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Show f Friday, December,!, 1943. Page Five SOUTH CACHE COURIER Sg! V liiprir H jf" vwvt'- 13 Italy formally declares war on Germany, by action of Premier Marshal Badoglio. 14 In great raid on Schweinfurt, Gerfac- many, important tories are destroyed, at a cost of 60 Flying Fortresses. 23 Melitopol, key city of German defense in south Ukraine, falls to Russians. 25 Russian troops recapture Dnepropetrovsk, important industrial city. 29 U. S. and New Zealand troops land on Treasury Islands, In Northern THE YEARS TEN BIGGEST EVENTS g SELECTED By: BAUKHACE (WNU Washington Correspondent.) (a) Russian Solomons. lberts). (c) Italy surrenders. (d) Air offensive against man cities. many. 6 Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, retaken portant events: January 1 6 23 25 Velikye Russians capture Luki, great railway center. onvenes. 7Sth Congress British troops enter Tripoli, capita of Libya. take Russians Advancing Voronezh, Nazi anchor. Surrender agreement of Casablanca conference announced. f'smtamm we (a) The Gi- recapture Velikye Luki. railroad center. U S. Department of War Information announces 61,128 service casualties to date. U. S. planes based in Africa bomb Naples, Italy. British only 40 miles from Tripoli. British enter Tripoli, Libyan capital. Voronezh, big Nazi stronghold, falls Russians 4 12 19 23 25 to Russians. Surrender agree26 "Unconditional ment of Casablanca announced. February Last German troops surrender in Stalingrad; U. S. Naval forces repel major Japanese attacks in Solomons 2 area. establish sepacommand for North Africa. Last Japs withdraw from GuadalAllied headquarters 6 rate 9 U. S. canal. Rostov and Voroshilovgrad captured by Russians. 15 Russians take Khi rkov, important base. 16 Cruiser Chicago is sunk by Japs; U. S. Navy reports 15 Jap ships hit. 26 U. S. flyers raid Kiska in Aleutians. 14 March - . 3 Rzhev retaken by Russians. 4 Allied bombers destroy Jap convoy of 22 ships. 11 17 20 British attack Mareth line in Tunisia. American forces take Gafsa in Tunisia. Chinese check Jap drive in Hupeh-Huna-n region. Advancing Russians retake Abinsk and other towns near Smolensk. 26 U. S. and British troops advance in 24 31 Tunisia. British take Matouia and two other cities in Tunisia. April 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. 20 Russians attack on Kuban front. 21 Japanese execute U. S. flyers. 23 U. S. Naval forces occupy Funafuti islands, southwest Pacific. 1 May Lt. Gen. Jacob Devers Is named U. S. commander of " Bizerte falls to European theater. Americans; British first army takes Tunis. resistance ends in North Africa. 19 U. S. bombers raid Pantelleria, Itali 6 23 30 31 an island fortress. Guerrilla warfare spreads in Balkans. Japs admit loss of Attu. French Alexandria fleet joins Allies. June 9 16 17 3 Curtin says invasion danger past in Australia. Pantelleria, Italian island fortress, surrenders. Lampedusa, fortified Italian island, capitulates. Chinese recapture Sungtze, port city. Chinese charge Japs use gas. RAF bombs Cologne. U. S. forces land on Rendova, in bolomons. July 1 Rendova taken by U. S. forces. launch offensive on 160 mile front; U. S. Navy battles Japs off Solomons. British' capture Syracuse. V S troop enter Palermo. Americans take Marsala, Trapani. MUSSOLINI 5 Russians 12 J 24 2 27 26 RESIGNS, KING EMMANUEL ASSUMES GOVERNMENT. Italian peace negotiations begin. Fascist party dissolved. August 1 5 6 U. S. planes bomb Ploesti refineries. Russians take Orel; British capture Catania, in Sicily. Americans occupy Munda. in Solo- mons. Russians drive into Ukraine. 1' Allies enter Messina; Island of Vela Lavella in Solomons taken. 16 Resistance ends on Sicily. 21 U. St and Canadian troops occupy Kiska. 24 Quebec conference on war plans ends. 25 British Admiral Mountbatten made chief of Allied Southeast Asia command. 30 Russians retake Taganrog, Nazi an1 chor. September 1 Japs withdraw air base from New Guinea. 2 Allied forces Invade mainland of Paly near Reggio Calabria. 7 Allies capture Palmi, Delianova. SURRENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY; steel center, Stalino, falls to Russians. 9 British troops take Tarahto; Greatest Allied raids strike northern France. 10 Germans seize Rome. 11 Allies take Salerno. Italian Heat surrenders. 14 Salamaua falls to U. S. and Australian forces. by Russians. 24 Nazi troops recaptured evacuate Corsica. 28 British take Foggia. October 1 3 5 Allied forces take Naples, 22 days after landing at Salerno. Australian troops capture Jap base at Finschhafen, New Guinea. Island of Corsica, in Mediterranean, is freed of Nazis. January 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 25 per cent. 11 U. S. and Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China. 