4-Fs Rush to Learn Job Status in USES Offices
A surge of 40 to 50 inquiries daily from 4-F draft classification men seeks current occupational status at USES offices. E. A. Elliott, area director of the War Manpower Commission, says USES staff assist 4-Fs in confirming essential work or switching to essential jobs. In Europe, Gen. Mark W. Clark tightens troop discipline with roadside courts martial and fines, while military police set check points on roads to the front with minor violations leading to court martial.
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E. A. Elliott
War Manpower Commission
Wednedsay
West Naz' Va
WMC
George Tucker
Fifth Army
Ifaly
Mark W. Clark
Maj
Ormond O. Black
Birmingham
Ala
Misdeeds On Italy Front Trials On Roadside At N Africa
Reported roadside court martial proceedings in North Africa show Lieut Gen George S Patton Jr fining officers and soldiers for non regulation headgear and unmanned machine guns. Pvt Jesse Edwards of Huntington WV was fined $2 for wearing only a knitted cap without a helmet. Pvt James Wolverton of Truman AR faced an unmanned machine gun charge and, after a joke exchange, pleaded not guilty only in record.
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George 3. Patton Jr
Alfred
Newhert
Allentown
Pvt
Jesse C. Edwards
Huntington
W. Va
Edwards
Pyi
James Wolverton
Truman
Ark
Wolverton
Odessa Partisans Recount Catacomb Fight Against Nazis
In Odessa 100 Soviet partisans who hid in city catacombs for months spoke to Allied reporters about their nighttime sorties that helped slow Nazi destruction. Leaders Anatoly Leschenko and Dmitry Garshin described arms from the enemy, demining work, and guiding the Red Army as it approached. They led reporters through catacombs beneath Moldavanka and recalled blowing a mine tunnel and fooling Germans at the central telephon e office. Vice President Wallace declined immediate comment on reports he may visit Siberia on a Chungking trip.
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Odessa
Red Army
Anatoly Leschenko
Buerllas
Leschenko
Dneéprov
Dmitry Garshin
Volgin
Apri
Moldvanka
Savo
Oschenko
Wallace
Washington
Siberian
Russia
Chungking
Red Star Says US War Material Overproduction
The Red Army newspaper Red Star claims the United States is overproducing war materials as Allied operations lag industrial output. Vasily Cherprakov argues U S Britain fight is behind, demands a second front, notes 1844 armament rise by 25 percent and predicts American munitions will help defeat Germany.
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Moscow
Red Star
J Today
United States
Vasily Cherprakov
Britain
Germany
Nazis Tighten Defenses of Sevastopol
Soviet dispatches report Sevastopol defenses tightening as minelaying increases along sea lanes to Romania and even in Romanian ports. German air transports reach Cherson escape area while Soviet forces observe thicker minefields and more barricades. A separate local crime note states Florinda Farlas reports her purse stolen with cash and papers.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Red Star
Romania
Red Army
Florinda Farlas
West
Commerce Street
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