Blazing Battles Raged In Streets Of Marseille
Reporter SID FEDER describes fierce street fighting as French Patriots and regulars push Germans from Marseille after days of resistance. He details battles at the Cannebiere, Fort St. Jean, and Hotel Louvre, with tanks, snipers, and towed shells, as 28 Germans are rounded up and the city is declared under French control.
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Mareille
France
Boulevard de la Madeleine
Fort St. Jean
Fort San Nicolas
Vieux Port
Chunky Henry
Tom) Smith
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Tenn
Fred Painton
Reader's Digest
Winston Burdett
CBS
Larry Newman
International News Service
Carl Mydans
Life Magazine
Foreign Legion
Aubagne
la Valentine
Broader jobless benefits rejected by House committee
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected broader postwar unemployment benefits proposing a demobilization and reconversion bill. It left unemployment compensation to the states, deleted federal minimums of 20 dollars weekly for 26 weeks, and removed federal retraining and coverage for 3.5 million workers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
156 Ton Raid on Halmahera
Allied bombers hit Halmahera and nearby airfields with 156 tons of explosives while other planes struck Dutch New Guinea and Kai islands. Ground forces report 1,647 Japanese killed, 207 captured, 25 freed, with total allied casualties and island bases listed across Admiralty, Bougainville, New Britain, Aitape, Hollandia, Sarmi, Biak, Noemfoor, and Sansapor.
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MacArthur
HDQS
New Guinea
INS
Halmahera
Douglas
Molueccas
Dutch New Guinea
Far Islands
Macclever Gulf
Geelvink Bay
Lanager
Kai Islands
Southwest Pacific
Admiralty Islands
Bougainville
New Britain
Aitape
Hollandia
Sarmi
Biak
Noemfoor
Sansopar
Miners Vote to End Pennsylvania Strike
Shenandoah AP Four thousand anthracite miners in a seven week strike ended actions to resume work in the mines seized Wednesday by the federal government. The strikers claimed pay dockings as little as 3.83 dollars a day, accusing the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company of contract violations. The company denied breaching the contract and said workers did not log full days.
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Shenandoah
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Dumbarton Oaks Talks Center on Red Plan So Far
Washington report notes the week’s work centers on a American plan for a world organization. It envisions a four permanent member council with veto, an assembly of nations, and a largely U.S. directed security stance in key regions.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
France
Theii-Nation Council
Council
Western Hemisphere
Pacific
International Organization
Leningrad Zvezda
League of Nations
Waste paper reuse to aid plasma bleed storage
A call to save waste paper to produce 200 containers for plasma bleed needs. The message urges immediate action, claiming the effort will help save a life today.
Unclear fragment about British plan and League Covenant
Fragment discusses British stance on territorial integrity and the League Covenant amid new organization plans. Mentions status quo, commitments, and opposition to guarantees affecting member states.
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Old League
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