Senate Labor Bill Boosts War Production Ties
A memorandum shows progress toward a work or jail labor bill, with a substitute proposed by Senator Jester O Mahoney. The plan would require employment ceilings at wartime plants under War Mobilization Director oversight, channel contracts to efficient areas, and penalize violations. If the substitute clears a committee, a Senate floor vote and House implications loom, while Wage rules and penalties loom for offenders.
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Manooey
Jester O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Racent Hoosevelt
Lazarus
Chandler
Senate
WMC
Byrnes
War
Navy Departments
Textile workers gain substandard pay boost and uniform wages
The War Labor Board set a 53 cent top new substandard wage in cotton and rayon textiles, plus a five cent general increase to preserve wage differentials. It also approved uniform schedules and work clothes for meat packers, amid a push to avert a strike threat as negotiations with Economic Stabilizer McVinson continued.
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Harold W. Ward Washington
Wart Labor Board
Fred McVinson
CIO
Swift. Armour
Wilson
Cudahy
John Morrell
Emil Rieve
Turn
World War II Fronts Shifting Across Europe and Pacific
The Western Front reports Allied advances with several towns captured five miles up the Moselle valley and nearing Saarbruecken while pushing Nazi defenses near the Saarland capital. In the east the Red Army advances toward Nazi strongholds along the Polish corridor and into Czechoslovakia amid counterattacks. In Italy American forces seize Monte Belvedere and fight for heights west of the Pistoia-Bot highway as Pacific actions include airfield seizure and Manila shelling with Tokyo forces trapped near Corregidor.
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Associated Press
Canaan
Siegfried
Caleaz
Moselle Valley
Saarbruecken
Saarland
Warduben
Forst
Czechoslovak
Danube Valley
Ameri
Monte Belvedere
Pistoia-Bot Highway
Scots Seize God As 3rd Army Gains In Moselle Valley
In a broad Moselle Valley advance, the American Third Army pushes toward the Rhine and seizes 11 towns while Patton’s forces drive through the Eifel mountains. Canadian troops capture Goch as British Empire units engage nearby in a widening front against German defenses. The drive brings vanguard reach near Saarburg as Allied momentum continues.
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Moselle
Paris
Goch
Third Army
Rhine
George S. Patton
Efe
Saarburg
Keve
Nijmegen
Gripsholm Brings 509 US Soldiers Home From War
The exchange liner Gripsholm arrived at Jersey City pier at 12 35 p m EWT with 1209 repatriates including 509 American soldiers and merchant seamen who were POWs in Germany. Army officials and nurses moved 463 officers and enlisted men to Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island. Passengers also include 46 merchant seamen 622 civilians and 78 Canadian military personnel. Aboard were 184 litter cases and many aviators shot down over Germany. Army says interviews will be allowed tomorrow.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gripsholm
Germany
Sweden
Halloran General Hospital
Staten Island
Merchant Seamer
Army
Police Warn Boys On Using Rifles In City
Police Chief J E Craughon warns against air rifle use by children in the city as complaints persist about youths shouting guns and breaking street light bulbs. Ralph Goodwin, water and light superintendent, notes months of trouble, especially in the western part of Dothan, hindering street lighting and risking pedestrian safety.
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J. E. Craughon
Ralph Goodwin
Dothan
American Siege Forces Hammer Japs In Manila
Gen Douglas MacArthur reports intensified fighting in Manila’s Intramuros as American siege tactics close in on Japanese defenders. U.S. forces bomb and shell the walls aiming to free civilians while seeking to seal Corregidor’s tunnels. Casualties run into thousands as civilians are safeguarded amid mounting destruction.
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Manila
Hampson
Mundas
Intramuros
Douglasr B MacArthur
Ponese
Arthur Feldman
Blues Network
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor
Marines suffer heavy losses in Iwo Jima assault
The Pacific Fleet reported about 3,650 Marines killed or wounded in the first 48 hours of the Iwo Jima invasion. Nimitz said Leathernecks made advances up to 1,000 yards toward the central air field as the Fifth and Fourth Marine Divisions pushed toward Motoyama and Suribachi amid heavy enemy fire.
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Ayal Dopeing
Uo OS Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Caruiles
Misao
Motoyama No
Fifth Marine
Motoyara
Bar Ag
Mota
Suribachi
Adin
W. H. Brandy
Mt. Surl
Jfwchi
Soubeast
Mutgysma Airfield
Red Troops Strike Berchtesgaden Hidden Nazi Stronghold
U S Army air force rockets hit Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps in the war’s first attack on Hitler’s private mountain retreat. Planes flew from Italian bases and targeted rail lines, cars, locomotives, and other sites near the fortress while facing heavy anti aircraft fire. Officials gave no formal statement but speculation says the raid aimed at Nazi files and moving priority personnel and supplies.
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Associated Press
RCME
U.S. 12Th Air Force
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Bavarian Alps
Fortress On Oder Under Siege By Soviet Big Guns
Moscow and London reports describe German resistance around Frankfurt on the Oder as Soviet artillery and air power hammer the fortress town on the Oder’s west bank. Khakov’s forces push toward Berlin while Ivan Konev’s units gain limited ground in Brandenburg as Berlin’s defense lines tighten.
