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unclear OCR text mentions New Haven Connecticut seating, war department, a legislative session next year, J Fred etc. Key names include Hardwick and Deartment. It references a political primary and pledge to implement legislation affecting county officials and a representative. The fragmentary notes imply a notice about upcoming legislative planning and attendance.
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Fred
Agen
Hardwick
Ainis
Aaron
Ymard
Public housing plan for Ozark workers approved
The War Information Office approves a work study program to provide 200 financed family units and privately financed units in Ozark. Rucker and the Federal Housing concentration offices will handle site selection and allocations. Public and privately financed housing will supplement 100 existing public housing units for workers at Camp Rucker.
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Aveter
Young Unite
NBA
Emtt
Rucker
Telaral
Auwi
War Board
State Bee
Ozark
World Today Briefs On Battle Silence And Bomb Claims
On the global front reports indicate ongoing clashes and official silence amid heavy bombardment headlines. Territorial shifts and naval actions stretch tensions as postwar powers assess strategic positions and maritime risks near key ports and cities.
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Ppa
Tokyo
Hatte
Berlin
Bomb Vittorio
Biter
Cartion
War Labor Board moves against Lew is leadership clash
The War Labor Board ruled President John L Lewis defied established government procedure by skipping a meeting on coal wage talks. It ordered coal operators to halt negotiations until both sides follow board instructions, signaling a possible industry-wide tie-up as a truce expires.
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Joseph A. Loftus Washington
War’ Labor Board
UMW
John L. Lewis
WLE
U S Forces Reported Landing Reinforcements At Attu
Tokyo radio quoted a Japanese army policyman saying United States forces were landing a steady stream of reinforcements on Attu Island under naval and air bombardment. He added Japanese troops were holding positions and had mounted counterattacks as heavy fighting raged along the northern coast.
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New York
Tokyo
United States
Attu Island
Attu
Associated Press
Nekeo Yahagi
No. 4
Synthetic Rubber Plants Reported Near Completion
Washington AP reports that all synthetic rubber plants are expected to finish by year end. Rubber Director William M. Jeffers warns that non essential drivers face long waits for tires as the program targets 12 million new tires for 1943 and 30 million for 1944. He notes increased synthetic output and foreign natural rubber arrivals, while officials warn of drastic steps if East Coast gasoline use does not drop.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Ward
Pearl Harbor
Ickes
Price
Prentiss Brown
Brown
Covington Farmers Held For Sabotage
In Birmingham Alabama AP report D K Brown, head of the FHS field office, said two Covington County farmers Willard Powell and RA Roberts were arrested on sabotage charges tied to 1 cent forest fires on Jackson Lumber Co property during a February 10 day period. They were to appear before the U.S. Commission.
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Birmingham
Als
D. K Brown
FHS
Covington County
Jackson Lumber Company
Brown
Willard Powell
RA. Roberts
U. & Comm
May Exhaust Single Registrants Soon Says Hershey
Washington AP Major General Lewis B Hershey testified before the Senate Military Committee that the draft may exhaust single registrants around August 1 as many 4F cases are handled and psychiatric rejects dominate. He noted 2.577 million men are in the 4F category and discussed House Kilday bill objections and proposed induction categories prioritizing registrants without dependents then those with dependents, married without children yet with wives, and fathers before Dec 8, 1941.
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Lewis
B. Hershey
Senate
Military Committee
Selective Service
Hershey
War
Navy
Heqasey
Tina
Tomart
Regional Salvage Conference Slated for Courthouse
State salvage officials and committees from Houston Henry Dale Geneva and Coffee Counties will convene at the courthouse at 2 p m tomorrow to discuss a new campaign. E N Rodgers assistant state highway director and state co chairman will preside. Attendees urged include county chairmen and government representatives on the salvage committee.
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Houston
Henry
Dale
Geneva
E. N. Rodgers
Hlahway
Masting Hare
Pelvage Comnltteau
Delegates Arrive for Allied Food Conference at Hot Springs
Delegates from forty three countries gather at the lavish Homestead Hotel for a two week postwar food conference. The 600 room luxury complex sits on 17000 acres in the Alleghenies, guarded by 200 soldiers as reporters face restricted access during the event.
