Food Subsidy Battle Continues in Senate
In Washington the fight over consumer food subsidies heats up as Sen Pepper proposes amendments to ease wage controls and boost dependents' benefits for service members while Sen Clark pushes broad abolition of subsidies including support prices. Administration leaders oppose new spending ceilings and push toward Senate passage of the subsidy bill.
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Washington (P
Congress
Pepper
D-Fra
Clark
D.-Mo
Senate
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Little Steel
Pepper and Clark
Bogota Tightens Grip as Gomez Arrest Sparks Clash
In Bogota the government warned it may declare martial law as supporters of Conservative Sen. Laureano Gomez try to free him after his arrest on contempt charges. A bomb attack on Judge Jesus Caicedo Lozano failed, wounding an attacker described as a fanatic. police armed guards kept order as street fighting injured many.
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Bogota
Colombia
Laureano Gomez
Jesus Antonio Caicedo Lozano
Gomez
Germany
Yiddish Author I J Singer Dies in New York
Yiddish author and journalist I J Singer died at his New York home from a heart ailment. He was on the Jewish Daily Forward editorial staff and served as foreign correspondent in Poland from 1923 to 1934. Best known for The Brothers Ashkenazi, he began publishing in 1921 and a stage adaptation of The Family Carnavsky is at the Yiddish Art Theater. He is survived by his widow and a son, Joseph, in the Army.
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New York
I. J. Singer
Brothers Ashkenazi
Singer
Forward
Poland
Warway
Carnavsky
Yiddish Art Theater
Joseph
American-built Ship Sinks Two U-Boats
The British Information Service announced that the American-built escort carrier H. M. 5 Biter sunk two German U-boats and attacked five more. The Biter, originally a banana boat converted into an aircraft carrier, has logged 45,000 miles on Atlantic convoy patrols in eight months.
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Washington
H. M
British Information Service
Germans Make Death by Own Action Stand Before Korsun
Soviet and Russian forces have cut off German units around Korsun in the Dnieper bend and are wiping them out. Moscow bulletin says the 10 crack Axis divisions are trapped, with large numbers killed and captured as Soviet artillery drives closer to Korsun itself.
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London
Korsun
Dnieper
Moscow
Stalingrad
German forces and casualties reported near Dnepropetrovsk
The Moscow radio reported Germans killed 128 Russian children in Mikhailovka near Dnepropetrovsk with bodies found in a ditch and toys buried. It said Schermermann sent all available men into a last stand as Korsun pocket aims to be sealed, with seven Soviet columns and heavy artillery closing in.
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London
Mikhailovka
Dnepropetrovsk
Moscow Radio
Moscow
Schermmerman
Eighth Army
Staliningrad
Friedrich von Paulus
Sixth Army
Korsun
Stalingrad
Blizzard Sweeps Midwest Across Prairie States
A powerful blizzard swept the Midwest with gusty winds and heavy snow from Montana to Michigan. Areas reported up to 11 inches, roads blocked in northern Kansas and the Dakotas, and schools closed in Omaha Lincoln Nebraska and parts of Iowa and South Dakota. The storm ended a drought and will aid winter wheat and soil moisture for spring planting.
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Chicago
Midwest
Prairie
Montana
Michigan
Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Towa
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Communicable Diseases Show Marked Increase
U S Public Health Service reports record meningitis cases and nationwide outbreaks of scarlet fever and measles. An official cites wartime congestion in cities with crowded streets and public venues as a partial cause.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Eleven Hurt in Railroad Wreck at Pennsauken Junction
A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train crashed into a passenger train at Hatch Junction in Pennsauken township New Jersey injuring eleven people. Officials say the 52 car freight apparently ran a stop signal after crossing the Delaware River bridge from Pennsylvania. The wreck lies near Delair where a deadly crash occurred last May killing fourteen.
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Pennsauken
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsauken Township
Hatch Junction
Delaware River Bridge
Pennsylvania
Delair
Plane Missing with 24 Aboard
A Memphis bound American airliner with 24 aboard, including 21 passengers and three crew, is overdue after leaving Little Rock at 10:50 p.m. Officials fear a crash into the Mississippi River about 15 miles south. Station Manager J O Conner said last contact was 11:31 p.m. with no reported trouble. A Coast Guard search is underway.
