Rail Conspiracy Suit Targets Major Rail Groups
The Justice Department filed a trust suit in Lincoln Nebraska charging a collusive network of private financial and railroad interests. Defendants include the Association of American Railroads the Western Association of Railway Executives J P Morgan and Company Loeb and Company 47 railroads and 31 individuals. The suit seeks dissolution and an injunction to halt anti competitive practices and a plan to revive trade restraints under Sherman Act law.
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Washington
Justice Department
Lincoln
Nebr
Association of Amer
Western Asston
J. P. Morgan and Company
Loeb and Company
Association of American Railroads
Francis Biddle
United States
Western Association of Railway Executives
Western Systems
Western Commissioner
Committee of Directors
Wendell L. Berge
Anti-Trust
War and Navy Departments
Service Departments
Berge
Winchester Legion delegates aided by post officers at convention
The Winchester group sent Edwin C. Parker and Philip Fowle among others to the department convention. Officers listed include Jand finance officer Leonard Jer and service officer Lawrence, with chaplains Rev. E. T. Clark and Rev. R. B. Nelson. National committeeman Edwin C. Parker was elected for the coming year.
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Jand
Leonard Jer
Lawrence
Wm. Armel
E. T. Clark
R. B. Nelson
E. Griffith
Edwin C. Parker
Jay Lowden
Wm. A. Swisher
Robert Jones
Department
Winchester
Philip Fowle
A. C Halvosa
Eugene Dearing
Lawrence E. Hill
C. F. Schenck
P. G. Ireland
Ralph Grubbs
Legion
Lexion Auxiliary
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Department of Virginia
Ration Calendar Changes for Foods and Fuel
The notice lists indefinite validity for most ration stamps across meats fats and processed foods, with specific expiration dates for home canning stamps through Feb 28 1945, sugar stamps, airplane shoes, and fuel oil coupons in various regions. It outlines period four and five fuel oil coupons valid through Sept 30 and regional gas coupons with gallon allowances.
Lets All Back The Attack Buy War Bonds
A wartime morale item urges citizens to support the effort by purchasing war bonds. The plea frames investment as a duty to aid troops and national defense, highlighting patriotism and collective sacrifice.
Lt Col Covington to Speak at Winchester Rotary Meeting
Lt Col Henry Covington of the United States Army Air Forces will be guest speaker at the Winchester Rotary Club weekly gathering. The event will be held at the usual time and place.
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Henry Covington
United States Army Air Forces
Tamerean
Winchester Rotary Club
Andy
Allied Reports Claim Landing at Bordeaux in Southwestern France
French authorities say landings began last night under naval and aerial bombardment. Allied planes paved the way for a ground assault by American and French forces near Bordeaux, with a junction reported at noon. Bordeaux, a key Atlantic port, was said to be last intact German resistance in the region.
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Loire River
Hendaye
Foltz
Spain
Iran-Hendaye
Allied Supreme Headquarters
War Department
Washington
Gironde
France
Grenoble Is Taken By Yanks As War Advances In France
Allied forces push from Algiers toward the Italian frontier and advance through southern France. Grenoble and Digne see heavy fighting. Maj. Gen. Hang Schubert captured. Toulon and Marseille area tightens as French and American units encircle coastal hubs and move west toward Avignon.
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Radio France
Algiers
Grenoble
Swiss
France
Italy
Mediterranean
Rhone Valley
Associated Press
Geneva
Lyon
Dauphine
Department
Lisere
Digne
Hang Schubert
Toulon
Marseille
Hyeres
Cherbourg
St. Malo
le Pracet
Coe Ees
Aes
Aix
Durance
Cadenet
Avignon
Rhone River
Frenchmen Move In Cautiously
Lt Gen Joseph Pierre Koenig, Paris military governor, plans to move his London staff to Paris and may join Gen Charles De Gaulle there. No full civilian government will transfer until Germans are cleared from the Paris region and threat is passed. De Gaulle aims to bring the National Liberation Committee from Algiers to Paris and begin the task of reconquering France.
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London
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Koenig
Interior
Parisian
de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
Rcene
France
German General Is Wounded In Normandy Action
Col. Gen. Paul Hausser commander of the German Seventh Army was wounded in Normandy, Berlin radio said. His forces, under Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge, endured heavy losses in the Falaise pocket and are retreating toward the lower Seine as a new envelopment threat grows. The report places the wound in the Dives River area near Caen.
