Family Pay and Father Draft Move in House
A two front fight opens as the full House debates a new allotment plan for dependents of service members and a subcommittee drafts a Wheeler draft substitute to delay induction of pre war fathers. Debate centers on payments for wives and children and on maintaining current deductions.
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War raids on Yunnan and Indochina cause fires and damages
Chinese patrol ship and a freighter are reported damaged after fighter bomber strikes on Tinga near Mangshtha airfield in Yunnan. B 24s bomb Haiphong docks dropping over 45 tons of heavy ordnance. Two American planes were missing from these operations.
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Tinga
Mangshth
Yunnan
Haiphong
French Indochina
Eisenhower Commends Navaho War Work Telegram
General Eisenhower praised Navaho and other Indians on the Navaho Reservation for their wartime labor in a telegram. The response from the Indians affirmed they will continue to work hard for the war effort and contribute essential vanadium.
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Salt Lake City
Navio Reservation
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nazis Peak in Mine Warfare in Italy Amid Retreat
Reports describe a surge in German mine and booby trap concealment as Allied Fifth Army advances in Italy. Experts note new devices and techniques, including detonated shells repurposed as mines and delayed-action charges, plus trap-laden apple orchards and trapped buildings in Naples.
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Africa
Sicily
Naples
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News from home subscription options offered to service members
The Herald- Journal and Herald American present mailing options for service members seeking home news. Readers are urged to request a subscription and check Editorial Page for current rates and details.
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