Boston Teamsters Boss Plans Racketeering Fundraising
The Boston union chief and New Deal allied politicians seek more than $50,000 to pay James M. Curley as a preferred nominee. The scheme began as a Bowery style testimonial with clambakes and boat rides to solicit donations, using neighborhood pressure and ticket sales while promising safety from repercussion.
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Teamsters’ Union
Boston
New Deal Arty
Union Front
James M. Curley
Willkie urges second European front in world war effort
Wendell Willkie pressed for a second front in Europe and urged using force in Burma to relieve China and allies. He warned that failing to meet war aims and misdirected censorship squander goodwill and undermine democracy. He spoke across major networks after his Middle East journey.
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New York
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Middle East
Europe
Bia
Burma
Wavell
China
Sin
America
Asia
Robber Steals $85 From J W Womack In Parked Car
A man described as white, about 32, five feet seven inches tall, 138 pounds, wearing a dark brown leather jacket and brown trousers, hijacked J W Womack at gunpoint Monday night. Womack had parked near town and was south on Jackson when the robber emerged from between the vent and back seats and fled toward the Missouri Pacific rail line, possibly boarding a passing train.
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J. W. Womack
Womack
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Slice
Army driving through Axis defenses in North Africa
Allied forces press the fight as British and American troops widen a path for tanks through minefields near Rommel's positions. Air superiority grows with RAF USAAF and South African air forces challenging Axis planes, destroying fighters and bombers while targeting supply lines and transports.
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Cairo
Army of the Nile
Rommel
North Africa
United States Army
RAF
Desert
Mediterranean
Malta
United States
Tobruk
Messerschmitt
Floating Sailor Sings Texas Song from Pacific
Don Avery Elliott a 19 year old seaman first class survived five hours clinging to a floating timber from the aircraft carrier Wasp after the ship was lost. He and other Nashville survivors heard the tune Deep in the Heart of Texas as they drifted. A mattress raft image and a destroyer rescue are recounted along with the crew’s hopeful, humorous resilience.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Texas
Don Avery Elliott
Nashville
Wasp
Elliott
Young Elliott
Japanese claim four American carriers sunk in Solomons battle
Japanese radio reports claim six U S warships sunk in a Solomons clash, including four aircraft carriers and a battleship, with additional American and Japanese losses cited. U S Navy says one carrier damaged, Porter sunk, and other ships damaged. claims remain unconfirmed.
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New York
Solomon Islands
United States
Imperial
Tokyo
Berlin
Midway
Coral Sea
Santa Cruz Islands
Solomon Group
United States Navy Department
Guadalcanal
United States Navy
Porter
Navy
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters
Solomons
Wasp
Kiska Island Bombing Attacks Reported By Navy
The Navy says two new bombing raids hit Japanese positions on Kiska Island in the Aleutians, including a submarine base. Libe rator bombers and Lightning fighters dropped 18 tons in the first raid. a later Flying Fortress raid targeted the submarine base. Antiaircraft batteries engaged but no enemy planes were seen. damage assessments were not yet determined.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
Alaska
Kiska
North Pacific
Shakeup to Louisiana high school requirements for wartime need
Louisiana will overhaul graduation rules to fit youths for wartime service. State superintendent John E. Coxe told 250 educators that army personnel will train high school leaders for military drills and the Victory Corps. The plan seeks pre-induction training centers and expanded civilian war program participation.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
John E. Coxe
Coxe
Victory Corps
National Victory Corps
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Natchitoches
Monroe
Shreveport
State Board of Education
Lisbon Youth Saved by Wave
Robert Harper, a 20 year old from Lisbon, La., survived after the aircraft carrier Wasp was torpedoed in the Solomon Islands. He rode a burning oil slick, was swept toward the blaze, and was saved by a heavy wave and life rafts before a destroyer picked up eight men at sundown.
