Washington Deferments Limited By Urgent War Needs
War industry policy tightens deferment rules for men under 26 with crucial roles. WPB and military panels draft criteria list essential projects including landing craft, synthetic rubber plants, high tenacity fabric, radar, aircraft parts, and a secret weapon. Aircraft and transport sectors urge continued deferments for skilled under 27, citing a quarter of engineers under 27. News covers draft releases, enlistment pauses, and political shifts as war effort concentrates on invasion readiness.
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Washington
War Production Board
Army and Navy
C. B. ‘Wilson
Compulitee
Tranufact
WPB
Army, Jyavy and
War Manpower Commission
Campitter
Germin
Byart
James PL Murray
Atronautical Chamber of Commerce
Army
Air Corps
T Leserve
War’ ‘Department
Edgar & Gorell
Air Transport Association of Armorica
Wheeler
D«Mont
Bury
Maine
Louisiana
Minnesota
New York
Iowa
Kansas
Arizona
Manufacturers Protest Sugar Cut and Tax Rift
A clash over sugar price cuts and wartime taxes dominates Washington. Paul bows out of the administration after a rift with Morgenthau, resigning as chief tax advisor. Civilian manufacturers protest the sugar cut and urge resumption of wartime productivity, while the SWPC suggests modest quota reductions to aid small firms and not hinder war output.
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Paul
Randolph Paul
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
White House
Live Hog Support Price Changes and Farm Legislation Update
The 1948 price support changes keep hog and farm programs on the radar through the year. The House pushed a large agriculture appropriations bill for the next fiscal year, including 567 million for the Agriculture Department, while school lunch funding and certain rubber programs were debated. Airlines seek control in a major cross Atlantic struggle, and lend-lease policy is reshaped with Congress retaining final say on settlements. The wage and price control scene faced noominal changes as the WLB warned against omitting take home wages, with Roosevelts administration requesting funds for WMC activities next year.
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House
Agriculture Department
Farm State
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
United States
Unite Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
William H. Davis
WLB
Senate
Wright
Davis
WLE
Roosevelt
SCTE
WMC
Commission
Mustering in Pay Now Sent To Families
Worcester March 23. The army will provide mustering in pay to the families of newly drafted fathers. W Rae Long state commissioner of pensions disclosed this at a meeting with city and town soldiers and officials. Fort Devens officials corroborated the program aimed to aid families before monthly checks arrive. Payments to inductees dependents are within a few days after service entry, based on number of dependents. A father of three would receive 120 dollars with no deductions, funded by the federal government. Fort Devens described it as an old right gift from the government.
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Worcester
Mass
Army
W. Rae Long
Fort Devens
Long
Navy
Allieit Armed Services
Lovg
Seb
Tong
Fort Divens
Probe Uncovers Paris Murder Ring
Madrid dispatches report an underground ring operating from a Paris suburb villa preying on wealthy partisans fleeing to Allied territory. Four individuals have been arrested, including a man identified as the head of a travel agency underground network. Eleven bodies were found at the villa with additional unidentified remains discovered nearby.
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Madrid
Paris
Relief At Last For Your Cough
An ad promotes Creomulsion as the effective cough remedy for bronchitis and chest cold. It claims the product reaches the bronchial membranes, loosens phlegm, and soothes inflammation without narcotics. The note offers a money back guarantee if it does not ease the cough and restore rest and sleep.
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USA
Creomuision
Percy
Frank Buck Lost in Texas Gets Scare
Frank Buck famed for jungle rescues reports a frightening episode in Texas as he loses his way and takes an improvised air trip. He telephoned from Laredo to Eagle Pass and then flew to the army air field to explain the mix up. Buck, native of Gainesville and raised in San Angelo, admitted fear in his unusual misadventure.
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Frank Buck
Texas
Tagle Pab
Buck
Pacific Ocean
Gainesville
San Angelo
Parents Face Jail For Neglect of Tots
NEW YORK. Frank Jara and his wife Julia were found guilty of endangering the welfare of their two children left alone in a leaky flooded apartment for 12 hours. Judges urged strict punishment. The infants, Frances two and Frank months, were discovered by a policeman in January.
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New York
Frank Jara
Julia
Alvan W. Bur- Ungame
Frances
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Maury Maverick
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Seata
United States Employment Service
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