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J-Anothcr huge air attack smashes Ber-razed Ber-razed UUr'h of 'ly snid t0 ba Makin isl.ind. member of Gilbert forces' 'S takC" by S' cmblned 26 Russians rip 37-niile-wide gap in Nazi lines north of Gomel. 27 Marines take Tarawa, one of Gilbert slai,ds. after "toughest fightine" in their history. 30 British Eighth armv hursts through Nazi lines m Italy, approaching Home. December 1 RAF and U. S. bombers continue massive raids, hitting Dusseldorf rPL'inn THE YEAR'S TEN BIGGEST EVENTS SE BAUKHAGE WNU W.,h,nctoa Correspond..) I MILITARY: a siveS'an suramer-fa11 offen- (b) Pacific offensive (Attu, New guinea, Solomons, Gilberts). Gil-berts). (c) Italy surrenders. (d) Air offensive against German Ger-man cities. II DIPLOMATIC: (a) The four-power conferences (Moscw-Cairo-Teheran). (b) Formation of the UNRRA. III DOMESTIC: (a) Passage of the Connally Resolution. (b) Administration moves to right (OPA, Food Administration, Adminis-tration, War Mobilization, Stabilization, Economic ' Warfare). (c) Republican political gains. id) Congress revolts against anti-inflation program (subsidies, (sub-sidies, reduced tax bill, resolution res-olution favoring railroad wage increase). December 1pearU2entVa'UeS f meatS reduccd 30 nounci,0,"' '0r Nomb 4 Army will retire 25.000 officers re-etucins re-etucins total to G25.000. rn gwSt U- battleship, the 45,000-ini? 45,000-ini? Wlsconsin, is launched. iu Non-operating raU workers get sen- ?a?sePPrVal 'r eight cent per hour 11onate. JniIi'an' committee plans graduated discharge pay for service-ik service-ik len-. ''anSlng from 5200 to $500. 16 President Roosevelt returns to capi-tal; capi-tal; senate committee votes to retain lood subsidies for 60 days. 17 OPA promises lowering of meat ration ra-tion points. January 1 New Year's Day football results: Kose Bowl Georgia 9, U. C. L A 0-sugar 0-sugar Bowl Tennessee 14. Tulsa 7: ,lge Bw'-Alabama 37, Boston College 21; Cotton Bowl Texas 14, Georgia Tech 7; Sun Bowl Second Air Force 13. Hardin-Simmons 7; ,,az"., Stadium East All-Stars 13, West All-Stars 12. ' ed, Williams, formerly of Boston Red Sox. named "player of the year." a Dodgers sign Cooney, Waner, Sisler: Yankees get Nick Etten. February 20 William Cox, New York sportsman, purchases Philadelphia Phillies for about 52J0.000 from National League. 24 Bucky Harris signs to manage Philadelphia Phil-adelphia ball club. March it..jyMt,,wrnraM1n-ii.n.- . -.-( v.- SjJ May 4 Explosion and fire in munitions plant at Elkton. lid., kills 13 and injures 15 A tornado Injures about 200 men and destroys 41 buildings valued at $175,000 at Fort Rilev. Kan 1 Spreading floods in Mississippi valley val-ley take twelve lives, and leave 108,000 homeless. 24 Death toll in flooded region of lower Mississippi valley reaches 17. and 160,000 are estimated to be without shelter. - j June j 6 Navy reports 84 men killed when an ammunition ship collides with tanker off Port Arthur, Tex. July 22 Maj Gen. William Upshur, Capt Charles Paddock, both U. S M C officers, and four other persons are killed in Navy plane crash near : Sitka. Alaska. 27 Three soldiers who became lost in i desert maneuvers near Yuma. Ariz, die of thirst. 28 Hurricane s eeping over Texas Gulf coast kills 13 persons. Damage estimated esti-mated at 10 million dollars. August 1 Ten persons, including Mayor William Wil-liam Baker and Maj. William Robertson, Robert-son, die when Army glider crashes In demonstration flight in St. Louis 2 Five Negroes killed, more than 500 white and colored injured in race rioting in New York city's Harlem district. 5 Fourteen persons are drowned in a flash flood in central West Virginia, Vir-ginia, i 28 Twenty-one miners are killed in gas I explosion at Sayreton, Ala. 30 Twenty-nine persons are killed and ! 1 ni.'n itijutuic ni.h.e L-uui, railroad center. 4 U. S Department of War Information Informa-tion announces 61.121 service casualties casual-ties to date. 12 U. S. planes based in Africa bomb Naples. Italy. 19 British only 40 miles from Tripoli 23 British enter Tripoli, Libyan capital. 