Social Security tax plans hold 1944 rates in Senate vote
The Senate Finance Committee narrowly backed keeping employee and employer Social Security payroll contributions at 1 percent each through 1944, resisting automatic rise to 2 percent. Proviso by Senator Vandenberg would add about 1.92 billion annually. Committee also kept a tax return filing requirement for labor unions and non profits amid union opposition.
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Senate Finance Committee
Benateur Vandenberg
Rmich
A. J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Vandenberg
Altmeyer
Finance Committee
Poughkeepsie Man Held For Slaying
A Dutchess County grand jury will be asked to indict Bernard Butler, 22, a roled mental hospital patient, for the murder of 19 year old Taricle E Lawrence, an Army cadet nurse. Butler confessed to battering Lawrence to death with rocks October 26 near Vassar Hospital.
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UPI
Dutchess County
Tar Cile E. Lawrence
Bernard Butler
John R. Schwartz
Schwartz
Mattewan Hospital
Sir Malcolm Campbell Denies Poacher's Trap
London UP Sir Malcolm Campbell, automobile racing driver, pleaded innocent to a charge of setting spring guns on his estate to injure trespassers near three bridges. The court ordered a trial. Prosecution said guns loaded with red ochre fired on trespassers. an employee’s accident amputated a leg. Campbell's attorney said the devices were for detection and warning signs were posted.
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London
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Sir Malcolm
Finland Pays Debt Installment After World War I
Finland yesterday paid the United States 233 915.06 as another installment on money borrowed after the first World War. The payment included 34 000 in principal and 166 220 in semi annual interest on an outstanding debt near 9 000 000, plus 136 695.06 due on the postponed payment.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Congress
Eden promises war shortened by allied unity from Tehran talks
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that the three Tehran conferences among Roosevelt and Churchill with Chiang Kai-shek Stalin and Inonu offer world significance, promising closer military coordination and an international order stronger than any enemy could challenge though he warned against easy optimism amid vast plans to defeat Germany and Japan.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Middle East
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Stalin
Inonu
Turkey
Germany
Japan
United Nations
Eden
Teheran
New Attacks Rake Japs In Marshalls
The Pacific fleet announced two new strikes on Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands. On Wotje, Seventh Army four engine bombers attacked the main base, one raider damaged by anti aircraft fire. A Sunday Jaluit strike by Navy Liberators caused a wounded pilot and damaged planes.
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Mid- Pacific
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Jaluit
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Navy
Pacific Fleet
Seventh Army Air Force
Marshall Atolls
Navy First
Equality Order Disputed Over FEPC Powers in War Era
Washington dispatch reports a major controversy over the Fair Employment Practices Committee authority to order equal treatment for Negro war workers. FEPC orders faced Southern railroad challenges as Congress, courts, and the War Labor Board weighed in amid a white workers strike at the Western Electric Point Breeze plant. The WLB ordered strikers to return or face action, linked to protests over shared washrooms. Rep. Marcantonio praised FEPC while criticizing 16 Southern railroads for defying FEPC orders, and Rep. Rankin dismissed FEPC as a rump, inflaming Southern tensions.
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Fair Employment Practices Committee
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FEPC
Congress
Courts
War Labor Board
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Baltimore
Point Breeze
WLB
Western Electric Co
Western Electric
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D.miss
PEPC
South
Typhoons Bomb French Targets in Daylight
RAF Typhoons bombed targets in northern France in daylight yesterday as Mosquitos struck western Germany for the fourth straight night. Beaufighters patrolled off Norway, sinking an enemy flying boat. one patrol aircraft was missing.
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London
France
Germany
Coastal Command
Norway
Refrigerator Resurrection Nude Turkey at Large Since Thanksgiving Mercy Slaying Augusta Ga
Augusta Herald reporters chased a featherless turkey that, after being chloroformed and dry plucked for Thanksgiving, escaped from a refrigerator. A second teacher allegedly dressed the bird in a sweater to disguise its condition. The paper seeks to learn whether the turkey survives past Christmas.
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Augusta
Augusta Herald
Rensselaer Graduates Cadettes Awardees List
Livingston W. Houston awards certificates to Curtiss-Wright cadettes Suzanne Lopez of Glass Lake Muriel Theodorsen Hampton Virginia Frances Lummis Charlottesville Virginia and Marie Coville New Lisbon New Jersey.
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Suzanne E. Lopez
Glass Lake
Muriel Theodorsen
Hampton, Va
Frances Lummis
Charlotsville
Marie Coville
New Lisbon
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84 Women End Study At R P I Curtiss Cadettes
84 women completed ten months of study in engineering and industrial training at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Recruited by Curtiss-Wright Corp to join propeller plants, they will soon take basic engineering roles at Caldwell New Jersey. The graduation at Troy Country Club was led by Prof. Franklin Spafford with Curtiss-Wright officials present.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy Country Club
Curtiss-Wright Cadettes
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Franklin Spafford
R. P I
Paul E. Hemke
Chinese Rout Jap Invaders From Changteh
Chinese forces with aircraft repelled the retreating Japanese from Changteh and recaptured Shibmen Sinl and other towns. The Chinese high command hailed a sweeping encirclement operation between the Lin and Yangtze rivers, aided by the air force in bombings. By Sunday morning the enemy was routed with heavy casualties and loss of strategic centers from the prior advance into the rice bowl.
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Changten
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Sinl
Camemu
Lin
Yangtze
China
Rice Bowl
LaGuardia Replaces City Hall Portraits
New York City returns two million dollar portraits removed after Pearl Harbor to City Hall walls. Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia announced the decision saying the risk is acceptable and the works by American artists will be restored, asserting Germany under Hitler cannot threaten them from afar.
