U.S. Offer Reaches Moscow After Delay
Secretary Hull said the American bid to resume Polish Moscow talks did not reach Moscow until Monday morning due to atmospheric conditions. He noted Russia had not yet indicated acceptance or rejection as of that time and dismissed Pravda rumors of British peace talks with Ribbentrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hull
Poland
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Russia
Pravda
Ribbentrop
Music In Stores To Soothe Nazi Tempers
In Germany music is being used in food shops markets and department stores to calm customers facing shortages. The Ostdeutscher Beobachter notes music in war factories as a model and says stores now play well modulated phonograph selections to ease the tense atmosphere and avoid loud noises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Germany
Ostdeutscher Beobachter
Posen
Army Air Forces Requires Half Million Spare Items for 150 Aircraft Types
The Army Air Forces report that 500000 distinct items are needed to support its 150 aircraft types. The inventory aims to standardize parts across models, improving maintenance efficiency and readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces
Woman Plant Owner Refuses To Pay Tax Defies Government
Vivien Kellems of Westport Connecticut announces she has not paid her December 15 1943 income tax and urges other businesses to withhold postwar reserves from taxes. She cites wartime inventory tax and fears forced bankruptcy, saying payment would halt tool production and cost 150 jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Vivien Kellems
Westport
Conn
Aluminum Company To Resume Toothpaste Tube Production
The Aluminum Company of America will restart making aluminum collapsible tubes for toothpaste and pharmaceutical gels at Edgewater New Jersey plants. The move follows a wartime order allowing civilians to keep old tubes after March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Edgewater
N. J
War Prodctition Board
Pig Scare Hits Soldier During Tenn Army Camp
Cpl. Theodore Van Dam of New York reports six pigs stampeding toward his tent. The lead pig foamed at the mouth and he fled shouting mad pig. The next morning he was commended for sounding the alarm and found his shaving cream tube chewed and licked clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Theodore van Dam
New York City
van Dam
Venezuela President Departs for U S Visit
President Gen. Isaias Medina leaves Caracas by air for a United States trip with stops in Miami Washington New York Philadelphia and New Orleans to discuss regional matters and strengthen ties with U S officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Isaias Medina
United States
Miami
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Lagoon Only Rink Now Open In City
Due to unseasonably warm weather all skating rinks were closed Tuesday except Lagoon, announced by the park department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagoon
CIO Council in Labor Dispute With Detroit Office Staff
In Detroit the state CIO council sided with management in a conflict with office staff over the discharge of Mary Duprey. Workers struck and boycotted, arguing that CIO secretary Ben Probe violated the 30 day probation and failed to consult the union committee before firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
State Cio Council
Ben Probe
State Cio
Mary Duprey
United Business and Professional Workers Union
CIO
Marines Capture Hill 660 After Grueling Assault
The Marine assault on hill 660 at Bergen Bay, New Britain, faced dense jungle, rain, and steep slopes. Major Robert Dillard aided by Walt led troops through mud and fire as Japanese troops tried to hang on. At dawn the 4:15 charge met bayonet and grenade resistance, but Americans prevailed despite close quarters and fading light.
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Walt
Robert Dillard
Macon
Bataan
Yank
Guadalcanal
Marlin Spences
Cape Gloucester
Bergen Bay
New Britain
Allen Armstrong
Beloit
Wis
Leonard Klesmith
Stevens Point
Modifies Verdict In Optical Action In Wisconsin Case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled for and against the Wisconsin board of optometry in a dispute filed by Optical Stores Company traders from Chicago. It upheld the judge's rejection of the AG's demurrer to enjoining the board and La Crosse County Sheriff from enforcing a price advertising ban on eyeglasses but ordered the temporary injunction against arrests to be lifted. The case is remanded for further proceedings. Plaintiffs named Benjamin J Samuel J Fannie Sophia and Morris J Ritholz challenge the law as limiting advertising of merchandise and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Board of Optometry
Optical Stores Company
R. S. Cowie
Stanley C. Olson
la Crosse County
Cowie
Benjamin J
Samuel J
Fannie, Sophia
Morris J. Ritholz
Ickes and Langer Clash Over Willkie Book Revelations
In Alexandria Ickes accuses Langer of attempting to smear him as newspapers note removal of Brigg’s typewriter and secretary from the interior department. Langer claims Briggs acted as a go-between for Sparks Hopkins Letter publishing. Briggs defends Ickes and denounces distributing private mail images.