25 Voronezh, big Nazi stronghold, falls to Russians 26 "Unconditional Surrender" agreement agree-ment of Casablanca announced. February 2 I-ast German troops surrender in Stalingrad: U. S. Naval forces repel major Japanese attacks in Solomons area 6 Allied headquarters establish separate sepa-rate U. S. command for North Africa. 9 Last Japs withdraw from Guadalcanal. Guadal-canal. 14 Rostov and Voroshilovgrad captured by Russians. 15 Russians take Kh; rkov, important base. 16 Cruiser Chicago Is sunk bv Japs; U. S. Navy reports 15 Jap ships hit. 26-U. S. flyers raid Kiska in Aleutians. March - - 3 Rzhev retaken by Russians. 4 Allied bombers destroy Jap convoy of 22 ships. 11- British attack Mareth line in Tunisia. 17 American forces take Gafsa in Tunisia. Tu-nisia. 20 Chinese check Jap drive in Hupeh-Hunan Hupeh-Hunan region. 24-Advancing Russians retake Abinsk and other towns near Smolensk. XU. S. and British troops advance In Tunisia. S British take Matoula and two other cities in Tunisia. April I l-Fortresses raid Cagliari, Sardinia; Chinese drive Japs back into Burma. 4- Chinese retake Chuchiachuan. 5- Allies bomb Naples, Kiel, Antwerp. Brest 17 Bremen and other north German cities bombed in "biggest raid." jo-Russians attack on Kuban front. 21 Japanese execute U. S. flyers. 23 U. S. Naval forces occupy Funafuti islands, southwest Pacific. May 8-Lt. Gen. Jacob Devers Is named TJ. S. commander of European theater. 7-Bizerte falls to Americans; British first army takes Tunis. "-Last resistance ends in North Africa. -U. S. bombers raid Pantelleria, Italian Itali-an island fortress. -Guerrilla warfare spreads in Balkans. Japs admit loss - of Attu. . U-French Alexandria fleet Joins Allies. Jane '-Curtin says Invasion danger past In Australia. u-Pantelleria. Italian Island fortress, surrenders. 12- Lampedusa, fortified Italian island, capitulates. L!ese recaP'"re Sungtze, port city. i!s.Se5e charse Japs use gas. "-RAF bombs Cologne. -u. S. forces land on Rendova. In Piesident Roosevelt meets with Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek in Cairo. Egypt. Agree to "strip Japan of her stolen empire." 6 Roosevelt. Churchill and Stalin meet at Teheran. Iran, reach "complete "com-plete agreement on measures to crush Germany"; U. S. naval task force raids Marshall Islands. 7 Chinese admit loss of Changteh. important im-portant city in "rice bowl." 9 Turkey promises Allies all "aid short of war"; Chinese recapture Changteh. 13 Russian troops regain initiative in Kiev area; British Eighth army cracks Nazi line in Italy, capturing captur-ing 6.000. 14 President Roosevelt, returning from conferences, visits Malta and Sicily. 15 American planes raid Greece; U. S. heavy bombers smash Jap base on New Britain Island. 16 Prime Minister Churchill stricken by pneumonia; German bombers sink 17 United Nations merchant ships. 17 American Sixth army lands at Ara-we. Ara-we. on New Britain island, southwest Pacific. WMMMsMM January 1 President Roosevelt calls for unity among Allies, stresses "the supreme necessity of planning what is to come after the war." 6 78th Congress convenes: Samuel Rayburn speaker of house for third term; Pleasure driving banned in eastern states; Fuel oil ration reduced re-duced 25 per cent. 11 U. S. and Britain relinquish extraterritorial extra-territorial rights in China. 12 OPA sets corn ceilings at approximately approxi-mately $1 a bushel. 28 Joint draft system, by which men can be inducted into navy, marines and coast guard as well as army, announced. an-nounced. February 8 National income In 1942 was $113.-b24.000.000 $113.-b24.000.000 as compared with $94,-500.000,000 $94,-500.000,000 in 1041. 9 Roosevelt orders 48-hour work week minimum In labor shortage areas. 20 Dried foods rationed, effective March 1. 23 Secretary of Agriculture Wlckard suspends wheat quotas. March 2 U. S. and Chile representatives sign lend-lease agreement. 7 Draft classification "4H" for men between 33 and 45 ended, 11 Lend-leasa extension to July, 1944, signed by Prsidant. 24 Establishment of naval base at Casablanca Casa-blanca announced by navy. 25 Chester Davis named food chief. 