Breaks Delay Little Inch Oil Deliveries
The 1476 mile Little Inch pipeline delivering gasoline and refined products to the East has been delayed by 60 to 70 breaks in welded pipe. The line, built by War Emergency Pipelines and funded by Defense Plants Corporation, faces testing and repair as disruptions raise doubts over material quality from Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Officials blamed welded seam failures, though tests reportedly showed API compliance prior to shipment.
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Washington, Jan. S
Little Inch
Texas
Philadelphia
New York City
War Emergency Pipelines, Inc
Defense Plants Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Phoenixville
Harold L. Ickes
United Press
Youngstown
Big Inch
Ickes
American Petroleum Institute
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Cramp Ship Strikers Idle as Union Orders Return to Work
Philadelphia Jan. - About 17 000 Cramp Shipbuilding workers idle pending a general membership meeting at 2 P.M. Tuesday. Secretary Knox, President Green and the War Labor Board urged immediate return to work. Green, head of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers, warned members returning late would aid enemies. The stoppage began after 42 painters were dismissed for refusing spraygun use. management says the gates remain open and no lockout exists.
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Philadelphia
Jan
Secretary of the Navy
War Labor Board
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Frank Knox
John L. Green
WLB
Green
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CSO
Knox
Adm
Bryson Bruce
Dynamite blast target Mosley inn shocks village
A dynamite explosion occurred last night at the entrance of the Oxfordshire Inn near Mosley Mosley at London. Sir Oswald Mosley and his wife were staying at the inn since November. The newspaper says villagers acted from resentment over the Mosleys presence.
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London
Dailys Mirror
Oxfordshire
Oswald
Mosley
Pgtteon
gsThe
Mosleys
Rumanians Begin Evacuation of Frontier Factories
Reports from Basler Nachrichten describe Romania moving factory machinery inland as Soviet advances near the frontier tighten. Civilians flee with peasant carts and cattle, rail use restricted, and cadets told not to return home. Rumanians fear Soviet retaliation for Moldavia annexation and worry over German and Anglo-American actions. Bulgarian and Romanian leaders weigh withdrawal while German Black Sea control influences decisions.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rumania
Cernauti
Chisinayy
Bucovina
Bessarabia
Budapest
Baster Nachrichten
Meun
Iinine
Basler Nachrichten
Chisinau
Yugoslavia
Russia
Moldavia
Stalin
Britain
Thrace
Macedonia
Balkan Peninsula
Bulgaria
Black Sea
ContiYanks Mass Spearhead to Take Cassino
Allied forces including Kittyhawks swept Makarska harbor disabling four enemy ships and four German aircraft as San Vittore dispatches detailed German civilians displaced into cellar fortresses. Since the Fifth Army push began, limited gains occurred amid poor weather and heavy resistance around Cassino.
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Makarska
Split
Fiume
San Vittore
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Roosevelt Works On Annual Message With Polio Leader
President Roosevelt to lunch with Basil O Connor head of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. They discuss birthday fundraisers for the foundation. Dr MelIntire will decide Monday if the president can deliver the message in person at the Capitol.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
O'Connor
Stephen Early
White House
Ross JT. MelIntire
Capitol
Newark News Labor Dispute Enters Second Shutdown Day
Newark N J January 8 during a wage dispute printers employed by the Newark Evening News reported for work then returned home as a second day of shutdown continued. The Newark Typographical Union No 103 claims a lockout and that a type setting slowdown last day amounted to a strike by War Labor Board definition. Union leaders deny a strike and say no picketing occurred. The Newark Star Ledger also published this morning.
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Newark News
Newark
N.J
Newark Evening News
Newark Typographical Union No.103
Benjamin J. Foley
The
News
War Labor Board
Elmer J. Madden
International Typographical Union
Newarkjs
Newark * Star- Ledger
Hearing on Railroad Pay Board Calls
Washington January 8 A special presidential board has summoned the railroads and 15 nonoperating unions to a hearing Monday on their wage dispute but uncertainty over the board duties and authority casts doubt on unions appearing except on a conditional basis. The unions seek only time related issues while carriers press for the full wage question including graduated increases of 4 to 10 years an hour. The three operating unions conductors firemen and switchmen planned separate meetings to decide actions. The unions defend collective bargaining and the Railway Labor Act praising its efficacy and warning against delaying its machinery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Twe
Soviet Drive Seizes 70 Towns On 300 Mile Front
In a major advance from the Dnieper westward Soviet forces under Vatutin captured Lipovets 38 miles northeast of Zhmerinka and Oratov near Vinnitsa. They reached toward Sarny and Kiesov as 5,000 Germans fell, with 110 tanks 14 self-propelled guns and 84 field guns destroyed. In Albany a February 15 special election was ordered for the 44th District Senate seat once held by Joe R. Hanley former lieutenant governor who resigned December 31.
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Vatutin
Lipovets
Zhmerinka
Odessa-Warsaw
Vinnitsa
Oratov
Berdichev
Yanushpol
Berdichev-Shepetovka
Zhitomir and
Kamanets-Podolsk
Old Poland
Sarny
Brest-Litovsk
Kiesov
Rakitno
Klesov
Hanley
Albany
Dewey
State Senate
Joe R. Hanley
Genesee
Wyoming
Livingston
Allegany
Bolivia Extends Efforts To Win U.S. Recognition
The Bolivian revolutionary government plans to send Fernando Iturralde Chinel to Washington to press for recognition, despite Hull signaling slim chances. He notes origins of the Dec 20 revolt were influenced by anti-Allied forces, with Argentina already recognizing the new regime.
