Work Corps For 4-F Men Proposed
A U S WASHINGTON The House military subcommittee urged immediate induction of 4-F men into a special Army Work Corps and recommended that the War Department publicly announce the program Selective Service would classify and defer 4-Fs in industry or agriculture to shift essential labor workers into active roles. The panel also urged drafting legislation to support the plan, applying to 4-Fs aged 18 to 37 and non-fathers up to age 41, with intent to reflect broader recommendations from War officials.
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Stimson
Robert P. Patterson
Willkie Ends Wisconsin Vote Tour
Willkie wrapped up a 13 day Wisconsin campaign as he urged voters to judge his candidacy by his beliefs. He noted Wisconsin will decide whether he buys into his Os choice, while slates backing Dewey Stassen and MacArthur also contend for the state’s 24 Republican delegates. He spoke farewell remarks aimed at informing Wisconsinites of his positions.
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UPI
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Thomas B. Dewey
New York
Harold HE. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
Willkie
Border Officials Aid Flight of White Swans
Niagara Falls Ontario reports a large flock of white swans escaped harm as a submerged weir in the Niagara River steered them past rapids and peaks, allowing the birds to glide into calm waters and rise again, avoiding Horseshoe Falls where many perished in past winters.
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Niagara Falls
President Roosevelt Bronchitis Clears Up, White House Says
The White House announced Roosevelt's bronchitis is clearing up nicely and that Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire, the president's physician, will complete a report on his physical examination soon. The checkup was finished Tuesday and analyzed before release.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
McIntire
Washington sets deferment rule for under 26 workers
A new government manpower committee limited occupational draft deferments for men under 26 to industries whose output is so critical that it cannot support immediate war aims. Deferments will target specific individuals with extreme skills or high education who are irreplaceable in critical production or services.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Philippine Outpost Under Attack
A United States task force pounded Palau with a dawn attack, forcing enemy ships to flee as Admiral Nimitz announced the operation against the Palau island group. The strikes followed two earlier assaults on Truk, with U S bombers from Central and South Pacific airfields targeting the region.
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United States
Palau Islands
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Carolines
New Guinea
Nimitz
Truk
Pacific
Tax Group Would Change Filing Date
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to move the final day for filing revised income estimates from December 15 to January 15. Chairman Doughton said the change would ease burdens for farmers, the self employed, and professionals, noting 15 to 20 million taxpayers must currently guess their income before receiving it.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
N.C
Cassino Commander Reports to Churchill
Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg, commander of New Zealand troops at Cassino, told Prime Minister Churchill in a British broadcast recorded by NBC and CBS monitors that the forces willered Cassino with German parachutists. He said the town is shared with German forces and that casualties on both sides have been heavy.
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New York
Bernard C. Freyberg
New Zealand
Cassino
N. B.C
C B.S
Churchill
Churchill Wins Wide Vote of Confidence in Commons
Commons backs Churchill firm against domestic and foreign war aims in a 425 to 23 confidence vote. He pledged to run Britain's wartime program fully, after the education bill amendment controversy, with abstentions and dissent noted among Labour and independent members.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
House
Europe
Evening Standard
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Megan Lloyd George
Labor
Aneurin Bevin
Edith Summerskill
Liberal
Commonwealth
Richard Acland
Commonwealth Party
Army Bans Diaries and Chess Games
London reports the censor's office ordered Allied diaries in the European theater be turned in and stored for the war. Combat diaries risk capture and some contain valuable information. The rule bans chess via mail, lonely hearts club correspondence, chain letters, and round robin circulars to curb enemy code messages.
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London
Atlantic
Lonely Hearts Clubs
Germany orders universal firearm training for civilians
Adolf Hitler directed that every German not in the armed services must learn to shoot immediately. The announcement, aired last night on D. N. E. broadcast, said storm troopers would organize the training.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Iia
Storm Troopers
Philadelphia Kangaroos Born in Captivity at Zoo
At the Philadelphia Zoo, GP-Twin kangaroos, reportedly the first ever born in captivity, were found yesterday. Curator Roger Conant said the second was expelled from the mother’s pouch after the first appeared. The exact ages are unknown, and keepers plan to bottle-feed the twins. The mother has given six prior infants, and the sire Fete died January 31 after boxing Tommy Loughran.
