Democracy by halves An argument on women work and home life
A historical column argues Vice President Wallace’s democracy idea entails women joining the industrial workforce, risking a broken home if both parents work. It contends a substitute for the traditional home would be required, noting Russia’s use of institutional care and childcare-like facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Russia
Mr. Wallace
Ife
Crimologists
Ameria
Reds Victory Blocks Drive On Oil Fields
Soviet front reports say red army units pursued retreating Germans in the Caucasus after a major victory that eased Nazi pressure on Grozny oil fields near the Caspian and on the military road to the Transcaucasus. Front line updates claim up to 10,000 enemy killed in the Ordzhonikidze area and significant gains in the Mozdok Alagir sectors amid broader northward pressure from Leningrad.
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Moscow
Red Army
Caucasus
Grozny
Caspian Sea
Transcaucasus
Ordzhonikidze
Byrd urges deep cuts in federal payroll and agencies
Senator Byrd says the joint committee will target administrative costs across government agencies from the White House downward. He cites the 410000 monthly federal payroll and 726 workers in DC as proof of bloated expenses while hinting at possible abolition of the WPA amid a growing budget squeeze.
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Washington
Democrat
Virginia
Byrd
WPA
Iff
Roose
District of Columbia
Woody Wilson
Expect Defeat of Anti Poll Measure in Senate Vote
Washington reports odds against passage of the anti poll tax bill as Southern opponents push filibusters and lawmakers mull procedural moves. Senator Chandler blocks acceptance to avoid setting a precedent that would force consent on numerous motions before a bill’s fate.
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Washington
Ma‘ity
Barkley
Chandler
Kenky
Hhder Barkley
Death claims Gen Lejeune veteran Marine Corps commander
Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune 73 former Marine Corps commandant and World War I leader died at Union Hospital Baltimore after three weeks illness. Born Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana he served 40 years earning high honors including the Meuse Argonne campaigns and awards such as the Distinguished Service Medals Croix de Guerre. He predicted Allied offensives in 1942 and authored war commentaries last spring.
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Baltimore
John Archer Lejeune
United States Marine Corps
Louisiana
Union Hospital
Pointe Coupee Parish
Lejeune
Marine Corps
St. Mihiel
Mont Blanc Ridge
Champagne
Meuse-Argonne
Shreveport Names New Police Chief C C Russell
Shreveport, La reports C C Russell, former city detective, assumed duties as chief of police under appointment by L K Barney the new commissioner of public safety Grady Williamson becomes assistant chief and Robert Humphrey is made a lieutenant in charge of night shifts Williamson had served four years as chief under J H Davis
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Shreveport
C. C. Russell
L. K. Barney
Barney
Grady Williamson
J. H. Davis
Robert Humphrey
Disastrous Sea Defeat Reported In Pacific War
United States and Allied forces pushed toward Papua New Guinea as U S Navy tallies showed Japan losing in the last week with estimates of 28 ships destroyed and 10 damaged in a three day sea battle. The losses include battleships heavy cruisers and transports.
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Associated Press
Japan
South Seas
New Guinea
Washington
United States Navy
Roosevelt
William F. Halsey
Halsey
Solomons
Pacific
War Bond Drive Led by Minute Women in Louisiana
The “Minute Women At War” campaign runs November 22 to 28 with the motto Women behind the man behind the gun. Mrs. Elmer Richards Jr chairs the local committee as merchants, banks, post offices, and retailers in Monroe and West Monroe join in pressing war bond and stamp purchases. Local stores host booths, clerks sell bonds, and shoppers are urged to convert change to stamps or bonds to meet a 135 million dollar state quota for the coming year.
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Elmer Richards, Jr
Twin Cities
Louisiana
Monroe
West Monroe
Six federal employees discharged or disciplined for subversive ties
Attorney General Biddle told Congress that since August 22 six federal employees were discharged and one disciplined for membership in subversive organizations. The action raises to 56 total dismissals under the anti subversive program begun at the request of the House Committee on Un American Activities.
