Essential war production jobs named for deferment
Washington reports 46 job types in packing and shipping materials deemed essential for war production. Boards will decide deferments case by case after six months of training, covering textiles, boxes, bags, pulp and paper, glass and metal containers among others. A three man committee led by Paul Bellamy was appointed to craft a uniform nationwide deferment policy for federal and non government workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hettive Service
Aratt Boards
Roosevelt
Paul Bellamy
Cleveland
Erle Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Ordway Tead
New York City
War Manpower Commission
Battle of the Lilacs figures in cruiser stand at Guadalcanal
San Francisco reports on the cruiser incident off Guadalcanal where most senior officers were killed or wounded. McCandless led the survivors and the Navy honored the tale of their stand. Sailors recalled the dramatic night, lilac scent in the air, and 14 inch shells from a battleship a mile away as the ship returned to port amid celebratory crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCandless
Navy
Leers Pee
William A. Wheeler
Worcester
Mass
Guadalcanal
R. W. Tucker
Chicago
Tucker
San Francisco
Bay
The
Solomons
Angelo Rossi
Civic Auditorium
White House to light modest tree amid war time rules
The White House said the community spruce on the south lawn will be cleared of lights to save electricity as war demands. The Christmas Eve ceremony shifts to afternoon daylight with the president delivering a national greeting from the south portico. A smaller tree replaces the large one in the east room, trimmed with imitation ornaments, white streamers, and lights. A second small family tree goes in the west hall on the second floor with two of Roosevelt grandchildren present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Franklin
Ohio Adopting Liquor Ration Amid Shortages
Ohio liquor director Jacob Taylor announced a card system to ration liquor to all qualified individuals by Jan. 1 if feasible. Cards would align with federal programs, with limits below a tentative quart per day per person. Stocks to be replenished by freezing distributions briefly. Christmas operations to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Jacob B. Taylor
Ohio
Taylor
Virginia
North Carolina
Washington
Iowa
Christmas at the White House 1933 plans outlined
The Roosevelts prepare a quiet Christmas with guests including Mrs Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins. Decorations reuse salvaged trees from previous years. On Dec 24 the President hosts 200 White House staffers, then reads Dickens at dinner. Christmas Day features religious services.
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Christopher
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jrm
Dian Hopkins
D. R. Roosevelt
Harry Hooker
New York
Harry L. Hopkins
Executive Mansion
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
White House
Washington Federation of Churches
Bombs Hit Annecy and Fires Spark Swiss Areas
A Vichy broadcast claims British planes bombed Annecy near the Italian frontier killing three. Simultaneously Switzerland reports incendiaries dropped by foreign planes ignite fires in Sins Canton Argorine and start a fire in Valais near the French border. Other key developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Annecy
Turin
Sins
Canton Argoine
Switzerlad
Canton Valais
Switzerland
Diagnostic Demo Hurdle Follows Southern Rumblings in 1940s
National leaders monitor Midwest and South after rifts within the Democratic ranks. A surprise Omaha meeting seeks a united farm front with regional voices asserting independence from Washington. Dixon accuses the party of eroding the South’s social structure while Woodring hints at a possible liberal realignment in 1948.
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Midwest
South
Associated Press
Deep South
Omaha
United Farm Front
Nebraska
James C
Quigley
Eugene Casey
Roosevelt
Oscar R. Ewing
National Democratic Party
Washington
Iowa
Seasion
United Farm State Front
Dixleland
Alabama
Frank M. Dixon
Democratic Party
Wendell Willkie
Roosevel
Dixon
Allied troops hold line near Tunis in heavy fighting
American British and French forces report near-straight defense before Tunis and Bizerte after repelling a strong German push toward Medjez El Bab. Axis reinforcements and bad weather hinder operations as Eisenhower plans an overwhelming strike to drive the enemy back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunisia
Tunis
Bizerte
Medjez el Bar
Tebourba
Dwight G. Eisenhower
Ans
Sicily
Anderson
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
1St Army
Morocco
North Africa
Medjeb el Bab
Don
Stalingrad
New Pastor Avalon Celebrates Long Clerical Career
The article notes Avalon’s new pastor in suburban Pittsburgh sharing career milestones. He studied at Muskingum College graduating in 1925 and earned a Doctor of Divinity. He later attended Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary, graduating in 1928, served in Indiana, Martins Ferry Ohio, and Steubenville before moving with his wife Helen Lois Kyle of Altoona. they have three children James, Mary, and Helen Virginia.