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Shreveport
Robert Harper
Lisbon
Wasp
Solomon Islands
Harper
Eyewitness recalls doomed strike on aircraft carrier Wasp
Baltimore aviation chief Penrod recounts the moment torpedoes hit the carrier Wasp in the Pacific. He describes the ship lifting out of the water, successive explosions, and calm aboard as operations continued despite fires and shattered decks. The account details fighter planes blown overboard and men fighting to move as the ship sank.
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Baltimore
Pacific
Harry J. Penrod
Penrod
Navy
Forrest P. Sherman
Navy Day Observed Across Hundreds Of Communities
Washington marked its first wartime Navy Day as sea forces fought seven fronts. Parades and speeches honored naval courage while ships patrolled, escorted 600000 troops overseas without loss, and faced heavy losses on the Arctic supply route to Russia. President Roosevelt praised the navy's heroic work. Captain Lovette noted the vast, challenging mission ahead.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
America
Navy
Knox
Roosevelt
Leland P. Lovette
Pittsburgh
Russia
Chest Drive Initiated in Monroe Community Chest Campaign
Victory begins at home. The Monroe Community Chest campaign opens under Wood Thompson with many volunteers soliciting. By noon Tuesday a large number of subscriptions are reported and 75 percent of all Twin Cities agencies rely on the chest to function.
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Monroe
Frost Nips Monroe Vegetation As Temperatures Dip
The report shows a 31.2 degree reading at Selman field with frost on vegetation and houses in Monroe Monday night into Tuesday. Morning frost affected tender plants but warmer weather is forecast for later Tuesday.
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Monroe
CAA
Selman Field
Germans Driven Back at Edge of Stalingrad
Soviet reports say German forces lost a foothold in the southern industrial sector of Stalingrad and pulled back to the steppes outside the city. Red army counterattacks, heavy losses blamed on 4,000 German and Romanian deaths in six days, with continued air assaults on southern and northwestern defenses.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga River
Soviet Information Bureau
Izvestia
Red Army
Pravda
Red Air Force
President Signs Massive Navy Bill Expands World War II Plans
President Roosevelt signed a second supplemental war time appropriation and contract authorization bill, adding 15 billion dollars for naval growth. The package brings direct navy funding to 67 billion since July 1940 and enables a 9.5 billion construction program for 2.1 million tons of ships and 14,611 new aircraft along with expanded merchant ship building and defense housing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Navy Secretary Knox Says Wasp Loss Marks Fierce Solomons Battle
Navy Secretary Knox described the Solomons campaign as a war of attrition after the loss of the carrier Wasp. He noted Japanese reinforcements and a strong but not decisive fight, with Guadalcanal defenses enduring intense air, land, and sea attacks. Captain Sherman said torpedoes would have altered the carrier’s fate by minutes.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
The
Solomons
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Feud Ends Between Sanders Brothers Over Estate
The Sanders brothers James C. of Mobile and Robert D. of Jackson resolved a multi state feud over their father's estate. They signed a peace pact at the Alabama Mississippi border ending charges and countercharges tied to a $750,000 civil suit. Police cited prior threats and an July family dispute as the feud’s spark.
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Cuba
Ala
Sanders Brothers
James C. Sanders
Mobile
Robert D. Sanders
Jackson
Miss
New York
James
Alabama
Mississippi
Robert
Frank Dixon
Mississippi Girl Held as Saboteur
Pauline Sheila Latham a 19 year old Lumberton Mississippi woman employed at a Gulfport garment factory making shirts for the armed forces was arrested on a federal sabatoge charge for willful injury to 50 army shirts. She was held on a $750 bond after being returned for a hearing before U S Commissioner Desmond M Graham Sr.
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Gulfport
Miss
Pauline Sheila Latham
Lumberton
R. J. Untreiier
Jackson Field
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Desmond M. Graham, Sr
Lamebert
Graham
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Sailor
New Orleans
U. S
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Solomons War
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