Lend-Lease Not Misused Officials Say
High ranking Lend-Lease officials defend the program amid claims Britain reexported Lend-Lease goods as British products. They say there is consent from the United States and that most items bear Lend-Lease labels. Food exports to Allies in 1943 reach about six percent of U.S. supply. most shipments are munitions sent to theaters of war.
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Washington
Great Britain
Greatritain
United States
America
U. S.A
Lend-Lease Administration
War Food Administration
Russia
North Africa
Greece
West Africa
Turkey
Netherlands
Africa
Britain
Federal subsidies to cut food supply, grocers say
The National Association of Retail Grocers urged a price increase over federal subsidies, arguing subsidies would curb production and raise costs. Mrs. R. M. Wiefer sent telegrams to House and Senate banking committees predicting government control and tax burdens, advocating higher prices as the least costly taxpayer solution to the food crisis.
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Grocers
R. M. Wiefer
House
Senate
Episcopal Bishops Call Readiness for Postwar Aid
Delegates at the 5th triennial Episcopal Church convention near Cleveland hear a pastoral letter urging readiness to witness to postwar needs and address wealth concentration social injustice isolationism and racial discrimination. A three year budget of 8 027 572 dollars is adopted for missionary educational and social service work.
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Episcopal
Cleveland
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
Dozen Nazi Cities Burn After Raids Across Europe
German cities faced intensified aerial attacks as USAAF and RAF bombers struck multiple targets. Mburned industrial zones and rail facilities reported at Munster and Stuttgart with rockets and heavy fighter opposition. Allied reconnaissance sought damage assessment amid a wider bombing campaign spanning Berlin Munich and Gdynia.
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Marienburg
Stockholm
Gdynia
Tirpitz
Lutzow
Scharnhorst
Germany
Poland
Berlin
Sunday Times
Tokyo
Munster
Francis E. Tiller
Augusta
Allies Hit Nazi Air Bases in Aegean and Greece
Allied headquarters report continued air pressure on German targets in Greece and the Aegean. Northwest African and Middle East bombers joined raids on Tatai near Athens Araxos Crete Rhodes and Rhodes Strait airfields destroying planes and causing large fires after a six day campaign.
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Algiers
Greece
Aegean
Mediterranean
Tatai
Athens
Araxos
Crete
Rhodes
Strait of Scarpanto
Child Dies After Double Collision Near Home
A 2 year old, Clair James Hardinger, was rushed to a hospital after being struck by a truck while his mother backed a driveway. The boy died before arrival. His mother, Mrs. Harry James Hardinger, suffered severe facial cuts in a second collision involving her husband driving home with the child.
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Clair James Hardinger
Young Hardinger
Harry James Hardinger
House Maps Changes in Draft Plans
Washington reports Senate action on a draft deferment bill with changes debated in the House Military Affairs Committee. Public hearings begin tomorrow as lawmakers weigh amendments to expand or reduce selective service powers including deferments and child allowances. Lt. Col. Francis Keesling to testify on discretionary deferment authority.
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Washington
Senate
Tony
House
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Francis Keesling
Congress
Missing son of Winant on 13th mission over Fortress raid
Tech Supply Fortress was shot down at 25 000 feet after unloading bombs on Muenster as three German fighters closed in. Livingston says the aircraft bore Winant’s name and vanished after a cockpit and turret were hit, with gunner Graves recalling the attack and Winant’s prior Princeton connection.
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Winant
Tech
Muenster
John W. Graves
Melissa
Tex
Princeton University
Africa
Germany
Convicted Trooper Faces New Truck Bribery Charge
David J. Soule a suspended state police sergeant awaiting sentence on a prior bribe conviction faces a new Dutchess County warrant based on an indictment from Hudson. The case involves charges from a Rhinebeck trucking official payoff between September 3 and 12 1942 as part of a statewide probe into trooper bribery.
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Poughkeepsie
Columbia County
David J. Soule
Dutchess County
Fred Close
Close
Soule
Rhinebeck
William F. Christiana
Hudson
Tribes Hill
State Supreme Court
Dewey
Quick Cash Loan Offer By OB LOANS
A loan advertisement promises fast private access to funds with flexible plans. It targets employed individuals seeking salary, car, or furniture loans from 20 to 300 dollars and offers monthly installments with no endorsements required.
UAW Seeks Rollback and Changes to Wage Formula
The United Automobile Workers union with over a million members reaffirms its no strike pledge and calls for scrapping the Little Steel formula and Roosevelt hold the line order. Delegates urge price rollback to September 1942 levels and wage policies to restore purchasing power, plus a 48 hour work week and postwar labor security fund. The convention supports equal pay for equal work across automotive and allied industries and stricter War Labor Board procedures. It also upholds opposition to racial discrimination and mob violence.
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Buffalo
United Automobile Workers Union
Roosevelt
Uaw-Cio
War Labor Board
R. J. Thomas
George F. Addes
Emil Mazey
Detroit
WLB
Little Steel
Truck Strike Widespread Slows Freight in the Midsouth
Nashville Tenn Oct 11 A truck strike across the Midsouth paralyzed motor freight lines with thousands of tons piled in terminals. Memphis Local of the Teamsters Union voted to return to work with a 30 day notice, while Nashville Birmingham and other locals held idle. Army and union officials weighed actions as war materiel dominates stranded loads.
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Tenn
Memphis
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
A. F. of L
James A Swarincos
Birmingham
Sweringen
War Labor Board
Atlanta
Robert Borden
Fourth Service Command
H. O. Harrison
WLB
Harrison
Chiang Takes Oath As Republic Marks 32d Anniversary
Chiang Kai shek swore in as president on the 32d anniversary of the republic in Chungking. He declared China’s external and domestic goals aligned with the United Nations to defeat the Axis and to establish a constitutional government. The morning inauguration was before 400 top officials. only Mrs. Chiang attended. A diplomat reception followed.
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Chungking
United Nations
China
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Students shun campus jobs for higher paying work
Chicago reports that college students eschew board and room jobs as placement bureaus show hundreds of requests for part time workers. Dorothy Dockstader of DePaul University notes students now seek higher pay, with average wages around 60 cents per hour and some positions paying up to a dollar per hour.
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Chicago
Dorothy Dockstader
Depaul University
518 Factory Plans Filed in October Across State
In the first nine months of 1943, 518 industrial building plans were filed with the Labor Department. Of these, 446 were for factory building and alteration, excluding greater New York.
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New York
Labor Department
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