12 OPA sets corn ceilings at approximately $1 a bushel. 28 Joint draft system, by which men can be inducted into navy, marines and coast guard as well as army, announced. 1 March 1. 23 Secretary of Agriculture suspends wheat quotas. Wickard March and Chile representatives sign agreement. 4H for men 7 Draft classification between 38 and 45 ended. extension to July, 1944, 11 signed by President. 24 Establishment of naval base at Casablanca announced by navy. 25 Chester Davis named food chief. 29 A "critical shortage of doctors is an OWI survey reveals. developing, 2 U. S. lend-leas- a Lend-leas- e April 8 President moves to check inflation by executive order freezing wages and forbidding war workers to change lobs. 10 Feed corn ceiling prices raised from $1.02 a buabel to $1.07. 11 A bill permitting the national debt limit to rise to 210 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 Camacho of Mexico. Mine 30 Soft coal miners of United Workers union reject President Roosevelt's order; U. S. breaks relations with Martinique. May 1 5 H 13 26 27 government takes over closed eoal mines. President Roosevelt promotes 63 army officers to rank of general. Churchill arrives in Washington for war conference. Merger between Western Union and Postal Telegraph is announced. NLRB approves eight cent an hour raise for more than a million nonoperating railway workers. Machinists union, with 565,000 members, withdraws from the AFL. Federal June 3 United Nations food conference ends. Mine 7 Coal miners of the United Workers union return to work. 8 As aftermath of Los Angeles "zoot suit riots, the entire city is declared out of bounds for naVy personnel. inPresident signs come tax bill. 21 Riots in Detroit between white and colored mobs are suppressed by Federal troops, after more than 24 hours killed, 700 of disorder. Twenty-ninstrike for third injured; Coal miners time since May 1. Roosevelt threatens to 23 President draft strikers in essential industries; A caudal anesihetic for use in childbirth is reported favorably from Baltimore. 28 Judge Marvin Jones succeeds Chester Davis as War Food Administrator. 30 Five senators appointed to visit war zones and report on U. S. Army and Allies; Stocks on New York exchange reach a three-yea- r high. o 10 e July 1 House rejects amendment to Labor-FederSecurity bill, thereby cutting off funds for National Youth Admin- - ammunition ship collides with tanker Port Arthur, Tex. off 1 27 Years Day football results; Rose Bowl Georgia 9, U. C. L. A. 0; Sugar Bowl Tennessee 14, Tulsa 7; Orange Bowl Alabama 37, Boston College 21; Cotton Bowl Texas 14, Georgia Tech 7; Sun Bowl Second s Air Force 13, 7; Kazar Stadium East 13, New 28 Hardin-Simmon- August West 12. Ted Williams, formerly of Boston Red Sox, named "player of the year. 21 Dodgers sign Cooney, Waner, Sisler; Yankees get Nick Etten. s Ten persons, including Mayor William Baker and Maj. William Robertson, 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 citys Harlem district. 5 Fourteen persons are drowned in a "flash flood in central West Virginia. 28 Twenty-onminers are killed in gas explosion at Sayreton, Ala. 30 Twenty-nin- e persons are killed and 150 injured in wreck of crack Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R. train near Wayland, N. Y. 1 17 Warfare). (c) Republican political gains. (dj Congress revolts against February program William Cox, New York sportsman, purchases Philadelphia Phillies for about $230,000 from National League. 24 Bucky Harris signs to manage Philadelphia ball club. (subbill, res- 20 sidies, reduced tax olution favoring railroad wage increase). e March 13 7 15 : 19 21 April in Washington. The Board of Economic Warfare is 8 1 8 21 20 26 n October 16 Gunder Hagg outruns Greg Rice to win 5,000 meter race. Francisco Segura wins Natl Collegiate tennis title, defeating Tom Brown Jr Whirlaway, 5 year old race horse, retired. team. 9 Howard Schenken wins the contract bridge masters championship fori fifth time. 25 College defeet the Washington Redskins, professional football champions, 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 fire near Chicago. December ; 13 Twenty marines killed, 29 injured in Hawaii when collision of navy planes 16 releases bomb. Sixty-ninkilled, 50 injured in collision of two fast trains near Buie, N. C. Forty-eigof the dead were servicemen. e AIR January 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 S. Rowan, 85. 