Roosevelt Meets Liberian and Brazilian Presidents Aboard Navy Ship
Roosevelt greets Liberia’s Edwin Barclay in an army jeep during a visit to the West African republic after Casablanca. En route home from the Casablanca war talks, Roosevelt also met Brazil’s Getulio Vargas in Natal aboard a U S destroyer with Hopkins Caffery and others nearby.
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Roosevelt
Edwin Barclay
Liberia
West African Republic
Casablanca
Barclay
Natal
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
United States
Potengi River
Harry Hopkins
Vargas
Jefferson Caffery
Associated Press
United States Navy
OWL
Why Saposs Keeps Rising in U S Labor Advising
Westbrook Pegler questions why David J. Saposs, born in Ukraine, has repeatedly returned to high paid government posts. He notes Saposs’ 1940 clashes with the Dies committee, subsequent roles with the War Production Board and inter-American affairs, and a long career drawing government salaries despite accusations of Communist ties.
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United States
David J. Saposs
Ukraine
Washington
Dies Committee
Mr. Saposs
Labor Relations Board
inter~Amer
War Production Board
Lendell Land
Who's Who of American Laborolume
Pey
Diet Committee
Howe of Representatives
Economic Research Division
Lator Relations Board
Howse
Divisen Ant Sapea
Victory Tax on Churches Is Hit
A Baptist Pastors conference in Louisiana denounced the victory tax law claiming it makes churches agents of the government in tax collection. They protested the law’s requirement and urged Congress and the administration to seek an alternative method before enforcement.
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First Baptist
The
Baptist Convention
Congress
Third Army Forces Simulate Real War maneuvers begin
Third Army forces staged a January maneuvers in Louisiana with Blue and Red units. Red aimed to seize high ground and rail and highway corridors while Blue columns moved north to meet and check the attack. Both sides fought indecisively as maneuvers continued with mobile headquarters directing actions.
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Louisia
Third Army
Blue
Fathers Face Draft If Not In War Work
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt told the House Military Affairs Committee that by year end about 1 in 14 able bodied men aged 14 to 38 will be in the armed services as fighting men. He said the figure covers those who meet physical requirements and noted the college training program for the services. A transfer from nonessential to essential work aims to tighten dependency rules to ease labor shortages, with a broad list of occupations listed as more desirable after April.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
House Military Affairs Committee
Armed Services
McNutt
Army
Navy
Brooks
Lousiana
McNut
WMC
Treasury backs pay as you go tax plan in Congress
Treasury General Counsel Randolph E Paul urged enactment of pay as you go withholding tax to modernize collection. He told the Ways and Means Committee that a 19 percent rate on income would simplify collection and keep about 7 percent of 4 million taxpayers fully current. He urged starting the at source system by July 1 and deferments for 1942 liabilities during transition while opposing Rural plan to skip a year of tax payments.
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Washington
Treasury
Randolph E Paul
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Peal
Beardsley
Churchill Bears F D R s Message
Ankara reports Churchill carried a message from President Roosevelt to President Inonu during his Turkey visit. Inonu replied by cable thanking Roosevelt for his goodwill. The Adana talks stressed American interest and noted Churchill’s meetings with Roosevelt, while denying American military attendance.
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Ankara
Turkey
Churchill
Roosevelt
James Inonu
Adana
Sterlington Man Becomes State Highway Director
D Y Smith of Sterlington was sworn Monday as director of the Louisiana state highway department, succeeding W Presentt Foster who joined the state board of highways. Smith, a northeast Louisiana businessman and former member of the University board of supervisors, takes a post many lawmakers leave for higher office. Secretary of State James A Gremillion administered the oath in his office. Foster remains influential while dedicating more time to sugar plantation interests.
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D. ¥. Smith
Sterlington
State Highway Department
W. Presentt Foster
State Board
Smith
James A. Gremillion
Gremillion
Northeast
Louisiana
Stateniversity’s
Board of Supervisors
Postal Receipts Show Big Gain for January
Postmaster J. R. Wooten reported January postal receipts set a new high. Total business transacted reached $22,756.02, up from $17,563.29 a year ago, a gain of $5,173.44 or about 30 percent over January 1942 figures. The 15 Years Ago column recalls January 1928 figures of $10,996.64.
