Allies Announce Jet Propulsion Plane in Production
A joint U S Army Air Forces and RAF statement reveals a secret jet powered aircraft under development by British and American labs. The project traces to Frank Whittle work and Bell Aircraft claims, with initial May 1941 flight and 1939 orders from the Gloucester group.
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Washington
U. S. Army Air Forces
RAF
Luftwaffe
Europe
Allied Air Chiefs
Great Britain
Frank Whittle
Lawrence D. Bell
Bell Aircraft Corp
Whittle
P. G. Sayer
Gloucester Aircraft Co
United States Army Air Forces
Ministry of Aircraft Producton
United States
General Electric Co
Southern leaders vow party unity despite tensions
New York U he member Gov J M Broughton of North Carolina stated the South will back the Democratic ticket, though resentment toward the national administration persists. He said southern states face political turmoil but differences would be resolved within the party and warned that national overreach threatens delicate race relations. Continued on page seventeen.
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New York U
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
I-Advised
South
Two Scottsboro Defendants Freed
Montgomery reports parole hearings freed two of the nine Scottsboro youths arrested in 1931 after conviction in the famous case. Andy Wight, 30, serving 99 years, and Clarence Morris, 32, were paroled as the last of a series of trials culminating in 1937.
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Montgomery
AlanPi
Scottsboro
Andy Wight
Lietermer Clarence Morris
Ala
Chattanooga
Tenn
Firms Deny Anti-Trust Violations In Civil Suit
The Justice Department accuses Eb. J. du Pont de Nemours Remington Arms and Imperial Chemical Industries of conspiring to restrain trade in chemical products arms and ammunition. Du Pont president Walter Carpenter Jr denies the charges saying the public and the war effort benefited. Attorney General Biddle calls it a major blow against cartel systems in world markets. Continued on page fifteen.
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New York
Justice Department
EB. J. du Pont de
Biddle
Wendell Berge
Carpenter
Wilmington
Del
du Pont
du Pont Co
Yugoslav Partisans Drive Out Germans From Cetina Valley
Yugoslav Partisans report expelling German forces from the sixty mile Cetina River valley, flowing to the Adriatic near Omis south of Split. Bitter street fighting continues in Banja Luka as units press building by building against stubborn German resistance.
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London
Cetina
Adriatic Sea
Omis
Split
Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Banja
Communia
Walker Seeks Congress Backing for Postwar International Policy
National Chairman Frank Walker urged voters to elect a Congress that will support an international policy worth while and plan for the peace. He criticized Republican leadership for not proposing a postwar foreign program, and said the Democratic party must stand or fall on winning the war and shaping peace. Republican Chairman Harrison E. Spangler prepared a Chicago address in reply, with no further comment.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Frank Walker
Congress
Walker
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Chicago
Roosevelt
Greek Sponge Fleet Holds Colorful Rite at Epiphany
Tarpon Springs Florida reports a young boy Mike Sturgis retrieved a golden cross from Spring Bayou to win the blessings of Archbishop Athenagoras during Epiphany ceremonies of the Greek sponge fishing community. The cross diving tradition promises good fortune. prayers for liberation of Greece were included amid the festivities.
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Tarpon Springs
Fla. UP
Mike Sturgis
Spring Bayou
Athenagoras
North
South America
Sturgis
Glider Carries Two Jeeps Thirty Men
A new glider capable of carrying thirty troops and two jeeps was tested at Ford Airport Dearborn yesterday. The craft features two landing gears with hydraulic brakes and a skid pair, regular flight instruments and radio, and is designed to handle higher towing speeds than its smaller predecessor.
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Detroit
Child Dies of Burns in Buffalo Incident
Barbara Taylor, age 4, died tonight from burns suffered Wednesday while playing with matches. The incident occurred in Buffalo, with details indicating accidental self-injury during a game.
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Buffalo
Barbara Taylor
Burns
Soviets Thrust Ten Miles Into Poland Report
London says Stanislaw Mikolajczyk announced an underground Polish government headed from London and a deputy premier in Poland. He praised the Soviet advance as edging toward liberation from Germany, while a Czech pact left room for Poland. Mikolajczyk planned talks in Washington with Roosevelt and Hull and with Edouard Benes in London.
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London
Gpi
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Mikolajczyk
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Edouard Benes
Benes
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Mascari Executed for Wife Slaying at Sing Sing
Joseph C Mascari, 32, former Troy resident, was executed in Sing Sing Prison for the murder of his wife Rose on a Canastota road in Madison County last year. He walked into the death chamber at 11 pm, smiled, spoke little, and refused the traditional special meal.
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Joseph C Mascari
Troy
Sing Sing Prison
Rose
Mascan
Watervliet
Canastota
Madison County
Mascari
Ladies' Greg Shoppe Proves Huge Success
Mobile Alabama reports a state CPI A liquor store for women only opened on Dauphin Street and impressed officials as a complete success after two days. Women shopped slowly, chose substitutes when stock ran out, and Bourbon led the sales with other beverages trailing.
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Mobile
Ala
CPI
State Beverage Board
Dauphin Street
Womens
Louis Hayward Seriously Ill in Long Beach Hospital
Actor Louis Hayward and husband of actress Ida Lupino is reported seriously ill with bronchial asthma and remains confined in the Long Beach Naval Hospital where his condition is being closely watched by medical staff.
