Current Events December 28, 1943;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY DECEMBER 31, 1943:

The Army Monday night took possession of the nation's vast railroad system, acting on orders from President Roosevelt who ordered the seizure so that tramsportation of war materials could continue in. the face of a s t r i k e threat.






                                KINGSPORT, TENN.,TUES., DEC. 28, 1943

FDR Orders
Seizure To
Halt Strike
Non-Operators
Accept Arbitration
Before Army Acts
Washington — AP —
The Army Monday night took possession of the nation's vast railroad system, acting on orders from President Roosevelt who ordered the seizure so that tramsportation of war materials could continue in. the face of a s t r i k e threat.
The seizure order vns carried out by Leut.-Gcn. Errhon B. Somrrvcll. chief of army services, actins for Sccrct.iry of War Stimson. Major General C. P. Gross, chief, of ihe Army's Transportation System, was plnrced in charge of oper a ti n g the lines.




Leathernecks
Put Airstrip
Under Fire
New Landing Cuts
Jap Supply Lines
To West, South