Murray Reelected CIO President at Fifth Annual Convention
President Philip Murray was reelected to a third term at the CIO convention in Boston on November 14. The delegates chose three vice presidents and urged Roosevelt to press Britain and Indian representatives to resume talks on a national government for India, pledging unity on equality with the AFL.
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Boston
Roosevelt
India
Labor Organization
Peo
Philip Murray
A. F. of L
Harry Bridges
Frank Andrews
Washington State
G.I. O
Byrnes proposes standardization to boost war production
Stabilization Director James F. Byrnes urged cutting civilian varieties and frills to free capacity for war goods. He ordered reviews of subsidies and wage rules, lifting farm wage ceilings temporarily while coordinating price impacts with OPA and the War Labor Board.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Budget Bureau
Aids
War Labor Board
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Office of Economic Stabilization
Roosevelt Urges Grange Aid for War Food Production
President Roosevelt addressed the 76th national Grange convention in Wenatchee Washington. He praised farmers for meeting wartime demands and urged continued cooperation to win the war. A Grange report by E T Taylor criticized obstacles to synthetic rubber development and proposed new farm based production options.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Roosevelt
Albert S. Goss
United States
Chapel Hill Grange
Dutchess County
New York
National Grange
Grange
E. T. Taylor
Taylor
Idaho State Grange
War Production Board
California Winery Association
Tri-State Industrial and Synthetic Rubber Association
Halsey Sees Victory With Steady Pacific Supply Lines
Vice Admiral William F. Halsey declares victory possible if supplies hold up as he praises cooperation among Army Navy and Marine forces in the South Pacific. He notes Guadalcanal as the turning point and stresses continuous material flow to sustain the campaign.
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Halsey
Pacific
Robert Brumby
U. S
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Wild Bill
Ghormley
Santa Cruz
Guadalcanal
Solomon Island
Army
Navy
Marines
Harmon
M. F. Harmon
A. A. Vandergriff
Admiral Halsey
Hirohito
Tojo
United States Service
States Service
Topsy
Two Million Youths Drafted Under New 18 and 19-Year-Old Bill
President Roosevelt signed the youth draft bill opening service for more than 2,000,000 youths aged 18 and 19. A committee of educators will arrange schooling after military duty, with plans to train select students at colleges for specialized wartime roles. Inductions begin after year’s start as boards meet quotas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Military Science Emphasized for Boys at Hudson School
Harold F. Strong of the Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry urged incorporating military science and physical drill in schools to engage boys, arguing hero worship and future utility in defense. He criticized delinquency as nonconformity and linked wartime industry to juvenile behavior.
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Hudson
Harold F. Strong
Dobbs Ferry-on- Hudson
Syracuse
Harry B. Taylor
First Presbyterian Church
Strong
War Bonds Presented to Brown-Lipe Workers in Victory Program
At the Empire Theater two Victory gatherings honored Brown-Lipe-Chapin division workers for production-suggestions. Norman M. Ross awarded bonds to Anthony I. Checkosky and Naven E. Hibbard for ideas adopted to speed up wartime manufacturing. He noted 445 suggestions since March with 89 adopted and total cash payouts of 2215.90 to employees.
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Brown-Lipe
Brown-Lipe-Chapin
General Motors Corporation
Empire Theater
U. S. Signal Corps
Anthony I. Checkosky
Naven E. Hibbard
One Director of Manpower Idea Gaining
Washington reports a plan to unify the nations manpower agencies under a single head. An executive order is expected to end overlapping authority and may integrate selective service. Baruch or Byrnes were floated to head a new agency. McNutt leads the current War Manpower Commission amid calls for policy reforms.
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Congress
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
Bernard M. Baruch
James F. Byrnes
Paul V. McNutt
Senate Defense Committee
Senate
Pepper
D-Fla
Hill
D-Ala
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Defense Committee
Truman
Dmo
Armed Services
Two U S bomber crew saved by Chinese guerrillas in Hong Kong raid
Two bomber crewmen Lieut Joseph Cunningham and Lieut Nicholas Marich were rescued by Chinese guerrillas after their plane was damaged during the October 25 raid on Hong Kong. They walked out after 16 days aided by villagers and Chinese. Fighter pilot Lieut Morton Sher also returned after forced landing in Chinese lines and downing a Zero. both crews expressed readiness for another clash with the enemy.
