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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31
December

December
l-RAF and u S bombers continue mass
i've raids hitting Dusseldorf region.
President Roosevelt meets with Churchill
and Chang Kaishek IN Cairo, Egypt
Agree to strip Japan Of her stolen EN-
pire.
6-Roosevelt, Churchill and Stain meet at
Teheran. Iran, reach complete agree
ment on measures 10 crush Germany :;
u. s. naval task force raids Marshall
Islands.
7-Chinese admit loss of Changteh, impor'
tant city in rice bowl
e-Turkey promises Allies all laid short Of
war: Chinese recapture Changteh.
l3-Russian troops regain initiative in kiev
area: British Eighth army cracks Nazi
line in Italy, capturing 5000.
l4-President Roosevelt. returning from
conferences, visits Malta and Sicily.
l5-American planes raid Greece; U, s..
heavy bombers smash Jap base on New
Britain Island.
I6-Prime Minister Churchill stricken by
pneumonia: German bombers sink II
United Nations merchant ships
l7-American Sixth army lands at Arawe.
on New Britain island. southwest Pacific.
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The year dreiC to a close uifh
these important eUents:
December
l-Ro9Sevelt, Churchill, Chang
Kai-shek pledge TO strip Japan
of imperialistic gains.
Fathers draft bill delays dur
ing absence Of President.
16-President Roosevelt returns 10
America following FIVE weeks
diplomatic trip.
15-Army announces successful
landing on Japanese base in
New Britain.
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MILITARY:
(O Russian summer-fall often
Sive.
OBJ Pacific offensive (Attu, New
Guinea, SOlOmOns, Gil
berts).
(c) Italy surrenders.
I'D Air offensive against Ger
man cities.
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December

1-Ration values Of meats reduced 30 per
cent.
81. S plane output for November an.
nOuncud as 7.769.
Army viii retire 25 900 officers reduc.
ing total 10 625 900.
7-BiRgest U. S. battleship. the g. .OO0.ton
Wisconsin. Is launched
l0-Non-operating rail workers get senate
approval for eight cent per hour raise.
li-Senate military committee plans Fradu.
ated discharge pay for servicemen
ranging from 5000 10 $500.
l6-PTcsidSnt Roosevelt returns 10 capital.
senate committee votes to retain food
subsidies for so days.
l7-OPA promises lowering Of meat ration
points.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31
November

Federal government selves 1000 coal
mines IN which strikes are hating pro.
duciOn.
2-EleCtiOus Of various state and national
officials reveal Republican trend.
3-Unitcd Mine Workers ordered 10 return
TO work as president John Lewis accepts
new wage agreement. giving miners
S56.74 for 4S-hour week
5-Scnate votes postwar collaboration with
other nations, IS 10 5.
6-Fifteen incorporating railroad unions re-
ject wage increase offered by cmer-
gency committee: Bernard Baruch Is
appointed chief Of a new unit OF the
Office Of War Mobilization.
18-Army officials reduce budget by 10 bill.
lion dollars. which sum viii revert 10
treasury.
subsidy Of 100 million dollars Is allo-
Gated 10 stabilize price OF -four
23-House votes against extension Of con.
sumer subsIdics.
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January


New Years Day football results: Rose
Bowl-GeorFia 9, U. {. L. A 0. Sugar
BowI-Tenncssee "a Tulsa 7. Orange
Bowl-Alabama 81. Boston College q
Cotton Bowl-Texas IA. Georgia Tech 7:
Sun BoWl-Second Air Force 10. Hardin.
Simmons Z: Kazar Stadium East AL.
Stars 49, West AI.Stars 70.
i7-Ted Williams, formerly 81 Boston Rec
sox, named player Of the year
February
20-William Cox. New York sportsman. pur.
chascs Philadelphia Phlics for about
$3.50 900 from National League
24-Bucky Harms signs 10 manage phila.
delpuia ball club.
March
l3-Creg Rice runs fastest miles at K. Of c.
meet. ~ 521
17-PhIadciphia team wins the Golden
Gloves Championship IN New YORK
i3-Detr0t wins national hockey league
tile
20-Cornelius Warmerdam sets new pole
vault record Of Is feet, ca inches
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January

