Just Looking for a Merry Christmas From a Son Missing in War
The Voris family, still awaiting word from son Paul R. Voris since October 5, received an original Christmas greeting card showing a sailor among a coconut palm. Foresters report timber owners and millmen seek guidance on cutting, markets, and equipment as 1943 timber production trails 1942. W. O. Schramm at Wooster notes farmers must protect stands and manage trees as carefully as crops to increase income and future productivity.
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Walter Voris
Paul R. Voris
South Pacific
Paul
Division of Forestry
Wooster
Chillicothe
W. O. Schramm
Patton Promotion Delayed by Senate Action
Washington December 21 The Senate delays promotions for 14 army officers led by Lieut General George S Patton Jr pending changes. The moves would raise permanent ranks below wartime temporary ranks. Skeptical senators object to Patton for disciplinary reasons and Somervell for tying promotion to a future Chief of Staff post if Marshal becomes Allied Commander Europe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Brehon B. Somervell
Somervell
George C. Marshal
Europe
Draftee Denied Deferment Over Sore Finger Claim
Fort Leavenworth reports a draftee sought deferment by claiming convalescence from a traumatic tendinous finger injury. The army rejected the claim, saying a sore finger was not a valid reason for postponing service.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Bolivian Troops Guard Tin Mines After Coup
In La Paz the nationalist junta tightened control after overthrowing President Penaranda. Troops guarded tin ore mines critical to US and British arms while officials vowed Bolivia would honor United Nations obligations. Dispatches from Santiago note the NRMs long campaign against mining company control.
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Associated Press
LA Paz
Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
United Nations
Victor Paz Estensoro
Alberto Villaroel
Santiago
Chile
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
NRM
Dustry
Washington
United States Metal Reserve Company
Lima
Peru
Rail unions weigh strike as wage talks linger
A subcommittee of 15 non operating unions plans to set a strike date while mediation resumes with five operating brotherhoods and carriers. Clerks and telegraphers vote but withhold returns as George M. Harrison warns tough action. The House committee delays action until January 10 on the Senate backed 8 cent wage increase vetoed by Vinson. carriers already signed for the 8 cent rise after seeking 20 cents.
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Congress
George M. Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Ohioans To Receive Wide Variety of Japanese Prizes
Seventy two Ohioans will receive Japanese machine guns as Christmas gifts from soldiers in war zones. The gifts arrive through the U S customs office along with small arms from Axis prisoners and items such as an Italian dagger surgical instruments from a Nazi unit a hypodermic set and various trinkets and clothing including vases slippers cigaret cases and silk apparel.
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Cleveland
Straitsville Lad Killed in Action
Mr and Mrs James Campbell received a War Department telegram Monday confirming their son Chester Campbell age 20 was killed in action in Italy. The Campbells have another son Lester serving in the United States.
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New Straitsville
James Campbell
War Department
Chester Campbell
Italy
Campbells
Lester
Defense to Examine Collett as Murder Trial Advances
Two Columbus physicians were summoned to examine James M. Collett charged with three gun deaths on a farm near Washington Court House Ohio. Prosecutors say Collett confessed to killing Elmer McCoy 59 his wife Forest 64 and daughter Mildred 22 Thanksgiving Eve. Arraignment was anticipated but unlikely today.
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Washington Court House
Coumbus
James M. Collett
James N. Linton
George T. Harding
H. M. Brundage
Corrett
Elmer McCoy
Forrest
Mildred
McCoy
Collett
John B. Hill
Fairfield Perry Schools Close Amid Cold Epidemic
In Lancaster more than 800 students reported suffering with colds leading Fairfield Perry Schools to close both public and parochial schools three days before holiday vacations to curb spread. At New Lexington about a quarter of public school pupils were absent prompting class cancellations and postponement of Tuesday night plays.
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Lancaster
New Lexington
Second Front Draft Move Seen Prompting Manpower Bill
Washington reports that Allied leaders may press for a broad manpower draft if a second front opens in 1944. Congress, facing an election, seems inclined to act quickly despite existing bills to draft civilians and extend service. Military officials warn shortages could worsen as 10 to 11 million armed personnel are projected by July.
