Senate debates postwar reserve fund growth in North Carolina
Senator Leary and Senator Taylor pushed postwar reserve funding with the senate committee raising the fund from twenty million to twenty-two million dollars. In the house Rep Lumpkin and Speaker Kerr introduced a twenty million dollar fund as a companion measure while E C Brooks Jr proposed tax exemptions for charitable contributions by partnerships firms and corporations.
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Herbert R. Leary
Chowan
Taylor
Appropriations Committee
House
Willie Lee Lumpkin
Franklin
Kerr
E. C. Brooks, Jr
Durham
Red Cross
Allied Bombers Score Damaging Hits on Transports
Allied airmen continued intensive raids reporting three ships sunk and four transports badly damaged after day and night attacks. Enemy losses mounted as bombers claimed additional aircraft shot down in air melees yesterday.
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Lae
Ayres Batting .850 Forecasting 22 Years Of Trends
Ayres, master statistician at Cleveland Trust, has forecast business trends for 22 years and finds his predictions have hit about 85 percent accuracy. He recalls wartime and postwar insights, including predictions on production, employment, and tariffs, noting the challenge of predicting amid planned economies.
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Ayres
Calcutta
Edinburgh
Cleveland Trust
Union Club
Cleveland
Business Bulletin
Paris
Ae.f
Big Bertha
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Sedan
Public Square
Triplets and Batteries Get WPB Priority Advice
WPB outlines special steel allocations for a three passenger baby carriage for triplets and offers battery care tips for radios amid shortages. It warns consumers not to accept dealer excuses about priority ratings and to avoid wasteful battery use. The message targets country and city listeners, urging practical handling of scarce resources and direct consumer action.
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Ann France Wilson
NEA
Washington
Jan
WPB
Uncle Sam
Flynn resignation sparks talk of postmaster general as ambassador
Flynn calls for a Democratic National Committee meeting on January 18 to submit his resignation, reviving speculation that Postmaster General Frank Walker could be named to Australia’s ambassador post. Flynn declines to speculate on a successor. Nelson T. Johnson, formerly ambassador to China, becomes minister to Australia with potential elevation to full ambassador by the President.
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China
Australia
Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Frank Walker
Night raids on Ruhr industrial center cause heavy losses
New thons, five planes failed to return from the Ruhr raid. Approximately 100 planes took part in the night attack on unannounced objectives in the industrial center. Some British planes may have been lost during mining operations. Germans admitted casualties and damage in several localities. Cripps warned of heavier air assaults to come, aided by weather delays. Germans continued limited attacks on Britain, dropping a few bombs on a southeast coast village.
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Aircraft Production
Germany
Maly
Britain
Coal strike cuts US coal output and raises dues clash
The unauthorized strike by United Mine Workers halts production, leaving about 24 major collieries closed and 16 000 workers idle, as protesters seek higher dues and wages while operators insist the dispute is labor related.
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United Mine Workers
Fighting French report drives forward in southern Libya
A Fighting French communique from London says their flying columns cross southern Libya toward El Gatrun and Sebha, capturing 177 Italians and war booty. The British Eighth Army under Montgomery may attack east of Tripoli as forces push through Gebel Es Soda toward a Wadi Zem Zem junction on the Mediterranean coast.
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Berlin
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tripoli
Libya
London
Fezzan
Jacques Leclerc
Lake Chad
Equatorial Africa
Brach
Camel Corps
el- Gatrun
Murzuch
Sebha
Gebel Es Soda
Black Mountains
Wadi Zem-Zem
Mediterranean
Russians Drive West of Stalingrad Reach Key Rail Hubs
Russian forces report progress along the Rostov line and toward the Caucasus, stating the Red Army has taken the rail hub Kovilkin west of Stalingrad and captured several settlements in the Zimovniki area. Georgievsk was outflanked as Soviet troops push north and claim Soldetsko-Aleksandrovskoe.
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Andrei Yeremenko
Alon
Stalingrad
Ion
Valkovo
Zimovniki
Constantin Rokossovsky
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Sal River
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Rostov-Baku
Georgievsk
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Ordzhonikidze
Piatigorsk
Stavropol
Moscow
Red Star
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Velikie Lukin
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Stalingrad- Tikhoretsk
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Morozovsky
Bogoyavienskaya
Kovilkin
Tatsinskaya
Soldetsko-Aleksandrovskoe
Gasoline Ration Coupons Value Vary by Bristol Sides
On the Virginia side of Bristol Main Street the ration coupons cover three gallons of gasoline, while on the Tennessee side they cover four gallons. The split reflects local wartime or regulatory practices affecting fuel distribution across state lines.
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Virginia
Bristol
Tennessee
Penney’s Fast Move to New Building After Fire
J C Penney and Co signed a temporary lease for 154 South Main Street. E L Chitwood said the Penney’s store at 127 South Main Street was destroyed by fire in the first week. only office records and typewriters survived. All stock except in show windows was lost. operation will start immediately with stock en route. The 154 South Main building is owned by Joseph D Cox and was formerly Efird’s.
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J. C. Penney and Co
South Main Street
E. L. Chitwood
Penney's
Penney’s
Chitwood
South Main
Joseph D. Cox
Efird's
Von Bock Alarmed At Dangerous German Position
Stockholm dispatch reports German Marshal Fedor Von Bock urging Adolf Hitler to withdraw lines while time remains as German armies face a dangerous Caucasus position due to developing Russian offensives. Von Bock, formerly Stalingrad commander, allegedly returned to front command in November after a shakeup.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Fedor von Bock
Caucasus
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
von Bock
Stalingrad
Volga
Passenger travel limits amid pleasure driving ban debated
John son urged adherence to regulations requiring public transport use while authorities prepare enforcement directives for municipal and county lawmen. Daniel L. Bell the state OPA rationing attorney issued rulings allowing furloughed service members to use A books for visiting relatives and making social calls.
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Johnson
Daniel L. Bell
OPA
USC
War Bond Ad Urges Rent to Aid Barbed Wire War Aid
A wartime PSA promotes using spare rooms to house barbed wire and support War Stamps. The ad appeals to residents to enlist by renting space in their homes to assist production and defense efforts. It frames the call as a personal plea from the local paper.
British air and ground blitz against Japanese in Burma and Arakan
British forces press a multi-front attack in Burma and Arakan with China based American P-40s and B-25 bombers striking Mangshih Bhamo and surrounding targets. RAF Blenheim bombers support daytime raids on Rathedaung Meiktila road and Kyanpadung while Akyab and Dabaing air fields are bombed by night. Wavell reports a 60 mile advance averaging under three miles daily with no clear sign of steep Japanese push or jungle hindrance.
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Claire L. Chennault
Bhamo
Irrawaddy
Burma
Mangshih
Chungking
RAF
India
Arakan
Rathedaung
Meiktila
Mandalay
Kyanpadaung
Akyab
Dabaing
Fakir Point
Wavell
Pleasure Driving Ban Reshapes Car Use and Hearings Planned
OPA inspectors can lift ration cards but motorists may appeal to recover them. About 20 motorists near night clubs will have hearings Tuesday before Francis Currie, NY district enforcement attorney. Plans to curb nonessential driving surface as fuel officials consider limiting stations and policing ration checks.
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OPA
Francis Currie
New York District
Wiliam C. McTarnahan
Fuel Oil Association of New York
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