Westbrook Pegler Questions Public Trust In Government Figures
The columnist argues Americans distrust government bodies and leaders due to perceived dishonesty. He cites Mayor La Guardia and allies, including Fly and Curren, as examples of evasive handling of political remarks and decisions, suggesting a broader critique of political manipulation and public accountability.
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la Guardia
Fly
The
Communications Commission
Furiny
Esey
Thomas ¢ Curren
Dtate
Sairman
New York
Orm
X Aurelio
Ipreme
Soteriasse
Wwe
Jess
Matthew Lewy
Joann J. Lew Niet
Lewis
Whitfield Rites Reflect Long City Service
W A Whitfield longtime Mon resident and civic figure was laid to rest after a life of public service. Born December 16 1859 in Selma Alabama he built a career with Peters Furniture and served on the council for seven years. He was married to Mins Peters and remained active in Ouachita parish affairs.
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Whitfield
Mon
Selma
Alard
William Alonzo Iield
Mary Lue Whitfield
Forsythe
Peters Furniture
Man
Mins Peters
Fred
Ouachita Parish
Byrd Committee Demands Large Civil Service Reductions
The Byrd Committee reports a June to September relief of 131 038 federal civilian personnel and calls for a further action to trim 36 000 employees. It cites wasteful practices and notes a net reduction of 260 649 in 1942 43, arguing reform could save about 10 4 billion yearly.
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Ashington
Byrd
Democrat
Virginia
Ncting
Themittee
Tax policy debate at national conference sparks debt talk
Chicago speakers weigh the national debt and a proposed 3 percent tax share of a 120.6 billion income. Yale economist Professor Fairchild argues for an 18 billion annual tax bill and a balanced budget with deep spending restraint to counter credit and inflation.
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Fairchild
Yale University
Polley
John L. Con
Steagall Dies After Heart Attack in D C
Congressman Henry B Steagall Democrat of Alabama long time chair of the House Banking Committee died in Washington from a heart attack suffered after a Friday speech He was born May 19 1873 in Dale county Alabama and served 15 terms in the House He leaves a widow and three children and had held Alabama offices including Dale county tax collector and district attorney He died at George Washington University Hospital around 9 50 am according to Dr George W Calver
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Washington
Henry B Steagall
Alabama
House Banking Committee
Steagall
Carlpton
Dale County
Ala
Southeast
Alabama Agricultural School
Abbeville
University of Alabama
George W. Calver
George Washington University Hospital
Calver
Acree executed for 1942 Florida murder
Perry Acree was electrocuted at the State prison in Raiford for the bludgeon murder of K. D. Shores, a Tampa salesman, on a Gilchrist county road in July 1942. Shores was killed with an automobile crank four days after Acree escaped from Chattahoochee State hospital.
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Raiford
Fla
Perry Acree
K. D. Shores
Tampa
Shores
Gilchrist
Acree
Florida State Hospital
Chattahoochee
Nazis menaced at Krivoi Rog by new Russian thrust
Moscow dispatches report a Russian offensive aimed at Krivoi Rog to divert Nazi forces. Soviet lines claim over 3,000 German casualties and eight destroyed bases south of Kremenchug while fighting continues around Korostyshev west of Kiev.
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Moscow
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Korostyahev
Ukraine
Kremenchug
Korostyshev
Kiev
Zhito
Nasealle
Pravda
Berezina
Gormel
Puacie
Coumunique
Koratyxhey
Two House Deaths Delay Vote On Consumer Subsidy Fight
Two sudden deaths in Congress darken the subsidy dispute as the House suspends business. Representative Ditter dies after a crash and Representative Steagall dies of a heart attack, elevating Spence to chair the banking panel. The outcome of the subsidy showdown remains uncertain despite the delay.
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Steagall
Ditter
Washington
House
Representative Ditter
Republian
Pennsylvania
Alabama
White House
Spence
Kentucky
Banking
Congress
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Transport plane crash kills 18 near Rio de Janeiro
The navy announced 18 deaths from a United States naval transport plane crash 30 miles east of Rio de Janeiro. Among the victims were 16 American sailors, a civilian engineer, and a Brazilian. The plane burned after the fall, likely in fog, en route from Recife to Rio de Janeiro. The 17 American victims were buried at Niteroi under local law.
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Washington
uPi
Rio de Janeiro
Navy
Rio
Recife
Niteroi
Poles Ready to Resist If Russia Moves on Poland
Washington reports from unnamed sources say Poland would fight Soviet forces as an ally rather than concede occupation. Poles urge restoration of diplomatic ties with the London government in exile and insist the prewar frontier remains valid while warning of strong Polish resistance if Moscow invades.
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Washington
Polih
Poland
London
Red
Constantus Ournensky
Mexico City
Russia
Red Cross
Smolensk
War Manpower Chief Ready to Seek Veto on Father Draft Bill
Washington on November 22 1944 War Manpower Commissioner Paul V McNutt prepared to urge a presidential veto against nonfathers draft legislation pending in the Senate. The plan would limit father inductions to after exhausting the nationwide pool of available fathers and would strip McNutt of authority over selective service while also barring inductions for personal reasons. Senator Wheeler, who backs the compromise, says it is an expression of congressional feeling and would not affect current drafts.