23 Alexander Woollcott, 56, "Tie Town Crier of radio, author, critic, playwright, actor. 5 , All-Sta- 27-- September IWSTAllSlON?: BASE 6 Lieut. Joseph Hunt takes the nation-- ,' alli- 18 ; 19 25 al amateur tennis championship. The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Chicago Cubs, clinching the Na- tional league pennant'. Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Card- inals in professional football opener.1 The New York Yankees take the American League pennant for the 14th time. 7 i ' 19 , 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 of .636. 8 Columbus, O., American Association team, defeats Syracuse, N. Y., International league team, to capture "little world series title. 10 Yankees win World Series, defeating Cardinals, four games to one. r 24 Ossie Bluege signs contract to manage Washington Senators, and Leo Durocher signs to run Dodgers ' 28 22 28 27 (19-1- December 12 Chicago Bears win western pro foot- ball championship. 13 Ned Day regains title as National Bowling champion. Zinc-ste- All-St- Luren D. Dickinson, 84, former of Michigan, foe of high life.1 Maj. Gen. Robert Olds, 46, com' mander of the U. S. Second Army Air Force. 11 Maj. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua, 68, chlei of infantry in U. S. Army, 1928-32- . 20 Adm. Henry A. Wiley, 76, Pacific fleet commander, 1927-29- . 26 Edsel B. Ford, 49. president of Ford Motor Co. November 14 80, president of the United States Steel corp. May in 1944. 19 O. Lowden, 82. James A. Farrell, April two-yea- Stanley Musial, St. Louis Cardinal outfielder, named most valuable player in National League. Spurgeon Chandler, New York Yankees pitcher, chosen most valuable in American League. U. of Southern California and the U. of Washington chosen for Rose BowL Beau Jack regains lightweight title, outpointing Bob Montgomery. Great Lakes defeats Notre Dame in years biggest football upset Poet and author Stephen Vincent Benet, 44, Pulitzer prize winner with "John Browns Body. 20 Former governor of Illinois. Frank 10 3 2 Dr. Attilio H. Giannini, 68, physician, banker, motion picture executive, civic leader. Lynn Overman, 55, comedian, March October National Labor Relations Board rules that labor unions have a moral responsibility not to strike in wartime. American Federation of Labor votes to take United Mine Workers back into fold. Third war loan passes goal of 15 billion dollars by nearly four billions. week for war industries The is extended to 30 more localities. pennies are to be discontinued, Treasury announces. Wildcat coal strikes referred to President by War Labor Board. Jams and jellies are placed on rationed list, other items raised, a few lowered. June ' GUADALCANAL! 4 Maj. Kermit Roosevelt, 53, son of the former President, on active duty in Alssks 16 Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, noted his- torian and Harvard U. professor 23 at 88. Rear Adm. Neil E. Nichols, 63, former commandant of Boston Navy Yard. July 14 27 29 Actress Beverly Sitgreaves, 76. Rev. Ernest Lynn Waldorf, 67, bishop of the Methodist church, Chicago area. Opera star Marie Gay Zanatello, 64 August 1 15 January November Fire kills six and Injures 100 in Chicago bowling alley. 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 Flomaton, Ala. 31 Twenty-eigh- t persons die in sanitarium fire in Seattle.- 6 Federal government seizes 3,000 coal mines in which strikes are halting production. 2 Elections of various state and national officials reveal Republican trend. 3 United Mine Workers ordered to return to work as president John Lewis accepts new wage agreement, giving week. miners $56.74 for 5 Senate votes postwar collaboration to 85 5. with other nations, 6 Fifteen railroad unions reject wage increase offered by emer- gency committee: Bernard Baruch is appointed chief of a new unit of the Office of War Mobilization. 16 National Labor Relations Board head William Davis says board will adhere to wage stabilization program; Herbert Lehman is appointed director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. at Tule Lake, 13 Interned Japanese Calif., stage another demonstration; U. S. war expenditures from July, 1940, through October. 1943, total 138 billion dollars. 18 Army officials reduce budget by 13 billion dollars, which sum will revert to treasury. A subsidy of 100 million dollars is allocated to stabilize price of flour. 20 January draft call to be twice as large as War Manpower commission estimated. 23 House votes against extension of consumer subsidies. e Max-ton- 8 Ryder Cup golf team, captained by, Craig Wood, defeats Walter Hagens1 4 Treasury asks for ten and a half billions in new tax revenue. 