Arre KIN, 81, and ,o,ure. 100 f, Chicago
=, bg"llhg aHey.
IL lhliyHVe americans dle "nen Trans
polI pIane Ctashes IN ue Jungle near
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il Menly ,tlRat persons oie IN sahltaflum
hre IN Scatue'
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81 ihte cLpgtI 81 aSnes ai1 SINKS III
Aasu' i''ei' LSDo"' FOi'usa"
March
2-Nineieen bodies recovered In coal mine
-, 9isasier az Bear CIeek. Mont.
Il r ZOO waters spread over woe area
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October
4-Treasury asks for ten and han billion

4-Treasury asks for ten and hau billion
In new tax revenue.
Merger Of Western Union ard Postal
Telegraph companies is completed.
li-CensOI ship of weather news is lifted.
l2-National Labor board rules that labor
unions have a moral responsibility not
10 strike in wartime
l3-Amcrican Federation Of Labor votes 10
take United Mine Workers back into fold
l8-ThiTd war loan passes goal Of is billion
dollars by nearly four billions
20-The 48-h0ur week for war industries Is
extended TO 30 more localities.
22-ZiuC-steel pennies are to be discontinued,
Treasury announces.
28-Wdcat coal strikes referred 20 Presi.
dent by War Labor Board
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August
September

2-The exchange ship Grlpshoin sails with
1910 japanese. 10 be exchanged for
1880 Americans al Goa, Portuguese
India; Churchill and Roosevelt confer In
Washington
4-Wilham LETTERS, director Of the nations
rubber program, resigns.
7-RepubliCdn Postwar Advisory Council
meets al Mactinac Island. Mich.
8-Drive for IS billion dollar third war loan
opened by presidential address.
l4-Col. William Coleman is convicted by a
military court for drunkenness and care.
less use Of firearms. denoted TO cap.
taircy.
T--President Roosevelt reports 10 Congress
on Quebec conference.
23-Shoe ration stamp becoming valid Nov.
ember ! must last six months'
25-Edward Stcttinius Jr. moves from lend.
lease administrator TO succeed Sumner
Wells as undersccretary Of state.
29-Senators report on war tour.
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January

Jdnuafy
l-President Roosevelt calls for unity
among Allies. stresses THE supreme ne.
cessity of planning what is to come
after the war"
6-78th Congress convenes; Samuel Ray
burn speaker OF house for third term:
Pleasure driving banned in eastern
states; Fuel oil ration reduced Is per
cent
ILL. S and Britain relinquish extraterri-
torial rights in China.
l2-OPA sets corn ceilings az approximately
81 a bushel.
28-Joint draft system, by which men can be
indicted into navy. marines and coast
guard as well as army. announced.
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July
22-Mai Gen william upshur Capt Charles
Paddock, both u. $ NJ. &. officers. and
four other persons are killed la Navy
plane crash near Sitka. Alaska.
2-Thrce soldiers who became lost In desert
maneuvers near Yuma. AfiA, die OF
thirst
2s-Hurucane sweeping over Texas Gull
coast kills 10 persons. Damage esti.
mated at 10 million dollars.
August
ten persons. including Mayor william
Baker and Mai William Robertson die
when Army glider crashes In demon.
stratOn flight In St Louis
2-Five Negroes killed. more than 500 white
and coiored injured In race rioting In
New York city's Harlem district.
5-Fourteen persons are drowned In a
flash" nood In central West Virginia
28-TWcnty.one miners are killed In gas eN.
plosion at Sayreton. Ala.
3O-rw enty.nine persons are killed and $50
injured IN wreck Of crack Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Il. X. near
Wayland, N. Y.
September
eighty persons killed and 1T injured.
when Congressional Limited OF the
PeHnsylvanla X. II. is dcrailcd near
Philadelphia.
Twentieth Century Limited train Of New
York Central r. X. is derailed near
Canasiola, N Y, killing three, Houston.
Tex, hotel fire takes lives Of 30 men.
7-Explosion OF depth charges at the Naval
Air Station. Norfolk. Va. takes % lives.
About $50 are injured
20-TWeniy.fve soldiers die when Army
transport plane crashes near Maxton.
N, {.
October
i6-Crash Of airliner q miles west OF Nash.
Vile, Tenn. takes 10 lives
23-Navy announces that B8 sehmen died
when two tankCrs collldcd of Palm
Beach.
November
23-slx children die in farm home IRE near
Chicago.
December
l3-Twenty marines killed, 20 injured IN
Hawaii when collision OF navy planes
releases bomb
l6-Stxty nine killed, so injured In collision
Of two fast trains near Bule N. {. For
ty.eight OF the dead were servicemen.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31
February

