War Output Spending to Drop in 1944
Government 1944 outlay for war production facilities set at about 1.92 billion dollars, less than half of 1943. Major cuts target ammunition and explosives plants. machinery and equipment and construction receive portions. Rural quarters show quarterly spend swings, with synthetic rubber and high octane gasoline facilities also reduced.
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Relax, Women Safer Than War Casualties Hint
Chicago economists forecast postwar balance favors women as male deaths stay low. They cite WWI losses and current male births plus medical progress. They discourage wartime anxiety and urge continued support like subscriptions. rates noted.
Trial tale from Bahamas murder case unfolds details
Testimony shifts between modern court procedures and old world ritual as Sir Harry Oakes case explores motive and method. Witnesses describe a sprayed flammable liquid and a fire in the Bahamas estate, while handwriting expert notes an alias in a threatening letter.
Postwar Plan Faces Long Senate Fight
Washington Oct. 25 The Senate opens debate on postwar peace machinery with internationalists nationalists and isolationists set for long talks. The Foreign Relations Committee push for a take it or leave it resolution backing U S participation in an international authority to prevent aggression. Isolationism appears minimal with only a few senators opposing cooperation.
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Fifteen German Officials In Barcelona Await Prisoner Exchange
In Barcelona the German delegation grows to about 15 as four foreign office representatives join Nazi Ambassador Dieckhoff to set final exchange arrangements. A British spokesman says Hoare and one or two aides will represent Britain. Two German ships are due to bring British Australian and Canadian prisoners from Marseille under Swiss Red Cross supervision.
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Benefit Dance For Servicemen At Onondaga Hotel
Servicemen and servicewomen from Syracuse Air Base Pine Camp Syracuse University and Sampson will attend a benefit dance by the American Co-Pilot Club of Easy Washing Machine Company at the Hotel Onondaga ballroom Saturday at 9 P M. Miss Josepine D Surace is chairman.
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Morgenthau Plans Bond Drive for Troops in Italy Fronts
U S Secretary Morgenthau announced at Allied Headquarters in Algiers that a top official will be sent into the theater to boost war bond sales to soldiers. He praised the Army Special Service for its efforts and urged greater participation as 86 percent of the payrolls are returned to the United States via allotments money orders bond purchases or post exchanges.
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Rommel Inspects North Italy Defense
Berlin radio said Rommel was inspecting the German military in upper Italy as it fortifies coastlines with air defenses, tank ditches, and rock hewn emplacements. It noted fog and smoke screens that could shield the coast and that German forces are training with coastal guns taken from the Italians.
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Father Chains Son To Stop Crime Career In War Plant Era
Chicago report says Nick Shumak chained his 17 year old son Edward to a bedpost to keep him home after police were alerted. Edward and a friend 17 year old Leroy Blondin later confessed to recent burglaries. Edward sought a commando knife his mother had hidden.
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Slight Fever Keeps Roosevelt in Room
President Roosevelt remains confined to his room by grippe and a slight fever. He retired early on orders of his physician Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire and cancelled Friday appointments after a head cold. Saturday the cold developed into grippe with one degree of fever reported by Secretary Stephen T. Early.
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Councilman Hart Faces Ouster Move From LaGuardia Inquiry
New York October 25 Investigation Commissioner William B. Herlands released a 39 page report to Mayor LaGuardia recommending removal of Councilman Walter R. Hart Democrat of Brooklyn. The chair of the councils La Guardia committee was charged with violating city charter by acting as attorney for Green Bus Lines and abusing the investigative process.
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