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London
SAP
Gregory Khakov
Fich’ing
Frankfurt
Berlin
Ksid Theoly
Transocean
Hans Arniz
Moscow
Pravda
Berin
Zhukoav
Ivan § Konev
Brandenburg
Nese
Guschen
Forst
Guben
Neisse
Farst
Aupreme Command
Sommersfeld-Weisswaster
Sorau Forst
Nadyvanelle
Tzsrhecheln
Neiese
Craseen
Middie Oder Bend
Board Three Group Leaves For Service
Houston County Selective Service Board Three announced the names of registrants who left for induction today at Fort McClellan. Among those listed are Samuel Clarence Stanch Elbert Arthur Clayton James Huey Conrad James Edwin Johnson Carter Woodham Jesse James L Wallie Caz Fellows J. P. Der Leonard Junior Miller Ards Rudolph Poole Clayton Marvin Blackshear Bernard Franklin Hopkins Raymond Oscar Clayton Julius David Lewis Hulton Walter Tolar Harold Reynolds Capan William Theodore White Albert Wootford
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Houston County Selective Service Board
Fort McClellan
Wonrd
Lsted
Samuel Clarence Stanch
Elbert
Arthur Clayton
James Huey Coanrad
James Edwin Johnson
Carter Woodham
Jesse Tames L
Wallie Caz Fellows
J. P. der
Leonard Junior Miller
Andr Ts Rudolph Poole
Clayton Marvin Blackshear
Bernard Frankl Hopkins
Raymond Oscar Clayton
Julius David Lewis
Hulton Walter Tolar
Harold Reynolds Capan
William Theodore Withite
Johnny Frank Hartley
Albert Wootford
Recruiters Seeking WAC Medical Techs
A recruiting drive to enlist women as WAC medical technicians runs for two weeks in Houston Henry Dale Geneva and Coffee Counties. Lieut KG Crook and Corp Helen Clark lead the effort from the Montgomery WAC office with offices on the post office third floor. Women may interview locally or with recruiters who will arrange visits. Enlistees start as privates undergo six weeks basic and six weeks specialty training and then become cornerals with a 46 monthly pay. Applicants may choose their Army general hospital assignment.
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Houston
Henry
Dale
Geneva
Coffee
KG. Crook
Helen Clark
Montgomery
Wacss
Army General Hospital
Six Circus Heads Get Prison Terms In Hartford Fire
In Hartford Connecticut Judge William J Shea sentenced three Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey officials to prison for involuntary manslaughter in the July Hartford circus fire that killed 168. General manager George W Smith Leonard Aylesworth James A Haley Edward R Versteen Willan Caley were given prison terms or jail, plus a 10000 dollar fine for the corporation.
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Hartford
James A Haley
Sarassota
Edward R Versteen
Sarasata
Willan Caley
Sarasota
David W Blanchheld
Truckmn
Qualifying Period In City Race Closes
The city primary qualifying deadline passed, leaving three candidates for the post now held by Commissioner Miles AL Miller, who is not seeking reelection. The announcement came from South Hall, acting chairman of the City Democratic Executive Committee. A second primary or appointment to fill Yar Present or missing nominee will be held April 2. The term expires on the first Monday in October, with two commissioners taking office. Former officials Bates, Ayres, and Dan Delkins are named as contenders.
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City Commission
Miles AL Miller
Soath Hall
Democratic
Reene Utive Cormiliee
Cormier Miller
Sien
Prot Bates
Corte 14
War's Terrible Appetite Visible In Luxembourg
North of Luxembourg the scene shifts from war to landscape as snow-capped banks glow under pale sun. A jeep snakes along a river road, wind biting through layers, revealing both danger and stark beauty in harsh, glacial cold. Footnote references indicate continuation on Page 3.
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Ralph McGill
Luxembourg
Mair
Zern
Federal Guarantee On Loans Could Spark Postwar Industry
Washington report notes Frances M. Lemay details a proposal to authorize the Federal Reserve to guarantee up to half or more of loans to postwar enterprises. House Bank-Joy Committee chair Spence plans hearings, citing Baruch-Hancock postwar planning. Debate explores Fed guarantees versus private banking, with ties to Wallace’s nomination as Commerce Secretary and Senate Commerce Committee actions.
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Frances M. Lemay
Washington
API
Wallace
Congress
Spence D-Kyt
House Bank- Joy Committee
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Road
Viuwo
Dewes
Guinness Financny
Carmerce
Armendments
Feder
Hank
Eesles
Gomruttear
Authronghie Pla
Seraite Commerce Muitee
Dothan Selectees Leave For Induction
A group of drafters from Dothan left for induction at Fort McClellan, led by Alvin Gaston Capps Julius Burton Rountree James Washington Beastey Paul Burkett Wallvarst Bar Gamble and others. Two transfer registrants and John Malcolm Palmer Jr entered the Navy on special call.
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Hoowetan County
Legislative Group Rejects Proposal For Women Jurors
In Montgomery the interim committee on constitutional and legislative procedure voted six to three to retain current jury laws and keep women ineligible for juror service. The panel backed a recommendation to submit the plan to the legislature, despite advocacy by the Alabama Civil Rights Organization led by Carey Hiveler.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Alabama Cco
Carey Hiveler
Maine
Ar. & Dowlitt
Courie Ty
Tr Dowling
Recarp
Haigler
Hin Aetantzdtian
Hr. Dowling
Baominingham
Alee
Jae Dowling
Jawenemoechs
Red Tape On Lumber Priorities Scored
Director of the Chamber of Commerce in regular session complained about red tape delaying lumber relief for repairs. He noted processing by the War Production Board wastes time, with many applications rejected, and a resolution was approved to endorse a Red Tape drive starting in March.
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Chamber of Commerce
War Producton Board
Mets
County Gasoline Tax Distribution Announced
The January gasoline tax distribution for Walden county was announced by collector A Granger. Dathun received the largest share, $2,955.86, with the county itself getting $1,022.15 and other payments going to Ashford $296.00, Columbia $143.57, Cottonwood $20, Webb $44.36, and Gordon $58. Under the Walden bill taxes within town limits go to the municipality, while those outside go to the county.
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Walden
Dathun
County
Ashford
Columbia
Cottonwood
Webb
Gordon
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