Marines Strike Cape Gloucester as Air Support Tightens
U S Marines push inland on Cape Gloucester with tanks and heavy guns while air strikes target Rabaul. MacArthur notes seizure tightens Allied hold on the Bismarck Sea and aims at Kavieng and Admiralty Islands, with Truk and Dutch New Guinea within reach.
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Devil-Dogs
ABC
Guadalcanal
Cape Gloucester
Solomon Islands
New Britain
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Bergen Bar
Rabaul
New Ireland Islands
Japan
Solomons
Lower New Guinea
MacArthur
Bismark Sea
Kavieng
Admiralty Islands
Truk
Caroline Islands
New Britain-New Ireland
Dutch New Guinea
Mindanao
Philippines
Lighters Needed for Overseas Servicemen in War
Matches scarce for U S service members overseas, especially in Italy and the South Pacific, prompting a drive led by the Washington County Letter League. Readers urged to donate lighters, repaired free by volunteers, to boost morale for fighting G I s. Donations addressed to Thomas W. Pangborn, P. O. Box 380, Hagerstown, Md.
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United States Service
South Pacific Islands
Washington County Letter League
Washington
G.I
Thomas W. Pangborn
Hagerstown
Pangborn
Control Tightens On the Sale of Waste Paper
Washington December 28 The Office of Price Administration tightened sales regulations and imposed restrictions on collectors dealers and converter customers of waste paper due to severe shortages and black market disruption. Waste paper now constitutes over half of paper product ingredients and is vital as a substitute for wood pulp in war materials and civilian goods. Effective January 3 unsorted waste paper sales may not exceed the price set for No 1 mixed paper.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Steel Workers Return To Jobs In War Production Drive
The labor board reversed a prior stand by a 4 to 0 vote retroactively prompting steel mills in Ohio to resume production after Christmas Eve walkouts. Murray praised the move as correcting a grave situation and CIO officials ordered full compliance to maintain uninterrupted steel output for the war effort.
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Erica
Labor Board
Murray
Acton
Ohio
National Labor Board
United States
CIO
Wib
WLB
Roosevelt
Mass strike impacts mills across multiple states
The nationwide strike begun on Christmas Eve drew 81,000 workers from Ohio mills, 40,000 from Pennsylvania, 20,000 from West Virginia, 16,000 from Michigan, with additional thousands in Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Illinois and New Jersey. names include Miller, Frailey, Gilroy, Barkdoll, Mclacas, Holler, Whittington, Pryor, Johnston, Reeder, Hichelberger, Knode, Baker, and others as accepted by military service.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Illnois
New Jersey
Navy
Alvie Russel Pryor
Smithsburg
Robert Lee Johnston
State Line
Donald Leroy Johnson
Big Pool
Dennis Ellwood Reeder
Boorsboro
Don Albert South
Lincoln Avenue
City
Don Barrie Hichelberger
Hollywood Road
Charles Franklin Knode
Sharpsburg
Robert Earl Baker
Columbia Road
Marine Corps
Countians Pass Physical Exams and Army Acceptances
Local Board No 2 announced last night the following men were accepted for military service on December 20. Chester Richard Sagle from Hancock and Carl David Smith from Hagerstown Route 2 Elwood Lee Davis from Wil- Four hundred and ninety pounds Tramsport Route 1 Marlin Sheldon Brashcars 127 North Mulberry.
Brigadier General Arthur B McDaniel Dies at 48
Brig. Gen. Arthur B. McDaniel aged 48 and commanding general of the Third Reconnaissance Command based at the Army air base in Birmingham died Sunday after a brief illness. He was a San Antonio native.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arthur B. McDaniel
Third Reconnaissance Command
Army Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
General McDaniel Led Recon Unit Since 1942
General McDaniel commanded the reconnaissance unit here since October 1942. A World War I veteran and 1921 Air Pilot Service School graduate, he helped lead a 1927 goodwill tour of South America. He is survived by his wife.
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General McDaniel
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