29 A "critical shortage of doctors is developing," an OWI survey reveals. April 8 President moves to check Inflation by executive order freezing wages and forbidding war workers to change jobs. , , , . Jstration; President Roosevelt gives last minute reprieve to Max Stephen, sentenced to death for aiding escape of a Nazi flyer. 7 Gen Henri Giraud. French commander com-mander of Northwest Africa, arrives in Washington. 15 The Board of Economic Warfare is abolished, and its functions transferred trans-ferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Chester Bowles is named general manager of the Office of Price Administration. 19 World's largest pipeline, the "Big Inch," running from Longview, Texas, to Phoenixville, Pa., is opened 21 John Lewis, as president of United Mine Workers, signs two-year contract con-tract with Illinois Coal Operators Association; War Department reveals 65.0o8 prisoners of war in country 28 Navy asks for more WAVES, stating stat-ing that enrollment must reach 91,000 by end of 1944; Coffee rationing ended by OPA; Blue Network of Radio Corporation of America sold. August 2 Race riot sweeps New York, resulting result-ing in death of five negroes, and injuries in-juries to 500; Drafting of pre-Pearl . Harbor fathers set to begin on Oc- : tober 1. 6 June personal Incomes totaled S12 162.000.000, a new record. 13 Gasoline ration in Midwest and Southwest South-west reduced from four to three gallons per coupon, 14 The War Manpower Commission establishes es-tablishes new list of 149 critical occupations oc-cupations for first priority in draft deferments. 19 The army must be raised to 8,200,000 men by January 1, 1944, and the navy to 2 , 86 1 .000, the War Manpower Board announces. 23 The Guffey Coal Act, passed in 1937, to stabilize coal prices, expires. No move made to renew it. September 2 The exchange ship Gripsholm sails with 1.310 Japanese, to be exchanged for 1.250 Americans at Goa, Portugese Portu-gese India; Churchill and Roosevelt confer in Washington. 4 William Jeffers, director of the nation's na-tion's rubber program, resigns. 6 Churchill asks Anglo-American alliance. alli-ance. 7 Republican Postwar Advisory Council Coun-cil meets at Mackinac Island, Mich. 8 Drive for 15 billion dollar third war loan opened by presidential address. 14 CoL William Coleman is convicted by a military court for drunkenness and careless use of firearms, demoted de-moted to captaincy. 16 U. S. casualties total 105,205, OWI - reveals; 20,104 dead, 28,228 wounded, wound-ed, 32,905 missing, 23,970 prisoners; Rep. James Curley, Mass., and flva others indicted on charges of having accepted retainer fees to obtain wa contracts. 17 President Roosevelt reports to Congress Con-gress on Quebec conference. 20 Army and navy chiefs of staff ask i full draft quotas, and state delay in ' drafting fathers will prolong war. 23 Shoe ration stamp becoming valid November 1, must last six month . J5 Edward Stettinius Jr. moves from lend-lease administrator to succeed Sumner Wells as undersecretary el state. lGreg Rice runs fastest 2 miles at it ,of C meet- in 8:52.7. li Philadelphia team wins the Golden trioves championship in New York. title1"011 WUlS national hockey league 20 Cornelius Warmerdam sets new pole vault record of 15 feet, 8'a inches. April 8 Detroit Red Wings defeat the Boston Bruins, 2-0 to capture the Stanley Cup. J May 1 Count Fleet wins Kentucky Derby m 2:04. J' 8 Count Fleet wins Preakness, in 1:57 2 21 Bob Montgomery outpoints Beau Jack to gain lightweight title. June 20 Gunder Hagg outruns Greg Rice to win 5,000 meter race. 26 Francisco Segura wins Nat'l Collegiate Col-legiate tennis title, defeating Tom Brown Jr 28 Whirlaway, 5 year old race horse, retired. July 2 Patty Berg defeats Dorothy KIrby for Women's Western Open Golf Championship. 10 Gunder Hagg establishes 8:53 9 American record for 2 miles. 13 American League team wins annual All-Star game, 5 to 3, 26 Harold McSpaden defeats Buck Whitney by 1 stroke to win AU-Ameri-: can golf title; Patty Berg takes-women's takes-women's title. j August 1 8 Ryder Cup golf team, captained by, Craig Wood, defeats Walter Hagen'S' team. 8 Howard Schenken wins the contract! bridge master's championship for fifth time. . 