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Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
Alleghenies
Republicans Claim Strength To Pass Modified Ruml Plan
Speaker Rayburn and Democratic leaders prepare a third and final push as the House votes on the Senate skip-a-year income tax bill. Republican Leader Martin says several former opponents now back the modified Ruml measure, enough to counter a past 206 to 22 defeat. Rayburn projects sufficient votes to mend the bill toward passage.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Rayburn
D.-Tex
House
Senate
Martin
Massachusetts
Rayourn
Eighteen Army Fliers Die in North Carolina Crash
Eighteen enlisted men and officers were killed when a Army transport plane ditched in fog north of Morganton North Carolina. The craft departed Lawson Field at noon and crashed after leaving the Buena... improved text truncated in report. Local sheriff R C Chapman reported the casualties as of last night with next of kin not yet notified.
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Morganton
Here
Richard E. Tukey
Fort Benning
Lawson Field
Vaurinburg-Maxton
N. C
R. C. Chapman
Ture
Taxpayers Affected By Size Of Income Tax Plan
James Marlow and George Zielee explain how the Senate pay-or-go income tax plan would affect taxpayers in 1942 and 1943. The piece notes that average taxpayers could be helped if the decrease comes from armed forces service, but would lose out if the cut stems from other reasons.
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James Marlow
George Zielee
Washington
Senate
House Subcommittee Urges OPA Shake-Up and Curfews
The House subcommittee calls for drastic OPA personnel overhaul and centralized food distribution reforms for war centers. It cites conflicting Washington directives, urges decentralization, and proposes a Bay Area curfew for children under 14, plus freezes on certain municipal personnel. It urges a manpower survey before expanding federal controls.
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House
OPA
Washington
Aubcommittee
War Agentien
Allied air raid near Rome signals closer front
Allied bombers roared over Rome in moonlight and struck the Lido di Roma seaplane base near the Tiber, hitting a frigate and a garrison with no counterfire. The raid, the nearest announced approach to the Italian capital, followed Churchill's 1940 pledge and Roosevelt's prior stance.
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William B. King
North Africa
Rome
Lido di Roma
Baer
Tiber
RAF
Wallingtons
Maginge
Wil
Outakirta
Churchill
Roosevelt
Blockade Runners Scuttled By Axis
Two Axis blockade runners attempting to breach the Allied blockade were scuttled after interception by British warships. The 4743 ton Silsaplana was inbound from the Far East with a cargo of iron and tin and caught fire after being ordered to surrender off Cape Finisterre. The 808 ton Regensburg was intercepted between the Korean land and Teeland by HMS Glasgow in the Denmark Strait.
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Admiralty
Caminunique
Regensburg
Coreenland
Teeland
Glasgow
Denmark Strait
Cab Driver Injured in Attack by Soldiers on S St Andrews
Chester Buford Ledger reports a Dothan taxi driver was injured late Saturday night after being attacked by two soldiers riding in his cab on S St Andrews Street. Union Cab Co. operator A Z Stokes confirmed the incident and a Ledger note appears on page 4.
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Chester Buford Ledger
Dothan
S St Andrews Street
Stokes
Union Cab Company
Flood Of Rumors Marks Italians War Jitters
Reports from neutral Switzerland say Mussolini tightens defenses as Italy faces Allied Mediterranean pressures. A flood of internal rumor circulated including a possible abdication in favor of Crown Prince Umberto, though no confirmation emerged and journalists found no unusual activity.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Switzerland
Morocco
Vittorio Emanuele
Prigcy
Umiberta
Rome Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Appropriations Cut For Interior Unit At Ickes Request
The Appropriations Committee recommended a 1 per cent cut in Interior Department funding for the next fiscal year. The department, led by Secretary Ickes, would receive 72 461 316 dollars, down 110 999 475 from the current year. The total is 9 372 260 less than the Budget Bureau and committee had proposed, with most activities reduced except grazing services, which rose 50 000 to take over Civilian Conservation Corps work. The committee also criticized the War Production Board for unspecified issues.
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CC. D. Watkina Washington
Interior Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Ines
Budger Bureau
Grazing Service
Civilian Conservation Corps
War Production Board
Last Minute BULLETINS From Stockholm to Ottawa
AP dispatches report a German merchant ship Gneisenau sunk in the Baltic amid war losses, President Roosevelt asking Congress for 177.385 million for the Office of Price Administration to fund price control and rent measures, Bertin radio claims Allied air forces sank 17 German bombers, North Africa notes show Nazi captives in Tunisia tally, Canada declares a national emergency in wartime production.
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Fashington Fap
Prialdent Hoonevelt
Congress
Price Administration
Budget Bureau
Rayburn
Dams Destroyed in German Flood Powers Ruhr Industry
London reports the destruction of two German dams, flooding the Ruhr valley and depriving Germany of hydroelectric power. RAF and Wellington raids praised for targeting war industry as allied forces push a broad offensive across Europe.
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Aly Caintoler
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