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Memphis
Little Rock
Mississippi River
Here
J. O. Conner
U. S
Conner
Mississippi
Coast Guard
Chaplin Faces Mann Act Indictment
Charlies Chaplin is indicted by a federal grand jury on Mann Act violations and conspiracy. His attorney says Chaplin will surrender Monday and asserts the Constitution presumes innocence until trial. Indictments also name Beverly Hills officials and police officers connected to the case.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charlies
Spencer Chaplin
Beverly Hills
Joan Berg
Hery
Chaplin
Joan Berry
Jerry Giesler
5. S. Hahn
Capt
W. W White
Charles Griffin
Willkie Dewey Battle Looms At New Mexico Convention
In Albuquerque a behind the scenes clash between Willkie and Dewey supporters for eight New Mexico GOP delegates threatens the floor race at the state convention. Party leaders insist the delegation to Chicago will go uninstructed despite one county convention vote backing Dewey.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Dewey
Willkie
G. O. P. Assembly
84 Nazi Planes Downed In Raid
U S Army communique reports 84 German aircraft shot down in raids on Brunswick and Gilze-Rijen in Holland. 29 bombers and eight fighters failed to return from Gilze-Rijen, while 55 interceptors and at least 29 more were credited to fighters and bomber gunners.
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London
U. S
Brunswick
Giize-Rijen
Holland
Thunderbolts
Gilze-Rijen
Naze
Navy Reveals New Blows in Marshalls
The Navy said American forces pounded Japanese positions in the Marshalls with ships shells and long range air bombs. A total of 114 tons of bombs were dropped over three days on unidentified atolls as warships shelled two more enemy atolls. Patrol planes carried out bombing and strafing missions, and Wake Island also saw bomb hits on the air field and barracks areas.
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Washington
Marshalls
mid-Pacific
Kwaja‘lein
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Wake Island
Allied forces close in on Saidor New Guinea blitz ends major battle
General Douglas MacArthur announced the victory in New Guinea as Australian and American troops linked near Saidor after a five month Huon Peninsula drive. About 14 000 Japanese were trapped and most casualties suffered in the effort. The combined forces crossed paths at Olid Yagomi and prepared to move toward Madang.
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Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Huon Peninsula
Saidor
Madang
Olid Yagomi
Citizens Military Force
Buna
82Nd
Finschhafen
Fimsterre Range
Saruwaged
Finisterre
Stilwell Advances in Burma With Chinese American Forces
In Burma’s northern jungles, Japanese retreat from Hukawng Valley slows as Stilwell’s Chinese forces push southward toward Maingkwan. Chinese capture key villages, mop up remaining Japanese units, and report trophies including rifles and machine guns. Stilwell notes Japanese attitudes shifting with improved indoctrination and claims their propaganda as ineffective.
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Burma
Hukawng
Joseph W Stilwell
Taro
Chindwin River
Taipha Ga
Tunas River
Mogaung
Maingkwan
Tassia
Stilwell
Youth in Love Dare Ends in Train Tragedy
William Kane Jr. faced a speeding suburban train after a girlfriend's dare and told police he was in love. Penn Central officials urged supervision at a hearing. Magistrate Hobson Reynolds ordered Kane into Crime Prevention Society custody for ninety days.
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Philadelphia
William Kane, Jr
William
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hobson Reynolds
Crime Prevention Society
Fourth War Loan Reaches 86 Percent of Goal
The Fourth War Loan passes 12.06 billion dollars, reaching 86 percent of the 14 billion target. Individual purchases total 135 million and corporate buys 155 million, lifting overall support to 33.157 billion and 8.905 billion respectively, with the drive set to end Tuesday.
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Washington (P
Wife of Movie Star Urged for Congress
Rep Ford of California endorsed Mrs Helen Gahagan Douglas wife of actor Melvyn Douglas for election to his seat this year He said she has the personality and leadership needed in the House Ford had announced he would not seek reelection.
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Washington
Ford
D- Cal
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Congress
Douglas
Draft Age Boost Denied by War Secretary
Washington acting Secretary of War Robert T. Patterson denied a report that the Army would raise the draft age from 38 to 45. He noted the 1942 reduction from 45 to 33 followed Army and Navy experience showing older men were less effective, despite many servicemen over 38 being fit.
