Roosevelt Fourth Term Hope Shapes U S War and Economic Policy
Washington analysis suggests President Roosevelt may seek a fourth term while promising to win the war and manage a New Deal style expansion. Newsmen note Republican skepticism but Democratic confidence in the slogan, with debate over the German officer corps and Nazi leadership. The piece surveys military figures and the American wartime economy and public morale as pivotal to postwar planning.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Adolph Hitler
Nalions
Scharnhorst
Britishiday
Hiditie
Iso
Hitler
Ity
Rusia
Hatch
Det Roosevelt
William Faye
Proms
Dmiral
Karl Docenitz
Wallace
Robertson
Wyoming
Nye
RND
Democra
Cooper Named Judge To Fill Park Seat In Allegheny Court
Governor Martin appointed Alexander Cooper to the Allegheny county common pleas court for a term ending January 1946, with Cooper a longtime English teacher at the University of Pittsburgh and former deputy attorney general. He may fill the superior court vacancy after Judge Stadtfield's death, with former Governor Jamis mentioned as a likely choice.
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Martin
Alexander Cooper
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Andrew T. Park
Cooper
University of Pittsburgh
Commonwealth’s Building Agency
Joseph Stadtfield
Pittsburgh
Arthur H. Jamls
Superior Court
Jamles
Ealier
Guffey backs soldier vote amid party talks in Pennsylvania
Senator Guffey supported giving all armed forces members over 18 a vote, while stressing a constitutional change to lower voting age would take too long. He joined county leaders in discussions on a state-wide slate for the April primary, with meetings planned in Pittsburgh.
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Guffey
Arrisburg
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
D-Pud
David I. Lawrence
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Lawrence
Railroads drop strike, accept scale, arbitration on overtime
Rail labor leaders cancelled the strike and sent a letter to President Roosevelt agreeing to the 4 to 10 cent sliding scale increases approved by Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson and to arbitration on overtime pay. The dispute now centers on whether overtime should be a separate issue or folded into the scale, with potential total gains of 9 to 15 cents per hour. The ARU estimated weekly and yearly earnings figures for various railroad workers, noting high costs of living away from home and differing wages across job classes.
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Roosevelt
Stabiization
Fred M. Vinson
Association of American Railroads
Association
Pacific War Update Daring Allied Pushes Across New Guinea
Allied forces throughout the Cape Gloucester and New Britain fronts press the Japanese along the Huon Peninsula and Bougainville. U S Marines push inland at Cape Gloucester while Australians reach Blucher Point near Finschhafen as air and naval bombardments intensify. Rabaul and Bougainville targets see heavy aerial action with multiple enemy planes shot down. Japanese propagandists vow a broader offensive as regional operations continue.
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New Britain
Vitiaz Strait
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Blucher Point
Pinselshafen
Arawe
Sixth
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Rabaul
Theta
Bougainville Island
Solomons
MacArthurs
Ter
Kida
Empress Augusta Bay
Pacific
Cape Gloucester
New Guinea - Bougainville
Jairstrip
Bergen Bay
Gasmiata
Cape Hoskins
Cape Glouster
Finschhafen
Alexishafen
U. S
Bougainville
Kieta
Mediwin
Little Buka Island
Sadao Iguchi
Tokyo
Japan
Inez
Greater East Asia
Berlin claims British naval losses as German lines crumble
A chaotic war update reports Allied advances from Italy to the Adriatic and across central Italy. German stiff resistance in the Ukraine and Poland yields heavy losses as Berlin suffers record bombing, with Dresden? No, this piece notes massive air raids on Berlin. Yugoslav Partisans claim gains on the Greek border and Bulgaria, while Russian offensives reclaim Dnieper dam area.
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Germany
Pescara
Adriatic
Pitaly
Algiers
Orards
Orvigio
Bucine
Foligne
Rome
Rimini
Adrian's
Ferrara
Scharnhorst
Norway
Bay of Biscay
Karl Duenitz
Loty
Berlin
Althu
Admiralty
Wie Bay
Biscay
Tito
Bosnia
Dnieper
Nikopol
Malinosky
Lgince
Zaporoghe
von Manstein
Kiev
Stine
Gloscow
Massive Berlin Raid Records London Hails 2,000 Ton Bomb Load
British and Canadian air forces mounted the heaviest raid yet on Berlin, delivering around 2,000 long tons of high explosives and incendiaries. The operation involved the largest force of heavy bombers ever sent by the Royal Canadian Air Force, with 1,300 aircraft, and aimed to devastate the German capital on Christmas Eve.
