Wage Dispute in Rail War Gill Issue
The army quiets a strike threat as wage talks continue among rail unions led by engineers and trainmen. Roosevelt arbitration sets 5 cents for overtime and travel expenses. non operating unions fear a wartime wage freeze despite proposed 4 to 10 cent increases. ARR estimates and earnings figures show wide gaps between operating and non operating staff.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
Garriers
Brehon B. Somervell
Roosevelt
Alvanley P. Johnston
Fred M. Vinson
Rallrose
Association of American Railroads
Colder Readings Forecast for Local Area
Thursday will bring cloudy skies and mild winter temperatures with a weather bureau forecast of clearer conditions by Friday. Lowest Thursday dips to around 18 degrees with possible light wind and generally cool conditions as the area braces for a cooler end to the week.
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Shaw
U. 5. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Town
Nebraska
Missouri
Gillette Pushes End to Treaty Rule to Secure Peace
Senator Gillette of Iowa urged swinging the constitutional barrier to peace by executive action. He backed a majority vote for ratification or a congress oversight path, warning current rules prompt presidents to use executive agreements. A Judiciary subcommittee may study four substitutes to the two thirds Senate rule.
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Washington
Senate
Gillette D.-Towai
Congress
Gillette
Nol
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
Churchill Recovered From Pneumonia and Seeks Quiet Rest
Prime Minister Churchill announces recovery from pneumonia in a cheerful No 10 message. He says he can transact business fully, praises doctors, plans an unannounced destination, and notes no delay in directing affairs. He cancels a trip to the Italian front.
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Churchill
London
No. 10
Downing Street
Middle East
England
Sharp Ration Cut in Canned Goods
The Office of Price Administration announced a January ration cut on canned snap beans peas and tomatoes and many frozen vegetables to zero points to free freezer space for pork. Jams preserves and marmalades gain two points while fruit spreads under five and four and a half ounces return to the list.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Housewives
Happy New Year
OPA
Seid
Dangerous Year Ahead Goebbels Warns Germans in Year End Review
Goebbels warns of a dangerous 1944 when civilization’s fate is at stake. He admits enemy difficulties but says Germany has not yielded essential economic and military positions. He asserts preliminary conditions for final victory remain, citing past German advances.
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Associated Press
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Goebbels
Germany
Civilian goods resume 1944 orders for irons and bathtubs
The War Production Board issued two orders resuming civilian goods manufacture for 1944, authorizing 2,000,000 electric irons and 60,000 bathtubs. Bathtubs are restricted to war housing projects while irons enter normal trade with rationing likely. Production will reach about 40 percent of a normal year, with war needs prioritized and labor freed from other munitions programs.
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Washington
War Production Board
Office of Civilian Requirements
WPB
OCR
Prisoner of War Announcement Receives War Dept Notice
The War Department announced Thursday that Lt. Donald Ks Hopp from Glenwood, Iowa, is a prisoner of Germany. Details on captivity and location were not disclosed.
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Washington
War Department
Donald Ks Hopp
Glen- Wood
Imany
Third Russian Drive Poses Fresh Threat
London reports a third Russian winter offensive on the lower Dnieper pushing German lines beyond Zaporozhe and near Korosten, with Vatutin’s 1st Ukrainian army advancing west and nearing Poland while battles erupt across Italy and the Bay of Biscay. Doenitz resigns amid naval losses as Britain claims a major victory. Bulgarians defeated, Tito’s troops advance in Bosnia. Moscow reports heavy German losses and renewed Soviet gains along the Dnieper.
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Richard McMurray
Associated Press
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Berlin
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Attacks on Jewish Children Alarm Washington Heights
Affidavits from the Anti-Defamation League allege that youths aged 10 to 14 roamed Washington Heights seeking to attack Jewish children and desecrate synagogues and churches. Investigators expect a report to Mayor La Guardia next week while police plan precinct coordinating councils to combat rising juvenile delinquency and anti Semitic vandalism.
