Fathers Given Draft Respite Signs Shift in Draft Power
Washington approves a bill stripping War Manpower Chief McNutt of authority over Selective Service and placing prewar fathers at the bottom of the draft pool while ensuring orderly manpower flow. The move could slow the father draft by creating a medical commission to reevaluate physical requirements, potentially easing eligibility for some borderline 45-year-olds, though standards may stay unchanged. Induction procedures are being directed to the new law, with uncertainty over McNutt's response and broader effects on civilian manpower.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Casualties In Army Top List
Washington reports official war casualty totals since the conflict began. Army casualties total 97,077 and Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard 32,345, with breakdowns by killed wounded missing and prisoners. Army notes 1,612 prisoners died in enemy camps and 17,572 wounded returned to duty or were discharged.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Gilbert Islands
Amy
Jones Made Arbiter Farm Wages to Rise
Washington reports Marvin Jones was designated arbiter of U S farm wages under 5 000 a year in a revision of rural wage policies ordered by Fred M Vinson Director of Economic Stabilization The action allows possible immediate increases for low paid farm workers and rescinds part of the national wage freeze law for farmers earning under 2 400 in regions without set wage rates.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
U. S
Fred M. Vinson
Jones
Jews Must Be Rescued Says Saltonstall
Governor Leverett Saltonstall told an inaugural meeting of the New England Division of the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe that Jews are victims of Hitlerism and must be rescued because they are human beings suffering as few have in history.
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Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
New England
Emergency Committee
Europe
Saltonstall
Utica Club Plisner Lager Palo Alto Gale Coverage
Clear heads advise Utica Club Plisner Lager Palo Alto on gale coverage everywhere. The brief note cites multiple locales and a cautious stance for consumers amid widespread windy conditions.
President Roosevelt Views North African Battlefields On Flyover
President Roosevelt, returning from Middle East talks, flew over North Africa from El Alamein to Tunis in a transport plane. He reportedly admired Allied fighters’ fortitude amid the bombed sands as his party’s aircraft traced the historic fronts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Middle East
North Africa
el Alamein
Tunis
White House
Army Transport Command
Cairo
Senate panel urges quick tax move to end liquor shortage
Senate committee chair Senator Van Nuys urged action to release millions of gallons of whisky from bonded warehouses and relax WPB rules to allow distillers to produce liquor five days a month. Testimony showed 117,040,000 gallons stored, widespread hoarding, and rising black market activity. Canadian producers rotate schedules while American firms now wait war production. Seagrams Limited was invited but did not testify.
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WPB
Senate
van Nuys
D.-Ind
Seagrams, Limited
Liquor
Churchill Still in Cairo Amid Middle East Talks
Prime Minister Churchill remains in Cairo meeting Middle East officials in what is believed to be a survey of the entire region following Turkish conferences. He spoke privately with war correspondents for about forty minutes, potentially tying to his Malta visit. Roosevelt’s Malta stop was announced earlier, with him later appearing three hours on the bombed island to honor its defenders.
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Churchill
Middle East
Middle Eastern
Roosevelt
Ismet Inonu
Malta
Mediterranean
Atd
Visiit
Italian Troops Fight Nazis Alongside Allied Forces
Italian units joined American and British forces on the front lines to relieve American troops as Crown Prince Umberto watched. Italians from the north, once Axis fighters, prepared to face the Germans as co belligerents with the Allies, signaling a symbolic redemption and a new hope for home and family.
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Fifth Army
Umberto
Italy
Soviets Capture Znamenka Rail Center Amid Kiev Bulge Fight
Soviet forces seized Znamenka in the Dnieper bend after a three day struggle, eliminating a key German rail junction and killing about 1,500 enemy troops with 23 tanks destroyed. Moscow also warned of a deep German penetration near Kiev, as Russian weather and air power shape a broader westward push.
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London
Russia
Znamenka
Dnieper
Moscow
Naz
Kiev
Korosten
Joseph Stalin
Stalingrad
Orel
Typographers Vote On A. F. of L. Affiliation in Referendum
Unofficial returns from about 600 local unions of the International Typographical Union show 19 755 members in favor of affiliating with the American Federation of Labor and 21 903 against. Ballot taken November 30 also indicates support for a 10 cent per capita tax increase for the Union Printers Home at Colorado Springs and for resuming control of the Typographical Journal printing by the secretary treasurer. Official tabulations expected Tuesday.
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A. F
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
American Federation of Labor
Woodruff Ranaalph
Sterday
Colorado Springs
Col
Randolph
Robert Gaylord Named President of N. A. M.
Robert M. Gaylord, president of the Ingersoll Milling Machine Co of Rockford, Illinois, was elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers. He succeeds Frederick Crawford, president of Thompson Products, Inc., who becomes chairman of the organization. Gaylord plans to pursue postwar aims by working hard and saving money.
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New York
Robert M. Gaylord
Nes
National Association of Manufacturers
Gaylord
Ingersoll Miling Machine Co
Rockford, Ti
Frederik Crawford
Thompson Products, Inc
Cleveland
Big Association of Industrialists
Tito Driven Yugoslav Front Faces Nazi Reinforcements
Allied reports place Tito mobilizing roughly 200000 troops in Yugoslavia to pin German divisions while Mihailovic commands about 15000. The Balkans see heavy Allied air strikes along Crete and the Aegean as Tito recaptures Bograd and fights rear Nazi efforts amid terror actions.