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Philadelphia
Conant
Tommy Loughran
Chaplin Denies Berry Testimony About 1942 Trip
Charlie Chaplin testified in a federal Mann Act trial denying Joan Berry's claim of an intimate New York hotel encounter in October 1942 and denying a later alleged incident when she came to his Beverly Hills home with a gun. He said the $300 given in New York was a loan.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York
Beverly Hills
Chaplin
Miss Berry
Jerry Giesler
Joan
Chapla
Reds Sought Direct Line To Badoglio
Izvestia in a three column page-one editorial said the Soviet Union recognized the Badoglio government to establish direct relations and equal status with the United States and Britain. It noted Russia had been excluded from Allied Italy decisions and had only a few representatives, urging immediate abdication of King Victor Emmanuel III.
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Izvestia
Soviet Union
Badoglio
Italy
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Consultative Council
Vit
Americans Meet Opposition in Sofia Bombing
Allied air assault on Sofia targets the capital’s railroad yards with the largest bomber force from Mediterranean bases. U S Fortresses and Liberators join Liborators and Wellingtons in the raid, facing strong fighter opposition over the city and downing several interceptors.
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Naples
Sofia
Mediterranean
United States
R.A. F. Liberators
Pigeon Eggs Hatch On Window Ledge
An 18 day vigil by Mr and Mrs Harry Leonard ended as two fledgling pigeons hatched in a flower pot on the third floor windowsill of their West 113th Street apartment in New York. The parents blocked entry when Mrs Leonard tried to bring the hatchlings indoors.
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New York
Harry Leonard
West 113Th Street
Bombers Hit Nuernberg In Night Raid Over Germany
A large fleet of heavy bombers crossed Britain's east coast and struck Nuernberg in south central Germany last night. Official confirmation came today as authorities report damage and continued air raid warnings in the region.
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London
Britain
Nuernberg
Germany
Soviets Renew Jap Fishing Privileges
The Soviet Union and Japan reached a renewed fisheries agreement allowing Japanese fishing along the Siberian coast after about three months of talks. The annual pact expires December 31, with last year's deal signed March 26 after talks at Kuibyshev. Terms for 1944 were not announced.
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New York
Japan
Siberian
N.B.C
Moscow
Soviet
Kuibyshev
Russia
Rancher Offers Home To Jewish Refugees
A Colorado rancher donated $100 to the War Refugee Board and offered to shelter five Jewish families on his Dove Creek ranch. Harry C. Rogers pledged to shelter them under the four freedoms and teach appreciation for constitutional government, writing to John W. Pehle.
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Washington
Colorado
War Refugee Board
Harry C. Rogers
Dove Creek
Cal
John W. Pehle
C I O Backs Roosevelt for Fourth Term in 1940
The General Executive Board of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, claiming 683 01 members, urged President Roosevelt to run again and stay at his post in this critical period, in a published statement yesterday.
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New York
Stimson Assesses Cassino Action Amid War Grief
War Secretary Stimson acknowledged Allied setbacks at Cassino while stressing overall Italian campaign gains. He noted Cassino’s stubborn German defense and air bombardment, but highlighted Italy’s objective to knock Italy from the war, seize the fleet, occupy airports, and pin 19 German divisions to the front, keeping them from Russia. He warned the final chapter of the story not yet written.
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Washington
Aled
Cassino
Stimson
Rome
Italy
Thompson Had Over Million in Deposit Boxes
The estate of former Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson received 1.4 million dollars in currency after two safety deposit boxes were opened by his attorney James W. Breen. The money filled one box so tightly it sprang out like a jack in the box. Breen noted two more Thompson boxes would be opened next week, as earlier estimates had placed the estate around 150 thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Willam Hale
Big Bit ) Thompson
James W. Breen
Breen
Thompson
Red Army Seizes Czernowitz and Advances toward Carpathians
Soviet forces broke German defenses at Czernowitz driving through Storozhints toward the Prut River and the Carpathian mountains. The advance threatens the Hungarian held sector of Czecho Slovakia as troops reach within about 15 miles of the frontier. The 1941 Soviet border line had not been crossed, with troops holding along the Prut.
