Deferment rules for vital activities and medical trainees
A 2081 notice describes selective deferment powers for directors to cite key personnel for deferment in fields including medicine, veterinary science, and theology. It lists eligible professions, required forms, and timing, noting deferments for interns and certain industrial activities under rubber and other essential material production.
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Fea
Laws B. Harnhey
Stats Y Directore
Cartafs
Belog
Hatry
Bio
Re Rch
Governit
Tura
Tornadoes Kill 30 in Arkansas and Damage Spreads Southwest
A series of tornadoes struck Arkansas last night killing 30 people and injuring about 140. The hardest hit towns were Woodson Pulaski County near Stuttgart Bluff Harrison Mananna Brink Monroe Dun Duncan Parkin and Magnolia county communities suffered major destruction. Tornadoes also touched Oklahoma and Texas causing scattered deaths and extensive property damage as floods and storms disrupted the region.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tes
Igoda
Southwest
Woodson
Pulaskinty
Stutgart
Bluff
Harrison
Brink
Monroe
Dun
Duncan Parkin
Arkanees
Uthern
Crom
Atlanta
Childers
Ala
Ingham
Heflin
Georgia Line
Orsburg
Red Cross Field
Arkansas River
Kansas
Kingfisher County
Phoma
Berthoud
Denver
Parsons
Magnolia
World War II fronts shift as daylight raids resume
Berlin reports savage battles across central, northern and Baltic Germany as U.S. forces renew daylight attacks. RAF targets Belgium and France while Red Army advances push into Italian front areas and repulse minor German moves.
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Frees
RIAL
Berlin
Central
Morth
Baltic
Germany
U. S
Belgium
France
RAF
SALA
Red
ALY
Allica
Major Air Battles Rage Deep Inside Reich
Near London AP reports nearly 2,000 American bombers and fighters joined a record RAF attack against German air defences for the fourth day. The force aimed at Oedheraleben Hervbare and other targets deep in Germany with heavy bomber groups and Lancasters dropping 8,000-pound bombs on a key depot near Paris at St Cyr. The raid followed massive prior strikes on Frankfurt and other targets, with Luftwaffe resistance described as intense.
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Austin Bealnear
London
RAF
Oedheraleben
Hervbare
Germany
England
Bomber Command
St. Cyr
Paris
Frankfurt
Air Ministry
Reich
Oschersleben
Eighth Air
Congress To Meet Amid Signs Of Probe And Problems
Washington AP Congress reconvenes for a single session leading to national conventions as committees probe war and postwar home front issues. Bills on price control and stabilization, extending Lend Lease, veterans benefits, and anti poll tax rise as Senate probes aviation and communications problems.
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Eem&et B. Vaccaro Washington
Congress
Capital Hill
Senate
House
White of Maize
Senate Judiciary
Truman Free
FBI Conference Scheduled Here
Law enforcement officials from Hegetop County and Birmingham will gather at the U B District courthouse tonight at 7 20 for a FBI office event led by Ray J Abbatic focusing on peace officers and safety matters.
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Hegetop
U. B
Everigeom
Ray J
Birmingham
Nazi Troops Flee From Odessa Map Shows Red Army Pursuit
A KEA telephoto map depicts the Red Army retaking Odessa and driving toward the Black Sea port to cut off about 100000 German troops. The graphic also marks Russian rail strikes near Odessa and hints at a Romanian Hungary invasion route via the city of Taal.
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Red Army
Odessa
Black Box
Tes
Rumania
Hungary
Taal
Mexican President Survives Assassination Attempt
President Avila Camacho narrowly escaped a pistol shot at point blank range from Lt. Jose Antonio de Lama Rojas outside the national palace. The attacker, wounded by a defensive shot, carried Nazi documents and is held as a nephew of a former air force chief. The president urged calm and unity as the nation reassures itself after the isolated incident.