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Washington
Bolivia
Hull
United States
Fernando Iturralde Chinel
Maj
Gual Berto Villarroel
Enrique Penaranda
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Axis
Start of New Draft Pool From 1 A to Induction
Continued draft policy aims to create a pool of physically acceptable men by initiating immediate medical examinations for a substantial number of 1-A registrants. Local boards will inform registrants soon after pre induction exams of acceptance and service assignment, expanding the pool monthly to delay induction and reduce uncertainty.
Second Abduction Report Intensifies Hunt for Bandits
A second abduction report centers on a mad limousine ride by two short, stocky men who abducted a Washington couple and later a Brooklyn cab driver. FBI and police linked the cases as the men bragged of prison terms and killing one man. The blue sedan and a missing limousine remain under investigation as victims are returned to Washington.
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New York
Jan. S
Washington
Brunet
New York City
FBI
Brooklyn
Paul Caulford
Holland Tunnel
Jersey City
George,Washington Bridge
Mercedes Platt
Herrman Corman
Washington Airport
Eeetres
Miss. Platt
United States
Havana
Toronto
Corman
Miss Platt
Baltimore
Plan to shorten 44 campaign stalls amid party talks
Washington Jan. UP party leaders abandoned efforts to shorten the political campaign and signaled mid June presidential and vice presidential nominations. Democrats weighed postponing conventions while Republicans considered Chicago for the GOP meeting, with Walker as a central figure in scheduling and Willkie favoring Chicago. Walker might stay or be replaced if a suitable successor emerges.
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Washington, Jan
G.O.P. National Committee
Illinois Metropolis
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Walker
Wendel L. Willkie
Chicago
Willkie
New York
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
Grain Feed Shortage Hits New York Farms Hard
Schenectady January 8 1944 grain feed shortage is a major New York farm problem for dairymen says William I Myers dean of the State College of Agriculture. He notes farm numbers have fallen from 220000 to 150000 and farm workers from 380000 to 200000 while production persists due to labor-saving machinery. He cites good hay stocks but a severe shortage of home grown grains from near-failure of oats and barley crops.
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N.Y
Schenectady
New York
State College of Agriculture
William I. Myers
Myers
Senators Deadline on Meat Ration and Holiday Plan
Western Senators united to press the Office of Price Administration to lift lamb beef and pork rationing by next Thursday or risk a push for a meat holiday. Senator Clyde Reed and Senator John Thomas urged relief and blamed War Food Administration for waste and storage shortfalls, citing millions of pounds of meat destroyed in January 1944.
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Washington
INS
Office of Price Administration
John ‘Thomas
Ida
Clyde Reed
R-Kan
Price Administration
Reed
OPA
Thomas
War Food Administration
CPA
Philadelphia
Balkans Pivot as Tito Surges Amid War’s Shifting Chess
The article analyzes Balkan balance during World War II with Tito’s guerrilla success against numerically superior forces and Allied attempts to pressure Bulgaria and Turkey. It notes Ankara’s caution, potential shifts if Turkey joins the Allies, and the Red Army’s approach toward Romania, risking a broader Balkan crisis.
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PT Fantamene Dinetinn
Lng
Marshal Tito
Bulgaria
Balkan Peninsula
Balkans
Turkey
Hitler
Moscow
America
Russia
Britain
Ankara
Red Army
Bessarabia
Balkan
Nine Army Crewmen Die in Iowa Flying Fortress Crash
Nine members of a Flying Fortress crew were killed when the bomber crashed one mile from the Sioux City Army Airbase. A tenth member was critically injured. The base commander announced the deaths and listed Sgt. Allan CoSavage and Lt. Warren H. Rikar Patterson among the crew.
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Army
Flying Fortress
Iowa
Sioux City
Oficer
Warren
Rikar
Patterson
Allan CoSavage
Alden
Trial of Ciano and 19 Others Opens in Verona Today
The Verona trial of Count Galeazzo Ciano and 19 co defendants begins today amid Italian political turmoil and protests over mass versus individual judging. Included is Giovanni Marinelli, a former party administrator linked to Matteotti’s 1924 murder, with contentious debates between Farinacci and Pavolini shaping proceedings.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
Bern
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Verona
Chiasso
Ciano
Cremona
Roberto Farinacci
Clano
Farinacci
Alessandro Pavolini
Pavolini
Regime Fascista
Giovanni Marinelli
Italy
Giacomo Matteotti
Nation Wants Truth of War March Says Comment on Russo Japanese War Attache
Former U S Army attache March reflects on the Russo Japanese War and modern reporting. He praises the Japanese land campaign as a master piece and warns readers to ignore sources and read full communiques before news stories. He resides in a Washington hotel with many uniformed relatives.
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U.S .Army
Rogent
March
Washington
Gen
John J. Pershing
Wien Tha Mann
Florida
Hand Picking Albany Grand Jury Contested by Shen Counsel
Albany Jan 8 George P Monaghan special prosecutor conducts Albany County crime probe and is accused by Reuben H Kohn counsel for William J Shen of Cohoes of hand picking a grand jury of enemies in political and civil life. Shen charged with illegal registration and voting as Monaghan presents a list of about 300 names to veniremen. The inquiry targets Democratic Albany city and county affairs alongside city finances and property assessment methods. Five remain in the third panel with a fourth panel of 36 for extraordinary jury duty reporting Monday before Justice Parton Swift.
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Albany
Shea
George P. Monaghan
Albany County
Reuben H. Kohn
William J. Shen
Cohoes
Monaghan
Republican State Administration
Supreme’ Court
Parton Swift
Buffalo
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Cassino
Rommel
Erwin Rommel
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