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London
Hitler
Red Army
Czernowitz
Rumania
Hungary
Prut
Carpathian Mountains
Czecho Slovakia
Storozhints
Cassino Activity Dwindles in Allied Balks
Allied headquarters report the Cassino battle has slowed with action dismissed as the big push suspends while patrols move through ruins northwest of Cassino. Anzio-Nettuno remains quiet with small German raids repelled. Air operations include bomber sweeps against Vietri and Northwest Italy rail and harbor targets. 22 enemy planes downed, 11 Allied losses.
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Cassino
Anzio - Nettuno
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Italy
Vietra
Rome
Dubinsky Leaves A L P After Primary Shakeup
David Dubinsky president of the I L G W U announces his withdrawal from the American Labor Party. The party’s right wing was defeated in the state committee primary. Both wings supported Roosevelt for a fourth term. Unity committee leaders plan future ALP machinery at a statewide conference tomorrow.
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New York (P
David Dubinsky
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union
I. F. of L
American Labor Party
Dubinsky
Roosevelt
Harry Chapman
Hyman Blumberg
Committee For A United Labor Party
Unity
Finns Cancel All Leaves for Soldiers
London reports that the Finnish army has recalled all soldiers from leave and ordered them back to posts. Dispatches from Stockholm quoted Morgen Tidningen, noting surprise and indicating talks with Russia may be renewed while Britain and the United States press the Soviets to postpone reparations and Karelia occupation.
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London
Stockholm
Russia
Britain
United States
Karelia
Quad Daddy 1-A Dazed Hospital Staff Housing Quads
A New York report details Corporal Herbert Badhant and Mrs. Isidore Miller as the parents of quadruplets born at Sloane Hospital for Women. All four infants are girls, currently in incubator cribs. The father, a 33-year-old violinist, faces draft status amid his overseas service and deferments tied to the births. A separate note mentions a boy born Wednesday to Harry Zariers at another hospital.
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New York
Zarief
Herbert Badhant
Isidore Miller
Ona
Harry Zariers
Sloane Hospital
Sloane
Quane
Soviet Air Forces Hit Grounded Planes As Czernowitz Falls
Soviet aviators destroyed key German transport planes on the ground at Czernowitz shortly before the city fell to the Red Army. A Moscow broadcast reported surrenders by Hungarian and Romanian troops, major Romanian cavalry losses, and heavy German defeats east of Kamenets Podolsk, with advances near Voznesensk and encirclement efforts in the Od essa region.
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New York
Czernowitz
C. BS
Hungary
Rumania
Hitler
Trumach
Carpathian
Ukraine
Byettsi
Myakovtsy
Kamenets Poddolsk
Kamenets Podolsk
Odessa
Voznesensk
Ruling Upheld Against State Guernsey Breeders
The U S circuit court of appeals affirmed a federal ruling denying New York State Guernsey Breeders Cooperative a special price differential for milk. The case challenged an Agriculture Department order setting four cents per hundredweight for deviations around a 3.5 percent average butterfat. The cooperative argued Guernsey milk averaged 4.5 to 5 percent butterfat and sought a greater differential or to set aside the order.
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New York (P
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New York State
Guernsey Breeders’ Cooperative, Inc
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Guernsey
Woman Cleared of Murder Seeks Divorce
Mrs Ruth W Simons 39 cleared last week of first degree murder in the ax slaying of her mother in law has fled suit for divorce attorney R M Herz berg said yesterday They were married June 11 1927 in Ancram and have a son Harold Simons ancram Peace Justice was her husband
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Ruth W. Simons
R. M. Herzberg
Harold Simons
Ancram Peace Justice
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