War Labor Board tensions at Montgomery Ward case
Westbrook Pegler reports on the War Labor Board which orders Montgomery Ward to act as the union dues collector and to fire any member who drops out during a labor shortage. Dr. Frank P. Graham of the University of North Carolina faces criticism for alleged union-leaning bias while serving on the board. The piece argues Graham shows strong favoritism toward unions and questions his impartiality.
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Washington
U. S. Army
Montgomery Ward
Roosevelt
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
War Labor Board
Ward
Political Warfare Service
Graham
Biddie
New Deal
Heper
Submarine Harder Lost In Philippine Area And Navy Announces Losses
Washington reports the loss of the submarine Harder and two P T boats plus a landing ship in actions near the Philippines and the Mediterranean. The Harder, 1525 tons, overdue from patrol, carries about 65 crew. LSM 318 and P T 300 were lost to enemy action off Ormoc in December. P T 318 lost in the Mediterranean. Next of kin for all Harder and P T boat casualties have been notified.
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Washington
Jan
Navy
Harder
Philippine
Mediterranean
Ormoc
United States
Ward's Company properties seized. Avery refuses cooperate
In Chicago on January 2, Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Byron announced that Montgomery Ward and Company personnel who would not cooperate with army operations on seized properties in seven cities were being replaced and subjected to selective service reclassification. He said Sewell Avery and other officials refused to perform actions necessary for the mission, necessitating operating personnel, including experienced merchandising officers, at each property in Chicago Detroit St. Paul Denver Portland San Rafael and Jamaica New York.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward Aid Company
Joseph W. Byron
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sewell Avery
Stimson
Very
Detroit
St. Paul
Denver
Portland
Ore
San Rafael
Calif
Jamaica
N. Y
Ward's
Couny
Fall of Buda near as Budapest crumbles to Soviets
Moscow reports say German and Hungarian defenders around Budapest were driven from central areas as Soviet forces advance. Russians claim 24 German tanks and 13 armored cars destroyed and 429 prisoners captured, with Katushas deployed and losses mounting. Vienna reportedly placed in threatened zone as operations near Austria begin.
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London
Buda
Danube
Budapest
Moscow
Red Army
Losone
Lucenec
Austria
Vienna
German Fliers Lose 221 Planes in Aerial Battle
London reports that on Monday through dawn, Allied heavy bombers attacked western Germany for the eleventh straight day. Revised tallies show at least 221 German planes destroyed, with Berlin claiming 427 Allied planes were lost or destroyed, most on the ground.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Coblenz
Hannover
Dortmund
Peters Shot In Hunting Mishap Near San Diego
Susan Peters 23 year old Hollywood actress underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital after a bullet lodged in her spine from a 22 caliber rifle during a duck hunting trip at Cana Mesa Gun Club south of San Diego. Spokesman said she was shot in the stomach while preparing to return from the hunt. Peters accompanied by husband Richard Quine and other relatives.
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San Diego
Calif
Susan Peters
Hollywood
Mercy Hospital
Actress
Miss Peters
Cana Mesa
Byrnes Pushes Large Draft For War Mobilization
War mobilization chief Byrnes advocates expanded use of 4-Fs for limited service or war jobs if manpower controls fail, backing for war labor board orders, and larger draft calls in coming months. He urges delaying civilian production reconversion until military leaders approve. House leaders echo support and plan to consider amending the draft law to integrate 4-Fs into essential industry.
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Associated Press
Byrnes
Congress
War Labor Board
Washington
P— Administration
James F. Byrnes
Rayburn
Texas
Roosevelt
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Office of War Mobilization
Tennessee Faces Danger of Flood
A Cumberland River flood threat rose in Tennessee as rising waters passed two feet above flood stage near Nashville. Downstream Carthage saw some relief as the river receded, while Murfreesboro residents moved to higher ground. The South endured a Canadian cold front with record lows anticipated in Arkansas and widespread snow flurries across the region.
