Roosevelt orders national mobilization of manpower
President Franklin D Roosevelt issues an executive order transferring the Selective Service system to the War Manpower Commission and detailing funding, administration, and enforcement actions. It creates the War Manpower Commission with departmental representation, transfers the Selective Service System, sets monthly manpower needs, restricts draft eligibility, and directs hiring through the unemployment service while maximizing wartime training and mobilization efforts. The order outlines powers, procedures, and committees and takes effect immediately.
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Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
United States
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Navy
United States Army
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Economic Stabilization Board
Weather Prospects for Carolinas and Georgia Sunday
The forecast calls for rain in North Carolina with possible mixed snow in the western areas and a slight rise near the coast. South Carolina should expect occasional showers with no strong temperature changes but warmth increasing in the southern and central parts. Georgia sees occasional rain in the north and scattered showers in the south with somewhat cooler conditions in the west.
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British Naval War Effort in North Africa Rises
The report notes six enemy ships sunk and two damaged, with carrier aircraft strafing Nazi fighters and desert targets. Submarine losses ran high, including 13 sunk in a brief period. Smaller boats aided minesweeping and logistics as Tobruk ports were recaptured and reopened for Eighth Army support. Navy and RAF coordinated strikes from Crete to Dabah.
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Western Desert
Crete
Daba
Allied hold on Tunisia and Naples raid unfold
In Tunisia Allied forces defend vital roads amid repeated German counterattacks around Tebourba Djedeida and Mateur as Axis tanks clash with Allied units. A Liberator bombing raid on Naples targets a Italian battleship and two cruisers, signaling intensified air warfare aimed at knocking Italy out of the war.
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Naples
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Enlistments Shift to Officer Candidate Schools Expanded
The report details that ENLISTMENTS will source officers from the ranks via officer candidate schools with few exceptions for specialists. McNutt gains control over the selective service agency, directing its director and powers, while Hershey may remain under his orders. The War Department ends inductions for men 38 and over or moves them to a new 4-H deferred class, with discharges possible for those over 38 who cannot serve. The order aims to focus manpower on the war effort, with drafts for essential skills and industry replacements considered.
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National Housing Agency
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Wickard
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Navy
Diet and rations in Finland during wartime
The legation noted diet and medicine shortages for prisoners, orphans, and refugees in Finland. Civilian calories were about 1,890 daily, 2,760 for heavy labor, well below the World Almanac minimum of 3,000. Reports described meat scarcity and limited supplies despite prior wartime stocks and aid from Sweden and Germany.
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Russia
Sweden
Germany
Franco Hopes Soviet Beaten
Madrid dispatch reports Generalissimo Francisco Franco replying to Adolf Hitler on his 50th birthday with a telegram wishing that German arms triumph in freeing Europe from Bolshevik terror. Franco expresses friendship as Spain maintains neutrality while Spanish legionnaires fight with Germans in Russia and orders partial mobilization to 750,000 armed men.
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Allied forces push in New Guinea jungle fighting
Allied ground troops expand beachheads on both sides of Gona as bombers soften Buna defenses. MacArthur air strikes hit a Japanese supply vessel near Portuguese Timor and a raid targets Kavieng airfield on New Ireland.
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Point Cruz
Epost
Airield
Australia
Gona
Buna
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Portuguese Timor
Kavieng
New Ireland
Stalingrad Battle Rages as Russians Press Encirclement Effort
In a dramatic update on the Stalingrad front, Soviet forces push to close the trap on Axis troops amid fierce artillery duels and heavy casualties. Reports cite 2,000 German deaths northwest of the city, and substantial losses elsewhere as the Red Army advances from northwest and south in a bid to encircle roughly 300,000 Axis troops.
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Caucasus
Tuapse
Stalingrad
Verkhne Chirsky
Popov
Civil Defense in Mexico Aims Educating and Guarding Against Rumors
Mexico's civil defense blends training for possible attacks with a campaign of orientation to explain war goals. Officials use radio and speeches to unite Catholics Protestants and Jews, involve the church, and spread government policy. Two blackouts in Mexico City test readiness as conscription plans pivot to voluntary service amid strong patriotism.
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Tampico Jus
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Athleti Field
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England
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