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J. Reilly O’sullivan
China
U. S
Hong Kong
United States China Air Task Force
Joseph Cunningham
Elkins
W. Va
Nicholas Marich
Col
Marich
Sher
United States
Cunningham
Maric
Kowloon
Messerschmitt
Soje
University of Alabama
Little Red Riding Hood
Maj
David Hill
San Antonio
Texas
Hill
Hoosier Safari Still On As Jumbo Outsmarts Posse
In Huntington Indiana the two ton elephant Modoc still eludes capture after 60 hours of pursuit by circus workers police and volunteers. Gov Henry Sehricker joined part of the hunt before leaving to speak at a event. A farmer Kenneth Kindley injured by the elephant remained in critical condition. Owner trainer Terrell Jacobs insisted the animal can be controlled once calm.
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Huntington
Ind
Modoc
Indiana
Wabash
Henry F. Sehricker
Madoc
Marvin Idle
Kenneth Kindley
Mt. Etna
Huntington County Hospital
Terrell Jacobs
Davis Family Gains From Army Allotment Change
The estranged wife and eight children of Pvt. William F. Davis will receive over 1000 a year under the federal allotment plan, up from 550 a year when he worked as an elevator operator. Davis, initially 3-A, was reclassified after his separation from the family.
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New York
INS
William F. Davis
Davis
Saint Andrew Society Skips Imported Haggis at Banquet
The Saint Andrew Society of Illinois bars imported haggis from its Chicago banquet for patriotic reasons to reserve space for war cargoes. The 97th annual dinner will feature American made haggis prepared in a loop hotel kitchen.
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St. Andrew
Chicago
Alexander G. Shennen
Illinois
Saint Andrew Society
Scotland
Shennen
Cobina Wright Shows Slight Improvement In Pneumonia Fight
Cobina Wright, the New York socialite and film actress, remains seriously ill with pneumonia in Columbus Georgia. Mrs Palmer Beaudette who is the former Cobina Wright accompanied her husband to Fort Benning where he was graduating from an officers school.
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Columbus
Palmer Beaudette
Cobina Wright
New York
Fort Benning
Fire kills six in shipyard dormitory blaze
Vancouver Washington November 14 A two story wooden dormitory at Henry J Kaiser shipyard burned after a wastebasket fire exploded through rooms trapping 320 men and 80 women with about half inside at the time Six bodies were recovered and 40 hurt with none gravely injured Deputy Sheriff Fred Greenwood and shipyard officials described a rapid, deadly blaze as workers slept and were unable to escape The origin in a wastebasket and linen storage room prompted a search for more casualties with some occupants recently recruited in New York.
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Vancouver
Wash
Henry J. Kaiser
Fred Greenwood
Charley Dick
New York
Drive-in restaurant fire splits LA Pasadena boundary
A drive-in restaurant burned yesterday with the line between Los Angeles and Pasadena running through the middle of the building. Fire crews from both cities fought the blaze and divided duties to control the fire.
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Los Angeles
Los ‘Angeles-Pasadena
Aussie General Celebrates North Africa Victory With German Dinner
An Australian Brigadier returning from the Middle East celebrated Allied success in North Africa by dining on a German Victory Dinner menu captured from a German commissary officer. He ordered the full menu at his hotel and praised its taste.
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George Weller
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Australia
Tobruk
North Africa
Middle East
Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Hotel Cecil
Treason Case Heads to Jury in Chicago Trial
In Chicago the treason trial of six defendants ends its evidence phase as the jury of eight women and four men prepares to hear final arguments. The case concerns aiding German saboteur Hans Haupt, with possible penalties up to death if convicted. Witnesses described Haupt’s travel, training, and funds linked to sabotage plans and Nazi agents brought to the United States.
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Chicago
Trinagis
William J. Campbell
Hans Max
Erna Haupt
Walter
Lucille Froehling
Otto Richards
Kate Wergin
Herbert Hans Haupt
Haupts
Froehlings
Wergins
Young Haupt
United States
Washington
Haupt
Wergin
Wolfgang
Germany
Florida
Four Teens Indicted in $80 000 Express Theft Case
Four teen suspects accused of grand larceny and criminally receiving stolen property in connection with an $80 000 express theft ring await prosecution after indictments handed up yesterday in Long Island City.
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New York
INS
Long Island City
Kaiser Asks Inquiry Into Fishbein Over Editorial
Henry J. Kaiser challenged Morris Fishbein of the American Medical Association, urging members to investigate the medical editor over an editorial alleging industrialists seek to protect their empires while war needs doctors. The piece cites Kaiser's doctor Sidney Garfield and a Senate hearing on conscription status of company physicians.
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Kaiser
Fishbein
Journal
New York
INS
Henry J. Kaiser
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Senate
Sidney Garfield
A.M. A
Armed Services
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