Tax Rail Unions Push Strike Vote Amid Higher Tax Plan
Washington reports the House Ways and Means committee approved higher postal rates and luxury taxes including liquor up to 10 per gallon and increased wine and beer levies. The plan foresees a 2 cent per gallon gas tax rise, but rejects tobacco and soft drink levies. Total projected revenue about 1.44 billion, far below the administration request. The article notes a concurrent strike vote by 1,097,000 non operating railroad union members and 350,000 operating brotherhoods, with ballots due within days and potential court action possible.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Bombs Put Jap Bases Out of Order in Solomons
Allied HQ reports big raids have kept Bougainville Kahili Kara fields out of use since Oct 23 and Ballale inoperable. In Kahili and Kara, heavy bombers and escorts destroyed runways revetments and supply areas, with 230 American planes dropping 130 tons of bombs. Japanese opposition was limited to light anti-aircraft fire.
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Solomons
South Pacific
Adm
William F. Halsey
Kahii
Kara
Ballale Island
Shortlands
Kahili
Kara Field
Bone Diggers Quit Seek Information on 1925 Double Slaying
State Police questioned Samuel Stott, 61, a former Hornell railroad man, about the April 5 1925 murder of his second wife Esta and friend Frank Murphy. Authorities paused road grave digs near Almond Road and Pennsylvania Hill, awaiting when excavation will resume.
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Hornell
Samuel
Stott
Esta
Frank Murphy
Mies
Almond Road
Pennsylvania Hill
Eugene F. Hoyt
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Fingerprints Tie Cadet to Heiress Murder Case
Fort Erie reports say Wayne Lonergan and New York prosecutors probe the murder of Patricia Burton Lonergan. Fingerprints were found on a heavy brass candlestick base in the heiress’s lavish Manhattan apartment, while Lonergan waived extradition and left Toronto for New York. A mysterious two foot long package was brought to a police station by Assistant District Attorney Jacob Grumer.
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Lonergan
Wayne Lonergan
R. C. A. F. Cadet
Toronto
Ont
Sergt
Arthur Harris
Patricia
New York
Fort Erie
Jacob Grumer
Grumet
Locir
Wayne William Lonergan
Loehr
Seath
Jacob Grumet
Canada
New York, Meanwhile, the District Attorney's Office
Moscow Parley Seen as Successful by Delegates
AP reports the three power talks in Moscow began on a damp day with high hopes of cooperation. Cordell Hull Anthony Eden and V M Molotov appeared to push toward a full understanding, with observers noting the mood as cautiously optimistic and the phrase so far so good used by a participant.
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Moscow
Britain
United States
Russia
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Viaschelav Molotov
Storm Rips New Jersey Shore Isolating Towns
A severe Atlantic gale floods Sea Bright and surrounds cutting off the shore towns from the mainland. Shrewsbury River rises flood streets as boardwalks buckle and sand drifts pile up. Long Branch waves sweep the coast while Snowplows move sand to reopen routes. Ocean City and Atlantic City rail lines and trolley service suffer washouts and disruptions.
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Sea Bright
N. J
New Jersey
Shrewsbury
Andrew Anderson
New Jersey Seaboard
Stockholm
Corsica
Riviera
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Seashore Division
Rumson Road
Chef Anderson
Long Branch
Ocean Grove
Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Railroad
Ocean City
Abwecon
Longpoint
Atlantic City
Allowances To Families Increased
Washington UPI Higher pay ments approved by Congress for servicemen s dependents became effective yesterday when President Roosevelt signed the legislation. The new scale sets 50 dollars monthly for a wife, 80 dollars for a wife with one child, and 20 dollars for each additional child. The increase is fully government funded. the serviceman still pays 22 dollars monthly unless two dependent classes exist. The law now covers dependents of men in all seven enlisted grades, including staff sergeants and master sergeants, with waivers of subsistence and rent for higher grades. The War Department cautioned it would take months to switch 3,000,000 accounts, so checks will use old rates until conversion.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Roosevelt
War Department
Jap Artillery Fails to Silence Chinese Guns
Japanese artillery bombarded Chinese positions west of the Salween River in western Yunnan province but failed to silence the defenders. Chinese high command said the situation remained unchanged while Western allies noted American bombers aided Chinese forces. The move was to reduce the threat near Burma by the invaders, who were expected to withdraw to Burma bases within weeks.
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Burma
New Nazi Defenses Rugged Across Italy Front
Allied Fifth and British Eighth Armies pressed toward Rome after capturing ten towns as German forces fell back to a new mountain defense line from Mondragone to Venafro and Vasto. Rommel reportedly moved more troops into northern Italy as fears of a winter stand at Rome grew.