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Larry F. Stuntz
Mexico City
Menue
Aviles Camacho
Avila Camacho
Jose Antonio de
Lama Rojas
Bien
National Palace
Francisco Urquizo
Umdersecretary
National Defense
Mexico
Calmnews
Samuel C. Rojas
Ortiz Rubio
Dean Alvaro Obregon
Negro Supervisors In Wilcox FSA Office
White women perform clerical work for Negro supervisors at the Wilcox County Farm Security Administration office. State Senator Bruce Henderson said a Washington directive forced the arrangement, with four of 12 staff hired as Negroes. He noted two male and two female Negro supervisors, paid the same as Whites for similar jobs, while two white women handle their clerical tasks. Henderson spoke at a rally for James A. Fimpesa’s U.S. Senate nomination.
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Camden
Als
The
Eagle
Farm Security
Bruce Henderson
Wilrys County
Washington Bureacrata
Washington
Genaiee Henderson
Bett County
James A. Fimpesa
United States
Henderson
Japs Fall Back In New Britain Toward Rabaul
Allied headquarters say American forces control most of New Britain as Japanese abandon supply and bases at Gasmata and Cape Heoking and retreat toward Rabaul for a last stand. MacArthur estimates Nipponese losses near ten thousand. 224 marines began December landings at Are we and Cape Gloucester.
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New Britain
Rabaul
Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Gan Dougler MacArthur
Gasmata
Cape Heeking
Rabsu
Arewe
Cape Goucester
MacArthur
Feland
Hance Soldiare
Walter Brueger
Sixth Army
Tura Te No
Palau Campaign and Carrier Fleet Press On
United States naval forces staged a major operation in the Palau islands shaping the Pacific war. The fleet, escorted by battleships and cruisers, shelled the area while Japanese planes avoided daylight engagement. Rear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomery praised the overwhelming carrier strength and tactical discipline of the American task group.
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Palau Islands
Asharmeé
Tokyo
Palau
Japan
Pacific
Thie
Rer Adm
Alfred E. Montgomery
McArthur Under Test Illinois Stassen In Nebraska
General Douglas MacArthur's voter appeal was dated today in Talneis birthplace of the national MacArthur for President clubs, while Nebraska measured Harold G. Staessen's popularity. Neither state's presidential preferential primaries bound delegates to any candidate. Backers hoped numbers would show strong public support.
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Douglas MacArthur
Talneis
Nebraska
Comdr
Harold G. Staessen
MacArthur
Stassen
Raio
Finns Weigh Soviet Armistice Terms After Easter Break
Stockholm AP reports Finland likely will decide Wednesday or Thursday whether to accept Russian armistice terms obtained by Dr. Juhow Pasutkivi as Finnish leaders return to Helsinki from Easter holidays. Finance Minister Vaine Tanner is set to explain foreign policy at a Social Democratic Council meeting. Parliament convenes after the break and may act by Thursday.
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Stockholm
Finland
Juhow
Pasutkivi
Helsinki
Vaine Tanner
Social Democratic Party Council
Four More Marshall Atolls Occupied Increase in U S Trove
AP reports United States troops hoisted control over four additional atolls in the Marshall Islands, bringing total occupied atolls to eighteen. Stalin claims Red Army occupation of Wrrch in Crimea. Yugoslav partisans repel dawn German attempts near Mrkonjadr. Ten officers executed after last week’s uprising against El Salvador president Martines.
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Washington
United States
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
London
Red Army
Wrrch
Crimea
Stalin
San Salvador
EL Salvador
Pres
Maxisalliane Hernandes Martines Weer
Non-Essential Men Face Draft With 18-26 Group
James Marlow and George Lezlel report that selective service orders draft of all men 18 through 36. Draft boards vary, but 26 to 28 and 29 to 36 may be called for war or necessary community jobs. 38-year-olds deemed essential are deferred until the 18-36 group begins. The Army and Navy prioritize the younger group for first calls.
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James Marlow
George Lezlel Washington
Belective Services
Army and Navy
Wren
WPB Raises Farm Machinery Quotas for Some Plants
War Production Board boosts quotas for certain farm equipment plants lagging behind 1944 goals. Tractors near schedule, but overall machinery output faces manpower shortages. Army sponsored rehabilitation shifts steel needs abroad, with significant Canadian and UK production planned.