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London
Paul Hausser
Seventh Army
Normandy
Berlin
Hausser
Guenther von Kluge
Falaise
Seine
Dives
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Meaux
Chateau-Thierry
Senate Provision Cut From Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee removed from the postwar demobilization and reconversion bill a provision extending unemployment compensation to 3.5 million federal workers. It also deleted retraining and reemployment provisions and a program for transporting workers home or to new employment. The committee kept state unemployment benefit determinations and a Senate provision guaranteeing the solvency of state funds.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Legion Auxiliary Elects State and National Officers
ROANOKE VA Aug 23 Women of the Virginia American Legion Auxiliary elected state president Mrs Thomas G Parr of Richmond to the post of national executive committeewoman with Mrs C P Andrew of Newport News as alternate State officers chosen include Mrs Andrew president Mrs George A Williams Harrisonburg first vice president Mrs Hugh H McClung Eagle Rock second vice president Mrs Robert T Barton Sr Winchester chaplain Mrs J T Preston Alexandria historian and Miss Geraldine Henricy of Norfolk treasurer
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Roanoke
Virginia American “Legion” Auxiliary
Thomas G. Parr
Richmond
C. P. Andrew
Newport News
Andrew
George A. Williams
Harrisonburg
Hugh H. McClung
Eagle Rock
Robert T. Barton, Sr
Winchester
J. T. Preston
Alexandria
Geraldine Henricy
Norfolk
Distant Bombing Heard In Spain Near Bordeaux Front
Distant bombing and cannonading heard at the Spanish frontier reported as French and Allied forces push toward Bordeaux aiming to liquidate the German pocket below the Loire. American troops reportedly moved toward Bordeaux from the Lire as French units advance north of the port and Paris is celebrated as liberated. French forces also round up scattered German small parties.
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Irun
Spain
France
Arcachan
Bordeaux
Loire
Lire
Hendaye
Paris
British Cruiser Sunk Report Claims By German Broadcast
Berlin dispatch via the International Information Bureau says a German submarine scored three torpedo hits on a British Dido class cruiser in the Arctic Ocean causing it to break in two and sink. British sources had not confirmed the claim. The Dido class comprises eight 5 450 ton cruisers.
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London
The
International Information Bureau
German Propaganda Agency
Berlin
Arctic Ocean
Paris Is Freed From Within By French Patriots
Paris falls under French control as American armor encircles the capital from both sides. German rearguards retreat toward Rambouillet and Etampes while Allied air power pounds Seine crossings. Reported advances push toward Meaux as Dutch and Belgian units seize Trouville Deauville and Le Havre sealing the Seine estuary. The Argentan pocket remains a battlefield of wrecked German units and prisoners.
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Rambouillet
Etampes
Supreme Headquarters
Seine
le Havre
Trouville
Villers-Sur-Mer
Deauville
le Harve
Pon-L’eveque
Lisieux
Laigle
Gace
Evreux
Vernon
Elfelzt
Argentan
Polio Outbreak Sees 297 Cases Since June in Virginia
The State Bureau of Communicable Diseases reports 297 infantile paralysis cases since June with 164 in August alone. Covington records an eighth case a 10 year old at a boys home two miles west, hospitalized at Roanoke. Officials note cooler weather may curb polio as summer peaks recede. Virginia’s historical polio highs are cited at 325 in 1929 and 685 in 1940.
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Bureau of
Covington
Roanoke
State Bureau of
Virginia
Strike Threatens Walsh Kaiser Shipyard Closure
In Providence on August 23 a walkout by 7650 AFL boilermakers menaced Walsh Kaiser shipyard. The stoppage began after four erectors were discharged for refusing to finish a job, and 3500 boilermakers due today saw 1000 enter then walk out after arrival.
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Providence
R. I
A. F. L. Boilermakers
Walsh-Kaiser
Navy
John 8S
McDonald
AFL
Gripsholm Carries Christmas Mail to War Prisoners
The Swedish liner Gripsholm sails from Jersey City on its fifth exchange mission carrying tons of Christmas packages and 12 000 sacks of mail for war prisoners. Packages for Americans held in Germany will reach them via a Baltic port. The ship heads to Belfast and Goteborg.
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New York
Gripsholm
Belfast
Goteborg
American Red Cross
Germany
Baltic
Jersey City
N. J
Veterans to Lead in Politics Says Truman
CHICAGO Aug. 23 Veterans will be the most potent factor in the political setup of the country in the next generation, said U S Senator Harry S S Truman. Speaking to the Veterans of Foreign Wars national encampment he predicted veterans will be as patriotic in civilian life as in uniform. He called the veterans readjustment bill a clear statement of what the country thinks veterans deserve and urged returning fighters to sustain the government and ensure production serves world welfare, saying the nation could face the greatest age in history if this is achieved.
