Good Neighbor program spending under scrutiny by Senate
Senate investigators demand a detailed accounting of Good Neighbor spending in Latin America amid charges that U S cash funded boondoggling projects. Nelson Rockefeller faces questions, while Butler Neake and Byrd clash over totals and motives as Latin American allies react with concern and skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Latin America
Byrd
D-Va
Nelson Rockefeller
Butler Neake
U. S
Butler
Uncle Sam
Wallace
McKellar
D-Tenn
Rockefeller
Chargsi
Mexico City
Excelsior
Senator Butler
Rneb
United States
Soviet Breakthrough Again Hits German Front in Belorussia
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky crossed the Berezina River pushing west of the Dnieper and outflanking Zhlobin as Gomel fell after a siege begun Oct. 13. Red Star reports two-pronged attacks stormed Gomel and Nizhnia while severing the Zhlobin Kalinkovichi railroad. Berlin and Stuttgart bombed as RAF and USAAF hammer Nazi targets. heavy losses reported on both sides.
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Moscow
Red Star
Berezina
Napoleon
Gomel
Constantin Rokossovsky
White Russia
Dnieper
Zhlobin
Nizhnia
Qiba
Zhlobin- Kalinkovichi
Red Army
Sozh
Propoisk
Rokossovsky
Dniper
British Extend Bridgehead On Swollen Sangro
Allied dispatch reports British Eighth Army push to extend a bridgehead across the swollen Sangro river, while American Fifth Army repels two enemy thrusts west of Venafro as Italian front weather improves. Allied air forces pound rail targets near Genoa and Rimini. Luftwaffe losses include Heinkel 177s in a Mediterranean convoy raid. German efforts to reinforce Mount Cammino and the via Casilina are noted as heavy artillery and air operations continue.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Sangro
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Venafro
Air
Recco
Genoa
Rimini
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Mignano
Mount Camino
Via Casilina
Rome
Cassino
Germany
Memorial services for Lt. Pollard planned in Marion
A memorial service is set for 7:00 p.m. at the Congregational Christian Church to honor Lt. Bill Beverley Pollard of Marion Indiana. Capt. Marion Anderson leads the memorial in the church hall.
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Panny
Slock
Congregational Christian Church
Bill Beverley Pollard
Marion
Marion Anderson
Mack B Hook Dies Prominent Frederick County Citizen
Mack B Hook a longtime mill operator and later Winchester grocer died at Mempr ys at 4 40 p m after weeks of illness. Born in Hampshire County West Virginia 1868 he ran Capon Bridge and Bartonsville mills before moving to Winchester to run a Braddock and Cork streets grocery. He married Lena LaFollette in 1892 and leaves seven grandchildren and a brother Marvin Hook. A Presbyter ian Elder at Opequon Me Church Kernstown he served 43 years in Sunday School and Bible class work. Funeral 3 p m Sunday from his West Clifford Street home with several pastors assisting. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Mack B. Hook
Frederick County
Winchester
Memprys
Mr. Hook
Hampshire County
W. Va
Archibald
Mary Catherine Garvin Hook
West Virginia
Capon Bridge
Bartonsville
J. O. Deal
Braddock
Cork Streets
Lena LaFollette
Home
Clagett Hook
Bernville
Vive
Courtney Hook
England
Marvin Hook
Gore
Hook
Presbyterian Church
Opequon Me
Kernstown
Hooks
West Clifford Street
C. A. Ee
Ope
Presbyterian Churches
E. S. McGavok
Lucketts
Ronald Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
P Vatiovarius
Paul M. Haldeman
Frank B. Crawford
R. Bruce Slonaker
Julian W. Baker
Clarence Himelright
Luther Jones
Ea M. Shade
Paul Samsell
Photography Studio to Close for Holiday Break
Photographic Studio of Hugh Peters will close from November 24 to December 5. Appointments accepted December 6 to December 19 will be completed in time for Christmas.
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Hugh Peters
Japanese Air Base Raid Over Formosa by U S Forces
China based Mitchell bombers and long range fighters struck the Shin chiku air base on Formosa, destroying at least 31 enemy planes. All U S aircraft returned safely. P-38 fighters led a low level assault while Mitchells and escorts bombed and mopped up installations and airfields.
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J. Reilly O’sullivan
U.S. Air Force
China
Japanese Empire
Formosa Island
Shinchiku
Big Island
Philippines
Japan
Asia
Southwest Pacific
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Chungking
Sao Tange Po
4Th Airforce
Five Senators Oppose Anti Poll Tax Bill in Minority Report
Five members of the Senate Judiciary Committee signed a minority report contending the anti poll tax bill is unconstitutional and would delay the war effort. Senators Hatch Andrews OMahoney Connally and Austin oppose, while Revercomb also voted against but was unavailable. The measure, approved by the House last May, would eliminate poll tax payment as a prerequisite for voting.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hatch
D-Nm
Andrews
D-Fla
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Connally
D-Tex
Austin
R-Vt
Revercomb
Rwvva
House
Bombers Rally Berliners With Ruhr Express Return
The RCAF bomber Ruhr Express returned crews to Berlin amid post raid pride. A London report notes the plane carried a Lohden newspaper headlined Berlin Groggy and we. One crewman said we dropped that too just as we started the bombing run.
