Roosevelt to Seek Draft Deferments for Fathers Amid War Plant Strain
Ashington March 14 Roosevelt may urge local draft boards to adopt a broad policy of deferments for fathers to protect war industries from a drain of skilled workers. Officials cite Roosevelt memo of 26 urging review of occupational deferments and suggest boards may postpone drafts of fathers to meet quotas. Paul V. McNutt said a House message could come within 24 hours. Sources say the move aims to shield essential plants from shortages of engineers technicians and key workers, despite army navy and WPB opposition.
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T Roosevelt
Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
E House
War Proton Board
Donald
Nutt
War Production Board
WMC
Pearl Harbor
Full Nation Board
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War Department
Navy
Maritime Ission
WPB
Army
Allied drive pushes Japanese from Burma front
EW DELHI reports British and Allied forces press the Burma campaign. A new thrust along the Yin River north of Tamanthi threatens Japanese lines, as Gen. Stilwell and Chinese troops push toward Myitkyina to open a land route to China. Japanese counter operations accompany Allied advances on the Buthedaung road and surrounding areas.
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Delhi
Yin River
Bur
Tamanthi
Tamthi
Aung and Myitkyina
Waddy
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
China
Buthe-Maungdaw
Buthedaung
Htindaw
Chinadwin
British measures to restrict Ireland contacts outlined
Washington March 14 British steps to limit Ireland’s contacts with the rest of the British Isles were described by Secretary Hull as practical safeguards for American soldiers. He said he had nothing further to add on actions the United States might take beyond those already planned.
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Washington
Ire
British Isles
Hull
Churchill says Eire travel limits isolate Britain and Ireland
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons that travel restrictions on Ireland are the first step to sever Britain from southern Ireland during a critical period. He noted the United States pressed Dublin to expel German and Japanese envoys and said Britain fully supported the move after consultation. He warned a future catastrophe involving German or Japanese representatives in Dublin could create an uncrossable gulf between Great Britain and southern Ireland.
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Churchill
Eire
Ireland
Dublin
Great Britain
Commons
United States
Washington
de Valera
Ensul
Ened
Southeen Ireland
Seven Estonian Cities Bombed by Russian Airmen
The Scandinavian telegraph bureau quoted Helsinki's Uusi Suomi that seven Estonian cities were bombed in the last 24 hours. Reported losses include 350 killed and 600 injured with 1,320 residences destroyed in the Reval attack, fires seen 150 miles away amid trains fuel dumps and a chemical factory. A Moscow radio claimed 80 Soviet bombers hit Feodosiya in Crimea, with 17 Russian planes shot down.
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Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Helsinki
Uusi Suomi
Reval
Tallinn
Moscow
Feodosiya
Crimea
Grey Named Washington WPB Hosiery Chief
Hugh M. Grey of Concord North Carolina is named chief of the Hosiery section of the War Production Board. He succeeds Carl Kincaid who is promoted to director of the knit goods branch within the WPB textile clothing and leather division.
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Grey
Washington
Hugh M. Grey
Hugh Grey
Massed Japanese Assaults Hurled Back In Solomons
Allied and Japanese forces fought fierce battles for Bougainville in the Solomons with hundreds of Japanese dead left on American wire and dense jungle approaches. The 37th division reported heavy losses and stalemate after three major assaults, while American artillery and naval fire supported the defense and restored lines.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Bougainville Island
Cape
Vern Haugland
Associated Press
Augusta Bay
John Hodge
Americal Division
Navy
Marine Corps
Piva
Navy Seabees
Torokina
Empress Augusta Bay
Romanian peace bid reaches Allied capitals via Stirbey
Prince Barbu Stirbey former Romanian premier travels on a British issued pass from Ankara toward Cairo to press a peace offer before Allied authorities. He hopes to meet Lord Moyne and the Soviet ambassador as He seeks to represent Romania amid a divided government and advancing Red Army.
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London
Prince Barbu Stirbey
Rumania
Ankara
Cairo
Turkey
Stirbey
Ion Antonescue
Lord Moyne
Record Snowstorm Stuns Northern Utah in March
Salt Lake City reports 12.8 inches of snow, the heaviest March storm since 1884. Traffic halted in places, air schedules canceled, and some trains delayed across Northern Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Chetnik Bulgars Conspire Against Liberation Force
The Free Yugoslav radio claimed captured Chetnik documents show an agreement with Bulgaria for cooperation against the Yugoslav army of liberation, suggesting plans to continue after the war. The broadcast noted German attacks were repelled near Kostanjevica and Novo Mesto, with Chetniks and Partisans active in eastern Bosnia and Macedonia.
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London
Draja Mihailovic
Bulgaria
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Free Yugoslav
Reuters
Tito
Josip Brozeestinens
Demertie
Metelonin
Allied and German Actions on Italian Front Amid Mud and Bombing
Allied raiders probed German lines around Cisterna and Littoria near Rome as American forces seized a German patrol. British forces destroyed a machine gun position while repelling a Moleta river crossing attempt. German attacks on Indian positions on the Eighth Army front were repelled after a night of fighting. Air operations tally 1,000 Allied sorties with raids on central Italy and Dalmatian coast targets. German raids caused damage at Sarzana and Viareggio.
