Labor Frictions Spur Calls for Civic Discipline
The article discusses a decade of labor unrest and political rhetoric, noting how strikes, riots, and abusive speeches weakened government authority. It cites CIO turmoil, public office decline, and spurred by figures like Presidents Hoover and the Senate committee seeking a law to curb incendiary wartime rhetoric and protect civic order.
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Piors
Steel
Supreme Court
Wbridge
Hoover
St E
Senate
Argentina Breaks Ties with Germany and Japan
Argentina severed diplomatic relations with Germany and Japan after a night of high level talks led by President General Pedro Ramirez. Police rounded up many suspects linked to an espionage ring connected to the Axis, and the German and Japanese ambassadors were to receive their passports.
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Stanley Ross
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Japan
Americas
Pedro Ramirez
Ramirez
Axis
Trinidad
Europe
Osmar Alberto Hellmuth
Barcelona
Spain
Montevideo
United States
Britain
Gualberto Villarroel
Alberto Gilbert
Foreign Ministry
Rios Gallardo
Gil
Cassino Front Advances Amid Italian Battle News
Allied forces press toward Cassino after crossing the Rapido as German resistance shifts. American units push north of Cassino amid minefields and fierce counterattacks while French troops contest heights northeast of Cassino. Casualties not disclosed. Cassino still not officially captured.
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Cassino
Appian Way
Cassino-Rome
Casesino
Rapido River
Mt. Croce
Nettuno-Anzio
Cairo
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Red Cross
Eighth Army
Italy
Rieti
Amelia
Ceprano
Terelle
Frascati
Belmonte
Garigliano
Ceracoli
Castelforte
Monte Croce
Live Complete Vote Returns From Louisiana Gubernatorial Race
In Louisiana on January 18 the final returns show Jimmie H. Davis of Shreveport ahead of Lewis L. Mor with 167 434 to 76 081 votes amid 23 precincts missing. Official totals list Caldwell 34 335 Clements 1404 Davis 167 434 Lanier 1 641 Le Mane 40 392 Morgan 131 682 Morrison 76 081 Moseley 7 835 Ellis 104 133 Harrison 21 752 Jeansonne 6 961 Long 94 155 Tennant 8 714 Verret 128 232. secretary Bienvenue 32 256 Remillion 172 500 Martin 198 293 Eggro 41 103. attorney general Cawthorn 176 712 Kennedy 53 384 LeBlanc 128 071 Stan 91 836. auditor Baynard 163 810 Bourg 144 354 Gallion 126 715. treasurer Conner 10 765 Daigle 155 434 Tugwell 196 678. superintendent Camp 146 841 Coxe 160 880 Frazar 174 205 Hler 40 219 Terrebonne 24 635. land register Grace 299 427 Magee 37 817. commissioner Mitch ell 125 157 Wilson 294 697. Looney chairs King Democratic state central committee.
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Baton Rouge
Jmmie H. Davis
Shreveport
Lewis L. Morin
Caldwell
Clements
Davis
Lanier
le Mane
Morgan
Morrison
Moseley
Ellis
Arrison
Jeansonne
Long
Tennant
Verret
Bienvenue
Remillion
Martin
Ggro
Cawthorn
Ennedy
LeBlanc
Stan
Baynard
Bourg
Gallion
Conner
Daigle
Tugwell
Camp
Coxe
Frazar
iHler
Terrebonne
Land Register
Grace
Magee
Mitchell
Wilson
Frank J. Looney
The
King
Democratic State Central
Thirteen Injured as School Bus Collision Near Minden
A Webster Parish school bus struck an automobile on Highway 80 near El Rancho in front of Shreveport, injuring 13 people including bus driver Frank R. Chander and 11 children from Princeton. Dr Cas Tell of Minden and his wife were also hurt. most children were later released, with Mary Jane Morgan the most seriously injured.
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Minden
Webster Fish
Castell
el Rancho
Shreveport
Frank R. Chandier
Haughon High School
Princeton
Mary Jane Morgan
Phill
Cecil
Dale Weaver
Nelwyn
Delwyn Busbey
Jo Madden
Joyce Upton
Vernon Bartmess
Thelma Bridges
Narva Rogers
Victory Volume Despite Defense to War Production Shift
Washington reports that December output matched November as the defense to war effort levels plateau. Production Chief Donald Nelson outlined naval gains including two battleships, eleven cruisers, fifteen aircraft carriers, and numerous destroyers with a 50 percent tonnage boost expected in 1944. He noted overall 1943 levels would hold with selective emphasis changes.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Navy
Paris air raids blamed for massive civilian toll
German controlled Paris radio reported Allied air raids killed 15 600 Parisians injured 20 000 and left more than 1 000 000 homeless through January 23. Broadcast recorded by Associated Press.
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London
Paris
Associated Press
Japs January plane toll tops four hundred in Pacific fighting
Allied raids on Rabaul and ongoing campaigns in Burma and China mark January aerial losses for Japan surpassing 400. U S forces sink 17 ships off Fuchow while Lakunai airfield attacks shoot down many Japanese interceptors. MacArthur receives the Distinguished Service Medal on his 64th birthday as Allied actions press toward Rabaul and northern New Guinea.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Rabaul
United States Mth Air Force
Fuchow
China
Burma
New Delhi
Ledo
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Stimson
New Britain
New Guinea
Ralph Mitchell
South Pacific
Solomons
New Zealand
Lakunai
Fourth War Loan Progress In Ouachita Parish
Ouachita parish reports $774700 in E quota with $269860 sold to date and $195800 F and G quota with $65331 sold. Corporate and other groups face $2104800 quota with $176000 sold. overall about seventeen percent of the total is realized. Drive ends February 15. individuals may buy up to $5000 in E bonds per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
S. Jack Rogers
Parish War Bondy
Quachita Parish
Rogers
Soviet claim obliterates Krasnogvardeisk fortress in Leningrad sector
Moscow reports General Govorov forces storm Krasnogvardeisk, cutting the two main rail arteries west and south of Leningrad. The fortress town, 30 miles southwest of Leningrad, had been fortified by the Nazis and serves as a key junction toward Reval and Pskov.
