Roosevelt May Consider Deferments For Fathers In Drafts
AP reports President Roosevelt may back a hard boiled approach to protect vital war industries by deferring certain fathers from drafts. Sources say the War Production Board discussed safeguards and a memo urging review of pre Pearl Harbor policy to shield skilled workers, with McNutt and Net signaling possible action within 24 hours.
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Nak
Pia
Roosevelt
Manpower Commission
Paul Y. McNutt
Donald Net
Pants
Wotett
War Production Board
WPB
Pearl Harbor
War fund drive in counties seeks $33,000 quota
Doak, chairman, reported about 15 dollars deposited countywide toward the $33,000 War Fund quota. Contributions from 16 schools total roughly 35 dollars, with a forecast that the drive will extend several weeks as committees work to boost donations and keep the community informed.
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Hous Cooper
Doak
Wank
Aerts
Deak
Ween
Emp Rucker
Napier Fielding
World Today brief on war moves and restrictions
In a scrambled wartime update the Associated Press notes German pressure against Rumania and Ukraine while Soviet lines resist. Reports mention Prime Minister travel limits and imminent isolation as lines from Paris to Rome describe bombing and military activity across Europe.
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Preas
Rumania
Odessa
Mova
Dunkerque
Mystire
Debated Soldier Ballot Plan Wins Senate Approval
The Senate approved a curtailed Federal ballot measure 47 to 31 after weeks of wrangling. The bill, crafted by a House-Senate conference, moves to the House where leaders expect quick acceptance. Supporters warn veto could disenfranchise millions of service members.
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Washington
Senate
House
Worley
D-Tex
Elections Committee
Senatore Green
D.-R.t
Lucag
D-Ill
Bridges
Roosevelt
Barkley
Warkley
Administration
Senator Guffey
D-P2
Congress
Guffey
United States
Citizens Committee At Elections Urged
A Dothan Rotary Club discussion urged a citizens committee to oversee elections and oppose fraud. Attorney J. Robert Ramney blamed irregularities on election officials rather than the system, citing issues from the February 8 primary and urging reform to ensure honest ballots.
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J. Robert Ramney
Dothan
Dothan Rotary Club
Ramely
Wetes
Pere Te Weif
Regime In Italy
Italian Communist leaders said they would continue to oppose the King and Badoglio, aiming for a truly democratic government. They noted that Russia’s diplomatic moves strengthen Badoglio and King Vittorio Emanuele, while Britain would likely maintain dealings with Italy through the Military Control Commission as the military situation evolves.
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Richard G. Mas
Naples
Russia
Pietro Ba
Oglio
Churchill
Vittorio Emanuele
Badoglio
Polo Tedeschi
London
Britain
Unti
Military Control Commission
Tara Te
British Troops Cross Upper Chindwin in North Burma
British forces pushed across the Chindwin river north of Tamanthi in northern Burma, advancing into jungle areas as Japanese units were harassed on multiple fronts. The move follows Mountbatten's visit to Stilwell at Ledo to review plans for a northern front thrust, while Allied troops continue clearing routes along the S Buthedaung Maungdew road and secure Buthedaung.
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Preston Geover
New Delhi
Chindwin
Burma
Tamanthi
Mogaung
Myitkying
Irrawaddy
Joseph W. Stilwell
Charles Orde Wingate
China
Louis Mountbatten
Stilwell
Ledo
For- Ward
Mountbatten
Buthedaung- Maungdew
Buthedaung
Lawrence Forrester Dies Of Gun Wound
Lawrence Forrester seventy eight year old retired Houston County farmer was found dead of a shotgun wound in the chest at his home near Cowarts Coroner Arthur Lane reported a double barreled twelve gauge shotgun was found near the body under a tree and the weapon had apparently been tripped by the victim Funeral services were announced for this afternoon at the family residence at 4 p m with Revs Sam Reeves and Coxzart officiating Burial was arranged in Memphis church cemetery Ward Wilson directing Surviving include his wife Nanley a son Jesse a daughter Hopson Ed dina a brother Pat four grandchildren Pallbearers and benetary pallbearers listed.
