Washington Roundup House Group to Iron Out Vote Tangle
Washington reports a conference committee will resolve differences in servicemen voting legislation. Key fight centers on federal supervision over state military ballots versus state control, with a uniform federal ballot proposed. The piece also covers budgetary debates on subsidies, butter reserves, tax form simplifications, WMCA stock move, and Palestine Jewish state debates.
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Washington
Gate House Conference
House
Sutter Phe War Fund Administration
Irede
WPA
WFA
EXER
George
Gays George
Na!fiob
Eye
Compressions Committee
New York
WMCA
Commerce
Edward Noble
Harry Hopkins
Urgene G. Garey
House Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Noble
Solue
Donald Plamm
White Houses
Ration Tokens Prepare for February 27 Rollout
AOPA reports 14,000 U S bankers will distribute red and one ration tokens to retailers by February 27. Retailers and consumers will begin using tokens for all rationed goods February 27. Banks start exchanging tokens for coupons February 17. All refiners will have supplies on time when the new currency is issued.
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Washington
U. S
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Labor conflicts and war industry strikes across states
Reports detail a wave of labor actions from Michigan to California and Massachusetts. Independent unions push for representation while the War Labor Board warns of penalties. plants in Santa Monica and Fall River face action as strikes test the Smith Connally act. Chicago foundries suffer production delays amid a 2000 worker stoppage.
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Fe Meager van Guu
panatNe Ou
Mechanics Educational Society of America
MESA
Roosevelt
Society
WLB
Isbor
White House
Matthis Smith
Michigan
Ola
Fall River
Mass
Army
Fall River H
Smith-Connally
Col
Curtis G. Pratt
Chicago
International Molders and Foundry Workers Union
Jocal
Prenix
Tokyo
Donnect Newss Agency
Lisbon
Fail River
United States Army
C. I
Kansas City
Warden Resigns Over Kansas Death Penalty Order
In Topeka Kansas Warden M P Atnrine quit rather than oversee an execution he called an evasive action unworthy of a civilized state The resignation followed Governor Schoeppel denying clemency for Fred L Brady and setting April 15 for his hanging Brady a holdup slaying convict will mark Kansas first execution in over seven decades from 1872 to 1934 capital punishment ban
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Topeka
Kan
M. P- Atnrine
Kansas State Prison
Andrey Schoeppel
Fred L. Brady
Brady
Kansas
Yugoslav Partisans Hit Axis Near Gacko in Defiant Stand
LONDON February 9 Yugoslav Partisans claimed a devastating defeat of Axis troops near Gacko 45 miles south of Barajevo in a broadcast communique. The report notes Chetnik forces brigaded with Axis troops and cites a 20 day battle in Zlatibor Western Serbia with over 200 Axis troops killed or captured.
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London
Gacko
Barajevo
Wiste
Draja Mihailovic
Marshal Tito
Aattle
Zlatibor
Serbia
Stein
Rayburn Backed As FDR Mate In 1948 Speculation
Washington observers weigh the idea that if President Roosevelt seeks a fourth term the running mate could become the leading 1948 candidate. Signals include moves to pledge support for House Speaker Sam Rayburn and fears of a sudden leadership change at the convention. Navy totals and other wartime remarks close the dispatch.
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Fes
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Boston
Sinclair
Weeks
Wallace
West
National Committee
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Wusevelt
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