Allied planes hit Jap barges in New Guinea action
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports 18 enemy barges damaged or destroyed near Alexishafen and nearby coastal areas in New Guinea. Liberator and Mitchell bombers set fires, destroy a jetty, and target supply dumps as Australian and American forces push the Japanese from coastal positions.
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New Guinea
Alexishafen
Reis Point
Sia Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Com Nique
Sia
Rela Point
Kapugara River
Satdar
Mitchell
Twelve Die in Texas Rail Wreck as Snowstorm Strikes
Twelve people were reported killed and 75 injured when two Santa Fe passenger trains collided during a snowstorm near Brownwood Texas. Officials cited snowfall faulty communication and heavy traffic as causes. Among the dead was 14 year old Meda Marvin Riordan of Hattiesburg Mississippi.
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Novice
Tex
Santa Fe
E. E. Baler
Brownwood
Meda Marvin Riordan
Hattiesburg
Miss
Temple
Abuene
Coleman
G. ©. Schultz
V. Moore
Marvin Riordan
Chile
Red Army advances threaten rail hubs and Lwow area
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky and Vatutin drive toward Pinsle and Kovel while outflanking Mozyr and Katinkevichi. Units push along the Moscow Warsaw and Leningrad Odessa railways, threatening Lwow. heavy fighting yields 1,500 German deaths and prisoner takes.
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Mozyr
Katinkevichi
Pripet
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Pinsle
Moscow- Warsaw
Nikolai Vatutin
Tutov
Kovel
Curzon
Poland
Russia
Vatutin
Vinnitsa
Bug
Odessa- Warsaw
Dnieper
Berdichev
Ivan S. Konev
Bolossovsky
Kallhkovichi
Moscow
Southern Governors Plan White House Social Amid Party Tension
Southern governors and Democratic leaders gather for a White House social while a brewing third party threat wanes. Inter state rate cases favor the South as governors warn of economic isolation, seeking parity to boost industrial growth and nationwide benefits.
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Governors ‘Social
White House
Washington-P
Roosevelt
Ic!e
Tony
Fouthern
Senate
Baley
D-Nc
Salih
D-Sc
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Governors Conference
ICG
Prentice Cowper
Tennessee
South
Germans Lose 152 Fighters In Air Battle
British and American reports recount a daylight raid on Germany with Mosquitos bombing western Germany and other forces targeting aircraft plants. The clash cost the Nazis 152 fighters, damaged three factories, and marked the heaviest single loss for US bombers and escorts to date.
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London
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Bown
Air Ministry
France
Jossen
Brants
Eighth Air Force
United States
Snissing
U.S
Bielefeld
Dortmund
Labor Paper Attacks FDR Draft Plan In Eight-Column Page
The Labor Press condemns Roosevelt’s national service idea with cartoons and editorials arguing for conscripting workers for private profit. It notes unionists and progressive lawmakers doubting his stance and claims the president masks coercion with social reform rhetoric.
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FDR
Washington
Labar
Brotherhoods
Congress
Manning & Machine
Army-Navy
Landarsecretary
Patterson
Roosevelt
National Service Legiion
Previows
New York
Sre
Soldiers Vote Hits House Snag
Washington dispatch reports the House Elections Committee rejected all proposals for a uniform federal ballot for armed forces members and approved a modified Senate measure 7 to 5, sending the issue to the states. Committee sources note three Democrats and four Republicans defeated the federal ballot while five Democrats backed it. Chairman Worley vowed to push a uniform ballot to the House floor, warning the move would deprive about 11,006,000 service members of a vote in the next election. Critics, including Rep. Baritin, argue the measure would allow voting in all offices under a constitutional framework.
