Bombs hit Berlin in eleventh major RAF raid
British night bombers struck Berlin last night in the eleventh major raid since November 18 1943. Canadian crews participated as Allied forces dropped about 14 000 tons on the German capital across ten prior assaults. German radio claimed 21 bombers were shot down, a figure not confirmed by Allied sources. Rome reported an air attack on the outskirts of Rome, marking a day when both capitals faced Allied airstrikes.
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Royal Air Force
Berlin
Reich
Luxembourg
Rome
Prague
Warsaw
Mystery Shooting Victim Dies at Drake Hotel
Mrs. Frank Starr Williams 55, wife of a Washington State Department attaché, died at St Luke's Hospital after a mysterious shooting in her Drake Hotel apartment. Her daughter, Patricia Goodbody 28, survived the incident. An inquest was ordered for 11:30 a.m. at the Forth undertakings rooms. Police sought an elderly woman reported in Baltimore as part of the ongoing investigation.
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UPI
Frank Starr Williams
Drake Hotel
St. Luke's Hospital
Washington State Department
Williams
Patricia Goodbody
Forth Undertaking
Baltimore
Senators Revamp Vote Bill for Service Ballots
The Senate Elections Committee advanced a Green Lucas compromise bill granting states control over voter qualifications and ballot validity for service members while creating a uniform federal ballot framework. The measure, approved 12 to 2, omits certain service voting provisions and empowers duly constituted local election officials to decide ballot validity.
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Senate Elections Committee
Lucas
D.-Nl
Green
D-R. 1
Senate
Tydings
D-Md
Lodger
R.-Mass
Focal
Armed Services
20 Per Cent Rise Marks Cost of Living
The National Industrial Conference Board reported that the U S cost of living rose 2.8 percent in 1943 and 20.8 percent since January 1941 while December 1943 showed a 0.2 percent rise nationwide. Newark led with a 5.9 percent increase, Philadelphia and Portland tied for the smallest rise at 0.8 percent. Wage earners and lower-salaried clerical workers saw cost increases in 45 of 70 cities, with 18 cities showing declines and nine flat.
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United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Newark
Philadelphia
Portland
Ore
Unity Meeting Ends in Disagreement
In New York two AI factions of the American Labor Party met to pursue a unity plan but split without agreement. Sidney Hillman led the CIO political action committee proposing a joint slate and union participation in proportion to CIO membership. Hillman warned that ALP leadership counter proposals could dismantle CIO political influence and damage labor unity.
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New York
American Labor Party
CI. O
C. I. QO
Gauges Stolen From New York Firm’s Office
Three thousand precision gauges valued at £50,000 were stolen from Feuer and Company in New York Wednesday night. The loss, reported by firm officer Benjamin Feuer, was discovered this morning when a staff member arrived. The gauges were used in aircraft and other war program work and could not be replaced.
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Feuer and Company
Benjamin Feuer
Feuer
Counties Unable To Recover for Highway Costs
The Court of Appeals unanimously upheld lower court rulings that deny Seneca County and the towns of Lodi and Ripley recovery from the state for highway construction expenses. The decision affects many counties and towns and stems from the 1941-42 dispute when the executive budget underfunded highway aid enacted by the legislature.
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Court of Appeals
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Court of Claims
Appellate Division
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Ripley
Lehman
Servicemen Job Bureaus to Open in Seven Cities
Chicago reports that Speaker Rayburn announced a bi partisan House committee will draft legislation to start peacetime job programs. War Manpower Chief McNutt said seven cities will open demonstration offices next Wednesday to test job finding techniques for discharged veterans with wider rollout aimed by April 1.