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Lawrence Forrester
Houston County
Cowarts
Arthur Lane
Forresters
Forreser
Sam C. Reeves
C. A. Coxzart
Memphis Church Cemetery
Ward + Wilson
Nanley Forrester
Jeesla Forraxter
Hopson Eddina
Pat Forrester
Cowarta
Luther Danzey
A. JC. Creel
Frank King
Jim Whitehart
Floyd Burgess
Jack Moring
Eseil Stringer
Jeff Lashley
Benetary
Joe Sanders
WI Petris L. Vaan
Howard Kaewlen
Merra Maine
EK. R Peeter
Tommy Crest
D. C. Haieten
I. C. Retes
Sam Will Means
Dave Danferé
Gas ration cuts hit Midwest and West and Pacific supply
The Office of Price Administration trimmed the basic car ration to two gallons a week for the nation, with Midwest and Far West reductions effective March. The RB ceiling on the Pacific coast falls from 460 to 400 miles monthly, while East Coast and DC rations stay at two gallons. Bowles cited scarce wartime supplies and rising demand.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Midwest
Far West
Pacific Coast
East Coast
District of Columbia
OPA
Chester Bowles
West
United States
Bowles
Automobile makers face year wait after war to catch up
Detroit AP reports postwar car demand will dwarf supply. Backlog could reach 12 to 15 million cars, with normal prewar output near five million annually. Factories must reconvert to peacetime, then scale up, likely taking years to clear the excess demand.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
Bafora St ¢An
Flo
Anidag
Mud slows Italian front as patrols clash near Minturno
In Italy weather improves but ground remains mudbound trapping Allied and German forces. Sharp clashes occur near Minturno and Cassino on the Fifth Army front with Allied raiders probing around Cisterna and the beachhead area below Rome. American troops seize 13 prisoners and scatter a German patrol while a British force defeats a machine gun position and fends off a crossing attempt at the Moletta River. The German assault unfolds from three directions.
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Allied
Naples
Italy
Minturno
Cassino
Fifth Army
Moletta
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Navy Plans Daily Ship Commissions During 1944
Washington AP report quotes Navy officials projecting about a dozen ships commissioned daily in 1944, with total fleet strength near 3.0 million officers and men by year end. Secretary Knox and Vice Admiral Jacobs outline manpower growth, training needs, and possible national service steps to support amphibious and convoy operations.
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Washington
United States
Dora
Coast Guard
Jacobs
Army
He Gald
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Knox
Navy
Sard
UHS Urges Parley On Slow Production
Atlanta AP report says representatives of governors of seven Southeastern states will meet to discuss remedies for war production delays blamed on labor problems. The conference aims to present actions to move production forward and ease bottlenecks affecting mobilization efforts.
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UHS
Atlanta
Hera
Frederick Bo Ouhi
Fourth Service Command
Quarantine Proposed to Shield Troops and Block Espionage
Prime Minister Churchill told Commons Britain and the United States planned to isolate Ireland from the outer world as a preface to opening the western front. He hinted at extending restrictions to Northern Ireland and possibly sealing off Eire to deter German and Japanese offices, marking a first step in a broader wartime quarantine strategy.
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Alex FH
Singleton
London
Churchill
Commons Today
Britain
United States
Ireland
Western Front
Northern Ireland
Eire
de Valera
Great Britain
Fleo
Vralang
Ger‘Tursie
Le Mans Railway Center Bombed In Moonlight Raid
RAF pounded Le Mans in western France during a night attack aimed at crippling the rail hub used for troop and supply movement. Mosquitos attacked Frankfurt and other German targets as part of a broader night bombing campaign. One plane was lost. mines were laid in enemy waters.
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SY Gladwin
London
RAF
Hallfanes
le Mans
France
Frankfurt
Germany
la Mans
Paris
England
Virginio Gayda killed in Allied raid on Rome
Rome radio reports former Mussolini mouthpiece Virginio Gayda died in a bombed ruin during Allied air raid on Rome. Also noted were a submarine torpedo event and a congressional inquiry proposal on New York Cotton Exchange pricing practices amid market activity.
Final Collapse a Line in Ukraine Seen
The report describes Russian troops crossing the middle Dnieper and forming bridgeheads southwest of Uman, with Soviet advances near Kherson and Odessa. It notes German evacuations, Romanian Black Sea port movements, and heavy German losses as the Red Army presses toward Nikolaev and the Romanian border. The dispatch hints at a broader push threatening the German southern flank.
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James M. Long
London
Rumania
Black Sea
Odessa
Russia
Istanbul
Sofia
Odesan
Stalin
Kherson
Gast
Germson High Command
Mostow
Khernon
Redfon
Malinovsky
Ukraine
Fitalingrad
Dnieper
Tarnopo
Poland
Finland
Dniester
Odense-Lwow
Romania
Cachpe
Tyre
Feodor Tolbukin
Nikolaev
Matinovsky
Red Army
Moscow
Galganovka
Tagulete
Black Bes
Kheraon
Finnish Red Peace Talks Near Climax
Stockholm AP reports Finnish Red peace negotiations near a climax as Helsinki warns Finland to accept armistice terms or quit the war, with Russia delivering a note and a Finnish Parliament secret session weighing urgent options amid censorship and uncertain timing.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Rusaja
Finland
Helsink
Associated Press
Bawin Shanke
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Empress Augusta Bay
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