Oil Man Hits Bill to Boost Crude Price
Washington Dee 2006. Oil man Senator Moore of Oklahoma criticizes government interference while supporting price rises. He urges repeal of price controls and recalls authority delegated to the President as Congress weighs a plan to raise crude by at least 25 to 35 cents per barrel.
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Washington Dee
Disney
Senate
2 OH. Moore
Onathomi
Moore
Fort Worth
Texas
Congress
Wesley Disney
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
OPA
Contractor Uses Shoe to Kill His Wife
Louis Wolfe a 33 year old Montreal contractor admitted beating his Viennese wife Paula Mona 27 to death at the Hotel St George in Brooklyn. He told Assistant District Attorney Edward A Heffernan the murder was sparked by suspicions her infidelity and said he used his own shoe to beat her until she was quiet.
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New York
Paula Mona
Louis Wolfe
Montreal
Edward A. Heffernan
Austria
Hotel St. George
Brooklyn
Wolfe
Heffernan
Herbert
Churchill declares recovery from pneumonia in Middle East
Prime Minister Churchill says he has recovered and can transact business fully after a Middle East illness. He departs for an unannounced destination, praises doctors, and notes no delay in decisions while resting for a few weeks.
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London
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Middle East
England
Movie Extortionists Sentencing Delayed in New York
Federal Judge John Bright postponed the sentencing of seven defendants after the absence of the chief defense attorney left the court unable to proceed. The delay shifts the proceedings to the following day in New York.
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New York
John Bright
MacArthur Visits New Britain Casualties at U S Hospital
General Douglas MacArthur made an unannounced visit to an advanced station hospital in New Britain to review the first U S casualties from the New Britain campaign. He spoke with Lt. Col. Charles R. Castlen Maj. Roy D. Arn and chatted with wounded servicemen including Pvt. Ralph Holladbeck and Corp. Joe Veroni as nurses and staff assisted.
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Someaghoge
New Guinea
Douglas Macarthur
New Britain
Charles R. Castlen
Roy D. Arn
Coral Sea
Warner
W. Croxton
Washington, D. C
Army Air Corps
Manila
Gen
MacaArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Esvolta
Pfe
Ralph M. Holladbeck
Franklin
Ind
Nazis Force Italians to Join Armies
An ultimatum from Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler to Italian military prisoners in Germany demands enrollment in the Fascist militia or faces execution or transfer to concentration camps. The offer promises release and a 50 day leave if signed within 48 hours, with threat to arrest fathers and imprison prisoners otherwise.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
Bern
Grosser Deutschland
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Poland
Himmlerj
Dewey Delays Lepke Execution Again Over Surrender
Governor Dewey postponed the electrocution of Louis Lepke Buchalter and two associates for Murder, Inc. to February 7, citing President Roosevelt’s failure to surrender Buchalter to New York. Buchalter Capone and Weiss remain under death sentence for the 1936 Rosen murder as Craddock Hughes reports continued demand for surrender.
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Dewey
Lepke
Roosevelt
Albany
Louis Lepke Buchalter
Murder, Inc
Buchalter
New York State
Louis Capone
Emanuel Weiss
New York City
Capone
Weiss
Sing Sing
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Thomas Craddock Hughes
Kings County
United States
Caissons Song Declared Public Domain By Appeals Court
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that The Caisson Song also known as The Caissons Go Rolling Along and The Artillery Song was not copyrighted by Brig Gen Edmund L Gruber. The decision, following a District Court ruling a year earlier, dedicates the tune to the public and denies an injunction against a Boston firm over alleged infringement.
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Boston
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Edmund L. Gruber
Federal District Court
New York
Gruber
Boston Music
Marine Scout 18 Kills Five Japs at Cape Gloucester
Pvt. Albion Sanderson of Ridgefield Washington a Marine scout and lone non veteran of a five man patrol landed with the first wave at Cape Gloucester New Britain on December 26. He crawled to a log pillbox and shot a Japanese soldier through the head then threw a grenade into the hole to kill four more. Five Japanese bodies were recovered from the pillbox.
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U. S
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Ridgefield
Wash
Albion Sanderson
Sanderson
Ration Cut Extends to Canned Foods and Chicken Stocks
The War Food Administration ordered cold storage stocks of frozen chickens above 3,000 pounds set aside by dealers hotels and other holders. Family locker space exemptions were made. The Army had struggled to meet twenty percent of its chicken dinner needs for service members. Civilian chicken supplies will be at seasonally low levels from February through April.
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War Food Administration
War Shipping Administration
Dry launching of freighter blocked by shipyard strike in Oakland
In Oakland California a champagne christening marked a dry launch of the C-2 freighter S5 De fiance as 500 spectators watched. Shipyard workers from the AFL carpenters union refused to move the blocks citing a demand for a full day’s pay, halting water entry despite the ceremony and threatening future launches in the bay until wage terms are settled.
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Oakland
Calif
Morley E. MacKenzie
Toronto
Canada
Moore Shipyard
A. F. L. Carpenters
U S Monopolies May Bring on Communism Judge Arnold
Buffalo December 30 Judge Thurman W Arnold of the U S Court of Appeals warned at Temple Beth Zion that monopolies threaten democracy warning the monopolies tied to an industrial bureaucracy could control production in the postwar world. He said America faces a new era of chemicals and light metals with potential high living standards if monopolies are solved. He argued the monopoly question lies at the root of postwar economic problems and warned against domestic and international cartels.
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U.S
Arnold
Buffalo
Thurman W. Arnold
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Temple Beth Zion
America
Montreal Employes Strike Backed by Labor Confederation
The Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labor announced full support for Montreal white collar workers after a meeting with strike leaders. Alfred Charpentier urged government bodies to push a speedy settlement while workers demanded wage increases and offered to accept mediation with a firm promise of raises.
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Montreal
Labor Confederation Montreal
Catholic Confederation of Labor
Alfred Charpentier
Confederation
Quebec Municipal Commission
WPB Sets 1944 Output For Electric Irons And Bathtubs
The War Production Board authorized 2,000,000 electric irons and 50,000 bathtubs for 1944. Bathtubs limited to war housing, irons to civilian trade with no rationing planned. Dealers unlikely to see new irons before May.
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WPB
Washington
War Production Board
Office of Civilian Requirements
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George C. Marshall
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Teheran
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
U.S. Army
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Rattan
Cook
Curteau Martin
Paul Garrety
Tn. Y
AGNE
Renault
Ktamm Ine
Morris
E. Fayette St
Syracuse, N. Y
South St. Auburn
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Himmler
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Eric Correa
Os Wee
Ottawa
Hatter
Manhattan
Fink
Joe Serve
Daiquiri
WAR Bonds & Stamps
PER Morson CO
Rockefeller Center
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Rudolph's
Salina
Jefferson Street
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