Judges ruling blocks Army seizure of Montgomery Ward stores
Federal Judge Philip L. Suiavin in Chicago ruled that President Sacaevel lacked statutory or constitutional authority to seize six Montgomery Ward & Co. stores. The decision notes the War Labor Disputes Act does not authorize distribution facilities to be seized. The government plans an appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip L. 4
Suiavin
Chicago
Sacaevel
Montgomery Ward & Co
Congress
Supreme Court
Republic
Montgomery Wards
CIO
Ward
Montgomery Ward
Hitler
Germany
Arkansas Casualties Reported Among Marines
Washington. Jan 29. Two Arkansas Marines wounded in action announced by the navy department. Names listed are Pic. Erwin W. Martin of Corning and Pvt. Raymond Ernest Smith of Malvern.
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Washington
Arkansas
Navy Department
Pic
Erwin W. Martin
Corning
Raymond Ernest Smith
Malvern
Scouts to Run City In Hope February 8
Hope city to be administered by Boy Scouts from four troops on February 8 from 1 pm to 6 pm. Scout leaders named the temporary city officials with Captain R M McCreary and Clyde Coffee among organizers. The move is part of Scout Week civic education activities with plans to elect rest of officials at a January 31 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thursady
Boy Scouts of America
Hope
Capitan R. M. McCreary
Clyde Coffee
Glen Calhoun
Perry Campbell
Benjamin Teeter
Lyman Armstrong
Scout
Billy Ed Bayse
Paul Gilbert
Scotty Clifton
Jack Taylor
Bobby Franklin
Kingsley Blackman
C. E. Stewart
Creighton Middlebrooks
James Russell
Garnett Kimberly
Elsworth Bailey
Robert Don Holt
Jimmy May
Campbell
Crawford
Associated Press
London
Sehneidemuhl
Marshall Stalin
Berlin
Schneidemuhl
Berlin-Danzig
Moscow
Gregory Zhukov
Brandenburg
Zhukov
Stetlin
Baltic
Frankfurt
Oder
East Prussia
Konigsberg
FCC
Breslau
Silesian
Poznan
Torun
Poland
Dabrowa
Silesia
Obra
Steinau
Transoceanp
Bres
Miss Lucille Ruggles to Speak on KTHS Tuesday
Miss Lucille Ruggles of Shower Springs, noted pin up for the Infantile Paralysis Campaign, will address listeners on KTHS Hot Springs from 3 45 to 4 p m Tuesday January 30, per Little Rock campaign headquarters. She will attend the president's birthday ball at Hotel Arlington Hot Springs Tuesday night and serve as guest for the president's 63rd birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Ruggles
Shower Springs
KTHS
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Ruggles
Hotel Arlington
Captain Koonce Cited by Navy for Solomons Action
Captain Paul B. Koonce of Lonoke Arkansas son of Mrs J B Koonce was awarded a letter of commendation by the Secretary of the Navy for his services as executive officer of the USS Montpelier during action against Japanese forces off the Solomon Islands from October 30 to November 2 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul B. Koonce
Lonoke
J. B. Koonce
East Third Street
Hope
Secretary of the Navy
U. S. S. Montpelier
Solomon Islands
Cpl George C Yokem Cited by Gen Patton in Belgium Action
Cpl George C Yokem of Blevins is cited by Lt Gen George S Patton for his part in a Belgium operation showing warship courage and ability. He and his wife learned of the citation in Nashville. Yokem was inducted December 9 1942 trained at Camp McCoy Wisconsin and went overseas about 16 months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
George C. Yokem
O. M. Yokem
Blevins
George S. Patton
Third Army
Belgium
Nashville
Cpl. Yokem
Camp McCoy
Wis
Quick Jumps and Shoes Highlight Army Life on Leyte
On Leyte Island the 96th Division soldiers share lighter moments in the Leyte press club a seven by ten foot grass shack. Correspondents swap shoes for two days amid quirky gear like bladder flotation pillows and a large cellophane rain envelope used as rain shelter. The piece mixes humor with makeshift field life aboard the Leyte beachhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte Isle