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Leningrad
London
Krasnogvardeisk
Marshal Stalin
Leonid A. Govoroy
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Kransnogvardeisk
Luga
Pskov
Govorov
Pushkin
Leonid Govorov
Red Army
Russia
Leading Man Is Really Girl in Hollywood Hoax
Tanis Chandler, 20, posed as a male actor under the name Robert Archer in The Desert Song at Warner Brothers. After being revealed as a girl, she says studios want men but she hopes for feminine roles and resumes her true identity.
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Hollywood
Jan
Tanis Chandler
Miss Chandler
Warner Brothers
Robert Archer
Curtis Bernhardt
California
Roosevelt fights for soldiers vote rights in federal plan
President Roosevelt urged Congress to provide federal machinery to secure soldiers and sailors votes next fall, calling state plans a fraud. He decried discrimination against service members and challenged lawmakers to be counted on the issue, labeling the Senate bill meaningless as Taft proposed state voting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Capitol
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Briggs Faces Forgery Trial In Hopkin Letter Case
Washington on January 26 the trial of George N Briggs for forgery connected to the Hopkins letter episode was set to begin in spring. Expected witnesses include Harry Hopkins White House adviser Harry L Ickes interior secretary Umphrey Lee SMU president Frank Phillips Oklahoma oil executive and C Nelson Sparks former Akron mayor.
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Washington
George N. Briggs
Hopkins
Briggs
Harry Hopkins
White House
Interior
Harry L. Ickes
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
Frank Phillips
Oklahoma Oil Company
C. Nelson Sparks
Akron
O. Briggs
Katyn Massacre Blame Placed On Germans by Soviet Commission
A Soviet investigating commission blamed German invaders for the Katyn forest massacre of about 11 000 Polish war prisoners. The finding impact on the Soviet Polish border dispute and London's stance on European frontiers remains uncertain as Britain and the United States weigh possible diplomatic shifts.
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London
Katyn Forest
International Red Cross
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Britain
Europe
Churchill
Poland
Russia
Moscow Radio
Smolensk
Soviet Union
Leche Field Share of Gas Contract Profits Revealed in Court
Accountant F J Cox testified in federal court that former Governor Richard W Leche received substantial shares from the Rodessa and Ferrer gas contracts. Cox detailed Leche’s $15 4273 and Ferrer payments from 1938 to 1941 and 1942 respectively, with Feazel and Leche profiting from the second Rodessa contract.
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Richard W. Leche
W. C. Feazel
Rodessa
F. J. Cox
Edward B. March
Roedessa
Feazel
Leche
Cox
Ferrer and Company
Cox and Frazer
Public Accountants
Federal Power
W. C
Stimson renews labor draft plea for national service
In Washington on January 26 War Secretary Stimson reiterates support for Roosevelt’s national service plan. He cites 22 strikes in war plants causing about 135000 man-days lost and argues a labor draft would cut strikes absenteeism and turnover while boosting production as the nation heads toward the climactic phase of the war.
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Washington
Stimson
Roosevelt
Two Airmen Die in Plane Crash Near Hospital
In Houston last night a twin engine plane crashed and exploded on the grounds of the Houston tuberculosis hospital killing Lt. John T. Collins Jr. 22 of Waco and Aviation Cadet Phillip G. White 23 of Canton Ohio. No hospital casualties were reported.
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Houston
Vpi
Ellington Field
Houston Tuberculosis Hospital
John T. Collins
Waco
Phillip G. White
Canton
Ohio
Wjwed
Hull says Russia rejects US good offices to restore Poland ties
Secretary Hull announced Russia rejected Washington's offer to mediate in Poland Russia relation tensions. He noted the Soviet note thanked the United States but said conditions not ripe for action Britain echoed Eden's stance on not recognizing wartime territorial changes. The exact follow up by the US remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Russia
United States
Poland
Britain
London
Anthony Eden
Commons
New Haven Man Confesses to Slaying Woman
Walter W. Law of New Haven admits killing Rose Brancato a 28 year old reporter missing since July 5 last year. Police say he burned her body in a furnace after the slaying and withheld other details. Brancato worked for the American Women's Volunteer Service and was last seen at the building where Law served as superintendent.
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New Haven
Conn
Pi— Rose Brancato
New Haven Journal
Walter W. Law
Raymon E. Egan
Howard O. Young
Law
Roosevelt Awards MacArthur Medal for New Guinea
President Roosevelt awarded General Douglas MacArthur the Distinguished Service Medal for victories in New Guinea and New Britain. The citation praised his forces for positions favorable to offensive operations as he drives the Japanese from island bases. Major General Richard J. Marshall presented the medal on MacArthur’s return from inspecting troops in northern Australia.
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New Guinea
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Richard J. Marshall
Austalia
Five Women Die in Chicago War Plant Fire
Five women employed at a northwest side war plant died when flames trapped them in a one story building. Police and firemen found the bodies after a ruin search. Fire officials said the cause was undetermined and federal agents assisted. The damage was estimated at 25,000 dollars. Identifications began with Mildred Gabriel and Ella Covey, both 42 and 40 respectively, and others remained unidentified. An inquest was ordered.
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Chicago
Bernard Kazmarek
Army
Navy
Michael J. Corrigan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mildred Gabriel
Ella Covey
Lion Manufacturing Company
Slatexs Wodeys
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Justice Department
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