Paulus: Book on brilliant and hard-hitting
Its physical impacts first stun the reader
By John D. Paulus
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Werkman: Unrest in labor of 1930s told
Management’s side is given fair treatment
By Ruth Werkman
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I DARE SAY —
Winged Victory terrific, and so is biography of J. Barrymore
By Florence Fisher Parry
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In defense of ‘brass hats’
Miss O’Driscoll, following tour of Far North, gives lie to charges of Laraine Day
By Erskine Johnson
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Radio stars line up to appeal for funds for paralysis fight
Screen Guild and actors federation announce first volunteers for Mutual network broadcast
By Si Steinhauser
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Majors plan to carry on as usual
Will train near home parks
By Glen Perkins, United Press staff writer
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‘Babe’ eyes more titles
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Völkischer Beobachter (January 24, 1944)
Neue Enthüllungen eines USA-Abgeordneten –
Roosevelts militärische Diktaturpläne
Eigener Bericht des „Völkischen Beobachters“
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U.S. Navy Department (January 24, 1944)
CINCPAC Press Release No. 235
For Immediate Release
January 24, 1944
Planes of the 7th Army Air Force and Fleet Air Wing Two carried out attacks on six atolls in the Marshall Islands during January 22 and 23 (West Longitude Date).
Army medium bombers at midday on January 22 raided Wotje Atoll and Kaven Island in the Maloelap Atoll: At Wotje, a cargo ship and a small oiler were damaged, and airdrome installations were bombed and strafed. There was no fighter opposition, and all of our planes returned safely. At Kaven, bombing and strafing attacks were made on ground installations. Of 25 enemy fighters which intercepted our bombers, two were shot down and a third was crippled. Our losses were small.
In the afternoon of January 22, Imieji Island in the Jaluit Atoll was attacked by Liberators and Navy search Venturas. Bomb hits were scored on installations at the seaplane base, and in the cantonment. No enemy fighter planes were encountered, and all our planes returned safely.
In the evening of January 22, Army heavy bombers struck Mille Atoll and Roi Island in the Kwajalein Atoll. At Roi, airfield facilities were bombed and several grounded bombers were damaged. More than a dozen fighters attacked our planes. Our gunners shot down one and possibly destroyed four others. In addition, three enemy planes were damaged. We suffered no losses.
At Mille, bombs were dropped in the cantonment area. No fighter or anti-aircraft opposition was encountered.
Navy search planes attacking Ailinglapalap Atoll on January 22 bombed two small vessels, one of which had apparently been beached, and returned to their base without loss.
On January 23, Navy search planes attacked a small convoy near Kwajalein, bombing and severely damaging a large cargo ship. We suffered no losses.
At midday on January 23, two groups of Army Mitchell bombers raided Taroa, in the Maloelap Atoll, bombing and machine-gunning airdrome facilities and strafing a number of small craft. Approximately 25 enemy fighters attacked each group of bombers. Three fighters were shot down, two more were believed shot down, and four were damaged. Damage to our planes was slight. All planes returned to their bases.
U.S. State Department (January 24, 1944)
851.014/1415
The President to the Secretary of State
Washington, January 24, 1944
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
I saw Halifax last week and told him quite frankly that it was perfectly true that I had, for over a year, expressed the opinion that Indo-China should not go back to France but that it should be administered by an international trusteeship. France has had the country – thirty million inhabitants for nearly one hundred years, and the people are worse off than they were at the beginning.
As a matter of interest, I am wholeheartedly supported in this view by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and by Marshal Stalin. I see no reason to play in with the British Foreign Office in this matter. The only reason they seem to oppose it is that they fear the effect it would have on their own possessions and those of the Dutch. They have never liked the idea of trusteeship because it is, in some instances, aimed at future independence. This is true in the case of Indo-China.
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FDR
The Pittsburgh Press (January 24, 1944)
U.S. FLIERS HIT WESTERN GERMANY
French coast also blasted by Yanks, RAF
Attack on Reich follows nighttime assault by Mosquitoes
By Phil Ault, United Press staff writer
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Allies massed on beach for quick drive to Rome
Appian highway in range of big guns as invaders push inland
By C. R. Cunningham, United Press staff writer
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In Southwest Pacific –
Trap closing on Jap force
Aussies close on Bogadjim in New Guinea
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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AFL Council puts ‘if’ on return of Lewis’ UMW
District 50 would be omitted from jurisdiction of miners; committees to meet
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South barred in preparing 4th term plea
Guffey backed resolution urging President to run again
By Lyle C. Wilson, United Press staff writer
Washington (UP) –
Democratic National Committee records showed today that the South was not represented on the Resolutions Committee which proposed at the meeting here a surprise solicitation that President Roosevelt seek a fourth term.
The National Committee adopted the resolution unanimously.
There is no Democratic Party rule that the South must be recognized in allocating such positions of responsibility at party meetings but it has uniformly been the practice to include Southerners on any such group authorized to propose party policy.
Feeds ill feeling
Exclusion of Southerners from the Resolutions Committee will probably aggravate further the ill feeling between the old-line party members and the newcomers among Mr. Roosevelt’s associates whom they term “New Dealers.”
The Resolutions Committee, six men and one woman, was heavily weighted with fourth-term sentiment. The big industrial states and notably the Democratic machines of Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago, Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, and Senator Joseph F. Guffey in Pennsylvania were well represented.
Senator Guffey, the most active advocate of the fourth term, is not a National Committee member and therefore could not have been on the Resolutions Committee. But his Pennsylvania organization was well represented with two of the seven members by his sister, Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller and David L. Lawrence.
Other members
Resolutions Committee chairman was Senator Theodore F. Green (D-RI). Mayor Hague was not a member, but was represented by Rep. Mary T. Norton (D-NJ). The other members were Mr. Kelly, boss of the Illinois Democratic machine, former Governor Keen Johnson of Kentucky, a member of the Roosevelt faction, and O. S. Warden from Montana.
The National Committee adopted the fourth-term resolution with neither debate not dissent. Veteran political observers ascribed the actions in part to the belief that the President is the only Democrat who would have even a remote chance of being elected this year.
Willkie won’t run in California
New York (UP) –
Wendell L. Willkie, who announced yesterday that he would not enter the California presidential preference primary in May, was expected today to place his name before Republican primary voters in four and possibly five other states.
His name definitely will be entered in Wisconsin, Nebraska, Oregon and Pennsylvania, his associates said, and possibly in New Hampshire.
Mr. Willkie announced his decision after a telephone conversation with California Governor Earl Warren.
He issued a statement saying:
In the last few days, I have discussed this situation fully by telephone with Governor Warren. He assures me that he is not and will not be a candidate for the presidential nomination and that he has no agreement, arrangement or understanding with any candidate or potential candidate that he is not and will not become associated with any Stop-Willkie movement.
4th term support pledged by CIO
New York (UP) –
Calling upon President Roosevelt to seek reelection, 2,500 CIO leaders were on record today with a formal pledge to support a fourth term.
Meeting under the auspices of the Greater New York CIO Council, the officials also adopted a resolution endorsing the President’s five-point home front program, including passing of a national service act.
The conference also adopted a resolution demanding that the War Labor Board permit wage increases of 20%.
White-collar workers to ask pay raise advice
Senate subcommittee to open hearings tomorrow government to be asked to help unorganized get boosts
By Fred W. Perkins, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
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Labor dispute handling by U.S. groups hit
Union dissatisfaction is significant factor in strike votes
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