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Atlanta
Cumberland
Tennessee
Cumberland Valley
Nashville
Carthage
Murfreesboro
Stone River
Canada
New Year's
Florida
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Carolinas
Kentucky
New Orleans
New Year's Cold Wave Hits Louisiana and Mississippi
A New Year's cold wave brings sub freezing temperatures to northern Louisiana and Mississippi, with New Orleans down to 37 degrees, Baton Rouge 33, Shreveport 29, and Lake Charles 37. The Weather Bureau predicts slightly warmer tonight and Wednesday, with New Orleans near 40 degrees and northern Mississippi dipping to 2 to 7 degrees, southern areas 28 to 32, coast near 36.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Lake Charles
United States Weather Bureau
Nimitz Signals Openness to Russian War Help
Adm Chester W. Nimitz, head of the U S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, said he would welcome Russian participation in the war against Japan. Speaking after a tour of forward areas, he noted landings on the China coast remained a priority but warned Japan’s stubborn defense of bypassed islands could make invasion of Japan itself necessary. Continued on Third Page.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Jan
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Pravda
Nimitz
Saigon
China
Nazi agents arrested after botched east coast landing
FBI said a third Nazi sabotage attempt was foiled with the arrest of two men, William Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel, who landed by U boat near Hancock Point Me. on November 29. They carried 60000 in dollars, guns, inks, and discharges from the navy, and plotted from Bangor Boston to New York.
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New York
Maine
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Navy
William Curtis Colepaugh
United States
Niantic
Conn
Erich Gimpel
South America
Hancock Point
Frenchman's Bay
Oregon
Montana
American
Armagansett
Long Island
Ponte Vedra Beach
Fla
Francis Biddle
Colepaugh
Gimpel
Bangor
Boston
Mindoro attacked as Luzon supply bases hit by Liberators
Land based American bombers struck deep into the invasion threatened Luzon area. Three destroyers and several freighters were sunk or damaged at Lingayen gulf while intense Japanese rail and train activity followed on Mindoro and southwest Luzon. The Lingayen raid marked a strong push toward Japanese bases on Luzon as Japanese air attacks continued from Mindoro to Batangas and Lingayen.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Mindoro
Luzon Island
Manila
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Lingayen
Batangas
Mindoro Island
Yank Mindoro
Hitler Speech Seen Showing Him No Longer Germanys Leader
Louis P Lochner reports Berlin recording of Hitlers New Year speech splits opinion. Some say Hitler spoke but appeared broken, others doubt the voice or call it ghostwritten. Goebbels praised a “German miracle” while some refugees doubt authenticity. Continues on third page.
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Ly Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
London
Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
ASK DISMISSAL OF RAIL SUIT
In Lincoln Nebraska January 2 1946 the Association of Railway Executives asked for dismissal of the governments anti trust suit arguing a 1942 law suspended such prosecutions for war related activities. The motion contends the complaint fails to state a claim and that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction. Defendants include the Association of American Railroads Western Association of Railway Executives J P Morgan and Company Kuhn Loeb and Company 47 western railroads and their chief executives and others. The railroads' counsel cites Public Law 603 and War Production Board actions certifying wartime necessity of joint rate actions.
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Incoln
Neb
Tern Association of Railway Executives
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
Association of American Railroads
Western Association of Railway Executives
J. P. Morgan and Company, Inc
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Western Railroads
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
1944 Casualty Notices Reveal Nationwide Losses
Official casualty figures show 82,634 Americans killed in combat in 1944, with 70,676 in the army and 11,958 in other services. An additional 318,157 were wounded and 94,261 were missing or interned, including 88,053 in the army, reflecting the heavy price of wartime triumphs.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Patton Broadens Arrowhead Drive in Belgium Bulge
Paris January 2 AP The U S Third Army pushes two miles deeper into the south side of the Belgian bulge amid heavy pressure attacks while German armor is drawn from the cauldron. Ninth air force reports destroy or damage of 69 vehicles near Ambleve and reports on a moving German column. Patton widens Bastogne corridor by capturing Houmont Chenonge and Remange as the front tightens around the bulge.