25 College All-Stars defeat the Wash, ington Redskins, professional football champions, 27-7. j September 1 6 Lieut. Joseph Hunt takes the nation-, al amateur tennis championship. I 18 The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, clinching the Na- , tional league pennant'. 1 i 19 Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Cardinals Card-inals in professional football opener.' 25 The New York Yankees take the American League pennant for the 14th time. October 3 Final baseball standings: St Louis Cardinals, won 105, lost 49, for a percentage of .682. The New York ! Yankees won 98, lost 56, for a percentage per-centage of .636. Columbus, O., American Association team, defeat! Syracuse. N. Y., International In-ternational league team, to capture "little world series" title. 10 Yankees win World Series, defeating Cardinals, four games to one. 24 Ossie Bluega signs two-year contract to manage Washington Senators, and Leo Durocher signs to run Dodgers In 1944. Norember lau injured in wreck of crack Delaware, Dela-ware, Lackawanna and Western K R. train near Wayland, N. Y. September 6 Eighty persons killed and 177 Injured when Congressional Limited of the Pennsylvania R. R. is derailed near Philadelphia. 7 Twentieth Century Limited train of New York Central R. R. is derailed near Canastota, N. Y.. killing three: Houston, Tex., hotel fire takes fives of 50 men. 17 Explosion of depth charges at the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va., takes 2a lives. About 250 are injured. 20 Twenty-five soldiers die when Army transport plane crashes near Max-ton. Max-ton. N. C. October 16 Crash of airliner 47 miles west of Nashville, Tenn., takes 10 lives. 23 Navy announces that 88 seamen died when two tankers collided off Palm Beach. November 23 Six children die in farm home Are near Chicago. December 13 Twenty marines killed, 29 injured in Hawaii when collision of navy planes releases bomb. 16 Sixty-nine killed, 50 injured in collision colli-sion of two fast trains near Buie, N. C. Forty-eight of the dead were servicemen. January 5 Famed Negro scientist. Dr. George Washington Carver, 78. 6 President emeritus of Harvard- U , Dr. Abbott L. Lowell, 86. 10 "Message 'to Garcia" hero, Col. Andrew An-drew S. P.owan, 85. 23 Alexander Woollcott, 56, "The Town Crier" of radio, author, critic, playwright, play-wright, actor. , February 7 Dr. Attilio H. Gianninl, 68, physician, banker, motion picture executive, civic leader. . 19 Lynn Overman, 55, comedian. j March i 10 Poet and author Stephen Vincent I Benet, 44, Pulitzer prize winner with ; "John Brown's Body." 120 Former governor of Illinois, Frank 1 O. Lowden, 82. 28 James A. FarrelL 80, president of the United States Steel corp. 'April 22 Luren D. Dickinson, 84, former gov-I gov-I ernor of Michigan, foe of "high life " 28 Maj. Gen. Robert Olds, 46, com-I com-I mander of the U. S. Second Army Air Force. May 1 11 Maj. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua, 68. chlel of infantry in U. S. Army. 1928-32 20 Adm. Henry A. Wiley, 76, Pacific fleet commander, 1927-29. I 26 Edsel Ft Fnrri dn nrociHan, e 1 COAL STRIKES' - ' a !- A3 fl fa I ,' - 1 l s ' i 4 I v x ,r "' V'ks, 1 REICH BOMBEDi j " - " V ' -M : ' V 4 . V JAP r "jJAP U AiR JSETT'fcMENT Imio ilNSiALLAfiGNi jt- .J - 8Ff auiomons. July Rendova taken by U. S. forces. -Kussians launch offensive on 160 mile front; U. S. Navy battles Japs . W Solomons. aZnr"ish caPture Syracuse. S. troops enter Palermo. xT?.'J1,lcans lake Marsala. Trapani. "-MUSSOLINI RESIGNS, KING EM-"ANUELASSUMESGOVERNMENT. EM-"ANUELASSUMESGOVERNMENT. Italian peace negotiations begin, fascist party dissolved. August s. planes bomD Ploestl refineries. "-Kusslans take Orel; British capture utania. In Sicily. "-A-ncncans occupy Munda. In Solo-. Solo-. mons. 17 fi?sians dnve Into Ukraine. -wiies enter Messina; Island of Vela la-BV. la Solomons taken. 2uula"ce ends on Sici,y- S. and Canadian troops occupy -Quebec conference on war plans 5- enOS. British Admiral Mountbatten made "let of Allied Southeast Asia com-j, com-j, Jiand. choSrSianS retake Taganrog. Nazi an- Vember !