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Berlin
Bommenr
RAI
France
Hitaxes Iw
Uie
Royal Canadian Air Force
Aly
Germany
Pyinelaying
Lonhon
Stockholm
Luchwishafen
Industrial Empires and World Freedom Vision
A fragment discusses America’s industrial reach and wealth, claiming shared prosperity if goods and services flow freely. It notes U S dominance in telephones radios and home ownership plus over 10 billion dollars in banks as a foundation for global liberty and broad opportunity.
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fAamerica
Iroquois Theatre Fire Memorial Forty Years On
Forty years after the Iroquois Theatre disaster in Chicago a memorial service was held. The 1903 stage fire killed nearly 600 people during a matinee, ignited by a spotlight on drapes, with 15 minutes from outbreak to devastation. Three cast members from the original show attended the observance.
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Chicago
New Loop Theater
Will be boys downtown lawyers brave winter weather
In Knoxville, Tennessee, veteran attorneys John W. Green aged about 85, A Fowler near 81, and H. Barto Lindy aged 88 braved a rainy downtown scene. The elderly lawyers, pictured across the street from a county office, were observed in a brisk winter moment as they discussed law matters despite the weather.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John W. Green
Jones
Fowler
H. Barto Lindy Say
Payoff in Oklahoma City as chief offers to pay speeding fine
Police chief L F P Hilbert encounters a speeder who asks to see his "pal." The chief replies he cannot shield him but offers to pay the fine instead. The man blushes and pays the penalty.
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Oklahoma City
Scout Car
L. FP. Hilbert
Hilbert
Thieves smash jewelry store window in Chicago raid
A jewelry store in Chicago is robbed as thieves smash a window and flee with loot. Policeman Robert Man spots a diamond ring amid shattered glass and searches debris for two hours while officers keep spectators back. They recover $3,432 in goods.
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Chicago
Robert Man
We the Women Ship Has Dry Launch Oakland War-Time Speech
A wartime gathering in Oakland featured speaker Mrs Morley E MacKenzie urging couples to brace for prolonged separations overseas. Psychiatrist warns that loss of tolerance, not affection, may strain marriages. advice centers on couples facing postwar adjustments realistically. A later note reports the Moore Yard freighter launch halted by AFL union carpenters demanding full day’s pay before continuing, signaling labor tensions at shipbuilding sites.
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Utah
Moore Shipyard
AFL Carpenters
Market Report Pittsburgh Live Stock and Produce
Pittsburgh market report lists salable hogs and livestock with prices across weights from 160 to 200 pounds, roughs and receipts for cattle calves and sheep. produce section notes fair demand with apples crates and potatoes market prices, including regional varieties and sack weights. Includes scattered price ranges for Maine and Idaho potato stocks and Russet varieties.
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Livesock
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Rome
Methodist World Service gains in six months
Methodist donations from Pittsburgh area rose to 135 448 dollars for World Service and finance in the first half of the year, up 18 815 or 19 percent. National totals reached 1 802 519 dollars, up 203 643 or 12 75 percent, with Erie Pittsburgh and West Virginia conferences showing gains. A mid September U S merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the Caribbean, survivors landed in Miami.
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Pittsburgh
World Service
Orin W. Auman
Chicago
Methodist, General Commission On ‘World Service and Finance
James
Straughn
Plinburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Methodist Church
World Service Fund
Arge
Washington
Navy
United States
Caribbean
Miami
Fla
Curtis Bok Withdraws From Senate Bid in Philadelphia
Curtis Bok, a Philadelphia judge and scion of a publishing family, announced he will not seek the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. He said he did not want the burden of a national campaign and had been considered for the seat held by Senator Joseph F. Guffey. His earlier run for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ended unsuccessfully.