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James M. Long
Paris
U. S
Third Army
Belgian Bulge
Ninth Air Force
St. Vith
Ambleve
von Rundstedt
George S. Patton
Bastogne
Longchamps
Bulge
Hubermont
Houmont
Chenonge
Remange
Wardin
Echternach
Luxembourg
Maeteriel
George S. Patton Jr
U. S. First Army
Supreme Headquarters
Champs
Viller-la-Bonne-Eua
Moircy
U. S. Seventh Army
Bitche
Rhine
Linnich
Stayvelo
Maas
Kapelle
Holland
Byrnes Tax Plan Promptly Disclaimed in Treasury View
War Mobilizer James F Byrnes proposed postwar tax revisions to stimulate private enterprise after Germany’s defeat. Treasury officials clarified the ideas were not official policy, noting no consultation with Secretary Morgenthau. Byrnes urged three changes including raising excess profits exemption, faster depreciation, and postwar refund bonds to aid new and expanding firms.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Treasury
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
Japan
Morgenthau
Capitol Hill
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Carlson
Kansas
House
Europe
Hawthorne Sworn to Supreme Court in New Orleans
Frank W. Hawthorne a 44 year old district judge of Monroe and Bastrop was sworn in today as a member of the Louisiana supreme court in a quiet ceremony in the court conference room Chief Justice Charles A O Neill administered the oath with a Bible given by Rev W R Vivrett St Charles Avenue Christian Church Witnesses included Hawthornes wife daughter Martha Ellen his parents Mr and Mrs Jonathan F Hawthorne and his brother H S Hawthorne Officials Herve Ravcivitch president of the New Orleans Bar Association Benjamin Y Wolf vice president of the Louisiana State Bar Association and other court members Hawthorne said he will reside in New Orleans the court's domicile.
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New Orleans
Frank W. Hawthorne
Monroe and
Bastrop
Louisiana Supreme Court
Charles A. O'Neill
Hawthorne
W. R. Vivrett
St. Charles Avenue
Vivrett
O'Neill
Judge Hawthorne
Fourth Judicial District
Justice Hawthorne
Martha Ellen
Jonathan F. Hawthorne
H. S. Hawthorne
Herve Ravcivitch
New Orleans Bar Association
Benjamin Y. Wolf
Louisiana State Bar Association
Alexandria Plane Crashes Near Waco Texas
A five niners Alexandria army airfield bomber caught fire near Waco Texas. Ten crew parachuted to safety with only Sec ond Lt Joseph L Kelley of Savannah Georgia injured minor leg. A board of officers will investigate the crash. Other parachuting crew: Lt George E Brumbaugh Pa Springhouse Lt Thomas J Landweahr Minn Lt Quentin M Warta Maplewood N J Sat Harold Amick Kansas City Mo Cpl Emanuel J Glyman Chicago I L Cpl James D Keefe Norton Minn Cpl Delphin S Sindak Detroit Mick Pfc Maynard D Stewart Kaysville Utah Pfc Md Robert W Davis Cumberland
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Alexandria
Alexandria Army Airfield
Waco
Tex
Joseph L. Kelley
Savannah
George E. Brumbaugh
Springhouse
Thomas J. Landweahr
Cloud
Minn
Quentin M. Warta
Maplewood
N. J
Harold Amick
Kansas City
Emanuel J. Glyman
Chicago
James D. Keefe
Norton
Delphin S. Sindak
Detroit
Mick
Maynard D. Stewart
Kaysville
Utah
Pfc
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Pegler
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Avery
Cairo
Great Salt Lake
Ogden
Southern Pacific
Sterling F. Green
Ued
Nelson
Patton
Treasury Department
Supreme Court
Robert W. Davis
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