Deferment Plan Probed by May's House Committee
Washington March 1 The House military committee reopened its inquiry into draft deferment policies led by Rep Costello. May said the aim is to keep non fathers in industry and send older men to war while noting costs and risks to families and readiness. A new selective service order tightens deferments for men 26 with limited exceptions.
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War Production Board
Donald Nelson
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Soviet Advance Encircles German Forces Near Korsun Ring
Soviet war bulletins report taking 230 localities as they push toward Korsun and north of Uman, with encirclement of German divisions near Snigorevka and hopes of breaking the pocket. British reports cite new Crimean attacks at Kerch and Perekop as Kherson falls. Selective service notes farm deferments. 562,000 under 26 delayed for agriculture, 394,000 aged 18-21.
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Crimean Peninsula
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Army
Cassino air assault sets record with Allied air power
Allied air forces led by Lt Gen Ira C Eaker attacked Cassino with Mitchells Fortresses Liberators and B 26s delivering mass bombing from 8 30 am to 11 15 am. Aircrews reported extensive destruction while ground forces pressed the Cassino front as part of a broader afternoon offensive.
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Luftwaffe
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Army reunion in Seattle links siblings after nine years
Lydia Gonslaves a WAC who left Honolulu before Pearl Harbor met her brother Warrant Officer Frank R. Gonsalves when both were stationed in Seattle. Corporal Gonsalves was later at Port and then returned to Fort Lewis from Alaska. Red Cross notes 2,500,000 servicemen and families aided in 1943.
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Weather Forecast North and South Carolina
Mild tonight with increasing clouds across North and South Carolina. Thursday brings continued warmth with afternoon showers reported in the mountains as patchy showers move through the region.
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South Carolina
Battle Over German Positions Near Town Amid Heavy Air Attack
The text recalls a fierce air assault with 72 bombers launching from the morning sun, striking the town’s north and southern sectors. German parachute troops, entrenched in rubble, struggled to retreat as 34th American division pressed its advance through the damaged streets and shattered buildings.
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Via Casilina
Hitler
Midnight Shift Breaks Blockade Hit Pratt & Whitney
Auto workers passed the blockade to work overnight while the day crew returned this morning. Local 600’s executive board condemned wildcat strikes amid Pratt & Whitney engine production stoppages. Ford denounced the local as driven by a few irresponsible members, saying the war effort suffers as a result.
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War headlines shift ships from Romanian ports to Odessa
The report notes wider naval movements from Romanian ports to Odessa suggesting troop evacuation by sea from the Dnieper bend or Crimea. It also signals a German withdrawal toward the Dniester barrier to Romania and mentions Prince Barbu Stirbey seeking peace with the Allies.
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Dnieper
Crimea
Dniester River
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Hitler
Barbu Stirbey
Twin sisters join Army Nurse Corps in New Jersey
Marguerite and Violet Leavens of Niagara Falls New Jersey become second lieutenants in the U S Army Nurse Corps marking a family milestone as two sisters serve together in uniform in the army program.
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N. J
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Marguerite
Violet Leavens
Niagara Falls
U. S. Army Nurse Corps
Invasion money from Hawaii urged turned in at banks
Seaport San Francisco residents were urged by the Federal Reserve bank to surrender United States invasion money labeled Hawaii. The note carried Hawaii across its face to prevent World circulation if captured by enemies.
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