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Frank C. Walker
Democatic National
Rep. Kearney
WAC
U. S
James J. Davis
Senate
Davis
Pennsylvania
New York
Allegheny
Lackawanna
Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Edward A. Martin
James H. Duff
John C. Bell, Jr
Republican
Curtis Bok
Aday
United States Senate
Common Pleasurist
Bok
Joseph F. Gultéy
Pittsburgh
Penansylvania Supreme Court
Enone
Claude T. Reno
Alledtown Republican
Embargoed Coal To Halt Westward Shipments
Interior Secretary Ickes announced a coal embargo delaying westbound shipments beyond the Ohio Pennsylvania line until April 1. The move aims to free about 400000 tons for the eastern region as he blamed the manpower shortage for the coal crisis and clashed with the War Manpower Commission over relief efforts.
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Washington
Dikes
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Ickes
Manpower Commission
Treasury balance and debt report from December 28
Washington reports Treasury receipts of 228.74 million and expenditures of 434.91 million leaving a net balance of 12.18054 billion. Total debt stands at 169.7503 billion with a day over day increase of 44.152 million.
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Tnereaye
Obituary notices for Rosborough and Rodgers families in Elderton area
Obituary notices report Edwin Rosborough dying after a stroke at his Elderton home. Survived by three daughters and a niece, funeral at Elderton Presbyterian Church with interment there. Also notice of Sarah E. Rodgers widow of Edward Rodgers dying at her Cherry Tree Township home, services pending. Includes Martins Blaine Fowler death at Indiana Hospital from heart condition, born February 9, 1881, son of Peng Bun and James.
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Edwin
Rosborough
Elderton
Charles
Elizabeth
Frailey) Rosboreugh
Martha Mulberger
Berths Chestnut
Portsmouth
Ruth Hawk
Misa Erma Rusborough
Elderton Presbyterian Church
Martin Blaine Fowler
Indiana Hospital
Peng Bun
James
Fowler and Hill Obituaries Highlight Local Life Stories
Elizabeth Fowler spent most of her life in Penn Run as school caretaker, survived by Bertha Fowler, son Karl in the U S Army Air Forces, sisters N L Lydie and Edna, brothers Norman Boyd Paul James M. Services at Robinson Funeral Home then Greenwood Cemetery. Also listed are obituaries for Mrs Rutwann Hill, John H M Caulfield, and Clark Jones relatives with service details and interments.
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Elizabeth Fowler
Vandergrift
de My
Penn Run
Bertha (Frantz) Fowler
Karl
U.S. Army Air Forces
N. L. Lydie
Edna Fowler
Norman
Boyd
Paul
James M
Indiana
Robinson Funeral Home
David I. Schaeffer
Greenwood Cemetery
Tadliana
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Robert Klein
Magic Games
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Oakland
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Morley E. MacKenzie
Toronto
Canada
Psychiatris
Fund For Methodist
Treasury
the Treasury
N. J
Phyllis Druiun
Garcon R. Rugg
Jet Terre Haute
Fergudon Funeral Home
Blairsville
A. W. Sandberrh
Blairsyie Cemetery
Sarah E. Rodgers
Edward Rodgers
Cherryti Twp
Penn Ray RD
Robinson Funeral House
Attiekd
Otte Chil Synagogues
Othe ‘Acta
Washington Heights
Lion ‘League
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League
F. H. la Guardia
Lewin J. Valentine
Manhattan
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150Th
180Th Streets
Rutwann
Gressley) Hill
Harry Hil
Har "Hénié
Pina Two
Vata
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Cressley
William
Maryellen
Rosevell
Elma
Eugene
Minnie Marie
Harry
Robert
Walter
George Cressley
Pine Two
Hill
Mt. Union
Hickory Kingdom
Long Funers
Barneshboro
John HM. Caulfield
Black Lick
Elizabeth Kelly Caulfield
Tirzald Mae Caulfield
Cloyd L. Grass
New Florence
Charles Short
Ella Rowe
William 2. Caulsfield
Sharon
R. S. Wagner
Blacklick
Miller
Arnot
William WH
Joney Ernest
Frank R. Jones
James, du Bois
Emily Jones
Corning
N. Y
Ellen Stephens
Clymer
Mary Ann Roberts
Culver
Jack Clark
Spangler
Land Joseph
Germantown
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