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Rayburn
D.-Tex
House
Paul V. McNutt
Fantastic Prices Paid At Marigny Auction
Nassau Bahamas reports a lively Marigny auction of Alfred and Nancy Oakes De Marigny household items and art. A five shilling washtub sold for fifty shillings and a second-hand bicycle fetched £25 about $110 amid spirited bidding.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred
Nancy Oakes de Marigny
Allied Fleet Smashes Jap Shipping In New Guinea Raids
Allied air forces hit Wewak and Rabaul with heavy bombers and fighters. More than 150 Allied planes dropped 133 tons of bombs on Wewak, while raids on Rabaul downed 21 Japanese fighters. Night Catalina sorties sank a 5 000 ton ammunition ship and a 2 00 ton freighter north of New Guinea. Major General Mitchell reports 350 Japanese aircraft downed since November 20 and 196 000 tons of shipping sunk or crippled in two raids on Rabaul January 14 and 17.
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Wewak
New Guinea
MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Admiralty Islands
Ralph Mitchell
Solomons
Minturno Falls as Allies Push toward Garigliano
Allied forces report Minturno captured after heavy combat on the Garigliano front. British troops drive Nazi defenders from the historic town near the Appian Way, with Argento Tufo and Suio also seized along a seven mile advance.
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Garigliano
Mark W. Clark
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Suio
Secret labor meeting weighs UMW reintegration and world conference
The A F L executive council set next Monday to consider reinstating the United Mine Workers and to discuss an invitation to a world labor conference in London. The Lewis Green talks in Washington involved two rival approaches to re affiliation and Coke and chemical workers in District 50.
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Fla.a
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United Mine Workers
William Green
John L. Lewis
London
Co. I. O
Con.gress
Lewis-Green
Washington
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Lewis’ District 50
French Saboteurs Wreck Nazi Train Near Paris
Six people died and about 20 were injured when a passenger train derailed near Paris in a second fatal wreck within two days attributed to anti-Nazi French saboteurs. Vichy radio said bolts were removed from a rail. a similar method had halted a Pau-Toulouse express last Wednesday with 25 deaths and 50 injuries.
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New York
Paris
Vichy
Federal Communications Commission
Pau-Toulouse
House Hedges On Foreign Aid Kitty
In Washington faces an anti UN relief bill move the House pushed to curb a 1.35 billion dollar United Nations kitty for aiding war devastated lands. A bloc of prewar non interventionists warned of action and sought exact terms for a pending measure on U S participation in the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Representative Eaton of New Jersey urged opposition as the foreign affairs debate continued.
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Washington
America
United Nations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
House
Eaton
New Jersey
Reds Charge Nazis Crown Prisoners
The Moscow radio quoted German personnel admitting mass drownings of Soviet civilians in Crimea. It cited a December 6-7 incident at Yevpatoriya where civilians were loaded onto barges and sunk, and a December 8 event near Sevastopol in which 5,000 Gestapo prisoners were drowned. A later order reportedly drove wounded Soviet war prisoners into the sea.
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London
Moscow
Crimea
Moscow Radio
Lance Corp
Joseph Luodker
Luddker
Yevpateriya
S&s
Britain to set aside funds for Nazi victims relief
The Daily Express reports Britain plans to set aside nearly 100 million pounds for relief in Nazi liberated countries to show support for international collaboration. The United Nations and Axis victims aid were cited as shared responsibilities, while Jessie Sumner and Gearhart challenged the measure as a treaty needing Senate approval.
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London
The
Daily Express
House
United Nations
Jessie Sumner
R-Kl
Gearhart
R-Cal
United States
Senate
Hopkins Riddle and the Alamo Clue in Capitol Briefing
Washington report recalls C Nelson Sparks linking the Hopkins letter mystery to an Alamo cue. Sparks noted an investigating grand jury might advance a solution, citing his writings about Wendell Willkie and a letter from Harry Hopkins. An Akron mayor referenced the clue at a Capitol press conference.
