National Service Act Seen as Answer to Rail Disputes
The piece argues the President will use the National Service Act to resolve railroad conflicts amid war aims. It cites advisers Byrnes and Vinson and notes pressure from labor leaders and industrialists. It frames the action as a political solution to wage and price tensions affecting the war effort.
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National Service
WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Washington
William Green
A. F
Marshall Wiater
White House
Mesere Byrnea
Vinson
William Green Meters
Byrnes
Messrs
Byres
Presidents Council
Red Army Drives Break Nazi Defense in Bloodiest Offensive
The Red Army launches a fierce new push described as the bloodiest drive yet to breach Nazi lines. Indian tribes contribute to the Arawe offensive as Allied operations expand. The government transfers rail control amid ongoing wartime strain.
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Red Army
Arawe
Russia reports Baltic drive and western fronts in new offensive
The report describes a large Russian assault along a 250 mile front near Leningrad and toward Novgorod with heavy fighting in the Pripet marshes. In Poland and White Russia Soviet forces push deep, while Polish exile claims over Curzon line and possible mediation trigger tensions with Britain and the US. A rumor of British and German peace talks in Spain is denied in London.
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Reda
Novgorod
Nicholas Vatutin
Prewer Poland
White Russia
Pripet
Hussin
White Runala
Ukraine
Britain
Russia
von Ribbentrop
Spain
London
Egypt
Railroads Return to Private Ownership After Wage Agreements
Following settlement of wage disputes with unions the war department restored railroads to private control. About 1,190,000 non operating union members gain increases from 8 to 11 cents per hour plus extras for overtime, while operating unions receive 80 cent an hour boosts for some workers and nine cent raises for others.
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War Department
Cebie
Bar
Towards an Abiding Peace by Citing Common Sense
A review notes Ron MacIver of Columbia University argues for a practical postwar order. He favors a temporary peace tied to wartime alliances and a staged shift to international control to avoid a third world war, praising his clear language and concrete plans.
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Ron Mac Iver
Columbia University
Reo
Mr. Maciver
Maciver
Road to Rome—Allied Push on Cassino Stronghold
Report from the Cassino front notes US and French troops looming over the Nazi defenses guarding the Rome road. Weather hampered progress as they assault barbed wire, concrete emplacements, and gun pits while the British Eighth Army advances elsewhere. Across the Adriatic in Yugoslavia Tito guerrillas continue to harass German movements as a possible invasion looms.
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Cassino
Rome
Cassac
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Josif ¢ Tito Broz
Bond Selling Plan Promoted By Rep Gale For Individual Buyers
Milne base plan aims to increase pond sales to individuals arguing it as cheap government financing. Senator Gurley presents a staggered drawing approach with a lottery prize of up to 25 thousand dollars, claiming winners receive a guaranteed no loss on investment.
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Richard F Gale
Milnesota
Gurley
Treasury
War era crops and home front notes in brief
Brief items discuss expanding balsa crops in Costa Rica for aviation use, tin canning techniques from Napoleonic engineers, and a patriotic call to finish national jobs. Mentions veterans’ assistance and wartime missions as part of home front efforts.
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Vicaragus
Costa Rica
Surprise Promised in Pacific Jungle War Effort
Indians from 20 tribes in Pana ma unite under Lieut Gen Walter Krueger as Sixth Army advances at Arawe New Britain. US bombers hammer Rabaul, with Rear Adm Carney warning next targets Kavieng and Rabaul will come by unconventional methods. Tokyo admits several ships sunk during heavy air strikes.
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Panama
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Arawe
New Britain
Rabaul
More Vial
Southwest Pacific
Robert B Carney
Kavieng
New Guinea
Solomons
Tokyo Radio
Ickes Ties Forged Hopkins Letter to Texas Senate Race
The Hopkins letter, allegedly from Ickes deputy, claimed Harold Ickes hid Hopkins origins and aided a Texas Democratic hopeful with Wilkie support. A government attorney called the letter a forgery and Senator Langer suspended the deputy amid questions of who forged the documents.
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Sparks
Secretary of the Interior
Hopkins
Texas
Willkle
Ickes
Langer
X Ray Reveals Shot Case In Springfield Playmates
A 10 year old boy named Johnny Winn was brought home with a wound said to be from a fall on cinders. X ray revealed a bullet lodged near his spine, and he confessed one playmate shot him during a commando raid.
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Johnny Winn
Springfield
Congress Shuns Draft Bill Amid Wartime Labor Strife
Congress rejects a labor draft proposal urged by President Rastwell as House debates stall. Senate weighs measure while wartime production climbs. Estimated enrollment could reach 15 to 20 million with discharge pay up to 1000 per person and total cost 15 to 20 billion. Lawmakers propose varying muster payments for veterans.
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Sby
Rastwell
House
Womrittes
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Dewey Short
William Lemky
Wheat Movement Cars for Canada and Domestic Needs
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones ordered 200 freight cars daily to import Canadian wheat, drawing sharp criticism from Len Clyde Reed who said the cars are needed to move domestic grain. Sones argued the move relieves the US feed shortage as January grain inventories were 500 million bushels below last year, with expected 40 million by May 1 and 95 million in the first 10 months of 1944. Reed claimed 200 cars equals 25 000 cars, while Jones put the figure at 6900 cars.
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Marvin Jones
Ofice of Defense TransportaUon
Len Clyde Reed
Reeds Criti Eiam
Sones
WFA
Ator Reed
Jones
Earthquake devastates San Juan Argentina crippling fruit and wine city
San Juan, a famed high Andes city of 30 000, is in ruins after four earthquakes in 12 hours. Estimates place dead at 6 000 and injured at 13 000 as debris rains down. Survivors telegraph President Ramirez for a 37.5 million loan and 50 000 workers for reconstruction and harvest aid.
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San Juan
Andes
Argentina
Chile
Pacific
Atlantic
Pedro Ramirez
Soldiers' Fare Stocks Needed Across U S
Brig Gen J Barzynski orders vast wartime food reserves for troops. For every soldier overseas the army must hold 272 days of food in reserve. There must be 15 days supply in transit to depots 65 days at ports and depots 0 days afloat 92 days minimum overseas supply 45 days overseas operating stocks and 25 days extra for losses. Also 90 days food for US camps to cover harvest season purchases.
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J . Barzynski
Barzynski
United Air Lines sets long distance flight record
United Air Lines marks a historic milestone with the completion of a cross country flight on a two passenger Boeing 20 A mail plane in July 1927. The journey took 34 hours at roughly 105 miles per hour reflecting early transcontinental air service.
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United Air Lines
Anecdotes and Quips From Wireless Gossip Page
A garbled column of theatrical anecdotes and quotes recounts socialites, scientists spouses, and performers. Jests about Palm Beach, Einstein, Giraud and Clark, defense plant tours, and stage gossip mix with jokes from Tait and Katharine Cornell.
Question Baffling the Speaker and a Red Fire Engine
A frustrated student asks a nonsensical query after a lecture. The speaker parries with a chain of playful tangents about engines, numbers, rulers, ships and seas, ending with a tongue in cheek implication that fire engines are always red.
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Elzabeth
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