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Naples
Cuneret
Italy
Fakneen Koeen
Fifth Army
Cisterna
Littoria
Rome
Moletta River
Eighth Army
Sarzana
Viareggio
RAF Baltimores
Tivoli
Dalmatian
Yugoslavia
Cam
Malafede
Louisiana Congressman to resign for Army service
Washington March 14 Representative James Domengeaux Louisiana Democrat will resign his congress seat within two weeks to become a private in the army. Domengeaux age 37 and a bachelor is the first member to leave the house for armed service since Roosevelt ruled members may not serve in congress and in uniform. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr resigned recently as a Massachusetts senator to return to active duty as a major.
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Washington
James Domengeaux
Louisiana
Congress
Domengeaux
House
Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Senate
RAFs Heavy Night Raid Falls On Le Mans Rail Center
RAF Halifaxes attacked the Le Mans strategic railway hub in western France under moonlight, marking a second bombardment in six nights. Mosquitos hit Frankfurt and other German targets while one aircraft was lost and several mines were laid at sea.
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Gladwin Hill
London
RAF
France
England
Air Ministry
le Mans
Germany
Continent
German Prisoner Found Hung In Arizona Camp
A German prisoner of war, Werner Dreschler, was found hanged in an empty building inside the Papago Park internment camp. A board of officers investigates the incident and will report findings. Two other internees escaped that night but were recaptured.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Papago Park
Sunmee
Werner Dreschler
Dreschler
A .H. Means
Means
Navy Faces Need for 3 Million by Year End
Secretary Knox and Vice Admiral Jacobs reported the Navy must expand to about 3,006,000 officers and men by 1944 end, a rise of nearly 500,000, with ship commissioning averaging 11.7 daily in 1944 and a broader manpower plan including college training and selective service quotas. They noted the fleet rose from 913 ships in 1942 to 4,167 in 1944, and highlighted carrier air power driving Japanese losses.
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Washington
United States
Marines
Coast Guard
Jacobs
Army
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Knox
Navy
Con
Naval Reserve
Naval Reserve Corps
Central Pacific
War Today: Allied Drive to Link Ledo Burma Roads
The column describes Stilwell's operations uniting the Ledo road with the Burma highway through northern Burma. American and Chinese forces trap Japanese near Maingkwan, advance toward Myitkyina, while British troops enter from Assam. Goals include enabling Ledo Burma links, establishing air bases, and blocking Japanese moves toward Yun nan.
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Ledo
Burma
China
Stilwell
Enya
Orking
Kukwang
Maingan
Frank Merrill
Maingkwan
Hukwang Valley
Myitkyina
Assam
Burm
Yunnan
Chiang
Recaptured Miller Led Raleigh Escape Trio
Penal Director Oscar Pitts said Charlotte police recaptured Joseph Samuel Miller 17, one of three convicts who escaped Henderson county prison camp by sawing bars last Tuesday. Miller, convicted of first degree murder in Mecklenburg in July 1941, was sentenced to death then commuted. Jeffries of Raleigh and Moye of Greenville remain at large.
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Raleigh
Oscar Pitts
Charlotte
Joseph
Samuel Miller
Henderson County
Miller
Mecklenburg County
George Jeffries
Charles J. Moye
Greenville
Pitts
German evacuation of Odessa eyed as Black Sea push nears
An Istanbul dispatch reports German shipping moving north from Black Sea ports toward Istanbul. The dispatch suggests a large scale German withdrawal and possible rerouting of operations toward Romania as Odessa may be evacuated by sea.
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London
Black Sea
Istanbul
Rumania
Istanbul Dispatch
Gona
Odessa
Evacuation Alert Reported From Istanbul Harbor
A delayed dispatch from Istanbul claims four ships or more left harbor bound for Odessa amid rumors Germans and Romanians were evacuating as Soviet forces advance in Ukraine. Reports also mention a possible seizure of the Crimea and note that all Romanian ports face siege orders from coastal defense authorities.
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Istanbul
Rumaniet el Sea
Turday
Odessa
Sofia
Crimea
Rian Coastal Defense Command
Soviet Says Kherson Falls as Reds Drive on Odessa South
Moscow reports 75 000 killed or captured in days of Soviet offense across lower Russia. Kherson falls. Gen Rodion K Malinov leads third Ukraine army through the Dnieper while a seaborne retreat from Odessa appears unlikely. Russian lines push from Kherson to Nikolaev, severing rail and threatening supply routes.
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Rumania
Hitler
Odessa
Kherson
Moscow
International
Stalin
Jkkerson
Himand
Russia
Rodion K. Malinov
Ukraine
Stalingrad
Dnieper
Poland
Red Army
Dnies River
Odessa-L
Mania
Alre
Tolbukin
Novsky
Nikolaev
Soviet Finnish peace talks at critical stage in Helsinki
Stockholm dispatch reports Russia pressing Finland to accept armistice terms or quit the war. Moscow warned of consequences if Finland delays. Finnish Parliament secret session likely to meet urgently as dramatic developments are anticipated in coming days.
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Stockholm
Advi
Helsinki
Rusia
Finland
Finzi
Associated Press
Edwin Shanke
Hess
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