Bombers in Plan Headed by Sparkman Subcommittee
AP report states Rep. Sparkman chairs a House subcommittee proposing a high range bomber wall or program spanning 2 to 10,000 miles. He claims aviation plants and installations will be ready in about eight weeks and suggests the bomber could see wide Army use in a theater yet unnamed. Five committee members accompanied him as he met with aviation industry leaders to review progress and headway.
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BELUM
Arbogast
Sparkman
Guy Seintion
Washington
Wen
United States
Teheran
Cairo
Alabama hog farmers protest subsidies and price support
Farmers in Southeast Alabama met at Enterprise urging changes to subsidies on hogs as the War Food Administration sets prices for soft hogs. W L Randolph presided. AM Knowles cited that current support levels hurt hog production by raising weights and costs. The group warned actions could deter raising hogs in the region and cited SWFA price rules.
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Yesterfe Enterprise
Alabama Farm Bureau
W. L. Randolph
At Group
AM Knowle
Wan County Farm Bureau
Alabama
Knowles
SWFA
WFA
World War II Fronts Advance in Europe and Pacific
Fragmented WWII Far East and European front report describes British and US bomber actions over German coast and Berlin targets, Soviet Baltic push amid heavy German defenses, and Pacific theater resistance near Araws and Orgun. Details are garbled but indicate multiple fronts with advances and counteractions.
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Oray
Jim
Rome
Mt. Cavallol
Berlin
Towez
Omag
Brin
Chl Renge
Mas
Nng
Eouth
Pacific
Orgun
Aerial Attacks Target Northern France Coast
Continued bombardment by British and American air forces targets marked for destruction along the rocket gun coast of France. RAF heavy bombers shift from Be Mp to northern France as daylight raids press the Pas de Calais coast and western Germany airfields. The offensive extends into a multi day operation with major raids reported on Monday night and further missions noted.
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BY & B Sullivan London
France
RAF
RAF Atile
Pas de Colaia
England
Weater
Germany
Air Ministry
Railroads and Unions Seek Quick Wage Resolution
Washington AP The five operating railroad brotherhoods moved slowly toward wage settlement with management but four of the groups held back final decisions while AF Whitney said he accepted President Roosevelt’s offer to act as final arbiter. The White House released Roosevelt’s insistence that a ruling be swift and within the law as executives and men met separately to weigh the plan.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Roosevelt
Whitney
White House
Hhe
Walden
Steel Strikers Slow Other TCI Employes
Birmingham AP reports a two day walkout by about 350 blast furnace workers at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co Fairfield plant curtails steel production. Idle workers voted against returning to work over a dispute on incentive pay. plant operates five of nine open hearth furnaces and mills, with shipments prioritized for shipbuilding.
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Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Big Fairfield
Waron
Shippulding Industy
Fairfield
Japs Lose 16 of 10 Planes Raiding Arawe
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS NEW GUINEA AP reports the Japanese lost 16 planes in heavy raids while American Lightning and Thunderbolt fighters claimed multiple enemy aircraft. MacArthur said Allied forces are extending and consolidating positions beyond the beachhead near Arawe on Dee 15.
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New Guinea
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Dee
MacArthur
Draft Regulations Tighten Job Deferment Review in Georgia
Atlanta AP reports new Selective Service rules tighten checks on occupational deferments. Local and appeal boards will review cases where principal employment and board areas differ, with monthly inventories guiding inductions. Emphasis on prioritizing nonfathers in Class I before fathers.
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Atlanta
James N. Keslin, Jr
Selective Service
Georgia
Keslin
Savanorhend
Savannah
Col. Keelin
Futura
Toca
Thia
FDR to Broadcast at 2 P.M. Tomorrow Worldwide
President Roosevelt plans a 2 P.M. address from Hyde Park New York carried by a world wide radio hookup. American networks BBC Australian and New Zealand networks and others will relay the speech to allied regions including Algiers Palermo Bari Naples and India.
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Roosevelt
British Broadcasting Corporation
New Zealand
Algiers
Palermo
Bari
Naples
India
Kis Hyde Park
N. Y
Street Fighting Rages In Italy Mt Cavalon Taken By U S Troops
Allied lines report three days of heavy street fighting in Siena while Eighth Army battles German forces along Mt Cavalion. On the Fifth Army front American troops seize a snow covered Mt Cavalio, northwest of Vesafro and near Viticuso, as French units push in the mountains and Canadians contest Ortena.
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Wes Jallagher
Algiers
IAP
Eighth Army
Gsiena
Adriatic
Katalore
Stalingrad
Fifth Army
Spow
Mt. Cavallo
Vesafre
Nar Viticuso
Hifi
Monna Casale
Mt. Cavalio
Vilage
Vitteuso
Cassino
Garmana
Ortena
Criticism of American troops in New Caledonia sparks clash in colony
New Caledonia Governor Christian Lagret condemned American troops and the civilian relation issues in Noumea. He cited alleged bad behavior by Negro troops, while officials noted overall generally good relations despite some minor incidents.
