Secetary of State
Frank E. Whittemore
Edward J. Hummel
Laborites Oppose War Prisoner Labor Plan in Columbus
Two labor members of the War Manpower Commission’s area labor management committee protest Army plans to bring 350 German prisoners of war to work at the Army Services Forces Depot in Columbus. Edward S. Griffin, Columbus CIO Council vice president, says the WMC never disclosed 300 job openings, while Ed Waller of the Carpenters Union AFL opposes the project due to critical materials stored at the depot.
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Columbus
War Manpower Commission
Area Labor-Manages
Army Services Forces
Edward S. Griffin
Columbus Cio Council
WMC
Ea Waller
Carpenters’ Union
AFL
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