Annual War Unit Production To End Farm Deferments
Washington AP reports draft boards ordered to review 1.7 million farm deferments and cancel those not meeting a 16 war unit annual production standard. The rule replaces the prior eight unit threshold, signaling drastic steps as 1944 crop goals rise. Maj. Gen. Hershey declined to estimate the number of farmers drafted and noted the nation's pressing manpower needs.
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Washington
Selective Service
Agriculture Department
Lewis B. Hershey
Ohio Draft Calls to Be Increased in February and March
Ohio selectives chief Hershey announced a 20 percent rise in pre induction calls for February and March to meet full quota. Agricultural deferments for 18 to 20 year olds will be reviewed to boost inductions, with fathers contributing to a noted shortfall in monthly drafts.
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Hershey
Ohio
Columbus
Selective Service
Bombers extend Pacific raids to Ponape in Caroline Islands
Allied air units widened the Pacific campaign with a major raid on Ponape in the Caroline Islands while continuing attacks on Kavieng New Ireland and targets in the Marshalls. MacArthur’s communique notes Kavieng in flames and ships destroyed as ground forces advance in western Bougainville and the Green Islands. Indian troops repel Japanese attempts in the Mayu Mountains and Chindwin crossings as Chinese forces push farther into northern Burma.
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Associated Press
Japan
Philippines
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bismarck Archipelago
Pacific
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Marshalls
Gilberts
Carolines
Truk
Poncape
Central Pacific
MacArthur
Jacquinot Bay
Talasea
Cape Hoskins
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Cape Mensing
U. S
New Zealand
Green Islands
Rabaul
Boy Held in Hammer Slaying of Father
Detroit police report a 15 year old Harold Tucker held without charge in the hammer slaying of his father Barton Tucker 45. Assistant Prosecutor Glenn Temple says Harold admitted striking his parent with a claw hammer as he attacked the mother.
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Detroit
Harold Tucker
Barton Tucker
Glenn Temple
Harold
National Health Plan Proposed for Britain
A government white paper proposes a comprehensive national health service with fast legislation to ensure medicines hospital treatment and doctor care for every person in Britain. Free physician choice would be preserved and new civic health centers would be established.
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London
Britain
War outcome not biggest issue says Lincoln
James F. Lincoln of Lincoln Electric Co addressed the Ohio Hardware Association’s fiftieth annual convention in Columbus. He argued that government attitude toward the individual matters more than the war’s outcome, framing the problem as how the government treats citizens.
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U. S
Columbus
James F. Lincoln
Lincoln Electric Co
Cleveland
Ohio Hardware Association
Anti Subsidy Bill Set to Go to President Today
Congress passes the anti subsidy bill to the White House with a Roosevelt veto expected and veto override odds discussed. The bill would sustain a wartime price stabilization program while the Commodity Credit Corporation life ends at midnight. Milk prices may rise one to two cents per quart to offset higher costs.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Omer
Bankhead
D-Ala
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
Commodity Credit Corporation
Capitol Hill
Cincinnati Victor Electric goes on strike halting war equipment
Cincinnati plant of Victor Electric Products, maker of gun turret motors and propeller feathering gear, shut down today after a 300 member AFL Electrical Workers union strike.
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Cincinnati—-Victor Electric Products Company
Nt Kone of Electrical Workers
AFL
War Production Board to stable scarce consumer goods
Washington reports the War Production Board will issue a directive to distribute scarce civilian essentials more equitably to retailers. The measure targets items like children's underwear outerwear garments bed sheets and other commodities, described by sources as a major step in stabilizing the supply situation.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Defamation Suit Over Dismissal At Ford Rouge Plant
Arthur M. O'Brien a 54 year old former Ford Rouge plant employee sues Ford Local 600 of the United Automobile Workers for 250000 dollars accusing the union of defaming him in connection with his dismissal. He claims the local's actions led to his loss of employment at the Ford Motor Company plant.
