Government Workers Get Deferment As Objectors
Washington report says 22 federal employees in Washington obtained draft deferments as conscientious objectors. The list includes a Navy laborer, a Navy painter, an Army Air Corps messenger, a Bureau of Standards chemist, an inspector and an assistant attorney in the Labor Department. Dirksen notes possible additional cases nationwide and condemns public payroll members seeking deferments while sworn to defend the Constitution. He withheld names from release pending draft office action.
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Washington
Mareh
INS
M. Dirksen
R.ti
Dirksen
Navy Department
Navy
Army Air Corps
Bureau of Standards
Labor Department
Congressimen
House Military Affairs Committee
Costello
OPA
David Ginsburg
Department of Interior
Ginsburg
Civilian Payroll Growth in Wartime Reveals Size of U S War Machine
Washington reports the US civil service commission says civilian federal employment reached 2,810,500 by end of 1942, up 1,191,000 from 1941, or 73 percent. About 7 million service members fought abroad as saturation neared in the capital. Further growth expected in war and navy departments with rising armed forces.
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Washington
INS
Tetera
Civil Service Commission
Man
Navy
Reds Drive on Smolensk and Rostov Front Actions
Soviet forces claim progress as they drive on Smolensk destroying German positions retreating from the city. In Rostov front the Red armies push toward Taganrog while Soviet heavy artillery pounds German lines. Far north Timoshenko’s forces advance toward Staraya Russa and report a junction capture south of Lake Dimen after stiff resistance.
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Rostov
Sea of Avoy
Taganrog
Semeon Timoshenko
Staraya
Red Cross Gifts Part of the Cost of War
Red Cross war fund chair Reagan Houston says donations before Pearl Harbor were charity gifts. Now the Red Cross is part of the cost of war, aiding soldiers in shell holes and bloodied battles while Texans on the home front donate at booths in Houston. He urges readers to help, noting the sacrifice of boys from Harlandale and Alamo Heights.
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Pearl Harbor
Reagan Houston
San Antoni
Houston
Brother
San Antonio
Fox Hole
Africa
Solomons
Harlandale
Alamo Heights
Red Cross War Fund
Houiston
Broadway
Navarro
St. Mary's Street
Accotmoda
Induction and draft probe cited by California official
A California representative said his inquiry may widen to examine civilian cases. He named two examples: a Black labor attorney who dodged the draft claiming moral work for the nation and a 21 year old unmarried man using a moral rearmament defense to claim essential work.
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California
Megro
Japs Bomb China Town Near Capital
Air raid sirens wailed in Chungking as 31 Jap planes were reported heading toward the city but no raid materialized and the all-clear sounded after a half hour. Later air defense headquarters announced 32 Jap planes had bombed Wanhsin, a town 150 miles down the river from Chungking.
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Chungking
Szechwan
Une
Wanhsisn
Two-Thirds Mark in Red Cross Drive Reaches $310000
Campaign workers say the drive has reached the two-thirds mark toward its $310,000 goal. The Red Cross reports 420,000 surgical dressings last year and over 1,000,000 pamphlets sent to POWs. A consignment to American prisoners included 101,000 cigarettes and 10,000 tins of tobacco as proof the nation cares.
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Ible
Broadway
Travis Street
Red Grass
Houston
San Antonio
Red Cross
United States
Jie
Film Actress Labors for U S Seamen
Madeleine Carroll abandons Hollywood glamour to work as a USO of the Merchant Marine representative. She meets girls seeking donations, speaks at Town Hall, hosts radio programs, and acts as hostess at the Merchant Marine Canteen while her husband serves. She relocated to Connecticut and reflects on sacrifice.
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Hollywood
United Seamen's Service
USO
Merchant Marine
Marning
New York
Town
B. S
Madeleine Carroll
American ‘Theater
Wiig Merchant Marine Canteen
Connecticut
Lsine Carroll
Gall
Ivory
England
Timentony
Sterling Hayden
United States
Martine Corps
Walwalk
Conn
London
Attke
O Daniel Sees Big Allred Fight on Senate Floor
Washington dispatch reports Senator W Lee O Daniel predicts a major fight when James V Allred of Texas is nominated to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He says the committee postpone- ment reveals a broader expose of higher ups and political stooges. references Edward J Flynn’s nomination as part of the wider controversy.
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Washington
James V, Allred
Texas
Fifth Circuit
Appel
Senate
W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Senate Judiciary Committee
Allred
Edward J. Flynn, jRer
York City
Australia
Planes Bomb French Bands Continue Wartime Read
Resistance estimates show many youths fled to mountainous France to avoid conscription as planes bombard bands and occupation intensifies. Women join labor draft as United Seamen's Service fights for seamen rights. Algiers radio etc.
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Forsa
Tealer
Daily Sketch
Viketorov
Nine New Types of Planes Are Nearing Delivery
Glenn L. Martin, head of the Aircraft War Production council on the East coast, said a group of represented companies are delivering 16 aircraft types to the United Nations. He noted nine new types are nearly ready for delivery and will soon head to the front to combat the Axis.
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New York
Glenn L. Martin
Aircraft War Production Council
East Coast
Cmpanies
United Nations
Defendant to Take Stand in Murder Trial
Bright, on trial for murder at Criminal District Court, was expected to testify Tuesday about the shooting of Louis J. Smith at the Southern Pacific Depot last June. Witnesses testified they saw the shooting and Bright said he could not endure the abuse any longer.
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Bright
Criminal District Court
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Louis J. Smith
Southern Pacific
Smith
B. R. Purch
R. H. Rabenaldt
West
Houston Street
Owen Kilday
Demsty
Cheries
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Kildes
W. W. McCrory
Mahoney
Houstay
Max Zoeller
Warring
Morris Jackson
Hitchins Street
Falke
Coulan
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