Reopen Draft Investigation Targets Deferment Policy
Washington on March 15 reports chairman May opens a House military committee probe into draft deferment rules. The special sub committee will consider McNutt and Nelsons push to shift non fathers into industry and fathers into uniform. The new policy bans occupational deferments for under 26 with limited exceptions, reshaping who is drafted and who remains at work on essential war production.
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Mar
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May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
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Costello
D-Calif
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War Production Board
Donald Nelson
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Nelson
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War Manpower Commission
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Selective Service Act
War Department
Army
Selective Service
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Navy
County Officials Attend Kansas City Meeting
A brief session was held by the county commissioners this morning. Afterward two members and several other county officials departed for Kansas City to join a meeting of county officials where bills and routing matters were discussed. Drainage district action votes from March 7 were canvassed and directors announced for Maple Grove and Kaw districts.
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Kansas City
Maple Grove
Vernon M. King
R. Montgomery
Roscoe Pine
Douglas County
Kaw
Albert Brune
Emil W. Heck
F.H. Johns
M. N. Penny
Ed Johnson
E. E. Largon
Mildred D
Local Officials Named in County Administration List
Watson welfare director Mildred LeSner accountant John Gallahan clerk of the court A M Gardner county treasurer and Roy Flory deputy treasurer named in county administration roster.
Food for the World proposed UN food constitution
Washington reports a proposed international food constitution ready for Senate foreign relations committee approval. Dean Acheson and Paul Appleby testified, outlining a plan from the Hot Springs conference to create a world body for production and trade, with a surplus-based ever normal granary concept. Chairman Connally noted possible enabling legislation, while Rashid signaled opposition in the Senate.
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Washington
Mar
United Nations
Senate’ Foreign Relations Committee
Bushfield
R-S.d
America
Dean Acheson
Paul Appleby
Agriculture
United and Associated Nations
Hot Springs
State Department
Connally
D.-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Rural school districts raise Red Cross fund total
Rural districts near completion of Red Cross War Fund solicitations report a total of 3366.43 from nine sources, with 54 districts in 1943 contributing 2217.36. Division chair Harold Fisher announced multiple gifts from districts including Hesper No. 5 89.15 and India No. 55 82.0, among others, all in honor of named individuals. Officers have no clues to the motorist's identity.
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Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross
Harold Fisher
Hesper
John Kasberger
Ralph Grob
Delbert Neis
David Dunlap
Floyd
Dunlap
Delmer Bagby
Robert Hale
Kenneth Edwards
Washington Creek
Maurice Knott
Glenn Freeman
Kenneth Puckett
Howard Gray
Riverside
Chester Spray, Jr
Glenn Oatman
Wallace Harold Taylor
Kenneth Sperry
Bryan Sperry
Robert E. Callins
Leslie D._ Gillimen
Leonard L. Hill
Kenneth L
George Moorman
Donald Smith
Donald Tobler
Edward
W. Robison
Overbrook
Roscoe
Everett Deay
Joe Edler
Bernard Grosdidier
Herbert Grosdidier
Walter Wilson
Robert M. Wilson
Midland’ Orange
Jones
Max Bahnmaier
Carl Bahnmaier
Albert Murphy
Barber
Russell Deskin
Ray Slusser
Glen Rothwell
Howard Rothwell
Grant Love
Lee Love
Laurence Coffman
Howard Dornan
Harold Peterson
LeRoy Bearman
Payments to Go On Dairy Production Continued Through April
Dairy production payments will continue through March and April under War Food Administration rates. Fluid milk pays 50 cents per hundredweight across Kansas except seven drouth counties. butterfat pays 8 cents per pound statewide, with regional differences. Rates offset higher feed costs and support increased dairy output as milk demand rises. January applications due March 31, 1944.
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George H. Butell
AAA Committee
War Food Administration
Kansas
Drouth
Drough
Butell
Russia
Agreement on Stabilization Fund Edges Toward Pact
Washington reports a near final Anglo American Russian Canadian accord on a multi billion dollar gold based fund to stabilize postwar foreign exchange. Parallels with British talks and White currency plan shape the settlement while a final minor point remains. A treasury official expects more Russo American talks before invitations for an international monetary conference are issued.
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Washington
Mar
Keynes
Harry D. White
Treasury
Lord Keynes
Bank of England
Russia
Canada
State Department
International Monetary Conference
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Changes in Price Control Act Sought by House Members
A wide group of House members from both parties backs major changes to the price control and stabilization act. Aaron Ford of the House committee investigating executive agencies reported 26 bills proposing amendments have been introduced, with the latest from Representative Kleberg.
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Washington
Mar
House
Aaron Ford
Kleberg
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Fast Rheumatic Pain Relief
A home remedy advertises Ru-Ex Compound as a quick, inexpensive treatment for rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. Mix with a quart of water and the juice of five lemons, take three tablespoonfuls twice daily, with a money-back guarantee if not improved. Distributed by Round Corner Drug Co and drug stores.
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Round Corner Drug Co
Wartime price controls and sale through ads
A fragment notes a plan to end snoopers and create a base price method for commodities, with a president named board to fix price ceilings. It mentions obtaining a War Bond easily and selling unused household goods for cash via a classified ad, with a contact phone number 22.
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Tex
Senate
Plenty of Moisture Delays Spring Work in Kansas Fields
Topeka reports wet fields slowed spring farm labor across Kansas. Wheat in central and eastern areas shows steady improvement and good condition, while western regions are mixed. Late planted wheat is small and poorly rooted, with soil blowing causing damage. potato acreage forecast reduced in Kaw Valley due to shortages.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
Kaw Valley
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