Restrictions On Travel To Be More Severe
Washington reports a warning from Chairman Moat of the Senate Sar ness Committee on harsher travel rules. Nelson argues mobility will shrink for consumers due to autos and common carriers restricted use. He urges local inventories of food, fuel, clothing, and health supplies and reassignment of small business resources to sustain essential civilian production during potential distribution breakdowns.
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Washington
Tode
Moat
Senate Sarness Committee
Nelson
War Bonds Drive Urges Navy Torpedo Purchases
Public notice urges citizens to buy war bonds to fund torpedo weapons for the Navy. Details describe torpedo specs, cost up to 12000 dollars, length about 20 feet, 21 inch diameter, speed forty miles per hour and TNT charge fifty pounds. Emphasis on purchasing at least ten percent of income each payday. Also reports a local fracture case and a note on wax produced by a Chinese insect.
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Uncle
Sam
Navy
Treasury Department
Heavy Taxes Predicted After War Debt Looms
Senator Millard E. Tydings warned in a radio address that heavy taxes are coming for many years due to wartime debt. He said the national debt could reach about 250 billion dollars, averaging 3,000 dollars per American family, prompting a need for a new permanent taxation system and lower living standards for the middle class. He noted Congress spent about 205 billion on defense and wartime needs and forecast a more critical Republican return in 1948.
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Ty+ idings
America
Tydings
Republican Party
War criticism could aid future welfare says official
New York officials defend Republican feedback on war effort as constructive. David C. Johnson, 77, longtime Consolidated Edison vice president and New York Steam president, died of near illness at his home. He authored Yields for Bonds and Stocks, a widely used financial reference.
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Finger
New York
David c. Johnson
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
New York Steam Corporation
Wild Horses Roam North Carolina Coastline
Small horses still run wild in North Carolina, believed to be descendants of animals ranched during 17th century Spanish exploration. Authorities note their persistence and historic ties to early colonial travel.
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East
North Carolina
Divorcees' Pickings Better In The East
Los Angeles reports from the American Institute of Family Relations based on census data highlight divorce trends. Only about one third of divorced women remarry while about half of divorced men do, with age cited as a major factor. San Francisco and Los Angeles show high divorce percentages among white women over 15, contrasting with lower rates in Philadelphia and New York City.
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Los Angeles
Dec
Greeley
American Institute of Family Relations
Los Angeles County
New York
Paul Popenoc
Institute
San Francisco
Popenoe
Philadelphia
New York City
Evacuations Reported Across Northeastern Haly and Italy
Moscow reports Evacuation of residents from Venice Trieste and nearby coasts in Northeastern Haly along with Florence and Bologna. Lausanne via Tass notes evacuation now underway for those cities. Spies executed in Algiers for Axis activity as part of anti espionage drive in French Africa. War will be delivered by scrap rubber fires claim range of 10 000 miles with proper care.
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Venice
Trieste
Haly
Lausanne
Switzerland
Tass
Florence
Bologna
Algiers
Algeria
Axis
Constantine
French Africa
WAACs In Des Moines Burlesque Arrest Martials On
A WAAC from Texas named Kath was arrested by MPs after a strip show in a Des Moines burlesque hall. Court martial sentenced her to dismissal from the service.
Giraud's Escape Involving Submarine And Plane Detailed
Allied reports recount French General Giraud narrowly escaping death after slipping from a German prison and joining the North Africa operation. Capt. Wright commanded a British submarine to rescue Giraud by surfacing near shore and ferrying him to a rendezvous plane, amid Eisenhower’s commendation and rapid Allied landings. The tale highlights a daring escape, a perilous sea transfer, and subsequent air movement, underscoring wartime improvisation and leadership.
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North Africa
Giraud
Akasi
France
Lieut-Gen
Foscohower
Geran
Eisenhower
Derauld Wright
Settee States Navy
Wright
Koeningstein
Daring undercover voyage linked to Gen Clark off Algiers
Lieut N L A Jewell of the Royal Navy led a daring venture under Captain Wright s orders on a submarine that landed Lieut Gen Mark W Clark deputy Allied commander. The mission, with pro Allied Frenchmen west of Algiers before the November 8 invasion, aided the invasion plan but left Clark without clothes and $13000 in cash.
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Royal Navy
Wright
Mark W. Clark
Algiers
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