Tightened Belt Saves Marine In Fatal Air Crash
Fairfield Utah December 16 A 23 year old Marine Lieut A F P Gardner of Alexander New York credited his safety belt for saving his life after a Western Airlines transport crashed killing 17 and injuring many others near Fairfield The pilot attempted an emergency landing in a sagebrush desert about 55 miles south of Salt Lake City Gardner said he felt the nose rise then the craft stalled and crashed He spent the night in the cold rugged terrain with a fractured right leg and spoke from Lehi hospital describing the rescue and his escape with others among the dead including stewardess Cleo Booth and two military officers
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Fairfield
Utah
Featherneck
Western Airlines
A. FP. Gardner
Alexander
N. Y
U. S. Marine Corps
Lehi
A. J. Mallet
Springfield
Ark
Salt Lake City
Warnnn Dia
Cleo Booth
Los Angeles
W. C. Hart
The
Orange, Walls
Daily News
Donald B. Cummings
Denver
Industrial Hygiene Department
University of Colorado
Great Falls
Mont
Gardner
Census estimates 18 19 year olds subject to draft
The Census Bureau reports 2,479,000 youths aged 18 and 19 eligible for military service under draft laws. About 2.1 million are white and 269,000 nonwhite. Projections show yearly 18 year olds may dip due to declining births, though a birth-rate rise is forecast. The piece also notes U.S. infant mortality rate among large nations. Jackie Cooper begins a two year Loyola University program to become a naval reserve ensign.
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Washington, Lee
Census Bureau
America
Jackie Cooper
Hollywood
Der
Loyola University
U.S. Naval Reserve
Strong Axis Attacks Fail To Shatter Russian Ring
Moscow dispatches report German units slashing at the Red Army southwest of Stalingrad drove an armored wedge into lines and pressed toward a white line along a key road. The fighting marked the strongest Axis effort since the start of the Russian winter offensive on Nov 19 with heavy losses claimed on both sides in Rzhev and Stalingrad sectors. The Red Army said 700 German soldiers were killed west of Rzhev in 24 hours as counterattacks were repulsed and a number of Axis positions were taken.
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Henry Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Red Star
Aispatches
Rzhev
Stanyngrad
Anther
Velikie Luki
Vyazma
Price Ceilings Recalled In Lancaster History
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission notes price ceilings from colonial times in Lancaster. They say the king's colonial agent kept top prices on goods held by early Indian traders. The aim was to ensure a square deal for Native traders.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Historical Commission
King
Commission
Allied air blitz targets Japanese footholds in New Guinea
Allied air forces under General MacArthur pounded Japanese positions near the Mambare River and Buna area while ground troops press the Buna front. Bombs struck Lag and Gasmata airfields, with a dozen 100 pounders, as 12 Japanese planes challenged the raid. several enemy aircraft were shot down or damaged.
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Australia
MacArthur
Mambare River
Buna
Pak Ptan
Lag
New Guinea
New Beitain
Samananda Point
Buna Village
Bun Mission
Hitler Fights Defensive Warfare Across Europe and Africa
Cairo dispatch notes Allied Eighth Army advances and Rommel’s forces under pressure. Hitler retools his fighting machine with defensive moves while Allies maintain the initiative in Europe and the Mediterranean theater as the war adapts amid shifting fronts.
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Hitler
Europe
Mediterranean
Cairo
AlHud
Africa
Eighth Army
Rommel
Grive
Death of Former Cabinet Member Dr Hubert Work
The body of Dr. Hubert Work former postmaster general and secretary of the interior will be sent to Washington for interment in Arlington National Cemetery after funeral services today. He died Monday at age 82 and served in the Harding and Coolidge cabinets.
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Arlington den
Colo
Hubert Work
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Work
Flarding
Coolidge
Missing 13 year old boy reported by mother
Joyce Weté reports her son Richard Hopkins age 13 missing. He was last seen wearing a black and red cap black corduroy pants a blue sweatshirt with an airplane design a green mackinaw and brown oxford shoes. He may have run away with two other 14 year old boys.
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Joyce Weté
Richard Hopkins
Pearl Hopkins
Dakota Avenue South
Limit Volunteers To Those In 1 A
Selective Service headquarters announced that only men in class I A or rated available for immediate induction could volunteer for Navy Marines or Coast Guard through draft boards. Spokesmen said deferments for dependency or occupation barred volunteering for other services.
