Roosevelt Letters Stir Debate On Public Life
Westbrook Pegler notes Mrs. Roosevelt writes in Ladies' Home Journal about her honesty and opinions while recounting visits to the White House Hyde Park Heywood Broun and George Bye homes. He reflects on social barriers, political talk, and the dynamics of public figures, including FDR, in a critique of political etiquette and media circles.
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White House
Hyde Park
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Mra Rocwe
Newspaper Guild of Which
Russians Smash Dnieper Gains amid German Push
Soviet forces reported outflanking the Dnieper bend rail hub Znamenka and severing the Znamenka Nikolaevy line. They captured Sharovka and Krivel Rog branch access while German defenses near Znamenka and Kirovograd faced pressure as Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Army fell back in the Kiev bulge.
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Dnieper Bend
Znamenks
Znamenka-Nikolaevy
Dnieper
Znamenka
Sharovka
Pantaevka
Znamenko-Nikolaev
Krivel Rog
Germara
Zhamenka
Kirovograd
Flizavetgradka
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev
Chernyakhov
Red Army War Bulletin
Vatuia
Vatutin
Japanese claim praised as victory totals swamp U S fleet
Associated Press reports Japanese imperial headquarters claimed sweeping losses for Allied ships in the Pacific. It lists 18 battleships sunk and 27 aircraft carriers among total enemy vessels, while warning Americans face hardship before victory. The United States Navy’s strength is described as virtually non-existent.
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Pacific
Preimier Hidek
Tojo
United States Navy
Imperial Headquarters
Santa Claus to Need Priority in Chicago Post Office
Chicago December 14 Santa Claus must speed metal toy requests to meet demand at the post office. Fred Haase assistant superintendent of mails notes tight metal market and wartime priorities. Children ask for planes rifles sleds and skates while some families face unemployment and want basic clothes and food. Charities will distribute gifts to eased children and one letter from a Great Lakes naval training station asks for a Christmas present after boot camp.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Santa
Fred Haase
Murs
Billy Twants
Eddie
Danny
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Smith Calls For Purging Purging
Senator Ellison D Cotton Ed Smith urges a new southern Democratic party to balance power in the electoral college. The South Carolina veteran says the region is ripe for a separate party after years of being sidelined by the Democratic coalition. He backs Bailey's earlier warning and predicts the South could hold critical influence.
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Washington
Ellison D ‘Cotton
Smith
Senate
South Carolina
South
Bailey
North Carolina
Sinatra Rejected by Army in 4 F Induction
Newark December report says Frank Sinatra declared unfit for military service after pre induction exam. He cited a punctured left eardrum and other minor issues, expressing disappointment as he hoped to join the Marine Corps despite the army finding him medically unsuitable.
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Newark
N. J
United States Army
Frankie
Voice
Sinatra
Army
Marine Corps
Gulfport Blast Kills Eight at Naval Stores Plant
A destructive blast at the Phoenix Naval Stores Plant near Gulfport killed eight people and injured several others. Fire damaged two large tanks and destroyed much of the building, with property losses estimated around 250000 dollars.
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Gulfport
Mia
Phoenix Navel Sten Inc
Here
Tffucale
Henry Jeptha Hurst
Gulfport Hospital
Edwards
Naval Stores Plant
Create
Ares
Tme
Floyd Miller
Tim Briggs
Sam Beachman
George Shaw
Alonzo Watts
T. J. Evans
Howard Griffin
Lee Skinner
George Smith
BJ. Evans
Caldwell and Ellis to Speak at Central Grammar Tonight
Mayor Sam S Caldwell of Shreveport and Senator Frank B Ellis of Covington will hold a campaign meeting at the Central Grammar School auditorium at 7 30 p m tonight. They tour north Louisiana this week and urge attendance to hear campaign positions and critique Hollywood bound candidate Jimmie Davis.
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Sam S Caldwell
Shreveport
Frank B. Ellis
Covington
Central Grammar School
Caldwell
Louisiana
Lake Providence
Delhi
Oak Grove
Rayville
Winnsboro
Monroe
Ali
Jimmie Davis
Hollywood
Lovishina
Lewis Morgan
St. Tammany Parish
Earl Long
Imayor
Davis
Morgan
Senate
Frank Bo Ellis
Food Basket Stamp Restriction Lifted in Christmas Gifts
The OPA lifted its prohibition on giving rationed foods in Christmas baskets without collecting stamps. Stamps must be surrendered to donors when purchasing the baskets. The OPA also allowed rationed shoes under the same rules to aid charitable gifts to the needy.
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Washington
OPA
Christmas Gifts Made In Memory Of Beloved Ones
The notice honors donors and memorials for Miss Lizzie Morris H R Speed and Mrs T L Morris and recognizes Good Fellows as Santa Claus for Twin Cities children. It urges Christmas donations to the News Star World Good Fellows fund for relief to destitute families, sharing letters from a 57-year-old disabled reader and a 13-year-old girl begging for help.
