Roosevelt Orders Seizure of Ward Property in Seven States
In December 1940 President Roosevelt authorized the army to seize Montgomery Ward and Company properties in seven states over Ward’s refusal to comply with War Labor Board directives. Authorities filed for federal injunction to secure operation of plants. Seizures went to Chicago and other cities, with Avery resisting and Byron delivering the order. The action followed prior seizures and labor disputes involving United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employees.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
War Labor Board
Government Attoreneys
Armed Service Forces
Ington
Sewell Avery
Ward
Baard
Avery
Byron
Department of Commerce
Bwo
Sole
War Department
Biken
Crrfal
Montgomery Ward
Camping
Tawbi Chicarh
Detroit
St. Pau
Denver
Jamarist
L. 1
Portland
Ore
Santa Rafael
Calif
National War Labor Board
Uni
WLB
Fred M. Vinson
Washington
Dre
Roosevelt
Montgonery Ward
Stun
War Labor
Wit Mail Order
Wake Bikes
Dick & Year
Athens Posts Battle as ELAS Forces Withdraw
Athens reports indicate ELAS units retreated from central areas as British Allied forces pressed into the city. Paratroopers, infantry, tanks and armored cars advanced to clear ELAS from key districts. Estimated ELAS strength ranged from 15,000 to 20,000 with 270 prisoners taken, many in civilian clothing.
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Athens
ELAS
Conserves
Damaskty Hos
Ghurel Tll
Leut
Ronald MM Sephie
Filopappas Monument Hill
Lrom
Acropolis
Omonia Saukzre
Eytenstromt
Napoleon Bervas
Edes
Preveza Peningula
Hospital Employes Walk Out Sparks Administrative Row
Riverview hospital faces a walkout as two in house staff resign amid ongoing administrative dispute over authority. Secretary and welfare worker quit while Dr. Roger J. Burkhart and Ralph Chambers travel to Austin to consult state health officials. The unrest centers on the venereal disease clinic opened about 18 months ago and misalignment with state directives.
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Riverview Bouital
Roger J. Burkhart
Ralph Chambers
Austin
George Cox
Alonzo F. Brand
United States Public Health Service
State Dhealthy Department
Firm Charged in Butane Case
City inspector Emil Haenig filed a complaint in Corporation Court against F. D. Schultze Store for storing butane gas underground outside city limits and within two blocks of downtown, violating city ordinance. He said three other firms were warned and one complied, and noted bond filings and efforts to revoke the owner’s license as a no distributor of butane gas in San Antonio. Tourists and transients using bottled butane from Jaco remain cited as a separate safety violation.
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MECN
Nemone
San Antonio
Phombing
T- Spector
Emil Haenig
Corporation Cour Thursring
Schultze Btore
Heng
Gollan
Nis
Haenig
Wrey 10
State Railroad Commission
F. D. Schultze
San Antonis
Aol
Flu Epidemic Reported in Reich
A Brussels radio broadcast said a flu epidemic has broken out in Germany with severe impact in the southern regions. Cold weather and shortages of food, doctors, and medicines are noted, with many deaths reported in Müvieh and surrounding areas.
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Reich London
Brussels
Germany
Rafell
Doctora
Rmecichis
Muvieh
Santee
Lupe Velez Buried Amid Stampede Atmosphere in Mexico City
Lupe Velez was buried in her native Mexico City amid disorders and stampedes reminiscent of a Beverly Hills funeral two decades ago. The graveside rites, conducted by the Actors' Union with family present, drew hundreds of mourners and a solemn procession as priests led Catholic rites and water washed the coffin.
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Lupe
Mexico City
Dee Ee-Ee- Lupe Velez
New York
Lucha’ Rayos
Beverly
Sérvica
Actors’ Union
Aurela Casas
Reyna
Mexico
Jorge Negrete
Ulied
Los An
U S Planes Chase Jap Warships
U S bombers relentlessly pursued surviving Japanese warships off the Mindoro area after a Japanese naval strike on Clark Field, while Saipan based bombers and US forces continued air and sea operations across the Philippines and toward Tokyo. The report notes Japanese losses and American counterattacks, with Mindoro and Leyte airfields hit and several ships destroyed or damaged.
