Union Orders End to 6 Day Phone Strike
The telephone strike ended as leaders from Ohio and Washington urged workers to return to their jobs. Detroit and northern Indiana sympathy actions were dropped, New York prepared to revert to normal, and the War Labor Board anticipated possible seizure of facilities. Union heads, meeting with War Labor Board officials, indicated they acted to support the war effort and avoid disruption while negotiations remained unsettled.
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Washington
Ohio
War Labor Board
Detroit
Mimola
Indiana
New York
Metropolie
Robert G. Pellock
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Mary E. Gannon
Washington Telephone Traffic Union
WLB
White House
Nathan Feinsinger
Vol
Feinsinger
Pollock
National War Labor
Yesterne
Stelkers
OPA Halts Rising Clothing Prices in New Rules
Washington Nov 23 The Office of Price Administration announced a campaign to curb clothing price increases with simple dollar and cent ceiling prices on infants and children’s garments set after war production board allocations. A second regulation targets over-finishing and fancying up fabrics to reduce costs in cotton and rayon wear. The moves follow Vinson’s stabilization directive on rising living costs, with Bowles calling clothing price rises the greatest threat in 18 months. Page 13 Col 3.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Rowles
War Production Board
Loth
OPA
Vinson
Suicht
Bowles
WV Telephone Federation May Cancel Meeting
John Berkman, president of the West Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers, said the executive committee may cancel its Charleston meeting as Ohio and Washington affidavits order an end to the week long strike. Berkman plans to contact members and hopes the situation will be straightened out before action is taken. Crigler of Chesapeake Potomac Telephone said all lines are operating normally in the state.
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W. Va
Ohio
Washington
West Virginia
Charleston
Barlier
Berkman
WestVirginia Federation
Wr. B. Crigler
Chesapeake É Potomac
Virginia
State Lagging in Bond Sale In West Virginia
State War and Finance headquarters reported weak progress in a 21 million bond sale. Initial figures showed 16 percent sold, later 17 percent or 3.8 million. State Chairman A C Spurr said the gain is far below expectations and sales fall about one million short of Treasury targets as officials reassess the campaign.
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West Virginia
State War, Finance Headquarters
Navyl
Federal Reserve
A. C. Spurr
Spurr
Treasury
Yeeterday
Pease
Canadians To Send Draftees Overseas
Ottawa reports Canada will shift from voluntary overseas service to draft based defense. Gen. A G McNaughton, defense minister, says 14 000 home defense army personnel will be available for immediate service outside the western hemisphere. He notes many will not volunteer but are willing to be sent overseas amid political pressure.
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Ottawa
Navy
Canada
A. G. J.mcnaughton
Defense
Hone Defense Army
McNaughton
Commons
Home Defense Army
Mackenzie King
Liberal Party
Ke Gordon Graydon
House
Progressive Conservatives
Nounced
A Minn
Total
Hoffman Family Sees Hopeful Progress For 1-Year-Old
Denver parents of Farist i Nubbined Hoffman, a 1-year-old Cheyenne, Wye child who celebrated Christmas, report he is stable and improving. A Denver urologist says Nubbin’s temperature has been normal for 24 hours, he’s eating well, and has a “whistling chance” to recover. He remains hospitalized weeks, with plans for an operation to correct a congenital obstructed flow at the peak of the bladder.
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Hoffman
Denver
Farist i Nubbined Hoffman
Cheyenne
Christman
Nubbins
Nubbina
Sthe Hospital
Thanksgiving Union Services Highlight Charleston Observance
In Charleston union services filled municipal auditoriums with sermons by Rev E Ray Cole and others, joined by St Pauls Methodist choir and Legionnaires. Spring Hill Church also held joint services led by Rev Cade McCallister with a Church of God message. Families substituted various meats for turkey, reflecting wartime scarcity across the state.
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Charleston
Waa
Mort Clviland
E.ray Cole
R. C.boothe
James FE
Scott
J, Wh, Woods
Curtis Knowles Jones
Frank Donaldson
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Legionnaires
Spring Hi
Spring Hill Baptist Church
Cade McCallister
Church of God
Davis
Yanks Overseas Observe Thanksgiving Day in War World
Americans worldwide marked Thanksgiving with turkey at frontline fronts and services in places from Westminster Abbey to Moscow and Chungking. Ambassadors and senior officers joined religious services and a luncheon at the American Society in London as military and civilian alike shared in the holiday amid war.
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London
Europe
Asia
Red Cross
Westminster Abbey
England
Cathedral of
Berma
France
Moscow
Chungking
India
Burma
Albie
Reds Resume Offense in Czechoslovakia West of Ungvar
London reports the Soviet 4th Ukrainian and 2nd Ukrainian arm ies push across Slovakia toward the Ungvar region. Heavy rains and mud slow advances as rail hubs and towns fall, with more than 3,000 prisoners taken in Hungary and Slovakia. Russian and Romanian broadcasts claim strategic gains and continued pressure along a 53 mile front from Takala to Sobrance.عنوان
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London
Czechoslovakia
Ungyar
Hungary
Natit
Marahal Ivan Petrov
Slovakia
Rodion Ma Mnovsky
Taka
Sobrance
Univar
Stovakia
Petrov
Crag
Cop
Adonsi
Bic
Bassa Roshet
J Ungvar
Capil
Ukraine
Katsa
Miekele
Iie Do
Husgary
WTO
Tokad
Miskolc
FBI Chief Nathan to Take Richmond Post Soon
Disjointed report notes Harold Nathan, FRE chief, announced two months after assuming charge of the FBI office in Richmond, that he will depart San Diego in a week to oversee the Richmond office. The chaotic article hints at war era shifts and routine leadership changes.
