Induction of Fathers Possibly Cut As Drafts Rise
An announcement from the War and Navy departments indicates a potential reduction in inductions of fathers amid a large pool of men to be called for service. Officials discuss eligibility standards and the impact on military strength, with leaders stressing the need to meet a 10 million manpower goal by year’s end.
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Pin
Navy
Ptt
Gdvile Hershey
Paul V. Pit
Gav
Ugimenty
McNutt
Court Refuses Honor Roll Display For Veterans at Courthouse
Wotton County Board today declined a request by G N Shoop to place a sixty feet long and high Roll of Honor for service men and women on courthouse property. Commissioners Summerford and J Trwick noted objections from several citizens and potential political issues. The board also denied Shoop's two resolutions and related budget matters affecting janitors and highway funds, leaving the issue unresolved.
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Wotton County Board of Today
Houston County
Summerford
J. Trwick
Clt
General Fund
Mad and Bridge Fund
W. Perry
World War II air battles reshape Europe and Pacific fronts
Allied and Axis forces clash as RAF and American air power strike German centers in Bremen and Sicily while Pacific operations push toward key stepping stones to Japan. Reports describe heavy raids, carrier and land-based aircraft support, and continued pressure on Italian and Solomon Islands fronts.
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Solomons
EAN
Sicily
Italy
Irhaean
Orth.z
Fagize Front
Prohibition Bill Tops Controversial Items For Solons
Montgomery Alabama lawmakers face a heavy week with the prohibition referendum and liquor bills on the calendar. Senate debates loom on labor measures, a state planning board postwar program, a war emergency fund, automatic death sentence appeals, and governor war powers as the Judiciary Committee prepares to resolve differences ahead of session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
House Temperance Committee
Senate Temperance Committee
W. L. St. John
Sparks
Gerald Bradford
Clark
State Department
Bradford
Labor Department
Vincent Kilborn
Mobile
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court voids compulsory flag salute for religious objectors
The Supreme Court on Tuesday overruled a 1940 ruling and held that school children with religious scruples cannot be forced to salute the American flag. Justice Jackson wrote the opinion, with Justices Roberts Reeg and Frankfurter dissenting. The decision centers on Jehovah's Witnesses challenging West Virginia’s flag salute requirement. The court had earlier upheld a May salute regulation in Minersville Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Jehovah's Witnesses
West Virginia Board of Education
Roberts
Reeg
Frankfurter
Minersville
Pennsylvania
Pam
Restored Civilian Production Delayed Until Late 1944 Says WPB
A High WPB official says civilian goods production cannot be safely resumed until late 1944. He warns deeper military cuts could prolong the war by six months, amid pressure from retailers and legislators to restock shelves. Military demands were slashed to bedrock, with hundreds of thousands of tons of steel cut for 1944 quarters.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Maritime Commissission
WPB
Ageny Clen
Noad
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
Andrade
Office For War Information
Nelson
Criminal Session Ordered By Court In Houston Circuit
Circuit Judge D Halstead ordered a two week criminal session in Houston Circuit Court for the week of July 19. The docket includes the case of Wash Paramore, a Black man from Donalsonville, Ga, charged with the killing of Curtis Warren about two years ago. Paramore had earlier been convicted of first degree murder, but the Texas Supreme Court reversed the conviction.
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Houston
Ictrcuit Court
D. ©. Halstead
Wash Paramore
Curtis Warren
Donalsonville
Paramore
Supreme Court
Probe of Allied Program to Feed World Is Sought
Senator Gillette calls for a speedy Senate investigation into an international food relief proposal. He supports forming a system with Britain, Sweden, and Switzerland, separate from U N relief work, to aid Axis-overspread nations and other war victims. Questions focus on food availability and shipping capacity.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Gillette
Inwa
Senate
Gillette i
Thomas
Utah
Gilette
Taft
Ohio
Great Britain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
Audo
Belgium
Norway
Burglars Get $125 From Residence Here
Police report burglars entered a house at 206 North Bell Street while occupants slept and stole 125 dollars in cash. City records indicate Guy W. Wade occupied the home. Footprints near a window were the only clue. 39 dollars and 35 dollars from a purse were recovered in the yard.
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North Bell Street
M. Tatum
Guy W. Wade
George Garrett
Rice
Garrett
Coal wage dispute nears climactic week in U S mines
Washington AP reports the three day wage production strike among John L Lewis, the government, and coal operators may reach a peak as 2200 miners in Pennsylvania and Alabama return to work after a brief walkout over $1 fines. A policy committee meeting is called to consider a War Labor Board decision on portal to portal pay while Congress advances an anti strike bill aimed at Lewis and government run mines.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Alahama
Iches
Ickes
Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
War Labor Board
WLB
UMW
Central Pennsylvania
Congress
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Wallace
White House
Senate
United Mine Workers
Dempsey divorce suit goes to Supreme Court referee
Jack Dempsey and his wife face a Supreme Court referee ruling on their divorce and separation counterclaim after he denies striking his Broadway partner. Also in Washington, Alden presses a letter to Ickes urging gasoline rationing changes, and a push to appoint a food czar to control agricultural output, processing, and pricing.
