War alliances and the path to lasting peace
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie discusses the Moscow conference pact among Russia, America, Britain, and China as a bulwark against a third world war. He echoes Jan Smuts on three powers leading security, cites League of Nations lessons, and argues for a durable alliance core to sustain peace, while noting fears of spreading communism.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
James C. Dunn
State Department
Russia
America
Britain
China
Mr. Dunn
London
Jan Smuts
South Africa
United Nations
League of Nations
Ucleus
Japan
United States
Soviet Union
Pacific Marines Aim to Push Toward Tokyo
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Halsey pledges continued press against Japanese forces after heavy losses in the Gloucester operation. He says American troops will advance until Tokyo is reached, and notes no definite stopping point while Japan fights to avert an invasion meanwhile.
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Washington, Jr
Vmas
William P. Halsey
Wwe
Pokye
Sugih Pavite
Armeritin
Tokyo
Halsey
Congress Roundup Opens New Session in Wartime
Washington January 1 May Congress convened quietly as President Roosevelt, ill with grippe, prepared a radio address outlining postwar duties and America’s responsibilities. Lawmakers pressed for faster veteran benefits, vote rights for soldiers, and tax and subsidy bills while signaling election year tension with Japan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Lnhead
White House
Grippe
Uney
European Czech Pact and Red Army Advances
European pact shifts Polish western borders toward East Prussia with German expert involvement. Allied daylight raids target Berlin and western Germany as British and American forces engage in heavy bombing. Soviet offensives push toward Sarny and disrupt German strongholds around Kiev, with substantial Nazi losses and a redefined Polish boundary under Soviet pressure.
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Moscow
Poland
East Prussia
Italy
Berlin
Britih Air Ministry
Germany
Europe
Uitler
Reicheh
Geecing
Gestapo
Foreign Office
Treasury
Flame
Army
Goebbels
Ulmley
von Ribbentig
Mosnia
Marshal Tito
Skonlje
Riga
Russia
Lavow
Pinsk
Vilna
Tarnopol
Grodno
Brest Litowsk
Bug River
London
Kiev
Stockholm
Surny
Rovno
Geronacw
Anny
Valutin
Sarny
Mey
Ovessa
Warsaw
Gernvatts
Dnituer Bend
Ukeaniniva
Kaney
Sinela
Vaik
Ukraine
Iran
Berhin
Veidty
Ehatie
Service Continued Tran Page Ong Livover In Service
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Tidiane Selevtoe
New Cumberland
Taejung
Meneber
Lowal Bosra
Slacks in class dispute heads to courts at Sherburn High
Sherburn High School faces a court battle over a no slacks policy for girl students. Parents plan legal backing while the school board maintains the rule remains in effect. The dispute centers on personal liberty and school morale with both sides mobilizing supporters.
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Serburn
Mito
Sherburn High School
Sr Glaksmoms
K. Johnson
Soldier Vote Question No 1 Shapes Absentee Ballot Plan
Chicago dispatch notes the Republican National Committee moving toward joint state and federal action to ease absentee voting for armed forces in the November presidential election. The committee refines a resolution urging state legislatures to cooperate with Congress to provide ballots, amid Democratic charges about soldiers' voting access. A separate Washington debate considers giving states control, with officers advocating a federal ballot as a simpler system. The coverage also highlights partisan tensions over military voting and a bid to fix the convention time and venue.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Mrst Ab
Hong
Tere
Congress
Senator Gulley
W. W. Schroader
Ilinois
Gladys E. H. Enokless
Montana
Katherine K. Brown
Ohio
Lastaught
Legislatios
Goldier
Chas. A. Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Halleck
Roosevelt
Washington
Army
Navy
Senate
House
Elections Committee
Worley
Bradley
Pab
Bender
R-Ohio
Eberharter
D-Pa
Harrison Spangler
Fish
Bershurter
Solons Race to Pay Benefits in Discharge Pay Fight
Washington January 11 AP two House committees race for jurisdiction over service men veterans aid with May Day urging immediate discharge cash payments, seeking a bill of 300 dollars top, Rankin pressing mustering out pay while American Legion weighs in on broader benefits including housing, unemployment, education and Veterans Bureau role.