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Mitler
Diego
Harold Nathan
FBI
Richmond
Nathan
San Diego
Chinese Troops Clear Burma Road in Ledo Campaign
Chinese high command announced advances after clearing Mangshih and 10 more towns south of Mangehth valley. With Langling to Tehgechung open, Mangehih airfield secured, and mines removed with American help, supplies could again move toward Chungking via the Ledo-Burma route as Stillwell’s forces push from north Burma.
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Chungring
Mangahth
Burma Road
Mangehth
Yunnan
Lede Road
Burema
China
Burma
Langling
Tehgechung
Mangshih
Mangeshih
Personel
sManx
Liuchow
Federal Judge Watkins To Address Local Bar
Federal Judge Hurry Watkins of West Virginia will speak at the Charleston luncheon meeting of the local bar. Judge Moore and other county and appeals court judges will be guests of the association at the event.
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Watkins
Locat Bar
Hurry & Watkins
West Virginia
Charleston P.m
da cl
Hen Moore
Jintzes
Supreme Court of Appeals
Good Neighbor Buys War Bond in Washington Visit
Paulo Pinto de Carvalho, a Brazilian exporter praised as a good neighbor, celebrated Thanksgiving by purchasing a war bond. Three officials escorted him to the Treasury, confirming his purchase while explaining the restrictions on foreign visitors and certain bond series.
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Washington
Paulo Pinto de ‘Carvalho
United States
Porelay
Treasury
Aberad
Hsavings Nutes
Bond Scheme Shifts Under 6th War Law
A treasury official warned Senhor Pinta de Carvial about framing and selling marketable securities, noting the need to pay different interest rates. The contractor claimed no interest and refused to accept or redeem the obligation, then departed toward Linden.
Yankees Crush Japs Hold Limon Bastion In Leyte Drive
American infantry squads battered Limon on Leyte advancing 1 060 yards south as the 32d division broke Japanese resistance. MacArthur reported the first division nearly destroyed while the Yamashita line crumbled. The drive toward Ormoc rolled up strongholds exposing Japanese plans to counterattack.
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Philippines
Limon
Yamashiia Hine
Leyte Island
Leyte River
Linge
Douglas MacArthur
Simon
Oriwe
Tnday
Ormoc
Scone
U. S. Fleet Bombards Matsuwa Island Near Japan
Admiral Nimitz announced U S warships shelled Matsuwa in the Kurile islands about 600 miles from the Japanese home mainland. The bombardment produced large fires and explosions with no American ship damage and Japanese batteries reportedly silent.
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U. S
Japan
Pearl Harhon
UY. S. M
Matauwa
Kurile
Ialand
Yokkaido
Chester W. Nimitz
Matsuwa
Sali
Nimitz
Churchill Calls U S World’s Greatest Military Power Thanksgiving
Prime Minister Churchill declared the United States the world’s greatest military power in a surprise Thanksgiving speech to an Anglo American audience in London. Nearly 8000 attendees, including many American servicemen, listened as he praised Allied progress toward victory and urged lasting unity and brotherhood beyond today. Ambassador Winant voiced gratitude for joined efforts and providence shaping a hopeful future.
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London
Churchill
United States
Albert Hull
John Barbirojti
New York Philharmonic
Symphony
Abraham Lincoln
U.S
John. G. Wienant
Jon
Winant
Wedemeyer Announces Intensified Superfortress Raids
General Albert C. Wedemeyer said that Superfortress raids on Japan were inflicting more damage than acknowledged and would be intensified from another direction. He noted China theater plans to include all American seaborne forces and that island hopping alone could not defeat Japan, with eventual operations aimed at the Asian mainland.
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Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Japan
Saipan
Tokyo
Mariannas Islands
Wedemeyer
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
China
Chieng Kalahek
Pease
Nurse Killed in France Brings GI Praise for All
Army nurse Lt Frances Sanger who wrote an editorial in Stars and Stripes after her battlefield death in Belgium is praised by GI readers. A reply from Mrs Ford Ireland of the Infantry honors her sacrifice, saying soldiers work where needed and endure hardships to aid the war effort.
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TAS
Battnefield
Army
Stars and Stripes Today
Frances Sanger
Army Nrse
Boston, Mass. City Hospital
Slanger
Stars and Stripes
Pie
Mrsford Ireland
Infantry
Ireland
Slanier
Belgium
Stara and Stripes
Fis
Allied Breakthrough Pushes From Vosges To Rhine
French and American forces drive into the Alsace Vosges amid heavy fighting as Strasbourg is reportedly liberated. Allied columns threaten a pincers move on the Rhine, trapping Nazi forces south of the river while the 3d and 1st US armies press toward Saarbrucken and the Palatinate. Reports note German reserves committed to the Strasbourg area and rising pressure near the Ruhr front.
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Strasbourg
Vosges
Rhine
Jwar
London
Nbcs
Jacques LeClerc
Colmar
Baden
Reich
Alexander M.patch
Dnb
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Vosgen
Presa Front
Strassbourg
Battenheim
Mulhouse
3D Army
Saar
Palatinate
Saarbrucken
U. S
Ruhr
Rhineland
9Th Army
Julich
Roer
Aachen
Goebbels Sees Germans Fighting With Stoicism
Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels in a Das Reich article claims Germans fight armed with stoicism and history will not be unjust to deny victory this pilgrimage week. He asserts a crowning success is essential and warns against unbearable failure.
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Fatherland
London
Nazi Propeaganda
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
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