Cost of living index debates spark partisan report
A minority report from two labor representatives accuses the Bureau of Labor Statistics cost of living index of underestimating actual rises since 1941 while the Davis chaired committee has yet to produce a final report. The piece argues no single index can fully measure living costs and notes inconsistencies in labor leaders’ use of unit pay rates versus total living costs. It also touches on political forecasts for the 1944 campaign and praises congressional action honoring Admiral Spruance with promotion plans.
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ARLY
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Industry
Organized Labor
Labor
Bureau of Labor
Davis
Washington
Marshall Islands
Congress
Raymond A. Spruance
Spruance
Meany
Thomas
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Yanks Seize Engebi Airbase in Eniwetok Atoll
American forces captured Engebi, the main air base on Eniwetok, along with several nearby islets in the Marshalls. The operation involved 22nd Marines under Col. John T Walker, expanding the Pacific push toward Truk and Kwajalein as powerful fleets and air units cut Japanese strongholds. Casualties at Engebi reported as light, with continued assaults on other atoll sections fitting a rapid clockwork pattern.
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William F. Tyree
Pearl Harbor
Engebi
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
U. S
Pacific
Caroline Islands
Pacific Fleet
Eniwetolk
Truk
Carolines
Chester W. Nimitz
Eniwetok
Thenemy
South Pacific
John T. Walker
Texas
Kwajalein
Coe College Selects Dr. Brumbaugh as 1944 Commencement Speaker
Cedar Rapids report states Dr. Aaron John Brumbaugh education professor at the University of Chicago since 1936 and former Mt. Morris College president will speak at Coe College commencement on Sunday March 19 in Sinclair Memorial chapel. Brumbaugh holds Ph.D. from Chicago and serves on multiple education boards.
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Cedar Rapids News
Aaron John Brumbaugh
University of Chicago
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Charles A. Anderson
Brumbaugh
Commission On Colleges and Universities
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
American College Personnel Association
American Educational Research Association
National Society For Study of Education
Phi Delta Kappa
Mt. Morris, Ill
Mecca Township
Trumbull County
Ohio
Mt. Morris
Dean Brumbaugh
Mt. Union College
Alliance
Mt. Morris College
University
Albion College
Hartville
Naval Action Begins Against 2 Major Japanese Bases
Allied forces attacked Rabaul New Britain and Kavieng New Ireland in the first Southwest Pacific naval actions of the war. American warships shelled both harbors while air forces hit shipping and bases, sinking ships and damaging vessels as part of a broader offensive that also targeted a convoy from Truk.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Douglas MacArthur
Simpson Harbor
William F. Halsey
MacArthur
Truk
Bismarck Archipelago
Wewak
New Guinea
Cape Hoskins
Saidor
Red Cross Month Proclaimed by F D Roosevelt
President Roosevelt declared March 1 to be Red Cross Month urging Americans to observe it by donating to the 1944 minimum war fund of 200 million dollars. The war enters a decisive stage demanding the fullest individual sacrifice.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Relief Agency
Partisans Regain Montenegrin Town
London reports Yugoslav Partisans have recaptured the fortified Montenegrin town of Bosansko Grahova, east of Dubrovnik, during a renewed offensive in northwestern Bosnia. Other forces seized Casin, while the Yugoslav People's Army of Liberation announced the loss of the northern Dalmatian town of Bugojno after German forces had been driven out days earlier.
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London
Bosansko Grahova
Dubrovnik
Casin
Bosnia
Josip
Tito) Brazovich
Bugojno
Labor spokesmen challenge BLS living cost report
AFL and CIO leaders Meany and Thomas urge President Roosevelt to order an investigation of the BLS index used to measure wartime living costs. They claim costs have risen at least 43.5 percent since Jan 1941, far above the 24 percent BLS figure, and warn of injustice to the public.
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George Meany
AFL
R. J. Thomas
CIO
Davis
War Labor Board
Labor
Meany
Thomas
United Auto Workers
H. B. Horton
Chicago
George Batt
Newark
Perkins
BLS
Fear Move To By-Pass Congress Sparks Senate Debate
Senator James J Davis warns of an executive order to implement the Baruch report after the war, bypassing Congress. Senator Walter F George and Senator Arthur Vandenberg dispute the approach, arguing for congressional control and accountability while supporting Baruch's goals of postwar prosperity and winding down the war economy.
