Great Offensive Against Japan Looms to Own Dollar Tax Bill
The Ways and Means Committee plans a second war revenue measure for House approval. It would raise federal revenue by about 2.14 billion dollars, fund via higher excises on luxuries, a beer and wine tax hike, increased postal rates, and changes to corporate and individual taxes. The bill retains the 20 percent withholding and lowers normal surtaxes, with new renegotiation appeal provisions and no broad retail sales plan.
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Carlson
Kans
Sttee
House
Y On
Iain Cigaret
Tax Court of United States
Lehman Takes UNRRA Post
Atlantic City reports Herbert Lehman elected director general of UNRRA. He pledged a firm postwar program with joint responsibility among 44 nations, urging surplus nations to share resources and plan rationing, to ensure fair distribution as armistice ends and shortages loom.
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Atlantic City
Herbert Leh
New York Faces Feed Shortage Warns of States Crisis
Governor Dewey warns that New York and 12 other states may face a feed crisis unless the federal government revises economic policies to ensure grain shipments. A state committee from the Midwest supports the claim, noting little hope for grain delivery under current policies.
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Dewey
New York
Midwest
War Food Administration
Meigs Co Youth Cited for Bravery in War Front Hero Award
Five wounded heroes back from Europe and Africa received medals for bravery at Deshon General Hospital. Four earned the Purple Heart including Staff Sgt Leroy J Meredith of Minersville Meigs County Ohio in the Army Air Corps. He flew a Flying Fortress to Kiel at 27000 feet, oxygen failed, he blacked out, then woke with a frozen left hand.
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Butler
Europe
Africa
Deshon General Hospital
Leroy J. Meredith
Minersville
Meigs County
Army Air Corps
Kiel
Meredith
RAF Bombers Hit Cannes Rail Link to Italy
British RAF bombers hit the French Riviera rail line to Italy with a heavy, concentrated strike on Cannes near Antheor. The attack followed a two wave assault by Liberators and Flying Fortresses targeting feeders to Nazi Italy forces.
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London
Riviera
Italy
Cannes
Antheor
Patrice Munsel signs Met Opera contract for three years
Spokane coloratura Patrice Munsel, age 18, refuses radio screen and stage offers to sign a Metropolitan Opera contract guaranteeing a $120000 minimum for concert appearances over the next three years. Allied bombing targets include Annecy and rail links through the Brenner Pass as part of a broader campaign against Nazi production.
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Patrice Munsel
Spokane
Metropolitan Opera
GOP Leaders Gather in Chicago for 1944 Convention Site
Republican leaders plan a January 10 11 meeting at the Stevens Hotel Chicago to pick the date and place for the 1944 national convention. National committee members and state chairmen are invited to attend as defense transportation officials urged central venues.
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Washington
Chicago
GOP
Harrison E. Spangler
Stevens Hotel
National Committee
Spangler
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Kroger official urges industry to leaders in labor talks
G F Mugridge labor relations director for Kroger Grocery and Baking Co at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce urged American management to take the first step in solving the management union problem. He called for exploring collective bargaining, educational programs, funds for research in industrial relations, and study of union objectives. He warned against disassociating from union contracts after the war.
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Columbus
G. F. Mugridge
Cincinnati
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
Mugridge
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Soldier Granted Furlough To Be With Ailing Dog
Albany dispatch says Special Tech. Franklin E. Higgins traveled 1300 miles from Camp Crowder Mo to reunite with Pal, a 17 year old airedale shepherd, after a Red Cross request secured a special furlough as Pat the dog suffered a stroke and may not live long.
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Albany
N. Y
Pal
Franklin E. Higgins
Camp Crowder
Red Cross
Pat
Probe Fire Fatal To 4 Women Employees
Government agents and city police opened an investigation into the Warren Refining and Chemical Co plant fire in Cleveland that killed four women employees and injured 17 others. Second assistant fire chief Joseph F. Sweeny said the blaze trapped workers as the four story brick building burned, with damage estimated at about $200000.
