U S War Agencies Praised In Annual Appropriations Report
Washington AP the omnibus appropriations bill for 18 war agencies was sent to Congress. The report highlights the Office of Price Administration War Production Board censorship Office of War Information and War Shipping Administration with 2100 pages of testimony on production pricing and policy. House Appropriations praised agencies while noting criticisms and needed reforms. Donald Nelson warned production capacity neared limits with total 1943 output around 108.2 billion including about half for direct war production.
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Frew Washington
Congress
Offices of Price Administration
OPA
War Production Board
WPB
Office of War Information
OWT
War Shipping Administration
WHA
House Appropriations Committee
Etaffa
Donald Nelson
Bombardment timeline of German naval yards and bases
Chronology lists multiple Allied air and naval strikes from February to June targeting Wilhelmshaven Emden Kiel Vegesack Hamm and Emden again. Reports describe heavy damage to submarine bases rail yards docks factories and oil and gas facilities with multiple direct hits and widespread disruption to shipyards and communications.
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Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Hamm
Alloa
Vegesack
Focke- Wulf
Kiel
Great Naval Base
Helgeland
Lern
Flanaburg
Jung
House subcommittee discussion on 1944 WLE request
Testimony before the House appropriations subcommittee concerns the $14,341,000 1944 WLE request. Rep Ludlow warns of wage tax cuts and asks about future wage increases. Taylor cites need for an educational program and readiness of releases to Wage and Hour to explain policy. He affirms adherence to the Little Steel formula amid the coal mine strike context.
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House Appropriations
WLE
Ludlow
D.ind
Taylor
Frank Graham
Sandtot
Kam Chan Cannon
D-Mo
Alabama Senate approves measures amid war economy drive
Alabama Senate passes emergency finance and planning bills, a war surplus pool, automatic appeal to the Supreme Court in death sentences, and a sinking fund rise for postwar bonds. Other actions include ban proposals, labor measures, and a poll tax exemption for veterans, while education and fraternities debates continue.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama Senate
Messares
Alabama Emergency Finance Corporation
State Planning Board
State Planning Commission
Senate
Supreme Court
Elvin McCary
Anniston
Taylor Predicts Miners Will Support War Effort
The Appropriations Committee discusses Taylors view on the outcome of the present strike. Taylor expresses faith in the American people and coal miners as patriotic citizens who will place duty to country above other considerations. He believes they will respond and support the national effort when fully informed.
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Appropriations Committee
Price control row over subsidies and beef rollback
Senate hearings reveal Brown defending subsidies to farmers via packers to lower retail prices, while Taft argues such subsidies fail to cut production and hinder farm price rollback. Roosevelt cites war costs and signals possible congressional action on centralized food policy amid shortage concerns.
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Taft
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Browns
Ohio
OPA
Roosevelt
Central Food Authority
White House
Defendant Wins In $10,000 Suit
A Houston Circuit Court jury today returned a directed verdict in favor of R. L. Toby Dove in a $10,000 damage suit brought by B. M. Adkins. The case grew from a January 3, 1943 automobile crash that killed J. B. Adkins, son of the plaintiff, who was riding with Page Elmore, driver for Dave Adkins.
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Houston
R. L
Toby” Dove
B. M. Adkins
J. B. Adkins
Plantiff
Page Elmore
Dave
Adkina
Elmore
Allied drive across Pacific and Asia details war progress
In China and along the Burma Indian frontier Allied forces push toward key Japanese bases. MacArthur reports 90 miles of advance toward Lae New Guinea as Liberators pound Rabaul and Lakunita, with US bombers setting fires visible for miles. Chiang Kai-shek's armies cut rail lines toward Yochaw while airstrikes target Arakan region and Akyab.
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Pacific
Japan
India
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
New Gainea
Rabaul
New Britain
Lakunat
Las
Hene Bena
Salamaua
Huon
China Front
Rand
Senge
Akyab
Packer Production Quotas Under War Order Probed
Pollock testified that Number 4 had made fraudulent statements in 1941 about slaughter permits, with 1948 permits issued. The wartime order required 45 percent of weekly production of aleera and helfera for armed forces, reducing civilian sales from 65 percent.
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Pollock
WEA
Price rollback critique sparks Senate food price clash
Senator Bushfield attacked the rollback plan as a cheat and fraud to mislead the public about lowering costs. Senator Wherry charged OPA orders cutting meat prices caused a breakdown in prices and a demoralized market as lawmakers prepared to hear from the House consumer group and Stabilization Director Fred Vingon on the administration food price program.
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Falls
Bushfield
RSD
I& Radio Audience
Roosevelt
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
OPA
Capitol
Fred Vingon
Alabama Senate Defeats Bill Barring Japanese Land Interests
In Montgomery the Alabama Senate defeated by 25 to 3 a proposed constitutional amendment to bar Japanese or their descendants from owning property in the state. Supporters argued it protected Americanism, while opponents called it discrimination and a threat to democracy.
