10 In Every 14 Men Soon To Be In Armed Forces
War Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt told the House Military Affairs committee that by year end ten of every fourteen men aged 18 to 38 would be serving in the armed services. He noted the figure covers those who can meet physical requirements and would be fighting men, amid discussion of college training for the services. A Senate panel meanwhile sought Wickard to detail farm production funding and manpower sources.
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Washington
Paul ¥. McNutt
House Military Affairs Committee
Armed Services
McNutt
Army
Navy
Representative Brooks
D-La
Major Draft Call Advances For Early Examinations In Baltimore
The largest single call by local Draft Board One announces 76 registrants from the fifth registration 18 to 20 years old with 66 white and 10 colored, including two transfers. Several volunteers listed by name, with many from Walkersville, Frederick, and Brunswick areas. A second call for married men and collateral-dependency cases is expected, plus naval and coast guard selectees with pay starting at induction.
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UUW Lb Wells
Baltimore
Draft Board One
Naval Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Joint Arms-Navy
War Manpower Order 60 Day War Job Mandate Issued
Washington February 24 The War Manpower Commission selects a sweeping edict to end dependency deferments for thousands by April 1. The new rule lists non deferable job occupations in manufacturing wholesale retail and service sectors and names specific roles including bar staff, clerks, waiters, and various craft trades to prioritize essential war work. The order aims to shift eligible men, including those with dependents, into essential employment to relieve labor shortages in war industries.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service Bureau
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
U. S
360 Guests Flee From Hotel Fire
A fire in a closed stairwell at the Mount Rouval hotel in Baltimore forced 360 guests to flee their rooms. Firemen quickly extinguished the blaze with no injuries reported. About 100 servicemen with apartments and porters went door to door to wake occupants.
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Baltimore
Mount Rouval Hotel
Treasury backs 19 percent withholding tax plan
Washington February 2 The Treasury urged enactment of pay as you go withholding at 19 percent to replace the current five percent victory tax. The plan would add to the six percent normal income tax and 13 percent top surtax, with about 70 percent of taxpayers fully current. Deferment during transition to the new system was proposed to ease hardship.
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Washington
Die Lions of America
Treasury
Additton
Randolph E. Paul
Treasury General Counsel
House
Ways and Means Committee
dedAuetians
Paul
Congress
Beards
Rum
New York
Rivalry Over Nylons Sends Prices Skyward in NYC Bout
In New York on February 2 Macy and Bloomingdale Brothers battled over spun nylon stockings with a ceiling at 1.83. Macy’s offered 22 cents with a three pair limit as Bloomingdale’s matched 22 cents. Crowds of women packed the scene amid the store rivalry and price drops. Separately, local government notes include Toomeas assuming duties on the Board of Assessors in Walkerville and reassessment actions in New Market, and news that the Federal Works Agency approved a $42,000 Camp Ritchie recreational facilities project with construction by the federal government.
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Bloomingdale's
Toomeas Walkersville
Saylor
E. C. Speaks
Stor
New Market District
Grayson H. Mercer
Su Jperchent
Lamar
J. Glenn Beal
Federal Works Agency
Camp Ritchie
Casablanca Conference Seen As War-Winning Effort
President Roosevelt described the Casablanca talks with Churchill as aimed at winning the war and fulfilling his congressional pledge that the United Nations would strike hard in Europe. He stressed no negotiated armistice for the Axis, noted Brazilian gains against submarines, and discussed French North Africa politics and the Giraud-De Gaulle split while traveling 16,965 miles.
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Casablanca
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Europe
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Brazil
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North Africa
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Giraud
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Jap Resistance In Burma Is Strong
British communique reports Japanese forces resisting near Donbaik on the Mayu peninsula toward Akyab. Forward patrols operate in the Tamu area of the upper Chindwin district. RAF bombers attacked two Japanese occupied villages on the Maru peninsula and then targeted positions on Akyab Island, starting fires.
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Burma
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Mayu Peninsula
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Maru Peninsula
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War Wagon Trailer Offers Stand Sit Seating For War Workers
Washington Foo reports a Brooklyn designed 24 passenger war wagon trailer mounted on a farm trailer chassis and attached to a sedan configured to carry 14. The stand-sit cars emphasize standing travel to maximize transportation while conserving rubber steel and other critical materials, per the Office of Defense Transportation.
