New Selective Service Rules Being Observed
New rules curb tests and deferments as local boards shift to direct reporting for LA classifications. The Navy and Army will grant longer furloughs, with continued deferments only by authorization, while certain non-fathers and workers in agriculture and essential services are exempt. A Brooklyn man in New York paid a $50 fine for smoking aboard a docked steamer under the War emergency act.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Congress
Air
Marine Corps
Natonal Selective Service Headquarters
Merchant Marine
Army Transportation Corps
New’ York
Brooklyn
German Manpower Shortage Seen on Home and War Fronts
Washington reports a growing German manpower shortage evident on both battlefronts and the home front. Russians and Germans suffer heavy losses, with millions of veterans and prisoners benefiting from disability and war-related payments. Allied forces remain relatively fresh, while a 1918 parallel suggests Germany could face a decisive turn if autumn strikes.
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Thomas M. Johnson
Washington
Rome
Russia
Red Army
Czechosloy i Mili Intel
Frantisek Oravec
Germany
Hitler
Reichswehr
Europe
Poorly Equipped Doughboys Fight On Near Rome
United Press report from south of Rome details American troops fighting amid heavy German tanks self-propelled guns and machine gun nests. Witnesses describe heroic acts involving hand to hand combat, explosive charges against tanks, and sacrifices as mortars shell the sector. A correspondent and Captain Neil S Cashman recount frantic moments under mortar rain amid smoke and dust. A stray note mentions Japan’s earthquake zone with minor tremors.
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Reynolds Packard
United Press
Rome
Jan
Dough Boys
Neil S. Cashman
St. Marks Catholic Church
St. Paul
Minn
London
Quit Playing Politics Say Dads
The National Council of the American War Dads appealed to all parties to stop political maneuvering and unite to win the war quickly. At a two day meeting in Kansas City the group urged revising laws to include World War II veterans in existing hospitalization and dependents benefits.
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Kansas City
National Council of the American War Dads
Doubt Franco Will Break With Axis Nations
London reports mixed Spanish views on General Franco possibly breaking with the Axis under pressure from the United States and Britain. Analysts cite oil supply, Allied blockade threats, and Franco’s ideological leanings as factors shaping any rupture, with Madrid observations and diplomatic moves noted from Buenos Aires to Berlin.
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London
Francisco Fran
Spain
Buenos Aires
Madrid
Anthony Eden
Franco
United States
Thto
Washington
American Department of State
Britain
Associated
Americas
Valladolid
Leon
Berlin
Gines Vidal Y Saura
Paris
Duke of Alba
Lisbon
Samuel Hoar
Naval Fliers Die In St Louis Area Plane Crash
Two navy fliers died when a training plane with two aboard crashed near St Charles Missouri. Ensign W L Blankenmeier of Kirkwood was killed instantly and Aviation Cadet Walter T Parker Jr of Washington DC died an hour later.
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ST_ LOUIS
Naval
St. Charles
St. Louis
W. L. Blankenmeier
Kirkwood
Walter ‘T. ‘Parker Jr
Washington, D.C
Tokyo Ignores Complaints Of Atrocities Amid War Protests
Washington report details U S protests since Pearl Harbor over Japanese crimes against POWs and civilians including torture and murder. State Department notes 39 protests in 1943, Geneva terms urged, and Swiss protection efforts failed to curb abuses. Also mentions retaliation threats and ongoing appeals for prisoners lists, food, heat, medical care, and access for Red Cross observers.
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State Department
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Hull
Switzerland
U. S
Tokyo
Red Cross
China
Thailand
Burma
iState Department
Wake Island
Main Points In Jap Atrocities Against Yanks
Washington reports list key complaints against Japan in mistreatment of American prisoners and civilians. The State Department review cites torture denial of food medical care clothing living conditions and religious freedoms along with failures on prisoner lists exchanges trials and postwar accountability. Officials warn Japanese officers will face punishment for depravity and barbarity in war crimes.
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Washington
Tokyo
State Department
Department
Japs Deny Atrocities Claim In Tokyo Broadcast
Tokyo officials denounce Allied charges of Japanese cruelties as a stunt to inflame public opinion and accuse Allied leaders of war crimes themselves. Iguchi is quoted saying the Allies will pay for what they did, including attacks on a Japanese hospital ship and civilian internees. In Chicago, winter birds stay home amid mild weather.
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London
Tokyo
DNB
Sadao Iguchi
Domei Agency
Iguchi
U. S
Chicago
Chicagoland
Gordon Pearsall
Finois
Emporia Hopes Young Bill Will Take Gazette
Emporia, Kansas residents await word on the fate of the Gazette after the death of William Allen White. The son known as Young Bill has handled editorial duties and could carry on the paper’s legacy. crowds gather as leaders send telegrams of mourning and tribute while Emporia resumes life after services.
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Emporia
Bill
Kan
Feo
Emporians
Gazette
William Allen White
Commercial Street
W. L. White
Young Bill
Memoria
College of Emporia
Kansas
Sym
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