s-Natonal income IN 1912 was sil3 1924. .
600 900 as compared with S94 500 900 900
in 1871.
e-Roosevelt orders 46.hour work week
minimum in labor shortage areas.
20-Dried foods rationCd, effective March l..
23-Secretary Of Agriculture Wickard sus.
ponds wheat quotas.
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29-Navy asks for more WAVES. stating
that enrolment must reach 81. 600 by
end Of 1874; Coffee rationing ended by
OPA; Blue Network OF Radio Corpora.
ton Of America sold for S8.O00.OO0.
August
2-Race riot sweeps New York. resulting In
death of five Negroes, and injuries to
500, Drafting of pre.Pearl HaTbor
fathers set to begin on October !.
6-Junc personal incomes totaled Sl2, l62..
600 900. a new record
7-Airplane production reaches record
1873 units.
i3-Gasoline' ration In Midwest and South
west reduced from four to three gallons
per coupon.
1.-THE War Manpower Commission estab.
fishes new list OF l49 critical occupations
for first priority In draft deierments.
i9-The army must be raised to 1900. 900
men by January /. 1914. and the navy
to 2.B6l 600. the War Manpower Board
announces.
23-The Guftey Coal Act. passed in 1887. to
stabilize coal prices, expires. No move
made TO renew it,
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September

6-Lieut Joseph Hunt takes the national
amateur tennis championship.
l8-The st. Louis Cardinals defeat the
Chicago Cubs, p. Clinching the National
league pennant.
l9-Dctroit Lions beat the Chicago Card.
inals in professional football opener.
25-The New York Yankees take the Amcr.
can League pennant for the IAN time
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6-Famed Negro scientist. Dr. George
Washington Carver. rs.
6-Presldent emeritus of Harvard u. Or.
Abbott l.. Lowell. SO
| iO-''Mcssagc TO Garcia" hero. Col. Andrew
S. Rowan. IS
23-Alexandcr .Woollcott SO. THE Town
Cricr' Of radio. author, critic. play.
wright, actor.
February
DIR AttIio II. Clannini. Ga. physician.
banker, motion picture executive, civic
lo-Lynn overman. IS. comedian.
March
io--Poet and author Stephen Vincent Benet.
a. Pulitzer prize winner with John
Browns Body"
Former governor Of Illinois. Frank o.
2s-James A. Farrell. 80. president Of the
United States Steel corp.
April
22-Lurcn. D. Dickinson. %. former COVER.
nor Of Michigan foe Of high .liie "
28-Mai. Gen. Robert Odds 46. commander
Of the U. s. Second Army Air Force
May
Of Infantry in & S. Army. io2s'52. ''''''
2O-Adm. Henry A Wiley, 70. Pacific feet
commander. 1927 %.
26-Edsel. b. Ford. 80. president Of Ford
Motor Co.
June
Mai Kermit Roosevelt. So. son Of the
former President. on active duty In
Alaska
iG-Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart noted histor.
Ian and Harvard U. professor. at 80.
23-Roar Adm. Nell F. Nichols 60. former
c0nmandant Of Boston Navy Yard.
July
14-Aciross Beverly siiproaves 70.
27-Rev Ernest Lynn Waldorf g. bishop
Of the Methodist church. Chicago area
August
l-Presldcnt Of China. Lin Sen. 70. scholar
and artist.
ls-Licu Cen william NJ Wright 70
commander Of two divisions In World
2i-Dr william Lyon Phelps 70. Of Yale
university
September
6-Former ambassador to Poland. John c
Cudahy, S.
g-Rear Adm. Walton Sexton. Sc. former
chairman Of the Navy General Board
~ -i1l llia| AaNaItfilbI OF Inv EhIIet4AGT.
SIT Kingsley Wood 60.
October
6-Patrick Nash no. political leader Of
Democrats in Cook County. III. which
Includes Chicago.
1l-samucl II Church. IS. president Car.
ncglc Institute.
2O-Ben Bernie. 81. band leader.
November
e-Dr Jesse G BuIlowa. developer Of pncu.
uoria serum. az g.
2i-Rep J " o Her Or PENN
22-Rep 3 SteagaH DALAI.
December
l3-Marvin Mcintyre. e5. for 20 years score.
tary 10 President Roosevelt, at Wash.
iG-E {. billy" Hayes. 50. wcll.knovn
track coach Of Indiana u: the Rev Dr.
William A. Brown, ~. Presbyterian min.
is,er. one Of founders Of World Council
Of Churches
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
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October

