Party Move Split Ends Southern Faction Unity
Southern senators split over quitting the party for an independent political group amid charges of an unholy alliance. The discord, sparked by Speaker Bailey and Senator Guffay, aimed to influence the electoral power and rally behind Senator Byrd’s presidential bid, with further developments noted later.
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Meingcton
U Sand South
Tai
Bailey C
Guffay
W Smith
D3. C
Bensier Byrd
D.-Vate Presidentis
Striking Atlanta drivers consider government takeover plan
AP dispatch reports Atlanta Local 728 members and South opentocs union reps in Birmingham discussing a possible government take over of interstate freight operations. The telegram urged all members to return to work under government control, signaling a potential shift in labor action amid wartime transport needs.
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Camas
South Opentocs
Birmingham
Arches
International Union of Team
AFL
Paul Styles
Eighth Army
Adriatie
Kiev
T. Presidant
Fatton
Reandabo
Franco
Gii
Peace crisis grips Bulgaria as war fears mount
A looming peace or war crisis shocks Bulgaria amid Allied invasion fears. Lord Strabogi warned the next 20 days could determine world history, likening it to Napoleon’s Waterloo. Bulgaria wobbles under German pressure, propaganda, and growing Nazi bombing threats.
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London
Balkans
Bulgaria
Luton
Napoleon
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Balkan
Europe
Southern Railways Ignore Directives To Promote Negroes
Washington AP report states sixteen Southern railways refused to obey FEPC directives of November 24 banning racial or religious discrimination. They claim FEPC has no constitutional or legal power and actions conflict with Executive Order 9394. Railroads call FEPCs goals unrealist and impractical for Southern race relations.
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Washington
Southern Railways
Committee On Fair Employment Practice
FEPC
Roosevelt
Last Minute BULLETINS from World War II News
The ciraten reports 45000 Germans ordered to evacuate Vienna for East Prussia amid expected Allied air raids. In French Indochina bombings are described. London dispatch notes civilian air raid casualties in November totaling 119 killed and 298 injured, with October figures nearby.
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The
Ciraten
Viennia
East
Pressia
London
Bensia
Ministry of Home
Jered
U S Air Forces Renew Offensive On West Germany
U S heavy bombers renewed daylight attacks on northwest Germany including Hamburg Wilhelmshafen Bremen and Emden after German fighters tried to block the raid. The Eighth Air Force announced the assault targeted vital docks and the central industrial area as strong forces pressed the air war over occupied Europe.
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U.S
West Germany
W. WY. Hercher Landon
United States
Tegiena
Germany
Eighth Airforce
Reich
Hamburg
Wilhelmshafen
Bremen
Emden
Officials Consider Proposal To Call Up 4-Fs
Washington AP reports draft officials, awaiting President Roosevelt, weigh a "rich field" of 4-F manpower 3,400,000 men. A new draft bill calls for a commission on Army and Navy physical standards that could restore some 4-Fs to service, potentially delaying pre Pearl Harbor draft. Officials deny plans to induct fathers by age. Hershey testimony on possible age-based groupings caused confusion.
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Waashington
Roosevelt
An &F
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Rep.May
D.ky
Lewia B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Hese
Howlao
Clothing Damaged By Storeroom Fire in Perlman’s Dept Store
Fire on the second floor of Perlman’s Department Store on Main Street damaged merchandise and caused water and smoke damage to offices on the second floor. The blaze, likely from a faulty heater flue, ate through the ceiling and spread to a second storage room. Damages are estimated in the hundreds of dollars, with firefighters using two main hoses for about 45 minutes.
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Perlman's Department Store
Fast Main Street
Mercyants
Pacond Moor
Nina Odesk
Eight More Towns Fall To Russians In Renewed Drive
Moscow reports the Red Army regains initiative near Malin and advances south and southwest of the city. Soviet forces seize Chigrin and eight more populated places in the Dnieper bend while approaching the industrial town of Kirovograd.
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Moscow
Kiev
Red Army
Malin
Germany
Chigntin
Kremenchug Bridge
Kirovosrad
Dnierer Bend
Chigrin
Japanese Pass Up Navy's Challenge 0. S. Battleships Join In Pounding Of Nauru Island
AP dispatch reports U.S. battleships joined the attack on Nauru Island near the Gilberts as part of the ongoing Pacific campaign. Adm Chester W. Nimitz announced the fleet supported air and surface forces bombing Nauru, a Japanese air base and phosphate hub, while losses were reported on both sides. The operation followed Tarawa and Makin and coincided with long-range Liberator raids on Balikpapan and Makassar.
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Navy
Nauru Island
Poarl Harbor
United States
Gilberts
Adm
Chester
W. Nimiter
Nauru
Gilbert Islands
Truk
Tokyo Radio
Marshalls
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Borneo
Celebrateland
Balikpapan
Makassar
Celebes
Mine Operators Push 10 Cent Coal Price Rise
Mine operators and United Mine Workers negotiators seek a minimum of 10 cents per ton more than the 17 cent average increases already allowed. The tentative pact ties to Interior Secretary Ickes and seeks price adjustments to cover higher costs, with derailment travel time and retroactive miner payments. The agreement, contingent on Office of Price Administration and War Labor Board approvals, awaits joint conference action.
