Deferment Process Shifts For Young Draft Registrants
Employers seek special forms to retain 18 to 96 year old registrants as the State Selective Service directs approval. Replacement schedule for under 26 largely canceled. decisions on deferments hinge on special form 42.4. Most first forms returned from Baltimore were disapproved. Under 25 likely to be called soon and only scholars with rare wartime skills may receive further deferments. Pre-induction exams in Baltimore target younger registrants. outcome on 1-A reclassification unclear.
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State Selective Service
Baltimore
Past Month Wettest March In Fifteen Years
The wettest March in over 13 years ended last night boosting recovery from the 1943 drought. Total rainfall reached 6.09 inches, 2.61 inches above normal, turning February’s deficit into a surplus. Seventeen precipitation days, two over an inch, eight inches of snow, March was cool with a 77 degree high and few clear days.
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Weather Bureau
Lynch, 90, Shenandoah Valley Lawyer Dies in Winchester
Maurice M. Lynch, longtime dean of the Shenandoah valley bar and active lawyer, died in Winchester after a brief illness. He had been in failing health for several years.
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M. Lynch
Winchester
Maurice M. Lynch
Shenandoah Valley Bar
Heneg
Pope Pius XII to Celebrate Easter Mass Privately
A London dispatch reports Pope Pius XII will celebrate Easter Sunday mass in his private chapel with no broadcast to the public. The Italian source notes there will be no public radio broadcast from the Vatican on that day.
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Pope London
DNB
Pius XII
I s Papa Who Pays Italy Texas Draft Call
C R Dawson father of three children, just turned eighteen, has received a draft call and is preparing for service. His first child was born when he was 15, and another arrived each year since.
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Italy
Tex
E-C. R. Dawson
McNutt figures on 4-Fs questioned as outdated
Washington reports that McNutt and the War Manpower Commission face questions on 4-F figures. Selective Service says its only occupation survey was in 1942 and does not track current 4-F distribution, while WMC cites a 3,620,000 total 4-F count and claims most are in non essential jobs.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Mr. McNutt
House Military Subcommittee
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Selective Service
Shakeups in Jap War Personnel Reported by Tass
Moscow dispatch from Tass cites Tokyo stating Lt Gen Takeo Yasuda is relieved as inspector general of aviation in a Japanese air command shakeup. Gen Yuseroku rises to Yasuda’s post. Lt Gen Kubaysi named chief of staff of national defense. Lt Gen Baron Tokugawa takes command of aviation academy. Also reported Makita named commander Maizuru naval station. Ono appointed Osaka naval defense district commander. In Smithsburg plans surface for a new bank with 850000 capital, replacing the two vacant quarters. locals have used Waynesboro and Hagerstown for years.
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Moscow
Tass
Tokyo
Takeo Yasuda
Yasuda
Rome
Yuseroku
Kubaysi
National Defense
Baron Yoshitoshi Tokugawa
Aviation Academy
Associated Press
Kakusaburo Makita
Maizuru
Makita
Denshichi ‘Okouchi
Naval General Staff
Ichira Ono
Osaka Naval Defense District
Smithsburg
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Balchen Arrives in Sweden on Official Mission
Col Bernt Balchen famed American polar aviator arrived in Stockholm on official duty according to today's reports. He is to meet Swedish officials and discuss aviation cooperation and polar exploration efforts during the visit.
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Balchen
Sweden
Stockholm
Col. Bernt Balchen
Liberators Launch New Month of Bombing in Southwest Germany
American Liberator bombers began a new month of operations with an attack on southwestern Germany, the U S headquarters announced. A Swiss government communique said American bombers dropped incendiaries on Schaffhausen near the German border, causing fires and suspending rail lines into the city. Coastal watchers reported a considerable force of Allied planes crossing the channel after RAF Mosquito raids on western Germany.
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London
Germany
U. S
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Swiss Railways
Sewer Case Is Up Again In Circuit Court
Testimony in Circuit Court before Chief Judge Edward Delaplaine reveals 204 sewer connections were made while J Marshall Staub, Frederick grocer, faced a $10 fine for failing to connect properties to the city sewer system. Plumbers testified connections occurred despite alleged priority issues.
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Edward 5. Delaplaine
J. Marshall Staub
Frederick Grocer
Staub
Alton Y. Bennett
Circuit
Edward J. Smith
Board of Aldermen
Smith
Delaplaine
Jacos Rohrback
38 Service Men's Ballots Are Mailed
The Frederick county Board of Election Supervisors began sending mail ballots to armed forces members for the May 1 primaries. About 38 ballots have been mailed so far, with more dispatched as requests arrive. Some ballots go to APO addresses in New York and San Francisco. others to men overseas. Herman L. Mills of Hagerstown withdrew from the Republican U S Senate race, creating a problem as ballots already mailed may bear his name. officials will not change already mailed ballots but Mills’ name will be removed from future city and county election ballots.
