Veterans benefits and peacetime service clash urge action
A wartime veteran who served two days in World War I seeks hospital care while another ex-soldier denied service connection. The piece argues for broader veteran entitlements, urges unity among veterans groups, cites support from AANU and Army Navy Union, and warns promises to veterans are seldom fulfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Unit- States Navy
Erans
United States
Army and Navy Union
Coal Men Seek Extra 10 Cent Coal Price Hike
Soft coal operators allied with John L. Lewis demand at least a 10 cent per ton increase beyond the 17 cent raise allowed under the Ickes Lewis deal. The tentative pact with miners includes a $40 retroactive payment for underground travel time and requires any rise to be passed to consumers. Production gains are offsetting some costs, but operators plan to press for the additional 10 cent target.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Interair
Ickes
Fred M. Vinson
Ickes- Lewis
Rheggera
Paulette Goddard to Wear Covered Wardrobe for Role
In Hollywood, Paulette Goddard’s casting prompts the National Safety Council to press for safe protective clothing for women on set. Col John Stilwell urges cover up to prevent exposure. The studio agrees to a shapeless enclosed costume. Spain’s colonies had five universities before Harvard's 1636 founding.
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Welder Goddard
Hollywood
Paulette Goddard
Gigi
National Safety Council
Col
John Stilwell
Chicago
Spain
American
Harvard
The
United States
Dixie Solons Split On Revolt Over Party Split
Southern senators debated quitting the Democratic Party to form a new independent bloc. Some urged uniting behind Senator Byrd for the presidential nomination while others warned against party fragmentation. Opinions varied on whether to form a Constitutional Southern Democrats third party and affect the electoral college balance.
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Washington
Solid South
Democratic Party
Senate
Sen. Bailey
Bony Xogy
Sen. Guffey
D-P
Sen. Smith
D-Sc
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eastland
D-Miss
Ames
Sen. Andrews
D-Fla
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
Caraway
D-Ark
Ellender
D-La
Bailey
Tates * O'Daniel
D-Tex
Smith
Rep
Rankin
Roosevelt
Soldier dies in Seaboard Air Line train derailment near Georgia Florida line
A passenger train wreck near Oseals Georgia left one soldier dead and 21 injured. Ten taken to Jacksonville hospital, six remaining with non serious injuries, eleven to Brunswick. Wreck blamed on broken rail. relief train sent from Jacksonville.
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Oseals
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Sun Queen
Jacksonville
Fla
Brunswick
Penetro heals cold misery with medicated mut t On mutton suet method
Grandma style home remedy promotes Penetro salve for overnight cold relief. Medicated vapors ease nasal passages and throat while topical application stimulates local circulation. Priced 25c or 35c for double supply.
Local News Roundup and Community Notes
Local stores will stay open until 9 p m starting tomorrow night. Southern Furniture Exposition Building Lot directors re elected with Fred N. Tate R R Ragan Charles F Lambeth S H Tomlinson F H Murray R B wer C A Barbee Paul W Casey among the names. Salem Lodge I O O F held dinner and exercises in Winston Salem. Mrs Ella Dallas moved to 1119 Rotary Drive. Ruth Harris returned from Chester for cousin Robert Blackwell rites. Mrs R J Kirby visited King to see grandmother Mrs S M Westmoreland. J F Hayden hosted D A R Christmas meeting. Federal control of communications studied. Roosevelt aims to extend CWA program through Spring. 12 lives lost in Carolina accidents and a fight. U S Ambassador Bullitt welcomed in Moscow.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
Fred N. Tate
R. R. Ragan
Charles F. Lambeth
H. Tomlinson
F. H. Murray
R. B. Wer
C. A. Barbee
Paul W. Casey
J. R. Young
John McQuinn
E. T. Gregory
Salem Lodge
Winston- Salem
Ruth Harris
Chester
D. C
Robert Blackwell
R. J. Kirby
King
S. M. Westmoreland
J. F. Hayden
Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration
Carolinas
U. S
William C. Bullitt
Moscow
Brazilians Ready to Join Allied Forces in Europe or Africa
Brazilian expeditionary unit, first overseas force from a Latin American republic, will soon serve with Allied troops. Gen Mascarenhas Morais and 13 Brazilian officers arrived in Algiers for talks, with full deployment details to be decided by an Allied commander. An estimated 2.2 million long distance calls are made daily in the country.
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Algiers
Europe
Africa
Mascarenhas Morais
Allied Force
Brazil
Japs Offer Resistance At Changteh
Chinese reports say Japanese troops, pushed back from Changteh after a major defeat, mounted stiff resistance and were driven from a 13 mile zone northwest of the rice bowl city. A counterattack northeast of Changteh was reported still ongoing with reinforcements and heavy artillery and gas support. Allied air strikes claimed by U S Army Air Force to have hit targets in the Tungtingake sector with numerous enemy aircraft shot down.
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Chungking
Changteh
China
High Command
U.S. Army Mth Air Force
Sanaa Ene
Shishow
Tungtingake
House Chief McCormack Warns Against Inflation Groups
House Majority Leader McCormack warns against inflation groups as Congress weighs bills under Roosevelt anti inflation program. He notes policy battles include shifting oil and coal price control to Interior, boosting pay for 1,000,000 railroad workers, and food price and production measures. He laments scant public support reflected in mail.
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Washington
House
McCormack
D-Mass
Senate
Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Interior
Harold Ickes
House Interstate Committee
Ancora
Slip In The Night Tustin Tow Rescue Mixup
Garage owner George Terry was summoned to tow a Marine Maj. A. J. Fuller’s overturned car in mud at El Toro. He spent hours digging hitching and towing before learning he had rescued the wrong vehicle and eventually towed it to his own garage on Leslie Ralphs in Los Angeles.
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Tustin
Calif
George Terry
A. J. Fuller
el Toro
Terry
Leslie Ralphs
Los Angeles
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Manns
Fairmont Grocery
Thomasville Road
Mickey Judy Rooney Garland
Broadhurs
Henry Aldrich
Jimmy Lydon
Paramount
Bonnie Baker
Rial
A Tay
Spatight
Bonnif Baker
State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
Princess O'Rourke
Olivia DeHavilland - Robt. Cummings
Dixie Solons
By Jack Bell
Ella S. Dallas
Biltmore Hotel
Sanders Dallas
VNL
Logan Clendening, M. D. 'Im
Eoaviena
Dr. Clendening
Percen
Geome
New
Eld Caren
Soest
M’cormack
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House Agriculture
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Office of Price Administration and War Production Board
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