January Draft Quota Set At Three Hundred Thousand
The War Manpower Commission says about 300000 men may be drafted in January, double earlier expectations, keeping the combined army navy monthly quota at about 300000. Lagging WAC enlistments and October quotas strained January needs, with uncertainty over future drafts and fathers’ status shaping the outlook. OWI criticized WMC for withholding news and proposed regular updates to reporters.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Uncle Sam
Army
War Department
Army Navy
WAC
Draft Board
Selective Service
Pond Harbor
Congress
Office of War Information
OWI
OWT
Elmer Davis
Paul V. McNutt
Manpower Commission
Davis
War Agencies Correspondents’ Association
Philip Broughton
McNutt
Governor Stevenson Takes Granddaughter On Hunting Trip
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson and his nine year old granddaughter went on a hunting trip in Austin. She bagged a deer and a wild turkey with two shots marking her first hunt of the year. Firefighters in Kansas City battled a grocery store blaze as bits of confetti floated on water from hose streams amid 15 000 ration stamps.
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Austin
Tex
Coke R. Stevenson
Kansas City
Kas
Months Of Preparation Behind RAF Ruhr Dams Blasts
The article recounts the months of planning and testing before the May attack on the Mohne dam by Wing Commander Guy P. Gibson and his 19 aircraft squadron. It describes covert training, damology lectures, and precise 45 foot flying as the mission culminates in the dam’s collapse and impact on German industry.
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Nazis Ruhr Valley
RAF
Richard Tompkins
Boston
Ruhr Valley
Britain
Peel
Atlantic Monthly
Guy P. Gibson
Gibson
Bomber Command
London
Mohne
Midlands
Germany
Mohne Lake
Scotland
Wales
Ruhr
Hamm
Lancaster
Her Industries
OPA Sets Price Ceiling on Vegetable Seeds
The Office of Price Administration announced a price ceiling for 14 types of vegetable seeds effective December 4. The rules set maximums per pound for bean, pea, corn, cucumber, lettuce, carrot and other seeds sold by farmer producers, commercial growers, wholesalers, and retailers, with limits also covering seed processors.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Pound
Aggie Coach Calls for Separate Service Teams League
Oklahoma Aggies coach Jim Lookabaugh argues service football teams should form their own league, criticizing mixing with civilian colleges. He says it is unfair to 17-year-old civilians competing against service-loaded elevens and cites lopsided scores like 34 to 0 as harming players and fans.
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Stillwater
Okla
Jim Lookabaugh
Oklahoma Aggies
Nebraska
Minnesota
Lookabaugh
American Legion Meeting Promoted by Urgent Business
The John McLeanst American Legion post meets tonight at 8 at 232 Hobson Street with Joe Coefield. Commander Hi L White urges all members to attend for urgent business.
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American Legion
John McLeanst
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Joe Coefield
Hobson Street
Hi. L. White
Sam Harriss
Passaic
N. J
Hoovers Funeral Home
Sarah Harriss
Kivett Drive
W. N. Williams
Harriss
Anna Bell Harriss
Tar Field Trial derby headlines local bird dog trials
CHARLOTTE derby stake opens today with top pointers and sellers expected on a course off Ford road. Card includes open all age open puppy amateur derby and amateur all age races running in that order. GOLDSBORO swimmers set records Peggy Pate 16 clocks 26.9 for 40 yard breaststroke surpassing Edith Pemberson 1940. PINEHURST golfers compete third pro amateur series event as Carolinas hosts pros and amateurs after Greensboro and Winston-Salem venues.
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Goldsboro
Peggy Pate
Miss Pate
Edith Pemberton
Los Angeles
Pinehurst
Carolina Professional Golf Association
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Final Rites Held For Mrs. B. F. Shirley
Funeral service for Mrs. B. F. Shirley former Thomasville and High Point resident died at her daughter's home in Louisburg. Elder D. R. Pyrtle and Elder L. Rhue led the service at Mrs. Shirley's daughter's High Point home. Pallbearers were nephews M F Workman and others. Interment was in Floral Garden cemetery.
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Thomasville
B. F. Shirley
High Point
Louisburg
R. K. Black
Johnson Street
D. R. Pyrtle
L. Rhue
Winston- Salem
Maurice Ward
Harold Workman
J. G. Workman
A. G. Workman
M. F. Workman
C. F. Workman
Roy Padgett
R. D. Newman
Floral Garden Cemetery
Japs Launch Massive Attacks on Changteh Defense
Reports from Chungking say Japanese infantry, backed by steady artillery and air bombardment, attack Changteh to seize the gateway to Changsha. ChineseHigh command claims over 2,000 Japanese killed after gas assaults. additional enemy losses around Taoyuan and Tzeli, while Chinese forces encircle a Japanese unit north of Hunan. Allied air forces strike Japanese bases, ships, and supply points across the region.
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Chungking
Changteh
Changsha
Tzeli
Taoyuan
Hunan
Tungting Lake
Stilwell
Shasi
Mitchells
South China Sea
Swatow
Kwangtung
Amoy
Luang Prabang
Indo-China
Cam Uong
Gridiron Scores From Yesterday's Games
Yesterday's results show March Field 18 over San Diego 2. AAP Basic Training Center No Ten 19 defeated Cherry Point Marines 0. Salt Lake Army Air Base 30 beat Kearns Field 0. Camp Lee 6 defeated Fort Monroe 0.
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March Field
San Diego
AAP Basic Training Center No Ten
Cherry Point
Salt Lake Army Air Base
Kearns Field
Camp Lee
Fort Monroe
Political voting in service could affect next election
Damon Runyon notes the heated debate over voting in the military in the upcoming presidential race. Republicans fear partisan influence, while a New Deal bill proposes a nonpartisan commission to oversee service voting.
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt Dominates as Service Members Favor Incumbent
A reader argues Republicans must find a candidate familiar to soldiers and sailors abroad to challenge Roosevelt. He notes service members are young and mostly know Roosevelt, limiting the GOP’s reach through propaganda and radio.
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OWI
Roosevelt
Campaigning by veterans shapes the 1944 election outlook
The piece notes older veterans may influence many votes as they campaign for their favored candidate. It questions whether they remained loyal after wartime experiences and suggests this could determine the outcome of the 1944 presidential race.
British Auxiliary Service Women Collect Spider Webs
An archival quote mentions women in the British auxiliary service gathering spider webs for use in precision sighting instruments. The fragment references King Carol and a charged exchange about publishing space for answers, noting a special courtesy to murderers, degenerates, and kings.
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R. Birdwell
Carol
British Auxiliary Service
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