Biddle’s address on racial harmony sparks debate over agitators
The attorney general urged local groups to counter racial disunity but critics say Communists, the Negro press, and Marshal Field fuel friction. They accuse Field and others of stirring hate while masking as reformers, aiming for upheaval and eventual dictatorship.
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Mr. Biddle
Marshal Field
New Deal Party
Amrerican
Field
New York
Wahip
Biddle
Red Army closes on Gomel and Korosten in 1943 offensive surge
Russian forces push west from the Sozh bridgehead near Gomel capturing rail towns and pressing toward Korosten as German lines bend under heavy bombardment. Soviet communique lists 60 towns liberated and 1,000 German dead, with renewed attacks along the Dnieper bend and Crimea slowing due to weather.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Gomel
Dnieper River
Sozh River
Besyond
Dnieper
Rechitsa
Ukraine
Zhitomir
Fastov
Korosten
Leningrad-Odessa
Kiev-Warsaw
Reuters
Turchenka
Chepovichi
Obilehodh
Odessa
Vatutin
Korasten-Zhitomire Fastov
Fastov Salient
Krivoi Rog
Corrudar
Crimea
Kercher
Caucasus
Advertising fund halved in wartime bond drive row
In Washington on November 17 the Senate cut the proposed 30 million dollar war bond ad fund to 15 million. Critics accuse the move of subsidizing the press. supporters say publishers back the plan. House members vow to restore the full amount amid wartime publicity pressure.
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Ashington
U—A
Senate
Cannon
Muski
House
Grand
Canada
Maloney
Necticut
Truman
Allied Air Push Strikes Marseille and Athens Fields
Allied bombers hit two Nas air fields near Marseille while campaigns target Greece and Yugoslavia. American patrols regain high ground at Monte Santa Croce north of Venatrohich amid mud and snow. Fighters contest near Le Toupe and Salon.
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Edward Kennedy
Algiers
United States
Nas
Marseille
Greece
Yugoslavia
Dzly
Monte Santa Croce
Venatrohich
Fortreses
Aly Baw
Letres le Tupe
Jarres le Tro
Salon
Dewey calls for strong states to lead postwar recovery
New York Governor Thomas E Dewey told the 121st Herald Tribune forum that power should shift from a centralized federal approach to strong state leadership after the war He warned against debt and central planning while urging private enterprise to drive productive growth and consumer liberty.
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New York
Thomas FE. Dewey
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Japanese seize town of Lishien in Yangtze region
Chinese high command said Japanese forces captured Lishien about six miles south of Shasi on the Yangtze. Heavy losses were reported on both sides as Japanese reinforced near Ichang and pushed 80 miles south under air cover. Chinese claimed attacks northwest of Hankow severing lines and damaging Japanese towns north of Honan. Andre Bonamy, former Vichy propaganda chief, killed by terrorists, Berlin radio said.
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Chungking
Lishien
Yangtze
Shasi
Ichang
Hankow
Honan
London
Andre Bonamy
Berlin
Paris
Bonamy
Delayed remarriage linked to gas theft case in Bahamas
Alfred De Marigny faces court again in Nassau on gasoline possession charges tied to the Sir Harry Oakes murder case. Marquis De Visdelou pleaded guilty. others plead innocence while De Marigny cites legal age issues delaying a Catholic church remarriage to Nancy Oakes as her health falters.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Stiff tax urged on land resale profits in war emergency
Secretary Wickard urged the National Grange to back a stiff special tax on profits from resales of farm land acquired during the war emergency. He warned that rising farm values could hurt agriculture and outlined a plan where only second or later re sales during the emergency face the tax, with rates lowering the longer land is held.
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Grand Rapids
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R Wickard
National Grange Convention
Wickard
Eyewitness Account of Mass Killings in Kiev Given
Dmitrij Griev, Kiev resident, recounts three days of Nazi driven Jewish executions at Babyn Yar. He describes naked victims stripped of garments, loaded into trucks, then shot at the gulley edge as German patrols watched. The report, distributed by Tass News agency, marks a grave atrocity in early occupation.
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Moscow
Kiev
Izvestia
Dmitrij Griev
Tass Hews
Grlev
Lvovskoye
Babyl Yar Gulley
Guilley
Move to Halt Father Draft in Prewar Inductions
Congress- push would strip War Manpower Commission control over Selective Service and stop prewar fathers from being drafted while nonfathers are available. Compromise bill aims to delay inductions until all nonfathers are called, with dependency a key deferment factor. Administration objections noted as conferees rush final action this week.
