Board reshuffles selective service under McNutt direction
Washington dec 6 The report says Paul V McNutt will retain Major General B Hershey as director of selective service under a new setup giving McNutt control of armed and civilian manpower policy. Hershey leads the system since July 1941 and before was deputy to Dr Clarence Dykstra. Roosevelt ends voluntary enlistments for ages 14 to 38 and suspends inductions over 38 as draft boards adjust to new staffing and service assignment rules.
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Answers To Wer Quiz Winners On Pare Five Patch
Fragmentary notes describe an event titled Wer Quiz with participants named Shenetons and Inugee. References mention a shoulder patch associated with a group or figure linked to an amphibian theme, possibly Kegieeer. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or places.
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Japanese Air Attack On Pearl Harbor Numbers Released
A navy chart reveals Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor with 105 or more aircraft including 21 torpedo planes 48 dive bombers 36 horizontal bombers and fighters. American losses in ships sunk or damaged are higher than previously announced though many ships are back in service or nearing repairs. The chart lists U S Navy and Army losses alongside the enemy’s.
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Frederick County Roads Board needs party representation reform
State Senator John B Funk urged Frederick County lawmakers to return Roads Board appointments to the County Commissioners and pass legislation to bolster minority party representation. He praised progress from 4 miles yearly to 25-30 miles, citing a 1013 mile system and a complete highway plan guiding farm-to-market and state road integration.
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Zeigler Family Notes From Camp Stoneman California
The report mentions Pvt Zeigler stationed at Camp Stoneman California. It identifies Cailey Zveier as the son of Sitwad Mrs Caaries Zeigler from Mid Dletown. The details reflect a military family update from a California locale.
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Camp Stoneman
Cailey Zveier
Sitwad Mrz
Caaries Zeigler
Middletown
Navy Launches Belleau Wood Carrier at Camden Yard
The aircraft carrier Belleau Wood was launched at the New York Shipbuilding yard in Camden at 1 14 p m as part of three war vessels debuting in three consecutive days. Christened by Mrs Thomas Holcomb the ship converts from an earlier 10 000 ton cruiser and is the third carrier from the yard in 15 weeks.
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Cramp Shipbuilding Company
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Wickard Named Food Dictator For Nation
President Roosevelt installed Secretary of Agriculture Wickard as commander in chief of the home food front with sweeping control over production and distribution of foods and farm commodities. An executive order shifts marketing oversight from the War Production Board to Wickard and tightens production authority while keeping price controls under Leon Henderson.
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Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Nelson
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Agricultural Conservation and Adjustment Administration
Sugar Agency
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Security Administration
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Farm Management
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Office of Agricultural War Relations
Distribution Administration
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Agricultural Conservation and Ajustment Administration
Samuel B. Bledsoe
New WPB Food Committee Abolished In Bid To Rebalance Policy
The War Production Board abolishes its food requirements committee chaired by Wickard and replaces it with a new advisory group to counsel Wickard. Nelson remains a check on policy, with any disagreements to be resolved by the President. Wickard seeks higher farm machinery allotments and assumes broader scope as the White House reshapes the national food program.
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WPB
Wickard
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
WPS
Denver
Secretary of Agriculture
White House
Truman optimistic on 1943 military output goals
Senator Truman said 1943 should close with U S military production at miraculous levels, citing progress on planes, tanks, guns and ships. He chairs a Senate committee that has identified bottlenecks, and he expects next year’s targets to be met despite revised quotas after Roosevelt’s January 6 address.
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Truman
D-Mo
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Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Food Administrator Status Mentioned Ahead of Issuance
A fragment notes a shift in status as the subject moves toward becoming food administrator, indicating changes in duties and oversight prior to formal appointment.
Production goals advance as war output tops targets
Planes, tanks, aircraft guns and tonnage targets loom as officials debate reach of 1943 production goals. Senator Connally backs meeting aims while Wheeler and Johnson praise industry effort and optimism grows about beating Hitler and Japan.
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