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Washington
House
Military Committee
Rankin
Veterans Committee
American Legion
May Saine
May
Senate
Warren Atherton
Legion
Legion Program
Veterans’ Bureau
Roosevelt Calls for National Service to Speed Victory
President Roosevelt argues for mobilizing manpower and resources through a national service act to maximize every American's contribution to victory. He advocates a realist tax law to curb profits, renegotiation of wartime contracts, and a cost of living law to stabilize farm and consumer prices while warning against price chaos without renewed stabilization statutes. He stresses unity at home and the one front in the war beyond politics.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Suner
OL Vuurad
United Nations
Congress to probe FEPC authority in hiring bias case
Washington January 11 AP Congress begins hearings on the legal backing of the Fair Employment Practice Committee in its anti discrimination directives. The focus centers on the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company order to stop Negro hiring bias and upgrading, with union officials set to testify.
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Washington
Congress
President's
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Smith
D-Va
Special House Committee
PEPC
Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company
FEPC
PRT Employees Union
Elihiprs
Frank P. Carney
Frank M. Coburn
Philaleshia Company
Smith Committee
Carney
Undgis
Negra Transit
President Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights speech
President Roosevelt outlined a second bill of rights to ensure economic security and prosperity. He named rights to a useful job, adequate food and recreation, a fair income for farmers, freedom from unfair competition, a decent home, health care, protection from economic fears, and a good education. He urged Congress to act and warned of a risk if progress stalls. He also urged voting rights for soldiers and warned against a return to prewar normalcy.
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Keon
Old Gue
Alf
America
Ulness
Hyume
Centress
Congress
Uniforn
Roosevelt
Akyab
Burma
Phoenix
Ariz
Airborne chapel for U S fighter group in New Guinea
A United States fighter group in New Guinea operates an airborne chapel complete with an altar that seats 100. The chapel weighs 900 paintis.
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U. S
New Guinea
PNPA Plans Capital Meet In Harrisburg Convention
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association to hold a two day convention January 28 and 29 in Harrisburg to discuss public service amid paper use restrictions and wartime shortages. Notable speakers include U S Senator R G Brewer Col Oveta Culp Hobby and WAVES leader Rebecca Gross along with Paul Garrett Floyd Chadant Col Richard Mellon and War Production Board officials.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association
U. S
R. G. Brewer
Maine
Col
Oveta Culp Hobby
Women's Array Corps
J. G
Rebecca Gross
the Waves
The
Lock Haven Express
Paul Qarrett
General Motors
Floyd Chaldant
Waynesborg Ruscord-Herald
Richard K. Mellon
Selective Service
Robert K. Burns
War Labor Board
Arthur R. Teanor
War Bond Quotas Raised for Fourth War Loan Drive
Thirty six states receive higher individual quotas for the Fourth War Loan with a one week launch. National goal rises from five to five and a half billion for individuals while corporations and large investors supply the remaining eight and a half billion toward a total fourteen billion. Pennsylvania shows a 423 million quota, Indiana County 2.01 million with 804 thousand for E bonds. Cranberry skins contain ursolic acid used as a cosmetics emulsifier.
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Treasury
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
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Capitol Hill
Billy
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Semitari
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Cumbria County Selective Service Board No. 2
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Charles
Evans Pharmacy
Ebensburg
Oneild
Corp. Clair
Fort Leonard Wood
Barnesboro
Serene
Barnesboro High
Joseph Vodza
Joseph Vodzak
France
Barnesboro American Legion
Willis James, Jr
Francis 2. Pizar
Clair C. Westover
Connie Mack Jn
Philadelphia Athletics
Quartermaster’s Department
New Cumberland Army Reception Center
Cornelius McGilicuddy, Jr
Company A
Carp
Clyde Stucky
Hershey Industrial School
Chving
Stacks
National Committee
Indiana Evening Gazelle
Howe
Nelson
Barnett
Mary Russell
Sheloca
Samuel
Mary
Ankeney) Barnett
Elderton
Anna Himes
Kittanning
David Barnett
Edward Barnett
South Bend
Clark
Charles F. Reynolds
Elderton’ United Presbyterian Church
Elderton Cemetery
Antonio Maletta
Plumville
Ile
Sacredheart Church
Sagamore
Santa Maletta
Anthony
John
Butler
Pesquale
Detroit
Mich
Bowser
Sacred Heart Church
Father Joseph Mallnak
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Carol Ann Elkin
Albert Elkin
Smicksburg
Adrian Hospital
Punixsutawney
Bowser Funeral Home
Punxsutawney
New Smicksburg Cemetery
Kennet Clay Fleming
Streams Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Matthew T. Hamilton
Robinson Funeral Home
Pine Vale Cemetery
Ida May
Stull
I Brothers
Schentey
Philip Gerheam
Salina
Jackson
Margareth
Shuster
Freeport
Benjamin FP
Philo
Vincent Hadman
Reformed Chunch of
New Kensington
Evergreen Cemetery
Leechburg
Indiana Evening Gazette
PNPA
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Enveme
Funera
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