ALLIED forces take Naples. % days after
landing at Salerno.
3-Australian troops capture Jap base at
Finschhafen, New Guinea.
5-Island Of Corsica. In Mediterranean, is
freed of Nazis.
l3-Italy formally declares war on Germany,
by action Of Premier Marshal Badoglio.
i4-In great raid on Schwelnfurt. Germany.
important ball.bearing factories are
destroyed. at a cost Of so Flying Fort
resses.
23-Nentopol. key city Of German defense
in south Ukraine. falls 10 Russians.
25-Russian troops recapture Dneprope.
trovsk, important Industrial city.
29-U. s. and New Zealand troops land on
Treasury Islands. in Northern Solomons.
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November

2-U. S Marines invade Bouganville IS
land IN northern Solomons.
@RAF planes drop more than 1000 tons
Of bombs on Dusseldorf. Germany.
6-Kiev. capital Of the Ukraine. retaken by
Russians
british Eighth army advances in Italy.
taking eight towns.
li-Nazis scuttle ships, blast installations 20
block harbors Of Leghorn and Pescara
l3-Russians capture Zhtomir. important
rail center Of southern front: Chinese
forces report gains along Yangtze river
l9-Greatest raid In history blasts Berlin,
dropping $500 tons.
23-Another huge air attack smsshes Berlin.
Onefourth OF city said TO be rszed.
Maxim island, member Of Gilbert group.
IS taken by u. s. combined forces
26-Russians rip 37-mile-Wide gap IN Nazi
lines north Of Gomel
27-Marines take Tarawa, one Of Gilbert is.
lands. after toughest hghting" IN their
history.
30-British Eighth army bursts through Nszi
lines In Italy. approaching Rome.
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July

House rejects amendment 10 Labof-Fed.
eral Security bill, thereby cutting off
funds for National Youth Administration:
President Roosevelt gives last minute
reprieve TO Max Stephen. sentenced TO
death for aiding escape Of a NaLi flyer
Gen Henri Ciraud, French commander
Of Northwest Africa. arrives In Wash
inFton
l5-The Board OF Economic Warfare Is
abolished. and Its functions transferred
70 the Reconstruction Finance Corpora.
ton: Chester Bowles is named general
manager Of the Office Of Price Admin.
tstrau0n.
i9-World's largest pipeline the Big Inch. 9"
running from L0ngv4eW. Texas. 10
PhoeniXvilie. Pa. is opened
2l-John Lewis. as president Of United Mine
Workers, signs two-year contract with
Illinois coal Operators Association: War
Department reveals 65 058 prisoners Of
war in country.
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September

l-Japs withdraw air base from New
Guinea.
2-Allied forces invade mainland Of Italy
near Reggie Calabria.
7-Allies capture Palmi, Delianoya
B-ITALY SURRENDERS UNCONDIT1ON'
ALLY: Stalino fails 70 Russians.
9-British troops take laramie; Greatest
Allied raids strike northern France.
l0-Germans seize Rome.
ll-Allies take Salerno. italian feet sur
renders.
l4-Saiamaua falls TO U. S. and Australian
forces.
-Novorossrsk recaptured by Russians.
24-Nazi troops evacuate Corsica.
28-Brtish take Fogga.
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October