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Detroit
Ford Local
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Arthur M. O’brien
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Arkasas Traveler Catalina Rescues 15 Airmen Under Fire
Navy Catalina crew led by Lt. (j.g.) Nathan G. Gordon braved shore batteries at Kavieng New Ireland and 15 foot swells to rescue 15 downed airmen. Six on a raft and three more near shore were saved after risky landings. Lt. Gordon and rescued flyer Lt. Elmer Kirkland, both former University of Arkansas teammates, shared a moment of reunion and relief.
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Olin Associated Press
New Guinea
Navy
Catalina
Arkansas Traveler
Kavieng
New Ireland
J.g
Nathan G. Gordon
Morriston
Ark
University of Arkansas
Gordon
Elmer Kirkland
Bellaire, O
German Tanks Smash Against North End of Invaders Line
German forces gamble with infantry tanks and cannons at the northern Rome beachhead to drive Allies into the sea but American and British lines hold firm. A fierce tank battle rages as Cassino debris and Rome rail yards see air war with dive bombers and patrols active along the Tyrrhenian to Adriatic fronts. Two Polish divisions enter the fight as Britain and the United States press the second full-scale assault.
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Rome
Carroceta
Aprilia
Cassino
Tyrrhenian
Adriatic
Italy
Harold Alexander
200000 Men Return From Battlefronts
Washington reports more than 200000 troops, excluding sick and wounded, have been sent back to the United States from overseas since the war began. Some returned under rotation for exchange with US replacements, others as returned personnel without required replacements. The policy prioritizes the longest overseas service, with eligibility set by theater commanders. At minimum, North Africa requires 18 months overseas service, while Alaska and Caribbean commands require two years.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Army
North African
Alaskan
Caribbean
Record Naval Fund Sought
Washington president Roosevelt asked the largest appropriation in history for the Navy 3078900000 for the 1945 fiscal year. The outlay would compare with 1944 appropriated 27435037198 and 23808852547 for the preceding year. The 1945 war program estimate for the War Department is 18001451840 versus 59036297571 in 1944.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
War Department
Merchant Crewmen Aid in Convoy Battle
Portland report says merchant crewmen aboard the Liberty ship James G. Blaine passed ammunition during a Mediterranean convoy battle last fall. Capt. Harry W. Lyon cited 4,000 shells fired in 32 minutes, enabling navy gunners to repulse four German planes. other ships averaged 1,800 rounds.
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Portland
James G. Blaine
Sea
Sepper
Harry W. Lyon
Paris Hysile Lyon
West Yard
New England Ship-Building Corporation
Navy
Blaine
Rubber Workers To Seek Industry Wage Increases
In Cleveland the CIO United Rubber Workers executive board moved to seek industry wide wage increases. The group, representing about 160000 workers, aims to break the Little Steel formula and secure pay hikes beyond the 15 percent ceiling through alignment with other unions.
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Cleveland
CIO United Rubber Workers’ Executive Board
Sherman H. Dalrymple
Allies Hold Anzio Beachhead Firm Amid German Push
Secretary of War Stimson stated the Allied line at Anzio remained firmly established as fresh Nazi efforts to break the beachhead south of Rome were reported. He said American and British forces held superiority in tanks artillery and aircraft through the battle.
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Washington
Stimson
Anzio
Italy
Rome
Russian Advance, Finnish Pressure, and Argentine Cabinet Shuffle
Russians push toward Pskov on a 75 mile front and claim near Lake Peipus while reporting a bridgehead at Narva and paratroop actions in Estonia. German Eighth Army near Cherkasy suffers losses as attempts to relieve them fail. Argentina’s President Ramirez reshuffles three cabinet posts amid army tensions and warnings of war against Axis powers.
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Pskov
Peipus
Samolva
Berlin
Estonia
Isinki
Vichy
Juhu Paasikivi
Stockholm
Moscow
Helsinki
Narva
Vaivara
Narvara
Cherkasy
Pedro Ramirez
Argentina
Germany
Japan
Negro Wins Damages From Bus Company
Miss Maggie Mack a former Springfield Missouri teacher won 1000 dollars in a federal district court jury award against the Dixie Greyhound Bus Company. She testified a driver ordered her to move to a rear seat near the Arkansas border on April 4 1942. when she refused a police officer allegedly slapped her and forced the move.
