Senate clash over Flynn nomination intensifies
The article details a bitter Senate fight over Flynn's nomination for the administration, with seven Democrats publicly opposing and about a dozen more listed as opponents in private polls. If 37 Republicans vote no, the nomination could be rejected, while 31 Democrats support confirmation. Key figures include Barkley, McKellar, Reed, Wagner, Gurney, and Bailey.
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McKellar
Barkley
Lynn
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Lafollette
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Thomas
D.-Okla
Reed
R.-Kan
Washington
Whyte and crew survive 51 days at sea after ship wreck
Whyte and two crewmen endured exposure and illness aboard a small makeshift craft. Whyte taught Mrs Gordon to steer by sun and stars so they could avoid a sea anchor. A week before Christmas the two shipmates died. the remaining survivor count and a Christmas toast with brandy marked their ordeal before sighting by an Allied vessel and rescue.
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Maori Population In New Zealand Grows In Recent Years
The Maoris of New Zealand have increased in numbers unlike many other aboriginal groups, according to recent demographic observations.
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Allied Air Strikes Hit New Guinea Targets In Dawn Assault
Report notes Japanese 2500 ton transport hit and troops strafed on deck. Lae and Salamaua coast raids calm, heavy explosions visible for miles after dawn bombing. Mubo fight ends with enemy attack repulsed after six hours. 250 enemy dead including Colonel Kitamura. Allied planes bomb and strafe installations and ammo dumps with light Allied losses.
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Submarine sinks 108 boat after five hours of battle
Chief Engineer William Salt of Scarborough says the gunners fired 38 shells at the hard to sink vessel which finally went down after five hours. Survivors totaled 81 aboard two lifeboats picked up by a British vessel and 13 more by Brazilian ships. The sinking lifts AP tally of neutral and Allied merchant losses in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor to 610.
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South America
F. W. Peaberthy
South Africa
Associated Press
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Pearl Harbor
Major Synthetic Rubber Plant Goes On Line At Louisiana
The largest rubber plant yet put in operation for making synthetic rubber raw materials is fully functional. The unit delivers finished butadiene, with experience from a smaller unit at Standard's refinery in Baton Rouge. The plant runs at about 20,000 pounds per day, 3,650 tons per year.
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Standard of Louisiana
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Doenitz to Lead German Navy in War Resolution
Berlin radio quotes military circles saying Doenitz will be named the navy’s symbol of resolve. Raeder’s retirement age and health cited, while Hitler likely brokered a compromise elevating the vice admiral over rival admirals Carls and Schniewind as potential successors.
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Otto Schniewind
Goering Defends Russia War and Warns Allies in Berlin
The speech defends the 1941 attack on Russia citing Russia's Finland camouflage and vast armaments. Goering promises harsh penalties for sabotage, warns Allies of a possible Bolshevik flood, and argues German unity is essential amid setbacks.
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Soviet advance nears Kursk as battle widens on multiple fronts
Soviet forces push toward Kursk with tank drives west and southwest of Voronezh and Kastornoye, recapturing towns and tearing through German strongpoints. Russian planes destroy trucks and artillery while prisoners and deserters add to losses. Goering and Hitler prophecy total war as Stalingrad pressure grows.
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Robertson's tax compromise aims at war-time fairness
The proposal seeks to move toward a 1943 current tax base by forgiving part of 1942 liabilities, applying a 20 percent net withholding, and taxing high earners only on remaining 1942 brackets. CIO leader Philip Murray opposes the plan, warning it favors top incomes while delaying gains for workers.
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CIO President Attacks Labor Department Over Overtime Rule
CIO President Philip Murray accuses Labor Secretary Frances Perkins of irresponsibility over the overtime interpretation for seventh day work. He urges Roosevelt to strip the issue from Perkins and restore the original order to protect wartime production and worker morale. Murray says the new interpretation harms plants and aims to transfer enforcement to a different agency.
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Trapped Japs Refuse To Be Taken Prisoner In Solomons
Marine base dispatch recalls Captain John Erskin of Urichsville Ohio using Japanese to urge surrender of trapped Japanese on Tulagi and Guadalcanal. A Jap speaker answered in English then a cave was sealed after grenades failed. Captain Sperling and Sergeant Angus Goss are highlighted for their actions and wounds.
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Detroit Lions coach Gus Dorais remarks on fall season
Dorais says the 1940 Detroit Lions showed improvement after a troubled fall. He compares the team’s health and performance to a historic six-wife count, noting two executions, two divorces, one natural death, and the surviving sixth.
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Weather Update North Carolina and Georgia
North Carolina shows little temperature change tonight with a slightly warmer Sunday. Georgia reports similar minimal shifts in temperature tonight and Sunday.
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Funeral Rites For C F Tomlinson
Funeral services for C F Tomlinson well known manufacturer and educator were held at Central Friends Church with Rev Cecil Haworth and Rev Tom A Sykes officiating. Carl N Cronstedt sang and Mrs John W Clinard played the organ. Pallbearers included Van Williams A D Grant P J Neal M G McNeill Aubrey Dunbar J N McMahan and F M Lambert. Burial followed at Springfield Cemetery.
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Funeral services for Mrs. Alice E. Kester
Mrs. Alice E. Kester widow of Wm. Kester died at her son Grover E. Kester’s Greensboro highway home. Services conducted from the home at 11 o'clock by Dr. F. L. Conrad Rev. Voight Cromer Rev. G. H. L. Lingle and Dr. P. E. Monroe. Entombment in Kester Mausoleum Oakwood Park Cemetery.
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Crump Opposes Flynn Australia Appointment
Memphis leader F. H. Crump, a national Democratic committeeman, stated his personal opposition to Edward J. Flynn’s appointment as minister to Australia. He said the President is tackling the war but that Flynn’s posting is not in that category.
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Mississippi
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Tennessee
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
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New York
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