Pucheu Arrested By French Purge Commission
The French government says Pierre Pucheu former interior minister of the Vichy regime has been arrested and sent to prison in Morocco to await purge commission investigation. The move marks the first under a new national liberation committee sweeping suspected Axis collaborators. Pucheu is charged with aiding Germans by delivering hostages to be executed.
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Associated Press
Algiers
Rench
Pierre Pucheu
Rmer
Vichy
Elimes
Morocco
Holz
Nantes
Pucheu
North Africa
Spain
Henri Giraud
Nee
Puchell
de Gaullis
Combat
Puchel
Prns
War apron shift planned by Columbus housewives
Columbus Ind August 14 1944 The Noblitt Sparks company announces an apron shift to aid the war effort. Two groups will work eight to noon and one to five respectively with pay at prevailing wages. Many reporters will be mothers with sons in service and duties may limit full shifts.
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Columbus
Ind
Noblitt-Sparks Ince
Cobus
Efort
Q. C. Noblitt
Cusehold
Noblitt
Canada expands military call up to married men and 18-year-olds
Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell announced a broader call-up order in Ottawa. It covers married men aged 27 to 30 inclusive and all men who turn 18 this year, born 1914 to 1916. Previously, calls applied to single men and widowers under specific birth years and to married men with children born 1917 to 1923. The note also mentions portable powder rooms issued to WACs.
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Ottawa
Labor
Humphrey Mitchell
Washington Eyes Simplified Federal Income Tax Plan
Washington reports near consensus on simplifying the income tax. Proposals include a single form, merging the normal tax with the surtax, eliminating the earned income credit, and using fixed deductions to reduce annual guesswork. Withholding may be adjusted to match exact taxes, while noting higher taxes are expected next year.
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Treasury
French Force Stands Ready To Join Allies
Gen. Roger Leyer, chief of staff of the unified French army, says a substantial French force is ready to join Allied offensives in Europe. He notes modernization using American equipment and weapons, with completion targeted by November, and praises American war materiel as ideal for modern combat.
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Algiers
Italy
Europe
Roger Leyer
U. S
United States
Leyer
Boy Camper Held After Slaying of 10 Year Old Girl
A 15 year old New York City camper was questioned by state police in Fishkill after admitting to the fatal attack on Elizabeth Voight 10 at a camp near the scene. He reportedly battered her with a rock then moved her body into a cornfield and led officers to the site. The suspect faced no charges yet as police continued the investigation.
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Fishkill
N. Y
New York City
Walter F. Reilly
Hawthorne Barracks
Elizabeth Voight
Si Uently
Corsilia
ICC Blames Speed For Raleigh Train Derailment
The Interstate Commerce Commission blamed excessive speed on a sharp curve for a Raleigh North Carolina derailment on July 10. The mishap killed two train service employees and injured three passengers plus two railway mail clerks as witnesses cited speeds from 35 to 55 mph despite a 10 mph limit.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Raleigh
N. C
War of 1812 Ships Score Major British Trade Losses
U. S. armed ships and privateers disrupted British commerce, capturing over 1,900 merchant vessels during the War of 1812, signaling a heavy toll on British trade routes and shipping.
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U. S
FCC Row Flares Over War Division
New York reports a clash over the FCC war problems division. Chairman James L. Fly says the unit was discontinued about six months ago, while Eugene Garey of the Cox Committee asserts its functions still exist in name only. Testimony before a Cox subcommittee highlighted broadcaster fears about the division.
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FCC
New York
War Problems Division
Federal Communications Division
James L. Fly
Eugene L. Garey
Cox Congressional Committee
Cox Committee
Fly
House
Garey
United States
Robert Kk. Richards
Office of Censorship
Richards
WEA Limits 1943 Flue-Cured Tobacco Purchases
The War Food Administration restricts 1943 crop flue cured tobacco buys by manufacturers and dealers to allocate about 800 million pounds. Domestic use gets 463.425 million pounds and foreign shipments 336.575 million under end-lease export programs and an emergency reserve. Manufacturers may obtain 58 percent of the portion they used in 1942.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
E Wea
Welles and Eden May Visit Stalin, Sources Say
An unnamed Washington source says Sumner Welles and Anthony Eden may fly to Moscow to discuss war strategy and postwar plans with Stalin. No firm arrangements exist. trip aims to align US British policy before UN cooperation. The move reflects Russian concerns about opening a European front and postwar settlements.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Anthony Eden
Moscow
D. C
Stalin
United Nations
Eden
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
London
Welles
United States
Russia
Europe
Germany
Allocation outline for 1943 crop tobacco quotas
The text explains flue-cured tobacco use from 1942 to 1948 and how allocations are calculated. It notes total usage about 585 million pounds and that a manufacturer using 58.5 million pounds would receive ten times that amount as an allocation, equaling 5.8 percent of the 1943 crop.
Manville Receives License for Seventh Bride
New Rochelle New York August 14 Tommy Manville the marrying millionaire obtained a marriage license to wed Sunny Ainsworth a 19 year old Texas show girl. Manville age 40 said the ceremony would be Tuesday at 11 am at his Mamaronneck estate. Ainsworth daughter of Mrs Thomas Patrick Kain of Metagorda Texas has been married twice before and has a four year old daughter.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Tommy Manville
Sunny Ainsworth
Manville
Mamaroneck
Miss Ainsworth
Marie Ainsworth Ettinger Moran
Thomas Patrick Kain
Metagorda
Tex
Stanley W. Church
Tommy
Wilhelmina
Billie’ Boze
Reno
Work On Alaskan Road To Continue Into 1944
A. O. MacLachlan of the Edmonton selective service says contractors on the Alaska highway report work will extend well into 1944. Officials had earlier said about 3,500 workers would be released by year end as projects near completion.
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Edmonton
A. O. MacLachlan
Selective Service
Alaska Highway
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