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New York
Washington Heights
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B'rith
William B. Herlands
Herlands
F. H. la Guardia
Lewis J.valentine
Manhattan
Juvenile Aid Bureau
Civic Teaders
Soldiers voting to early action to be called up
Washington reports that November election ballots from service members surged as Congress reconvenes. Worley signals a House elections committee move on federal legislation to aid servicemen voting, while Rampeck and Kearney push for federal control and safeguards. Frank Walker asserts a compromise is doable.
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Washington
Worley
D-Tex
House Elections Committee
Congress
Senate
Izane
Ramapeck
D-Ga
House
Upstate
New York
Kearney
Frank €. Walker
WAC
Traffic Death Toll Shows Decrease in 1943
CHICAGO UP The national safety council estimated 1943 traffic deaths at 23,000, down 20 percent from 1942 and about 0 percent from 1941. The figure reflects a saving of about 5,000 lives over 1942 and nearly 27,000 over 1941, based on 20,480 deaths in the first ten months of 1943 and a December projection.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
NFA freezes stocks of chickens in storage
Washington reports the war food administration ordered all frozen chicken stocks above 2000 pounds held by dealers restaurants processors wholesalers retailers and other holders set aside for government use. Family locker space holdings are exempt from the order aimed at improving military and hospital meat supplies. The move follows Army complaints it could not meet two months of chicken dinner requirements for service members.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Armed Services
War Shipping Administration
Army
Visions FDR as Candidate for President
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt is seen as likely to seek a fourth term on a win the war platform. He outlined postwar plans for security, employment, recreation, education, health and housing, while warning against isolationism. Democrats privately endorsed the approach, while Republicans doubted the timing and clarity of his political aim.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Roosevelt
Aierice
Hatch
D-N. M
Wallace
New Deal
Robertson
Wyoming
Nye
R-Nd
Picayune
White
Maine
Ieader
Alogan
Suspend State Income Tax for One Year Proposed
Des Moines report notes state Senator T Dyktoose plans a special session bill to suspend the income tax for one year arguing taxpayer relief and lower admin costs. Treasury funds are described as ample for old age assistance and refunds, while another senator DeVere Watson seeks to repeal the income tax entirely in a separate proposal.
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Des Moines
T. Dyktoose
R.rock Rapids
Dykhouse
Plans to shift US war effort to Japan in 1944
Admiral King announced plans to move full United Nations strength from Europe to the Pacific, aiming for 1944 action as Germany nears defeat. He noted the fleet has doubled and would gain more power, welcoming a showdown with Japan as ships draw toward Truk and stronger measures are prepared.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
United Nations
Japan
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
King
European
Pacific
United States
Navy
Saragtoga
Truk
RAF Bombers Pound Berlin in Giant Blow
London reports a massive RAF raid on Berlin with over 2,241 tons of high explosives and incendiaries. The eight raid in 42 days, aided by Canadian and other Allied air forces, targeted central districts amid heavy cloud cover and produced widespread destruction and fires. Twenty bombers were lost. Berlin’s status as capital and hub is discussed in strategic terms.
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W. W. Hercher
London
U.S
Berein
Germany
RAF
France
Berlin
Royal Canadean Air Force
Air Ministry
Lea
Reich
Lugwigeshafen
Habeas Release Obscure Appeal in Nebraska Case
Lincoln Nebraska supreme court heard the state and York county attorney brief supporting the York district court denial of Merna Carper 25 of Om aha and Oakland Neb for habeas corpus seeking release from the state reformatory for women She pleaded guilty to breaking and entering an Omaha drug store The action against Hattie Bowley keeper of the reformatory contends she was denied right of counsel due process and was allegedly intimidated into the guilty plea Cartoonist Art Young Dies at 77 in New York City after a career in suffrage labor and abolition campaigns
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VPI
Nebraska Supreme Court
York County
York District Court
Merna Carper
Omaha
Oakland
State Reformatory For Women
Reformatory
Hattie Bowley
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