Westbrook Pegler Exposes Poletti Parole Controversy
Westbrook Pegler alleges Charlies Poletti, then lieutenant governor, used his power to release 15 convicts including Alexander Hoffman a firebug and union agitator aligned with Sidney Hillman. The account accuses Poletti of bypassing judges and parole boards to aid labor union interests amid a broader corruption critique.
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Charlies Poletti
New York
American Labor Party
Herbert Lehman
Betweenan
Tom Dewey
Sidney Hillman
Alexander Hoffman
Poletti
Hoffman
Union of Cleaners and Dyers
Dominaton
Japanese Invaders Receive Supplies in Aleutians
Washington reports that Japanese forces in the Aleutians including Kiska Attu and Agattu appear to be receiving supplies and reinforcements under the Arctic night. Indications show their hold on outposts may be no stronger than last fall, as fog and darkness hampered Allied pressure.
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Washington
Jan
Kiskawi
Aleutians
Alaska
First Blackout in Shreveport Declared Satisfactory
Shreveport officials called the citys first blackout last night satisfactory after a 45 minute test ending with minor flaws. A few signs stayed lit due to broken switch cords and the siren was inaudible in remote areas. Most violations were downtown as residential zones went fully dark. no arrests were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Navy Identifies Hornet and 10 Other Sunken Vessels
Washington reports the Navy publicly identified the aircraft carrier Hornet and ten additional ships sunk in November battles near Guadalcanal. Names include Northampton Juneau Atlarita Maonwen Cushing Benham Prevton Waike Barton and Laffey, with details of the fighting and survivor accounts from Nutley New Jersey.
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Washington
Navy
South Pacific
Santa Cruz
United States
Guadalcanal
Northampton
Juneau
Atlarita
Maonwen
Cushing
Benham
Prevton
Waike
Barton
Laffey
Wowel
Nutley
N. J
George E. Kindmark
Kindmark
Long Trial for Flynn Expected in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on January 12 the trial of actor Errol Flynn for rape began jury selection. Prosecutors and defense questioned veniremen as the tedious process opens, with Flynn’s attorney Jerry Giesler seeking impartial jurors and the district attorney John Hopkins probing credibility of Flynn against the two accusers.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Jerry Giesler
Flynn
John Hopkins
Veniremen
Gold Wing Mothers Pledge Against Hoarding
In Kansas City on January 12, 24 members of the Gold Wings Mothers club recited a pledge to not hoard rationed commodities and to comply with government requirements to aid victory and peace. Mrs. E. G. Ervin proposed the pledge. all members are mothers of navy or marine pilots now in the Pacific.
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Kansas City
Gold Wings Mothers Club
E. G. Ervin
Pacific
Navy
Anti Fascist Editor Tresca Slain in New York Shooting
Police seek the shooter who killed Carlo Tresca editor of Il Martello and former IWW leader after a dim street confrontation near Fifth Avenue. A driver is being sought and a loaded revolver found behind ashcans supports a staged ambush. Medical examiner notes two bullets struck Tresca.
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New York
Sai
Carlo Treses
Industrial Workers of the World
IWW
Tresca
Fifth Avenue
Guiseppe Callati
Tresa
Il Martello
Mazzini Society
Callabi
15Th Street
Five Sullivan brothers listed as missing in action
Waterloo Iowa January 12 five Sullivan brothers were reported missing in action after the cruiser Juneau was sunk in the Solomon Islands in November. The men George T Francis H 26 Joseph E 25 Madison A 22 and Albert L 20 were united in service with their father Thomas F Sullivan a railroad conductor and his wife who had been invited to christen a navy tug for Albert the only one married with a 22 month old son.
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Waterloo
Sullivan Brothers
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Juneau
Solomon Islands
George T
Francis H
Joseph E
Madison A
Albert L
Thomas F. Sullivan
Albert
Corn price ceilings set by OPA nationwide
The Office of Price Administration established temporary maximum prices for corn across exchanges and local markets to hold livestock, poultry, and eggs price ratios. The move, approved by Secretary Wickard and directed by Stabilization Director Byrnes, freezes cash and futures at the highest levels from January 8 to 12 with a permanent rule to follow within 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
James F. Byrnes
Tary of Agriculture Wickard
Flynn states he can stand investigation
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia may testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee if hearings on Edward J. Flynn nominations proceed. Flynn said La Guardia could explain the Bronx courtyard paving matter to satisfy the committee after a grand jury cleared him.
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Washington
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Flynn
Australia
Connally
Texas
la Guardia
Bronx
New York City
Bridges
New Hampshire
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
Senate
Hornet crew claim downed about 50 of 64 Japanese planes
Gunner Alvin Grahn and fellow Hornet crewmen said the carrier, attacked near Guadalcanal, shot down roughly 50 of 64 enemy planes before abandoning ship. Two enemy craft crashed on deck and near officers' quarters after dives and torpedo runs.
