War Labor Board to hold special session on steel strike
The War Labor Board called a 7 p.m. emergency session to address spreading steel and rail stoppages. President Roosevelt proposed retroactive pay within existing stabilization limits, seeking WLB endorsement, while public members favored the plan though labor and industry groups previously rejected it.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
William H. Davis
WLB
CIO Steel
Davis
Christmas Week Reported From Washington
Washington dispatch dated December 27 reports events of the holiday week with continued coverage on page two column three. The brief item notes ongoing political and diplomatic activity as reporters file updates from the capital.
Makes Ready To Aid Filipinos
Secretary Ickes says the Philippines will need sympathetic aid to restore finances after the war and a feasible program of economic stabilization is being prepared. If Japan is ousted by 1946, independence could be granted, though much government property will be damaged, treasuries empty, banks insolvent, and public services impaired for years.
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Washington
Ickes
Philippines
United States
Philippine Islands
Treasuries
Turkey Hash Plentiful as Richmond Servicemen Missing
In Richmond Virginia Christmas dinners for servicemen drew large quantities of turkey and fixings. About 600 homes prepared hash for expected personnel who did not arrive. Organizations like the Navy Mother's Club and Knights of Columbus reported high turnout levels with several thousand servicemen served or checked in.
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Richmond
Citizens’ Committee
Navy Mother’s Club
Knights of Columbus
Hall Calls For Unity On Home Front To Help Win War
Secretary of State Hall urged greater unity at a Washington press conference saying victory in Europe will come from unified effort. He warned optimism could slow the war and stressed supporting those fighting.
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Washington
Hall
Europe
Idle Steel Mills Reach 135000 Amid Walkout Demands
Pittsburgh reports show about 135000 steelworkers idle as CIO United Steelworkers and War Labor Board fail to respond to Roosevelt plea for settlement of a wage dispute. Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and New York plants remain shut with 214 plants affected and U. S. Steel largely spared. Pickets appear in Pittsburgh Detroit and Columbus as absences run six to eight percent.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Pean Sia
Ohio
West
Vizemnvany
New York
Philip Murray
CTO
Steelworkers’ Union
Eea the Er
Heevelt
Pensylvania
West Virginia
Indiakeen
Cio-United Steel Workers of America
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Detroit
Columbus
Republic Steel Corporation
No Eean and Tube
Youngstown
Republic
Timken Roller
Huevian Company O
Wheeling Steel Tees
Private sale of two electric Hot Point stoves advertised
A private sale ad lists several electric Hot Point stoves with clock and no broken enamel. Details note the venue Stonewall High School, Clearbrook, Va, on the 30th at 8 p m. Admission for adults 50 cents and students 40 cents including tax, contact phone 5534.
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Stonewall High School
Clearbrook
Sun De-Icing Roads After Snow and Sleet
Sunshine and rising temperatures eased ice on state roads with Virginia Highways officials reporting open roads and improving conditions. No serious injuries were noted though one car slid off Route 522. buses resumed service after delays. Rain aided drought relief and a general cloudy forecast followed.
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F. M. Yellett
Virginia Department of Highways
State Department of Highways
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Front ‘Royal
Winchester
Highway Department
Cross Junction
Yellett
Wincheste Winchester Research Laboratory
Edward R. Duffy
Middlebury
Memorial Hospital
Washington
Chinese Push On From Kun gan to Nutu River
Chinese forces report breakthrough after recapturing Kun gan and advancing to the Nutu River which links Lake Tungting with the Yangtze. Operations against Japanese on the east bank began yesterday as Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s central China command claims control of over four fifths of the area Japanese swept through in November.
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Chungking
China
Kungan
Nutu
Lake Tungting
Yangtze River
High Command
Golsne
Central China
Rice Bowl
Eisenhower Predicts Victory In Europe In 1944
Allied commander Eisenhower told reporters in Algiers he would win the European war in 1944. He said the invasion team must work without friction and that every person from the front to home is to do their full duty to ensure victory next year.
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Allied
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Death of Harry Russell on eve of 73rd birthday in Winchester
Harry Kerr Russell longtime Winchester resident dies in Memorial Hospital on the eve of his seventy third birthday following a period of ill health pneumonia listed as the cause. He was born December 26 1870 and was affiliated with Union Bank of Winchester and local farming and horse raising ventures. He is survived by his wife Virginia Cover and other family, with continued notice on page 3 column 6.