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Washington
Robert T. Patterson
Army
Navy
Woman's Christian Temperance Union to convene in Columbus
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold its annual convention in Columbus Ohio from September 12 to 20. WC TU headquarters announced yesterday.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Columbus
WCTU
Leningrad Recounts Siege Turning Point and Recovery
Henry C. Cassidy reports from Leningrad on the siege relief and the fall of the German blockade. Red Army engineers describe fortified pillboxes and daily shelling that left the city scarred, with heavy damage in the Kirov district and ongoing cleanup as reconstruction looms.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Associated Press
Leningrad
Rowsin
Ciity
Canddy
Lev Barshai
Red Army
Gregory Ketlerov
General Staff
Kirov
Leningrad Battlefield Reach Near City Core
Henry C. Cassidy reports from the Leningrad front noting German advances west of the city to Khnovo two and a half miles from the Kirov factory and two miles from Zhdanov shipyards. The frontline area showsearthquake like devastation with towns ruined and trees toppled across miles toward Pulkovo Observatory.
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Leningrad
Khnovo
Kirov
Putilov
Zhdanov
Gulf of Finland
Pulkovo
Stalingrad
Castel Gandolfo Bombed The Vatican villa spared but area hit
The Vatican radio reported Castel Gandolfo, near the Anzio front, bombed for the third time with many casualties. The papal villa escaped damage while bombs struck the adjacent college. The Holy See offered aid to the injured and refugees. Nazi Rome radio claimed Allied involvement without confirmation.
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London
Vatican Radio
Castel Gandolfo
Anzio
Italy
Papal
Associated Press
Switzerland
Pius XII
Holy Father
Vatican
Holy See
Rome
Gandolfo
Greek guerrilla factions declare truce amid Greek civil war
Two leading Greek guerrilla bands under Col Napoleon Zervas and Elas Zervas announced a ceasefire, effectively ending most fighting in the German influenced Greek civil conflict. The truce involves the Andartes and a recently formed group breaking from the Hidden Underground.
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Cairo
Guerrilas
Napoleon Zervas
Elas Zervas
Guerrila
Hiddes
Fig Andartes
War Dept Attacked Over Handling of Philippines Atrocities
Dr Woo H. Spensley of Albuquerque charged yesterday that the War and Navy Departments had been brutal and dastardly in their account of Japanese prisoner abuses in the Philippines. He was named national chairman of human relief organizations.
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Washington
Woo H. Spensley
Albuquerque
War and Navy Departments
Philippines
Price ceilings set for used cars by OPA plan
The Office of Price Administration completed a plan for price ceilings on used cars and will decide in two to three weeks where to implement it. The plan calls for maximum prices at average January 1944 levels.
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Washington (P
Office of Price Administration
Deale
Allied Beachhead Presses Against German Strongpoint
Allied commanders report German forces slashing at the Rome beachhead amid intensifying artillery and growing numbers of reinforcements. Allied air power targets immediate communications as German ground troops, including the 26th, mass for a potential breakthrough while fighters operate from a makeshift strip on the beach.
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Algiers
Rome
Maranal Rommel
Hitler
Kenneth Dixon
Associated Press
Dixon
Italy
Subpoena Issued in Drake Hotel Fatal Shooting Case
Patricia Goodbody, daughter of Mrs Williams, was subpoenaed to appear at the coroner's inquest into the January 19 shooting of Mrs Frank Starr Williams in the Drake Hotel. The inquiry resumes March 3 as Goodbody's aunt accepts service due to illness. police testimony suggests accidental shooting in a struggle over a revolver with no third person present.
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Chicago
Patricia Goodbady
Frank Starr Wiliams
A. L. Brodies
California
Willams
Drake Hotel
Beware Budapest Bear Will Bite Warning Broadcast
Moscow radio warned Budapest is next on the bombing list and said Hungary will share the fate of Helsinki if it continues to resist. The monitor records the broadcast noting Germany cannot protect its cities or aid its satellites.
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London
Moscow
Budapest
Helsinki
Hungary
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