7 Merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies is completed. 11 Censorship of weather news is lifted. 29 majm August October 28 Eighty persons killed and 177 injured when Congressional Limited of thf Pennsylvania R. R. is derailed near Philadelphia. Twentieth Century Limited train of New York Central R. R. is derailed near Canastota, N. Y., killing three; Houston, Tex., hotel fire takes lives of 50 men. Explosion of depth charges at the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va., takes 25 lives. About 250 are injured. Twenty-fivsoldiers die when Army . transport plane crashes near N. C. All-St- lend-leas- e 22 20 2 Patty Berg defeats Dorbthy Kirby for Womens Western Open Golf Championship. 10 Gunder 8:53.9 Hagg establishes American record for 2 miles. 13 American League team wins annual game, 5 to 3. 26 Harold defeats Buck McSpaden Whitney by 1 stroke to win can golf title; Patty Berg takes' womens title. accepted retainer fees to obtain war contracts. President Roosevelt reports to Coegress on Quebec conference. 20 Army and navy chiefs of staff ask full draft quotas, and state delay la drafting fathers will prolong war. 23 Shoe ration stamp becoming valid November 1, must last six months. 25 Edward Stetttnius Jr. moves from administrator to succeed Sumner Wells as undersecretary ef state. 29 Senators report on war tour. 20 Count Fleet wins Kentucky Derby, in 2:04. Count Fleet wins Preakness, in 1:57.2. Bob Montgomery outpoints Beau Jack to gain lightweight title. ' 17 18 17 July 2 The exchange ship Gripsholm sails with 1,310 Japanese, to be exchanged for 1,250 Americans at Goa, Portugese India; Churchill and Roosevelt confer in Washington. 4 William Jeffers, director of the na- Churchill asks 7 Detroit Red Wings defeat the Boston to capture the Stanley Bruins, June 28 ance. 7 Republican Postwar Advisory Council 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 to captaincy. 16 U. S. casualties total 105,205, OWI reveals; 20,104 dead, 28,226 wounded, 32,905 missing, 23,970 prisoners; Rep. James Curley, Mass., and five others indicted on charges of having - May . tions rubber program, resigns. 6 Cup. f September September 0 Race riot sweeps New York, resulting in death of five negroes, and injuries to 500; Drafting of .Harbor fathers ' set-t- - begin sm .Oct, tober 1." 6 June personal incomes totaled $12.- a new record. 162,000,000, 13 Gasoline ration in Midwest and South west reduced from four to three gallons per coupon. 14 The War Manpower Commission establishes new list of 149 critical occupations 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 2,861,000, the War Manpower Board announces. 23 The Guffey Coal Act, passed In 1937, to stabilize coal prices, expires. No move made to renew it. 13 at abolished, and its functions trans-- ; ferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Chester Bowles is named general manager of the Office of Price Administration. Worlds largest pipeline, the Big from Longview, Inch, running Texas, to Phoenixvllle, Pa., is opened. John Lewis, as president of United conMine Workers, signs tract with Illinois Coal Operators Association; War Department reveals 65,058 prisoners of war in country. Navy asks for more WAVES, 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. 17 2 12 2 miles Philadelphia team wins the Golden Gloves championship in New York. 18 Detroit wins national hockey league title. 20 Cornelius Warmerdam sets new pole vault record of 15 feet, 8 Vx inches. August 6 Greg Rice runs fastest K. of C. meet, in 8:52.7. istration; President Roosevelt gives last minute reprieve to Max Stephen, sentenced to death for aiding escape of a Nazi flyer. Gen. Henri Giraud, French commander of Northwest Africa, arrives two-ye- 28 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. Three soldiers who became lost in desert maneuvers near Yuma, Ariz.. die of thirst. Hurricane sweeping over Texas Gull coast kills 13 persons. Damage estimated at 10 million dollars. January (a) Passage of the Connally Resolution. (b) Administration moves to right (OPA, Food Administration, War Mobilization, Stabilization, Economic February 8 National income in 1942 was $113,- 824.000.- 000 as compared with $94,- 500.000.- 000 in 1941. work week 9 Roosevelt orders minimum in labor shortage areas. effective foods 20 Dried rationed, 6 Navy reports 84 men killed when an 22 Maj. III DOMESTIC: Kai-she- k . June ). 1 1 iFOOD RATIONING! July (b) Formation of the UNRRA. h RAF and U. S. bombers continue massive raids, hitting Dusseldorf region. meets with Roosevelt President in Churchill and Chiang Cairo, Egypt. Agree to strip Japan of her stolen empire. 