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White Plains
Jack Dempsey
Supreme Court
Washington
Alden
Pepper
June 30 Proposed As Day To Honor Mothers In Law
Spokane AP reports June 30 could be national Mother In Law Day proposed by the Spokane Athletic Round Table. About 2,500 members urged celebrating by honoring mothers in law, noting their wartime homefront duties and the lighthearted aim to show friendship amid jokes and traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hewins
Spokane, Wash
Klasher
Spokane Athletic Round Table
Washington
Congress
United States
M-I-L
Mussolini Accepts Pantelleria Surrender Amid Bombardment
The report from Pantelleria states Allied bombing became intolerable and Brig Gen Achille Maffei cited Admiral Gina Pavesi saying food and water ran out for three days. Mussolini ordered the island's surrender and approved the armistice as of Friday morning.
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A. Russell
United States
Mussolini
Pantelleria
Achille Muffet
Gina Pavesi
Maffei
Reds Begin Seventh Week Of Huge Aerial Attacks On Germans
Moscow dispatch reports the Red army air force entering a seventh week of intensive air battles against Germany. Soviet communiques claim gains around Orel Hinga sector south of Moscow, with four settlements captured and German losses totaling over 1,200 planes since May.
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Reds
William McGaffin
Moscow
Red Army
Orel
Hinga
T Wmaid
Germay
Rusaian
Misensk
Setlementas
Sommunique
Sverak
Ruuslang
Belgorod
Kharkov
Reatov
Soviet Union
Committee Denies More Funds For NYA
Washington AP The House Appropriations Committee refused to approve further funds for the National Youth Administration and ordered liquidation by January 1, 1944. The panel voted to provide 3 million to wind up affairs, with a predicted stiff fight to restore support when the bill reaches the House. NYA had been under the Federal Security Agency led by Paul V. McNutt.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
D-36
Attuck
NYA
House
Federal Security Agency
Paul V. McNutt
Chinese Air and Ground Forces Hit Yangtze Front
American airmen bombed and strafed enemy bases along the upper Yangtze as Chinese commandos carried out coordinated strikes. More than 100 bombs dropped on Nanchang airfield, with gasoline dumps set ablaze and runways torn up, while American Mitchell and Warhawk aircraft returned safely.
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Freas
Yangtze
Chungking
Nanchang
Klangal Province
China
Shanghai
Nazis Helped Japs Plot Pearl Harbor Attack Says OWI
The Office of War Information reports German spies aided Japan in planning Pearl Harbor sabotage. Nazi agent Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn was tried in Honolulu, convicted, and sentenced to death, later commuted to three years hard labor. His family were interned. The FBI traced his payments and statements admitting signal planning for the Japanese fleet.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWT
Pearl Harbor
Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn
Honolulu
United States
Kuehn
Hawaii
Mre. Kuehn
Eberhard Martin Kuehn
Sage Kaete Ruth Kuehn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Firet
OrsYaald
FR. Y
Keuhn
Tokyo
DWT
Kalama
Friedel
OWL
Oiojira Okada
Gasoline Tax Totals Shown For Houston County
Gasoline tax collections for Houston County in April totaled 3560.28. Deputy collector L A Granger filed the report with the county Board of Revenues. Distributions included Dothan 2120.37 Ashford 3228.44 Columbia 115.53 Cottonwood 11234 Webb 828.78 Gordon 444 and Houston County 18.
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Houston County
L. A. Granger
County Board of Revenus
Dothan
Ashford
Columbia
Cottonwood
Webb
Gordon
U S Raid On Sub Bases Costs 26 Fortresses
London dispatch reports RAF strikes over the Raéine Yand and other German targets last night. Bomber formations crossed the Channel as U S bombers continued pressure on Kiel and Bremen. British losses included 24 bombers in a Bochum raid, with extensive damage to chemical plants and armament works amid heavy incendiaries.
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U.S
RAF
London
Raéine Yand
Germany
Air Ministry
Gaza
Oss
Channel
United States
Bremen
Kiel
Frederick L Anderson
Amalogle AB
Bochun
Rus
Bochum
Rulna
House Group Scores Social Security Unit
Washington AP The Budget Bureau and the Social Security Board drew fire from the House Appropriations Committee in a bill totaling 1 127 262 499 for the Labor Department Federal Security Agency War Manpower Commission and related independent offices for the fiscal year starting July 1 The committee criticized the Budget Bureau for withholding last year’s funds for painting and binding at the Office of Education and said no agency or official except the department head may withhold appropriated funds The committee also condemned the Social Security Board for extra legal control over State Unemployment Compensation Commissions and barred withholding funds for State aid if merit and placement plans exist for employees administering the Federal State program The bill provides 74 203 524 less than last year and 76 668 000 less than budget estimates Most funds 672 842 380 go to the Federal Security Agency including a 3 000 raise to 15 000 for the annual salary of a top official.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Social Security Board
House Appropriations Committee
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
War Manpower Commisasion
Office of Education
Congress
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Mediterranean
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