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Frederick County
U. S
Mills
Unclear OCR Brief on Pre Easter Retail Trends in Baltimo
Fragmentary OCR notes describe retail activity and jewelry sales pre Easter in Baltimore and surrounding areas. Mentions unusual jewelry perfumes handbags and shop operators comparing periods, with references to price changes and demand. No clear event or identifiable entities beyond general locations and items.
Fragmentary British News Snippet on War and Travel
A garbled OCR snippet references Britain and Ireland, neutral terms, and wartime travel controls. It mentions United States, convoys, and pricing hints, but the text is incomplete and lacks a coherent event or date. No clear persons or organizations are verifiable from the readable portions.
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London
Findi Ug
Ireland
United Stu
Britain
Under The Line Under The 2 New York Text
An OCR fragment discusses a federal excise tax effect on taverns and retail outlets in New York, noting jammed stores and customers amid changes. The readable portion mentions tax timing and industry impact but lacks clear events or dates.
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New York
Japs Press Toward Imphal Base in Manipur Front
Allied and Japanese forces clash as the Japanese push toward Imphal in Manipur and engage British Indian troops near Ukhrul and Kahima. Reports claim Mashan road junction captured by Japanese, though unconfirmed. Chinese forces encircle Japanese near Laban while air power devastates targets in the theater.
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New Delhi
India
Imphal
Manipur
Berlin
Tokyo
Ukhrul
Kahima
Abrul
Palel-Tamu
Tiddim
Tarward
Burma
Singapore
Mashan
Pont
Kohima
Sir Claude Auchinleck
Indian Legislative Assembly
Supplemental Rations For Ill Persons In Wartime
Washington reports a revised Office of Price Administration procedure for granting supplemental food rations to ill individuals. Local boards issue extras only for certain conditions. other cases go to OPA district offices. Added allowances cover meats fats and oils for pregnancy or diseases like diabetes or tuberculosis with a doctor's diagnosis.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Rumors of Italian King Abdication Circulate in South
Naples dispatch notes unconfirmed rumors that King Vittorio Emanuele may abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Umberto. The prince was absent from his villa and had reportedly wed his father yesterday, while an aide denied knowledge of any abdication plans. Household members were not immediately reachable.
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Naples
Vittorio Empanuelo
Umberto
Tali
Japs May Have Had Enough Of Bougainville
Solomon Islands dispatch from Bougainville on March 29 reports Allied commander Major General Oscar W Griswold stating the Japs have had about enough. Patrols near Kill 129 and Hill 129 described heavy enemy casualties and massed remnants in foxholes as artillery and infantry assaults continued to halt further Japanese attacks.
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Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Oscar W. Griswold
Empress Augusta Bay
Probe of War News Urged By Palmer Hoyt
Omaha April 14 Palmer Hoyt publisher of the Daily Oregonian urged creation of a Senate committee to investigate the whole matter of war news. He said such a panel could find why vital news is withheld and help Elmer Davis review what should be released. Hoyt cited Patton incidents Bari bombing and paratrooper deaths as examples and praised government reporting gains but urged stronger public scrutiny.
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Omaha
Palme Hoyt
Oregon
Office of War Information
Senate
Hoyt
Chamber of Commerce
Elmer Davis
OWI
Daily
Oregonian
Portland
Davis
High Command
Truman
Tarawa
Pacific
Heyl
Bari
Resistance By Nazis And Rumanians Is Crumbling
Soviet dispatches report German and Rumanian resistance in southwest Russia crumbling as Red Army infantry tanks and Sturmovik bombers advance on Odessa Tiraspol and Kishinev. Units surround Odessa outskirts. many Rumanians reportedly surrender as operations press toward Kishinev.
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Moscow
Russia
Odessa
Tiraspol
Kishinev
Bessarabia
Rodion
Malinovsk
Ivan S. Konev
Black Sea
Dniester
Izvestia
Red Army
Ochakov
Gregory K. Zhukov
Zhukov
Konev
Prut
Jablonica Pass
London
Berlin
Carpathian Mountains
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
Detatyn
Borodenka-Kolomea
Czernowitz
Balkans
Russ And Finns Contact Again
Stockholm reports that Finland's cabinet may consider a new Moscow proposal that could pave the way for a ceasefire. Peace envoy Juho K. Paasikivi has reestablished contact after Finland rejected Moscow’s initial terms, as Helsinki imposes strict censorship.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Moscow
Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Peach orchardists fear frost endangering crop on Eastern Shore
Salisbury April 1 Reports swelling buds on peach trees in the Eastern Shore area Berlin and Salisbury orchards express hope for warming temperatures. They warn that a sharp drop within the next week or ten days could ruin the prospective peach crop.
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Salisbury
Berlin
Howe confirmed to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington April 4 Senate waived rules to vote immediate confirmation of President Roosevelt's appointment of Senator Homer T Howe Democrat Washington as a member of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Bone
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Homer T. Howe
D.-Wash
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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