Draft Board Doubtful On March Induction Quota
Officials voiced doubt local Draft Board One can meet its March Army call based on the first February pre induction results in Baltimore and pending deferments. Navy calls may also fall short for similar reasons. A review of 2 C and 3 C farm deferments is planned to ensure eligibility under new rules requiring 16 war units for continued deferment.
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Draft Board
Baltimore
Navy
County War Farm Labor Board
Vhis
Athletics Open Spring Training Camp Here March 10
Philadelphia Athletics manager Earl Mack announced the start of spring training in the city on March 10 with daily workouts at McCurdy Field beginning March 13. The club’s advance party arrived to finalize arrangements, with plans for exhibition games against service teams and major leaguers in the area, including a April 5 matchup with the Yankees.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Earl Mack
McCurdy Field
Philadelphia
Roy Mack
Jimmy Flood
Jim Peterson
Buck Newsom
Washington
Athletics
Curtis Bay Coast Guard
Dick Porter
Baltimore
Mackmen
Wilmington
Phillies
Yankees
A's
Yanks
Atlantic City
Orioles
Toronto
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Fighting On Anzio Front Flares Again
Allied headquarters reported renewed fighting on the Anzio front with artillery breaking up German prep for a breakout west of Cisterna and Allied forces repelling Nazi attempts southwest of Carroceto. Air forces bombed Steyr and attacked shipping, with 32 enemy fighters downed and several Escorts. Spaatz and Baker visited crews, noting coordinated air offensive.
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Allied
Naples
Anzio
Cisterna
Carroceto
Austria
Steyr
Italy
Yugoslavia
Air Command
Spaatz
Mediterranean
Carl A. Spaatz
Britain
England
Ira C. Baker
Fifth Army
Cassino
Albert Kesselring
U S War Dead Total 36005 and 157865 Casualties
Washington reports U S war dead total 36005 with overall casualties since Dec 7, 1941 to Feb 7, 1944 totaling 157,865. Army losses include 19499 killed, 45545 wounded, 26339 missing, 26745 prisoners. Sea services show 39737 casualties with 16506 killed and 4911 prisoners, plus 1664 enemy-reported prisoner deaths. Patterson notes many wounded have returned to duty and that enemy figures likely understate true deaths in camps.
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Washington
Patterson
U. S. Army
Sea Services
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Mili and Jaluit Bombed by Allied Air Raids
Tokyo radio claimed American bombers attacked Mili and Jaluit in the Marshalls yesterday with four Liberators aiding the Jaluit strike and additional raid on Taroa reported the previous day. The broadcast was monitored by the U S foreign broadcast intelligence service.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Mili
Jaluit Islands
Marshalls
Taroa Island
Ter
Jaluit
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Wind Wrecks Well Driller And New Barn
A strong morning wind blew a nearly new ten ton well driller through the wall of a new barn on Oscar Shafer’s Knoxville farm. The 37 foot high machine, set up Tuesday, was damaged with removal underway by a second driller used as a crane. No injuries reported as crews assess the damage and clear the site near the Hawaiian night club on high ground.
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Tenton
Oscar Shafer
Knoxville
Shafer
C. A. Cromwell
Route 3
Cromwell
Rockets for Defense
London reports heavy rockets lighting the sky during German raids as part of sustained air defenses. The bombardment shows the city enduring one of the war time barrage periods with rockets streaking upward and exploding brilliantly.
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London
Growing Menace London Scrambles for Rome Aid
London reports a growing menace in Rome and warns of potential damage unless Allied and Axis powers adopt goodwill toward the Eternal City. Pope Pius XII, via Vatican radio, declared last night the crisis and possible salvation if peace efforts succeed.
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London
Rome
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Shangri-La Launch Sparks Atlantic War Entry Symbolism
Portsmouth Virginia February 24 1945 the aircraft carrier Shangri La named to reflect America’s resolve to strike Tokyo set sail on her first run toward destiny as she began her battle voyage into the Elizabeth River amid wartime ceremony and press coverage.
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Shangri-La
Portsmouth
America
Tokyo
Elizabeth River
Nazi General Killed in Allied Berlin Raid
Stockholm reports Gen. Fritz Kuehn, commander of armored forces, killed in an elevator during the February 16 Allied raid on Berlin. Aftonbladet Berlin correspondent confirms the death.
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Stockholm
Fritz Kuehn
Berlin
Aftonbladet
New Tax Bill Overridden By Congress Sets $2.3 Billion Levy
Congress defies the White House and writes a $2.3 billion wartime tax bill. The measure raises individual income taxes by about $665 million, boosts liquor taxes, postal rates, and a 3 percent victory tax on income over $624. It freezes social security payroll taxes, raises the excess profits tax to 95 percent, expands contractor renegotiations, and extends excise taxes to many consumer items including cosmetics, furs, luggage, jewelry, cabaret charges, railroad tickets, and local telephone services.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Diplomatic Exchange Train Crosses Border to Lisbon
The first of three diplomatic exchange trains carrying 36 wounded American aviators crosses the Spanish frontier from France toward Lisbon Portugal. Over 300 diplomats Red Cross workers and journalists from the United States and other American republics join the move with German nationals for the exchange aboard the Gripsholm. Most Americans aboard were interned at Baden Baden since November 1942 after territorial occupation by German forces.
