War Strategy Affected Says Gen Arnold
The Foreman's Association of America called off a strike at 13 Detroit war plants within 90 minutes of a warning by General H. H. Arnold who called the action a serious setback for the air force. The move followed Davis declaring the wartime strike could not win. The session occurred in extraordinary fashion and affected wartime strategy.
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Washington
Foreman's Association of America
Detroit
H. H. Arnold
Air Force
William H. Davis
s Association of Am@ice
War strikes idle 52,000 Detroit workers in bombing effort
Foremen walkout halts plant inspection and delivery, idling 52,000 production workers in Detroit while unions push for immediate talks. Military fear rise in bombing risk prompts calls to end strikes affecting Packard and other defense plants as U.S. air forces depend on uninterrupted war material.
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Detroit
Union of Washington Today
Army
Navy
D. C
Arnold
Germany
Conm
Iis
Packard Mo Company
Briggs, Murray
Gar Wood
Gerhe
Air Force
U.S
Mosquitos Hit Berlin While Heavies Rest
RAF Mosquito bombers hit Berlin last night as heavy bomber fleets rested for a renewed offensive. The raid occurred despite bad weather and without loss. Britain had a quiet night with no continental activity as poor weather continued. Allied fighters conducted sweeps, with a Canadian Mosquito squadron claiming seven enemy planes over northern Germany and one Allied aircraft lost.
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London
Berlin
Air Ministry
Fortress
Britain
English
Continent
Germany
Protest over airport projects halted by executive order
Senators and representatives from 15 states were invited to a Thursday meeting to protest the abandonment by executive order of Civil Aeronautics Administration approved airport construction. Iowa Senator Gillette said a conference would form a committee to oppose the projects and protect communities that spent funds on land and preparations. La Crosse citizens airport committee urged local and national figures to attend to defend the city’s interests.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Gillette
Iowa
D-Wy
O. K
Gillette Een
Quincy
la Crosse
Robert M. la Follette
Alexander J. Wiley
William H. Stevenson
Mrs George Hampel Dies in Milwaukee
Mrs George Hampel 56 wife of the Progressive state senator from Milwaukee district dies Wednesday.
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George Hampel
Milwaukee
Planes From Carrier Hit Nazi Shipping Off Norway
London reports American carriers and the British home fleet struck German shipping off Norway and shelled shore installations northeast of Stadlandet near 130 miles north of Bergen. Oil tanks and a fish oil factory were hit. Nine enemy aircraft were shot down while five Allied planes were lost. No vessels were damaged. bombs hit two medium ships, two armed trawlers damaged, and three other supply ships possibly damaged.
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London
Norway
Stadlandet
Bergen
Trondheim
Admiralty
Roosevelt Witnesses ILO Declaration Signing
President Roosevelt witnessed the signing of the ILO declaration for world economic security. He stated confidence that the United Nations will establish a new international agency to unite the world. Walter Nash of New Zealand and Edward J. Phelan signed the declaration in Roosevelt's presence.
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Washington
Roosevelt
International Labor Organization
United Nations
ILO
Philadelphia
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Edward J. Phelan
Train Kills Boy on Bike in Fond du Lac
Thomas Hart age 14 son of William Hart of Allenton was struck by a Soo Line freight locomotive and killed while riding his bicycle late Tuesday in Fond du Lac Wisconsin.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Thomas Hart
Soo Line
William Hart
Allenton
Soo
Civic Center Plan Outlined for La Crosse
State planning officials presented downtown La Crosse as the most feasible civic center site. The proposal imagines a park facing State Street with a combined city hall and county courthouse on Vine Street and a Sawyer memorial auditorium to the east, plus ample off street parking for about 800 vehicles.
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la Crosse
J. M. Albers
State Planning Board
Albers
M. W. Torkelson
Board of Public Works
City Planning Commission
Fifth Avenue
Civic Center
State Street
Post Office
Court House
Third Street
Sawyer Memorial Auditorium
Seventh Street
City Hall
County Court House
Vine Street
Pine Street
Badger Street
Allied Drive Reopens Burma Road In Wide-Pacific Offensive
Allied forces and air units push toward reopening the Burma Road from Burma to China as Japanese defenses collapse in northern China and at Loyang. US General Chennault reports major air pounding while Stilwell’s forces close on the Mogaung area. Nimitz and MacArthur announce large scale bombardments across the Pacific including the Marshalls and New Guinea.
