Wheat shortages threaten cuts to feed allocations
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones told a Senate subcommittee that looming wheat shortages could curtail or stop allocations for livestock feed. He defended a plan to ship 40 million bushels from Canada and warned delays could create a tragedy of hunger for livestock, while lawmakers debated legal authority over railcar use.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Senate Interstate Commerce
Office of Defense Transportation
Canada
Jones
Wheeler
D-Mont
Congress
Clyde Reed
R-Kas
Reed
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Italy
Great Lakes
J. C. Forte
American Association of Railroads
Soap Scarcity Sparks Airfield Shower Hazard
At Munda Airfield in New Georgia Solomons a dull yet odd hazard arises from a steel grid shower floor ten feet above ground. If soap is dropped it slips through the grating into a deep quagmire and is lost forever, making soap a rare article even among tentmates.
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Munda
New Georgia
Solomons
Attitude That War Soon To Be Over Disturbs Official
Col. Merle H. Davis, chief of the St. Louis ordnance district, warns against the belief that the war will end soon. He cites stronger production, fewer saboteurs, dwindling submarine sinkings, smaller Army needs, lower material losses, and Allied gains as factors shaping the outlook.
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Dallas
Merle H. Davis
St. Louis
Great Britain
Russia
Bond Set At $5,000 For Accused Black Man
A 30 year old Black man L C Brooks ex convict was jailed after arrest in a case involving a 9 year old white girl from Lub bock. He faces grand jury action on charges of intent to abduct and was held on $5,000 bond. He admitted intent to the district attorney. The child fled with another girl after being grabbed. State and county authorities made the arrest.
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L. C. Brooks
Lubbock
J. T. Inmon
Burton S. Burks
Cherokee County
Kilgore Fire Marshal Killed While Guarding Hose
Kilgore Fire Marshal George Runnion, 36, was struck by a car and killed Friday night as he guarded a hose at a fire that destroyed the Petro Lite Wax company. The driver did not see him. Estimated loss tops $115,000.
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Kilgore
U.P
George Runnion
Petrolite Wax Company
Fathers Draft Short Of Goal In Pre Pearl Harbor Inductions
About 90 000 fathers were inducted by Dec 31 far short of the 446 000 target. Lt Col Francis V Keesling told Congress the Army Navy goal for July 11 rises to 11 130 000, with 300 000 short at year end. Inductions depend on casualties discharges 18 year olds available and 4 Fs.
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Washington
Selective Service
Francis V. Keesling
Congress
Keesling
Senate
House
Army and Navy
Medical Advisory Commission
Three Big Explosives Plants Are Shut Down
Washington reports three major explosives facilities will suspend operations this weekend as war production surges meet anticipated needs. Weldon Springs Ordnance works in St Louis with 2500 workers, Pennsylvania Ordnance works near Williamsport, and Keystone Ordnance works near Geneva Pennsylvania, each employ about two thousand workers.
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Washington
U.P
Weldon Springs Ordnance Works
St. Louis
Pennsylvania Ordnance Works
Williamsport
Keystone Ordnance Works
Geneva
Building permits drop in 1943 across 215 cities
Dun and Bradstreet reports 1943 permits in 215 representative cities totaled 509 million dollars, the lowest since 1935. The year shows a 36.1 percent decline from 1942, which was already 45.5 percent below 1941 levels.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Gillette Denies Urging Hull To Be Candidate
Sen. Guy Gillette denies in the Senate a Drew Pearson column claim that he urged Cor dell Hull to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Pearson quoted Gillette as saying Roosevelt would not seek a fourth term and that many Democrats wanted Hull as nominee. Hull replied he had no further political ambitions.
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Washington
U.P
Guy Gillette
Senate
Drew Pearson
Cordell Hull
Pearson
Gillette
Hull
Roosevelt
Increase In Coffee Price Denied By OPA
The Office of Price Administration denied reports of any increase in maximum prices for green and roasted coffee. Officials said there is absolutely no basis for such claims and noted exporters abroad may be withholding sales hoping for higher ceilings.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Clarifying Cordell Hull Candidacy Comment
A spokesperson rejects the claim that the speaker sought Cordell Hull’s candidacy as distinguished secretary of state and asserts there is no truth to the statement. No further context or dates are provided in the fragment.
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Cordell Hull
Explanation Asked On Tehran Conference
Senator Bridges questions what really happened at Tehran and challenges Roosevelt's postwar commitments denial. He asks if national independence of European peoples in the Baltic, Balkans, and western Europe has been endangered by commitments or by weak representations.
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Washington
Tehran
Bridges
Roosevelt
State Hall
Senate
Europe
Baltic
Balkans
Post War Occupation Plans Seen by World Leaders
The Army and Navy Journal reports that at the Tehran conference Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin discussed dividing postwar Germany into one third garrisons for each Allied power. It also notes talks on Chinese occupation of Japan with Chiang Kai-Shek at Cairo and cites Roosevelt’s Christmas Eve broadcast and Congress message on ongoing military control after the war, length depending on future talks among the Big Four.
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Washington
Germany
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Tehran
Army and Navy Journal
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cairo
Congress
Hefner and Shaw Case Postponed to Jan 19 in Durkin Death
In Coffeeville Mississippi on January 15 the trial of Aaron L Hefner and A S T Shaw Jr Yalobusha County election official for the death of Pvt James R Durkin a Tulsa Texas soldier at Camp McCain Mississippi was postponed to January 19 at the defense request by Ike Stone the defense attorney.
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Coffeeville
Miss
UWP
Aaron L. Hefner
A. ST. Shaw, Jr
Yalobusha County
James R. Durkin
Camp McCain
Tulsa
Tex
Ike Stone
Kenney In Capita To Confer With FD
The White House announced Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney commander of Allied Air Forces the Southwest Pacific would meet with President Roosevelt. Kenney’s visit follows Admiral Halsey’s recent arrival, and he leads all air forces under Gen. MacArthur as they discuss sending more planes to bolster air power for the western Europe invasion.
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Kenney
Washington
White House
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest
Eretses
Mand
Roosevelt
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Europe
Paratroopers Reported Landing Inspire Romania Propaganda
A Berlin foreign office spokesman acknowledged some truth to claims British parachutists landed recently in Bern Switzerland. The Basler Nachrichten reported the Berlin effort to use parachutists to pressure Romania toward capitulation, as Italy did.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Romania
Basler Nachrichten
Italy
Tocoma Name Origin From Ta-ko-med Snowy Mountain
Tocoma Washington derives its name from Ta-ko-med a Puget Sound Indian term meaning snowy mountain in sight. The name reflects local geography and native language heritage as recorded in the regional place-name history.
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Tocoma, Wash
Puget Sound
Saint Joseph Aspirin Adita: Clear no. of tablets and price
An old advertisement urges buyers to ask by name for St. Joseph Aspirin. It claims superior speed, reliability, and status as the world’s largest seller. Pricing lists 36 tablets for 20 cents and 100 for 35 4 cents.
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St. Joseph
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