Southern Senators Clash Over Party Split Threat
Senate row erupts as Senator Bailey warns Southern Democrats may form their own party to balance power, while Senator Byrd demands Guffey resign as Democratic campaign chair. Guffey defends actions and recalls a prior grand jury indictment. The dispute centers on a proposed federal war ballot for armed service members and alleged cross party lines led by Pew and Byrd.
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Washington
Bailey
Guffey
D.-Pa
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Virginia
New York
Armed Forces of America
Joseph Pew
Pew
Pennsylvania
Song
Throw Her Out in House of Commons Turmoil
Lady Astor faced a hostile reception in the House of Commons as protesters demanding the release of Sir Oswald Mosley disrupted debate. Emanuel Shinwell urged to “throw her out,” while colleagues condemned the interruptions and the chamber momentarily erupted in rough exchanges.
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Lady Astor
London
House of Commons
Oswald Mosley
Britain
Emanuel Shinwell
George Davies
Churchill Sails to Cairo Tehran Conferences With Cold
The Daily Mail reports Prime Minister Churchill left Britain for Cairo and Teheran conferences with a heavy cold and fever over 100 degrees. In Cairo his cold worsened and he lost his voice yet proceeded to work. The paper notes the cold has since cleared.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Cairo
Teheran
Daily Mail
Nine Injured in Rail Tunnel Crash in City Center
Nine men were hospitalized with injuries after a mid-tunnel crash between a gasoline powered work car and a Lackawanna switch engine in Oswego. The incident occurred in the center of the city.
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Oswego
Lackawanna
Wisconsin Battleship Launched Amid Pearl Harbor Echo
The U S S Wisconsin, cost 90 million dollars and 33 months in construction, was launched on the Pearl Harbor anniversary. In Philadelphia Navy Yard 30,000 workers cheered as Mrs. Walter S. Goodland shattered the champagne bottle. The ship, the Navy’s largest battleship class member with 860 foot length and 108 foot beam, slides into the Delaware River to face Tokyo.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Wisconsin
Tokyo
Ralph A. Bard
Navy Yard
Delaware River
New Jersey
Iowa
Walter S. Goodland
Badger
Jane's Fighting Ships
Amalgamated Seeks Raise For Members
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America announced it would open a general wage increase for 325,000 clothing industry workers. The union cites rising living costs and Congress not implementing Roosevelt's economic stabilization plan, condemns the Little Steel formula as outmoded, and orders its nine-member committee to craft a wage policy.
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New York
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated
Nine
Bremen Harbor Out For Three Years
Allied aerial bombardments have badly damaged 70 percent of Bremen and its harbor districts, with normal restoration not possible for three years. A traveler from Bremen reports ships halted forty miles upriver at Bremerhaven after raids on November 29, noting 6,000 to 7,000 killed and about 20,000 wounded.
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Stockholm
Bremen
Weser
Bremerhaven
Browder Loses Deportation Appeal in Washington
Mrs Raissa Irene Browder wife of the Communist party leader here lost a second plea for suspension of a deportation order. The Board of Tax Appeals said no evidence dispelled doubts and evasions from the prior 180 decision finding her deportable. Warrant not carried out due to return difficulties and ocean travel hazards.
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Washington
Raissa Irene Browder
Communist Party
Board of Tax Appeals
Army Tightens Christmas Furloughs Across Posts
The Army will again cap Christmas and New Year furloughs at 10 percent of post strength due to limited transport. Furloughs max 14 days. travels on Christmas Eve or Day discouraged. One day passes count toward the 10 percent. Travel must start by Dec 24 for Christmas and return Dec 25 or 26. New Year passes start by Dec 31 and return Jan 1 or 2.
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Washington (P
Army
Santa Gets Priority Claim on Furlough
At Gunter Field Alabama a solo Christmas furlough was offered to the squadron member with the best reason to go home for the holiday. A private won by pledging to serve as Santa Claus for the local orphanage children each year.
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Santa
Gunter Field
Ala
Turkey Ties With Allies Signals Balkan Assault Near
A Cairo communique after talks among Inonu Roosevelt and Churchill hints at Turkey near full unity with the Big Three. The plan aims at a Balkan offensive to topple Bulgaria and Romania and pressures Hungary, with potential Turkish air bases for the Allies. Moscow notes Turkey's more active role, while Greek and Yugoslav exiles may have been consulted. Large scale operations and a decisive battle are said to be close.
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London
Turkey
Germany
Balkan
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Romania
Ismet Inonu
Roosevelt
Churchill
Portugal
Azores
Hitler
Hungary
Russia
Soviet Union
Rassig
Red Army
Near East
Cairo
Reuters
Ankara
Mihailovic Order May Increase Yugoslav Tension
London reports a Mihailovic order calling all guerrilla units to submit to his authority amid Yugoslav partisan activity against Rommel’s forces. The note comes as Yugoslav tensions rise and the Allies prepare for a possible southern invasion agreed at Teheran.
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Mihailovic
London
Hitler
Balkan
Teheran
Ervin Rommel
Yugoslavia
Cairo
Draja Mihailovic
Reds Gain And Lose In Ukraine
Red Army spearheads closed to Znamenka within four miles as three columns pressed toward the rail junction while German counterattacks in the Kiev bulge drove back Russians from several populated places. In the north, Chernyakhov to Zhytomyr and Korosten battles raged with heavy German losses but new territory gained. The Moscow communique cited 1,600 German deaths and many prisoners, plus rail trains seized and German tanks wrecked. Russian air forces raided rear German communications amid severe weather.