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Burma
China
Salween River
Peiping-Hankow
Lunghai Line
Loyang
Henan
Lunghai
Tungkan
Yellow River
Claire Chennault
14Th
U. S. Airforce
Yunnan
Yangtze River
Thailand
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kamaung
Mogaung-Myitkyina
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Janjit Atoll
Marshall Islands
Marshalls
Douglas MacArthur
Wakde Island
Sarmi
Dutch New Guinea
Rommel Checks Defenses Again
British and German broadcasts weigh the Atlantic wall and potential invasion plans as Rommel heads German defenses with focus on Normandy while the Red Army signals readiness for fresh battles. Poles report a ready underground force to strike on signal from London. UK MPs conduct mass checks on U S personnel in Britain to guard against deserters.
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London
United Nations
Berlin
Rommel
Kurt Dittmar
Hitler
Red Army
Moscow
I. Yermashev
Normandy
Cherbourg
England
Sweden
U. S
Britain
Europe
United States Army
Bombardment of Japanese positions in Marshalls
American planes hit fuel storage facilities runways and buildings in the eastern Marshall Islands on Monday as Navy reported. The strikes followed several hours of pounding at Jaluit, another eastern Marshalls base still held by Japan.
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Marshall Islands
Washington
Navy
Jaluit
Marshalls
Nazis Await Large Scale Soviet Blow
London reports German broadcasts say Germany expects early Soviet attacks on the Lwow Kovel and northern Romanian fronts as Russians mass forces. Moscow replies claim heavy losses for Germans at the Dnestr front and a Soviet tank unit killed about 400. Polotsk bombardment continues as Sevastopol losses are cited.
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London
Lwow-Kovel
Moscow
Lower Rand
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Polotsk
Riga
Sevastopol
Roosevelt Photographers See First Post Vacation Picture
White House photographers captured the president after his Florida sick leave. Six year old Phyllis Fay Firebaugh of Eaton Rapids Michigan presented the first buddy poppy of 1944, marking the ceremony.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Phyllis Fay Firebaugh
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Buddy Poppy
Sedition Trial Opens Amid Courtroom Noise
In Washington a sedition trial began for 29 defendants accused of conspiring to back a Nazi government in the United States. Prosecutor Rogge faced repeated interruptions as defense attorneys shouted for remarks, with Judge Eicher restoring order and limiting participation to Rogge until his opening statement ends. James Edward Smythe shouted “I am a Republican, not a Nazi,” amid the tumult.
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Washington
Federal District Court
O. John Rogge
Rogge
Edward C. Eicher
Justice Eicher
James Edward Smythe
Moscow
Four Viroqua Aldermen Reappointed After Resignations
Four aldermen in Viroqua Wisconsin were reappointed at a Tuesday common council meeting and immediately resumed committee posts. The appointees are J E Casperson George Cox La Mont Thorson and Buford Wintz, elected by Edward Vig and R E Johnson. The council faces selecting a treasurer after the death of J H Sterry and the failure of Vera Nystram to qualify.
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Viroqua
Wis
J. E. Casperson
George Cox
LaMont Thorson
Buford Wintz
Edward Vig
R. E. Johnson
J. H. Sterry
Vera Nystram
Vig
Johnson
T. C. Knutson
Olga Bennett
John Martin
J. Ward Rector
British Move North Toward Vital Highway
Allied forces push north into the Liri valley driving toward highway 6 behind Cassino as Gustav line positions fall. British Indian and French troops join the advance with heavy artillery and tank action. German defenses retreat along a widening front toward Ceprano and Rome.
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Vital Highway
Naples
Liri
Cassino
Rome
Mt. D’oro
Adolfne Line
Benedictine Monastery
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Mediterranean
Europe
Heinzerling
Adolf Hitler
Anzio
Italy
Ceprano
Gulf of Gaeta
Gustav Line
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U.S. Coast Guard Temporary Reserve
Alma
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WLB
F. R
Torkelson
Council
Ilibane Priote
Army Air Force
Chicago
Sioux City
Corp. B. F.ers
Pvt
Stanley Zworski
1620Th SA
Camp McCoy
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Long
Stockholm
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Johannes Blaskowitz
Supreme Command
Dittmar
Hitler Line
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