Amendment Would Abolish FEPC as Proposed by President
A House subcommittee advanced a plan to abolish the Fair Employment Practices Committee FEPC and place oversight of civil rights efforts under direct executive scrutiny. The proposal, tied to the defense spending bill, would transfer FEPC funds and end its mandate, prompting debate on congressional authority over civil rights policies and the reach of executive orders.
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FEPC
Roovevelt
RRC
Jess Russell
D-Ge
Tages Iediatons
Executy
Andar
Russell
Ander
Senate
Cuirees
Malcolm Ross
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Bandit Trio Captured After Jail Break And Gun Battle
Greenwood Mississippi AP reports the last of three juvenile inmates who abducted a 16 year old girl during a jail break near Jackson has been recaptured. Ralph Ward 23 was stopped at Tchula after the hijacked car crashed at a roadblock. Lawrence Motad Jr and Roy Drake were rounded up near a compress warehouse and a filling station respectively. The girl Arlene McKnight 14 was taken from her home as bandits shot her brother Joe McKnight in the leg. The mother was hospitalized. Page 2 continues.
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Greenwood, Mies
Hinds County
J. T. Naugher
Ralph Wart
Jackson
Ward
Greenwood
Naugher
Tchula
Lawrence Motad, Jr
Roy Drake
Polia
Arlene McKnight
Cleveland Mar
Joe McKnight
Cleveland Hospital
Heantta
Paroled Convict Held On Burglary Charges
Lewis Forrester twenty five year old Dothan man paroled last October from a twenty year robbery sentence is back in custody on burglary charges. Detectives John Hilson and Taylor Hicks say he is connected to the burglary of meat from a freight car at the Bay Line Railroad.
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Lewis Forrester
Dothan
Bay Line
John Hilson
Taylor Hicks
Last Minute Bulletins From London and Washington
AP dispatches report rapid updates from London and Washington noting brief government and agency movements. No clear events or names are provided in the fragment, but the items imply urgent political or administrative bulletins across both capitals.
New Truk Raid Figures Show Heavier Japanese Losses
A February raid on Truk Lagoon produced revised figures from Admiral Nimitz showing two ships sunk, 11 damaged, with four additional vessels added to the earlier count of 19. The update confirms no Japanese carriers on the list, while air and ground losses remained at 201 destroyed aircraft and 50 damaged.
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Charles McMurtry
U. & Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Truk
Adm
Chester W. Nimbs
United States Pacific Firet
Nimits
Nimitz
United States Planag
Alabama Presses for Coal Gas Plant Location
Washington AP report says Rep. John Newsome urges Alabama leaders to prepare arguments for selecting Alabama as the site of the nation’s first large coal gas plant. He aims for quick congressional appropriation and notes a three-plant bill is near conference. He estimates the total cost in the millions and calls on industrialists, civic leaders, and Governor Sparks to back Alabama’s bid.
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Washington
Alabama
John Newsome
Ala
Newsome
Chauncey Sparks
Hoting
Senate
Alabama Leadamu
Chamber of Commores
Gad
Fietributica Resnean
U S Troops Arrive In England For Invasion
Allied dispatch reports U S forces moving toward invasion with new arrivals in England as naval and air units launch a major assault. MacArthur says New Britain fortress offers little resistance as destroyers continue bombardment of Rabaul and Kavieng. Night bombers deliver heavy loads with escorts maintaining air superiority. The week marks the second sea shelling of Rabaul and follows earlier damage to airfields and waterfronts.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Kavieng
Tottering Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
Rabaul
Army Manpower From Family Men Says Commission
A special medical commission told the White House that the armed forces must fill the manpower gap with family men and others without lowering physical standards. Congress created the commission to see if induction rules could be eased for those with dependents, but it found current standards cannot be reduced without hurting efficiency.
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Washington
Armed Services
Roonevalt
White House
Congress
Badoglio Intends To Retain Power
The House Ways and Means Committee begins work on simplifying the income tax return with a streamliner plan. It aims to integrate the Victory, normal and surtax into one levy and adjust withholding so many taxpayers need only withholding payments, reducing filling of returns. Senate support predicts withholding alone could cover the total tax for up to 20 million, with another 20 million still filing returns.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Doughton
Nota Ao
Coughton
George
D. Ga
Senate Finance
Badoglio vows to rule till a better leader is found
In Naples AP dispatch Premier Pietro Badoglio declares he will stay in power with his current government until a better leader is found by King Vittorio Emanuele. He says the government aims to remain until Germans are expelled and seeks alliance with the United States and Britain against Germany.
