House Near Approval On Allowance Pay Increases
The House moved toward near certainty of approving legislation to boost allowances to dependents of enlisted service members. Proposed: 50 dollars monthly for a wife, 80 for a wife and one child, 20 for each additional child, with smaller rises for totally dependent parents, brothers and sisters. The bill mirrors Senate action and aligns with Republican committee and leader views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Ags
House Committee
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Breeding and Brilliance in Race Horses and Royals
Damon Runyon argues that hit or miss mating in humans yields mixed results. He contrasts royal alliances with horse breeding, noting even careful matings like War Gleam to Man O War can fail to produce champions. He warns breeders are picky, often snobbish, and that merit does not always pass from sire to progeny.
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War
Duce
Saratoga
Warren Wright
Temulac
Sir Galahad I
Sir Galahad II
Count Fleet
Legless Man Released on Draft Evasion
Thomasville reports the release of Albert Melville Servard, a disabled man with both legs amputated, from jail after an FBI interview cleared him on evading selective service charges. Police had sought his arrest but records could not be closed until the FBI involvement. The case followed FBI instructions to arrest him, with release granted Saturday night after FBI interview. An unrelated note mentions minerals in ocean caught fish.
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Thomasville
Albert Melville Servard
Seivard
E. R. Richardson
Ration Roundup Reports Stamp and Coupon Validities
Ration details list books and stamp colors for meats fats and more with expiration dates in October and November 1943, including sugar stamps for home canning and shoe stamps. Gasoline coupons cover regions with varying gallon limits, while fuel oil coupons run through January 1944.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Vichy Regime Aids Nazis In Labor Draft
The Vichy government cooperates with Germany to round up Italians in France for labor in Germany. Gestapo and Vichy police search France forcing registrations. able bodied men and many women sent to work camps. Border reports note arrests of former officials and internments. Italian residents number around 1.5 million, with many displaced from farms. A separate public sale notice lists two lots in High Point, North Carolina with auction details.
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Madrid
Pierre Laval
Vichy
France
Germany
Gestapo
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
Albert Lebrun
Lyon
Associated Press
Francois Poncet
Berlin
Henri Giraud
Chateau Berse
St. Romain
Coos
City of
High Point
N. C
High Point Township
Guilford County
North Carolina
Taylor St
Taylor
Murphy Bain
Rose W. Redding
Ig St
Arnold J. Koonce
Refugee reports German fear and war weariness in observers notes
A Czech escapee from Nazi Germany told the Czechoslovak press of widespread German anxiety over losing the war and fear of retaliation against Britain. He cited rumors of new weapons and pessimism in daily life, plus harsh conditions in prisons and forced labor amid wartime shortages.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
Reich
Somermans
Pasture Stock Changes At Marshall Farm
Four years ago W. R. Bradley of Marshall Madison kept one milk cow on six acres. Last summer the same pasture supported three cows and one horse. The record shows fertilizer use as the answer.
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W. R. Bradley
Marshall
Madison
Government classifies bread as basic national food
Government classifies bread as one of the seven basic foods. The statement highlights bread’s role in national nourishment and policy discussions.
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Damon Runyons
Wgr
Rock
Man O’ War
Sun Emerald
Sun Briar
War Gleam
Sam Riddle
Golden Horse
Evelt
Man O' War
Harns
Sun Beau
Habsburg
Wiener Neustadt
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Merita
America
Lea A
Piya
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