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Algiers
Aled
Ttaly
Ineto
Mondragone
Tyrrhenian
Venafro
Vasto
Adriatic
Italy
Volturno
Trigno
Hitler
Europe
Waples
Rome
Erwin Rommel
Roma
Fifth Army
Debate on Peace Gets Hotter in Senate
Washington reports a heated Senate debate on foreign relations postwar peace plans. Senator Pepper accused subcommittee resistance of intimidating a specific participation plan, while Senate leader Barkley denied intimidation and Senator Hatch criticized witnesses’ reception. Continued on Page Eighteen.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Pepper
D-Fra
Barkley
Kentucky
Hatch
D-N.m
Predicts Air Exchange With Japan In Aleutians War Routine
Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kincaid forecast light bombing raids on the Aleutians throughout winter while American flyers pound Paramushiro base. He noted recent Japanese attacks caused little damage to U S positions at Kisma and framed the raids as a routine of war.
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Washington
Aleutians
Paramushiro
Thomas C. Kincaid
North Pacific
Kincaid
Kisma
Kurile Chain
Government to Urge Food Conservation Campaign
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones announced a nationwide drive urging civilians to reduce food waste. The program will focus on three parts: maximize production, efficient distribution, and proper weed withow waste.
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Chicago
Marvin Jones
Fingerprint Evidence Emerges in De Marigny Murder Case
Detective Melchen testifies he learned of the fingerprint only after Barker told Lady Oakes the day after Sir Harry Oakes funeral. Barker, a key witness, is set to describe the print in detail while the defense argues timing and prejudice. The Bahamas Supreme Court hears cross examination as the murder trial proceeds.
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Strange
Oscar Bedford Daly
Bahamas
Barker
W. F. A. Callender
Melchen
WLB Rejects Miner Wage Increase Bid
Washington reports the War Labor Board rejected John L. Lewis bid for a daily wage increase for miners. It offered a counter proposal promising about 11 to 12 dollars more per week for a 40 hour week and less for shorter weeks, with 25 cent daily concessions already included. Lewis remained silent on the counter offer, while UM W spokesman criticized the board. No UM W policy committee meeting had been called or planned.
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Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine ‘Workers
Illinois
Hegard
Two Japanese Bases Crippled By Air Attacks
In the southwest Pacific, Rabaul on New Britain and Kahili on Bougainville suffered heavy damage from air raids. The assaults destroyed 123 planes with 45 more possibly downed, lifting total enemy losses to nearly 300 aircraft across four attacks.
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Southwest Pacific
Japan
South-Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Kahili
Bougainville
Aurelio Fights Disbarment in New York Court
New York Supreme Court candidate Thomas A. Aurelio testified he heard Frank Costello say his nomination was in the bag and that Costello claimed influence within Tammany Hall. Aurelio described Costello as a well dressed man and noted meeting Costello’s wife, whom he found refined and dignified, during a visit to Costello’s apartment.
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New York
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Aurelio
Frank Costello
Egal
Costello
Aurelio
Gatesman
Tammany Hall
la Martinique
Tammany
Joseph Paimo
United States
Italan
Greeks Split Forces in Pindus as Germans Pressure Guerrillas
German occupation troops push into the Pindus mountains in west central Greece driving a split between guerrilla groups. The Edessa army under Colonel Zeivas fights both German troops and the Elas guerrillas led by Colonel Seranthis, per the Greek government in exile.
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Cano
Pindus Mountains
Greece
Edes
Zeivas
Elas
Seraenhis
Asleep in the Deep Ship Collapse Burials Off Florida
Twenty five unidentified bodies were buried at sea with full military honors after a collision between two tankers off the Florida coast. Navy guards attended the flag-draped coffins as chaplains conducted Catholic and Protestant services. Of the 37 recovered, 25 were unidentified, with 12 survivors.
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Miami
Fla
Ness
Florida
Navy
Grewn
Gulf Stream
A. J. Marsch
C. Z Elis
Red Army advances at Krivoi Rog in Dnieper drive
Soviet forces captured Karnovatka near Krivoi Rog and Veseloye northwest of Melitopol as three Soviet armies push through the Dnieper bend. German casualties exceed 12,000 with heavy losses of trains and trucks. Red Air Force strikes target fleeing troops while Germans retreat toward the Bug River under mounting pressure.
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London
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Crimea
Nogaisk Steppes
Dniepropetrovk
Dneprodzerzsinsk
Kriver
Rog
Nazs
Italy
Red Air Force
Dnieper Bend
Bug River
Russia
Red Army
Bug
Netherlands Air Chief Lost In Allied Raid
London dispatch reports Allied air operations over northern France with Spitfires damaging locomotives and Typhoons hitting Brest Lanveoc air field installations. Comdr Eddie Bakker, Netherlands naval squadron commander of Mitchell bombers, was shot down during Monday’s attack amid RAF and Dutch air efforts. The air ministry also announced RAF bombers destroyed 45 Nazi fighters in September, up from August.
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London
France
Brest-Lanveoc
Brest-Lanveoe
Eddie Bakker
Netherlands
Naz
A.r Ministry
M Meanw
R.A. F
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Fred M. Vinson
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
Vinson
French
Eadapieannonan
Brehive
U. S
WLB
Drew Pearson
Ebarh
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