Draft objections spark fight over 4 F rejects
The article reports Selective Service spokesmen criticizing Army medicos for rejecting many inductees deemed mentally unfit. It notes about six hundred thousand of three million classified 4-F were barred for lack of nervous stamina, and discusses impacts on industry and agriculture, plus calls for tighter rules and possible draft of fathers. It covers broader debates with nurses, educators, and officials on testing, education requirements, and potential peacetime care measures.
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War Department
Stimsonians
U.S. Office of Education
General Fleming
FWA
Army
Navy
Victory
Washington
Charles P. Taft
Education
Senate
House Education Committee
Elbert Dr. Thomas
Utah
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Taft
Capitol Hill
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Pearl Harbor
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Deputy Finds $560 With Three Children In Washington
In Oating Washington a deputy recovered 560 dollars found in the possession of three children who claimed they took it from a car. The search led to a logging camp worker John Skiauter who admitted he had missed the money but said he was too busy to report it.
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Stimson
Congress
Oating
Wash
John Skiauter
War front contentment masks home front discontent survey
A nationwide survey of 69 congress members from 42 states finds most respondents report general public satisfaction with wartime progress, but widespread criticism of domestic war effort and regulations. The Office of Price Administration is named for criticism. manpower handling draws little complaint amid draft debates. President Roosevelt defends domestic measures and acknowledges some mistakes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
st sacov_isiatcu
Scummbe
Roosevelt
America
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Shell Turns Sailor Into Human Bomb
A 23 year old Rock Island man Allen L. Gordon served as fire control man third class when a 20 MM shell pierced his chest area but did not explode. He was transported ashore November 22 1942 and later underwent surgery to remove the shell from his hip. Despite infection he recovered enough to return to the United States for continued treatment. His case highlights mobile hospital unit safeguards protecting sailors in the Pacific theater.
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South Pacific
Allen L. Gordon
Rock Island
Ill
Gordon
United States
Pacific
Navy
GOP Sees Politics in FDRs Talk
Washington Sept 18 Republicans charged President Roosevelt’s war progress message was campaign material aimed at sidelining domestic issues. Democrats denied the claim, with Taft Bridges and Aiken interpreting the address as steering focus to foreign war efforts and demobilization while proposing social protections for service members.
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Sept
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Roose- Veit
Teacm
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Aiken
R-Vt
Congress
Awarded Medal at Seymour Johnson Field
Captain William C. Sharpsteen operations officer at Seymour Johnson Field and Private First Class Virginia Lee Hokenstad of the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve were awarded medals by Col. Donald B. Smith at the low air base. Sharpsteen received the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster for bravery in action in the Solomon Islands.
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Goldsboro
William C. Sharpsteen
Seymour Johnsson Field
Virginia Lee Hokenstad
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Lo.w
Donald B. Smith
Sharpsteen
Solomon Islands
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