Americans Liberate Prison Camp at Sarreguemines
Allied forces freed a camp near Sarreguemines in eastern France, releasing Russian, Persian, Yugoslav, and Italian POWs. The group included a Polish and Italian medical corps officer. prisoners recalled long captivity and credited American aid and parcels with saving lives.
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Collie
Reguemines
France
Eastern
35Th Diviver
Otskirts
Sarregue
Warsaw
Ih Giacobello
Mount Union
George Connell
Kas
177Th Regi
Bn Italien Medical Corps
Red Cross
Time Is It To Enact disputed Bill
The public lands committee will hear a House bill to abolish the Jackal national monument. Chairman Hatch said the timing is critical as Senator O Mahoney has blocked interior appropriations. He plans to seek Senate support and aims to move the measure before adjournment, despite potential presidential veto.
Graham County to Levy Agency Road Tax
JOENIX Dec 18 The tax commission orders Graham County board of supervisors to levy a ten thousand dollar road tax for highway funds.
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M County
Joenix
Tax Commission
Graham County
Air Raid Costumes Stir Tokyo Wedding Fashion
Tokyo broadcasts report mass weddings using air raid costumes as wedding outfits. The third mass wedding on December 6 united 12 couples before couples were sent to occupied Manchuria to take up farming as colonists.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Federal Communications Commission
Union Resists Injunction For Cecil DeMille
The American Federation of Radio Artists files a demurrer to Cecil B. DeMille’s suit seeking to stop his suspension from union membership. The union says he should use internal remedies, argues lack of cause and jurisdiction, and notes automatic suspension if fees are unpaid. A hearing is set for December 15 on why the injunction should not be granted.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Radio Artists
Cecil B. DeMille
de Mille
Japanese Soldier Mistakenly Believes Florida During Pacific Patrol
A security patrol with the U.S. 41st Infantry Division on a Pacific island captured a Japanese soldier who insisted he was in Florida. He clung to the belief after being told by his commanding officer, expressing strong dislike for the place.
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U.S. 41St Infantry Division
Southwest Pacific
41St Infantry Division
Pacific
Florida
Planes Speedy: U S Navy projects speed of sound reach
Washington December 13 Rear Admiral D C Ramsey head of the Navy bureau of aeronautics says Navy fighters may soon exceed 700 miles an hour. He notes sonic range varies with air density and altitude and describes advances in propulsion and armament.
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Washington
Adm
D. C. Ramsey
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy
Ramsey
Higher Ceiling Price Established On Hogs
The OPA raises the ceiling price for barrow and gilt hogs over 270 lbs by 75 cents to 14.75 per hundredweight, effective today. Sows stag boars keep 14.00. lighter hogs already max at 14.75. The extension followed War Food Administration input and Vinson approval amid record corn harvests and better feed supplies.
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Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
Fred M. Vinson
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