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Jran
Spain
France
Lisbon
Portugal
Red Cross
United States
Gripsholm
Baden Baden
Pvt Woodrow Weddle Wounded in Action in Italy
Pvt Woodrow Weddle son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Weddle 134 West Fourth Street was slightly wounded in action in Italy on January 25 the War Department notified his parents by telegram No further details were given He has been overseas since shortly before Christmas His wife Mrs Mary Jackson Weddle resides at Myersville Before entering the service he worked in war plants in Baltimore
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Woodrow W. Weddle
Jesse Weddle
West Fourth Street
Italy
War Department
Pvt. Weddle
Mary Jackson Weddle
Myersville
Baltimore
House Overrides Roosevelt Veto On Tax Bill Vote
The House voted 299 to 95 to pass a 2.3 billion revenue bill over President Roosevelts veto amid a Democratic rebellion led by Senator Barkley and Chairman Dougherty. Senate expected to act tomorrow. leaders claimed the measure will become law despite objections. The move marks a major legislative setback for the President.
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White House
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Senate
Tall
Rep
Doughton
Rovevelt
House
Barkley
Kentucky
Doughten
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
Coughton
Congress of the United States
Executive
Mr. Roosevelt
Farm Workers Facing Draft Could Hit 1.7 Million
Washington reports Senate Farm committee and four major farm groups moved to modify revised draft rules as about half of 1.7 million farm workers may face induction under new regulations. Senator Bankhead notes aim to protect food production while groups back relaxation. Original deferment required eight war units. new rule demands 16 units with 69 percent of 1943 workers below that threshold.
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Washington
Senate Farm Committee
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Council of Farm Cooperatives
Movement to Oust Tojo Reported in Japan and Shanghai
Reports from Shanghai via Central News Agency say a movement to overthrow Premier Tojo is spreading in Japan with conditions described as increasingly unstable. Handbills reading Down With Tojo and Eliminate Tojo circulated secretly in Tokyo Osaka and other cities. Also noted are wartime radio jamming strips used to defeat Allied radar during night raids over London.
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Chungking
Shanghai
Central
Tojo
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Last of quadruplets dies in Alabama hospital
Decatur Alabama February 24 23 year old Army paratrooper wife DiAnne Hutto loses her last of quadruplets who were born to her. she dies this morning at Benevolent Hospital.
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Decatur
Ala
Dianne Hutto
Benevolent Hospital
Jap Resistance Near End on Nissan Island
New Zealand forces report Japanese resistance nearly finished on Nissan Island in the Green group. About 60 Japanese soldiers were killed in a defense pocket in the island’s southwest corner Peb. 20, with Allied losses of three killed and one wounded.
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Guadalcanal
Nissan Island
New Zealand
London Smoke Rises as Nazi Planes Scout City
London reports a daylight alert amid German night raider fires and Luftwaffe reconnaissance over the capital. Anti aircraft guns opened as two enemy planes passed at high altitude, with damage and deaths from last night’s incendiary and high explosive bombardment.
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London
RAF
Luftwaffe
France
Many Have Broken With Roosevelt
Washington February 24. Senator Alben Barkley declares a clean break with Roosevelt, joining a long list of former allies who clashed with the president over policy. Names include Alfred Smith Raymond Moley Hugh Johnson John L. Lewis Farley Garner Wheeler Smith Byrd and Cotton Ed Smith as party tensions and third term debates persisted.
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Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
Kentuckian
al Smith
John L. Lewis
James A. Farley
John Nance Garner
Hugh Johnson
Hyde Park
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Smith
Raymond Moley
NRA
Johnson
CIO
FDR
Willkie
Farley
Big Jim
Garner
Tydings
Maryland
George
Georgia
Wheeler
Montana
Senators
South Carolina
Byrd
Virginia
Air Assault In Daylight Continued By Allied Planes
London reports heavy American bombers battered Gotha factories and Schweinfurt ball bearings in a fifth day of raids deep in the Reich. Marauders and Typhoons resumed daylight operations while Dutch airfields and northern France targets were hit. Allies claim German fighter production greatly reduced, aiding invasion plans.
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London
Gotha
Ballbearing
Schweinfurt
Reich
Germany
Berlin
RAI
Steyr
Austria
Italy
Army creates personal affairs unit to aid service personnel
Washington reports the War Department forms a personal affairs division within the Army Service Forces to provide information and guidance on emergency financial aid allowances pay arrears war bonds gratuity pay insurance pensions legal assistance employment housing hospitalization and personal effects. Separately, local property transfers include Mr and Mrs Robert L Troxell selling 90 acres near Emmitsburg on Taneytown road for about 5500 and J Frank Lutz selling 422 24 West Patrick Street to Charles F Hartman for about 4300.
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Washington
War Department
Army Service Forces
Army
Dutch warned of flooding if Allied invasion reaches Netherlands
London reports German occupation authorities vow to counter any Allied invasion by blasting the Netherlands dikes and flooding large lowland areas. Dutch sources disclosed today.
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London
Netherlands
Democrats Re elect Barkley As Floor Leader
Democrats unanimously reelect Kentuckian Alben W Barkley as Senate Majority Leader after his dramatic resignation over Roosevelt tax veto. Barkley voiced affection for the President while his leadership was affirmed, signaling a strong party stance in the 1944 election year.
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Barkley
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Kentuckian
Clark
D.-Mo
Tydings
Woodrow Wilson
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
Nazis Raze Mining City in Dnieper Bend
A Red Star dispatch from Krivoi Rog claims German forces destroyed a mining center in the Dnieper bend and killed about 17,000 Russian civilians, with mass graves found at Valinavka. Separately, Dno battles unfold as Soviet and German troops clash for a strategic base east of the Baltic gateway city of Pskov. Britain plans double summer time from April 2 to August 13, announced by Minister Herbert Morrison.
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Red Star
Krivoi
Dno
London
Baltic
Pskov
Strugi Krashoye
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Britain
Herbert
Morrison
House of Commons
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