Battle of the Shoes
Leyte Press Club
96Th Division
Marty Sheridan
Boston Globe
Sheridan
Showdown on Service Act in the House
In the House a showdown on limited national service for men 18 to 45 looms with debate over an anti closed shop measure and fair employment practice backing. Chairman May says enough votes exist to win while Southern Democrats oppose forced union bans and labor opposes the bill’s provisions. AFL President Green urges defeat and new manpower controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Fair Employment Practicee Committee
May
Dky
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Draft Board
Organized Labor
AFL
William Green
Oine
War Manpower Commission
Must Give Up Gas Stamps in Car Sale
Hempstead County Ration Board announced that in car sales the seller must surrender unused gasoline ration stamps to the local board. If not done the buyer cannot obtain gasoline stamps or transfer the license. Receipt from the ration board is required before the new owner can file any license application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Clothes to Reach Greece This Winter
Hempstead county citizens donated garments for Greece will arrive in New York within two weeks and be shipped on to Greece in time to aid Greek people during the winter. Louis Carelson of Hope Confectionary is advised by Margaret Thompson of the Greek War Relief association, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
Greece
Louis Carelson
Hope Confectionary
Margaret Thompson
Greek War Relief Association
New York
oNsamoglad
Mrs Mills 68 Dies Here After Long Local Life
Mrs W A J Mills 68 died at her home Saturday night funeral held at Hern don-Cornelius Funeral home today Rev D Q Silvey officiating born Martha A Cox in Patmos later Sardis in 1876 moved to Center Texas in 1898 married W A J Mills December 1 1901 survived by husband son Oliver W Mill three brothers Frank Cox Price Texas Tom Cox Shelbyville Texas John Cox Carter Texas and sister Mrs Jim Mills Shelbyville Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. J. Mills
Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home
D. Q. Silvey
Millis
Martha A. Cox
Patmos
Sardis
Center
Texas
Oliver W. Mill
Frank Cox
Price
Tom Cox
Shelbyville
John Cox
Carter
Jim Mills
Ward Victory Opposed as Government Plans Appeal
The Roosevelt administration moved to appeal a Chicago ruling that Montgomery Ward seizure exceeded legal authority. Attorney General Biddle and aides signaled a push to higher courts and Congress to restore wartime powers. War Labor Board seeks new statute defining its reach and dispute roles amid labor tensions.
Washington Ranked Second in Draft Mental Disease Rejections
Washington D C placed second in the selective service mental disease rejection list led by Vermont. Commissioned psychiatrists say Washington had many borderlines detected due to more active draft board work, including alcoholics and emotionally unstable men. The full government statistics will appear after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Selective Service
Vermont
Washington, D. C
New Hampshire
Wyoming
Draft Board
E. W. Freeman Dies Pine Bluff Publisher at 78
E W Freeman veteran Arkansas newspaper executive and owner of the Pine Bluff Commercial died at his Pine Bluff home. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow. Survived by wife Blanch Newman and two sons Gordon and Wroe Freeman Jr both affiliated with the Pine Bluff paper. He managed the Commercial since 1897 succeeding his father in law Majharles Gordon Newman founder and former owner. He previously published a Hawesville Kentucky weekly and worked as a schoolteacher and steamboat clerk.
