De Gaulle Rejects Military Rule For France
Gen Charles De Gaulle, head of the French Committee of National Liberation, said France opposes any military government upon liberation. He noted Tuesday’s removal of Gen Henri Giraud from co leadership to align with French sentiment, while confirming Giraud would run military actions under Allied control until invasion. De Gaulle urged Communist cooperation, kept Vichy ties off the table, and said justice for Petain and other Vichy officials would follow.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
France
Giraud
Dwight D
Consultative Assembly
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Jap Navy Victory Promoted By Tokyo Radio
A Japanese domestic broadcast cited by U S monitors claimed 96 Allied ships sunk or damaged and over 268 planes shot down in ten days. The report praised a sweeping naval air force victory and touted enemy fear, though the Office of War Information warned the claims were propaganda.
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New York
United States
Pacific
al- Med
Tokyo
Office of War Information
Ichiro Sato
Scientific Moblization Association
America
Britain
Pearl Harbor
Bricker Enters Ohio Presidential Primary Race
Ohio Governor John W Bricker announced at a press conference that he will enter the 1944 Republican presidential race in the Ohio primaries. The move ends his long public silence about his intentions as supporters advocate him as the party standard bearer.
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Chicago
John W Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Grange Head Proposes Higher Taxes
Albert S. Goss, master of the national Grange, urged a convention of the farm organization to back a plan combining income tax and postwar savings. The aim is to reduce the wartime spending power of the average man.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Russians Advance Toward Kiev In Fast Front Push
Russian forces drove west from Kiev across a war-torn frontier, seizing more than sixty towns as they extended a 70 mile front toward Zhitomir. German observers described heavy artillery barrages and waves of assault as Luftwaffe bombers roared over the contested sector.
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London
Russia
Kiev
Zhitomir
Moscow
Teterev
Komarovka
Komarovke
Korosten
Ickes Declares Fed Officials Tired Of Investigations
Washington Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes told a House committee he was tired to death of useless and fruitless inquiries. The clash arose during a probe into Dr. Robert Moris Lovett, Virginia Islands official, amid payroll withholdings and questions about alleged communist links. Ickes said Lovett would stay on without pay while suing to recover salary as the inquiry continued.
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Washington
VPI
Harold L. Ickes
Congress
House
Robert Moris Lovett
Virgin Islands
Lovett
Appropriations
Communist Front
Ickes
Insular Affairs Committee
Rep. Gross
R.pa
Ito
iGross
Fen Ickes
Interior Department
Government Buys Land Under Water
Washington representative Bennett R. said the government paid 2,610,000 dollars for 3.08 acres of land, most of it beneath the Hudson River, in a purchase disclosed to the House yesterday.
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Washington
Bennett R
House
Hudson River
Marines Repel Japanese Push at Bougainville Beachhead
Allied reports say Marines near Cape Torokina with tanks defeated Japanese forces four miles north of their initial position. MacArthur's HQ confirms 130 enemy killed in Tuesday clashes as Marines consolidate after landing at Empress Augusta Bay with minimal U.S. losses despite air attacks.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied
United States
Bougainville
United States Army
Solomons
Cape Torokina
MacArthur
South Pacific
Admiral Halsey
Empress Augusta Bay
Hal Sey
Rabaul
Allies Bomb German Base In Brussels
British raid described as one of the Allies largest daylight offensives in weeks. More than 500 warplanes, including American Marauder bombers targeting the Chievres air base near Brussels, with RAF forces crossing the Channel to continue the bombing offensive. Anti-aircraft guns fired at an unidentified plane in London. No air raid alert issued.
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London
Hitler
Europe
English Channel
Chievres
Brussels
Channel
Sailor to be questioned in missing girl case
Great Lakes, Tl]. Edward J. Moore, 19, a fireman first class in the U. S. Navy, will be returned to New York in connection with the disappearance of 14 year old Margaret Leighton Moore, the Navy public relations office said yesterday. Moore was taken into custody in St. Louis and moved to the Great Lakes Naval Station Tuesday on a charge of overstaying his leave. The Navy last night had no further comment on the case. Navy officials said Tuesday Moore was awaiting court martial, but if New York courts wished to investigate further they could request that Moore be turned over to civil authorities.
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Great Lakes
Edward J. Moore
U. S. Navy
New York
Margaret Leighton Moore
Navy Public, Relations Office
Moore
St. Louis
Protection Sought After Youth Robs Teachers in Lunchroom
After a school house robbery left eight teachers threatened with a knife, an 18-year-old Negro stole six purses totaling $40. Superintendent Wade met with Police Commissioner Valentine seeking protection for school staff across New York's five boroughs. Wade said the culprit would soon be caught and blamed outside influence, noting similar incidents in all boroughs except Richmond.
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New York
John FE. Wade
Lewis J. Valentine
Wade
Valentine
Richmond
Jury to Determine Marigny Fate Today
In Nassau Bahamas the Marigny murder trial nears a climax as jurors weigh if Alfred De Marigny killed Sir Harry Oakes. Prosecution and defense present divergent theories while spectators fill the crowded court. Nancy Oakes De Marigny, the accused man’s wife, reacts to testimony calling police statements unreliable. The Attorney General hints Sir Harry was struck in his bedroom, fueling sensational mood in court.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Eric Hallinan
Godfrey Higgs
Bahamas Supreme Court
de Marigny J
Sir Harry Oakes
Nancy Oakes de Mazigny
Lis
War Labor Board Chief Davis defends wage policy in coal strike
Chairman William H. Davis said the coal mine controversy damaged policy on strikes but did not impair the wage stabilization plan. He pledged to uphold the wage policy, stating it should outlast current disputes and defend American workers against price forces.
