Farm labor policy shift amid 1943 draft deferment limits
Our Daily Bread notes that Selective Service and the Manpower Commission indicate scarce deferments in 1943, with a policy favoring agriculture. Chaiman McNutt and General Hershey say 4 million more soldiers needed, many from war plants, possibly boosting farm labor. Hempstead county faces 50 percent idle acres. outcome depends on labor migration.
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Selective Service
The
Manpower Commission
McNutt
General Hershey
Washington
Hempstead
New Pay As You Go Tax Plan Is Proposed Today
Washington February 14 Amid capital concern over tax liability the United States Chamber of Commerce proposed a new pay as you go plan based on deferring 1942 liabilities until postwar. Ellsworth C Alvord chaired the plan presented to the House Ways and Means committee. A 20 percent withholding tax would start to collect soon and apply after July 1 to cover current liabilities while deferred 1942 obligations would be settled later, with no interest and a discount for early payment.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce Today
Ellsworth C. Alvord
Chamber
Federal Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Alvord
Treasury
Morgenthau
Doughton
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Ship May Be Named for Arkansas Town
Citizens of Carthage Ark. petitioned for a United States cruiser to bear the name U S S Carthage arguing the name honors all Carthages in the country. Senator Hattie Caraway pressed the Navy which promised to submit Carthage for consideration to Secretary Knox on the next cruiser naming.
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Washington
Citigens
Carthage
United States
U.S.S. Carthage
Imugeneue
Carthag Ark
Urena
Hattie W. Caraway
Ark
Navy
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Carthage Lo
Knox
Senate Restores Budget After House Increases Salaries
In Little Rock on February 14 the House restored Senate cuts in the general appropriation bill by adding back 780 to the governor's budget and 8000 to the secretary of state's. The chamber approved higher pay for the governor's office and the secretary of state's staff, and approved other raises including a librarian and clerical staff. A measure to cancel county road taxes for armed service members was proposed. Also passed without dissent was a Senate bill boosting the Jefferson County treasurer's salary to 4600 and increasing the deputy's pay. The bill moves to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
House
Senate
James R
Campbell
Garland County
Secretary of State
State
Lee
Arkansans
Tne
Jefferson County
It Could Be Verse By Ann Corie Revealing Lines
Ann Corie, once noted for striptease, becomes an author with a book of verse titled Revealing Lines. The collection explores her views on men, life, and the drama in a candid, literary turn for the performer.
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New York
Ann Corie
Two American Ships Sunk in Solomon Sea Air Battle
The Navy reported one heavy cruiser Chicago and another American warship sunk or damaged as Japanese forces lost 60 to 61 planes and 12 destroyers in a week of sea and air combat near Guadalcanal beginning January 29. The clash aimed to hamper Japanese withdrawal from the island as American troops pressed forward.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Pifdeen
Chicago
Solomon Island
Navy
Guadalcanal Island
Chicago Commander Dwight Wilson Believed Lost Aboard USS Chicago
Local officer Dwight Wilson son of Mrs May W Wilson of South Bristreet and brother of Postmaster Robert M Wilson is believed aboard the cruiser Chicago. He served with the ship since December 6 1941 the day before Pearl Harbor and was recently promoted to commander. No casualty list has been released but dispatches report loss of life small and all next of kin have been notified.
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Dwight Wilson
May W. Wilson
South Bristreet
Robert M. Wilson
Chicago
Pearl Harbor
Navy Department
Loss of 9500-ton Chicago after two air torpedo hits
The 9500-ton cruiser Chicago was sunk after two aerial torpedo attacks. The first strike on January 29 damaged the ship while it protected American transport movements. The following day 18 enemy torpedo planes sank her as 12 planes were shot down by US forces. One other American destroyer was lost and three motor torpedo boats were casualties. next of kin were not fully notified.
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Chicago
United States
Navy
Whiskey Bill Author Put On Spot by Wets
In Little Rock on February 16 the author Rep Elbert A Leasure faced opposition as House opponents to the fighter law repealer amended the bill. Rozzell Pulaski moved to divert 8333.33 from Beebe White County to Clinton and Huntsville vocational schools. Leasure argued the amendment was not germane and planned to seek an attorney general opinion. The chair had previously ruled two other amendments not germane and the amendment blocked a final vote on the repealer.
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Little Rock
House
Elbert A. Leasure
White County
Beebe
Forrest Rozzell Pulaski
Bee School
Clinton
Huntsville
Housewives Urged to Attend Ration Meeting
Miss Erhline Rowden of State OPA Office Consumer Division will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in City Hall. On February 1 in cooperation with the Consumer Interest and Food and Nutrition Committee of Hope. All housewives urged to come with pencil and paper ready to help neighbors learn how to use the new point system rationing book.
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Erhline Rowden
OPA Office Consumer Division
City Hall
Consumer Interest and Food and Nutrition Committee of Hope
German Broadcast Admits Russians Reach Kharkov Suburbs
German high command announced that Russians entered the outer suburbs of Kharkov and fought there. AP tally noted 20 Soviet tanks destroyed as the Red Army pushes toward the Dneper, threatening the southern battlefront from Orel to Rostov and the fall of Kharkov as a major Ukrainian stronghold.
