WLB approves pay increases
700 district steelworkers benefit by decision
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Destroyer to be launched
Boston, Massachusetts – (Dec. 5)
The U.S. destroyer Thatcher will be launched tomorrow at the Bath Iron Works Corporation yard, Bath, Maine.
Anglo-British navies now stronger than before Pearl Harbor
Airpower superiority also achieved by Allied in 12 months
By Carroll Binder, foreign editor of the Chicago Daily News
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Darlan drives dividing edge between Allies
De Gaulle carries hopes of 82% of French, London hears
By Victor Gordon Lennox
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GOP committee may state new party policies
Willkie, Dewey, Bricker ready to force action on issues
By Thomas L. Stokes, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Moresby takes Singapore role in the Far East
But port is stronger than Malay base ever was
By George Weller
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War unit guide is created for farm worker
Standards of deferment defined by Selective Service heads
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Clare Boothe to write movie story about China
Hollywood, California (UP) – (Dec. 5)
Clare Boothe, Connecticut Congresswoman-elect, playwright and wife of publisher Henry R. Luce, will arrive next week to work on an original film story, 20th Century Fox Studios announced today.
Miss Boothe will write about China’s struggle against Japan, remaining here until January when she will leave for Washington to take her seat in Congress.