Farm Deferments Expanded as 38 45 Group Reclassified
Washington reports a four point program to defer farm workers and reclassify men over 38 to boost farm labor. Byrnes led committee shapes policy while Senate debates aim to cut peacetime military goals to free more manpower for farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Avhrand Front Todas Ag Eetiile Restorts
Eloce
Norsis
Armed Services
Senator Bankhead
Barikhead
Senate
O'Mahoney
Idawyo
Batitude
War Manpower Commission
Howards
Holi Ip
Munber
Selective Service
Etm
Oper
Cedee
Cai
Gottifern
Wieisiedl
Income Tax Filing Rush Reaches Peak in March Deadline
Mounting advice notes a busy May for filers as volunteers assist taxpayers. Deputy collector reports a surge in returns with many aiming to meet the March 15 deadline for income tax submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deba Ail
Ryper Docatan
Sien
OPA Cuts Women's Stocking Prices To Be Enforced
The Office of Price Administration announced price reductions for women’s rayon stockings effective April 15. Prices drop by five to 40 cents with a new standard stamp on the welt indicating quality and price. Average overall reduction around 15 percent, with grade distinctions and later adjustments for inferior products. Stores and manufacturers given time to clear stock, with grade A and B pricing rules and a schedule reflecting store size and annual sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office Pit Price Administration
GPA
Tax receipts rise in eight months of fiscal year
Tennessee and national tax records show total collections reaching 42,098,943 for eight months, with state receipts up 26,411,142 from the prior year. Amounts include increases from all sources as local figures, and related totals reflect the period ending with substantial growth over 1992.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Hate
Lasrovith
Sliced Bread Ban To Be Removed
The Agriculture Department announced removal of restrictions on sliced bread for home use after improved paper and wax quality. The decision followed talks between Agriculture officials and the War Production Board and is expected to be officially announced today. The ban, effective since January 18, aimed to prevent bread from drying out and was amended to exclude certain commercial bread types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinglon
Lee
Agriculture Department
War Pronetion Board
New Phase of Air War Is Starting
A garbled report highlights a rising phase of World War II air combat. It quotes Harold H. Balfour praising Allied air efforts and notes continued German resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold H. Balfour
Tony
Royal Air Force
United Sites Army Air Forces
Alvercity
Wareee
Tax Plan Advances With 20 Percent Withholding Proposal
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved a pay as you go income tax system with a 20 percent withholding on wages and salaries and a 29 percent levy on taxable pay. The panel backed a Rumic plan delaying one tax year as a transition, while two GOP members opposed the subcommittee report as too indefinite. Next votes awaited on details and exemptions for servicemen, domestics, and agricultural labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Doughton
D-No
America
Rumi
Gearhart
California
Mclean
New Jersey
Cormittes
Armind
Othora
Cncante Pri
Rumi Plas
Aleithough
Boardaiey Rum
New York
Two Soviet Drives Jab At Vyazma West Of Gzhatsk
Soviet forces pressed toward Vyazma and Gzhatsk area as fresh troops filled gaps in German lines. They reported capturing many settlements in Smolensk districts and advancing west of Sevsk and near Gzhatsk while Don basin fighting continued against motorized German columns and tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Enemen
Gzhatsly
Lerino
Vyazna
Gzhatsk
Red Army
Guialsk
Vyarma
Mik
Olenino
Pmn
U. S. Stops Food For Martinique
Washington reports that food shipments to Martinique have not left the United States since late November as American towns landed in North Africa. Undersecretary Welles answered in a press conference that no food ships have departed for Martinique and only coal cargoes have reached the colony since then as clarification of Admiral Georges Robert’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Martinque
Caribbean Sea
North Africa
Welles
Toda
Georges Robert
Robert
Germany
Kyser Seeks Draft Deferment from War Service
Orchestral leader Kay Kyser requests a draft deferment, seeking occupational status as a morale builder. The selective service announced the appeal seeks exemption as a necessary man in essential work, while other requests were declined. Also reported, a French North Africa government bureau administering anti-Jewish measures was replaced by Gen. Henri Giraud, signaling a postwar shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B
Roose
May Kyser
Kyser
British Take First Round In Battle For Tunisia As Rommel's Forces Retreat
Allied observers caution the war’s momentum may be overstated after reports from New Guinea and the Bismarck Sea. Photographs show about 60 Japanese vessels at Rabaul, amid larger concentrations of warplanes across New Guinea bases, while Allied claims of complete destruction of the convoy are disputed by Japanese and Allied sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunisia
Rommel
C. Yates McDaniel
New Guinea
Carel
Western Pacific
Os Presse
Bismarck Sea
Australia
Rabaul
New Guinean
New Britain
New Gubvea
Douglas MacArthur
Associated Press
Imperial
Solomons-New Guinea
No. 16
Marth A
MacArthur
Two Robbers Lose Money In Taxi Theft
Louisvilla to Rodhern reports two youths entered his Louisville cab and later handed him a five dollar bill. When he tried to make change they grabbed it and fled. The purse held four dollars. driver C. V. Markett kept the five dollars. About 20 Eastern Kentucky families plan to move to the Atlantic seaboard to join farm workers moved by the Farm Security Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvilla
Upper Darby
Kentucky
Atlantic Seaboard
Farry Security Administration
Extensions On Filing Tax Returns Can Be Granted