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Philadelphia
Fourth Naval District
Santa Cruz Islands
Roseau
Minn
Navy Yard
Grahn
United States
Guadalcanal
War funding and price ceilings dominate Capitol Hill
Congress debates how to raise an additional 16 billion dollars for wartime needs. Price ceiling increases on beans potatoes and dairy products are urged. Other items include possible tax measures and loans, a Flynn background inquiry, Brown’s confirmation, aviation future studies, fuel oil and gasoline rationing, and the AFM recording ban investigation led by James Petrillo.
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Washington
Capitol
House
Senate
New York
Boston
Bridgeport
Conn
American Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
Jones urges Midwestern unity to shape trade and politics
Louisiana Governor Sam H. Jones spoke in St. Louis urging Midwestern collaboration to steer Latin American trade via the Mississippi River. He proposed forming a new political party if needed, challenging eastern influence and calling for political caucuses to solve economic problems.
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ST. Louis
Sam H. Jones
Louisiana
South
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Jones
Washington
Tom Jefferson
Abe Lincoln
Process Building Destroyed by Fire at Activated Carbon Plant
A process building at the Activated Carbon company on Sterlington road burned early Tuesday in the latest of several plant fires. Fire Chief Frank Roddy says rebuilding is likely soon and operations won’t be seriously impaired. A grass fire at 1403 Fairview avenue required fire crews last night.
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Activated Carbon Company
Sterlington Road
Frank Roddy
Fairview Avenue
Squabble Over Authority Plagues Tunisian Command
German reports say a power dispute between Field Marshal Rommel and General Walther Nehring underpins confusion over Tunisia command. Hitler failed to reconcile them, with Nehring and Rommel refusing to serve under the other. Von Arnim temporarily named as chief.
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London
Germany
Erwin Rommel
Walther Nehring
Tunisia
Adolf Hitler
United States
United Nations
Nehring
Juergen von Arnim
Rommel
Berlin
Nehring Long
Hitler
von Arnim
Four Japanese Zero fighters shot down in Pacific clash
Navy announces four Japanese Zero fighters were shot down during an attack on American dive bombers in the central Solomon Islands. One American Wildcat was lost. Dauntless dive bombers escorted by Wildcats faced 12 Zeros between Santa Isabel and New Georgia.
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Kiska Harbor
Kiska
Attu
Agattu
Aleutians
Washington
Navy
Solomon Islands
Umber 249
South Pacific
Grumman
Santa Isabel Island
New Georgia Island
Escaped Convicts Taken In Alabama
Birmingham police announced the capture of the last two state inmates still at large from a prison transfer escape. Donald Lee and L. R. Black, both in custody after leaping from a box car in the L and N yards. Troy Blackstock, previously freed from Leaksville jail, was arrested in Gardendale. Cecil Pinkleton was captured near Montgomery.
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Birmingham
Ala
Donald Lee
L. R. Black
Troy Blackstock
Leaksville
Miss
Gardendale
Dewey Rickles
Cecil Pinkleton
Montgomery
R. R. Chambers
Blackstock
Black
Lee
Horsemen Triumph in Homeland Offensive Through Caucasus
Moscow dispatch reports VP led Cossacks driving 7 miles into German lines in the Kuban region as Red Army forces reclaim Caucasus positions. Fourth Guards Cossack corps spearheads drive, capturing towns and advancing toward Pyatigorsk area amid heavy fighting.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red
Kuban River
Caucasus
Mountains
Don
Red Star
Kuban
Osetia
Khardino Bakaria
Red Army
Fourth Guards Cossack
Steppes
Georgievsk
Mineralnye Y
Yatgorsk
Budennovak
Karamik
Kislovodsk
Caucasus Front
Zimovkini
Kuberle
Rostov
Mashuk
Beshtau
Pyatigorsk
Georgievek
Minerainye Vodi
Georgievak
Bombers Stage Raid on Naples in 1843 First Italian Port Strike
Allied bombers of the Middle East Command raided Naples in daylight. The British communique noted it was the first raid of 1843 on the port, with prior December bombardments. Three planes were missing from the operation, and one Messerschmitt attempting interception was shot down.
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Cairo
Middle East
Naples
Sousse
Teanmaport
Gabes
Sfax
Tripolitania
Rommel
Child dies kissing father's POW photo in house fire
In London a three year old girl, Dort Watson, climbed toward a mantelpiece to kiss a picture of her father, a prisoner of war in Germany. She toppled a coal fire from an open gas heater and died as flames spread in her nightgown.
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London
Deorts Watson
Germany
Hendy
Doctor Howard A. Kelly Dies in Baltimore
Dr Howard Atwood Kelly a renowned medical authority and member of Johns Hopkins Medical School’s Big Four died after a brief illness in Baltimore on January 12. His death marks the loss of a leading figure in American medicine.
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Kelly
Baltimore
Howard Atwood Kelly
Johns Hopking Medical School
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