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Cleveland
Warren Refining & Chemical Co
Joseph F. Sweeny
Ohio draft deferment requests exceed two thousand
Columbus Ohio draft boards asked the U S Employment Service to investigate over 2200 deferment requests in the previous month announced E L Keenan director of the state war manpower commission.
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Columbus
U. S. Employment Service
Ohio Draft Boards
E. L. Keenan
State War Manpower Commission
Legion Head Appeals For More Wood Pulp
Warren H. Atherton national commander of the American Legion urged citizens in 27 states to cut more wood pulp to alleviate a shortage for paper products. He said farm and woodland pulpwood currently supplies the Army and Navy with hundreds of war products.
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New York
Warren H. Atherton
American Legion
American Newspapers
Army
Navy
Atherton
Winant Son Taken as Prisoner of War in Germany
Lieutenant John G. Winant Jr. is reported missing after an air raid and announced to be a prisoner of war in Germany. The disclosure was made at the home of Ambassador John G. Winant and his wife in Concord New Hampshire.
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Concord
N. H
John G. Winant, Jr
Germany
John G. Winant
FSA Expands Farm Buying Help to Ohio Counties
Columbus A L Sorensen state Farm Security Administration director said farmers in Cuyahoga Erie Franklin Hamilton Summit Lake Lorain Lucas Madison Mahoning Miami Montgomery Ottawa Putnam Richland and Stark counties will get first opportunity to buy farms through the FSA. Broadening of the program to cover all of Ohio has been approved by the state advisory committee.
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Columbus
A. L. Sorensen
State Farm Security Administration
Cuyahoga
Erie
Franklin
Hamilton
Summit
Lake
Lorain
Lucas
Madison
Mahoning
Miami
Montgomery
Ottawa
Putnam
Richland J
Stark
FSA
Ohio
Tee
Zoo Chief Dies in Columbus at 33
Travis E. Englehart Jr., age 33, superintendent of the Columbus Zoo since 1939, died today of a heart ailment. He was the nation's youngest zoo superintendent.
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Columbus
Travis E. Englehart, Jr
Columbus Zoo
Russians Drive 18 Miles Night Raid Near Zhitomir
Soviet forces push 18 miles overnight toward Zhitomir as they close in on the Ukrainian front from Stalingrad to Berlin. German fire and air raids continue as Allied bombing targets freight centers in southern France and near Cassino.
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Reds
Zhitomir
Stalingrad
Berlin
Volga
Ukraine
Reuters
Kerch
Crimean
Radio Moscow
Gomel
White Russia
Pripet
Russia
Kiev
Old Poland
Nevel
Poland
Chernigov
Crimea
Mediterranean
Britain
France
Foggia
Italy
Fifth Army
Rome
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Cassino
Mignano
Bussi
Avezzano
Attu Hero Martinez Receives Congressional Medal of Honor
Army private Joe P. Martinez, 23, of Ault Colorado, formerly a Colorado farm laborer, led an American battalion to victory on Attu last May and single handedly broke final Japanese resistance. He fell with his rifle at his shoulder as he received the Medal of Honor posthumously, announced by the War Department.