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United States
Iwo
Saipan
Rom
Tokyo
Musashi Areuraft
Mindoro
Manila
Clark Field
Macarthur
Associated Press
Spencer Davis
Philippine
Davis
China Sea
Leyte
Morotai Island
Honshu Island
Tost
Que By
Mitsumesi
Yorai
Nip Naval Minster
Dnilippines
Batnee
Leyte Island
Phuilppines
kMed
Burma
Gallway Sq
Irrawaddy
Mondally
Hehere- Aistance
Nippon Team
Tokyo Radio
Weather Outlook for San Antonio Area
Forecast shows cloudy conditions with light rain. Expect mild warmth by Friday afternoon and evening. Minimum temperature around 40 degrees Friday morning. More weather updates appear on page 7A.
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San Antonio
Briton Proposes the Base Load for Allied Command
Former adjutant-general Douglas Brownrigg argues General Eisenhower should delegate land battle control but remains supreme commander. He urges appointing a clear successor to Montgomery or restoring Alexander as deputy, citing fatigue in handling the Atlantic and North Africa campaigns.
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London
Douglas Brownrigg
Eisenhower
Law
Brownrigg
Penne
London Evening News
Brown
Harold Alexander
J. Elsenhower
Bertram Ramsay
Leigh-Mallory
Alexander
Mediterranean
Paper Demands Probe of Setback on Western Front
London dispatch reports sharp criticism of the German breakthrough in Belgium and calls for an inquiry into Allied command. Washington cites War Secretary Stimson defending judgment on possible censure while noting weather and terrain aided covert German concentration. Daily Mail and Evening News urged accountability and a shake-up if flaws are found in Allied organization, warning against repetition of strategic missteps.
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Washington
Stimson
Dore Lon
London Daily Mall
London Evening News
Douglas Brownrigg
Mrrenii von Rividetedt
Eisenhower
The
Daily Mail
Ariennes
Mall
Mae
Apsk
1700 Heavies Hit Nazi Rail Targets
London dispatch reports heavy Allied air raids across western Germany despite poor weather. Five hundred British bombers struck near Opladon north of Cologne. 1200 American heavies bombed other targets. About 2600 tons of bombs, ground flares, and bridges damaged. RAF hit railway workshop at Opladon. Almost 2000 rail and ground transport pieces demolished. 90 German fighters shot down. Allied losses: five bombers and 23 fighters. New York item notes postwar prisoner reservations issue.
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London
Sambet
Germany
Opladon
Cologne
United States
Eighth Air Force
Britain
Mpladon
Trafic
Aled
Yank Forces Drive for Junction to Cut Salient
Allied American units cross the Sure river in four places and close near Bastogne as they push to sever the German salient in Belgium. Patton’s Third Army pockets German armor, while heavy fighting continues around Marche and Lierneux with advances and counterattacks shaping the widening clash.
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Salient
Paris
Marshall
Rundstedt
Geesam
Sure
Bassogne
Meuse
Norwidh
Whitch Bertin
U. S
Patton
Doonal
Eschdorf
Martelange
Bastogne
Eisenhower
Volksstrum
Celles
Hubert
Hrautaing
St. Hubert
Rochctort
Haumain
Havrenne
Marche
Lierneux
Cuseé
Bonal
Insenhorn
Linge
Berdorf
Theen
Schier+ noch
Casualties Rise As War Powers Report Two Week Toll
War department data show through December 14 total US casualties at 6,873,833 with big increases in killed, wounded, and prisoners. Navy totals rise to 3,149 killed and 15,842 wounded. missing and prisoners also increase. Secretary Stimson notes figures cover Allied offensive activity in November and do not include current counter-offensive losses.
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Wadrungsun
Armed Services
Stimeon
Navy
Stimson
Amy Heares
Germany
Arany
Comparyabis Navy
Ellen
Ai Iverenae
Var
Amt
Ineremannf
Honolulu Hero Recalls Jap American Rescue Of 36th Battalion
Teiko Aratani of Honolulu describes how the 442nd Regimental Combat Team lent aid to the 36th Division’s trapped battalion in France. He recalls moving under a smoke screen, mud, and heavy shelling, fighting through German lines for three days before being wounded. He honors the sacrifice of his fellow soldiers and notes the comradeship with Italian front units.
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Temples
Im—Stall Saty Teruo Aratani
Honolulu
Sam Division
France
Atntant Ta
MecCloskey General Hospital
Belimont
Geran Maschine-Gan
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Prine
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Tukes
Belgium
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Lomon
Gunthee Webber
Transocean Naws Agency
Echternach
von Kunagedt
Afouse
Aurust Cub
Salles
Beauraing
Sleepest
Rochefort
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von Rundstedt
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