Boards To Reclassify Men In Non-Deferable Trades
Draft boards will start reclassifying registrants in non-deferable jobs next Thursday. Those in non-deferable work will move to 1-A and may face induction with a 30 day stay if they show registered with the U S Employment Service for transfer. The War Manpower Commission notes limited data on how many men changed jobs and warns boards can require proof and consider hardship in transfers.
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Charles Molony
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service Bureau
U. S. Employment Service
Emnt
Fowler W. Harper
WMC
Employment Service
Prospects Brighten for Post War Meet at White House
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden met with six other Anglo American officials to discuss war and peace questions. The White House conference lasted about two hours with Hull noting continued exchanges and further talks planned as Eden stayed overnight after his March 12 arrival.
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Washington
United Nations
Roosevelt
Anthony Eden
White House
Hull
Eden
United States
Duke and Wake Law Schools Merge for Joint Operation
Duke University and Wake Forest College law schools will operate jointly from June 1 with a merged faculty but separate registration and graduation. Dean Dale F. Stansbury of Wake Forest said the plan aims to reduce shrinking student bodies and will continue for the duration. Duke extended the invitation after a broader three-school merger proposal fell through.
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Wake Forest
Duke University
Wake Forest College Law Schools
Dale F. Stansbury
Wake Forest School of Law
Duke
Stansbury
University of North Carolina Law Schools
Striking Foundry Workers in Holt to Return Monday
About 350 employees of Central Foundry in Holt Alabama will return to work Monday after a meeting in Tuscaloosa. Dan R. Houston of the United Steelworkers said the pause follows a pledge to reopen union jurisdiction in the plant and after the National Labor Relations Board backed AFL bargaining rights two weeks earlier. Houston added the workers were told an election would decide whether AFL or CIO would represent them.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Dan R. Houston
United Steel Workers of America
CSO
Central Foundry
Pany
Holt
Yestern
National Laborations Board
AFL
Houston
Deermine
Rums Backers Attack Opponent In Tax Debate Bout
In Washington on March 27 a heated tax debate enters its third day as Rep Carlson calls the Rump plan pure demagoguery and Rep Robertson pushes a compromise that would cancel part of 1942 taxes to move taxpayers toward a pay as you go system.
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Rums
Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Roosevelt
Lancs
iDes
D-Tex
Congress
Rep
Robertson
D-Va
Carlson
OWI Slashes Budget For Public Opinion Surveys
The Office of War Information trims about 200000 dollars from its survey budget and will spend around 100000 annually. It downsizes the surveys division from 96 to about 40 staff while keeping a core operation to gauge public sentiment on war effort and allied support. It notes earlier errors in measuring isolationist and interventionist views and concerns over civilian production complacency.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Office of Facts and Figures
OWI
Russia
Australians End Daylight Saving Time Sunday Move
Australians set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. today entering standard time as daylight saving ends across the country.
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Canberra
Australia
Bombers Hit Nauru Island Base in Pacific Raid
U S Long Range bombers damaged Nauru Island fortifications including wharf runway and officers quarters during a Friday raid as Guadalcanal airfield Liberators supported by naval forces pressed attacks on Kiska in the Aleutians.
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U.S
Nauru Island
Washington
Gilbert Group
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Andarracks
Nauru
Equatorial
Truk
Jaluit
Moscow Says 28 000 Of Axis Slain At Orel
The Soviet information bureau reported 28 000 German military deaths since February 1 around Orel, with 20 000 killed in February and 8 000 in March, while Russian losses stood at 6 820. The front held with no major changes, and Soviet forces claimed advances at two populated places amid ongoing Donets sector fighting.
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Moscow
Orel
London
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Belgorod
Donets River
RAF Bombers Raid Berlin in New Night Attack
British bombers struck Berlin on Saturday night with high explosive and incendiary bombs causing damage mainly in residential areas. Five RAF planes were shot down, with two waves reaching the vicinity but few penetrating the metropolitan core. Stockholm reported cut telephone links to Berlin between 10 and 11:30 p.m., indicating a prolonged bombardment.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Stockholm
Mining Steps Opened in Charlotte Copper Project
The Observer reports steps to resume copper mining in Gold Hill district with initial digging aiming for a critical medal and potential full-scale production. Associates include J. A. Terry of Charlotte, mining expert, and J. W. Knowton, Duke Power Company director.