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Joseph A. Loftus Washington
John J | Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Ickes
Fred MM. Vinson
Ickes Lewis
Office of Price Administration
No Prospect Seen For More Gasoline Rationing
Washington AP report says there is no prospect for increased civilian gasoline rationing early next year and quotas depend entirely on war needs. PAW Administrator Harold Ickes warns unforeseen military requirements could force further cuts if activity accelerates or fighting zones expand.
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Washington
Petroleum Administration For War
PAW
Rharold Ickes
Absenteeism rises in U S as flu and colds spread
Absenteeism mounts in the eastern and midwest United States as respiratory illnesses labeled flu influenza cat fever and common cold sweep war plants offices and schools. In Washington D C about 100 900 people were affected and city schools ran 3 percent below normal. Hospitals were crowded and nurses and physicians faced administrative strain as officials hoped the cold wave would curb transmission.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Washington, D.C
McIntyre Dies. FDR Secretary Remembered At Capital
Marvin H. McIntyre, 65, longtime secretary to President Roosevelt, died in Washington after years of frail health. Native of La Grange Kentucky, he served as publicist for Roosevelt since 1920 and previously worked as a newspaperman. Funeral set for Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky.
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FDR
Washington
Marvin H. McIntyre
Roosevelt
McIntyre
Fred Warren
Kennedy McIntyre
Navy
Cave Bill Cemetery
Toulsville
la Grange
Oldham County
Cairo
Teveran
Meintyre
White House
Yost
Mavin McIntyre
New York
Oldham
County
Loulaville
Asheville
N.C
Washington, DC
Secretary of the Navy
Three New Members Join Chamber Board
Three new members join the Chamber of Commerce board for a two year term. The four existing members were re elected. New directors are Alto Vv Tee Javryer Beoty Whid don and G Senborn. Old members re elected are Horace Hall John A Ayres Raymond Spann and Charles Adamm. They will meet December 15 to elect officers.
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Vt Moon
Nut
Sha
Alto Vv
Tee
Roosevelt awards medals to Clark and 5 Fifth Army officers
President Roosevelt awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark and five officers of his Fifth Army for extraordinary bravery at the Montezermo or Malerno bridgehead in Italy. The ceremony occurred at Cartivetrano as Roosevelt toured Sicily during a war conference era.
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Roosevelt
Aldhyifiar
Cairo
Teheran
White House
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Clark
Malerno
Italy
Ware
Reuben H. Tucker
Ansonia
Conn
Joseph B. Crawford
Humboldt
Kan
William W. Kellog
Highlante
Tex
Thomas F. Berteau
Chicago
Edwin F. Gould
Orange
Calif
Cartelvetrano
Ricily
Maaj
George F. Durno
Clark Rothin
Roosevalt
Anatch Aicily
Tunis
Malta
Stelly
Dwight D. Blaanhower
Middle Mediterranean
LL Gan
Carl Boaatz
Northwest African Air Force
George 8. Patton
Seventh Army
Stoll Kidnapper Faces Execution in Kentucky
Federal Judge Shackelford Miller set Thomas H Robinson Jr to die March 10 in Kentucky’s electric chair for the 1946 $10,000 ransom kidnapping of Mrs. Alte Speed Bros of Louisville. Robinson was convicted after a habeas corpus release from Alcatraz. he argued insanity and coercion by FBI agents and claimed inadequate counsel.
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Shackelford Miller Tow
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Kentucky
Alte
Speed Bros
Louisville
Feder
Robinson
Ignilty
Uline
Eddyville State
Paducah
Nashville, Tenn
Alcatras
Mena
Kid
Battle for Ortona Seacoast Grows as Allies Gain Ground
Allied forces report widening gains along the Adriatic front near Ortona. British Eighth Army seizes elevated ground overlooking the seacoast, while Fifth and Eighth Armies press toward Pescara and Orsogna. German counterattacks intensify. about 6,000 German prisoners taken since landings. Italian air force joins, with transport planes aiding Italian garrison in the interior.
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Ortona
Peccara
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Eighth
Italy
Moro
Adrigue
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Pescara
Mth Armored Grenadiere
26Th Armored Division
Orsogna
65Th
Guar
Sir Bar.prepa L. Montgomery
Ulery
Fifth Army
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Filignano
Reuters
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Chiet
Adriatic
Itrt
Appian Way
Gaeta
Ratway
Mountaina
Yugoslavia
Mlaston
1000 Chinese Die As Boat Upsets In Mantung Port
Radio quoting a Shanghai report said more than 1,000 Chinese drowned when a Yangtze river steamer sank near Mantung in Kiangdu Province. Only 300 were rescued and the accident was blamed on the shipping company's careless management.
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Pee Bern Radio
Shangha
Mantung
Kiangdu
Careleas Mas
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