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Verge Becca SS Ree
Washington
Selective Service
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Army
Five Buildings Burn Down In Carpenter Fire
A midnight fire in Carpenter destroyed five structures including an old mill a pool hall vacant store building a barber shop and a machine shed. The Jim Gross family lived in the rear of the store. No injuries reported with losses around 3000 for buildings and furnishings estimates. Willow Lake firefighters responded.
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Carpenter
Jim Gross
Gross
Willow Lake
Army Control Of War Production Held Necessary
Patterson said removing military control of war production could lose the war and rejected reports the army sought civilian economy control. He argued only the armed forces know needs from drafting to scrap. Murray urged a civilian war mobilization office to cut waste and favored broader control of materials.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Truman Committee
Patterson
Drafting Board
Army
Navy
War Production Board
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Senate
United States Steel Corporation
Republic Steel
Gary
Ind
Armed Services
Bomber Crashes Into Farmhouse Near St Louis
An army bomber carrying nine aboard crashed and burned after takeoff from Lambert field. Nine men were aboard with names withheld until families are notified. Two escaped and were hospitalized. The plane struck a farmhouse destroying it and injuring Mrs Dorothy Crouse and her infant daughter who escaped.
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St. Louis
Lanbert-St. Louis
Ralph W. Page
Army Air Force Service Command
Dorothy Crouse
Third Boston Fire Sends 65 Firemen to Hospital
Boston suffers a severe blaze in the downtown five story armory causing extensive damage estimated between 300000 and 1000000 dollars. About 66 firemen and coast guardsmen were hospitalized as 160 seamen aided the department amid flames and gas.
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Third
Boston
Wee. Lo
Ioston
Coast Guard
Boston Fire Department
Coast
No More Blackouts Until After Jan. 1
Northwest residents were assured the holiday season will not be interrupted by a surprise blackout. Lieutenant Colonel T A Oberlander, commander of the Minnesota State Guard Auxiliary Service Corps, said he had been advised there will be no more test blackouts until after the first of the year.
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Minneapolis
Land Mines Hamper Montgomery's Troops
British reports say Allied forces pushed Rommel west of El Agheila with vanguards near Zauta En Nafilia and Mathie Arch Airfield. Despite minefield delays, Allied planes resumed heavy strikes on retreating Axis columns as pursuit intensified toward Bizerte and Tunis.
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Hoger BD
Greene
Adnor
Erwin Rommel
Zauta En Nafilia
el Agheila Front
el Agheila
London
Zauta En Nofilia
Avic
Pan Areea
Rommel
Mathie Arch
Adolf Hitler
Cairo
Lampeduse
Sicily
Tunisia
Morocco
Tunis
United Nations
Patriotism Has Its Limits Signals from a Mountain Farmer
Marion reports a county rationing board case where a mountain farmer admits he aims to do his patriotic bit but faces a limit. He, with eight children, is constrained by sugar rationing rules and cannot continue buying the quantity he previously did.
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Marion, N
T. Mountain Farmer
Four Thousand Saved as Liner Sinks Near Solomons
Seattle report on the President Coolidge sinking notes 4000 soldiers escaped aboard with cargo nets aiding evacuation. Survivor Chris Berstrom says calm crews and shore proximity reduced deaths to four. ship sank in 55 minutes near an unnamed Solomons island. Navy locating details await official release.
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Seattle
Venient Island
President Coolidge
Chris Herstrom
Navy
Berstrom
Solomons
Japs Softened For Burma Push
American heavy bombers use high altitude precision raids to soften Japanese positions in Burma. They target Rangoon warehouses docks and supply dumps from Rangoon to Yunnan China and plan further raids into occupied China and Tokyo when ready.
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New Deshe
India
Associated Press
Burma
China
America
Rangoon
Mandalay
Yunnan
Tokyo
Raiders Bomb Japanese Bases on Buin and Munda
U S bombers hit the Buin air base on Bougainville in the Solomons amid limited opposition. The navy said a sixth attack targeted Munda airfield in New Guinea, and two Japanese machine gun crews were wiped out on Guadalcanal.
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Washington
United States
Buin
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
Munda
New Guinea
Board Turns Table On Leon Henderson
In Baltimore on December 16 194? the local rationing board hosts a “smile age rationing” dinner for OPA director Leon Henderson who will attend as the honored guest. He will eat fish and ride a streetcar to the event with 53 board members.
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Baltimore
Leon Henderson
Smile
Federal
OPA
Longest Congress Session Ends with Record War Bills Passed
The 77th Congress adjourns after a two year, war effort driven term. It met 404 legislative days and saw 21 members die. Lawmakers opened the nation’s purse to a vast war program, with about 295 billion dollars appropriated over the period.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Asia
Europe
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Montgomery
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