Unified command urged for Pacific war effort
Editor notes a strong push among American and Australian leaders for a single head to direct all Pacific operations. Officials argue field commanders need authority to mobilize all forces quickly, citing MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific and Nimitz in the wider theater, with Australians fearing divided lines weaken defenses.
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Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Nimitz
Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Hawaiian Islands
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John W. Greenslade
Twelfth Naval District
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New Guinea
Rabaul
Truk
Pearl Harbor
Southwest Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Great Britain
Australian
Rachmaninoff Dies at 69 After Pleurisy Complications
Mourning surrounds music world as Sergei Rachmaninoff 69, Russian-born pianist and composer, dies from pleurisy complications. Naturalized New York February 1, he faced exile from Russia after the revolution and left a legacy of symphonies operas and chamber works. He toured globally with four pianos for long concerts and enjoyed detective stories for leisure.
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Beverly Wills
Sergei Rachmaninoff
West Coast
New York
Rachmaninoff
Novgorod
Russia
St. Petersburg
London Philharmonic
England
891 827 Men Sent Overseas by U S In First War Year
Washington AP The army transportation corps moved 891 827 men overseas in the first year of the war and ships average 82 pounds of equipment daily for each man. In the year ended Dec 7 1942 11 641 838 army troops were moved on U S railroads. Compared with World War I figures 366 603 men overseas 43 pounds per man per day and 2 734 527 moved on railroads.
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Washington
Army Transportation Corps
War Department
United States
The
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Plan Free Legal Aid for Soldiers
The War Department and the American Bar Association announce free legal assistance for all soldiers. A commissioned officer acting as legal assistance officer will be assigned to each post or camp, aided by volunteer civilian lawyers from nearby communities designated by state bar associations. Civilian lawyers will handle cases in civilian courts.
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Washington
War Department
American Bar Association
United States
State Bar Association
Military legal aid sent to soldiers overseas
Soldiers overseas will receive legal representation through correspondence at their homes, arranged by commanding officers and the appropriate authorities as needed.
Staggering Of Vacations To Ease Rail Load
War transportation demands force changes in vacation patterns. Staggering vacations across the year and midweek starts/ends will be needed as railroads and buses face crowding. Nonessential travel must be curtailed, with many people urged to vacation near home to free capacity for essential wartime movement.
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Washington
Farrell, Head of U.S. Steel, Dies at 80
James A Farrell, 80, longtime leader of United States Steel, died Sunday after two months illness. Born in New Haven, he rose from a 250-a-week wire mill job to president of U.S. Steel in 1911, guiding the company through expansive growth until his 1932 retirement.
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James A Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
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Farrell
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Oliver Steel Wire Company
American Steel and Wire Company
United States Steel
William E. Corey
Oakland men aid San Lorenzo sugar beet harvest
The treasuries of Kiwanis Rotary Lions and Exchange clubs benefited as Oakland business and professional men harvested the San Lorenzo sugar beet crop amid a farm labor shortage and turned their wages over to the service clubs.
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Bomber Crew Back from Europe Featured on Vox Pop
Embers of the first bomber crew to return from Europe will be interviewed on Monday’s Vox Pop by Parks Johnson and Warren Hull from a Cheyenne Wyoming aircraft plant. The crew flew 11 missions over Germany and France and claimed six Focke Wulfs shot down and one MB-109.
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Warren Hull
Germany
France
Brest
Rommilly-Sur-Seine
Cheyenne
Wyo
Radio Schedule Fragments from 1913 Broadcast Day
A dense listing shows WMT WGN KXEL and other stations airing songs, news, dramas, and serials through the day. Programs include The Green Hornet style broadcasts, musical interludes, religious devotions, and soap operas with numerous named shows and hosts referenced.
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WGN Reveille
WMT
Tips & Tunes
WGN Combs
Shelley Whem
CNS
Exel Finchille
Son Wes
Turner Exel
Exel
KRALL
Mary Mure
Strange Tails
Helen
Jane Foster Ridam
Biringham Kall
Lone Ranger
Nahant Lady
WGN
Musi Moods
Deus
Zelda
Kaltenborn
Vox Pon
Cat ‘Tinnee
Cavalcade
O'Neills
G'dwin
B. Drummond
al Walenstein
Falco
Heattor
Holb
Waste Fats Defined by WPB Rally Aiding War Effort
More than 200000 volunteers work with 11000 salvage committees across the United States to guide housewives in saving waste kitchen fat. Waste fat from cooking becomes glycerine for gunpowder and medicinals, with fats salvaged from drippings, greases, oils, and residues melted and strained for storage before being processed for explosives and military supplies.
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WPB
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