Draft call limited to needed pre Pearl Harbor fathers
Washington local draft boards were authorized to call up pre Pearl Harbor fathers after October 1 only as absolutely required to meet monthly quotas. Estimates suggested about 300000 fathers with children born before Sept 15 and not in nondeferrable work would be inducted, while another 150000 might be sent to induction stations to reach 300000 total. Only about one in 22 nonfarming fathers would be drafted in 1943, with 744000 farming fathers remaining largely draft proof. Boards can reclassify, but not before Oct 1 if maintaining a definite home with children and not in nondeferrable work. Single and childless married men are called first if no deferment grounds exist. 3-A reclassifications occur only as needed. Induction will follow draft order numbers unless deferment as essential in agriculture or industry or extreme hardship applies. no draft beyond age 38. Local boards decide each case, with appeal options. In hardship deferment 3-D, boards must consider dependents allotments.
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Washington
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Hartley Threatens Battle Over Gas Rationing
Rep. Fred A. Hartley Jr. of New Jersey declares if gasoline rationing is not equalized within a week he will convene his 135 House colleagues and 24 Senators from 12 eastern states to force action. He also calls for Ickes’ Chicago trip to confer with midwestern lawmakers to be canceled as unnecessary travel.
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New Jersey
Bennett to Report for Army Active Service
Former Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr. said he will leave Thursday for active service, currently holding the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army.
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New York, UP
John J. Bennett, Jr
Army
National league scoreboard with Pittsburg edge Boston
National league: Pittsburg 5 Boston 4. American with Philadelphia 5 Chicago 3 Washington 4 St Louis 3. Eastern: Utica 5 Albany 4. Scranton vs Wilkes Barre: Wilkes Barre 5 Scranton 4. Only games scheduled.
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National
Pittsburg
Boston
American
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
St. Louis
Utica
Albany
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Five Negroes Killed in Harlem Rioting
In Harlem, five Negroes were killed and 543 injured, including 44 policemen, as 16 hours of rioting saw looting of stores, closed liquor shops, and a near standstill in traffic. Over 500 arrested, curfew imposed, and property damage estimated at $5 million. Mayor LaGuardia and NAACP leader Walter White urged calm, Powell framed as a protest against Jim Crow and high rents.
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New York
Harlem
LaGuardia
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
A A. Clayton Powell
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Mr. Powell
Seven war workers killed in mystery blast
In Cleveland at the Ferro Enamel Corp East Side plant seven workers died and eight were injured in a late yesterday explosion. Captain William N. Noble of the Army Chemical Warfare Service cited undetermined cause, noting slight property damage despite the high toll. Among the injured were two city firemen exposed to poisonous fumes. others suffered burns or cuts from flying glass. The blast occurred at 3:05 pm Eastern War Time. the plant produces war chemicals under Army contracts.
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Cleveland
Ferro Enamel Corp
East Side
William N. Noble
Army
Chemical Warfare Service
Noble
Americans Inch Ahead In Bitter Munda Fight
Allied ground forces advanced 500 to 1200 yards along the Munda front in New Georgia as artillery hammered Salamaua in New Guinea for the first time. US and Allied aircraft struck Bougainville, setting a freighter ablaze and sinking eight barges while Marines pressed cave and blockhouse defenses near Munda airbase.
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Southwest Pacific
Munda
New Georgia
Salamaua
New Guinea
South Pacific
Adm
William F. Halsey
Amercan
Bougainville Island
Farmer Clobbers Family and Kills Self Near Seminary
Sheriff Eddie Campbell said Vander Flynt, 44, a former State Insane Hospital inmate, killed his wife, three children, and his mother-in-law with an axe and gun, then took his own life at the Flynt farm near Seminary. Deputies found the mangled bodies in two beds and blood in every room after breaking into the home prompted by screams from Mrs Flynt’s brothers.
Upstate Milk Strike Called Off in Warsaw
Temporary relief from a milk drought in Warsaw was assured as dairy farmers and retail distributors agreed to resume business until August 15 on a price scale aligned with Office of Price Administration ceilings. Farmers and distributors met with the emergency Citizens committee and Mayor John H Moore, who said area farmers would sell milk to distributors at 3.00 per hundred weight, 50 cents below their previous demand.
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Warsaw
Office of Price Administration
John H Moore
Hitler displeased with Turkish attitude on Axis agents
A London UPI dispatch quoted from Istanbul that German Ambassador Franz Von Papen protested to the Turkish government, saying Hitler was displeased over lax conduct by Axis adherents in contracting representatives of the Allies.
