Gallup says total vote crossed his 1944 forecast
Army News Service reports Dr. George Gallup told House investigators that he undercounted Roosevelt support early in the 1944 campaign due to underestimating the total vote. He cited shifts to war plants, migrant workers, and sampling challenges, noting an overall Democratic lead despite initial adjustments.
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Army News Service
Washington
George Gallup
House
Roosevelt
Gallup
House Campaign Expenditures Committee
C. P. Andersen
N. MM
Dr. G Llup
Gallun
PAC
Ates
Churchill's New Year's Wish Flags Aggressors
Churchill addresses the Primrose Club in a wartime New Year message urging renewed resolve. He warns against easing wartime discipline and prolonging the agony of the conflict, stressing unity and sacrifice.
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Churchill
WAC Fort Oglethorpe Training Camp to Close
The War Department said the Third WAC Training Center at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia will be discontinued by April 1 1945 and training consolidated at the First WAC Center at Fort Des Moines Iowa. The Daytona Beach center was closed last January and the Fort Devens center in Massachusetts was abandoned in 1943.
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Washington
War Department
WAC
Fort Oglethorpe
Ft. Des Moines
Towa
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ft. Devens
Mass
Surplus Planes Allocated to International Operators
Five twin engined Douglas Transport aircraft have been allocated by the United States War Department to Artilbozet Aero-Transport of Sweden and to Transports Aeriens of France after being declared surplus.
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Washington
Artiebolazet Aero-Transport
Sweden
Transports Aeriens
France
United States War Department
Japanese prisoners claim hold in California despite Texas loss
Japanese prisoners captured by American troops in the South Pacific insist they will hold strongholds in California. Col. H. B. Sheets released the information citing a report from Maj. Gen. J. S. Hatchey.
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Boston
Texas
California
South Pacific
H. B. Sheets
Navy reports 1167 combat ships and 37000 planes
Washington reports the U S Navy entered its fourth war year with 1167 fighting ships and 37000 aircraft. The fleet totals include 59 878 landing craft and various auxiliaries. A severe manpower shortage threatens 1945 plans.
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Washington
U. S
Navy Department
Navy
Chaplin Paternity Trial Near Verdict After Doctors Testify
In Los Angeles the Chaplin paternity case neared a jury verdict as doctors testified that blood tests show Charlie Chaplin could not be the father of Joan Berry’s 14 month old daughter Carol Ann. Miss Berry’s attorney signaled brief rebuttal questions before closing arguments after the New Year holiday.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
V. J. Andrews
Chaplin
Joan Berry
Carol Ann
Andrews
Miss Berry
Joseph Scott
Boston judge rules against book banning in first setback
Municipal Judge Elijah Adlow refused to convict Margaret Anderson and her employer at The Dartmouth Book Store in Boston on charges of possessing and selling indecent literature. The case marks a rare challenge to the city’s 53 year book banning regime, with Adlow questioning police and readers’ libel of the book Tragic Ground. If a child wouldn’t read it, the judge implied, the issue was over.
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Boston
Elijah Adjon
Erskine Cerldwell
Adlow
Ma Margaret. Anderson
Dartmouth
Worth and Ward Society
Wait Whitmill
Stimson Stresses Italy Front Value to Allied Efforts
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, while reviewing the German western front, highlighted the 5th Army and Allied operations in Italy. He said Italian-based Allied troops tie up German forces, drain supplies, and their bombers attack oil refineries and rail yards in Austria, Germany, and Poland. He also noted snowfalls hindering Sth Army troops and rising activity in the Serchio Valley and Monte Belmonte sectors.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
5Th Army
Italy
Mr. Stimson
Brenner Pass
Austria
Germany
Poland
Serchio Valley
Mt. Belmonte
Seawolf Lost With Crew After Pacific Patrol
The 1430-ton submarine Seawolf is overdue on Pacific patrol and presumed lost with at least 62 crew. It is the 34th U S submarine lost in the war, with United States subs sinking 934 Japanese ships. Skipper Lt Omar Albert M Bontier of White Plains N Y, native of Kansas, commanded the boat commissioned December 1 1939. The Seawolf’s first skipper, Cmdr Frederick B Warder, earned two Navy Crosses.
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Washington
Seawolf
Pacific
Navy
U. S
United States
Omar
Albert M. Bontier
White Plains
Kansas
Frederick B.warder
New Year Message From Medi terranean Theater Chaplain
A New Year message from Col. Millon O. Beebe, theater chaplain, to U S forces in the Mediterranean Theater. He urges goodwill among troops of all faiths, renewed vigor, strength through fellowship, devotion to tasks, and gratitude to God for victory. He blesses the land and calls for cordial greetings of Happy New Year.
