Wirt Case Revisited in 1934 New Deal Controversy
The piece reviews Dr. William A. Wirt, Gary Indiana school chief, amid 1930s political clashes over the New Deal and Dies Committee. It notes Wirt faced public ridicule and contested freedoms while alleging a plan to overthrow the established order, citing discussions with unnamed individuals.
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Iliam A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Roosell
Kerensky
Stalin
House Representatives
Dies Committee
Washington
Gasoline Ration Reform To Fold Eastern States Into New System
Washington July 21 The House Speaker announced a plan to abolish the pleasure driving ban in the eastern states within a fort night and start a national equalization of gasoline usage. The proposal would raise eastern rationing and adjust A cards across districts 1, 2 and 3, with potential shifts in weekly allowances and A-card values.
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Washington
D.C
Prentice Brown
Icker
Peaker
Rockie
OPA
Ui Seaboard
Midwesties
Atx
Roosevelt to Speak Wednesday On Major War and Home Front
President Roosevelt will address the nation Wednesday night at 8 30 p m central war time in a major address to the American people. The speech will likely cover war front developments and domestic issues, including war production and the home front, with networks carrying the address.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White
Wallace
Jones
Faulty books blamed in Burton trial in New Orleans
Defense witness L K Clement testified that lipshod bookkeeping caused higher tax payments by W T Burton Co inc than if books were kept properly. The three week old tax evasion trial involves W T Burton Lake Charles and three others accused of underreporting federal income tax for 18%. Clement, a former internal revenue agent turned auditor, noted that writing off new barges and equipment affected tax results.
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New Orleans
L K. Clement
W. T. Burton Company
Lac
W. T. Burton
Lake Charles
Crete Said Invulnerable as Defenses Harden
German propagandists claim Crete is invulnerable with strengthened fortifications on the island. A Nazi reporter quoted by Weber notes Crete’s defenses are ready for a major sea or air assault and that fortifications are under the island commander who led the invasion.
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Ranmelated Pree
Crete
Tueasdert
Sicily
Transocean
Associated Prem
Adolf Weber Weber
Candia
Nazeer
Weber
Isie
Delachute
First Bale of Cotton Ginned in Gilbert Early 1943 Season
Gilbert Louisiana July 27 Special The first bale of cotton for the 1943 season was ginned Monday at the W J and C Sherrouse gin from a Bayou Macon plantation. It weighed 340 pounds and graded middling sold at 22.5 cents per pound to Masoney and Co Winnsboro. A second bale weighing 535 pounds was also ginned for E K Gardner of Gilbert with similar grade marking the earliest ginning on record here.
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Gilbert
W. J. and C. Sherrouse
Perry Wilson
Bayou Macon
Masoney and Company
Winnsboro
E. K. Gardner
Duce Ousted For Plan To Abandon Southern Italy
Travelers from Rome report Mussolini was ousted after backing a German plan to abandon central and southern Italy. Badoglio’s government says Italy must be defended to stay in the war, with Germany agreeing to a northern defense line.
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Duce
Italy
Madrid
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Central
Maly
Ostia
Pietro Badogna
Hitler
Mussolini
Butter point hike and ration changes announced by OPA
Washington July 27 The Office of Price Administration announced major point value changes effective August 1 through September 1 Butter will cost two points per pound up from August 1 while shortening lard salad and cooking oils drop to four points A few meat tea items are removed from the rationed list Fresh pork back bones and feet become ration free Canned pigs feet bone end cost one point in August Beef cuts retain current values with a projected civilian supply increase of about ten percent
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Ter
Office of Price Administra
OPA
Howe End
Japan vows unchanged war policy after Mussolini resignation
Dowei reports Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu told the cabinet that Japan’s war policy remains completely unchanged despite Mussolini’s resignation. Tokyo political circles foresee no shift due to developments in Italy or Italy’s Badoglio proclamation that the war will continue.
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Associated Press
Dowei
Tokyo Radio
Mamoru Shigemiten
Japan
Benito Musxo- Lani
Tokyo
Maly
East Asia
Domei
Pietro Badoglio
Navy reports series of raids on Kiska island and Wake Island
Navy communique details 19 additional air attacks on Japanese installations at Kiska in one day plus a lone night bomber raid. Liberator heavy bombers hit Wake Island with substantial damage and fighter intercepts. Text notes fires at Gertrude Cove, destruction of fighters, and ongoing air campaign in the central and North Pacific.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Navy
Knox
Wake Island
Kiska
Catalina
North Pacific
Gertrude Cove
Wakeland
Central Pacific
United States
North Head
Little Kiska
Italy May Sue For Armistice
Bern dispatches report Italy's new government under Badoglio may seek an armistice with the Allies. Talks with Germany and Allied leaders were reportedly underway in Vatican City, while fascist leadership is being removed and police reorganized under a military regime amid limited unrest and peace demonstrations.
