Officials Admit Dining At House on R Street
Washington officials tied to a wartime contracts probe acknowledged attending meals at the mysterious four story residence on R Street NW. Secretary Knox said he dined there but denied discussing contracts while Major General Campbell said he attended two dinners and met Archduke Otto.
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R Street
Washington
R_ street
House
Knox
L. H. Campbell, Jr
Army
Ordnance
WPB
Nelson
Rubber
Jeffers
Austin
R-Vt
General Campbell
Evening Star
House Committee
Campbell
Otto von Hapsburg
Felix
Bridges
R-N.h
Rep. Morrison
Dla
John Monroe
Roosevelt
West Point
Monroe
Archduke Otto
Northwest
Eula Smith
Weather and Darwin raid reveal Japan long reach
MacArthur's headquarters reported Japanese long range air power shown in a Darwin raid while Spitfires defending the port repelled 51 enemy bombers and fighters at heavy cost from weather. The Koepang Timor attack followed as Allied fighters claimed four Japanese planes destroyed and several damaged.
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MacArthur
Australia
Darwin
Japan
Harold Guard
Northwest
Guard
Koepang
Timor
Britain
North Australian
Comunique
G O P Postwar Talks and Willkie Visit May Coincide
Chicago observers note Willkie visited while 12 midwestern state leaders met to form a postwar policy association. Willkie said he did not know the meeting was in session and left for the East by mid afternoon Monday. Deneen A. Watson leads the Chicago postwar policy group.
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Chicago
Wendell Willkie
G.O.P
Willkie
Republican Party
East
Deneen A. Watson
Postwar Policy Group
Associ
Republicans Oppose Isolationism Meet Unity Call
About 100 delegates from Indiana and neighboring states gathered in a conference organized by Watson for Republicans opposing isolationism. Don Beery of Indianola Iowa chaired the resolutions committee which urged no penalties on lawmakers for isolationist views before Pearl Harbor and backed a four point postwar policy: total victory, United Nations unity, conversion of war industries to peace production, and a council of nations under the UN.
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Ation
Willkie
Watson
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Missouri
Minnesota
Kansas
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Don Beery
Indianola
Republican Party
Pearl Harbor
Policy Association
United Nations
Council of Nations
Murray Claims Government Violated Price Pledge
In San Francisco CIO president Philip Murray told 1,200 CIO delegates that Congress broke its price control commitment. He demanded a rollback of retail prices to the September 1942 level to stabilize wages in the United States.
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San Francisco
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Congress
United States
Common Justice
Birds and animals caught by sportsmen yield 253 million pounds
In 1942 sport hunters provided about 253 million pounds of usable meat from game birds and animals. This figure reflects the annual harvest and the contribution of hunting to meat supply during the war era.
Franklin Teacher Enters Red Cross Overseas Service
Harold Templeman Franklin high school physical education instructor received a leave of absence as he volunteers for the American Red Cross as an assistant field director. He will train in Washington, D C after leaving Cedar Rapids where he completed eight years of service.
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Board of Education
Harold Templeman
Franklin High School
American Red Cross
Templeman
University of Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
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N. D. Bowers
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Central City
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Wapello
M. Feder & Sons
F Avenue
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Plaid
Pennsylvania
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