3-Final baseball standings. ST. Louis
Cardinals, won l06. lost 40. for per-
centage Of 682. The New York Yankees,
won 3d. lost So. for percentage Of .G3G
columbus o., American Association
team. defeats Syracuse. N. y. Inter.
national league team. to capture little
world series" title
lO-Yankecs win World Series, defeating
Cardinals. four games TO one.
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August

8-Ryder Cup golf team. captnined by
Craig Wood. defeats Walter Hagens
team.
9-Howard Schenken wins the contract
bridge masters championship for hfth
time.
25-College All.Stars defeat the Washington
Redskins, professional football cham.
plons 2I.7
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August

III. S. planes bomb Ploesti reAneries.
5-Russians take Orel; British capture Cat
ania, in Sicily.
6-Americans occupy Munda, in Solomons
ll-Russians drive into Ukraine.
l7-Allies enter Messina; Island OF Vela
Lavella in Solomons taken.
l8-Resistance ends on Sicily.
2l-U S. and Canadian troops occupy Kiska
24-Quebec conference on war plans ends
25-British Admiral Mountbatten made CHIEF
Of Allied Southeast Asia command.
3O-Russians retake Taganrog, Nazi anchor
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March

~. s. and Chile representatives sign
lendlease agreement.
T-Draft classification All" for men be.
tween 80 and as ended
ll--Lend-lcase extension TO July, 1874. signed
by President.
24-Establshment Of naval base at Casa
blanca announced by navy.
Rochester Davis named food chief
pa "critical shortage OF doctors Is devel.
oping," an owl survey reveals.
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November

2-Stanley Musiai 81 Louis Cardinal out
fielder. named most valuable player in
National League.
e-Spurgcon Chandler New York Yankees
pitcher. chosen most valuable In Amcrl.
can League.
N-U. Of Southern California and the U. Of
Washington chosen for Rose Bowl.
i9-Besu Jack regains lightweight title. out.
pointing Bob Montgomery.
27-Great Lakes defeats NDire Dame ti9-l4)
Nm ycar's biREcst fOotbaN uprei
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3-United Nations food conference ends.
Goal miners Of the United Mine Workers
union return to work
i0-PTesidont signs "pay.as.you.go" income
tax bill.
2l-Rots IN Detroit between white and
colored mobs are suppressed by Federal
troops. after more than "a hours OF
disorder. TWcnty.nine killed, 700 injured:
Coal miners strike for third time since
MAY /.
23-Judge Marvin Jones succeeds Chester
2e-Federai court Of appeals in Chicago
grants new trials 10 six persons convicted
Of aiding Herbert Haupt executed spy.
30-Five senators appointed to visit war
zones and report on u. s Army and
Allies: Stocks on New York exchange
reach q three.year high.
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NAV

1-Federal government takes over closed
coal mines.
1l-Churchill arrives in Washington for war
conference.
i3-Merger between Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Is announced.
26-NLRB approves eight cent an hour
raise for more than million non-oper.
ating railway workers.
27-Machinists' union. with SOS 600 members
WithdraWs from the AFL.
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April

S-President moves 20 cheek initiation by
executive order freezing wages and for.
bidding war workers 10 change jobs
l0-Feed corn ceiling prices raised from
Sl02 a bushel TO Sl.07.
ia bill permitting the national debt limit
TO rise TO 2l0 billion dollars. and a rider
repeating the S25 900 net salary limit be.
comes law without Presidents signature.
20-President Roosevelt cunfers on war and
postwar problems with President Ca.
macho of Mexico.
3o-Soft coal miners of United Mine Workers
union reject President Roosevelts order;
U. S. breaks relations with Martinique.
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January