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Alexandria
Langer
Brigg
Interior Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Senate
Briggs
Hopkins
C. Nelson Sparks
Wendell Willkie
Ickes
Bill Langer
North Dakota
Sparks
Leather D. Smith Ship Building Seeks Postwar Work Plans
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin firm Leather D. Smith Ship Building announces a contest offering $750 in war bonds for employers submitting practical postwar employment ideas. Open to employers only and proposals on ship building will be rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Leather D. Smith Shipbuilding Company
Suspended Sentence in Burglar Case and Divorces Granted
Allen Silas Brenegan of La Crosse got a suspended sentence of one to three years in Green Bay reform school after pleading guilty to burglary of Larson Union Market. He was placed on probation. Judge Cowie granted Hazel Breidel a divorce from Ernest Breidel with custody to Hazel and child support of 30 dollars a month plus 1 dollar alimony. Martin De Boer, a La Crosse mail carrier, divorced Alice De Boer on statutory grounds after five years apart. Hazel De Boer received custody of three children and support of 30 dollars a month and 10 dollars a month to the former wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Silas Brenegan
la Crosse
State Reformatory
Green Bay
R. S. Cowie
Brenegan
Larson Union Market
State Board of Public Welfare
Cowie
Hazel Breidel
French Island
Ernest Breidel
South 7Th Street
Martin de Boer
Alice de Boer
Midway
Dewey Signs War Veterans Surplus Freeze Plan
Governor Thomas F. Dewey signed the top 1944 legislative proposal freezing a $140 million state surplus to fund job programs for war veterans and other postwar unemployed as part of his annual message to the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Thomas F. Dewey
Eee
School Burglarized at Roosevelt. Ten Dollars Stolen
Roosevelt school reported a break in Thursday night with $10 taken from teachers desks. The intruder entered via a basement window breaking the pane to unlatch it.
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Roosevelt
Temperature Near Record High In City On January Day
The city faced near record heat with an expected high of 52 degrees, one degree below the January 18 record of 53 set in 1880. At 2 p m the readings showed 50 and rising slowly. Eire may have prefabricated houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Jack And Heintz to Raise 39 Million From Workers
William S. Jack, president of Jack and Heintz, Inc., said associates would provide about 39 million in non voting stock to fund postwar operations. Workers would contribute 15 million immediately from cash and war bonds and aim for 30 million more by year end, including bond redemptions and wage reductions. The plan funds will be converted into large war bonds for aviation equipment radar electronics and bearing field expansion. The War Department price adjustment board also ordered a refund of 1,750,000 from 1942 profits.
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Cleveland
William S. Jack
Jack and Heintz, Inc
Jack
Jay
War Department
Targe Iron
Price Justment Board
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By John M. Hightower
Pig Scare
U. S
CIO Council
Leath’s
J. King
G. Robb
R. Dyer
E. Hays
T. Meir
W. Gold W. Cal
W. Lowe
B. Marr
L. Timm
E. Cobb
F. Voss
R. Baker
H. Watts
E. Gould
J. Nixon
A. Leary
R. Slack
R. Claus
H. Carter
R. Shuler
D. Rogers
R. Stroup
R. Becker
W. Stroup L. Leeder
M. Sowers
G. Weaver
R. Dulgar
T. Englin
R. Edlund
S. Hughes
L. Speers
M. Vaughn
P. Heinen
C. Paulick
R. Scriver
L. Axelson
W. Walther
M. Spencer
E. Biernot
A. Nienast
R. Graveen
M. Pickett
W. Fillner
R. Nichols
C. Prosser
A. Russell
J. Boswell
F. Altamore
J. Scaffedte
E. Kingsley
K. Boushele
R. Leatherby
J. Hartman, Jr
H. Steinpres
W. McFarland
E. Borcherding
Leath
Rees
Richmond
Eire
Jack and Heintz
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