-Japs withdraw air base from New jVinea. Allied forces Invade mainland of 7-iS- near ReBSio Calabria. lvl,s caP'ure Palmi, Delianova. iALY SURRENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY; UNCONDI-TIONALLY; Stalino, steel center. ,!ans t0 Russians. 'ush troops take Taranto; Great-J1 Great-J1 Allied raids strike northern l&J-ance- llOui ans scl2e Rome. "lies take Salerno. Italian fleet HJurrmders. Jamaua falls to U. S. and Aus-1U- lan forces. 21vv"rossiisk recaptured by Russians. JUp?!! lroops evacuate Corsica. Br"ish take Foggia. October '""an"0'1 forces take Naples, 22 days A,.r landing at Salerno. Australian troops capture Jap base j?' 'inschhafen, New Guinea. 'Slana of Corsica, in Medilerraneari, ,s wed of Nazis. 10 Feed corn celling prices raiseu uum $1.02 a bushel to $1.07. 11 A bill permitting the national debt limit to rls to 110 billion dollars, and a rider repealing the $25,000 net salary limit becomes law without President's signature. 20 President Roosevelt confers on war and postwar problems with President Presi-dent Camacho of Mexico. 30 Soft coal miners of United Mine Workers union reject President Roosevelt's order; U. S. breaks relations re-lations with Martinique. May l Federal government takes over closed coal mines. 5 President Roosevelt promotes bJ army officers to rank of general. 11 Churchill arrives in Washington for war conference. 13 Merger between Western Union and Postal Telegraph is announced. 26 NLRB approves eight cent an hour raise for more than a million non-operating non-operating railway workers 27 Machinists' union, with 565.000 members, mem-bers, withdraws from the Ar L. June 3United Nations food conference ends. vZcoal miners of the United Mine Workers union return to work. 8 As aftermath of Los Angeles zoot suit" riots, the entire city is declared de-clared out of bounds for navy per- 10-PresWent signs "pay-as-you-go" in- 21- Riota toXDbeioit between white and 21 foTored mobs are suppressed by Fed- eral troops, after more than 24 hours of disorder. Twenty-nine killed. 700 fnjujed: Coal miners strike for third 23P?eesldenCte RoLevelt threatens to 2 draft strikers In essential industries; A caudal anesthetic for use in child-birth child-birth is reported favorably from 2B-JuadgenMearvin Jones succeeds Ches-ter Ches-ter Davis as War Food Adm.n.s- SO-FTve'senators PPO'lsA and AXs-conewoVeLnge reach a three-year high. 1 TTnn;e reiects amendment to Labor-1-?pderU Security bill, thereby cutting oa funds National Youth Admin- October 4 Treasury asks for ten and a baU billions In new tax revenue. 7 Merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies is completed. 11 Censorship of weather news is lifted. 12 National Labor Relations Board rules that labor unions have a moral responsibility re-sponsibility not to strike in wartime. 13 American Federation of Labor votes to take United Mine Workers back into fold. 18 Third war loan passes goal of 15 billion bil-lion dollars by nearly four billions. 20 The 48-hour week for war industries is extended to 30 more localities. 22 Zinc-steel pennies are to be discontinued, discon-tinued, Treasury announces. 28 Wildcat coal strikes referred to President by War Labor Board. 29 Jams and jellies are placed on rationed ra-tioned list, other items raised, a few lowered. November l Federal government seizes 3,000 coal mines in which strikes are halting production. 2 Elections of various state and national na-tional officials reveal Republican trend. 3 United Mine Workers ordered to return re-turn to work as president John Lewis accepts new wage agreement, givinf miners $56.74 for 48-hour week. 5 Senate votes postwar collaboration with other nations, 85 to 5. Fifteen non-operating railroad unions reject wage increase offered by emergency emer-gency committee; Bernard Baruch is appointed chief of a new unit of the Office of War Mobilization. j 10 National Labor Relations Board head William Davis says board will adhere 1 to wage stabilization program; Herbert Her-bert Lehman is appointed director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. 