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Washington
P— Tre
House
Senate
Commmitiee
Worley
Dtex
Army
Navy
Tarawe
Italy
Germany
Congress
Rep
Barittin
D-Mass
Knox Warns Against Wishful Thinking on German Collapse
Secretary Knox told reporters that relief to the European war is unlikely via a German home front collapse. He warned against wishful thinking, saying the war will not end soon and the German people face encirclement by France, Russia, and Polish forces. He urged perseverance and warned the Pacific theater will be costly and lengthy. He also voiced hopeful support for a national service law if properly enacted.
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Cooper
R&te
East
South
Broughton
North Carolina
Holeman
Florida
Johnston
South Carolin
Arnall
Georgia
Sparka
Alabama
Adking
Arkansas
Kerr
Oklahoma
Cleveland
Navy
Knox
Himmler
Gestapo
Rome
Inox
Pacific
Cca
South Pacific
Roosevelt
Congress
Taber charges budget as padded in new wartime plan
Rep. Taber accuses Roosevelt's 200 billion wartime budget of padding while urging cuts of 15 percent for administrative items and 25 percent for war agencies. Senate and House leaders back tighter review as White and Bridges demand answers on unspent appropriations and emergency lump sums.
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Taber
FDR
White
Bridges
Rvi
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
French Push From East As Yanks Come From South
Allied forces renewed pressure around Cassino as French units pushed from the east and American troops advanced from the south. RAF and American bombers struck Rome area airfields including Guidonia and Centocelle, while German resistance stiffened along the northern slopes of Mt. Trocchio and near Cerraro. More than 1,000 German prisoners were reported taken on fronts from the Fifth and Eighth Armies since September 8.
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Algiers
Alphonse Duin
Italy
Apponines
Cassino
Gustav Line
Rome
Weapon Pita
Lgelf
Cervaro
Orsogna
I. c
Vichy
Eighth Army
Galedonia
Centocelle
Pestugia
Diplomat W C Burdett Dies in New Zealand
William C. Burdett United States Minister to New Zealand died in Wellington after a long diplomatic career. Born February 3 1884 in Nashville he served since 1911 and arrived in New Zealand November 25 after illness. He will be buried in Macon Georgia leaving wife Elizabeth Burke and four children.
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Wellington
N. Z
William C. Burdett
United States
New Zealand
Burdett
Nashville
Tenn
Macon
Foreign Service
Australia
Knoxville
University of Tennessee
U. & Army
Tennessee
Mexico
Spain
Belgium
Buenos Aires
Iater
Rio de Janeiro
Foreign Service Officer's Training School
Elizabeth H. Burke
Wiliam Carter, Jr
Edward Burke
Na Elizabeth
Mary Elzaeth
Curley and associates plead innocent to fraud charges
Representative James M. Curley and several co defendants pleaded not guilty in federal court to small fraud counts tied to Engineers Group Inc. The indictment had been returned earlier this month by a federal grand jury. Marshall J. Fitzgerald collapsed during proceedings and was rushed to hospital. Other arraignees included Donald Wakefield Smith, a former National Labor Relations Board member, and James Barton Understood, reported from Washington.
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Washington
James M. Curley
D-Mass
Pitegzerskd
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
James Barton
Hegype
Knoxville Gets Coal Aid Program
Wayne Eliz the regional solid fuels administrator outlined a relief plan for Knoxville on Thursday night in Cincinnati. The program promises a Meld representative, centralized distribution with local coal dealers, Red Cross aid to needy families, possible increase in coal allotment, and government steps to ensure delivery to Knoxville dealers. Ellis announced G R Brooks as regional field representative who will start duties immediately.
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Etoxvinc
HMA
Knoxville
Wayne Eliz
Regionel Solid Fuels
Cincinnati
Red Cross
Dle Ellis
G R. Brooks
Army Advises Editors Not To Print Female Form
War Department guidance in a booklet urges editors not to depict the female form in Army newspapers within the United States. The note calls such coverage non military, though quotes a farafield editor praising a New York Courlesque artist.
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Army
Washington
Continental
United States
War Department
Newcastle
Alaska
New York
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