The article describes extensions on income tax filing due to war conditions and revenue uncertainties. Senator Gillette and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Guy Welvering discuss justifiable cases for delaying deadlines, with extensions up to 60 days possible. Banks and commercial agencies may apply for extensions for groups they assist, citing reasons for each case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Gillyle
DeInwal
Enday
Cilette
Guy T. Welvering
Internal Revenue
Bee
Gillette
Cillele
Halvering
Ald
Pacific Fleet Eyes Aimed Strike Against Japan
Widespread naval sentiment among Pacific forces favors an offensive against Japan after recent Allied successes in Guadalcanal and the Bismarck Sea. Crews ponder where to strike next as Admirals Nimitz and Halsey await orders, signaling readiness for broader action from the Indian Ocean to the Bering Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral Sea
Midway
Solomons
Chester W. Ninitz
Pacific
Willam F. Halsey
South Pacific
Indian Ocean
Bering Sea
Air Mail Time Schedule Moved Forward
Postmaster Howard Long announced a complete rewrite of air mail times between Mingsport and Tri City Airport. Three daily messenger mails plus evening dispatches via Johnson City now close earlier to meet new regulations, with specific cutoffs for north, west, and southbound planes and final dispatch to Johnson City. Airmail from southern, eastern, western and northern points also arrives at set times daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mingsport
Tri- City
Howard Long
Johnson City
Birmingham
Ala
Long
Bodies Of 13 Soldiers Found Off Carrabelle Florida
Carrabelle Fla Camp Gore today reported recovery of 13 drowned soldiers from an airborne landing barge that capsized during sea maneuvers off Carrabelle. One Staff Sergeant Chester Domerness of E Pn is missing and presumed drowned. Search for his body continues as Capt. I J Davis says all other participants have been accounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrabella
Fla
Gore Doy Johnston
Aemp
Carrabelle
Chester & Domerness
E Pn
Davis
President Roosevelt Signs Telegraph Merger Plan
The Western Union Telegraph Co and Postal Telegraph merger was signed today by President Roosevelt pending FCC approval. Postal Telegraph faced years of financial difficulties and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation holds about 9 million dollars in stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Postals Telegraph
Federal Comminications Commission
Roosevell
Postall Ans
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Kingsport Control Center Called Best In Tennessee
Miss Nelle Major, field representative of the Tennessee civilian defense headquarters, said Kingsport air yard control center is the best center in the state. She spoke in Kingsport Monday while interviewing local officials about coordinating state systems into a more compact service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Kingsport
Tennessee
Nelle Major
Tennessee Civilian Defense Headquarters
Kingsport Air Yard
Miss Majoc
Big U S Bombers Pound Nipponese Bases In Solomons
American bombers attacked Japanese bases in the Shortland island area and Vila in the Solomons as the navy reported. Shortland and Vila are hundreds of miles from Guadalcanal where U S forces concentrate. The activity indicates the offensive may target stronger enemy positions rather than the central Solomons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Solomons
Washington
Amercan Neavy
Solomon Islands
Suntay
Navy
Shortland Island
Solommians
Guadalcanal
Vila
Shortland
Allied Air Units Hit Japanese Bases Across Southwest Pacific
Allied forces reported a broad air and sea campaign Sunday in the Southwest Pacific. They bombed and strafed airfields at Gasmata Cape Gloucester in New Britain and Salamaua in New Guinea, hit a Japanese cargo ship off the New Guinea coast, and bombed waterfront targets at Port Taeal in the Kai Islands. Aircrews damaged runways, caused fires, and attacked Guadalcanal area supply routes as part of the wider offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australas
Pacific
New Britain
New Guinea
Japan
Salamaua
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
Galamarea
Taeal
Kai Islands
Honor System Fails In Joy Riding Ban
On January 1 the first day of the ban on pleasure driving, a sheet at the northeast corner of Donn Square recorded 6 private cars and 58 cabs in one hour. A hack at the same corner showed 202 autos and 71 cabs, indicating widespread disregard for the honor system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donn
Hanon
Axis Loses 33 Tanks In Futile Smash
Allied Headquarters in North Africa report Rommel’s early assaults against the British Eighth Army near Mareth Line failed. Montgomery’s forces halted two German thrusts, forced a retreat, and destroyed a large share of Rommel’s tanks while British units held the ridge. Allied air and ground actions disrupted Axis convoys and damaged ships as American patrols captured Italians near Gafsa. The day featured heavy fighting with notable air support and continued patrol activity across northern Tunisia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Erwin Romime
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Medenine
Bernard Montgomery
Rommel
Romimel
Waa
Mediterranean
Sicily
Tunisia
Rix
Anis
Gafsa
United States
Pichon
Ousneltis
Tania
Arillery
Cairo
Mit
Lions
Robert M. Hamilton
Kenemore
N. Y
Krone
Plane workers reject WLB wage increase plan
Los Angeles and Pacific Coast aircraft workers oppose the War Labor Board’s new pay raise. Labor leaders say the 4% annual increase proposed for Seattle and 4 cents an hour for Southern California ignores wartime costs, fueling talk of potential strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLB
Los Angeles
War Labor Board
San Diego
WLR
Seattle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kingsport Marine
Onuadalcanal
Dames
Blessing
J. W. Blessing
Walnut Atract
Tio
Prane
Wimvang
Lefe
George Herring
Rochemont
Gai
W. d. Stevenson
Tittsville
Ina J. Trewin
Boston
Mass
Richard Tregeski
Gundales
Nppli
S. B Griffith
Pittsburgh
Pas
Barry Faris
OPA
U.S
Vyazma
Martinique
Kay Kyser
United Nations
Bismarck
Pacific Fleet
Norman Bell
Solamona
Pearlavder
Cam
Kansas City
Kas
Gail Trout
Western Union
Axis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!