Congressional Demands for Uniform Army and Navy Regulations
In Washington on December 14, lawmakers debated uniform rules on personnel availability. Senator Pepper urged a single rule for both officers and enlisted men, while Knox said nominees may hold public office but cannot interfere with service. The discussion touched on Gen. MacArthur as a potential presidential candidate and ongoing party convention organizing efforts.
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Washington
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Congress
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Roosevelt
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Knox
Truman Mo
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Truman
Navy
Wa Department
Fice
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Pepper
MacArthur
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Pacific
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Ago
Peppe
Stimson
Chicago
Savage
Palmolive and Octagon Soap Deal Shown in Ad
An old newspaper ad highlights Palmolive and Octagon Soap offers. The Palmolive 2 for Super Suds promotion appears alongside Octagon Toilet Soap displays in a Lee department-store layout.
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Lee
Bulgarian Diplomat Expected In Turkey
Ankara reports circulate that a Bulgarian mission will arrive in Turkey to seek aid in exiting its alliance with Germany. Rumors say Bulgaria, long friendly with Russia, seeks a path out amid Allied invasion fears and air raids as cabinet ministers disperse from Sofia.
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Ankara
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Butler Firm On U.S. Latin Policies Debate
Senator Butler charges the United States spent over six billion dollars on a generous policy in South America. Senate report places expenditures and loans at about 2.91 billion. Butler vows to present independent proof and defends the total, while criticizing overseas WPA style programs.
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Washington
United States
South America
Butler
McKellar
Iler
WPA
CCC
NYA
Woman Dies After Truck Locomotive Crash in Yard
Susie Lee Spencer, 28, a chauffeur at the Norfolk Navy Yard, died Saturday night from injuries suffered earlier in a truck locomotive collision in the yard. Her body will be sent to Porarie, South Carolina, for burial.
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Portsmouth
Susie Lee Spencer
Norfolk Navy Yard
Porarie
S. C
Diplomatic Talks Shaped By Bulgarian and German Links
A government policy explanation circulated while Foreign Minister Chichmanov remained in Sofia to maintain contact with foreign elements. He met with the German ambassador and the Bulgarian minister to Berlin yesterday. Reports persist that Chichmanov may have resigned, though unconfirmed.
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Chichmanov
Sofia
Berlin
Yester
War leaves forty million homeless says Sayre
Francis B. Sayre told the Boston Institute that about forty million people are homeless or in Axis labor gangs or prisons due to war. He linked repatriation and rehabilitation to UNRRA and warned the displaced face hunger disease and dire need across Europe and Asia.
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Boston
Francis B. Sayre
Secretary of State
Sayre
Boston Institute
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
Asia
Braden Speaks at American Legion Meeting
City Manager Roy S. Braden addressed Andrew Jackson American Legion at Blair Park club house. He discussed post officers conference planned for Jan 16-18 1944 and recalled Mexican border service in 1915 16. He warned against apathy risking another war and urged vigilant peacekeeping.
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Andrew Jackson
Eeemerican Legion
Blair Park Club
Roy S. Braden
American Legion
U.S
Thunderbolts Break Sound Barrier Speed Record
A report notes that thunderbolts reached 780 miles per hour, a speed exceeding the speed of sound, marking an extraordinary acceleration in reported aerial phenomena.
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Blic
Coal Shortage Warns of Hard Times Next Summer
The Office of War Information reports coal stocks in 1943 fell and may run to around 60 million tons by year end, only about a month’s supply. Shortages vary by region and Britain’s needs shift coal to Europe as 1944 demand rises. Household savings could cut the shortage by up to 20 million tons with a potential warm winter easing conditions.
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Max Hall
Washington
Office of War Information
DWT
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Britain
United States
Paul
Europe
England
Death of Patricia Winters prompts coroner's review
In Grand Rapids Michigan detective work on the death of 17 year old Patricia Winters of Greenville backs a pathologist’s claim that carbon monoxide and soot suggest she may have been alive when the car fire began. David Filgas, 16, Winters' companion, told police she died after suffering severe burns and he is under guard at Greenville Memorial Hospital. police note a copper wire fragment found near her neck as a mystery to be solved.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Patricia Winters
Greenville High School
Simon le Roy
Kent County
le Roy
Monady
A. A. Downing
State Police
Miss Winters
David Filgas
Greensville Mal Hospital
Dewey declines draft to presidency cites postwar limits
A delegation of industrialists questioned Thomas E. Dewey about a Republican bid. Dewey rejected running, saying he would be a one term president and seek reform in Albany before entering White House in 1949. He argued the next chief executive would face postwar headaches and should not be reelected.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John Adams
Benjamin Harrison
Dewey
Albany
Wendell Willkie
Empire State Executive
Kim D. Roosevelt
Artillery Wings For Mitchell Bombers In War
War department release notes Mitchell B 25s now armed with rapid firing 75 mm guns. These aircraft join the famous bomber fleet as mobile artillery, enhancing ground attack capabilities and morale against Japanese and German targets, transforming air power in the war effort.
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Albert Leman
War Department
Mitchell
Tokyo
L. H. Campbell
Guinea
Luftwaffe
Flu Epidemic Sweeps Over Germany
A neutral physician arriving from Berlin reports a severe influenza and grippe epidemic across Germany. He notes especially high cases in the Rhineland and Prussia and says Berlin authorities fear spread to the city, already demoralized by Allied bombings.
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Madrid
Germany
Britain
Berlin
Rhineland
Prussia
Coblentz and Foreman Schedule Speeches at Contractors Meet
Oscar B. Coblentz of Baltimore and H. E. Foreman of Washington will speak at the Carolinas branch convention in Pinehurst. John Temple Graves will headline the banquet. Contractors estimate 383000 veterans seek work in the Carolinas postwar with plans to raise health standards lower transportation costs and upgrade public facilities.
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Pinehurst
Oscar B. Coblentz
Baltimore
Associat General Contractors of America, Inc
H. E. Foreman
Washaa
Et. Managng
Carolinas
John Temple Graves
Birmingham
Ala
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