Westbrook Pegler Defends Labor Unity Against Unions Critics
Column asserts pro labor stance, accuses anti labor voices of theft and treachery, argues leaders like Tobin Murray and Lewis tolerate crime within unions, claims New Deal labor program coerces workers and funds private groups, cites mob ties and brutality by organized gangs in labor disputes.
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New Deal Party
Mre Eoeevelt
Wagner
Purtene
Mit
Oin Cowee
Vicina
Jona
German forces push toward Gates and Faid Pass in North Africa
Allied lines report German armor from Rommel’s forces driving on west of Faid Pass threatening Gates and the rail town of Gafsa. Heavy fighting continues as tanks infantry and dive bombers support the assault with American artillery holding the exit from the pass.
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Daniel de Luce
North Africa
Marshal Rommel
Faid Pass
United States
Gatea
Gates
Fald Pase
Gafsa
Carmmartique
Reuters Dragetch
London
Fale Pass
Sebeitha
Ryti Reelected President of Finland Amid Bombing Reports
Helsinki reports confirm io Ryti's reelection to head Finland's government by near unanimity after a pro forma electoral vote. The vote occurred amid intrigue over Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim as a potential candidate and amid claims of Russian bombing near Helsinki and aerial activity over the Gulf of Finland.
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Helsinki
Io Ryti
Fpimland
Karl Guntavannerheim
Iland
Ryn
Berlin
Associated Press
New York
CBS
Transpean
Northeast Cold Wave Drops Temps After Weekend
A fresh cold wave hit the northeast area, with a heavy front Saturday night driving the low to 24 degrees. The FAA report from Sel jan field shows the 24-hour maximum temperature ending Monday at 55 degrees.
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Insiana
Mercury
Fival Aeronautics Administration
Seljan Field
Dozen Armed Convicts Still Hunted Across Four States
Jackson Mississippi February 15 Eight convicts remain at large from Parchman prison after a breakout that left a weekend trail of blood and stolen cars across northern Mississippi. Seven of nineteen fled were recaptured near Clarkdale and Friars Point while five crossed into Alabama. Two Mississippi troopers were wounded in gunfire and bloodhounds were brought to track the escapees.
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Jackson
Miss
Parchvan
Prion
Massasseppi
Clarksdale
Mimissippi
Arkansas
Citizens
Friars Point
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Alabama
Mississippi
Vina
Parchman Penitentiary
Labor Fight Heads To Hearing On Anti Racketeering Bill
The first round in the labor fight at the congress opens with public hearings tomorrow before the house rules committee on the Hobbs anti racketeering bill. The measure opposes organized labor arguing it would deprive peacetime gains and the right to strike. It stems from a New York case where a supreme court decision upheld a reversal of convictions under the 1934 act.
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Ashington
Tith Congress
House Rules Committee
Supreme Court
New York
New York City
Circuit Court of Appeals
Sam Hobbs
Alabama
House Judiciary Committee
French battleship Richelieu arrives in New York Harbor
The 35,700 ton Richelieu, damaged but still formidable, sailed into New York on Thursday after battle through a Atlantic gale and submarine danger. Captain Marcel Deramond said the voyage shows France remains ready to fight. The ship, escorted by US destroyers, will be repaired and overhauled before returning to action.
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Joseph Morton
New York
Richelieu
New York Harbor
Mid- Atlantic
Montcalm
Dakar
Philadelphia
Africa
United States
Germany
Italy
France
Marcel Deramond
Washington
London
Algiers
Auto License Deadline Near for 1943 Licenses
The Monroe Vehicle section of the state department of revenue announces today is the final day to secure 1943 auto licenses without penalty. Office hours extend to midnight Monday at 212 North Second Street to handle a last minute rush. After today a five percent late fee applies and six percent interest, with costs for trucks rising. License fee remains three dollars for touring cars. the February 6 deadline was extended to February 15 to assist auto owners.
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Monroe
State Department of Revenue
North Second Street
Parachute Failure Kills Airman During Training Flight
In Jackson Mississippi a bomber from Columbia South Carolina's air base developed trouble at 9000 feet above Canton. Staff Sergeant Robert F. Deutsch of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania died when the parachute failed to open. Pilot First Lieutenant Lyle E. Anacker and crew members escaped after the plane was steered to a safe landing at the Jackson air base.