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London
UPI
Algiers
Istanbul
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Union Outlaws Racial Dispute at Sparrows Point Yard
Workers at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point shipyard faced a racial dispute with the union ordering them to report to work or face discipline after the yard closed Friday. Walkouts followed the admission of Negroes to riveters training classes, with sporadic stoppages continuing throughout yesterday.
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Baltiumore
Big Sparrows Point
Bethlehem Steel Co
German Airman Escapes Again From Camp
Lieut Peter Krug a German airman with several prior escapes from Canadian prison camps was reported missing from an officers camp in Gravenhurst district. He testified against Max Stephan in a Detroit treason trial last year. He was swimming with other prisoners and did not appear at roll call, with swimming shorts suspected in the escape.
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Gravenhurst
Allies press invasion of Italy as European offensive grows
Allies warned Italy that a decisive invasion of the mainland was near and that occupation Europe would face a major campaign from England and Algiers broadcasts. Elmer Davis said England serves as a base for a rising offensive while Italians were told land forces would soon strike the Italian peninsula with severe consequences.
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London
Europe
England
Algiers
Elmer Davis
United States Office of War Information
Badoglio
Rania Alefere
UN Gan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mussolini
Sif Bagdolio
Italy
Badoglie
Ptt
Rome
Madrid
Augusto Rosso
Washington
DNB
Berlin
Obs
Fice
Rosso
F. Wilkinson Bunker
Allied Drive Through Sicily Intensifies As Axis Lines Crumble
Allied forces press a final Sicilian push with San Stefano fall to Patton's Seventh Army and Ca tainia breached by Montgomery. American, Canadian, and British units advance across rugged terrain as air and sea bombardments hit ports and rail bridges.
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North Africa
Sicily
Kalan
San Stefano
Mt. Etna
George S. Patton
Seventh Army
Mistretta
Eighth Army
Catania
Bernard L. Montgomery
Naples
Crotome
Vibo Valentia Marina
Oliva
Agame
Dwight Eisenhower
Cap Bon
Tuniga
Africa
Axis
Patton
Ams
Divorce Linked To Heiress Death
New York UPI Assistant District Attorney Jacob Grumet said oil heiress Janet Snowden Guill 29 met her husband earlier that night to discuss divorce plans before she plunged 12 stories to her death June 1. Her body was removed from Ferncliff Cemetery vault and autopsy performed as the inquiry proceeds at family request to rule out foul play.
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New York
UPI
Jacob Grumet
Janet Snowden Guill
Gills
Ferncliff Cemetery
Ardsley
Grumet
William Sherman Gil
Army Intelligence
Reds Enter Orel Reported By Nazis In Berlin Broadcast
Berlin radio and Reuters coverage claimed Soviet forces entered Orel during the eastern front assault. German and Moscow communiques described heavy fighting north and northwest of the city with dozens of villages overrun and tanks seized, while reports of the city’s fall remained unconfirmed.
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London
Berlin
Orel
Althaneh
Reuters
Busslang
Moscow
U S Planes Batter Airfields In Europe Bombing Update
U S heavy bombers resumed raids on Germany after a brief lull, while medium bombers targeted fighter airfields at Merville and St Omer in France. Despite flak damage to several aircraft, all crews returned safely as Spitfire support did not engage the enemy.
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London
United States
France
Merville
St. Omer
Europe
Melville
St. Omer Rand
No Escape Warned as Nazi Press Faces Bombing
In Bern, Dr. Robert Ley said Germans must “fight to the finish” amid Hamburg air raids. German editors admitted horror and danger, with Berlin papers deeming escape impossible and the public mind consumed by the crisis.
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Bern
Switzerland
Alh
Hamburg
Germany
Robert Ley
German Labor Front
Berlin
Hamburg Casualty List Reports 30 542 Killed or Missing
A Zurich dispatch quoted Hamburg police reporting 30 542 persons killed wounded or missing in the bombed North German port. The blast spared no building and caused widespread damage as latest figures were released.
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Stockholm
Aftontidnin- Renin 2
Zurich
Hamburg
Underground Pledges Back Italian Anti Fascists
A printed manifesto distributed in Italy before the fall of Fascism shows anti Fascist parties replying to Roosevelt and Churchill. It claims active collaboration of all Italian classes and notes the Nazis' defense of northern Italy while the people endure bombardment. The document urges unity and rejects the idea of broken solidarity.
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Bern
Roosevelt
Churchill
Italy
Redmt
Nner
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Bennett
U.S
Underground Pledges
Drew Pearson
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