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Chicago
U. S
Harry S.S. Truman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Truman
Surplus War Planes May Be Junked After Victory
Maj. Gen. O. P. Echols told the House Post-War Military Policy Committee that high performance combat aircraft like Airacobras P-38s and Black Widows may be junked or salvaged for parts after the war and not offered for public sale. He noted saleable planes will include transports utility cargoes trainers and a few bombers convertible for commercial use. About 8 000 planes have already been declared surplus and more will be deemed unnecessary after Germany falls.
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Washington
House
O. P. Echols
Army Air Forces
Germany
Eat More Chicken Plea From War Food Administration
The War Food Administration urged northeastern meal planners to serve more fried and broiled chicken to reduce a 4 million head surplus of live broilers and fryers. The surplus will persist until chilling facilities are updated to 40 degrees to meet new army requirements, with most surplus concentrated in the Delaware Maryland Virginia region.
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New York
War Food Administration
WFA
Delaware-Maryland-Virginia
Invasion rolling continues as War Bonds urged
A wartime notice urges the public to buy War Bonds to support the invasion efforts and keep faith with fighting men. It also announces the 9th Blood Donor Clinic as part of ongoing home-front mobilization and morale support.
Railroad Mines Seized by Government Over Labor Disturbances
President Roosevelt ordered the government seizure of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company mines in Pennsylvania. The action, taken on James Byrnes recommendation, directs Ickes to manage the properties with federal and private aid and requires cooperation from War Manpower, Selective Service, War Department, and Justice. The seizure is effective immediately due to interruptions from strikes and related disturbances.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philatelphia
Reading Goal and Iron Company
Pennsylvania
White House
James F. Byrnes
Interior
Ickes
War Manpower Commission
National
Senators Endorse Midroad Plan for Surplus War Goods Disposal
In Washington on August 23 the Senate debated a middle-of-the-road bill to dispose of an estimated 100 billion dollars of surplus war goods. Senators John Pe Cole and Chandler urged a policy board to oversee sales, rejecting a rapid fire sale or total locking away, arguing safeguards and checks are needed between extremes. Chandler opposed single-man control of the vast surpluses.
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Washington
Senate
Johnpe
Cole
Chandler
House
Johnson
Heavy Duty Tire Shortage Hinders War Production
Cleveland reports Col. J. Monroe Johnson states no remedy soon for heavy-duty tire woes. Despite adequate rubber, production can not expand facilities. blame falls on rubber allocation for the heavy-duty tire sector.
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Cleveland
YOUR HEALTH Read Dr Diendening's Article Daily on Pare 4
A health column promises daily guidance from Dr Diendening in Pare 4. The feature outlines trusted medical advice and practical tips for readers seeking everyday wellness.
B and O to Build 1700 New Freight Cars
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad orders 1700 freight cars at about 5.25 million dollars. The mix includes 1000 N-35-A steel hopper cars from Bethlehem Steel at Johnstown Pennsylvania, 500 M-65-C box cars from General American Transportation Co in Chicago, and 200 M-58 automobile cars from Greenville Steel Car Co in Greenville Pennsylvania.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Roy. B. White
Ced
Bethieh Steel Company
Johnstown
General American Trotation Company
Chicago
Greenville Steel Car Company
Greenville
Germans Engage U. S. Bombers Over Silesia and Austria
German fighters opposed the U. S. 15th Air Force bombing of oil targets in Silesia and Austria. Official reports say 57 German fighters were shot down and American losses reached 39 heavy bombers and six other planes. The raids hit oil refineries storage tanks and fuel installations at Odertal Korneuburg and Lobau near Vienna. Fierce air battles involved Liberator and Lightning aircraft with intense flak near Lobau.
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Rome
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Odertal
German Silesia
Korneuburg
Lobau
Vienna
Strategic Isle Tokyo Air Raids and Pacific Battles Report
MacArthur’s planes strike Ceram Davo Vogelkop Biak Island We wak Palau New Ireland New Britain and Bougainville. Central Pacific forces set fire to two ships near Marcus attacked Truk Ponape and Yap. Wake Island is also mentioned as a U.S. possession. Japanese gains threaten Hengyang and Tengchung as Chinese forces hold and defend key Burma road routes while Burma and western areas see Japanese movement reducing Indian positions. Tokyo reports two Japanese generals killed in action abroad.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Ceram
Davo
Vogelkop
Dutch New Guinea
Biak’Island
Wewak
Palau
New Ireland
New Britain
Bougainville
Central Pacific Air Forces
Adm
Nimitz
Marcus
Truk
Ponape
Carollines
Yap Island
Guam
Wake
U.S. Owned
Wese
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
Burma
India
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Correct responses listed for the Page 4 quiz: Gen Kuniaki Koiso Amphibian False British Guiana January 1 1801 Many metal plates Honshu Abraham Lincoln Patled TO No
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British Guiana
Honshu
Abraham Lincoln
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