Texan Major recalls Tokyo raid miss and ferrying planes
War correspondent profiles Maj. Wilson R. Wood of Chico Texas the B 26 field commander in England describes his multiple missions over German occupied Europe and his missed Tokyo raid caused by a snowstorm in Indianapolis He ferried raid planes to the Pacific and remains hopeful to participate in future operations while praising his friend Capt. Frank Keppler and his own long service with the Eighth Air Force.
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U. S
England
INS
Wilson R. Wood
Chico
Texas
Herbert B. Thatcher
Chevy Chase
Eighth Air Force
Tokyo
Eurpope
Marauders
Indianapolis
Ind
America
Pacific
United States
Lawson
Frank Kappler
Gether
Major Wood
Keppler
Oil Man Predicts Better Jobs For Returning Service Men
R W Gallagher president of Standard Oil of New Jersey argues postwar employment should reward veterans with advancement as their skills and judgment rise from military service. The policy includes two months of lump sum pay, difference pay for dependents, and job protection while on leave with aims to place veterans in positions matching their enhanced capabilities.
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New York
INS
R. W. Gallagher
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Gallagher
Pearl Harbor
British Policy Seen Cause Of Soviet Diplomatic Move
Washington dispatches analyze a high stakes duel of power politics between Britain and Soviet Russia. Moscow’s move granting ostensible foreign action rights to its republics signals a bid to counter Britain’s balance of power strategy and may draw Western Europe into a Soviet commonwealth. Washington fears a broader realignment if Britain and Russia stay on their current path. The U S State Department under Cordell Hull advocates a general international organization over bloc-style security.
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Washington
INS
Russia
Great Britain
Moscow
Jan Christian Smuts
Lord Halifax
Smuts
Britain
Europe
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Germany
Bavaria
Cordell Hulls
Lepke to Go to Court of Appeals
Louis Lepke Buchalter and two Murder Inc. henchmen Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone plan to take their case to the Court of Appeals after the high court upheld their murder convictions four to three. A Wednesday clemency hearing under Gov. Dewey considered executive clemency while denying a commission to review new evidence, with defense lawyers pursuing further appeals. If clemency or court intervention does not occur, the three will be executed by electric chair at Sing Sing next Thursday night, about two years after their Rosen murder conviction.
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Albany
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
Murder, Inc
Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss
Louis Capone
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
Thomas E. Dewey
Arthur Garfield Hays
I. Maurice Wormser
Sidney Rosenthal
J. Bertram Wegman
Dewey
New York City
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Hudson River congressmen join roll call on soldier ballot vote
Three Hudson River representatives Byrne Taylor and Kearney joined 160 others in a bid to force an open aye or nay vote on the soldier ballot bill. The final tally was 233 ayes to 160 nays, with the three lawmakers voting against the administration plan. The move aimed to expose the issue rather than rely on a teller vote.
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Record Newspapers
Washington
D. C
Hudson River
House
William T. Byrne
Dean P. Taylor
Bernard W. Kearney
Byrne
Taylor
Kearney
Earthquake Toll Rising in Turkey After Gerede Strikes
London based Radio Berlin dispatch from Istanbul says new tremors were felt at Gerede as Turkey reels from last Tuesday's quake. Official tallies report 995 killed and 984 injured, with 1,500 houses destroyed and 612 damaged.
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London
Radio Berlin
Istanbul
Gerede
Turkey
Exchange Telegraph
Ankara
Cambridges Lieut Parrish Visits Home From Camp Croft
Cambridge notices report Lieut Graeme F Parrish of Camp Croft D C visiting home while detailing local charity efforts and military family movements. Also listed are January Cambridge High School honor rolls with multiple named students across grades and honors.
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Graeme F. Parrish
Camp Croft
D. C
Patrician Hall
Evelyn Rice Schaible
New York
Tuskeger
Ala
Morris Drigginss
Edward W. Gray, Jr
Camp Sutton
N. C
Los Angeles
Cal
Donald Wood
King Wood
England
Cambridge High School
Bates
Joyce McCollum
Clara Scaglione
Jean Morris
Margaret Robertson
William Buckley
David Burns
Charles Harff
Henry Bates
Edna Bentley
Anita Krause
Betty Regan
Barbara Andrews
Helen McInerney
Carol Edie
Marjorie Hastings
Borgny Markusgen
Warren Collamer
Virgil Krause
Roderick LeGrys
Dorothy Peregrim
Invasion of the coast stirs a weary broadcaster
A radio announcer Groaney laments the task of pronouncing French place names. He recalls 1939 and the Hitler era, then recites Parisian and provincial towns such as Le Havre Tourcoing Sete and others. A passerby overhears a tragic punchline about a flattened Crepe Suzette.
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le Havre
Tourcoing
Sete
Streamlined 1944 Valentines for Soldiers and Sweethearts
News from INS notes wartime Valentine cards simplify old poems and ornate designs while staying sentimental. Cards feature cheeky lines and service ties, with paper shortages shaping choices as GIs and loved ones exchange modest, heart filled greetings. Lawton farm agent Calvin Horn is reclassified 1-A on draft.
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New York
INS
Sam
Valentine
SQ. Shannon
Lawton
Okla
WiPi
Calvin E. Horn
Comanche County
Garvin County
Waterpower Development Seen Lagging
New York lags in hydroelectric development, the New York State Power Authority says in its annual report to Governor Dewey. It argues the state will be at a disadvantage attracting postwar industry due to slow St Lawrence River power projects and compares progress with rapid builds across the Pac Coast, Tennessee Valley, and Quebec.
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New York
Count Ory
New York State
Wero Resource Power Authority
Dewey
St. Lawrence
Pac
Tennessee Valley
Quebec
United States
Canada
St Lawrence
U. 58
Dominion
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