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Congress
Washington
James J Davis
R-Pa
Davis
Roosevelt
Walter F George
D-Ga
Senate
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
James F. Byrnes
Vandenberg
R-Mich
George
Linn's Quota In Red Cross Drive $147,000
Linn county will launch a Red Cross war fund drive from March 6 to March 11 with a $147,000 county quota, up from $85,000 last year. Campaign leaders include James W. Bell and a diverse division advisory group from labor and industry, plus canvass plans of home, business, and industrial solicitations. Donations may be sent directly to the Linn County Red Cross at the Granby building in Cedar Rapids.
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Red Cross
Linn County
James W. Bell
Granby
Cedar Rapids
Bell
A. W. Daniels
Universal Engineering Company
James F. Plumb
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Gordon Fennell
R. C. Montgomery
Edward Sheehy
J. L. Cooper
Lee Winterberg
Reginald B. Figge
Thomas Lb. Crabbe
Weaver Witwer
Charles Shackell
C. W.latimer
One Iowan Victim of Bomber Collision
Phoenix dispatch lists 17 Army Airmen killed when two B-24 bombers collided 20 miles northeast of Phoenix during formation flight. Among the dead is Pvt. Russell V. Johnson, 21, of Red Oak Iowa.
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Phoenix, Ariz
INS
Williams Field
Phoenix
Pvt
Russell V. Johnson
Red Oak
Berlin Radio Denies Plan to Quit Finland
New York AP reports Berlin radio on Saturday denied a German foreign official assertion that Col Gen Eduard Dietl in Finland had been ordered to prepare for a possible retreat of German troops from Finland.
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Berlin
Finland
New York
Eduard Dietl
Two Air Raid Alerts Heard in Budapest
Stockholm reports two air raid alarms sounded in Budapest Saturday night with no further details available. No casualties or damages are mentioned in the dispatches from Hungary to the Swedish press.
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Budapest
Stockholm
Hungary
Convict Freed as World War Hero With Amnesia Case
Carl John Howard, once known as Carlos M. Gonzales and George L. Brown, was pardoned by President Roosevelt after 11 months in Leavenworth. He served in World War I with American and French honors, regaining memory March 12 in a Texas jail and revealing his true identity and wartime record.
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Kansas City
Leavenworth
San Antonio
Texas
Carl John Howard
Roosevelt
France
Bordeaux
Carlos
George L. Brown
Brown
Meuse
Argonne
St. Mihiel
Chateau-Thierry
Arch M. Hale
German Spy Network Operated From Argentina
Argentina accused by Buenos Aires authorities of hosting a vast Axis spy network that fed United States defense data to Berlin. The three-group ring involved Gestapo chief Himmler agents and the German high command. The report notes espionage focused on US army and war industries. General Friedrich Wolf and two Japanese attaches were freed due to diplomatic status but remain under police inquiry.
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Buenos Aires
Germany
Argentina
United States
Berlin
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
High Command
Himmler
Argentine
United States Army
Friedrich Wolf
Axis
Wolf
Katsumi Yukishita
Tadaji Kameda
Nazi Tanks Force Allies to Quit Cassino Station
Allied forces withdraw from the Cassino railway station area after a German counterattack using tanks. Six German tanks flanked the position and opened fire, causing close-range casualties and a untenable position on a water-surrounded knoll with heavy machine-gun fire. Hand-to-hand fighting flared Friday night with four counterattacks on Hill 593, all repelled.
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Cassino
Sherman
Liri
Mt. Cassino
Situation in Italy In Hand Patterson
Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson told a press conference that the situation in Italy is in hand and the beach-head at Anzio can be held. He said progress against Japan may be rapid and the plan is to lick Hitler first while enlarging the Pacific offensive.
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Dallas, Texas
Robert P. Patterson
Italy
Anzio
Pacific
Patterson
Hitler
Japan
Spy Jury Fails To Reach Verdict
A federal court jury in Detroit could not decide the fate of Dr. Frederick W. Thomas a Detroit physician accused of being a German spy and was excused from further deliberations until Monday.
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Detroit
Frederick W. Thomas
German General Von Brodeck Dies From Russian Front Wound
The radio reported that Major General Albrecht von Brodeck, commander of an infantry division, died of a wound he suffered on the Russian front.
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New York
Berlin
Albrecht von Brodeck
Expect New Nazi Blows On Beach Front
American and British troops fight to hold the Anzio beach-head as German forces press with heavy infantry and armor. Allied air forces claim numerous enemy planes shot down while Gen. Clark praises frontline courage and warns of further German assaults.
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Naples
Anzio
Fifth Army
Rome
Mark W. Clark Saturday
Beach-Head
Clark
Carroceto
Daniel’. de Luce
Associated Press
Albert Kesselring
de Luce
Kesselring
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