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London
Znamenka
Dnieper
Moscow
Kiev
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Chernyakhov
Zhitomir
Koroston—hoth
More Taxes Are Needed
Washington officials urged stronger fiscal measures to fight inflation during a Pearl Harbor anniversary address by War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes. He warned subsidies must continue to curb price rises and called for greater savings and higher taxes while criticizing wage-pressure groups.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Pearl Harbor
Congress
America
War and Navy Review Boards
Jap Supply Depots Bombed Along New Britain Coast
Allied air forces bombed Japanese supply points across Cape Gloucester to the Vitu Islands in the Bismarck archipelago. Liberators and Mitchells dropped 738 tons in eight days, with over 100 planes targeting Rein Bay Bergen Bay Capa Bushing and nearby routes from Rabaul, indicating shifting operations as Rabaul harbor use declined.
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Southwest Pacific Headquarters
Japan
New ‘Britain
Cape Gloucester
Cape Hoskins
Gasmata
Vitu Islands
Bismarck Archipelago
Rein Bay
Bergen Bay
Capa Bushing
Rabaul
New Britain
Rabaul Harbor
Moscow Hails Teheran Pact Unity and Allied Resolve
Izvestia praises the Teheran conference as a historic decision set by Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. It lauds Allied advances in North Africa and Italy, notes Soviet leaders and people viewing the three leaders as friends, and highlights Stalin’s risky flight to Teheran as proof of trust and cooperation.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Pacific Ocean
Tavestia
North Africa
Mediterranean
Italy
Russia
Red Army
Teheran
Kremlin
Cordell Hull
Reinforcements Arrive at East Coast Canadian Port
Reinforcements from Canada and Allied air and sea units arrived in Britain, with thousands aboard ships, as announced last night at a major East Coast Canadian port. The arrival signals a boost to the ongoing wartime efforts and military operations across the theater.
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Britain
Courts martial delay for Pearl Harbor chiefs extends six months
Congress approved a resolution to extend by six months the statute of limitations on the courts martial of Pearl Harbor commanders Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short. Debate centered on potential impeachment of War Secretary Stimson and Navy Secretary Knox if charges were not filed.
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Washington
Congress
Met
Pearl Harbor
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Clark
D.-Mo
War Stimson
Navy
Knox
Senate
House
Stimson
Kimmel
Short
Farouk Quits Hospital Returns in Salute
King Farouk, apparently fully recovered from a hip injury from a November accident, left Kassassin Military Hospital and returned to Abdin Palace. He saluted crowds from a pale-green royal car as troops lined the streets. Flags decorated the avenues as Egyptian air force planes dropped candies and flowers.
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Cairo
Farouk I
Abdin Palace
Kassassin
Farouk
Woolley Vows Consumer Focus for OPA Region Three
New York UPI Daniel P Woolley, sworn in as director of the OPA region three, said the main aim of his administration will be to protect consumers. He announced a tour of the region including New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland and the District of Columbia. He stated he would not permit overcharges on food or on upgrading merchandise.
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New York
Upi
Daniel P. Woolley
OPA
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Woolley
Skelton Plane Sinks Two German Transports
Red Skelton's provided aircraft to Moscow reportedly sunk two German transports, per Red Fleet report. The pilot is Captain Streletzki.
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Moscow
Red Fleet
Red Skelton
Streletzki
Kentucky's New Chief Executive Takes Office
Simeon Willis sworn in as Kentucky's forty-ninth governor. He named Ralph A. Homan as executive secretary and outlined plans for a general assembly program. The state starts with about 10.3 million dollars in cash and aims to review the income tax policy.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Simeon
Willis
Commonwealth
Ralph A. Homan
Louisville
Wallis
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Bata Ce
Keen Johnson
Nazis See War Lost Says French Flyer
A French flyer back from the Soviet front said 80 percent of Germans on that front believe Germany has lost the war. Maj Pierre Pouyade, quoting Alsatian deserters, noted only a fifth of Nazis still cling to victory. He described Russians as well fighting and that the campaign left a strong impression of a nation truly at war.
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Algiers
Germany
Pierre Pouyade
Russia
Roosevelt Churchill Inonu Conclude Three Day Cairo Talks
Roosevelt Inonu and Churchill announced a three day conference in Cairo with Eden Menemencioglu Hopkins and Vinogradov, reviewing policy and confirming unity among the United States Turkey and Great Britain. A joint communique touts a strong alliance and closeness in facing the world situation as plans for future Balkan action surface.
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Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Soviet Union
Teheran
Chiang Kai-shek
Stalin
Balkans
Hitler
Europe
Anthony Eden
Numan Menemencioglu
Britain
Farry Hopkins
Sergei A. Vinogradov
United States
Briish
Great Britain
United States of America
Inonu
Caire
Landon Sees Dewey as Strong 1944 GOP Nominee
Former Kansas Governor Alf Landon praised New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey as the outstanding Republican possibility for the 1944 nomination after informal talks. Dewey declined to comment and Landon said no remarks on future ticket plans were necessary. The Kansan urged Wendell Willkie to clarify his differences with Landon, as Wilkie had suggested a different 1944 leader.
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New York
Alfan Landon
Kansas
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
GOBR
Landon
Wendell W
Willkie
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Ukraine
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Iraacevelt
Wats Churchill, Tnonu
Drew Pearson
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