Demand Congress Take Action To Prevent Strikes
Washington report on anti strike legislation amid a stalled wartime labor conference over the closed shop. Congress leaders urge action as industry and labor debate a labor board role and a cooling off period while some officials warn of possible presidential intervention to keep wartime production uninterrupted.
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Roosevelt
Howard W. Smith
House
Smith
Isenate
Connally
Tom Connally
Tex
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Claude Pepper
Fla
Senate Labor Comittee
Congress
Joseph H. Ball
Minn
Ian Gurney
S. D
Hwartz
Wyo
William H. Davis
Defense Tion Board
CIO
AFL
Admiral King Named Commander in Chief of U S Fleet
Admiral Ernest J. King is appointed commander in chief of the United States fleet with supreme command over all naval forces. The promotion from Atlantic fleet head follows Roosevelt’s war shakeup, making King directly responsible to the president and capable of at sea command. Royal E. Ingersoll becomes commander of the Atlantic fleet as King shifts to the top post.
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Ernest J. King
United States
King
Atlantic
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Naval Coastal Frontier Commands
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Husband E. Kimmel
U. S
Pacific
Frank Knox
Pearl Harbor
Royal E. Ingersoll
U.S. Atlantic
Navy Department
Chester W. Nimitz
Thomas Hart
Congress In Brief Recess Over Christmas
Congress virtually closed for the holidays after completing emergency war measures. The Byrd committee may urge cuts of 1 to 1.5 billion dollars in non defense spending. Senate panel plans hearings on a Walsh bill to raise Navy personnel to 500,000 and Marines to 104,000. Speaker Rayburn says it is now safe to leave Washington as lawmakers disperse until Jan 3.
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Congress
House
Roosevelt
David I. Walsh
Mass
Sam Rayburn
Management pushes outside-board talks on closed shop rule
Officials report that management representatives seek to confine the closed shop issue to direct negotiations outside board jurisdiction, aiming to limit formal board involvement in the dispute.
Radio report says German leaders relieved of commands
New York December 20. The National Broadcasting Company says the British radio report claims field marshal Fedor von Bock and Walther von Brauchitsch have been relieved of their commands on the southern Soviet front and the rumor has circulated for weeks while being denied in Berlin.
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National Broadcasting Company
Fedor von Bock
Walther von Brauchitsch
Berlin
Plan Rationing Of Electricity In Parts Of U S
The Office for Emergency Management announced planned power rationing across the south east southwest Pacific coast and part of the middle west over the next two years due to war demands. Civilian use will be tightly curtailed to free capacity for war industries, with lights and signs blacked out in several regions including St. Louis Buffalo Texas Arkansas and Louisiana where new plants rise.
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Southeast
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Office For Emergency Management
OEM
St. Louis
Buffalo
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee Valley
American Airmen Repel Japanese Bombers Near Kunming
A 500 strong U S air squadron, mostly former army air force pilots, finally went into action as Japanese bombers approached Kunming. The attack failed after four bombers were shot down, with no American casualties and one plane making a forced landing. Chinese forces near Kowloon and Canton continued guerrilla actions against Japanese supply lines as Chungking urged resilience.
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Kunmiga
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Burma Road
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Shumchun
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Fowloon
Canton
Sumchun
China
Loyang
Chungking
Hong Kong
St. John's Beats Oklahoma In Basketball Action
United Press report notes St. John's won 47 to 36 over Oklahoma, with regional results listing Duquesne 45 over Muskingum at Pittsburgh and Toledo 69 over Marietta at Toledo. UCLA topped Nebraska 36, Iowa State College 41 over Grinnell.
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Oklahoma
Pittsburgh
Duquesne
Muskingum
Toledo
Marietta
UCLA
Nebraska
Iowa State College
Grinnella
Mobilization Plans Expanded for Army and Navy
Draft officials seek exemptions for essential war industry workers to avoid slowing the armament drive. A 7 million potential army pool is outlined with 3 million from ages 21 to 28, 2.9 million from 28 to 36, and 1 million from 36 to 44. Some congressmen argue continued recruitment for 19-year-olds, estimated at 600,000. Senate bill proposes navy enlistments up to 500,000 and 104,000 for marines, doubling each service. Total compensation for battlefield fatalities rises to 5,000 for total disability or survivors of those killed in action, including Pearl Harbor and destroyer losses.
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Army
Pearl Harbor
Kearny
Reuben James
Axis Forces Retreat From Derna Amid Heavy Air Attacks
Axis forces led by Rommel retreat westward from Derna as RAF attacks disrupted retreating columns. British troops entered Derna unopposed, finding the base abandoned. RAF hit enemy transports on roads crowded with traffic and torpedoed two Italian merchant ships off Tripolitania while they attempted to reinforce Libya.
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Derna
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Tion
Luftwaffe
France
Tripolitania
Libya
British planes down two Focke Wulf bombers in convoy defense
British naval planes repelled an attack on a convoy and shot down two German long range Focke Wulf bombers while badly damaging a third, the admiralty announced tonight.
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Admiralty
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