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Stfrling
F. Green Washington
War Production Board
WPB
WPH
UNRRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Canada
United Kingdom
WPE Imources
Jung
U. B Farmin
WIR
War Food Administration
WPE Phenix
Train Derails Injuring 22 Soldiers Near Montgomery
Twenty two soldiers were treated at Maxwell Field hospital after an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train derailed south of Montgomery. Two dozen injured, with 32 Army personnel hospitalized and two seriously hurt but likely to recover. Track sections torn out and traffic disrupted between Montgomery and Jacksonville. Cause under investigation by Army officials as doctors and nurses provided on site aid.
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M.D. Black
Montgomery
Jacksonville
Wan Twitad
Weeldent
Japs Press Near Kohima With Imphal Area Attacks
Southeast Asia command said Japanese force near Imphal pressed on as patrols along the Imphal Tiddim road reported contact south of Imphal. Heavier fighting occurred in central Burma as Indian troops landed and allied forces moved to cut lines behind the Japanese.
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New Delhe
Southeast Asia
Imphal
Imphal Tiddim
Dimapur
Cantral Burma
Kathe
Mawlu
Gan
Joseph W. Stillwell
Destruc
Tern
Italians Repel Nazi Thrusts At Mt Marrone In Italy Front
Allied dispatch reports Italian troops hold Mt Marrone near Cassino repelling small German thrusts at two points. An American ambush on the Anzio beachhead trapped a six man German patrol west of Littoria, killing three and wounding two. British troops southeast of Carroceto repelled Nazi infiltration attempts, while Allied air and naval actions hit German lines, bridges, ports, and shipping along the Dalmatian coast.
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Edward Kennedy
Napleb
Mt. Marrone
Cassino
Nast
Army of Liberated
Italy
Anzio
Littoria
Carroceto
Fifth Army
Antic
Junkers
al- Nied
Orvieto
Attizgnano
Poggthonal
Fano
Popol
Falconera
Plowbino
Santo Stefano
Thatan
Nes
Germans Fleeing Odessa Crumble Under Red Blows
Moscow dispatches report a two-front Red Army push toward Odessa and the Crimean Peninsula. Tolbukhin’s Fourth Army advanced over 12 miles, claiming 6,600 enemy deaths and 1,000 captives. additional gains included Romanians and actions near the Dniester front. Romanian and Carpathian sectors saw Ukrainian and Czech contingents report progress, while German claims spoke of heavy fighting and a recaptured town near the Tatar Pass.
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Menry
Cammidy
Moscow
Russia
Drivs
Rodrog
Malinovaky
Ovidiopol
Naxis
Odessa
Romania
Feodor L Tolbukhin
Chtose
Perekop ‘Sthrous
Crimea
Siretul
Bugeava
Romanis
Taal
Ivan
Kopev
Campulung
Solea
Bucenva
Transpiranda
Moest
Darmanast - Budapst
Carpathias Mountains
Badents
Burovine
Taat
Konsv
Tolbukhin
Garmens
Melitopol
Bea Flact
Red Air Force
Figtenbul Dispatchas
Roments
Verna
Constants
Romanie
Amail
Azirroope
Czech
Dnester
Red Army
Pollah
DeJaytn
Szentslawaw
Tatar Pass
Carpathians
Ats
Tornado Strikes Mining Village Near Birmingham
A tornado hit Sumiton mining village about 25 miles west of Birmingham today, destroying at least 15 homes and outbuildings. Alabama State Troops reported no serious injuries or deaths. Patrol units coordinated search and radio updates from the scene.
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Birmingham
Sumiton
Here
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Joe Smelly
Imaly
Hotel Guests Flee In Wake Of Blaze In Birmingham
A fire on the fifth floor of the Tul wilar Hotel in Birmingham forced guests from rooms. A. C. Bennett, 66, of York Alabama, suffered severe foot burns running barefoot down the corridor. G. Masey of Iuka, Mississippi, had a damaged room but was not hurt. Firemen extinguished the blaze within minutes. cause was not yet determined.
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Birmingham
Tulwilar
A. C. Bennett
York
Ala
G. Maseey
Iuka
Mies
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