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Ala
Alabama
Sen Reubes
Newton
Walker County
Gerald Bradford
Clarke
Jen Vincent Kilbom
Mobile
Sen. Newton
America
Pearl Harbor
Charles 3. Bentley
Cooss
Japan
Charles Shaver
Madison
James Smith
Colbert
Will Walton
Chambers
Gordon Madison
Tuscaloose
Chinese Report Japs Bring In Gas Shells
Chinese forces disrupt the Hankow Canton railway and threaten Japanese positions west of Yochow while massing for pushes to retake Shihahow and Hwejung. An army spokesman warned of a new Japanese Western Yunnan offensive and chemical warfare preparations, citing gas containers shipped to Woosung and gas bombs dropped in Suiyuan.
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Burma
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Shans
Reds Raid German Tank Concentration Near Sevsk
Russian planes attacked a German tank concentration near Sevsk in the Orel sector, striking Nazi tanks and downing four German aircraft in aerial battles. Scouts reported prisoners and several German deaths as the front remained highly active in this area.
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London
Sevak
Orel
Mtsenek
Moscow
Columbia Negro Arrested by ABC Officials
Columbia sheriff said ABC agents arrested James Lightner at his home near Columbia on liquor law violations. Henry Baker and C. Easterbrook took Lightner into custody and confiscated a gallon of rum. Lightner posted a $300 bond shortly after apprehension.
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Alcoholic Beverage Contral Board
James Lightner
Columbia
Sheriff's Office
ABC
Henry Baker
Ju C. Easterbrook
Lightner
Eleven Cases Docketed in Common Pleas Court
In Common Pleas Court Judge Lawrence Oakley presided today over eleven cases. Four were continued and two more heard later. Four individuals pleaded guilty to public drunkenness with five dollar fines plus costs, one pleaded guilty to vagrancy with a one dollar and cost fine. Seven cases involved public drunkenness and four involved vagrancy.
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Court of Common Pleas
Lawrence Oakley
NASA
Stamp 17 Booms Shoe Trade Here
Shoe merchants in Dothan faced a lull after a last minute rush as customers bought out stock before the stamp deadline. Dealers noted rationing boosted business, with many buyers seeking only correct sizes and available fittings. Stamp No. Eighteen becomes valid today.
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Dothan
South Carolina Rebels Refuse National Party Funds
The Herald reports South Carolina committeemen refused to contribute to the 1944 party war chest, citing treasury limits and policy disagreements with the national committee. The written letter from State Chairman Winchester Smith to the national committee was mailed recently.
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South Carolina
National Committee
Columbia
Winchester Smith
Barnwell County
National Party
State Committee
War production boosts British American landing craft
Number 12 continues to detail Allied output including Foat wooden landing craft and a growing fleet of light steel landing craft. These craft skim shallow water to bypass destroyers, with drawbridge prows, hedge anchors, and surf entries. Infantry, tank, and Bren gun carrier boats are mostly American made, with Britain assembling hulls and engines from the US. The assembly reflects strong Franco-British cooperation and mass production to strike Hitler’s continent.
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Britain
United States
Hitler
Former convict Harrison faces retrial in Mayo killing case
In Ocala, a convention of the State Sheriff’s Association is noted as part of ongoing coverage. Harrison, previously convicted in the 1947 robbery murder of Johnnie Mayo and later exonerated on appeal due to inadmissible confession, had the indictment dropped, then a new indictment was returned weeks ago by the Jackson County grand jury. He remains jailed awaiting trial.
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Barkley Gallag
Ocala
State Sherifff Association
Harrison
Johnnie Mayo
Supreme Court
Npt
Circuit Court
Jackson County Grand Jury
Turkey Sees Neutral Stance in War and Balkan Role
Premier Saracoglu of Turkey told AP in Ankara that Turkey will maintain strict neutrality and monitor Balkan affairs while recognizing American conduct in the war. He urged doing away with war after this one ends and noted affinity with United Nations statements. A broadcast suggested Allied strategy could target Axis Europe from multiple fronts.
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Ankare Radio
U 8
Federal Communications Commission
Saracoglu
Turkey
United Nations
Leningrad
Ministry of Information
Axis Europea
Central Pennsylvania miners travel time dispute remains unsettled
Number 11 continues as Central Pennsylvania producers and United Mine Workers had agreed in principle but failed to agree in writing. The board faces uncertainty about final vote and whether travel time should be considered working time. Debate centers on payment timing, rates, and whether compensation starts after the miners 35 hour week or the 40 hour week.
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Pennsylvania
Prooducers
United Mine Workers
Central Pennsylvania
WLB Yaterday
Conference Schedule Sets Service Lecture in Council Chambers
Officials announced a conference in the council chambers at three o clock with Lieut Colonel J ing state director as principal speaker. All members graft boards government agents and chiefs are to attend as the State selective service will be discussed. Pvt Loute L Br Field Ditnon has been promoted to class aircraft cannon and 20mm type but era pack details remain unclear.
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As of State
ARMY
Ditnon
Aes Brachins
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