Nelson Wins Victory Over Armed Services In War Board Accord
President Roosevelt announced a breakthrough with the War Production Board and armed services on scheduling munitions production. A government source said Cherlea E. Wilson, WPB Vice Chairman, would oversee aircraft production while the services manage other munitions under delegated authority. The settlement marks civilian rather than military control over production timing, with Wilson supervising and reviewing army navy and marine programs.
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Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Armed Services
WPH
Nelson
Leutenant
WPB
Cherlea E. Wilson
Wilson
Army
Navy
Martem
Modified Wartime Bill Is Approved
A wartime measure to grant President Roosevelt power to suspend tariff regulations was approved in draft form. The labor and public committees reviewed the proposal and plan to consider it tomorrow, with possible public hearings. The bill keeps a three way expiration for emergency powers and omits alien entrance provisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Othe
Congress
Sent Back to Draft Board for Sea Duty Request
Tony Martin former movie and radio singer and navy chief specialist has been discharged for unwitness by the 12th naval district and ordered to report to his draft board in Beverly Hills. The navy stated the action is not dishonorable and carries no degradation. He said he would report to return to uniform.
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San Francisco
Tony Martin
Navy
12Th Naval District
Martin
Maurice N. Avothere
Royal
Beverly Hills
Britain Forms Post War Plan As Beveridge Report outlined
London December 1 The Beveridge planning committee announced a sweeping postwar social security plan covering benefits from birth to death and proposing a new ministry. The 300000 word report, though praised as blueprint stage, faces opposition and still awaits Commons hearings as Britain debates broad social responsibility after the war.
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London
Britain
Sir William Beveridge
Beveridge
House of Commons
40 Workers Are Saved As Launch Explodes
Barges in Bremerton Washington report a gasoline launch carrying about 40 yard workers exploded and burned late today. Operators say all aboard were rescued with three men hospitalized for burns, including pilot Albert Lieseke 15 son of owner Mrs Mary Lieseke. The 30 foot Silver was the smallest craft in the area and was laid up at Port Orchard.
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Bremerton
Warb
Port Orchard
FDR Signals Plan to Limit Investment Income Promises
President Roosevelt indicated he may ask Congress next month to limit investment and inheritance incomes to the same ceiling as salaries after $67,200. An informed source cited a proposed taxation measure to cap investment income, with Roosevelt planning a radio address before January 1 to explain the plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Earlley
Presiden
Tome
REC
Jesse Jones
Jones
OPA Rent Control Office Opens In Kanawha County
The OPA announces a rent control crackdown in Kanawha County with an office in the Atlas Building to process complaints from tenants and landlords. The act sets that rents last March 1 are the maximum and violations may incur severe penalties. Director Herbert E. Bergquist said registrations will enable enforcement and reviews for cases of major capital improvements or reoccupancy. willful violators face up to 5000 fine or five years imprisonment or both.
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OPA
Kanawha
Ibert E. Bergquist
Atlas
Bergquist
Gold Star Mother and Injured Boy to Aid Band Broadcast
A 10 year old schoolboy Walter Letkay of Wheeling who lost a foot while collecting scrap metal will appear in a 15 minute broadcast to aid West Virginia’s forty five million dollar Victory Loan quota. The program will air at 7 50 p m from a hospital line with brief remarks by Charleston banker John K Dickinson and Wallace Gribble West Virginia Chamber of Commerce president. The broadcast will include the mother of a sailor killed in the South Pacific.
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South Pacific
Business and Labor
West Virginia
Walter Letkay
Wheeling
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Hig
Henderson L. Peebles
Charleston
Victory Loan Drive
Plano
Peebles
John K. Dickinson
Wallace 3. Gribble
Clash of Nazi French Troops Reported in Montpellier
London dispatch cites Berne report via Reuters describing a bloody clash as French garrison at Montpellier resisted demobilization. Barracks barricades, SS and Nazi troops fire, several dead. broader unrest prompts emergency measures in Italy and France.