6 Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet at Teheran, Iran, reach "complete agreement on measures to crush Germany; U. S. naval task force raids Marshall Islands. 7 Chinese admit loss of Changteh, important city in rice bowl. Allies all "aid 9 Turkey promises short of war; Chinese recapture Changteh. 13 Russian troops regain initiative in British Eighth army Kiev area; cracks Nazi line in Italy, capturing 6,000. 14President 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-won New Britain island, southwest Pacific. Ger- xsv;,:.X::: - i conferences four-pow- (Moscow-Cairo-Teheran- December January Injures about 200 men, and destroys 41 buildings valued at $175,000 at Fort Riley, Kan. 21 Spreading floods in Mississippi 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. II DIPLOMATIC: by Russians. 7 British Eighth army advances in Italy, taking eight towns. 11 Nazis scuttle ships, blast installations to block harbors of Leghorn and Pescara. 13 Russians capture Zhitomir, important rail center of southern front; Chinese forces report gains along Yangtze river. 19 Greatest raid in history blasts Berlin, dropping 2,500 tons. 23 Another huge air attack smashes Berof city said to be lin. razed. Makin Island, member of Gilbert group, is taken by U. S. combined forces. 26 Russians rip gap in Nazi lines north of Gomel. 27 Marines take Tarawa, one of Gilbert islands, after toughest fighting in their history. 30 British Eighth army bursts through Nazi lines in Italy, approaching Rome. im- offen- summer-fa- ll Guinea, Solomons, 2 U. S. marines Invade Bougainville island in northern Solomons. 4 RAF planes drop more than 2,000 tons of bombs on Dusseldorf, Ger- 60. A tornado 15 g sive; (b) Pacific offensive (Attu, New J 4 Explosion and fire In munitions plant at Elkton, Md., kills 13 and injures n I MILITARY: November Tie year began with these Ration values of meats reduced 30 per cent. 3 U. S. plane output for November announced as 7.789. 4 Army will retire 25,000 officers, retotal to 625,000. ducing 7 Biggest U. S. battleship, the 45.000-toWisconsin, Is launched. 10 rail workers get senate approval for eight cent per hour raise. 11 Senate military committee plans graduated discharge pay for service- men, ranging from $200 to $500. 16 President Roosevelt returns to capital; senate committee votes to retain food subsidies for 60 days. 17 OPA promises lowering of meat ration points. 1 'flfc 1 21 ' February ,. Eighteen lose lives when a Liberator bomber crashes in Newfoundland. 18 Twenty-eigh- t die when four engine bomber crashes aflame into a packing plant in Seattle, Wash. 22 Yankee Clipper crashes and sinks in Tagus river, Lisbon, PortugaL 11 , . March ; , in coal mine disaster at Bear Creek, Mont. Flood waters spread over a wide area in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. About 2.500 persons removed by Red Cross. 2 Nineteen bodies recovered . 21 April 13 Omaha airport and village of Carter Lake, Iowa, flooded when Missouri 19 21 Thirty-fiv- e river dikes break. Seven Sea Scouts drowned, and three missing, when cabin engv founders off Long Island. President of China, Lin Sen, scholar and artist. Lieut. Gen. William M. Wright, 79, commander of two divisions in World War I. Dr. William Lyon Phelps, 78, of Yale university. FATHERS' DRAFT September 6 Former ambassador to Poland, John C. Cudahy, 55. 9 Rear Adm. Walton Sexton, 66, former chairman of the Navy General 21 Board. British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Kingsley Wood, 62. October 6 Patrick Nash, 80, political leader oi Democrats in Cook County, 111. Samuel H. Church, 85, president, Car- 11 20 The year drew to a close with these important events: Decembar 1 negie Institute. Ben Bernie, 52, band leader. November 8 Dr. Jesse G. Bullowa, developer of pneumonia serum, at 64. Rep. J. W. O. Her (R. Penn.). 22 Rep. H. B. Steagall (D. Ala.). 21 2 December Marvin McIntyre, 65, for 20 years secretary to President Roosevelt, at Washington. 16 E. C. "Billy" Hayes, 59, track coach of Indiana U.; the Rev. Dr. William A. Brown, 77, Presbyterian minister, one of founders of World Council of Churches. Released by Western Newspaper Union. 13 Roosevelt, Churchill, Chiang k pledge to strip Japan of imperialistic gains. Exchange ship Gripsholm arrives with 1,223 American repatriates from Far East. Fathers draft bill delays during absence of President. President Roosevelt returns to America following five weeks diplomatic trip, Army announces successfu landing on Japanese base 1) New Britain. Kai-she- 16 n 17 |