White Collar Worker In Spotlight In War Cost Issue
Senate labor committee opens hearings on white collar workers facing higher living costs. Chairman Thomas cites an estimated 15 million in danger as CIO group urges a white collar division within the war labor board to address health and efficiency concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Labor Group
Washington
Congressional
Labor
Agriculture
Industry
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Utah
Pepper
D-Fla
United Office and
Frofessional Workers of America
CIO
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
War Labor Board
Wisconsin studies river problem on nine foot channel effect
Wisconsin conservation officials investigate how lowering the Mississippi nine foot channel pools will affect fish and fur bearing animals this winter. Four special staffers start river county work, with detailed reports and possible emergency actions. Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa plan joint emergency regulations for winter amid calls for open fishing season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Robert Gray
de—, Fisheries Division
Tribune
Department
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
St. Louis
War Department
Gray
State Department
Minnesota
Red Wing
Iowa
Grave Days Ahead Tojo Advises Japan
Premier Hideki Tojo warned 370 high government officials in an instructive address that Japan faces a grave situation deciding its rise or fall. He urged establishing a culture of invincibility and sure victory amid the current dire wartime road ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Wisconsin ranks second in WAC recruiting drive
Wisconsin finished second nationally in the recent Women's Army Corps recruiting drive. The state surpassed its 1,666 quota with a 147 percent rating, second only to Washington which reached 166 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Madison
Wis
Wisonsin
Women’s Army Corps
Wisconsin
Washington
Bigelow Elected Board President at Washburn Meeting
Walter H. Bigelow was elected president of the board of education at the Washburn school organization meeting. He will appoint committees next month and sessions will be held the first Monday each month. The board also elected Otto Zielke vice president and reappointed J. G. Becker to the Vocational and Adult school group. Contracts were set for Harmer Root and Frances Burke as teachers, and a $150 pool room paint job approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Bigelow
Board of Education
Washburn School
Bigelow
Benjamin F. Franke
Melvin Knutson
Common Council
Leonard Kilian
Otto Zielke
Arthur Teachout
Alf Gundersen
William Rossiter
Teachout
Zielke
Kilian
Ker
J. G. Becker
R. W. Bardwell
Red Cross
Central
Logan
Harmer Root
Central High School
Frances Burke
Louis Hoeft
Central High
Washburn
la Crescent
Navy Orders 20 More Mars Flying Boats
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced 20 additional Mars flying boats will be built by Glenn L. Martin in Baltimore and assigned to naval air transport as completed. The first new craft should deliver in about a year, while the original Mars will soon enter Pacific service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mars
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Knox
Naval Air Transport Service
Pacific
U S Airmen Struck After Bailout In New Guinea Raid
In a New Year's Day raid on Lakunai airdrome at Rabaul New Britain six American airmen bailed from a tumbling Liberator and were strafed by Japanese fighters as they descended. Allied fighters shot down 20 enemy planes with six more listed as probable while the raid yielded several losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Lakunai
Rabaul
New Britain
New Ireland
Kavieng
Knox
Softening Up Of Marshalls To Continue
Secretary of the Navy Knox said American air forces are continuing to soften up the Marshall Islands with raids on Wotje Jalein Mille Jaluit and other bases. He noted Japanese air strength was weak and that the US has suffered few losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
Marshall Islands
Wotje
Kwajalein
Mille
Jaluit
Tarawa
Makin Island
South Pacific
Invasion Council Begins Gathering in London
Allied leaders assemble in London as the planned invasion of fortress Europe nears. Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery arrives to helm British land forces while Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory and Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz join the command setup. Montgomery greets well wishers in a hotel lobby and notes he is frequently on the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Allied “Invasion War Council
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
U. S
Strategic Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
England
Montgomery
Stalin Sees 1944 As Year Of Victory
Cairo report says Joseph Stalin told Yugoslav Premier Bozhidar Puric that 1944 would be a year of victory for the United Nations and that Yugoslav liberation from Hitler’s tyranny is near. Puric heads King Peter's government-in-exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Joseph Stalin
Bozhidar Puric
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Tragedy Claims 26 Year Old Chester Kusz in Milwaukee
Ches ter W. Kusz, 26, was killed Thursday after being struck by a freight train in Milwaukee. He is survived by his wife and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Chester W. Kusz
Langdon Remembered for Masonic Leadership and City Service
John E. Langdon 75 of La Crosse died suddenly of a heart attack at his home after a day at the Masonic temple. A former alderman and mayor, he led numerous Masonic offices since 1889 and helped build the local temple. He leaves a widow Kathryn Ahrens, three deceased children, a sister, and a long public record including Redmen service and chamber work. Funeral services set for Thursday at the Masonic temple with Badger lodge in charge. Interment in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E
John E. Langdon
North 10Th Street
Masonic Temple
Davenport
la Crosse
Langdon
Police and Fire Commission
Order
Frontier Lodge No. 45
Smith
Grand Lodge
Grand Council
Badger Lodge No. 345
DeMolay Honorary Legion of Honor
la Crosse Masonic Hall Association
Walter Woods
Ori Sorenson
8Th and
Main Streets
Redmen
Waumpum
State Organization
Oak Forest
Damage Four Jap Warships In Air Blows