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May
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service Act
WMC
Slater Seeks Court Order for Parish Funds
Plaquemines parish coroner Dr Ben R Slater asks a civil court to compel Whitney National Bank to surrender 15099 63 in parish funds deposited by the late Sheriff L D Dauterive The move responds to Walter J Blaize Gov Jones appointee claiming sheriff title Blaize installed by state guard during martial law and the Blaize suit set for Friday before Judge Rene A Viasea
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New Orleans
Navy
Ben R. Slater
Plaquemines Parish
Whitney National Bank
L. D. Dauterive
Walter J. Blaize
Jones
Slater
Blaize
State Guard
Rene A. Viasea
Morrison selects Schowalter as campaign manager
James H. Morrison announces Edward R. Schowalter of New Orleans as city campaign manager. Schowalter accepts and calls for abolition of city and state sales taxes.
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New Orleans
James H. Morrison
Edward R. Schowalter
Schowalter
Coroner Heard In Death Trial Of Towns And Milam
The trial of A W Towns and J D Milam for the death of 17 year old Wile Hopkins opened after jury selection. Dr French testified the boy died of heat exhaustion with prison camp blows a contributing factor. He noted bruises on the buttocks thighs and hands and a half inch back cut.
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A. W. Towns
J. D. Milam
Wile Hopkins
West Monroe
French
George Lester
Exiled rulers to control relief food distribution
Exiled European governments may assume control of UNRRA relief food as boats enter ports. Distribution would go to whichever local government governs the territory, with France and Yugoslavia seen as unsettled. Delegates welcomed the idea though small nations expressed concern over new arrangements.
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N. J
Europe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
France
North
Africa
Yugoslavia
UNRRA
Rumanians Plan to Evacuate Bucharest
London dispatch says Romania completed plans to evacuate Bucharest as Russian forces advance. Police patrol streets to disperse crowds before Ion Antonescu’s residence and other cabinet locales. Authorities moved key documents to the provinces.
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London
Morocco
Bucharest
Mier Ion Antonescu
Germans Take Leros Island in Dodecanese Drive
The island of Leros in the Dodecanese has been captured by German invasion troops after severe fighting. Allied resistance ceased as German forces landed reinforcements and bombarded the island, which hosts harbors at Lakki Bay and Alinda.
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Cairo
Leros
Dodecanese
Cos
Lakki Bay
Alinda
Aegean
Crete
Calate
Mavitze
Rhodes
Calinos
Haly
Balkans
Nancy de Marigny Near Collapse Amid Trial Strains
Nassau Bahamas November 17 Attractive Nancy de Marigny is described as near collapse from health aggravation due to postponement of a law operation and the stress of a drawn-out trial over the slaying of her wealthy father Sir Harry Oakes. She was tearful after failing to secure a last minute plane reservation to Miami to reach Palm Beach to see her mother Lady Eunice Oakes.
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de Marigny
Georges de Visdelou
Brice Pinder
Dan Knowles
John Mc Anderson
Alear
Any
Vietoils Avenue
Harry Oakes
Wes Fond Anderson
Anderson
Parker
Monthey
Maney
Natey
Bahamas
Harry Qekes
Nancy
United States
Miami
Palm Beach
Eunice Oakes
Godfrey Higgs
de Macigny
Nassau
Nancy de Marigny
Alfred de Marigny
Sir Harry Oakes
Backers of Food Subsidy Face House Clash
Washington reports supporters of the food subsidy admit the administration’s program is outnumbered and outmaneuvered in the House but hope to sustain a veto. Debate will rise over price rollback as the House weighs extending the Commodity Credit Corporation and outlawing consumer subsidies amid cross‑cutting farm and urban interests.
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Washington
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Frazier Jury Reports Hopeless Deadlock in Angola Prison Case
In St. Francisville Louisiana a district court jury declares a hopeless deadlock in the Charlie Frazier and Walter Henderson trial over the 1933 Angola prison breakout. Jurors reported the disagreement after hours of deliberation. Frazier faces a mistrial with Henderson held on a separate charge. Captain John Singleton was wounded in the break, with Frazier contesting witness testimony.
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ST. Francisville
PA District Court
Charlie Frasier
Walter
Derson
State Prison
Wsullieg
Frazier
James H .Kilbourne
Maryman
State Penitentiary
Henderson
John Singleton
Angola
Texas
Singleton
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