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Jackson
Miss
Columbia
S. C
Army Air Base
Canton
Columbia Air Base
Robert F. Deutsch
Wilkes Barre
Jackson Air Base
Lyle E. Anacker
Dale Speicher
John J. Howard
Mickey D. Tarkovich
Robert Henderson
Five flier survivors rescued after 16 days in snow
Boise Idaho February 15 woods men searched for three of eight army airmen who vanished January 2 in a twin motor bomber. Five crew members survived 16 days in Idaho mountain wilderness and were rescued by civilian pilot Penn Stohr who landed on a frozen lake near the wreck. Remaining three airmen were missing.
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Boise
Idaho
Penn Stohr
Jake
Heaviest Rabaul Raid by Allied Bombers
Allied headquarters report the largest bomber raid of the war theater against Rabaul New Britain led by four waves of Flying Fortresses and Liberators dropping heavy explosives and incendiaries over more than two hours. The attack targeted the harbor and air base, igniting fires and damaging ships, with fires seen across a wide area and smoke rising high.
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Vern Haugland
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Rabeul
Kerneth McCullar
Batesville
Mins
Madang
Lae Sirdrome
Kokopa
Talili Bay
Iphur Creek
Kokopo
British Forces Hit Milan Cologne in Two Barred Air Attacks
BritishRoyal air force squadrons bombed Cologne and Milan in a large scale strike last night. The Spezia naval base on Italy’s coast was also attacked. Eleven aircraft were missing. the Cologne raid received a heavy blast of high explosives and incendiaries with large fires reported in Milan’s industrial areas.
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London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Italy
Rhineland
Cologne
Milan
Spezia
Bomber Command
Editors Gain Off the Record War Briefing Insight
Washington editors report a productive off the record war briefing with government leaders at the ASNE session. They say frank discussions improved understanding and will aid future policy talks. Resolutions urged postwar press freedom and government disclosure of public facts to all readers.
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Roy Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Measure on farm subsidy rejected in House subcommittee
Washington February 15 4 a house appropriations subcommittee voted 6 to 1 to reject President Roosevelts request for 100000 for incentive payments to farmers to raise food output Tarver Democrat Georgia chaired the subcommittee and disagreed with the disapproval Hatch Democrat New Mexico urged eliminating farm benefit payments and setting agricultural prices at fair levels
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Washington
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Tarver
Georgia
Congress
Hatch
New Mexico
Congress group speeds bill to defer fathers in draft
The House Military Committee advanced legislation letting men with dependents avoid the draft. The measure would base quotas on state calls and require boards to call those without dependents first. Officials said millions will be drafted this year, with priority on men supporting families.
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Washington
House Military Committee
May
Kentucky
Kilday
Texas
War Manpower Commission
Congress
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
McNutt
Pay-as-you-go tax hearings wrap up in Washington
The House Ways and Means Committee closes public hearings on pay-as-you-go income tax proposals. Chairman Doughton hopes to draft legislation within a week to ease tax collection for 44 million Americans. Debate continues as lawmakers weigh reducing last year’s taxes to fit current collection plans.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
North Carolina
Beardsley Rum
New York
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Charity Hospital to Be Dedicated in Bogalusa
Baton Rouge La Feb 15 Governor Sam Jones was to dedicate the Washington and St Tamany Charity hospital at Bogalusa this afternoon as part of regular parish meetings with state officials. The 40 bed facility has been operating for some time. the 1942 legislature appropriated 38000 for maintenance operation and equipment.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Washington and St. Tammany Charity Hospital
Bogalusa
Soviet Victory Stuns as Rostov Falls to Red Army
Soviet troops seized Rostov after fierce urban fighting with German defenders, with hundreds dead and the city ablaze. Voroshilovgrad and Krasny Sulin also fell as Red forces pushed west despite a snowstorm. Kharkov battles continued as reserve forces were ordered to defend Rostov to the last.
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Moscow
Rostov
Red Army
Cossacks
Adolph Hitler
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Krasny Sulin
Kharkov
Ukraine
Pravda
Communist Party
Hitler
Azov
Don
Prada
Caucasus
IMI
Stalingrad
Rutledge Sworn as Court Member in Supreme Court Return
Wiley B. Rutledge was sworn in as the ninth member of the Supreme Court, restoring the court to full membership. The former U.S. Court of Appeals judge took an oath in the courtroom before Chief Justice Stone and the bench, joining President Roosevelt’s eighth appointee.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Charles Elmore Cropley
Stone
Welt
Harlan F. Stone
Roberts
Denter
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