13 Interned Japanese at Tule Lake, Calif stage another demonstration; U s" war expend itur-js from July, 1940, through Octubor. 1943, total 138 billion dollars. in.-my oiVicials reduce budget by 13 billion dollars, which sum will revert i to treasury. A subsidy of 100 million dollars is allocated al-located to stabilize price of flour. 90 January draft call to be twice as large as War Manpower commission estimated. . 23 House votes acainst extension of consumer con-sumer subsidies. i Stanley MuslaL St. Louis Cardinal outfielder, named most valuable player play-er in National League. 5 Spurgeon Chandler, New York Yan-; Yan-; kees pitcher, chosen most valuable In American League. 14 U. of Southern California and the U. of Washington chosen for Rose Bowl. 19 Beau Jack regains lightweight title, outpointing Bob Montgomery. 27 Great Lakes defeats Notre Dame f 19- 14) In year's biggest football upset. December 12 Chicago Bears win western pro football foot-ball championship. 13 Ned Day regains title as All-Star National Bowling champion. mmmmsm January 6 Fire kills six and injures 100 in Chicago Chi-cago bowling alley. 21 Thirty-five Americans die when a transport plane crashes in the jungle near Surinam, Dutch Guiana. 26 Brig. Gen. Carlyle Wash and nine other army men die in an army transport plane that came down near I Flomaton, Ala. 31 Twenty-eight persons die In sanitar- , ium fire In Seattle. February 11 Eighteen lose lives when a Liberator bomber crashes in Newfoundland. 18 Twenty-eight die when four engine bomber crashes aflame into a packing pack-ing plant in Seattle, Wash. 22 Yankee Clipper crashes and sinks In Tagus river. Lisbon. Portugal. March 2 Nineteen bodies recovered in coal mine disaster at Bear Creek, Mont. 21 Flood waters spread over a wide area In Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama Ala-bama and Louisiana. About 2.500 persons removed by Red Cross. April 13 Omaha airport and village of Carter Lake, Iowa, flooded when Missouri river dikes break. 19 Seven Sea Scouts drowned, and three missing, when cabin crmr founders off Long Island. Motor Co. , June I 4 Maj. Kermit Roosevelt, 33, son oi theformer President, on active duty ' 16 Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, noted bii torian and Harvard U. professor at 88. 23 Rear Adm. Neil E. Nichols, 63, foi mer commandant of Boston Navy j Yard. July 14 Actress Beverly Sitgreaves, 76. 27 Rev. Ernest Lynn Waldorf, 67, bishop of the Methodist church. Chicago area. 29 Opera star Marie Gay Zanatello, 64 August 1 Presfdent of China, Lin Sen, 79 scholar and artist. 15 Lieut. Gen. William M. Wright, 79 commander of two divisions in World War I. 21 Dr. William Lyon Phelps. 78, of Yale university. September 6 Former ambassador to Poland, John C. Cudahy, 55. 9 Rear Adm. Walton Sexton, 66, former for-mer chairman of the Navy General Board. 21 British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Kingsley Wood, 62. October 6 Patrick Nash, 80, political leader of Democrats in Cook County, 111 11 Samuel H. Church, 85, president, Carnegie Car-negie Institute. 20 Ben Berrne, 52, band leader. November 9 Dr. Jesse G. Bullowa, developer of ' pneumonia serum, at 64 21 Rep. J. W. O. Her (R. Penn ). 22 Rep. H. B. Steagall (D. Ala.). December 13 Marvin Mclntyre. 65, for 20 years secretary to President Roosevelt, at Washirrfon. 16 E. C. "Billy" Hayes, 59, well-known track coach of Indiana U.; the Rev. Dr. William A. Brown. 77. Presbyterian Presby-terian minister, one of founders of World Council of Churches. Released by Western Newspaper Union. GUADALCANAL i J' x ' m - ' -A f v A l r ' !: : : V -. FATHERS' DRAFTU The year drew to a close with these im portant events: December 1 Roosevelt, Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek plcdce to strip Japan of imperialistic gains. Exchange ship Gripsholm arrives ar-rives with 1,223 American repatriates re-patriates from Far East. Z Fathers' draft bill delays during dur-ing absence of President. IS President Roosevelt returns ts America following five weeks' diplomatic trip. 1' Army announces successfu, landing on Japanese base ii New Brilain. |