War Department adds pay for warrant officers on special duty
The secretary of war is authorized to allot additional pay to warrant officers on special assignments. The wording indicates a formal allowance or stipend approved for those officers serving in designated extra duties. The record reflects a regulatory or legislative action affecting military personnel pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
Washington
War Department
Department
Secretary of War
Service and training notes on army officers at edgewood and ports
Service officer candidates from Indiana schools are chosen for training at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland and Fort Monmouth New Jersey. The report lists Lieutenant Conrath, Technical Sergeant John Strong, aviation cadet Theodore Foreman, and promotions and commissions within the Army Air Force and Army, including Lt. Tait and a casualty list update for Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard with totals since Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Conrath
Indiana Evening Gazette
The
Vindicator
Youngstown
Indiana State Teachers College
John W. Strong
Clymer
Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Sergeant Strong
Indiana
Lleut
Livingston G. Irving
Pale Field
Washington
Wayne Strong
Foreman
Theodore L. Foreman
W. E. Foreman
North Ninth Street
Minter Field
Army Basic
Bakersfield
Calif
Army Air Force
America
War service casualties by branch and state totals
Navy reports 4,349 dead 1,434 wounded 8,473 missing total 14,265. Marine Corps 1,114 dead 1,370 wounded 1,921 missing total 4,405. Coast Guard 38 dead 21 wounded 129 missing total 178. Combined totals: dead 5,500 wounded 2,615 missing 10,523 total 18,888. Includes all states and District of Columbia. Hawaii Territory included, others report none.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
States
District of Columbia
Territory of Hawaii
Aging son of Garfield dies at 79 in Massachusetts
Dr. Harry A. Garfield of Williams College dies at 79. A native of Hiram Ohio he graduated from Williams in 1885 and led the college as president for 28 years beginning in 1908. He earned honorary degrees from Dartmouth Princeton Amherst Wesleyan William and Mary Whitman. Garfield also served as a World War I fuel administrator and earlier taught at St Paul’s School before practicing law in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Harry A. Garfield
Williams College
United States
James A. Garfield
Hiram
Ohio
Williams
Dartmouth
Princeton
Amherst
Wesleyan
William and Mary
Whitman College
Garfield
St. Paul's School
Concord
N. H
Finn
Garfield and Howe
Cleveland
Machinery class to organize farm repair course
A meeting is scheduled Monday December 14 at 8:00 P M in West Lebanon School to form a farm machinery repair class. The course covers repairing adjusting and maintenance with hours per evening and total hours to be decided later. Open to all including out of school youth adult farmers and women. John G Huda and James R Ewing of Elders Ridge High School will lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Lebanon
John G. Huda
James R. Ewing
Elders Ridge High School
Coal and wood stoves to aid fuel oil shortage
An extra 400000 coal and wood burning stoves will be produced for winter relief of fuel oil shortages along the Atlantic Coast. The War Production Board Office of Civilian Supply will coordinate distribution through Price Administration rationing. Fire damages 3000 dollars at Greensburg firehouse. Mrs. McAfee rescued unharmed but homeless. Search for missing hunter Michael Psulka near Skullton continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Joseph L
Office of Civilian Supply
War Production Board
Weiner
American Standards Association
Office of Price Administration
Greensburg
Robert McAfee
McAfee
Thomas J. Crock
Crock
Rent Gougers Facing Trial Reported By OPA
Washington dispatch reports the Office of Price Administration has launched a broad rent enforcement drive. Criminal charges were filed against 80 landlords for violations of rent regulations, marking the first use of the emergency price control act’s criminal provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Warte Ing
OPA
Non-priority savings on manicures amid wartime shortages
New York reports wartime material scarcities drive makers to replace metal rubber leather and wood in household items with nonpriority substitutes. The shift promises easier cleaning and reduced elbow grease for housewives as simpler tools appear for common tasks like pie pans and kitchen gadgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
lMtle
Museum of Modern Art
Holiday transit tips and market prices from Pittsburgh
Markets report active salable hogs with higher bids and mixed cattle receipts in Pittsburgh. Produce prices show steady to rising apples and russet burbanks while holiday transit tips urge avoiding peak travel hours carrying parcels off peak and limiting taxicab use to ease transportation strain.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
McIntosh
New York
Baldwing
Ohio
Office of Defense Transportation
Indiana County Obituary Notices From Local Funeral Rites
Obituary notes list multiple deaths: Robert Carl Doty of White Township born 1838, interred Oakland Cemetery. Dr Silas Clark Weamer 84 of White Township, buried Marion Center Cemetery. Mrs Vernie Witte Toast of Indiana, bronchial pneumonia, buried Oakland Cemetery. Elizabeth Grumbling Ellwood of Blairsville. Charles Liprea of Slickville, Polish Union member with Detroit relatives. Anna Maloy Downey of Cameron's Bottom. Mrs Araminta Sutter Braughler of Covode. Verdier Tyger of Rochester Mills. Services set at various churches, cemeteries, and homes by Rev. Wiles, Rev. Howard C. Canon, Rev. Dr. Graham, and Rev. Father Wendella.