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Washington
Foo
Brooklyn
Office of Defense Transportation
Americans Drive Nazis From Sened Village In Tunisia
American troops raided Sened near Maknassy on the Tunisian coast, repulsed a German counterattack, and withdrew after completing their mission. Allied reports say air forces struck Tunis docks, downing 12 German fighters as Eisenhower potentially heads North Africa command.
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Clost
Maknassy
Stromg
Tunisian
Sened
Faid
Tunisia
Port du Fahs
Tunis
Ther
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Cairo
Ziate
Sener
Makmassy
Pont du Fahs
Faid Pass
Gafsa
Sidi Bouzid
Equal Trade Rights For Russia And China
London, Feb 24. In the House of Commons debate on economic policy Earl Winterton argues Britain and the United States should treat Russia and China as equal partners in postwar trade talks. He warns against an exclusive British American plan and notes the U S could be superseded by Russia or China in 25 years.
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London
House of Commons
Earl Winterton
Great Britain
United States
Russia
China
United Staton
U. S
Two Japanese Warships Damaged Off Shanghai
Chungking dispatch reports two Japanese warships damaged and several ships carrying mice aboard seen sailing about 40 miles off Shanghai. The damaged vessels were forced to return to Shanghai for repairs.
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Chungking
Central Daily News
Tee Ath My
Shanghai
U S Forces Use British Supplies In Lend Lease Testimony
Majore George A. Spiegelberg told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that U S forces in the United Kingdom have spent about 1 million dollars on purchases from British commercial sources since last June. He noted British deliveries underpin American needs, including radio equipment, under reciprocal aid arrangements, as part of the lend lease program.
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Washington
George A. Spiegelberg
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
United Kingdom
U. S
Spiegelberg
General Purchasing Board
Lend Lease Administration
R.A. F
Arrested As He Reports For Induction
A Frederick County resident named Gouker was arrested before reporting to a Rockville draft board for induction. He faces embezzlement charges from about $200 taken from bread route collections over several weeks, with the alleged theft connected to his work driving a Montgomery County route. The case involves Gilmer Castle and deputy R Paul Buhrman led the investigation, and Gouker is jailed awaiting grand jury action or a possible preliminary hearing.
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Rockville
Robert Gaiker Pt
Thin County
Woilfsville
Gilmer T. Castle
Castle
Gouker
Montgomery County
R. Paul Buhrman
Gouxer
Beverage Revenues Fall Short Of State Budget
Annapolis Feb 2 State Comptroller J Millard Tawes says revenues from alcoholic beverage taxes are expected to total 2 092135 million, well below the 11 030 1000 million budget estimate for 1944 and 1943.
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Annapolis
J. Millard Tawes
Stubborn German Resistance Breaks On Southern Front
London reports say stubborn German resistance on the southern Russian front has collapsed and German retreat is underway as Soviet radio monitored by Moscow notes gains. Russians claim taking fortified towns west of Voronezh and pushing toward Kursk, with heavy clashes elsewhere near Rostov and other targets.
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Kursk
Rostov
Moscow
Red Army
Zernovory
Insk
Aiarkov
Krasnodar
Lochan
Voroneeh
Kochetovka
Lentz
Lorient U-Boat Base Devastated by Allied Bombing
London reports heavy damage at the Lorient German U-boat base in France. Ten acres of the naval arsenal wiped out and about 75 percent of the headquarters building damaged according to the Ministry News Service. Additional night raids by heavy British bombers followed the reconnaissance photos.
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London
Lorient
France
HGS Tae Akin Ministry
Naval
Get A Horse He'll Have To Get A Horse Yelled
A motorist who shouted get a horse to a crowd awaiting a streetcar faced possible action. A party member reported the license to the factioning board, which ruled the man was cruising and ordered surrender of all but one of his current A coupons.
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Del
Gas Rations Renewed by Mail for Expiring Books
Washington February 2. Holders of B C E and Rt gasoline rations may renew expired ration books by mail. The Office of Price Administration will mail application forms. Local boards will issue forms as wheat rations expire and permit garlic? by mail.
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Washington
B.C. E
Office of Price Administration
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