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Washington
Paul Vo Mo- Nut
Xenate
Senate
House
Wheeler
Montana
McNutt
Selective Service
Fourth War Loan Drive Prepares to Launch in January
Washington reports the fourth war loan drive will run January 18 to February 15 with a $14 billion goal. Civilians face a $5.5 billion quota while state committees expand. Series E FP G bonds, C notes, and 21 2 percent to 7 8 percent bonds will be offered. banks may invest limited time deposits. TURKEY: Ambassador Saftet Arikan returns from Berlin for vacation and talks of continued cordial economic ties with Germany.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Istanbul
Saftet Arikan
Berlin
Germany
Wayne Lonergan Pleads Innocent in Wife Slaying
Wayne Lonergan a 25 year old ROC A F cadet pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the slaying of his wife Patricia found strangled and beaten in a Beekman Hill triplex. The case moves toward January trial and a psychiatric exam was not arranged.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
ROC. A. F
Patricia
General Sessions
George L. Donnellan
Lonergan
Edward V. Broderick
Montgomery’s Eighth Army presses toward Rome in Italy
Allied reports say General Montgomery’s forces moved four miles into central Italy, seizing San Pietro Avellana and Vastagirardi while advancing toward the fork of main roads to Rome. German withdrawals pulled back from Alfedena and Castel Di Sangro as rains hindered action. Canadian reinforcements arrived for General Alexander’s Italians.
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Algiers
Italy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth
Rome
San Pietro Avellana
Agnone
Vastagirardi
Alfedena
Castel di Sangro
Rionero
Eighth Army
Sunaro
Harold Alexander
Acer
British destroyers sink German convoy off Adriatic coast
British destroyers Quillam and Loyal intercepted a German convoy of light craft off San Bene detto between Ancona and Pescara. They sank one lighter and possibly a second, damaged a warship, and escaped with only superficial damage as coastal guns opened fire.
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Quillam
Loyal
Adriatic
San Benedetto
Ancona
Pescara
Plane crash kills congressman and crew near Columbia
A navy plane crashed near Columbia Lancaster County killing Representative J William Ditter and Lieutenant Commander J J Mangure. Seven others died in an Army transport wreck near Tamaqua. Ditter, 55, Republican from Ambler, served on the House Appropriations Committee. Mangure, 35, executive officer at Willow Grove. An eyewitness reported the crash as heavy rain fell.
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Columbia
Lancaster County
J. William Ditter
J. J. Mangure
Locust Mountain
Tamaqua
Third Service
Coaldale Hospital
Congressman Ditter
Ambler
Mansure
Sagantum
Mass
Naval Air Base
Navy
Willow Grove
Miles
Ditter
Naval
House Appropriations Committee
Arthur E. Schaffer
Columbia RD. 1
Rehabilitation plans clearer at UN relief talks in Atlantic City
At a New Jersey conference, UNRRA outlines financial and scope plans to rehabilitate war zones. The approach emphasizes joint consultation between donor and recipient nations, safeguards against inflation, and early budgeting with annual justification and equal contributions from member governments.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Conference
Eneny
UNRRA
John J. Liewenlim
Committee On
Scope
Herbert Lehman
Lehman
Allied Purchasing Board
Liewellin
Menshber
American Marines Inch Toward Japanese Heart In Gilberts
American forces on Tarawa and Makin in the Gilbert Islands pressed beachhead advances after weeks of heavy bombing. Admiral Nimitz announced landings and ongoing fighting as Allied air bases in the Gilberts faced strong resistance from Japanese defenders.
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Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Makin and
Tarawa
Gilberts
Japan
Anc
Gileberts
Makin
Truk Islands
Jaluit
Ware
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Butariteri
Butaritari
Betio Island
Solomons
Marshalls
Marshalls Agin
Eneemys
Tankers Collide Four Bodies Found Off Delaware Coast
Four charred seamen were found after a collision between two tankers the Altair and the Bostonian off Cape Henlopen in dense fog. Coast guard cutters and navy officials searched the area for more victims or survivors as 39 were reported survivors and several missing. Witnesses noted Caribbean-appearing survivors suggesting a Caribbean port origin for at least one ship.
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Lewes
Del
Coast Guard
Atlana
Cape Henlopen
Altair
Fourth Naval District
Beebe
Atlantic
Caribbean
Donald C Fuller Air Crash Victim
Mrs Martha White Fuller of West Monroe received a government telegram stating her husband Donald Clair Fuller was killed in a plane crash in the performance of duty. The body cannot be returned at this time and the crash location in the Pacific was withheld. Fuller was well known locally and had enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve. He had been stationed in California and Florida with last contact from somewhere in the Pacific.
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Martha White Fuller
North Fifth Street
West Monroe
Donald Clair Fuller
Pacific
United States Naval Reserve
California
Florida
Fourth battle for Changsha imminent in central China
Reports from Chungking date November 22 describe a potential major Japanese push toward Changsha with Chinese forces reinforcing key positions near Changteh and Tungting lake. US Air Force officials call the Tungting sector highly important as Japanese bomber raids threaten Chinese lines.
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Changsha
Gaple
Hunan
Vita
Tungting Lake
Ane
Lake
Changteh
Yangtze River
Khang
Changgha
Edgar Glenn
United States Inth Air Force
No. 1
Changsteh
Chungkuan
Glenn
Iveli
Lingami Lia
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Erwin Rommel
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