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Charlotte
the Observer
Gold Hill
J. A. Terry
J. W. Knowton
Duke Power Company
Appeals Court Seeks Supreme Clarification on Jap Exclusion
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals asked the Supreme Court to define whether the West Coast excluding order was constitutional. The cases involve Gordon Hirabayashi of Seattle and Minoru Yasui of Portland who challenged convictions under the military order. Questions focus on the president’s war powers and whether reporting to authorities and curfew before exclusion formed a crime.
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San Francisco
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
West Coast
Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi
Seattle
Minoru Yasui
Portland
Circuit Court
United States
Soviet Attitude On Framing Post-War Policies Becomes Major Issue
Senate debate on collective security centers on whether Soviet Union will join post-war policy framing. Senator Reynolds says Stalin is preoccupied with Russia and war outcomes, while Hatch notes Russia may abstain now yet cooperate later.
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Senate
Jack Bell
Washington
Russia
United Nations
Reynolds
D-Nc
Josef Stalin
Stalin
United States
Hatch
RAF Bombers Hit Duisburg and Ruhr Targets in Night Raid
RAF bombers pounded the Rhine city of Duisburg and other Ruhr Valley targets last night, ending a weather lull. Four bombers were lost, and two fighters failed to return. daylight raids occurred on Germany and Holland, with a lone Mosquito covering 600 miles and striking barges and trains.
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Rhine
Duisberg
Ruhr Valley
Leo Branham
London
Dunsburg
Europe
Ruhr
Germany
Air Ministry
Holland
Luftwaffe
Ministry
Sarges
New York
Federal Communications Commission
Calais
France
Hilversum
Netherlands
Bremen
England
Duisburg
Essen
Krupp Armament Works
RAF
St. Nazaire
Allied Planes Bomb and Strafe Japanese Cargo Ship
Allied forces reported bombing and strafing an 8,000 ton Japanese cargo ship off New Guinea near Bogia. An aerial reconnaissance hit the vessel directly while two follow up bombs caused damage. Gunners strafed decks as long range fighters attacked near Malahang and Lae, with raids at Salamaua and Mubo noted but no enemy air contact reported.
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Allied
Australia
New Guinea
High Command
Toy
Bogia
Markham Valley
Lae
Salamaua
Mubo
Berlin Raid Indicated by Cut Telephone Lines
Telegraph lines between Stockholm and Berlin were severed from 10 pm to 11 30 pm suggesting Berlin faced an air raid, Reuters reported from Stockholm. The dispatch notes the timing and implication of potential enemy action.
Nation expands wartime rationing to meats and fats
Washington reports a nationwide extension of wartime rationing on Monday covering meats fats cheeses and edible fats along with tires shoes canned goods sugar coffee gasoline fuel oil typewriters and motor cars. Ches ter C. Davis named food administrator to lead push amid looming food crisis.
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Washington
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis
Allied Drive Through Tunisia Gains Momentum Amid Offensive Push
American troops launched a surprise assault toward Fondouk in central Tunisia as British Eighth Army advances into Marethan fortifications. The push aims to pressure Axis forces near Kairouan and El Hamma, with heavy artillery and fighter bombers supporting operations. Prisoners were reported, and Montgomerry’s forces claimed gains in one sector of the Little Maginot line while French colonial troops captured heights and prisoners.
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North Africa
Fondouk
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Marethan
Kairouan
Maknassy
Berlin
DNB
Medjez-El-Bab
England
Mareth Line
el Hamma
Anis Air Base
Gabes
Western Desert Air Force
Ee] Hamma
Africa Corps
Bernard L. Montgomery
Little Maginot
Montgomery
Zarat
Wadi Zigzaou
Jacques le Clerc
Brazzaville
Reuters
London
Eleven Bodies Recovered From Army Plane Crash
Oliver Springs Tenn March 27 Eleven bodies were removed from the wreckage of a large cargo type Army airplane that exploded after skimming housetops and crashed on the outskirts. There were no survivors. The plane carried Army personnel attached to Pope Field Fort Bragg North Carolina and was on a routine training flight. Parts of the ship were scattered over 15 acres on Dar Kelly's farm. William F Sharp Funeral Home accepted six of the bodies.
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Oliver Springs
Tenn
East Tennessee
Pope Field
Fort Bragg
N. C
Samuel Price
Associated Press
Dar Kelly
William F. Sharp
Illinois Train Collision Injures 40 Passengers
Chicago March 27 About 40 passengers were injured tonight when the north bound Illinois Central Sunflower collided with the rear of the Creole at a South Side station. The Creole coming from New Orleans had stopped at 63rd Street station and the Sunflower from Florida struck it in the rear. Ambulances were rushed to the scene.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Iinois Central
Woodlawn
New Orleans
63Rd Street
Florida
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