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Yugoslavia
Balkan
Tito
Associated Press
Cairo
Italy
Draja Mihailovic
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Bograd
Cretia
Serbia
KR. A. F
Balkans
Crete
Herakleion
Aegean
Leros
Samos
Belgrade
Chinese Move North After Taking Changteh
Chinese forces pushed past Changteh in northern Hunan marching northeast of the Yuan River post west of Tungting Lake and northwest for about 20 miles. The High Command said hundreds of Japanese were killed and many taken prisoner as they cleared the area.
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Chungking
Changteh
Hunan
Yuan River
Tungting Lake
Hopkins' Son Gets By British Colonel
In Teheran a U S corporal without a pass entered the British Legation seeking a wash before Prime Minister Churchill's Nov 30 birthday dinner. The British colonel confronted him. the man showed an ID card for Hop xing Corp. Robert Hopkins stated his father Harry Hopkins invited him and was granted access to wash and attend the dinner.
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Teheran
Iran
U. S
Churchill
Hopxing Corp
Robert Hopkins
Harry Hopkins
Germans Fortifying Dodecanese Islands
Cairo reports say German forces are fortifying the Dodecanese islands including Cos Samos and Leros with strong troop buildup. A reliable informant noted no massing on the Turkish Bulgarian border, though such rumors recur whenever Turkey shows Allied sympathy, but cautioned they cannot be dismissed.
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Cairo
UPI
Cos
Samos
Leros
United Nations
Boyer Welcomes First Child Son in Caesarean Birth
Actor Charles Boyer and wife Pat Patterson announced the birth of their first child, a baby boy born yesterday by Caesarean section. Both mother and baby are reported to be doing fine.
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Charles Boyer
Pat Patterson
Raymond McBurney
Sofia Bombed In Heavy Raid
Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, was blasted for 1 hour 45 minutes as American heavy bombers attacked the railroad district once more. The bombardment killed many and caused great destruction, with Premier Dobri Bosilov urging Parliament to rise in silent tribute.
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Bern
Switzerland
Sofia
U. S
Budapest
Dobtri Bosilov
Mitchells
Bulgaria
Teheran
Germany
London
Bosilov
R A F Bombers Strike Germany After Week of Silence
A continental radio blackout signals heavy R A F bombers over Germany to end a week long lull in Allied air offensives. Mosquitos roved in pairs over northwest Germany, hitting transport facilities while Berlin endured nightly air raid alerts. Two Mosquitos were lost. one pilot reportedly felled a German marching column with high explosive strikes. Bomber production and crews are said to be at peak, with German fighter defenses up 50 percent as fronts shift and resources are diverted to the west.
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London
Germany
Deutschlandsender
Berlin
Air Ministry
R.A. F
Marine Proposes Association for A Hard Peace
Alan Stevenson of Utica, national vice commandant of the Marine Corps League, urged Endicott Detachment to form an Association for a Hard Peace with the slogan a hard peace will save our sons in the future. He argued the Versailles treaty was not hard enough and claimed Germans conceal evil aims while warning of communist threats from Russia and British selfishness.
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Endicott
Alan Stevenson
Utica
Marine Corps League
Association
Stevenson
League
Steven
Senate Raises Servicemen Discharge Pay to 500
Senate Military Committee rewrote the discharge pay bill raising the maximum to 500 with a 200 tax exemption and emphasizing overseas service. House committee heard from wounded veteran Lemuel Hendricks of Council Bluffs about future marches unless funds are adequate. House plan offers a 190 top at discharge with 300 maximum later, prompting questions on adequacy.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Senate
House Military Committee
Ij Tech
Sergt
Lemuel Hendricks
Council
Bluff
Towa
Tunisia
Hotine
Congress
Hennks
No Poll Tax Statement Sparks Washington Debate
A Frank Wendell Was in a statement expressed views on poll taxes saying a measure that removes voting rights from citizens is improper. The brief remarks were released yesterday amid ongoing political discussion.
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Wasiington
Wendell
Expressi
Esos
Glaa F. Rou
Two Billion Ration Tokens Will Supplement Stamps
The Office of Price Administration announced a two billion dime sized tokens will enter circulation February 27 to supplement existing ration stamps not replace them. Tokens, vulcanized fiber, will be issued by Osborne Register Co of Cincinnati with many red and blue units. Each token will be worth ten points and stamps will be phased to fit semi monthly processing, reducing the need for frequent ration book issues.
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Washington
Office of Price Denstration
Osborne Regster Co
Cineinmati
OPA
Internal Strife Grows in Bulgaria Amid War Strains
Dispatches from neutral capitals depict Bulgaria in upheaval as pro-German premier Dobri Bosilov struggles after a no confidence vote. Reports of demonstrations, possible mobilization, and disaffection in a 400,000 strong army raise questions about Bulgaria’s stance as German troops bolster pro Nazi sentiment. A Russian attaché arrival in Sofia is noted as significant.
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London
GPI
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Dobri Bosilov
Foreign Office
Russia
Germany
United States
Britain
Sofia
Bombers Pound Cape Gloucester Forces in Pacific Drive
Allied bombers struck Cape Gloucester for the 11th straight day in New Britain. Mitchell medium bombers hit targets from low altitude, delivering about 1000 tons of bombs in the area. PT boats supported by navy action reportedly sank five barges in New Guinea New Britain sectors. Australians advancing north of Wareo on the Huon Peninsula continue to press their gains.
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Southwest Pacific
Cape Gloucester
New Briain Island
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
New Britain
Wareo
Huon
Woman 105 Hopes Allies Win War Birthday Wish
A 105 year old woman named Mae observed her birthday yesterday. She shared hope the Allies would win the war and expressed a wish to see the United Nations succeed in World War II.
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Mae
Natons
S.dormus
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