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Richard G. Maslock
Naples
Pietro Badogiie
Vittorio Emanuele
Churchill
Afiles
Rome
Badoglio
Yi Hla
Italy
Badogno
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Mussolini
Fascism
Allied Partisans Germans In France Wage Civil War
AP dispatch from editor Taylor Hexey reports a French civil war between Allied partisans and German forces in occupied France. The fight has killed at least 1,500 French police and militia plus many civilian collaborators, with 1,206 to 2,900 German troops reported as casualties amid widespread terror.
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France
Taylog
Hexey Legon
Friends of America
Anzio Battle Rises Along Moletta River Front
Allied reports say fighting intensified over two days along the Moletta River headwaters southwest of Carroceto near Anzio. British units reportedly stormed and took two German strongpoints, while American artillery and shelling targeted German positions near shore. German attempts to push through ravines south of Carroceto were halted.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Naples
Molette
Carroceto
Anzio
Moletta
Nazi Fighter Losses Put Pressure on Hitler Output
London AP reports that last week’s raids destroyed at least 644 German fighter planes and hit 15 major aircraft production centers. Unofficial estimates say much of Nazi production may be wiped out, forcing reliance on new output from battered centers.
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London
Hitler
Eighth Air Force
Uns
15Th American
Alpe
Eighth
Britain
Aled
Germany
Man claims drugged and robbed at juke joint
Hubbard of near Tothan says he was drugged and robbed of cash at a juke joint on the old Dothan Taylor road. Sheriff B G Farmer reports Hubbard identified no suspects after waking up without his Hillfold and 814 ip cash. Investigators pursued leads but victim could not identify any person involved. A man named Oralous Jones faced vandalism and liquor violation charges during the same probe.
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Aronn
G. T Hubbard
Near Tothan
Big Hillfold
Dothan
Taylor Road
B. G. Farmer
Hubbard
Robery
Jones
Large American force arrives in Britain for European invasion
AP reports one of the largest American troop contingents has crossed the Atlantic in a convoy to Britain. Troops, including mechanized units and specialized groups, are fully equipped and dispersed to bases across the United Kingdom. Severe storms eased crossing discomfort and the voyage was notably uneventful.
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London
Britain
Europe
Sont
Atlantic Ocean
United Kingdom
John A. Moroso
Associated Preaa
Finnish Armistice Decision Hinted This Week
Stockholm AP reports Finnish press signaling a possible government decision this week on exiting the war with Russia. Bombing by 600 Russian planes devastated Helsinki and Oulu areas as Finland seeks Soviet guarantees of safety and continued free life to avoid scuttling armistice talks.
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Edwin Shamke
Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Oulu
Gulf of Bothnie
Uusi Suomi
Uual Guomi
Sweden
Helsink
Traffic Sleuth Detects Fraud in Signed Tickets
City Detective Taylor Hicks announced a probe into a man using his name on traffic tickets. Two alleged cases showed tickets supposedly signed by Hicks, prompting refund actions and questions about tampered ticket stubs.
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Taylor Hicks
Weuth
Lite
Hicks
Jin
Bare
Eaid
Nalther
Meade
Cane Ha
Hieus
Ows
Soviets Strike From North Af Vital Rail Hub
Soviet forces push westward from the Second Baltic front advancing near a key rail hub. German defenders retreat as Red Army engineers clear rail routes and bypass flooded areas to widen the bridgehead.
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North Af
Veney C. Cassidy
Moscow
Rad
Tepor Pekov
Second Baltic Front
Maln Boviet
Pakov
Hitler
Hia
Lagt
CBR
Markian Popov
Fercas
Pushtosha
Novosokolniki
Velkaya
Pushtoshie
Pravde
Loknya
Red Army
Pravda
Old Poland
More Ala Fathers Face March Draft
Alabama fathers already in the armed forces and thousands more will receive preinduction tests in March. Lt. Col. James T. Johnson Jr, State Selective Board director, says the manpower statewide is stretched. deferments will be denied in many cases as the armed forces expand and manpower needs rise. No information on the size of upcoming drafts.
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Montgomery
Alabama
James T. Johnson
Wan Réelansad
Black Market Gas To Be Investigated
Birmingham based AP report notes OPA director Joe Short warns of black market gasoline draining supplies in North Alabama and nationwide. He predicts possible reductions in A coupon values as investigators plan extensive checks and enforcement to curb illicit siphoning and coupon manipulation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joe Short
OPA
Alabem
Heaid
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Taylor Henry
Associated Press
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Lewrées
Baden- Maden
Moletta River
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