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London
RCAF
Ruhr Express
Knox Prays That Jap Fleet Will Come Into Fight
Navy Secretary Knox reports rapid shipbuilding progress with 419 new ships in eleven months and a growing carrier and submarine fleet. He notes 40 new carriers completed in 1943 and about 230 destroyer escorts in action, aiming to exceed the year’s quotas amid a surge in aircraft production and naval strength.
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Knox
Japan
Navy
War Fund Total Nears Goal
The United War Fund drive for Winchester and Frederick shows receipts of 16,327.71 toward a 20,000 goal. The special gifts committee leads with 6,700, followed by Industrial 5,000, Business 2,125, Frederick County 1,251.90, and Residential 1,250.81. cards are expected by Monday or Tuesday to reach the goal.
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United War Fund Chest
Winchester
Frederick
Ed Molden
W. Nelson Page
Business Committee
Frederick County
Molden
Bombers Roar Over Berlin in Fifth Raid
World War Fronts report heavy British and Canadian bombers striking Berlin in a large formation for the fifth raid in as many days. RAAF and RCAF forces assist in the aerial campaign as the city endures renewed pressure.
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The
Associated Press
Berlin
Asia
RAF
RCAF
December Tire Quotas Rise for Cars and Motorcycles
The Office of Price Administration announced December quotas increasing passenger car and motorcycle tires by 27 685 units from November amid ongoing shortages. Truck and bus tires rise to 290 519 units. Total passenger car and motorcycle tires reach 581 373, up from 553 688.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Negece Pico Argo Pieremense
Chacaate
Selling Out W H Stanleys Store Auction
W H Stanley's Store 563 N Cameron offers dry goods and fixtures up for sale on Monday November 29 at 7 30 p m Auctioneer Roy Duvall leads the sale with details provided in the notice
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N. Cameron
Mon
Roy Duvall
Menacing Jungle Plateau Seized By M Arthur Forces
In New Guinea Sidney area Australian troops, backed by 26 ton tanks, stormed a 2400 foot jungle plateau at Sattelberg. They slaughtered Japanese dugouts, drove remaining troops north along a trail, and seized abandoned equipment. The position overlooks the gulf and is the first major enemy loss since Finschhafen.
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Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Sattelberg
Gulf Sattelberg
Finschhafen
Huon
Frenchmen Blame Allies for Purge of Vichyites
In Algiers some French National Liberation Committee members blame the United States and Britain for hamstringing the purge of Vichyites. American officials deny interference while warning against recognition moves tied to Marshal Petain or Laval. Communists claim Western influence shields Vichy figures.
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Algiers
French Committee of National Liberation
United States
Britain
Edwin C. Wilson
Mediterannean Commission
Robert D. Murphy
U. S
North Africa
U.S
Consultative Assembly
Marshal Petain
Constitutional Assembly
Petain
Pierre Laval
Italian Officers Shot By Nazis
Algiers dispatch says Badoglio government charges Germany with shooting Italian officers captured in Albania Montenegro and the Aegean Islands. A note to Germany via Madrid asked through the Spanish government. The slayings reportedly occurred after Germans seized the Dodecanese island group.
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Allied
Algiers
Badoglio
Albania
Montenegro
Aegean
Armistice Control Commission
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Madrid
Germany
Dodecanese
Night Inn Event at Yor in Gat November 27
A listing shows an Earl Esvinn event at the Yor Inn in Gat on the night of November 27 from 9 45 to 12 45, with entry details marked 11 26 1p 21.
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Esvinn Earl
Postponed Sale of Reed Apartment Houses on West Cork Street
The sale of Reed apartment houses at Nos. 25 2545 and 27 West Cork Street is postponed to Saturday November 27 1943. The notice cites the postponement and provides the official reference 11 22 tp 21.
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Cork Street
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Havana
Oswald Mosley
Haat Seneren Aus SG
Butler Caheo
Fichters
By Henry C. Cassidy
Stuttgart
Gladwin Hill
Adolf Hitler
Air Ministry
Frankfurt-Am-Main
North Sea
Bremen
United States Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
France
Duesseldorf
Hamburg
Sweden
Swolen Sangro
Hampshire
Peet Tee
Formosa
By Hamilton W. Faron
Berezina River
Wapoieah
Solomons
Chiang Kai-s Brai-Shek
Hunan
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Senere River
M’arthur
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