Price Control Bill Approved
Congress sent wartime price wage and rent control legislation to President Roosevelt to extend controls for one year to June 30, 1945. The measure, praised by administration and Democrats, tightens rules on textiles and parity pricing for cotton, with Byrnes and Bankhead shaping key amendments amid a Senate House compromise.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Chicago
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Senate
House
James ¥. Byrnes
Bankhead
D-Ala
Japs Gain In Drive In China
Chinese high command reported Japanese forces pushed south from Changsha along a wide arc to reach within 55 miles of Wengyang and 75 miles northeast of Hengyang, while bombers and fighters disrupted river traffic on the Siang. In Henan the Pieping Hankow line was weakened with a 20 mile advance toward Lunghai. Salween front fighters pressed west to reopen India supply lines by linking with Stilwell’s Burma troops amid heavy rains and sleet.
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China
Changsha
Wengyang
Hunan Province
Liangjiang
Hengyang
Liling
Siang
Lukow
Joseph W. Stillwell
Great Siang
Henan
Pieping- Hankow
Chengyang
Lunghai
Chengchow
Linyang
Chowkiakow
High Command
Salween
India
Stilwell
Burma
Kaohkung
Yun-uan
Airmen survive Waynesboro trainer crash over Midvale
Two aviators at the Waynesboro Airport near Routerville parachuted from a Navy trainer when it went out of control over Midvale. John Viola of Yonkers New York assistant chief instructor and Henry Shank flight instructor leaped from 1500 feet and landed safely on a hill near Midvale. plane damaged.
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Waynesboro
Routerville
Midvale
John Viola
Yonkers
New York
Henry Shank
Plane crash during check flight ends in field disaster
Officials report Viola conducted routine check flight with Instructor Shank when the ship lost control and crashed in a field. Witnesses say the aircraft spun before the crew bailed out, and the ship was demolished at the Midvare airfield.
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Viola
Shank
Athletes Foot Germ Not Hard to Kill
An advertisement notes the athlete's foot germ grows deeply and urges using two penetrating fungicides. It claims many remedies fail to treat fully and recommends products like THOL solution with 90 percent alcohol. It promises full strength relief for itchy or sweaty feet and offers five cents off tomorrow at Middlekanff's.
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Middlekanff‘s
Father of Five Convicted of First Degree Murder
Fred C. Mergner, 41, a father of five, was found guilty of first degree murder by a District Court jury in the slaying of his former housekeeper Charlotte Robinson, 30. The death sentence is mandatory. Mergner pleaded intoxication claiming a blackout from drinking as evidence. Robinson was found dying in the street from a gunshot wound.
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Washington
Fred ‘“C. Mergner
Charlotte Robinson
Mergner
Mergner’s Family Ties to Bakery Fortune Highlighted
The report notes Mergner’s wife, an heiress to a bakery fortune, died years ago. Their children and he lived in a $31,000 home bought with her funds. It also recalls the Monitor’s rapid 100 day construction as a notable wartime vessel achievement.
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Mergner
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