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Washington
Biddle
Congress
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Federal Bureau of Investigation
President Roosevelt outlines manpower plan and federal deferments
President Roosevelt announced a forthcoming manpower program to defer essential workers in munitions plants and said federal employees would not be allowed to enlist or receive commissions. He ordered agencies to cancel draft deferments and urged no deferments except in exceptional cases. He noted possible administrative action and emphasized management certification to confirm irreplaceability.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War and Navy Secretaries
Mass murder ruled in Oregon asylum deaths
At Oregon State Hospital 47 inmates died after a poison, possibly an insecticide mistaken for powdered milk, was used to cook eggs. Governor Sprague ordered a full investigation, with police to pursue all leads as he considered homicide.
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Salem
Ore
Charles A. Sprague
Oregon State Hospital For the
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Sprague
J. C. Evans
Frank
Extortion Plot Targeted Actor Errol Flynn
Federal officials disclosed a $10,000 extortion plot against actor Errol Flynn by a 13-year-old San Bernardino schoolboy. The note demanded money, warned of death, and claimed Flynn’s phone was tapped. The boy was arrested at a San Bernardino malt shop and released to his parents as prosecutors review options.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
San Bernardino
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Billy Seamster
Richard B. Hood
Hood
Flynn
Beverly Hills
Otto Mait
Jack Gilstrom
United States Attorney's Office
Roosevelt approves WAAC strength rise to 150000
President Roosevelt issued an executive order increasing the WAAC maximum strength from 25000 to 150000 and noted it will take time to reach that level. He said about 56000 women will be on duty by next July after extensive training.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
WAAC
Love Song Death Signal in Utah Slaying
California woman Abigale Agnes Williams 48 was killed on a remote Uintah Ouray reservation road after two men chose her for murder and car theft. Roy Edward Ritchey 24 confessed to taking part and accused James Roedl 26 of delivering the first blow.
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Abigale
Agnes Williams
San Leandro
Jay C. Newman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Newman
Roy Edward Ritchey
Williams
Uintah- Ouray
Ritchey
James Joseph Roedl
Roedl
Seattle
Food Coordinator May Be Named Soon
President Roosevelt told reporters that something would develop very soon on the subject of appointing a food coordinator. He rejected the term czar, saying there is no such position under democratic processes. He declined to specify details but indicated a coordinator would be announced soon.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Allied forces pin Japanese along Papuan coast near Buna and Gona
General MacArthur-led Allied units drive to expel the Japanese from Buna and Gona as air and sea strikes sink a cruiser and destroyer and down three planes. Ground fighting concentrates in outskirts of Buna and Gona, the main enemy base in the area, with the push toward Port Moresby continuing from last September.
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M’arthur
Australia
Buna
Gona
Port Moresby
New Guinea
MacArthur
Hollywood man clears draft evader charge after induction mix up
John Robinson Baer of Hollywood, 31, cleared of draft evasion after officials found no record of his induction at Fort MacArthur. Baer, once listed as a fugitive due to a missing draft card, reported he will try to enlist again.
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Los Angeles
John Robinson Baer
Baer
Hollywood
Fort MacArthur
Selective Service Board
Re‘inson
United States
David B. Head
Allied forces wipe out one third of German column at Bizerte Tunis
Allied headquarters reported heavy fighting near Bizerte and Tunis as one third of a German armored column was knocked out. American British and French units closed on coastal strongholds. German tanks and Stukas faced strong artillery and air resistance with minor Allied losses.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Bizerte
Tunis
Tunisia
Gulf of Tunis
Hitler
Bigerte
Lost Squadron Story Told From Casablanca Frontline
Second Lieutenant Edward W. Wellman of New York recounts the loss of four American assault boats during the Fedhala landing attempt. Seventeen men died, nineteen were casualties, and 71 survivors were captured after French destroyers fired on the boats near Casablanca on November 8. Wellman, previously with the New York Daily News, sustained minor injuries.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Edward W. Wellman
New York City
United States
Kelts Wellman
New York Daily News
New York
Ambassador
Fedhala
Wellman
Casas
Historic woman (Juanita Levi) dies at 102 in New Orleans
Mrs. Juanita Levi, 102, who persuaded a Union commander to halt fire at a deaf and dumb institute in Baton Rouge during the Civil War, died in New Orleans. An official recalls she rowed a small boat on the Mississippi to plead for the institution.
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New Orleans
Juanita Levi
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Baton Rouge
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Uec
Via
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Conti
U. S
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Salt Lake City
California
Utah
Japanese
Foe
Tripoli
Rommel
U.S
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