Reds Menace Germans Fr 2 Touhy Gangsters Killed
The article reports 2 Touhy gangsters killed in a clash with Red forces during World War II. It notes wartime directives and a confusion about a priorities regulation order, with Senator Byrd leading a committee on non essential expenditures and a Michigan businessman relaying a War Production Board instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Smith
Budget Bureau
Committee
Byrd
Virginia
Smith
Washington insider quits after long press career
Charles Michelson, longtime Washington political correspondent and former agent for the Democratic National Committee, bids farewell while accusing Washington reporters of shaping stories to fit bosses. He compares his career to receiving stolen goods and cites ethics questions about leaks and loyalties across government and media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Michelson
Washington
Democratic Naonal Committee
Ugh
Adio Corporation
FCC
New Deal Party
White House
Go back to school say advisers to college students
Washington December 29 College students unsure of military status are advised to return to campus and stay until actually called for service. Dr Francis J Brown of the American council on education calls it the wisest plan. A new educational committee meets to select about 350 colleges for the army navy training program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis J. Brown
American Council On Education
Army
Navy
Paul V. McNutt
Brown
Auto plunges 90 feet from bridge into river
A car with an undetermined number of passengers plunged 490 feet from the open draw span of the St Johns River bridge in Jacksonville Florida into 64 feet of water in the early morning darkness. Police believed all occupants were drowned. Divers found wreckage and a buoy as tides approached to assist retrieval.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. Johns River
M'Inerney and O'Connor Fall Before G-Men
Chicago dispatch reports F B I chief J Edgar Hoover announced the capture of gang chief Roger Touhy and Basil Banghart with Edward Darlak after a collaborative raid on 5116 Kenmore avenue. In the Leland avenue raid agents killed James O'Connor and St Clair McInerney as they resisted arrest.
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Roger Touhy
Basil
the Owl) Banghart
Kenmore Avenue
Edward Darlak
Hoover
James O'Connor
St. Clair McInerney
Nelson
Chicago
Touhy
Banghart
John
Jake
Darlak
O'Connor
Melnerney
Leland Avenue
F. B. IL
C. A. Tolan
E. J. Connelley
Richard Glabin
Myron Gurnea
Spencer Draytor
S. K. McKee
Washington
WG. Banister
Oklahoma
Navy chaplain aids faith rise amid war says sailors seek guidance
Norfolk December report recalls a transport marine who mocked atheism en route to the Solomon Islands but promised new belief under fire at Guadal canal. Captain Neyman cites wartime naval religion as stronger now than 25 years ago as officers and sailors seek eternal values and religious materials before sailing.
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Norfolk
United States
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
C. A. Neyman
U.S. N
Navy Chaplain’s
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
Navy
Neyman
War casualty list May now be published
The Navy and Army announce a new policy allowing full publication or broadcast of casualty lists for deaths missing and wounded without local restrictions. This follows President Roosevelt’s December 12 1941 announcement and applies to Navy casualty list No 19 to be released December 31. The Office of War Information led the reform for broader war news coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Army
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Train Wreck Death Toll Climbs to 36 in Ontario
In Almonte Ontario the death toll from a troop train collision rose to 36. An inquest is set for January 7 with Dr Smirle Lawson provincial coroner to summon eyewitnesses and railway staff. The crash at the station injured many holiday travelers from Pem broke Ottawa.
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Almonte
Ontario
Smirle Lawson
Pembroke
Ont
Lawson
Canada
Nipissing
North Bay
Callander
British Sink Two Axis Supply Ships In Mediterranean
British submarines reportedly sank at least two more axis supply ships in the Mediterranean with likely two others destroyed. Three ships were hit in the Gulf of Hammamet off Tunisia, including a small gaso-line laden supply ship and a cargo ship, plus a tanker torpedoed and beached. Another submarine near Naples attacked and probably sunk a medium sized enemy supply vessel.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Gulf of Hammamet
Tunisia
Naples
Laws on Trust Not Suspended
Thurman Arnold, head of the justice department anti-trust division, refutes claims that anti-trust laws are suspended for the war. He says exemptions exist but the statutes remain fully operative and enforcement continues, with wartime suspensions used sparingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thurman Arnold
Justice Department
Arnold
Patman
Texas
House
Small Business Committee
Secretary of War
Navy
War Production Board
Three Men Stranded In Irish Lighthouse Storm
Three men are marooned in a lighthouse off Ireland's east coast after a gale whose 80 foot waves wrecked the landing derricks stairs and stages. The supply boat found their plight, and rescue chances are described as slim for possibly weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ireland
Irish Sea
Cork
Happier Year Seen in 1943 for Business
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan predicted a lighter year for business in 1943 with about 50 percent fewer questionnaires and government orders as a Byrd committee driven reform reduces nuisance inquiries. He told reporters the quiz makers face scrutiny and must justify questions henceforth, aiming to ease regulatory burdens during the wartime period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
Michigan
Byrd Committee
Wallace May Tie World Council to Roosevelt Address
Vice President Wallace signals a world council plan for postwar economy as a possible trial balloon for President Roosevelt's January 7 address. He argued Wilson’s and Roosevelt’s legacies point toward a global democracy under the United Nations, while Senator Wheeler warns against bureaucratic overreach and a fragile democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Council On Global Economy
Washington
Wallace
World Council
Roosevelt
Congress
Woodrow “Wilson
Wilson
United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Wheeler
Montana
Queen Decorates 6 U. S. Officers in Orange Nassau Order
London dispatch reports Queen Wilhelmina decorates six U S officers including Lieutenant General George Brett Major General Lewis Brereton and Rear Admiral William Purnell with grand Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau with swords. Captain Frank Wagner Commander Paulus Lawson and Lieutenant Commander Jack Renard receive various ranks. Brereton led American air forces in the Philippines and India. Brett heads American defenses in the Panama Canal zone.