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Washington
Colorado
Attu
War Department
Joe P. Martinez
Ault
1944 Civilian Diet Will Be as Good as Pre War
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones told the National Orange convention that the American civilian diet in 1944 will be as good as in the pre war years. He said decisions indicate adequate supplies for health and productive effort with at least as much food per capita as pre war, both in tonnage and food value. Jones urged fair distribution to aid war effort and assured farmers they will receive adequate returns for record crops. He added prices will stay aligned to prevent inflation as shortages of farm machinery are addressed and production expands.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Marvin Jones
Orange Convention
Jones
Nimitz Signals Pacific Drive Toward Japan Bases
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in a national radio address said the United States is ready to attack and will not rest until the Japanese defense perimeter is broken. He cited secured Aleutians and intensified strikes in the South and Southwest Pacific, signaling planned invasions of well defended Pacific bases.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Sam
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific
Aleutians
Southwest Pacific
Central Pacific
Japan
Pacific Command
Nimitz
United States
Washington
Hawaii
Mountbatten
Mediterranean
General MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Solomons
Rabaul
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Chevalier
Choiseul
Empress Augusta
Soerabaja
Java
Kayieng
New Ireland
De Marigny Freed by Bahamas Jury in Oakes Slaying Case
A Bahamas supreme court jury acquitted Alfred De Marigny of killing Sir Harry Oakes and setting fire to his bedroom. The verdict, by nine to three, left the mystery unsolved and recommended deportation, a suggestion with unclear legal effect. The jury found De Marigny, husband of Oakes' daughter Nancy, not guilty of the crime but urged removal from the colony.
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Nasseu
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Bahamas Supreme Court
de Marigny
Oakes
Nancy
International Meeting of Agriculturists Urged
At the National Grange convention Morton Tompkins urged inviting farm leaders from Great Britain Canada Australia and other friendly nations to join an international conference to draft a program for postwar agricultural prosperity. The event would coordinate efforts among Allied farming groups to boost global farming collaboration.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
China
National Grange
Morton Tompkins
Wilmington
Del
Oregon State Grange
France
Raymond Fenard
Washington
United States
Value of B C Gas Coupons To Be Raised
Washington says the unit value of B and C gasoline coupons issued from December 1 will rise to five gallons labeled B-2 and C-2. Existing B C and B-1 C-1 coupons expire as they are replaced. old coupons remain valid for two or three gallons regionally. The change does not increase total gasoline but reduces paperwork and may encourage five gallon purchases. A books are unaffected.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Midwest
OPA
Plant To Hire Only Veterans Of This War
New York The General Aircraft Corporation will employ only discharged veterans of the present war as hourly workers. President H J Maynard Jr says the policy eases the transition of millions of men to civilian employment after military service.
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New York
General Aircraft Corporation
H. J. Maynard, Jr
Stimson Reveals U.S. Casualties in Italy Since Salerno
Secretary of War Stimson announced that U S army losses in Italy since the Salerno landings on Sept 9 totaled 8 556 with 1 295 killed 4 764 wounded and 2 497 missing British casualties were said to be higher though exact figures were unavailable at the press briefing.
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Washington
War Stimson
Italy
Salerno
Stimson
Ford plans Willow Run postwar multi engine airliners
Henry Ford announced that if current plans succeed, Willow Run will house postwar production of large multi engine cargo passenger planes by his company. The initiative targets significant aircraft production after the war.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Willow Run
Allied planners push three-way assault on Tokyo area
Signs from the South Pacific point to an imminent three-pronged Allied drive toward Tokyo. American forces in final preparations aim to cut the southern half of Japan’s conquered empire and gain footholds for further advances.
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Washington
South Pacific
Tokyo
Central Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
India- Burma
Britain
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Nimitz
Mountbatten
Douglas MacArthur
Kiska
North Pacific
Roy S. Geiger
Soil Expert Warns Against Dust Bowl Repeat
CHICAGO. H Bennett chief of the U S Soil Conservation Service warns the nation may return to dust bowl conditions of the mid 30s. He notes wheat seeding and record low soil moisture in the central and southern great plains and urges action to prevent soil erosion. FOUND DEAD IN FIELD BUCYRUS Elmer E Loe gan 76 missing since Oct 28 found dead in a corn field near his home. believed to have suffered a heart attack.
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Chicago
H. Bennett
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Great Plains
Bucyrus
Elmer E. Loegan
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Ahton
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Roosevelt
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UNRRA
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Riviera Railway
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Ohio Counties
THE
Associated Press
U. S
International Meeting of Agriculturists
Maureen Cudmore
Seattle
U.S
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