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C. Nelson Sparks
Wendell Willkie
Hopkins
Akron. O
Capitol
Letter Forgery Drama in Hopkins Case Sparks Probe
Sparks hints a code word in the Hopkins letter helps explain the Miamo matter. Hopkins calls the letter a forgery while Dr. Lee says he never received it. Briggs, Ickes, and Langer are cited as involved, with the word Alamo alleged as a code for a political move. Briggs suspended, grand jury probe asked, and officials deny direct involvement. Schweinhaut calls the case simple, not likely to become more complicated. Frank Philips, Oklahoma oil figure, referenced with ALAMO in coverage.
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Dr. Lee
iLanger
R-N.c
George Briggs
Ickes
Sparks
Briggs
Langer
U. S. Senate
Senator Connally
Dtex
Lee
Schweinhaut
Frank Philips
Oklahoma Oil
Alamo
Soviets Retake Ancient Bastion
Soviet forces from the Volkhov and Gorodov fronts report seizing Novgorod ten miles southeast of Leningrad after a northern offensive that cost Germany about 44,000 troops. The battle forms a widening trap around Strelna corridor and Krasnoye Selo as Stalin praised the victory.
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London
Red Army
Novgorod
Strelna
Leningrad
Moscow
VL A. Shevelskovs
Volkhov
Estonia
Stalin
Leonid A. Gorjorev
Oranienbaum
Gulf of Finland
Krasnoyo Selo
Govoroy
Krasnogvardeiska
Krasnoye Selo
Nizhnaya
Krasnogvardeisk
Mikhailovka
Peterhof
Noygorod
Churchill and Eden Discuss Polish Problem
London reports Prime Minister Churchill will likely speak with Stalin on the Russian Polish border issue. He met Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Polish leaders in London to discuss the troubled dispute. Churchill kept informed while in the Middle East and consulted with Eduard Benes of the Czecho Slovak government.
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Churchill
Stalin
Anthony Eden
Eden
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Tadeusz Romer
Moscow
Middle East
Eduard Benes
Vanderbilt Home Willed to Public in Northport Park Plan
The will of William R. K. Vanderbilt, railroad executive and yachtsman, leaves the bulk of his estate to his widow and directs the transformation of a 2 acre Northport Long Island estate into a public park. Vanderbilt died of a heat ailment at 66, with the will filed in Suffolk County. Residual heirs include brother Harold Vanderbilt and an estimated fortune of 56 million dollars.
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Riverhead
Wpi
Wiliam RK
Vanderbilt
Northport
Lo Island
New York Central
Suffolk
Harold
Liquor Violation Increase Reported by OPA Senate Hearing
An OPA official told Senate investigators that liquor price law violations have risen in recent months. Senator Wherry recommended punitive action rather than civil fines, suggesting harsh sanctions for violators.
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Washington
OPA
Senate
Wherry i R-Nebt
Finland May Seek Peace With Russia Amid Leningrad Setback
London reports that fresh Soviet gains near Leningrad ignite talk Finland may seek direct peace with Russia. Finns previously indicated willingness to hear terms, but require Russian conditions. A Finnish exit would aid Allies by easing pressure on Murmansk and Leningrad and exposing German forces in Norway to rear attack.
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London
UPI
Red Army
Leningrad
Finland
Russia
Radio
Lahti
Stockholm
Murmansk
Norway
Russia Seen As Postwar Market For U S Goods
New York. Donald M. Neleison, chairman of the War Production Board, says American industry can find an excellent postwar market in Russia after the war. After a recent visit to the Soviet Union, Nelson writes Russia is not a competitor but could become a strong source of business for America. Russia’s present consumer output is small and its internal needs are great, so it has no interest in competing in world markets. The Russian buyer seeks materials and capital goods to develop its own economy rather than engage in plans with rival manufacturers.
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New York
Donald M. Nele Ison
War Production Board
Russia
Soviet Union
Nelson
America
Drug Cuts Seasickness For Allied Invasion Forces
London reports in the Lancet reveal hyoscine from belladonna, tested in rough seas with sandbags, prevented seasickness in seven percent of men. Trials conducted for Allied invasion forces showing limited effectiveness in adverse conditions.
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