6-Famed Negro scientist, Or. George
Washington Carver. 49,
6-President emeritus Of Harvard u. DR.
Abbott l.. Lowell. SO
10 Message TO Garcia" hero. Col. Andrew
s. Rowan. IS.
23-Alexandcr Woollcott. SO. THE Town
Cricr' Of radio, author critic, play
wright, actor.
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December

l2-Chicaeo Bears win western pro football
championship.
i3-Ned Day reRains title as All.star Ma.
tional Bowling champion.
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July
Patty Berg defeats Dorothy Kirby for
Women's Western Open Coll Champion
ship.
i0-Gunder Hagg establishes $3.50 Ameri.
can record for miles
l3-AmeTican League team wins annual
AN.Star game. to 3
26-Harold McSpaden defeats Buck Whitney
by l stroke to win An.American golf
title, Patty Berg takes women's title
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January

I-Russians recapture velkye Luki, rail
road center.
~. S, Department OF War information
announces LIPS service casualties to
date.
l2-U, s. planes based in Africa bomb
le-BTitish only ; 40 miles from Tripon.
23-British enter Tripoli, Libyan capital.
25-yoronezh. big Nazi stronghold fails TO
26-"Urconditional Surrender" agreement OF
Casablanca announced.
February
2-Last German troops surrender in Stall.
ingrad: u. S. Naval forces repel major
japanese attacks in Solomons area
B-Allied headquarters establish separate
U. S. command for North Africa:
9-Last Japs withdraw from Guadalcanal.
l4-Rostov and Voroshilovgrad captured by
l5-Russians take Kharkov. important base.
l6-Cruiser Chicago is sunk by Japs; U. S.
Navy reports Is Jap ships hit.
26-U. s. flyers raid kiska IN Aleutians.
March
3-Rzhev retaken by Russians.
ALLIED bombers destroy Jap convoy OF
% ships.
1I-British attack Mareth line in Iunisia.
l7-American forces take Gaisa in Tunisia.
2o-Chinese check Jap drive In Hupeh-Hunan
region.
24-Advancing Russians retake Ablnsk and
other towns near Smolensk.
~. S. and British troops advance IN
Tunisla.
3l-Brlush take Matoua ana TWO olheT
cities in Tunisia.
April
I-Fortresses raid Cagliari Sardinia;
Chinese drive Japs back into Burma.
S-ChineSe retake Chuchiachuan.
S-Allies bomb Naples, Kiel, Antwerp
Brest.
l7-Bremen and other north German cities
bombed in biggest raid"
2O-Russians attack on Kuban front.
2l-Japanese execute U. S. hiers.
gu. S. Naval forces occupy Funafuh
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February
March

2-Nineteen bodies recovered In coal mine
disaster az Bear Creek Mont
2i-Flood waters spread over a wide area
IN Georgia Mississippi. Alabama ard
Louisiana. Ab0u, $500 persons removed
b. Red Cross.
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September

6-Former ambassador to Poland. John c
Cudahy S.
9--Rear Adm. Walton Sexton. 60. former
chairman Of the Navy General Board
2i-Brlt'sh Chancellor Of tho Exchequer
SIT Kingsley Wood 62.
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October
December

l3-Twenty marines killed. 20 injured in
Hawaii when collision OF navy planes
releases bomb.
l6-Stxty nine killed so injured In collision
Of two fast trains near Buie, NJ &. For
ty.eight OF the dead were servicemen.
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line by another form of trans
portation is concerned, there is
precedent for continuing this
policy in the CAB ruling against
the application of American Ex-
port Lines, a steamship COM
pany, prohibiting it from opera
ing and controlling as a subsid-
larry the American Export Air
lines.
Practically all existing COM
mercial airlines, it is believed,
are in support of this policy.
They want airline development
continued as separate business,
free from the interest, domino
ton or control by railroad.
steamship or motor carried capt.
tai. And they believe that for the
postwar period, there will be
ample private capital 10 finance
every conceivable expansion.
Existing law and the policy of
the federal government admin
istrative agencies concerned is
that the public interest can best
be served by keeping all forms
of transport in fullest competi-
ton with one another, TO keep
the rates of service at the low
est possible levels and to pre-
vent monopoly control.