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Long Beach Call
Louis Hayward
da Lupino
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Red Cross Vouches For Australian Brides
Melbourne report says American Red Cross confirms Australian marriage cases after thorough checks. William F Enders notes investigations precede US personnel marrying Australian girls, involving the man, the girl, and her parents. The Red Cross also handles distressed unmarried mothers and arranges support allotments where possible.
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Melbourne
Red Cross
William F Enders
United States
Grand Jury to Probe Alleged Forgery of Letter
The Justice Department announced a grand jury inquiry into a letter bearing Harry L. Hopkins's name that predicts Wendell L. Willkie as the Republican nominee. C. Nelson Sparks, former Akron mayor, released the letter, denying its authenticity and prompting the probe. subpoenas are planned for Sparks and Dr Umphrey Lee, SMU president. Hopkins not slated for subpoena.
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Washington !Pi
Justice Department
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Wendell L. Walkie
C. Nelson Sparks
Akron
Ohi
Willkie Hopkins
PRT
Sparks
Clark
Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
Lee
Squeeze Nazis At Dnieper Advance From Warsaw Corridor
Soviet forces swept ten miles into old Poland with the capture of Rakitno and 3,000 more retreating troops as they pushed toward the Dnieper bend. Berlin signaled a major German force may be fighting for its life in a pincers move by Generals Vatutin and Konev, with Rahimo reportedly taken in a fanwise sweep.
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London
Red Arm
Old Poland
Rakitno
Nikola F. Vatutin
Ivan
Konev
Moscow
Rahimo
Soviet and Bulgarian War Warnings Amid Red Army Advances
Unofficial reports say Soviet Russia warned Bulgaria against aiding the Axis while Bulgaria remains at war with the Western Allies. General Vatutin’s 750,000 man-plus forces push toward central Poland, with Konev’s Second Ukraine Army probing the Dnieper bend. Axis broadcasts fear a rapid Soviet advance toward the Warsaw Odessa railway, potentially cutting German southern Russia supply lines.
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Cairo
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkan
Moscow
Sofia
Vatutin
Berlin
Poland
Romania
Dnieper
Associated Press
Belaya Tserkov
Cherkasy
Worst of Winter Is Over Says Meteorologist
Hamilton says the worst of winter is over and temperatures from now to June should run above normal. He predicts potential mild weather between late January and mid March and a hot spell around June 5. The public relations office notes he is a student of weather cycles at Colgate University.
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Hamilton
Robert D. Edwards
Colgate University
Naval Might Preparatory School
Unpersits
Edwards
OPA Sounds Alarm on Butter Sales Practices
New York UP reports OPA regional administrator Woolley blasted wholesale dealers for forcing retailers to buy tied products to raise butter and egg prices. He invoked the riot act and said investigators would examine pricing after a meeting with wholesale butter and egg men.
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New York
Daniel
Vent Lex
OPA
Oder
Woolley
Cemetery Will Open When Robins Arrive
Franklin Mass announcements say due to labor shortages burials at Franklin Cemetery will be postponed until spring. Bodies will be placed in receiving vaults until frost leaves the ground, allowing easier digging for undertakers.
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Franklin. Mass
Franklin Cemetery
Cemetery Association
600 Japs Slain on Cape Gloucester
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports heavy fighting at Cape Gloucester New Britain with six hundred Japanese killed as Marines push east toward Bergen Bay. Total enemy losses exceed 2,000 since December 26 landings as air and artillery support join the assault.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bergen Bay
MaceArthur
Cape
Madang
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabaul
Strikers at Locomotive Co Still Out After Walkout
War Lentz of the Schenectady plant says about 200 workers remain on strike following an unauthorized walkout that began Wednesday afternoon. Twenty returned for the 4 pm shift, while management and union officials delay negotiations until the entire force comes back. The company fears disruption could affect about 3,000 war workers. Locomotives for the government and tanks for the Army are produced, with tank repair occupying much of the schedule. The situation is unchanged, says Lentz. 200 still out, about 20 back on the 4 pm to midnight shift.
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War Lentz
Scchenectady
American Locomotive Co
Lentz
Harold F Sylvester
Nea York
National War Labor Board
New York
and &Nvester
Schenectady
Newspapernen
Ship Workers Quit Jobs at Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia
Thousands of shipyard workers join a CIO Local 42 strike halting Cramp Shipbuilding Co. yard production. The walkout aims to force Navy control, with 17,000 idle workers ready to return if the Navy seizes the plant. The dispute centers on 42 painters and broader grievances against the company.
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Philadelphia
Great Cramp
Navy
OPA Unveils Ration Coins With Secrecy
Cincinnati reports Uncle Sam unveils secret ration coins to newsmen as 2.0 billion to 2.0 billion tokens are produced by Osborne Register Company. Tokens coming in red and blue colors bear blue point red point and OPA initials amid embargo on size details to prevent counterfeiting.
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Cincinnati
Sam
Osborne Register Company
George J. Neahans, Jr
Cleveland
Office of Price Administratuon
OPA
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