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Pinebluff
E. W. Freeman
Arkansas
Pine Bluff Commercial
Pine Bluff
Freeman
Commercial
Majharles Gordon Newman
Pine Bouff
Hawesville
Louisville
Henderson
Comey
Murphy
Blanch Newman
Gordon
Wroe Freeman
Pine Bluff Paper
Yanks Begin Assault on Siegfried Line
Allied forces push toward the Siegfried Line from St. Vith through Alsace advancing toward Colmar and the Rhine. American and French troops gain several miles, seize villages, and threaten key German borders as snow hampers operations. Patton’s Third Army pushes toward Wiltz and Saarbrucken while the Ninth and British Second Corps reach the Roer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Paris
First Army
St. Vith
Germany
Siegfried
Colmar Canal
Colmar
Spees Alsace
Strasbourg
Our River
U.S
Roer
Siegfried Line
Ruhr
Rhineland
Third
Saarbrucken
Eisenhower
Siextfried
Holland
Saarland
Ardennes Bulge
West Wall
Ardennes
Seventh Army
Alsac
Rhine
George S. Patton
Luembourg
Wiltz
94Th
Linz
Saarbrug
17Th Airborne
Dorscheid
Roder
Clervaux
Luxembourg
Putscheid
American Drive Toward Manila Breaks Japanese Luzon Defenses
Tank led U S infantry widened the push toward San Fernando Luzon as Japanese defenses collapsed under air strikes and guerrilla pressure. U S 37th Division spearheads neared San Fernando while Fort Stotsenburg saw key combat and Illinois Guardsmen cleared a Japanese nest. New Englanders of the 42nd Division took Rosario and blocked roads toward Baguio as Tokyo radio pressed new offensives elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
William B. Dickinson
MacArthur
Luzon
San Fernando
Manila
Bataan
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Mindanao Sea
Mindanao
FCC
New York
United Press
Hewlett
U. S
37Th
Mexico
Clark Field
Zambales
Fort Stotesenburg
Highway Three
Illinois National Guardsmen
Congo
U. S. 42St Infantry
Rosario
Bagulio
Snowbound Students Salute Tough Winter Closures
In towns hit by record snowfall, schools closed as crews cleared roads. Students faced missed lessons and parents juggled caretaking while communities assessed storm damage and safety risks.
Football Star Army Wouldn't Have Gets to Battle Front as Red Cross Field Director
Dave De Varona, a Red Cross field director for the 517th Parachute Combat Team, is a former California football star who tried to enlist but was rejected. He jumped with troops in combat, helped soldiers with personal needs, and praises volunteers for their morale and patriotism.
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Army
Red Cross
Hal Boyle
Belgium
Dave
Big Dave T. de Varona
Big Dave
517Th Parachute Combat Team
Thunder
University of California Golden Bears
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Marines
Alaska
Attu
Kiska
San Diego
Calif
Rome
Alto
France
Manila Despair in Japanese-Occupied City as U.S. Advances
Eyewitness account from Luzon describes Manila as a dying city stripped of food and dignity. Nearly one million residents suffer hunger and disease under Japanese rule, with inflation collapsing wages and a brutal black market fueling survival struggles as American forces close in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Alletin
MacArthur
Alfonso Denoga
United Press
Luzon
Japan
Greater East Asia
Starving Jap Surrenders Battle Flags on Biak Island
A starved Japanese sergeant surrendered the battle flag remnants of the 222nd Regiment, 36th Division on Biak Island. The regimental colors, tied to centuries of ritual, were relinquished to U S troops after Col Kuzume of the 222nd perished in the jungle, marking a rare final surrender of a chrysanthemum crest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
41St Division
Southwest Pacific
162Nd
Oregon
Biak Island
U.S
222Nd
Biak
China
Naoyuki Kuzume
New Guinea
Jens
Doe
Salamaua
Col
Kuzume
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Alex. H. Washburn
James Thrasher
Mead Report
Europe
Senate War Investigating Committee
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk
James M. Mead
Senate
Mead
Brewster Aircraft Plant
Koonce
Solomons
Cpl. Geo. C. Yokem
Gen. Geo. Patton
Elmont
WAITE
Leyte
W.A.J. Mills
Lylec. Wilson
Montgomery-Ward
Francis Biddle
Philip L. Sullivan
Sullivan
War Labor Board
WLB
William H. Davis
Orde
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