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London
Wilhelmina
The
Netherlands
George H. Brett
Lewis H. Brereton
William R. Purnell
Brett
Brereton
Purnell
Order of Orange-Nassau
Frank D. Wagner
Paulus Lawson
United States Navy
Jack C. Renard
Archibald Wavell
Geoffrey Layton
Richard Peirse Brereton
Philippines
India
Middle East
Panama Cabal Zone
Southwest Pacific
Poem by Helen Griffin Delights Roosevelt Couple
In St Louis the 26 year old private secretary Helen Griffin sent a poem to a newspaper and President and Mrs Roosevelt heard it read. They want copies as soon as she calms down. The poem parodies wartime rationing and Santa Claus visiting. It appeared in the St Louis Globe-Democrat on December 12. The Rev Ada Stone Anderson clipped it and mailed it to her son, Howard Stone Anderson, pastor in Washington.
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ST. Louis
Helen Griffin
Roosevelt
Santa Claus
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ada Stone Anderson
Howard Stone Anderson
First Congregational Church
Washington
Los Angeles Yards Launch Four Ships in One Day
At San Pedro California four ships were launched in 43 minutes including a wooden submarine chaser and two cargo vessels. The North Wind ice breaker and the Cape Perpetua cargo ship were launched at separate yards, followed by the William L. Marcy Liberty freighter.
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San Pedro
Calif
Los Angeles Harbor
Coast Guard
North Wind
Western Pipe and Steel Company
S. S. Cape
Allied Push in Tunisia and Eastern Front Escalates
Reports say French North Africa unity grows as British Eighth Army advances past Sirte chasing Rommel. Rain eases but ground remains mud. In the Don and Stalingrad sectors the Red Army tightens the siege on Bock’s 22 Nazi divisions while probing three fronts around Millerovo and Kalmyk steppe.
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Lon
Tunisia
North Africa
London
Eighth Army
Sirte
Erwin Rommel
Medjez-El-Bab
Tebourba
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Red Army
Don Steppe
Likhaya
Red
Kotelnikovski
Kalmyck Steppe
Kichkino
Elista
Kalmyck
Don
Millerovo
Ukraine
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Donets River
Allied Troops Deepen Wedge in Buna Line
Allied forces widen their breach in the Buna area of New Guinea as Japanese shells hit Buna village during five hours of naval shelling. A counterattack near the Buna airstrip was repelled while allied units advanced along the coastal strip and in the Sanananda Soputa track area.
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Australia
Buna
New Guinea
MacArthur
Sanananda
Soputa
Red Skelton Divorce Suit Filed by Edna Skelton
Edna Stillwell Skelton, wife of comedian Red Skelton, files for divorce in Los Angeles charging cruelty. She will continue to write and oversee jokes for his radio act while the couple, married since 1931, separate after a September 22 separation and no children. The agreement settles community property and provides support.
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Los Angeles
Red Skelton
Edna Stillwell Skelton
Vincennes
Ind
Edna Stillwell
Elimination Order Sparks Businessmen's Frustration
The board cited removing a burdensome task as the reason for wiping out the ore tracing system. Senator Vandenberg called the move an excellent example of befuddling the businessman. The circular was sent to Chateau Wines Corporation in Royal Oak, Michigan.
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Vandenberg
War Production Board
Michigan
P. D
E. O
Speka da
Engleesh
Chateau Wines Corporation
Royal Oak
Mich
Allied air and naval assaults batter Japanese positions in Pacific
Relentless pressure meets strong enemy resistance as aircraft and artillery hammer fortifications. B 24 bombers hit a large cruiser at Rabaul with 500 pound bombs, the ship burning and likely destroyed. Attacks target Gasmata airdrome, Saivai Guiloro Timor, and Finschhafen. A single Japanese float plane causes minor damage at Merauze. In India, salvage trucks are used to recover downed aircraft.
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New Britain
Rabaul
Gasmata
Saivai
Guiloro
Timor
Finschhafen
Merauze
Dutch New Guinea
WPB Chief Denies Control Fight Over Munitions
War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson says there is no conflict with the armed services over munitions production or civilian economy control. He authorized reporters to disclose off the record remarks from last Thursday's press conference, noting no opposition to production scheduling led by Charles E. Wilson. Nelson emphasizes differences are about methods, not aims, and asserts merged views are improving.
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Washington
War Production Board
Armed Services
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Charles £. Wilson
General Electric Company
Brehon Somerevell
Army
Services
Neilson
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