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London
Fels
Kharkov
Associated Press
Russia
Orel
Rostov
Dneper
Ukraine
Eddy Gilmore Mostow
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Bolshie Saly
Taganrow
Donets
Mle
Kiev
Chuguey
Lozavaya
Kramatorsk
Cal
F. Vatutin
Shakhty
Likhaya
Voroshilovsk
Nelson to Fire Eberstadt and Seek WPB Harmony
Washington February 16 A War Production Board chair says he will dismiss vice chair Ferdinand Eberstadt within days to restore civilian control over production. The move follows a months long power struggle with the armed services and a shift of seven divisions to Charles E. Wilson while Bernard Baruch’s influence grows. Baruch may take over the WPB chair, though he has not accepted a government post.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Ferdinand Eberstadt
WPB
Armed Services
Eberstadt
White House
Nelson
Bernard Baruch
General Electric Company
WDB
Robert P. Batterson
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Neson
Elsan
Vives
Baruch
New York
Wilson
Air Trainee Hits A Liquid Jackpot In Vending Prank
In Miami Florida Army Air Corps trainee Eugene Gelsman bought a soft drink from a vending machine and fed four nickels. A string of free drinks appeared as one after another popped out prompting fellow officer candidates to join a quick line and seize the free beverages.
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Miami
Fla
Eugene Gelsman
Army Air Corps
Nother
Wickard Seeks Greater Food Production
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard pushed for a $100 million incentive program to spur higher farm output, despite a subcommittee vote against it. He warned the action was ill timed but vowed to pursue increased producer returns and urged farmers to meet goals for soybeans peanuts flax and other crops. He faces an inquiry into food production and distribution and cited labor shortages and dairy cow sales as concerns.
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Paul H. Barkly
Washington
Hove
Wickard
Congressional Farm Bloc
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Senate Military Committee
Variculure Department
Congres
Tmtiai
City to build $50,000 subway and underpass in Hope
Hope officials announce a $50,000 plan for a Hervey and Division street underpass and a Washington Division street pedestrian subway. The project aims to improve the Pond Division Hervey intersection and reduce crossing danger for schoolchildren while addressing past disputes with Missouri Pacific and wartime material bans.
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City of Hope
Hervey and
Division Street
Missouri Pacific
Washington and
Division Streets
Etty Council
Albert Graves
Hope
United States
War Production Board
Wes Division Street
Hervey Street
Pond, Division and
Hervey Streets
Pond Street
Washington Street
Missouri Pacific Railroad
WPB
U S Bombers Launch Second Raid on Rabaul
American air forces led a second night strike on Rabaul and targets on New Britain. Flying Fortresses dropped about 88 tons of bombs on wharfing and storage installations, with 28 percent fewer planes than the previous raid and minimal damage to personnel.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
Pacific
New Britain
Five Doctors Examine Gandhi in Poona Fast
Five doctors examined Mohandas Gandhi as he entered the seventh day of his fast in Poona India. They then conferred at the Aga Khan Palace where Gandhi is detained but offered no information on his condition.
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Poona India
VPI
Mohandas Kk. Gandhi
The
Aga Khan
Gandhi
Cold Wave Slams East Killing At Least 27
AP reports the nation’s east endures a second day of the coldest spell with at least 27 dead from exposure and frostbite. New England sees heavy subzero temps, fuel oil shortages, and transport delays as nine die in New York, five in Pennsylvania, two in New Jersey, and Boston area records drop to 50 degrees below.
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Associated Press
New England
New York State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Boston
New Befford Mass
Warrensburg
WN. Y
City Election Officials Are Announced
City Central Committee names election officials for the preferential primary on February 18 and runoff on March 11. One contested mayoral race features E P Young W S Atkins and the incumbent. lists include ward judges clerks and sheriffs with voting sites at City Bakery Court House and City Hall.
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City Central Committee
W. 5
Atkins
Ward One
E. G. Capp
Lea Hartsfield
Chas. F. Routon
Charks—Jas. Wm. Cantley
Luamar
Pine Bluff Cadet Killed in Crash
Two Ellington field flying cadets died in a training plane crash 16 miles northwest of Batson. Cadets Major F. Russell 19 of Nacogdoches Texas and Thomas F. Rowland 23 of Pine Bluff Arkansas were identified by field authorities. Also included is news that U S Senator Hattie Caraway declined to address Arkansas legislature due to illness. Senator John L. McClellan will speak at a joint session February 25.
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Houston Tex
Ellington Field
Batson
Major F. Russell
Isom P. Russell
Nacogdoches Tex
Thomas F. Rowland
T. F. Rowland
Pine Bluff Ark
Caraway
Little Rock
U. S
Hattie W. Caraway
Way
Arkansas
John L. McClellan
General Assembly
Rommel Forces Hit Back In Tunisian Tank Fight
Allied forces in North Africa report Rommel throwing armored units at American positions near Faid Pass in central Tunisia. The counterattack was repulsed as American and French troops regain ground, with air support and bombings targeting Axis supply lines.
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Allied Force Headquarters
North Africa
Dwight D. Esenhower
Tunisia
Rommel
Fald Pass
Wes Gallagher
Nort Africa
Americ
Erwin Romme
Fa Pass
Gafsa
Dipatches
Sidi Bouzid
Sfax
Germany
Africa
Eighth Army
Ben’ Gars Dane
Bord
Mediterranean
United States
Naples
Paleme
Sicily
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Faid
Sheitla
Carthage
Hannibal
Rommier
Italy
Libyan
Egypt
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunis
Bizerte
Tunisha
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Alex. H. Washburn
California
Whiskey Bill
Europe
U.S
Pine Bluff
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