02 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
1
The article notes continued discussions at the Three-Power Conference focusing on frend and related policy matters. Officials from participating nations reiterated aims, with observers awaiting resolutions on economic and security cooperation.
Reports from Cairo detail Eisenhower chaired talks with British chiefs and top Allied leaders. Discussions covered European invasion plans, Balkan options, and joint war aims including plans for Asia Pacific, with key figures like Stilwell, Chennault, Mountbatten, and Sutherland in attendance.
OPA moves to cap prices on used goods and home items including furniture beds and stoves. Rationing boards can issue relief for furlough points and fuel appliances while wartime shortages ease. New rules also advise servicemen to obtain furlough ration before leaving.
The Don Cossacks, invited by the Cultural Life Committee, appear tonight as the fourth season act. Jaroff's choir rose from Don Cossacks to an international touring ensemble reaching 6000 concerts, with 82.29 single tickets and 5.50 season seats for seven more performances. Chairman A Ey Drumheller notes curtain at 8:15.
A Nation-origin memo cites Roosevelt Churchill and Chiang Kai-Shek aiming to realign the Orient, strip Japan of territories, and push a hard line to end all wars. It notes rearming China, reopening Burma routes, and suggests the trio may have moved from Cairo to Tehran as the war grinds on.
A $100,000 patent infringement suit is delayed by a U S marshal due to a missing extra dime for carfare. The editorial notes urge quick victory in WWII, urging unity among Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill at the first such conference to shape postwar policy.
SPARS in a Coast Guard push report nearly 6,000 members with a goal of 16,000 and note that training will occur in Palm Beach Florida. Cynthia Clegg says the first year celebration shows strong support from the Coast Guard while enlistment spans ages 26 to 96 for both enlisted and officer candidates.
The PAC will set a hearing later for Trader operating as Land and Water Air Service in Allegheny County to obtain air charter rights after the war. The Dec 6 Pittsburgh hearing will consider routes to Warren Meadville Cambridge Springs and more along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers to New Castle. Protests were filed by Greyhound White Star and Blue Ridge Transportation Company.
Secretary of War Stimson released figures through November 15, showing American army casualties at 94 918 since the war began, bringing all armed forces total to 126 069. Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard combined total 32 051 with 13 160 killed and 4 225 prisoners of war, plus 24 490 missing. Army prisoners in camps tally 1 610 deaths. Lt Gen Clark’s 57th Army on the Maliam mainland reports 11 471 casualties with 1 811 killed, 7 001 wounded, 2 670 missing. Navy totals 24 188, Marine Corps 7 437, Coast Guard 438.
Turnabout New York Bronx zoo officials puzzled by repeated escapes as a full grown brown fox wandered toward the zoo. Park attendants nabbed the animal as it tried to enter the grounds. its origins remain unknown, but Reynard is now a resident of one of le cayas.
Allied forces on the Eighth Army front break German defense along the Sangro and advance toward Fossacesia and Pescara. British, Indian, and New Zealand divisions drive through mud and wreckage, capture more than 1,000 prisoners, and inflict heavy losses as they overrun Rocca San Giovanni and parts of the Sangro Ridge. German reinforcements scarce, retreat continues from northern Italy.
A sub committee of the joint State Government Commission began studying proposals to allocate gasoline tax revenue to cities townships and boroughs for road work. Rep. Baker Hoyer of Lancaster, named chairman, said the panel will hear all political divisions and a recommendation will be prepared for the next legislature. Senator John Snowden of Lycoming is vice chairman. The bill would share the gas tax among political subdivisions.
Detained Army officer Carl Moyline faces a grand jury action in Glongetown Delaware as the case over the triangle slaying of John Worthington resumes. The State alleges an intimate relation between Moyline and widow Mrs Wayne Worthington who testified to a pattern of intimacies while Worthington was killed at his Rehoboth Head home after a party on November 4. The widow admitted intimate ties with Moyline and Moyline admitted holding the gun but maintained the shooting was accidental. The grand jury convened for over three hours and the State presented evidence building a first degree murder case. Mrs Worthington is held on a 5000 dollar bond as a material witness.
Repatriates aboard the Gripsholm fear U S citizens, including many children, remain in Japanese camps. Protesters urge action to free detainees as two people die on the voyage and passengers recount the voyage from Shanghai. Passengers include James Hillcoat Arthur, a 58-year-old Presbyterian missionary, and Arthur Wood Turner, a General Electric representative.
Obituary fragment lists death notices for James M Burney at Greensburg hospital and multiple relatives. Also notes Mrs Mary Brozina of Vintandale and Giacoma DeMantini with funeral plans in Aultman and Blairsville areas. M D Shaffer died at home in Houtzdale aged 74 with survivors listed and services set for Friday at his residence.
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