The Pittsburgh Press (January 13, 1944)
Restoration of tax increase demanded in list of nation’s needs
By Lyle C. Wilson, United Press staff writer
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5th Army takes Cervaro; American-French force menaces flank
By C. R. Cunningham, United Press staff writer
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Fighter assembly plants smashed at cost of 64 planes
By Walter Cronkite, United Press staff writer
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Bloody parachute on floor mute testimony to tragedy, fear and heroism
By Collie Small, United Press staff writer
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Enemy dead in Cape Gloucester area now 2,400 compared to 400 U.S. casualties
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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Washington (UP) –
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson revealed today that U.S. Army casualties through Dec. 23 totaled 105,229 – 16,831 killed, 38,916 wounded, 24,067 missing, and 25,415 prisoners of war.
Casualties among American elements of the 5th Army since its invasion of Italy amounted to 18,119 – 2,798 killed, 11,762 wounded and 3,559 missing.
The latest announcement of Navy, Marine and Coast Guard casualties included 15,186 killed, 6,616 wounded, 8,429 missing and 4,292 prisoners of war, making the overall casualty total for all services 139,752.
The all-services total includes 32,017 killed, 45,532 wounded, 32,946 missing and 29,707 prisoners of war.
Figured with former wife in sensational divorce suit in 1921
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Article on big donations by CIO cited
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Offending unions would be deprived of all rights provided by U.S. labor acts
By Fred W. Perkins, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
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Members of House election group strike back at Democrat accuser
Washington (UP) –
Four of the five Republican members of the House Elections Committee today denied charges by Democratic Leader John W. McCormack that they had blocked development of a workable soldier-vote bill and in turn accused him of being partially responsible for the delay.
The fifth Republican member – Rep. Ralph A. Gamble of New York – was recovering from pneumonia and his office demanded to know how he could block any legislation from a hospital bed.
Confident of satisfactory bill
While blaming Mr. McCormack and other administration leaders with slowing progress on the soldier-vote issue, the four Republicans nevertheless expressed confidence they, with the aid of three Democratic committee members, would soon be able to get a satisfactory bill to the floor.
Rep. Karl M. LeCompte (R-IA) declared that:
You can be sure that by the end of the week, we will report out a bill that will give every member of the Armed Forces, the American Red Cross, merchant seamen and civilians overseas a chance to vote in the coming elections.
Worley blamed for delay
Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R-OR) charged that Elections Chairman Eugene Worley (D-TX) had forestalled a committee showdown for fear his bill would be defeated. Mr. Worley’s bill would call upon the federal government to print, distribute and collect ballots and then send them to the individual states, which would determine their validity.
In the Senate, where a purely state-control bill has already been passed, administration forces were busy seeking a compromise similar to Mr. Worley’s proposal. There were reports that several Senators who voted for the original state-control bill were ready to support a measure for limited federal participation.
One of world’s biggest single questions confronts Allies
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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All but two return after destroyer rams them
By Inga Arvad, North American Newspaper Alliance
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Koran’s holy days conflict with schooling
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Washington (UP) –
President Roosevelt’s doctor has asked him to “take it easy for a while,” the White House disclosed today.
White House Press Secretary Stephen T. Early said RAdm. Ross T. McIntire, the President’s physician, asked Mr. Roosevelt to maintain a relatively light routine for the time being.
The President has just gone through an attack on influenza and the labor incident to the State of the Union and budget messages.