Alaska statehood proposal moves forward in Congress
Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond proposes admitting Alaska as a state with full privileges. The plan outlines a constitutional convention and voters will decide on the constitution and elect a governor and state officials. Dimond estimates government costs at about four million dollars annually and expects objections from vested interests.
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Washington
Alaska
Anthony J. Dimond
Dimond
Air Chief Arnold grilled over Pacific and European planes shortage
Army Air Chief General Hap Arnold faced a closed Senate Truman Committee hearing. He acknowledged fewer combat planes in action than expected despite 8 000 planes a month production, explaining delays from training crashes, modifications, and winterization delaying deliveries to fronts.
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Army Air
Hap" Arnold
Senate
Truman Committee
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Mon Wallgren
Senator Wallgren
Wallgren
United States
Air Force Liberators Bomb Taroa Air Dome in Marshal Islands
Washington reports Army Liberators attacked the Taroa air dome in the Marshal Islands last Tuesday and shot down seven Japanese fighters, damaging at least four more with no American losses. Navy bombers repelled 30 Zero fighters, and a Liberator on a scouting mission shot down three Zeros after being attacked. Two destroyers in the Gilbert Islands area repelled a torpedo plane attack and destroyed three attackers.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Sigurd Wallstedt to receive $4000 government compensation
President signs bill authorizing payment of 4000 to Sigurd Wallstedt a famed Alaska traveler and former Juneau resident who was injured when an Army vehicle overturned near Seward on July 17 1942 leaving him 50 percent disabled. Weather outlook for Thursday shows a high of 34 and low of 30 with light precipitation.
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Sigurd Wallstedt
Alaska
Juneau
Wallstedt
Seward
Berliners Hit by 5th Heavy Raid
Royal Air Force bombers attacked Berlin in a fifth major raid in two weeks starting fires as Mosquito bombers hit western Germany. About 41 aircraft were lost. German broadcasts claimed a large scale raid with an hour long air battle and 30 raiders shot down. Fire and smoke rose over Berlin as total bomb load neared 15 000 long tons.
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Reds carve out gains near Gomel
Soviet forces pressed the front near Gomel in a harsh winter battle. The Red Army reportedly captured more than 30 towns as German infantry and tanks pressed the Cherkasy bridgehead on the Dnieper. German losses were listed at 2,900 killed and 72 tanks and other equipment destroyed or captured.
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Three War News Men Missing After Berlin Raid
Three war correspondents fail to return from a Berlin raid. Lowell Bennett of International News Service and Norman Stockton of the Lyndney Australia Sum are named missing, with a third name withheld. Bennett had won selection via a coin flip and coat flip involving INS man William Wade.
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Berlin
Lowell Bennett
International News Service
Norman Stockton
Lyndey Australia
Young Bennett
Associated Press
United Press and
Bennett
Wiliam Wade
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Secret Service thwart plan to kill President Roosevelt
William Carl son of the Secret Service said agents stopped a Pontiac Michigan man named Harold Best who planned to assassinate President Roosevelt. Best, 38, was deemed insane on November 23 after arrest in Washington. His wife alerted authorities after receiving a letter in which he vowed to get rid of Roosevelt. Best reportedly entered the White House military guard area as soldiers unloaded a truck and considered stealing a nearby gun. He has a brother serving in the U S Army in Italy.
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Senate rejects proxy ballot for service members
Washington December 3. The Senate blocks service ballot by proxy, voting 50 to 30 against the Danaher amendment. The move aimed to allow service men and women to designate proxies from home for next year’s ballots. The discussion centers on how veterans’ voting would be conducted amid ongoing armed services ballot debates.
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Congress Faces War Time Filibuster Over Poll Tax
Washington reports friction over an anti poll tax bill as filibuster threats loom in the Senate. Supporters argue against the tax while opponents cite state abolitions. Senate leaders seek a path around the delay amid wartime urgency.
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Clark Tours Battlefront Under Fire
General Mark Clark toured the battlefront as Allied forces broke stalemate in the Calabrillo area with rolling artillery and air bombardment. The Eighth Army advanced past the Sangro ridge, capturing Castel Frentano near Lianciano and pushing toward Sanvite on the Adriatic coast. Bolzano and Durazzo also saw heavy action as Liberators and British ships struck targets.
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Evacuation of Japanese Now Upheld
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the legality of evacuating Japanese from critical West Coast areas. The ruling is in the case of Fred Korematsu who remained at his San Leandro home after orders to leave. The court affirms the government’s wartime power to carry the war forward.
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Fred Koremutau
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Final Warning to Germany From Big Three Meeting
The Daily London Star reports Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill drew up a final ultimatum to Germany at a Middle East conference. Reports say the Big Three pledged not to enslave the German people and hinted at a forthcoming communique.
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Lew Williams Confirmed Wrangell Postmaster
The Senate confirmed Lew Williams a veteran Pacific Northwest newspaperman and Southeast Alaska figure as postmaster at Wrangell Alaska. He has served as acting postmaster for several months.
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