Police Act to Curb Attacks Against Jews
New York police under secret instructions conducted a citywide probe into anti Semitic vandalism. A list of 90 alleged offenses ranging from assaults to desecration of synagogues was examined by the sabotage squad in coordination with the FBI. The inquiry follows a plea from Jewish students and includes summonses served on parents for improper guardianship.
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New York
John J. O'Connell
FBI
O'Connell
F. H. LaGuardia
Talmudical Academy
Yeshiva College
LaGuardia
B'nai Brith League
WFA Extends Dairy Subsidy In January Rate Hikes
The War Food Administration extends the dairy subsidy for January with higher minimum rates to milk producers and butterfat payments. Rates vary by region from 35 to 50 cents per hundredweight for milk and five to six cents per pound for butterfat, with nationwide averages around 40 cents and 5.1 cents respectively. The program, costing about $20 million monthly, remains in effect until Congress acts. Supervisory actions cover 12 southern and midwestern cities and additional eastern states, plus extended federal milk control in several cities.
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Washington
Administration
WFA
Congress
House
Michigan
Ohio
Tennessee
Missouri
Sinois
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Cascades
Oregon
New York
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
Georgia
Army Starts Inquiry in 13 Plane Deaths
An Army board of inquiry opened at McClellan Field to determine why a B 17 Flying Fortress disintegrated in flight killing 13 of 14 aboard. Survivor Maj. James W. Wergen, from Kingman Field, was injured and gave limited details. Firefighters battled flames for two hours as 13 bodies were recovered and identified.
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Sacramento
Calif
Dan
Army Board of
McClellan Field
Kingman Field
Ariz
McChord Field
Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
Army
James W. Wergen
Salinas
Wergen
Haspied
Frederick M. Klopenstein
Charles W. Williams
Seattle
Frank H. Winkler
Portland
Ore
William L. McCurdy
James L. Battle
Alder
Thomas A. Quirk
James Randall
Sylvania
Tech
Gerald Z. Berg
Longview
Corp
Ray B. Glazer
Puyallup
Lloyd Krohn
Scanlon
Minn
Clifford Tuck
Aberdeen
Christine Wergen
Rochester Doctor Aids Infantile Paralysis Treatment
University of Rochester physicians Dr. D. Plato Schwartz and Arthur L. Heath have developed an oscillograph based device to record the effectiveness of infantile paralysis treatment. The instrument measures muscular contraction activity to compare patient effort with normal muscle activity, serving as a check on treatment rather than a diagnostic tool.
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Rochester
University of Rochester
D. Plato Schwartz
Medical School
Arthur L. Heath
Schwartz
New Trooper Chiefs Named By Gav Dewey
Albany dispatch reports Governor Dewey restructured the State Police with Capt. F. S. McGarvey of Troop C and Capt. W. F. Reilly of Troop K named acting chiefs. McGarvey succeeds Chief Inspector Albert Moore. Reilly succeeds Capt. Stephen McGrath. Lab moved to Albany to centralize operations with a crew led by Director William Kirwin.
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Albany
F. S. McGarvey
Sidney
W. F. Reilly
Hawthorne
Troy Barracks
Dewey
Schenectady
John A. Gaffney
McGarvey
Albert B. Moore
Department
Moore
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Reilly
Stephen McGrath
Gaffney
H. A. Gay
D. F. Glasheen
State Police
New York City
Edward “Fats .McCarthy
Colonie
Mec‘Carthy
State Police Scientific Laboratory
Troy
Capitol
Broadway
William Kirwin
Three Fliers Die As Army Plane Hits Chattanooga Homes
An Army four engined plane crashed into two homes on Missionary Ridge near Chattanooga killing three crew members. The S. S. Price residence lost its stone columns and the nearby Dr. David P. Houston home caught fire though occupants were unharmed. Army authorities gave no immediate names.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Missionary Ridge
S. S. Price
David P. Houston
Houston House
Price
Reconversion Should Be Set Warns Jones
Washington reports Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones urges immediate postwar planning for reconversion to a peacetime economy. He warns against wealth concentration and urges cooperation across small and large firms to prevent postwar chaos and protect private initiative.
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Washington
Jan
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Jones
Berlin Misses First Show for Visit With Wounded Officer
Irving Berlin skipped a performance today to honor Capt. Henry W. Dick of Mineola New York a Fortress bomber who lost a leg in a September raid. Dick danced on Broadway in Thumbs Up On Your Toes Leave It to Me and Higher and Higher and later joined Berlin and the cast on stage during a Bristol hospital visit and the evening show.
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Bristol
England
Irving Berlin
Henry W. Dick
Mineola
N. Y
Berlin
Coal dust tracks trap janitor thief in New York
Walter Flood a 35 year old apartment house superintendent was arrested on a charge of robbing an apartment of jewelry and 26 war bonds. Dust traces on the floor led Detective Edward Murphy from the apartment to the basement where Flood was found with some of the stolen jewelry and 16 of the $25 war bonds in his possession. Flood claimed the items were found in a garbage pail.
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New York
Walter Flood
Edward Murphy
Flood
State scrap drive seeks old license plates and tags
Albany January 3. Clifford J. Fletcher state motor vehicle commissioner urged every motorist to donate old license plates and date tags to local salvage depots to aid the scrap metal drive. He said about 1 000 tons of metal could be salvaged for the war effort if all motorists respond.
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Albany
Clifford J. Fletcher
Fletcher
War Today From Page Oncethan 700 miles of blood and mud
A war column notes Russia's winter aiding Soviet forces and freezing rivers aiding operations while German troops suffer. It outlines three German fronts near Kiev Dnieper and Vitebsk Nevel, argues Hitler seeks delaying actions then a final stand, and praises German retreats as military moves despite heavy losses.
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Russia
Red Army
Dnieper
Kiev Bulge
Vitebsk-Nevel
Llack
Hitler
Stalingrad
Fuehrer
Tax lien filed against actress Martha Raye in Los Angeles
An income tax lien was filed against actress Martha Raye alleging she owes $18,315 on her 1942 earnings. The lien is filed by Internal Revenue Collector Harry Co. Westover.
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Los Angeles
Martha Raye
Harry Co. Westover
Well-Dressed Baby Abandoned in Wealthy Parish
A five month old foundling described as the best dressed in memory was found at St Ignatius Loyola Church near Park Avenue on New Year’s night. The baby, well fed and neatly clothed, was placed in a warm box with diapers bottles and milk, and investigators said the mother seemed well-to-do and refined but left no identity.
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Church Foundling
New York
Foundling Hospital
St. Lennatius Loyola
Park Avenue
New York City
St. Ignatius, Loyola Church
Convicts escape from Anamosa Reformatory prisoners captured
Davenport Iowa January 3 four convicts escaped Anamosa State Reformatory after a melee in which a guard was stabbed and Warden L J Womachka and captain Dan Beam were forced into a wagon. Frank Brown John Bryl Ralph Cassidy and Steve Ratliff were captured separately by a boy’s route supervisor a state senator and a bus driver. Ratliff was the lone escapee without prior escapes.
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Anamosa State Reformatory
Frank Brown
Poplar Bluffs
John Bryl
Omaha
Ralph Cassidy
Davenport
Steve Ratliff
Margengo
Frank Martin
Martin
Martin House
Ratliff
Orville Graham
Graham
Anamosa
L. J. Womachka
Dan Beam
Jan
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