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Washington
Hitler
High Command
Cairo
Teheran
Congress
Armed Services
May
Ds Ky
House Military Affairs Committee
Europe
English Channel
Balkans
Wadsworth
Clerks Strike Grips Montreal Workers Again
Montreal's municipal clerks begin a second strike within a week as city employees walk out. The action starts December 21 and affects city services.
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Montreal
Morgenthau blasts Senate tax bill as war profiteering risk
Secretary Morgenthau condemned the $2.1 billion wartime tax bill as drafted, warning it could fuel extravagant profits and trigger a national scandal. He called the House version a revenue disappointment and urged changes to renegotiation law, hoping Congress returns after the holidays with a true revenue producer. He reaffirmed a target of 10.5 billion dollars in additional revenue.
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Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Senate
Second Front May Be Opened On New Britain
Allied land and air pressure push Japanese from New Guinea and Bougainville as a possible second invasion front develops on New Britain. Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces threaten trapping Japanese in the Rice Bowl area between Lake Tungting and the Yangtze. American troops push five miles inland on Bougainville as evaculation rumors surface. Arawe stay static after airfield capture.
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New Guinea
Bougainville
New Britain
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Rice Bowl
Lake Tungting
Yangtze River
Huon
Masawang River
Finschhaftn
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
Sixth Army
Arawe
Pacific
Pioneer Automotive Designer William Hatcher Dies at 72
William A. Hatcher, 72, a pioneer automotive designer, died yesterday in Cleveland. A South Bend native, he joined Packard at Warren in 1901 and helped design an early car. He later started a Grand Rapids firm to manufacture vacuum pumps and, ten years ago, moved to Cleveland to lead Vacuum Systems, Inc. until retirement earlier this year.
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Cleveland
William A. Hatcher
South Bend
Ind
Hatcher
Packard Motor Co
Warren
Grand Rapids, Mich
Vacuum Systems, Inc
Ration Tokens Set for February Circulation nationwide
Two billion ration tokens will begin circulating February 27 as part of new changes to meat and processed food rationing. Tokens, smaller than a dime and made of vulcanized fiber, will be worth one point and used as change for stamps now fixed at 10 points.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Osborne Register Company of
Cincinnati
Frankfurt Bombed Massively in Allied Air Assault
British bombers unleashed over 2000 long tons of explosives on Frankfurt Germany in one of history’s largest air assaults. Secondary strikes hit Mannheim Ludwigshafen and Sofia while other Allied planes attacked Eleusis near Athens. Fire and damage followed, with losses reported on both sides and new Allied advances noted across Italy and the Balkans.
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Frankfurt
Rhine
Mannheim-Lud
Sofia
Tles
Eleusis
Athens
Balkans
Germany
Belgium
Russia
Vitebsk
Nevel
Leningrad
Italy
Mt. Spinuccio
Rome
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Ortona
U. S
Island
Elba
Brenner Pass
Firestone strike widens as Wyandotte workers stay out
About 1200 employees of the Firestone Rubber and Metal Products Co in Wyandotte remain on strike despite appeals from the army and union leaders. The action continues after a walkout that paused production and drew government comments.
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Detroit
Firestone Rubber and Metal Products Co
Wyandotte
Northern Italy Revolts Against German Occupation
Reports from Naples indicate widespread revolt in Northern Italy against the German military command and puppet Italian government. German forces reportedly evacuated areas of Rome to allow mining operations, signaling possible abandonment of the capital amid serious Axis-occupied Europe conditions.
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Franco
Falange
Zagreb
Copenhagen
Kiev
Nevel
Kherson
Russia
Berlin
Dnieper
Naples
Italy
Rome
Capital Papers Resume Operations After Intervention
War Labor Board ended a 24 hour suspension across Washington newspapers as workers from the Columbia Typographical Union held a continuous meeting over wage talks with the Washington Publishers Association. The strike denial and stoppage left presses idle and produced only skimpy editions of the Washington Post and Morning Times Herald.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Columbia Typographical Union
Washington Publishers Association
Morning Washington Post
Morning Times Herald
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