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New Caledonia
Vern Hadgiand
Noumea
Christian Lagret
South Pacific
Laigret
New Calefonia
Indo-China
Pearl Harbor
Rush Lincoln
Ames
Tows
Alnces
Lalgret
Anow
Algiers
Hungry Italian Girls Seek Jobs With AEF at Italian Base
In wartime Italy Tina, once hungry, seeks work with the American airbase to eat. She and other Italian girls apply to serve at the headquarters mess and receive meals after serving. Tina lands a job, drawn by hunger and the chance to eat with the officers.
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AEF
Italy
Dalayed
Tina
Abe
Ting
Tara
Russian Publication Attacks AFL Leaders Over Anti-Soviet Claims
A Soviet tabloid accuses AFL leaders Matthew Woll William Hutcheson David Dubinsky and others of anti-Soviet acts aiming to block national and international unity. The piece praises CIO while denouncing AFL leaders and their bid to pull United Mine Workers back into the AFL, framing it as factionalism within the labor movement.
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AFL
Lewis
Eddy Gelmore
Moscow
Tabor
United States
American Federation of Labor
John le Lewin
United Mine
CIO
AFI
Matthew Woll
William Ter Hutcheson
Carpenter's Union
Tandore Nagler
ABIL
David Dubinsky
Ladies Garment Workers Union
Wiliam F. Greer
Society For
Soviet-American Friendship
Wolf - Hutcheson - Dubinsky
N. Alezeevy
Wall
Hutcheson
Dubinsky
Nagler
Germany
Woll
United Mine Workers
Eaton Congress
Arcomy
Registrants Accepted For Service Listed
Several Houston County men who passed the Ft. McClellan physical exam are home awaiting a few days before reporting to military posts. Accepted for the Army: James Cawthorn Norris, Lloyd Cherry, Willie Knight, and Sazan Walia. Navy selections include Mam Bryan Campbell Curtis Oliver Matthews Quinton Robertson James Wess Bowden William Chester Berry John Henry Wirkland John Blue MacCollough James Horace Kelley Noah Lanier Tew Wayne Odell Graves Paul Teo.
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Houston County
Ft. McClellaan
Era
Ft. McChernon
Army
James Cawthorn Norris
Lloyd Cherry
Willie Knight
Sazan
Walia
Navy
Mam Bryan Campbell
Curtis Oliver Matthews
Quinton J. Robertson
James Wess Bowden
William Chester Berry
John Henry Wirkland
John Blue MacCollough
Jame
Horace Kelley
Noah Lanier Tew
Wayne Odell Graves
Paul
Senate Tax Group Calls Treasury Request Too High
Washington AP The Senate Finance Committee questioned the Treasury demand in the new tax bill saying it may be inflated by Budget Bureau cuts. The panel released a $2975.8 million measure during Congress holiday recess and warned the Treasury’s plan for $10.3 billion more could be inequitable if raised mainly by higher individual tax rates.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Seak Jengthen Ang
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Treasurys Re Uest
Morgenhau
Treasury Department
Capitol
War Foods Admin changes soft beef weight class terms
The War Foods Administration announced a schedule change affecting soft beef support prices and weight classifications from 206 to 306 pounds. In related notes, Social Security will keep current benefit levels for a period, delaying planned increases into the next month.
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War Foods Administration
WFA
Soviets Hold Firm In Strona Armored Assault
Soviet forces under Gen. Ivan Baramian push through thick wire entanglements near Vitebsk and advance toward the Vitebek-Polotsk line. Soviet artillery and ski troops repulse German tank drives along a 400 mile front from White Russia to the Dnieper Bend, destroying hundreds of enemy tanks and inflicting heavy losses as they move to sever German lines of supply.
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SY Yoot Gilmore
Moscow
Ivan C. Baramian
Vitebsk
Vitebek-Polotsk
Polotsk
Ivan Bagremian
Eteséfly
Korostan
Kiev Bulge
Frits von Mannstein
Sak Kusuima
Red Army
Polotak
Aard
Pleres
London
Vitebak
Begrataian
Kirovograd
Dnieper
Ivan Konev
Ukraine
Porit Mona
Bulleon
Germens
Burglars Take $35 And Gas Coupons At Station
A burglary at an Airport Service Station near Dothan on the Montgomery highway midway through the night netted $35 in cash and several hundred gallons of gas ration coupons. Chief Deputy Sheriff J. T. Camry said entry occurred between midnight and 1 am. The operator’s wife, Mrs. J. R. Wilson, reported the station was closed at midnight and reopened after the break in.
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Dothan
Montgomery
J. T. Camry
J. R Wilson
Pere
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