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J. R. Wooten
News- Star
Roosevelt Says Casablanca Parley Aimed to Win War
President Roosevelt described the Casablanca conference with Winston Churchill as a war winning mission and a fulfillment of his pledge to strike hard on Europe. He emphasized no negotiated armistice and unconditional surrender of the Axis, noted Brazil’s intensified anti submarine effort, and discussed French North Africa and the armament for Giraud’s forces. The journey totaled 16 963 miles and was framed as a military mission.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Winston Churchill
Congress
United Nations
Europe
Churchill
Vargas
Brazil
Africa
French North Africa
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Giraud
RABAUL AREA GETS WORST BLASTING
United States B17 bombers hit Lakunai and other Luftwaffen targets near Rabaul New Guinea in a night raid described as the best yet. Captain Kenneth McCullar reports 12 fires after three planes dropped bombs. Lieutenant Waldo Schauwaker notes four large fires and multiple ground blazes.
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New Guinea
Rabaul
Kenneth McCullar
Batesville
Mias
Lakunai Airdrome
Waldo Schauwaker
Bowling Green, C
Lakunai
Churchill Reaches Turkish Pact Amid Casablanca Strategy
London reports Prime Minister Churchill met with Turkish President Inonu to discuss bolstering Turkish defenses and warn Hitler against a spring Turkish offensive. The talks in Ankara followed Casablanca strategy, with focus on Bulgaria and regions where Turkey holds direct interest.
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London
Churchill
Casablanca
Turkey
Hitler
Ismet Inonu
Roosevelt
Inonu
Bulgaria
Act 195 of 1942 invalidated for excess drainage tax
An attorney general opinion finds Act 195 of 1942 invalid because it lets gravity drainage districts levy 35 cents per acre for drainage work, exceeding a five cent per acre constitutional limit cited in four provisions.
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Baton Rouge, la
Attorney General’s Office
Groundhog Finds Weather Is Gone in 1943
The groundhog in Succasunna New Jersey ascribes the missing weather to wartime gas shortages and rationing. A pixie notes the weather’s absence while headlines joke Washington finds muskrat a substitute for scarce beef pork and veal. The piece explains the groundhog failed to appear in 1943.
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Groundhog
Washington
Southeast shipbuilding tops wartime industry in six states
Atlanta report says shipbuilding is the major wartime industry in the six southeastern states of Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. District employment ranges 125000 to 150000 with 16 firms employing about 121440 workers. Over 1 billion in ship contracts till September 30 1942, primarily cargo vessels like the Liberty type. Department store sales in the week ended January 16 rose 13 percent from a year earlier amid the peak Christmas season.
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Atlanta
Federal Reserve District
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Sxteen
Jones Urges Gulf Unity for Latin American Trade
Governor Sam Jones called for unity among gulf ports and Mississippi Valley states to boost trade with Latin America. He urged the South to stop being “yes men” to eastern and northern interests and work to develop commerce and resources for postwar growth. He suggested forming a third party if needed to advance Southern industries.
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New Orleans
Sam Jones
Gulf Ports
Mississippi Valley
Latin America
Traffic Club
South
Ilaac
Red Army advances push toward Rostov and Kursk region
Soviet forces tighten arc around Rostov from Zernovoy and push toward Kursk Kharkov and Krasnodar. Krasnodar rail junction near Novorossisk under threat as Red Army columns gain positions from Tikhoretsk to the Maikop fields. Rostov defense weakens with several river lines and rail corridors under Russian pressure.
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Moscow
Red Army
Rostov
Zernovoy
Kursk
Kharkov
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Krasnoedar
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Kuban
Stalingrad-Novorossisk
Tikhoretsk
Vyselki
Ust- Labinskaya
Maikop
Novoroscisk
Don
Sal
Manyeh
Kagainik River
Mechetinskaya
Kshen
Voronezh
Kursk-Kharkov
Kastornaya
American Raiders Drive Germans From Sened Near Maknassy
Allied communique reports an American raiding force pushed the German garrison from Sened, repulsed a counterattack, and withdrew after completing its mission near Maknassy. Western Tunisia saw allied infantry with tanks and artillery attack near Faid while a counterattack restored gains near Pont Du Fahs. Allied bombers damaged Tunis docks and downed 12 German fighters.
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London
Maknassy
Tunisian
Sened
Tuniman
Faid
Tunisia
Pont du Fahs
Tunn
Bob Hope Drops Suit Over Loan. Sister-in-Law Continues
Bob Hope has told his attorney to drop a $1 425 loan suit against his brother and sister-in-law James and Marie Towne Hope. Marie Towne Hope presses a separate claim for 2300 for secretarial work and cataloging jokes. She says he promised a raise and then offered a bonus instead, telling her to wait.
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Los Angeles
Bob Hope
James Hope
Marie Towne Hope
Hope
Iid
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Succasunna
N. J
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