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Millon O. Beebe
United States
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Crosby Tops 1944 Exhibitor Poll For Star Power
Hollywood reports Bing Crosby leads the 1944 Motion Picture Herald exhibitor poll with Going My Way driving his top ranking. Gary Cooper and Bob Hope follow, with Spencer Tracy Greer Garson Humphrey Bogart Abbott and Costello Cary Grant and Bette Davis also named among the top stars.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Gary Cooper
Bob Hope
del Bingie
Motion Picture Herald
Bing
Crosby
Cooper
Hope
Spencer Tracy
Greer Garson
Humphrey Bogart
Abbott and Costes
Cary Grant
Bette Davis
Norden Heads Deny Government Charge
Cerl L. Norden Inc and four officials from Norden and Corrigan Osborne and Wells pleaded innocent to federal indictments alleging a conspiracy to slow production of the Norden bomb sight. Named defendants include Theodore H. Barth and Ward E. Marvelle, Norden executives, Cmdr. Jonn Corrigan, Robert H. Wells, and Carl Norden was not named. Indictments accuse withholding specifications from subcontractors to retain production control. Judge Edward A. Conger set January 29 for motions. no trial date.
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New York
ANS
Cerl L. Norden, Inc
Navy
Norden
Corrigan, Osborne and Wells, Inc
Navy Department
Theodore H. Barth
Ward E. Marvelle
Cmdr. Jonn
D. Corrigan
Robert H. Wells
Carl Norden
Remington Rand, Inc
Elmira
N.Y
Edward A. Conger
New York to Lisbon civilian route outlined in report
Pan American World Airways plans to resume civil operations Jan 1 with a twice weekly service to Lisbon via Bermuda and the Azores. Priority passengers may crowd out general travel until more aircraft are supplied, and military transports convertible to civilian use are under consideration. The CAB is asked to approve a New York to San Juan postwar route as the gateway to Latin America based on 19 41 hotel reservations showing New York superiority over Miami for Puerto Rico traffic.
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New York
ANS
Lisbon
Pan-American World Airways
Bermuda
Azores
Washington
Pan- American Airways
Miami
Latin America
Civil Aeronautics Board
San Juan
Puerto Rico
CAB
Pine Tree Roots Supply Aviation Fuel For Japs
In San Francisco on December 30 AP reports Tokyo stating the Japanese are producing high octane aviation petrol from pine tree roots. The broadcast claims the synthetic fuel is equal or superior to petroleum and is already mass produced industrially through a simple process.
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San Francisco
Radio
Tokyo
Relocation Centers Ready To Release All Jap-Americans
Secretary Ickes told Japanese American soldiers the War Relocation Authority will help evacuees leave centers after the West Coast exclusion order was lifted. He praised loyalty shown by evacuees and predicted an end to the need for relocation centers as people move freely, with continued assistance from WRA and welfare agencies for readjustment.
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Army News Service
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
War Relocation Authority
Betteq
Ickes
America
Nise
United States
Fuehrer's Favorites Led Nazi Drive on Belgium
Field Marshal von Rundstedt used Hitler's favored units to spearhead the push into Belgium. The 1st Adolf Hitler Division and 12th Hite Jugend SS Division moved west from St Vith toward Spa and Liege, but were halted by an American defense nicknamed Roosevelt's SS. The fighting around Monschau and Butenbach left German gear wrecked and Nazi youth casualties.
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Monschau
Gerd von Rundstedt
Hitler
Belgium
Adolf Hitler
Divis m
Hite Jugend
St. Vith
Stavelot
Malmedy
Stourmont
Roosevelt
Spa
Liege
Monschal
Butenbach
Buhlinge
UNRRA Experts Slated For Work in Germany
Washington AP Dec. 30 Herbert Lehman UNRRA director general disclosed an agreement with Gen Dwight D Eisenhower to send four expert teams into Germany to aid United Nations nationals and other slave labor victims. He reported nine million displaced in Germany and 12 to 18 million uprooted across Europe, with liaison missions signed for Belgium the Netherlands France and Luxembourg.
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Washington
Herbert Lehman
Genera
UNRRA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
United Nations
Lehman
Europe
England
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Too Bad Gaska Removes Telephone in Camden
Camden on December 30 reports business woes lead Thomas Gaska, United States referee in bankruptcy for New Jersey, to order his telephone removed in response to harsh conditions.
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Camden
N. J
Thomas Gaska
United States
Soure i
New Jersey
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U. S. Navy
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U.S
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