10 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1943
Page
1
State Senator Walker H Aller heads a committee to study juvenile delinquency and recommends legislation to rehabilitate youths. He cites wartime enlistment and social factors. notes Canada’s Ontario approach with a venereal disease carrier confinement measure as a model.
L B McCully Westinghouse division manager outlines optimism for rapid power house reconstruction after bombing or sabotage by Axis forces. He says under normal conditions the rebuild could take nine months to two years, but trains may generate power in extreme weather, even at 40 below zero, with steam in the tankers preventing boiler water from freezing.
Allied forces in Italy report fresh gains on a broad front. Canadian troops breach the Moro River crossing and push toward Pescara on the Adriatic as American forces seize Monte Samucro and clear Rocca D Evandro. Fifth Army troops push along the Garigliano, breaking the Camino mountain barrier and closing on Cassino as Luftwaffe and German armor counter. Moscow meanwhile notes heavy fighting around Kiev and the Dnieper bend with German reserves rushing eastward.
Senator Johnson of the conference drafting committee estimated the plan would postpone the induction of some fathers for two or three months, signaling a regrouping step in the wartime draft process.
A WWII service narrative describes the bomber My Darling, last aircraft to leave Europe, after forced ditching due to fuel loss. Sgt. Clark credited with destroying a Nazi plane. A British minesweeper raced to rescue the ten-man crew amid 4° water and high waves. five men survived in a dinghy, five later found in the water. The ship sank in under four minutes. rescue arrived 15 minutes later.
Allied and Chinese forces pressed offensives in multiple theaters as Australian troops overran Wareo in New Guinea and captured positions near Finschhafen. Chinese troops held Changteh in Hunan after a 40 day battle with heavy Japanese losses. American air forces supported ground troops, and raids targeted Nauru Jaluit Mille and Taroa in the Marshalls. Allied ships and carrier aircraft bombed eurasian targets and contributed to long campaigns across the Pacific War.
Fuel technology researchers Cals bert Wright and Theo dore S. Spicer propose oxidizing coal within stokers to alter coking. By introducing air below active combustion, large coke trees are prevented, enabling lower hold-fire rates and steadier operation even in warm weather.
County officers found seven and a half gallons of whisky concealed in rubber boots hanging on a wall in a house at Oxford North Carolina. The discovery came during a residence search conducted by local authorities.
Light snow and colder today and tonight with flurries on Saturday. Fresh winds will persist, bringing continued cold conditions through the weekend.
The Indiana County Pulpwood Committee plans an all day pulpwood cutting event on December 17 at Camp William Penn Boy Scout Camp Cherry Hill Township along Yellow Creek. A car load of pulpwood will be cut for a paper mill with proceeds to Scout Camp funds. Contests log sawing woodchopping and tool demonstrations are planned with prizes from local firms and experts from Penn State and area foresters are slated to participate. Pulpwood shortages are noted as critical for war needs. Join to back our troops with production and support for war materials.
State Treasurer G Harold Wagner reports that relief payments to Indiana County residents for the current week total $1257, an increase of $54 from the previous week. The figure is $216 below the same week last year, with disbursements showing $1257 this week and $1203 last week.
Navy fighter pilot Lt Cmdr Edward O Hara, famed as a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient for shooting down five Japanese bombers in the Coral Sea, is reported missing in action on a flight mission in the South Pacific.
A strike at American Rolling Mill Co. in Butler idled over 2,000 workers, cutting production to a skeleton operation and pausing 10 open hearth furnaces. Local CIO official says lack of company sponsored employee representation plan sparked the walkout, which the company calls unauthorized.
Washington December 10 The Senate backed a pay raise plan amid a White House inflation critique. The 71 vote favored the measure as House action loomed and opposing leaders warned of inflation. Critics argued the move would strain stabilization efforts and raise costs for railroads, while supporters touted higher wages for 1.1 million federal workers.
The Agriculture Department warned farmers that 1944 will be a critical year for farm product movement. Production plans call for 81,000 medium and heavy civilian trucks, but agriculture is expected to receive no more than 35,000 if the full program is fulfilled.
Men saluted as Sgt. James L. Housh of Tampa, Florida drove an Army staff car. A tag with four stars and a red shield was placed on the car by mistake, connected to Stephen Wurmser, a newborn Hollywood resident and youngest lineal descendant of George Washington.
Agriculture seeks a surge of trucks as essential farm transport. The War Food Administration urges the War Production Board to permit some production, signaling priority given to farming needs amid wartime logistics.
Washington December 10 Treasury data show receipts of 79.29 million and outlays of 204.80 million. Net balance stands at 13.207 billion with total debt at 170.352 billion, up 16.467 million from the previous day.
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