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New York
Groucho Marx Hurt In Auto Accident
Groucho Marx was treated at Emergency Hospital for a forehead abrasion after a car accident in Los Angeles. He said a friend Doris Smith had just alighted from his car when the collision occurred as he watched her in the rear view mirror.
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Los Angeles
Groucho Mark
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Doris Smith
Nazis Hurl 90,000 Troops Against Tito in Balkans
German forces thrust six divisions into eastern Bosnia as Tito’s Partisans fight back. Eden announces Britain will aid Yugoslav forces with Soviet support, while Tito flags a six nation federal future. Berlin confirms reinforcements moving to the Balkans and wider operations loom.
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London
Yugoslavia
Anthony Eden
Britain
Army of Liberation
Josip Broz
Tito
Bosnia
Berlin
Balkans
Eden
Peter
Moscow
House of Commons
WLB Head Asks Continuation of Food Subsidies
Washington letter from War Labor Board chairman William H. Davis to Senator Wagner urges Congress to extend food subsidies. He warns that ending subsidies would restart the wage price race and disrupt daily life for Americans amid rising wage demands in basic industries.
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Washington (P
William H . Davis
War Labor Board
Congress
Davis
Chamman Wagner
D-N
Senate Banking Committee
Hanley Wins Lieutenant Governor Seat by 333,341 Margin
State canvassers report Joe R. Hanley defeating Gen. William N. Haskell by 1,344,553 to 1,201,212 in November. Hanley sworn in Dec 31 after Senate resignation. Five constitutional amendments passed, one defeated. Judge Thomas D. Thacher broad party endorsement wins Court of Appeals race with 3,174,129 votes across party lines.
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Joe R. Hanley
State Board of Canvassers
Hanley
William N. Haskell
American Labor Party
Senate
Thomas D. Thacher
Court of Appeals
A. L. BP
Rommel May Head Nazi Army In Anti Hitler Plot
Refugee sources say Erwin Rommel could be installed to command the German army as a counter to an anti-Hitler coup. Karl von Rundstedt is also said to face removal as the western front defenses are reshaped for possible peace terms with the Allies.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Europe
Fuehrer
Junkers
Germany
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Hitler
Nevada Court Hears Duke Divorce Today
The Doris Duke Cromwell divorce case will be heard at 10 30 am in Reno Nevada despite an injunction from New Jersey. Woodburn, Cromwell’s Reno attorney, said the Chancery court ruled she is a New Jersey resident seeking Nevada residence for divorce. Thomas I Perkins of New York will join Woodburn for the hearing. In Newark New Jersey Cromwell’s counsel said he would seek nullification if Nevada grants the divorce.
Russians claim Cherkasy hold falters after German drive
Moscow says Cherkasy, a key railway hub south of Kiev, fell only to be recaptured by fierce German efforts while Russian forces, aided by guerrillas, paused to defend Kiev’s approaches. Soviet broadcasts claim Germans still retreat from Radomysl as Von Manstein formations press toward Korosten and Zhitomir. Berlin cites a northern push near Nevel as Yeremenko redeploys six infantry divisions and two tank corps.
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London
Cherkasy
Middle Dnieper
White Russia
Moscow
Radomysl
Kiev
Maes
Faemans
wuuLo Wwe Uuw Uchaus
Radomys
Eteerev
Fritz von Mannstein
Korosten
Zhitomir
Berlin
Nevel
Andrei L Yeremenko
Stalingrad
Montreal Police Strike Settled After 14 Hour Walkout
An agreement recognizing the Canadian Congress of Labour as bargaining agent for Montreal police fire and public works workers ended a 14 hour strike. City official L B E Potvin signed for Montreal. services began restoring after the deal.
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Montreal GP
Montreal
Canadian Congress of Labor
L. BE. Potvin
Quebec Municipal Commission
Public Works
Deanna Durbin Divorces Vaughn Paul After Two Years
Deanna Durbin, 21, ends her marriage to Lieut. (j. g.) Vaughn Paul in a brief court proceeding. She testified his constant criticisms and late-night absences strained the union, saying her love for classical music and quarrels over radio programs contributed to her decision to end the marriage.
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Los Angeles
Deanna Durbin
Eclat
J. G
Vaughn Paul
Deanna
Paul
Vaughn
Sue
Allies Hold Off Germans Near Ortona Seashore Forward Push Near Pescara
Allied headquarters report heavy German armor was thrown into a desperate counterattack to halt Canadian gains toward Ortona, 11 miles below Pescara on the Adriatic coast. Despite fierce counterattacks, Canadians held the line and advanced on the Moro River sector as Eighth Army artillery and air power pounded German defenses and took prisoners in the inland drive toward Chieti.
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Pescara
Eighth Army
Ortona
Adriatic
Africa
Italy
Moro
Orsogna
Eden
Sir Bernard le Montgomery
Eighth Army 13
Coital
Chieti
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Liri
Mignano
Six Deputy Attorneys To Aid Albany Inquiry
Albany GPI Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein designated six deputy attorneys yesterday to aid George Poor special prosecutor in charge of a broad inquiry into alleged crime in Albany County Monaghan was designated by Goldstein Monday after Republican Governor Dewey pressed his feud with the Albany Democratic organization, expanding the inquiry powers of a special grand jury previously ordered to safeguard administration of the section saw Monaghan s assistants include George Yrosk and Herbert Sern, New York City, Gilbert J. Pederson, Orchard Park. William D. Kiley, Oneida Edmund A Koblenz, Albany and A. Cuyler Ten Exvek, Great Neck L. I.
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Oneid Edmund A Koblenz
Alba
A. Cuyler Ten
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