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Washington
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Davis
Canal Fields
Snowbound Buffalo Area Braces For Morning Snow
Snow continued across Buffalo area with police reporting most roads in good condition. Weather Bureau data showed four to four and a half inches total by evening, with timings from four to three inches by 1 30 pm and 7 pm updates. Temperature hovered around 32. Authorities urged caution as flurries persisted and more snow was forecast overnight.
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Buffalo
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Buffain
Pulice
Wandaen
Batavia Hairacas
Germans Hint Move Against England
A German military spokesman told Spanish newsmen that recent Nazi air raids on London are connected with preparations for a major German action against the British Isles. The dispatch from Bert reported the spokesman’s warning about forthcoming operations.
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Madrid
London
British Isles
Bert ‘Itn
Soldier Overpowers Engineer On Train Incident
In Fort Wayne a soldier on a Pennsylvania Railroad train attacked the engineer and caused a fireman to take control. Fireman and engineer were knocked unconscious as the train proceeded toward Van Wert where the solider, Pee William J. Emig, was taken into custody after showing furlough papers from Camp Cook, California.
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Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tani
van Wert
Westerdat
Foromouv Mold Waibel
FH. Dresser
Wainer
Pee Wiliam J. Emig
Bae Field
Army Air Base
Camp Cook
Cal
Allies Hold Garigliano Line as German Counterattacks Steady
Allied forces under Lt Gen. Mark W. Clark repelled nine German charges in the Venafro region as snow blankets the Apennines. German troops, ordered to hold a winter line roughly 70 to 90 miles from Rome, attack American infantry and artillery with heavy losses on both sides.
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Algiers
Venafro
Garigliano River-Sangro
Mark W. Clark
Apennines
Italy
Romie
Groups Call for Steeper War Taxes Across Nations
Washington groups including CIO president Philip Murray and leaders from the National Farmers Union and other unions urge harsher wartime levies. They argue current House Ways and Means plan undertaxes high personal incomes and corporate profits, proposing a $25 000 after tax salary ceiling and opposing a national sales tax. They also oppose gaz expansion restricting amendments on the bill.
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Washington
C. Q
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
National Farmers Union
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Omens Trade Union League of Amery
League of Women Shoppers
National Lowers Guid and Consumers Union
Saboteurs Damage Copenhagen Factory
A Swedish news service reports that saboteurs damaged a large Copenhagen radio equipment plant on Tuesday with explosive and incendiary bombs. The American company ties the plant to prewar radio production, and U S observers estimate the damage at a level described as substantial.
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New York
Copenhagen
Tuesda
United States
Monstors
Appa Co
Allies Seek Removal of Gen Roatta
Congress extended Manuel L Quezon’s Philippine presidency for the war duration four days before his term would expire. The House passed the action 183 to 107 after hours of debate with Republicans opposing as a constitutional override. the Senate approved with little opposition. Quezon and Osmena, exiled in Washington, were named to continue leadership, while critics said the move ignored the 1941 election and the Philippine constitution. The action aimed to preserve unity and continued government-in-exile amid wartime.
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Washington P
Congress
Manuel L. Quezon
The
Philippines
Quezon
House
Senate
Sergio Osmena
Tme
Osmena
Rayburn
Philippine Islands
Eaton
Hull Reunited With Roosevelt After Moscow Conference
Cordell Hull arrived home from the Moscow Conference to a hero’s welcome at the national airport. President Roosevelt greeted him with a handshake and a kiss from Mrs. Hull, the Secretary expressing appreciation for the warm reception and anticipating further talks on conference decisions not yet public.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Moscow
Hull
Roosevelt
Nationa
Aerial Shuttle Sevee Plans Heli Taxi to New York
The Sixth Avenue Association announced a helicopter shuttle concept to land atop Sixth Avenue stores in Midtown Manhattan. The plan envisions suburban residents from Chicago Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Buffalo and more using air taxis to reach central shopping and theater districts. A committee led by Harvey Wiley Corbett would seek approval from the Civil Aeronautics Board and New York Public Utilities Commission.
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New York
Chicago
Boston
Washington
Sixth Avenue Association
W. Clement Renains
Aeronautical Engineers
Harvey Wiley Corbett
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York Public Utilities Commission
Manhattan
Sixth Avenue
Felcopters
Jenkins
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
War Crime Charges Follow Yugoslav Slavic Atrocities
Allied moves seek Roatta removal and possible trial in Yugoslavia as a UN commission is planned in London. Generals Roatta and Ambrosio face Yugoslav war crime accusations, with the German amnesty offer to Italian and French patriots surrendering before November 1933.
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Iden -'Tae Alles
Pierro Badogzio
Matio Roatta
Lahbaga
Yugo Slav
Yugoslavia
Alps
Roatta
United Nations Commission
London
United States
Russia
Britain
Richard Law
House of Commons
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vittorio) Ambrosio
Ambrosio
Badoglie
France
Italy
Berlin
Ttalian
Ambrosia
Italan
Dalmatia
11Th
Yugoslava
Soviet Efficiency Surpasses Ours Says Nelson
Nelson asserts Soviet efficiency exceeds American practice in wartime production. He cites Russia’s perfected flow of materials into plants and out, claiming the Soviet industrial system delivers faster, more economical outputs than the United States at this stage. He spoke at a press conference after a recent visit.
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Nelson
Army Planes Quit Anti-Sub Patrol
Unclear fragment notes military air craft ending anti submarine patrol duties. Mentions Westington and naval forces amid wartime activity with scattered references to units and fire. Text is garbled, limiting precise facts or dates.
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