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ST. Louis
Maggie Mack
Springfield
Dixie Greyhound Bus Company
Mack
Arkansas
Steel
Synthetic Fuel Bill Passed by House
The House approved by 140 to 13 a bill to create experimental plants by the Bureau of Mines for producing synthetic liquid fuels from coal oil shale and other sources to bolster a yearlong fuel supply with bipartisan backing.
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Washington
House
United States
Bureau of Mines
Arsenal Must Increase Its Output Threefold
METUCHEN New Jersey army facility Raritan Arsenal seeks more workers under orders to triple its capacity for overseas ordnance within 30 days. Colonel Max A. Elser, the commanding officer, said the plant ships about 1 000 000 pounds of ordnance equipment daily.
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Metuchen
N. J
Raritan
Max A. Elser
Quota Nears Met as E Bond Buyers Contribute Vastly
The Fourth War Loan drive closes with an assured minimum of 16.25 billion dollars from small investors who contributed 18.75 to 750 dollars each. National Director Ted Gamble calls the campaign the most successful ever conducted as the Treasury approaches its E bond quota. Final accounting waits until March 2.
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Washington
America
Treasury
Ted Gamble
Reduce Capital Goods Exports
Washington reports virtual elimination of capital goods shipments to Britain under lend-lease has been agreed. The move tightens policy to focus on war needs and avoid postwar surplus equipment. Funeral services will be held in Fort Mars, Florida, for Dr. George R. Twiss, emeritus professor at Ohio State University.
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Washington
Britain
Europe
Columbus
Fort Mars,Fla
George R. Twiss
Ohio State University
Local boards to reclassify men under new draft rules
The government moves deferment policy toward agriculture, ending long held 2-C and 3-C farm deferrals as crop goals rise and manpower tightens. About 1.7 million men in 2-C and 3-C face review, with 400,000 single men under 22 previously deferred and not renewed.
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Tydings
Selective Service Act
Selective Service
Peace Now under Sedition Probe by Dies Committee
Washington facts show the Dies Committee turned evidence to the Justice Department alleging that the Peace Now movement engaged in acts seditious and tending toward treason. Dies predicts prosecution under sedition laws and notes ongoing scrutiny of those tied to the group. A letter to 57 religious leaders urged followers to lay down arms and cease supporting the war.
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Washington
Dies
Justice Department
D-Tex
Special House
Biddle
Bricker to Speak at Washington Birthday Dinner
Gov. John W. Bricker will be the principal speaker at the Crevecoeur Club Washington birthday dinner in Peoria Illinois next Tuesday night as part of the Republican presidential nomination campaign.
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Bricker
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Washington
Crevecoeur Club
Peoria
Stamps and Tokens Set for Three Week Changeover
The Office of Price Administration announced a three week transition using one point green stamps and blue ration tokens as change in processed food sales. Green stamps for meat continue with blue tokens for change through March 20 while two sets cover processed foods and meats.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Farmer Wins Fight for Increased Land Price
Portage county farmer Ernest Herren awarded 11040 dollars by a federal jury for 138 acres sold to the government. He had previously received 8700 dollars and sued for the higher amount. The land was used for Berlin Reservoir and Mahoning River water control work.
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Cleveland
Ernest Herren
Portage County
Berlin Reservoir
Mahoning River
Four Teen-Age Iowans Indicted for Murder
Knoxville Iowa report indicates four teenage Iowans were indicted by a county grand jury on first degree murder charges in the December 23 holdup slaying of 63 year old William H. Bare, operator of a Pleasantville filling station. Indicted are Earl Simbro 18 Prairie City John A Culp 16 Mary Brown 18 and Phyllis Peirce 19 all of Des Moines.
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Knoxville
Iowa
William H. Bare
Pleasantville
Earl Sim‘bro
Prairie City
John A. Culp
Mary Brown
Phyllis Peirce
Des Moines
Ohio PUC Chief Justice hopeful runs in May primary
George C. McConnaughey of Cleveland, chair man of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination as Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court in the May 1 primary.
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Columbus
George C. McConnaughey
Cleveland
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
State Supreme Court
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