Draft boards ordered to review 1.7 million farm deferments
Federal officials ordered local draft boards to rapidly reclassify farm workers and end deferments for those not meeting new production units. The plan links farm work to war needs, with a complex scale of units based on crops and livestock. Hershey denied raising the draft age and declined estimates on how many farmers would be drafted under the new rules.
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Washington
Belective Service
Hershey
Lewis B. Hershey
Na Honal Selective Service
Woney
Agriculture Department
Selective Service
Navy Mother of 1944 Nellie Twele of Baltimore honored
Nellie Twele 45 is named Navy Mother of 1944 for her welfare work. She writes 17 letters weekly to servicemen, donates blood, and runs a war bond booth while heading the Baltimore Navy Mothers club. Her son(s) serve in the Pacific and Europe. she lives at Great Lakes during selection.
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Nellie Twele
NAVY
John Skestone
Great Lakes
Chicago
Baltimore
Baltimore Navy Mothers
Twele
Pacific
Cori
Beatt
England
Germany
Batterm
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Wiver
Farm Workers To Be Denied Releases
County Agent H A Fitzhugh said no more temporary releases will be granted to men with agricultural status to work in the city or civilian jobs. He noted many farm jobs available and told draftees they must choose farm work or face possible drafting. As head of the farm placement agency in Bexar county he had authority to grant releases when farms lacked work and he averaged 12 to 15 daily calls from draftees seeking city jobs.
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St. Kelly Field
H. A. Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh
Bexar County
San Antonio Insurance Fire Credit Reduced
F F Ludolph announced San Antonio’s good fire record credit would be reduced on March 1. The cut lowers the rate from 25 to 20 cents per $100 due to increased losses last year. The state insurance commission of Austin advised the change.
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San Antonio Insurance Exchange
F. F. Ludolph
San Antonio
state insuit/arice commission of
Austin
Army Pledges Action on Blind Veteran
Special to The Light reports McCloud, California residents pressed the Army for action for Robert Wetzel, a blinded infantryman discharged without papers and no pay. The Army telegram promised final pay, discharge papers, and glasses with medical care funded, as Wetzel sought treatment after losing vision at Volturno.
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Francisco
McCloud
Robert Wetzel
Army
Young Wetzel
Tewill
San Francisco
Cheula Pont
Veterans’ Administration
Don Higgins
Legion Service
Aeller
Bethea
McCloskey Hospital
Army Medical of
Hee
Italy
Volturna
Washington
Marines honor Bougainville war dog Caesar with corporal promotion
Washington dispatch recounts Marine combat dogs in Bougainville campaign. Caesar, a four year old German shepherd loaned by Max Glazer, becomes corporal after aiding a Marine company under fire. Dogs trained for battlefield tasks aided patrols, relayed messages, and helped expose enemy positions, with several praised for bravery.
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Rob Considine
Washington
South Pacific
Bougainville
Tarawa
Carsar
Marines
Max Glazer
Bronx
Caesar
Halcombe
Glazer
Bumish
Mayo
Caeser
Pacific
Prophet
Jan
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Holcombe
Pfc
Rufus Mayo
Montgomery
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Joe Smith
Hollywood, Jr
Ironing Board
Wes
Serages
Chintz Garment Bags
Profijm
Kleinert
Wolff & Marx
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Gunter Hotel
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