Chester Ruby Receives Twelve Year Term
In Baltimore on December 21, Chief Petty Officer Chester Ty Ruby was sentenced to 12 years for evading military service calls at the Fifth Regiment Armory Induction Center. The 42-year-old father of seven, once a noncommissioned officer, was convicted last week in Federal Court. Judge William C. Coleman imposed an 18 month term on each of eight counts, citing aggravating circumstances.
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Jap Shipping At Hongkong Raided
CHUNGHING Dec 21 The China theater reports from Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer headquarters announce raids on Japanese shipping at Hongkong and Burma road blockages by landslides caused by U.S. bombs. P-51 fighters under Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’s 4th Air Force over Hongkong port sink a large tanker and possibly a destroyer and two freighters. They also destroy two enemy fighters in the air and three on the ground at Kailake airfield.
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Hongkong
Burma
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Claire L. Chennault
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Stolen W833 Pickup Recovered Near Hardscrabble Road
A W833 pickup rack stolen from Alexandria Virginia Tuesday was found abandoned on Hardscrabble road by Deputy Bruce Stickler. Residents reported seeing three suspects flee the car but they remained at large last night.
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Bruce Stickler
Postwar Highway Bill Approved by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing a 1 678 214 federal contribution toward a 3 178 250 000 three year postwar highway program. He praised Congress and challenged states counties and cities to originate precise projects and prepare the program on a sound basis.
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Highway program notice to state legislatures urged
A wartime notice calls 44 state legislatures to act promptly on the highway program. States would supply 1,500,909 dollars with matching funds qualifying for federal money, while federal cash remained to be appropriated. The text recalls the first official American flag accepted by Congress on June 13, 1777, featuring 13 blue stars and 13 red and white stripes.
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Merle Oberon to Sue For Divorce
Actress Merle Oberon said her estrangement from Sir Alexander Korda, head of MGM film production in England, has become final and she will sue for divorce. Oberon came from England in 1955 and later entertained U.S. troops in Ireland in 1942. Korda returned to England that year and has since made brief business trips back. He arrived in New York last weekend.
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Birth of Hatelle Marie Oberon in Tasmania Married to Korda
Hatelle Marie Oberon was born in Tasmania about three years ago. She is married to Korda since 1498 after his divorce from Marie iorda. They have no children.
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Bitter Fighting Around Tossignan and Senio Front
American forces fight bitterly south of Bologna in the Tossignan area while Polish and Indian troops have nearly cleared enemy resistance south of the Senio River on the eastern Italian front, Allied Command reports.
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Tossignan
Senio
Southern cotton mills largely owned by southern capital
A clipped paraphrase notes that capital in southern cotton mills is probably more than 60 percent owned in the South, indicating regional ownership dominance in the industry.
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Southern Cotton Mills
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