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Lizzie
Ida Kaplan
Lizze” Morris
Doc
Santa Claus
Twin Cities
Good Fellows Fund
News- Star— World
EAS Pleere
Allied forces storm heights advance toward Garigliano region
Allied reports say British troops captured Mt Grace ridge near Mt Camino as Fifth Army pushes down Mt Maggiore and Camino toward Rome. American forces beat back by passed pockets and fought near Venafro and Filignano while Montgomery’s Eighth Army pressed toward Ortona and Pescara amid improved weather.
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Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Mt. Grace
Mt. Camino
Garigliano River
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Mt. Maggiore
Rome
Maggiore
Rocca Devandro
Camino
Venafro
Filignano
Cassino
Sy Bernard L Montgomery
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Adriatic
Montgomery
Moro
Pescara
Morocco
Ortona
Calabriite
Monroe Doctor Murphey Dies After Illness at 66
Dr. Joseph White Murphey, 66, Monroe physician, died Thursday at 6 30 am after a lingering illness. Funeral Friday at 1 pm at his residence 1012 Jackson Street with Rev. Ernest Holloway and Rev. A M Serex officiating. Interment at River View Burial Park with Peters Funeral Services in charge. Pallbearers include local doctors D L Hirsch W E Jones A G McHenry D M Moore J Q Graves A L Peters B M McKoin. Honorary pallbearers are Ouachita Parish Medical Society members. Born November 22 1877 in Ola La he studied at University of Nashville and practiced in Kelly Winnfield Shreveport before moving to Monroe circa 1926. He belonged to state and parish medical societies and specialized in various lines of medicine.
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Monroe
Jackson Street
Ernest Duncan Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
A. M Serex
First Methodist Church
Peters Funeral Services, Inc
Riverview Burial Park
Kelly
Winnfield
Shreveport
Ouachita Bank
MISSION ALLIANCE TO DRIVE A STABLE PEACE
The Moscow radio declared a complete understanding among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin at Teheran confirms Stalin’s 1941 claim that the United States Britain and the USSR form a real alliance. It praised the vitality of the three nation coalition with prospects for lasting peace despite ongoing fighting.
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New York
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Churchill
Stalin
Teheran
United States
Great Britain
U. S. SR
North America
Alliance of the Three Nations
Moscow
Chinese recapture Changteh shifts balance in Hunan battle
Chinese forces announced the recapture of Changteh in Hunan after a prolonged siege. The move refuels hope in the rice bowl region, with American planes aiding the defense by delivering supplies and attacking Japanese targets.
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Changsing
Changteh
Hunan
China
Changsha
Hunan-Szechwan
Jts Yuan River
Sith
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mitchells
Salweeri
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Burma
Specias
Tehshan
Sinyang
Honan
Suihsien
Hapeh
Kingshan
Senators Seek Christmas Delay On Food Subsidy Vote
Senator Ellender proposed a holiday pause on the food subsidy issue until after Christmas to gauge home sentiment. He said a 10 to 13 day delay might suffice, but farm bloc leaders and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones warned a longer delay could disrupt 1944 crop planning.
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Washington
Ellender
Louisiana
Senate
Marvin Jones
Germans Set Up Forces Along Turkish Border
Turkeys and Germany have stationed troops on opposite sides of the Turkish border facing Bulgaria and Greece. A state of emergency was declared along the boundary and traffic halted as nervousness over a possible Allied invasion grows in the Balkans. Reports say Turkish troops hold positions, two German divisions are near Bulgaria, and disturbances in Bulgaria include arrests by Gestapo and army police. Turkey’s Inonu meetings with Roosevelt and Churchill are said to move Turkey closer to the Allied camp without declaring war.
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Stockholm
Turkey
Germany
Bulgaria
Greece
Bern
Switzerland
Balkans
Svenske Dagbledet
Dardanelles
Russia
Ankara
Sofia
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Europe
Berlin
Balkan
Gestapo
Budapest
Social Demokraten
Sofi
Siftum Ton
Foreign Office
Rankin Blames FEPC for Southern Democratic Losses
Representative Rankin blames the presidents committee on fair employment practices for Democratic declines in Kentucky and Oklahoma. He calls FEPC a crackpot rump and urges abolition, arguing it pressures private business to hire African Americans and damages white southerners. In Dallas, Federal agents report Phillip Bar, a 20 year old escaped German POW, captured near Tallulah La after fleeing a cotton detail.
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Washington
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Rankin
Mississippi
Presidents Committee On Fair Employment Practices
House
FEPC
Democratic Party
Ody
Dallas
Tex
Phillip Bar
Tallulah
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bar
Mortie Nee
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