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Harry Kerr Russell
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Russell
Stewart Street
Sorace
Old Union Bank of Winchester
James B
Mary Hackney Russell
Union Bank
Isaac W. Russell
Pyan
Virginia Cover
Reds Offensive Across Ukraine Threatens Kiev-Zhitomir Route
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army's winter offensive in Ukraine cut the Kiev Zhitomir highway trapping German forces. Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army advances toward Zhitomir within 20 miles and nears the German base near Vitebsk eight miles away. Allied reports quote Soviet and German statements on ongoing battles as double offensives push toward key objectives.
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Moscow
Red
Ukraine
Kiev-Zhitomir
Nikolai Vatutin
Zhitomir
Vitebsk
Vichy
Kiev
Vatutin
Berlin
Paris
Zhlobin
London
Allied forces push high points near Cassino and Ortona
Allied communique reports Fifth Army capturing two high points in Mt Samucro pass as tanks enter to strengthen the Cassino road approach. British Eighth Army seizes two more blocks in Ortona amid a street by street fight. Indian troops seize Villa Grande, taking 25 German soldiers and three officers. Luftwaffe and Italian fronts continue sporadic counterattacks while raids target Florence-Prato-Pistoria rail yards to disrupt German communications. Second New Zealand Division, led by Lt Gen Freyburg, assumes command in Italy.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Mt. Samucro Pass
Cassino
San Vittore
Eighth Army
Ortona
Italy
Stalingrad
Villa Grande
Ortoni- Orsogna
Marouders
Florence
Prato
Pistoria
Pisa
Leghorn
Empoli
Brenner Pass
Riviera
France
Portonuova
Pedaso
San Benedetto
Bernard C. Freyburg
Crete
New Zealand
U. S
Adriatic
Governor Darden declines to appoint SCC vacancy
Richmond December 27 Governor Darden said he would not appoint a new member to the State Corporation Commission bench created by the death of William Meade Fletcher. He stated the assembly should fill the vacancy when in session within three weeks and praised Senator Norris as the leading candidate while noting others may be considered.
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Richmond
Darden
State Corporation Commission
William Meade Fletcher
Robert O. Norris, Jr
Lively
General Assembly
Norris
Harvey B. Apperson
Roanoke
John Q. Rhodes, Jr
Vost
Allied leaders promise victory in 1944 as Eisenhower takes command
General Eisenhower is named Allied commander for the European invasion and declares a win in 1944. In the Arctic Murmansk convoy battles, Scharnhorst is sunk by the British fleet. US Marines land on New Britain near Cape Gloucester with no casualties as Japanese air losses mount. Russia launches a counter offensive driving Germans back toward a Kiev breach. In Italy, Fifth Army seizes high points toward Cassino while British street gains in Ortona continue.
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Britain
Italy
Germany
Scharnhorst
Arctic Ocean
Murmansk
Cape Gloucester Landings hailed as perfectly coordinated
New York dispatch reports CBS correspondent William J. Dunn witnessed Cape Gloucester landings on New Britain and called the assault one of the most perfectly coordinated land, air and naval operations of the Pacific war. He described timing, bombardment, and air support that kept Japanese resistance minimal until counterattacks began seven hours after Marines hit the beach.
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New York
CBS
William J. Dunn
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Dunn
Beachheads Set Up With No Men Lost
U S Marines landed at Cape Gloucester and nearby areas on New Britain to establish a second invasion front in the South West Pacific. Both beachheads were secured without American casualties, while heavy bombing and naval fire supported the operation. Japanese losses included 36 bombers and 25 fighters. one enemy ship sunk. The move secures domination of the Vitiaz straits and disrupts Rabaul’s supply lines.
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Pacific
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Japan
Robert Euison
New Guinea
United States
Guadalcanal
Douglas MacArthur
Vitiaz
U. S. Sixth Army
Rabaul
Arawe
Gloucester
Long Island
Villax Staits
William S. Rupertus
Kainenz
New Treland
Cape Gl
Typhus Plague Hits Naples Amid 1 Million Civilians
Naples reports an outbreak of typhus fever with 250 cases, a ten fold rise since Allied occupation in October. Fifth Army troops remain largely excluded, while authorities confiscate medical supplies and implement containment measures to protect civilians.
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Naples
Fifth Army
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Weigallagher
Harry Russell
Reds
By Henry C. Cassidy
Winchester Evening Star
By Joseph Dynan
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