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London
Reuters
Bern
Svenska Dagbladet
Stockholm
Italy
Vatican City
Badoglio
Hamburg Again Hit by Bombs
Allied fighters and light bombers struck Zeebrugge and targets in Belgium and Holland by daylight. British Mosquito raids continued Hamburg from the air for a fifth time in 48 hours amid a sprawling night and day bombardment of the German port.
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Hamburg
London
Zeebrugge
Belgiven
Holland
Air Ministry
British
Germany
From Tramp To Duce To Tramp
Washington July 27 Mussolini rises to power after World War I amid Italian unrest. mass discontent fuels fascist formation in Milan with 145 followers. program seeks taxes on capital confiscation of unproductive capital and land reform while promising a republic and national assembly.
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Richard G. Massock
Washington
Mussolini
Italy
Russia
Milan
Fasci Italiani di Combattimento
National Constituent Assembly
Allies to Fight Italo-Germany Until They Quit Nazism
Soviet forces slow but continue advance around Orel with gains at Mekhovaya Berestna Zhizdra while Germans launch heavy counterattacks. Red Star notes 5,000 German losses and Russian river crossing near Orel threatening Bryansk railway.
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Moscow
Orel
Red Star
Zhizdra
Mekhovaya
Berestna
Bryansk
Oka
Orel- Bryansk
Kursk
Yera
Churchill Threatens Brutal War on Italy Until Surrender
Prime Minister Churchill declared in the House of Commons that Italy will be seared from end to end unless Marshal Badoglio's government ends Germany's war on the United Nations. He warned allies to press for maximum force and air bases, while cautioning against creating chaos that would leave no government to govern Italy. The aim remains unconditional surrender of Italy.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Germany
United Nations
Britain
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
United States
Guffey Urges Wallace as Roosevelt 1944 Ticket
Senator Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania endorsed Henry Wallace as a potential Democratic running mate for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. The Pittsburgh politician, a veteran party insider, said he has no hesitancy in backing a Roosevelt Wallace ticket, signaling early Senate support for the idea.
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Washington
Henry Agard Wallace
Iowa
Joe Guffey
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Long
Roosevelt
Wallace
Pittsburgh
Sen
U S Advances On Munda Base In Pacific Offensive
Navy Secretary Knox disclosed Liberator bombers struck Wake Island and Allied forces blasted through Munda front lines in a climactic push. U S columns moved from the east as fighting continued with Japanese reinforcements arriving from Kolombangera. Allied light ships shelled Rendova and 200 bombers dropped 188 tons on Munda.
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Knox
Wake Island
Midway
Hawaii
Philippines
Southwest Pacific
Munda
United States
Kolombangera Island
Kula Gulf
German General Court Martial Held for Cowardice
Aneta reports that Air General Friedrich Christiansen, commander of German forces in the Netherlands, was court-martialed for cowardice. The disorder followed rumors of British landings on the Dutch coast as he ordered troops and coastal evacuations without investigation, leading to desertions.
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London
Aneta
Netherlands New Agency
Friedrich Christiansen
Netherlands
Moscow
Stockholm
Hague
Christiansen
War Loan Drive Starts Sept 9 In Third Campaign
President Roosevelt proclaims September 9 as the start of a third war loan drive and urges every American to back the attack with war bond purchases. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau sets a $15 billion goal as the nation under his command seeks funds to support war efforts worldwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Fierce Allied Drive Crashes German Counterattacks in Sicily
Allied forces in northeastern Sicily push forward beyond heavy German counterattacks. Air power sinks 21 Junkers transports near Messina Strait and shoots down 8 escort planes. RAF fighters down two Mersebergs. Coastal harbors and rail links targeted as both sides prepare for a larger clash.
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Belman Morin
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Marine di Paola
Sicilian
Milazzo
Tyrrhenian Sea
Messina
Boston
Mitchell
Adrano
Paterno
Nicosia
Cape Orlando
Sanagata
Stefano Marino
Falconne
Sardinia
American Troops Quell Palermo Food Riots
In Palermo Sicily July 23 American forces halted a food riot by distributing captured German stores at a rail yard. A crowd of starving residents pressed a depot, looting flour and clothing before Captain Raymond W. Robowski organized relief. Families with emaciated infants watched as supplies were shared to end the hunger crisis.
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Rayemond W. Robowski
Minneapolia
Robowski
Mansfield man enters race for state senate district
J. C. Head of Mansfield announced as a candidate for the Louisiana state senate from the Caddo DeSoto district. He previously served in the state senate during O. K. Allen's administration.
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Mansfield
J. C. Head
State Senate
Caddow DeSoto
O. K. Allen
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