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Robert Carl Doty
White
Howard C. Canon
Free Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Silas Clark Weamer
Indiana County
White Township
Creekside
Presbyterian Church
John
Eta Lois
Homer City
Frank
Chas
Weaver
Indiana
Streams Funeral Home
Harry Burton Boyd
Marion Center Cemetery
Vernie (Witte) Tost
Dell Post
Milwaukee
Wlso
E. Dale Timberlake
H. Clyde Timberlake
American Red Cross
Fort MacClelland
Ala
Robinson Funeral Home
David R. Graham
First Methodist Church
Slickville
St. Sylvester
Poland
Polish Union of the
U.S. A
Stanley
Walter
Charles Liplsa
Detroit
Mich
Stella George
Sophia Lipka
Anna McKay
Frances Caminsky
New Kensington
Father Wendella
St. Vincent Cemetary
Latrobe
Anna (Maloy
Dow
Augustine Martzhauser
Araminta (Sutter) Brauguler
Covode
George M
Jennie Sutter
Mesday
Rochester Mills
Floyd
Braughter
Madeline
Bernadine
Lorraine
Laird
Donna
Dolan
New Cumberland
Jay
L. M. Sutter
Covede
Bart Sutter
Ma Kelenback
C. A. Carbaugh
Perry Strange
Clairton
Elsie McCaw
McKeesport
Thornburn Stull
Pine Grove
Verdier
Coy) Tyger
Hortons
Joseph
Elizabeth Coy
Rochester Milla
United Presbyterian Church
Irvin Tyger
Beulah Entertine
Oria Tyger
Marion Center
Fairview Church
Hempfield
Cannons on Capitol Grounds Spark Grand Larceny Charges
In Jefferson City Missouri three elderly men are charged with grand larceny after attempting to haul away cannons on the Capitol grounds with unclear title. Rosa W Riley and Sidney W Stearns of St Louis arrested with Ralph Coghlan editor of the St Louis Post Dispatch editorial page charged with printing the provoking editorial. Governor Forrest C Donnell opposed private seizure and a legislative resolution declared the cannons state property. Maximum penalty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
City
Missouri Capitol
Capitol
Sidney W. Slearna
Rosa W. Riley
St. Louis
Dafferson City
Wwhedeker Company
Ralph Coghlan
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Riley and Stearns
Forrest C. Donner
Legignature
Donnel
Riley
Stearns
Cole County
Paul B. Allen
Vane Thurlo
Coghlan
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Mooruead
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Frederick T. Gelder
Gelder
Southern Society of New York
Commonwealth Party
Harry H. Woodring
Topeka
Kansas
Kinter
Herbert Kinter
Earl H. Delord
United States Army Air Force
Will Rogers Field
Oklo
Herbert P. Kinter
Independence
Kaw
Tait
Alex Tait
Army of the United States
Infantry Training School
Fort Benning
Charles C. McLain
R.D
Ninth
Camp Wheeler
Indiana High School
Navy Department
Uniontown
Michael Psulka
Connellsville
Skullton
Irent Gougers
Aim
Smelt & R
Atch
T& SF
Adl Refining
Balt & Ohio
Bendix
Chrysler Corp
Cohim G & EL i
Cornwich & South
Cons Edison
Cottsal Oib
Curtiss-Wright
Dal Lack & West Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto-Lite
Elec
Gen Motors Greyhound Corp
Hercules Powder
Illnois Central
Tit Harvester
Tnt Nick Can
US Ribber
United Gas
US Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West el Mfg
Wolaworth
Youngst
Sh & T
Rev. C. R. Wiles
MBS
Emcabeth
Ellwood
W. P. Ellwood
North Spring Street
Blairsville
Charles Liprea
Vthg
Antonio Lipke
Missouri
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