Allied air strikes in the southwest Pacific damaged four Japanese warships and destroyed at least 33 Nipponese planes. In the central Pacific 14 Mitchell bombers hit Taroa as U S Marines widen the Saidor beachhead in New Guinea. American air forces bombed Kavieng harbor and Lakunai airdrome while Madang and Saidor operations continued with Australian and American troops pushing forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
New Britain
New Ireland
Central Pacific
Taroa
Marshall Islands
U. S
Cape Gloucester
Bergen Bay
Saidor
Kavieng
Lakunai
Rabaul
Huon Peninsula
Madang
Wisconsin
William F. Boni
Associated Press
Corp
Norbert Keene
Sheboygan
Wis
Artis
Gilbert Wever
Lowell
Steve Schwartz
Milwaukee
Earl W. Holmquist
Niagara
Boni
Curtis Starkey
Sparta
Allied 5th Army Conducts New Garigliano Raid
Radio France in Algiers reported the Allied 5th Army in Italy carried out a raid beyond the Garigliano river penetrating about a mile and a half into German positions. U S government monitors heard the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Radio France
Algiers
5Th Army
Italy
Garigliano River
U. S
War Production Board approves razor and blade production
The War Production Board authorized unlimited production of metal safety razors and blades, revoking prior limits that forced razors for armed forces only and lifting bans on straight razors. The order also relaxed safety razor fabrication rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Gas truck overturns in fog kills driver near Gurnee
A gasoline truck overturned and exploded in heavy fog at a road junction near Gurnee in Waukegan. The driver, 72-year-old David Russell, died in the flames after a passerby and a resident tried to smother the blaze with blankets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Gurnee
David Russell
Old Polish Border and Soviet Advances Around World War II Front
Soviet forces push across the old Polish frontier while Moscow holds that Poland remains 150 miles east. The Red Army 370 miles from Germany and 780 miles from Stalingrad has toppled Kharkov and moved toward Olevsk. The piece traces territorial shifts since 1939 and notes interpretive views on the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Russia
Ukraine
Moscow
Poland
Red Army
Germany
Stalingrad
Kharkov
Olevsk
Hitler
Bug River
Chelm
Luboml
Relax Restrictions On Oil Burner Sales By War Board
Washington reports relaxed restrictions on oil burner purchases by the War Production Board. Burners over ten years old or beyond repair may be replaced or sold under new rules aimed at easing wartime shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Allies Dominate Sea Air Lanes In New Guinea Advance
The report describes U S Navy landing ships and PT boats aiding operations around Saidor Cape Gloucester and Arawe in New Guinea. It notes a convoy landing stores at Saidor with warships guiding the approach and praises the pace and safety of recent runs signaling favorable war progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Solomons Sea
Vitiaz Strait
Bismarck Sea
Saidor
Red Beach
Lae
Cape Gloucester
Arawe
Aim to Halt Revolt When Invasion Comes
A Paris radio commentator said France is taking countermeasures to stop a revolt planned to coincide with the Allied invasion. The report notes precautions to prevent unrest as Allied forces approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
France
Nazi labor chief killed at Italian Swiss frontier frontier
German labor chief Hans Hobel, cited as a top Nazi official, was killed in daylight on a street in Fiume near the Italian Swiss frontier as Italians increasingly resist Nazi and Fascist forces in northern Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Hans Hobel
Hobel
Fiume
Marauders Hit French Coast
London reports United States heavy bombers attacked northwest Germany with enemy fighters engaging. Air operations extended over Oslo and Tromsoe, while Berlin fires from prior raids burned. Swedish observers question bombing alone ending the war as Germany’s home front resists.
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London
United States
Germany
Oslo
Tromsoe
Berlin
Sweden
Stockholm
Europe
Tidningen
Stig Wennerstroem
Reich
Nazis Fire Tanks and Guns in Yugoslav City Battle
German forces from the second tank army deployed tanks and field guns against Partisan fighters who seized half the city in a New Year’s surprise attack. Tito reports bitter street battles as the clash continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledersters
Yugoslavian
Adriatic
Josip Broz
Tito
Montreal White Collar Workers Seek Total City Strike
Two thousand striking Montreal white collar employees attempted to widen the labor action to a total strike by tightening picket lines around city hall and municipal buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Old Frontier Is Crossed By Soviet Force
Soviet spearheads break through old Polish frontier lines after capturing Olevsk, a prewar border town 135 miles northwest of Kiev. The advance is described as a rapid advance from the former customs station as they smash across the frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Poland
Olevsk
Kiev
Desperate Soviet Push Advances Toward Vinnitsa
Desperate efforts to reinforce a Nazi hold failed as the right flank of General Nikolai Vatutin's forces pressed southwest toward Vinnitsa, signaling a critical turn in the battlefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pripet
Vatutin
Nikolai Vatutin
Vinnitsa
Germans surrender in vast numbers as Red Army advances
The report notes thousands of German troops surrendering and soldiers throwing down arms as Red Army forces seize vast war matériel. It cites 70 towns captured north of Nevel, 1,600 Germans slain, and Russians within 45 miles of Latvia, while Vitebsk is being invested by Bagramian's forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Enong
Nevel
Latvia
Vitebsk
Bagramian
Greek Patriots Slay 600 Nazis In Battle
The Cairo radio said 600 Nazis were killed by Greek patriots in a battle of great importance. The broadcast claimed German reprisals in Santee villages, with many inhabitants killed in each. The U.S. government monitors the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cairo
United States
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Marshalls
Atlantic
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Kurile Chain of Islands
Invasion Council
Stalin
Masons
The
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Volynski
Sokol
Dniester River
By William Boni
French
Henry C. Cassidt
Warsaw
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