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Montpellier
Hitler
Aeport
Berne
Reuter’s
Europe
Hiver
Italy
France
Gestapo
Ankara
Vichy
Toulon
McH
Agence Tess
Geneva
Heinrich Himmler
I Civiliis
AFL CIO Peace Conference Begins
In Washington the AFL and CIO peace committees resumed talks after a three year lapse. Harry C. Bates of the bricklayers union said the session was harmonious and another meeting would be held tomorrow at 10. Philip Murray of CIO and Dan Tobin of the AFT Teamsters offered brief comments as the conference adjourned.
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Washington
Dee
AFL
CIO
United Labor Movement
Harry C. Bates
Bricklayers Union
AFL Peace Committee
Philip Murray
Daniel J. Tobin
AFT Teamsters Union
U S Submarines Sink Five Japanese Ships
U S submarines in the Pacific have sunk five Japanese ships including a destroyer and damaged two others, one likely sunk, in a daily naval communique. The tally brings total enemy vessels sunk or damaged to 143 since the war began, with 43,200 tons announced for the latest action. Sunk ships include a 9,000-ton tanker and three cargo ships of 8,000, 6,200, and 2,000 tons plus an unidentified destroyer.
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Washington
America
Pacific
Japan
Western Pacific
Ching Sea
Japanese Divisions Stationed Near China's Back Door
CHUNGKING December 1 More than 10 Japanese divisions are stationed in territories around Annam province for a possible campaign to close this back door of China. An army spokesman said Gen Count Kaishi Terauchi in the Pacific theater has extended his mid November troop inspection in northern Burma to Lungling near the Burma road town lost last May. The spokesman estimated about 216000 Japanese troops for a Yunnan attack and noted Terauchi’s visit signals possible action as senior officers’ visits precede moves.
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Annan Province
China
Kaishi Terauchi
Burma
Yunnan
Lungling
Terauchi
Bury
Poi
Beginning Today A Two Week Serial The Cavalier
Master Francis Rowland, exiled with Charles I, returns to Cromwell era England on a daring mission. He meets the remarkable Lord Graymont and uncovers and defeats a vile plot. Read chapter one on page 20 of this issue.
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Francis Rowland
Charles 1
England
Lord Graymont
Reds Block Nazi Aid To Bottled Up Units
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet twin offensives on the Stalingrad and central fronts broke stubborn German resistance. Russian forces widened gaps near Velikiy Uzy and Rubev, tightening rings around rail centers as transport planes were shot down in a failed relief effort.
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UNS i
Russia
Stalingrad
Don-Volga
Cught
Rubev
Velikys Luki
Japs Try To Reinforce Buna In New Guinea
Allied forces tightened their ring on the Buna and Gona area as Japanese reinforcements by four destroyers were reported. MacArthur’s communique noted Allied air strikes sinking or probable sinking of enemy ships while preserving the advance toward the coast and sea.
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Australia
Buna
New Guinea
High Command
Gona
Douglas MacArthur
Fill er Up Disappears From National Language
Kansas City dispatch reports gasoline rationing expanding to the west and evening the phrase fill er up vanishing from common usage as motorists adjust to four gallon averages. East already under rationing, officials note slight traffic reductions in Kansas City while stations cope with demand. readers urged to turn to page 17 for full coverage.
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Stalinarad
East
Dallas
Pex
USC Club
Winfield
Kas
St. Louis
Kansas City Transportation Company
Allies Cross Axis Minefields in Tunis Front Clash at Bizerte
Allied forces breached Axis minefields near the Bizerte Tunis defenses and pressed toward Tunis and Gabes. Bombers hit Tunis, Bizerte, and Gabes as British and U S units advance along the coast and cut land communications. The Moroccan radio cites major progress while Eisenhower signals a prolonged air offensive.
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London
Tunis
Tunisian
Gahes
nia-Bizerte
Kedmeth A. N. Anderson
Morocco
U. S
Bizerte
Gabes
Gulf of Gabes
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Wey
Uniing
Shuntaia
Biderte
Axis
Elso Geal
Adolf Hitler
Ee Nefly
Sardinia
Can Ngholds
Food illness hits 50 U S War Dept workers at Arlington HQ
Washington story: More than 50 persons fell ill after a carned best basic Fund at the War Department's new Arlington headquarters. An unknown number were later reported seized after returning from work. Conditions described as not immediately dangerous, with several hospitalized or treated in emergency rooms. An official investigation was ordered.
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War Department
Arlington
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