Deferment List Maps Wartime Draft for Key Men
Washington circulates revised key deferment plan authorizing state draft directors to defer essential workers under 26 whose induction would curb coal production. Pre professional students may defer if entering recognized medical or theology schools before July 1, with further rules for engineers and science majors. 4-F labor draft prospects dim as lawmakers debate aims to channel war work into labor units. Delinquency reports rise modestly, prompting talk of centralized pricing and rationing controls.
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Selective Service
Hershey
Tues@uy
House Military Affairs Committee
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Costelo
House
Costello
Wherry
Nebraska
Congress
MacArthur Vote Appeal Tests Illinois and Nebraska
A long, patchy report traces MacArthur and Stassen in Illinois and Nebraska primaries. It notes delegates claimed by each camp, mentions Dewey Bricker and Roosevelt alignments, and surveys expected tight votes amid weather and ballots. It cites Chicago backers, Kaiser, McCormick, and various regional viewpoints on the 1944 presidential contest.
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MacArthur
Illinois
Nebraska
Warrie
Harald FE
Stassen
Mjinals
Grneval MacArthur
Rey Bender
Chicago
Dewey
New York
Bricker
Ohio
Green
Ilinois
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Henry J. Kaiser
Roosevelt
Nebraska -Stassen
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
New Yorker
Aduxew
Charlestonn
W. Va
Hartiisburg
Prohibition Party
Pennsylvania
Spokane
Wash
Northwest
Wall
Los Angeles
Greral Walker
Greensboro
N. C
Edward R. Burke
Byrd
I Va
Phoenix
Ariz
Clarence’ Budington Kelland
L. C. Holmes
Republican National
John Thames
D-Thaho
Tittle Rock
Ark
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
Arkansas
Ralph H. Cake
Wilkie
Oregon
Flynn jokes over the black eye after party clash
Hollywood reports Errol Flynn quips about a black eye from a birthday party clash with Marine Capt. Dan Topl, calling the incident a minor flare up. Flynn says the misunderstanding was patched up and describes Topl as a close friend who hit him harder once. Sonja Henie’s Beverly Hills home is mentioned in the account.
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Flynn
Eve Flynn
Dan
Dan Topl
Sonja Henri
Flyan
Miss Henle
Beverly Hills
U S Planes Tightening Tokyo Ring
Navy Secretary Knox described maps showing the gradual tightening of U S control around Tokyo from Guadalcanal to the Pacific front. He cited successful Allied counterstrokes from December 1941 onward and predicted British forces could halt a thrust near Imphal. War motets note at the Elks Club invites mothers with children in service.
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Pacific
Navy
Knox
Tng
Tokyo
U.S
India
Tmphal
Elks Club
Draft order tests varied U S selective service plans
Washington report explains how the draft boards face differing rules as a sweeping 18 through 25 enlistment with tight exceptions for 26 to 28 and 26 to 38 groups. Induction timing depends on local board decisions and community needs.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Sélective Service
Usal
Army
Pary
Savannah
Cyr. Tiret
Lucius B. Manning
Tven
Hunter Field
Ackilee
Herteselie
Ala
Manning
American Airlines and
AAA
Consolidated Aircraft
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Black Eye
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