Draft policy to be tough on under 26 deferments
Washington Tentative agreement sets up deferment machinery for young technical men in a select list of industries aiding invasion plans. Hershey insists on a unified plan with complete industry coverage. Manpower groups seek broader inclusions such as transportation and coal, while the Army Navy and War Production Board aim for a tough policy restricting skilled workers to munitions related output.
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Washington
Army, Navy and War Production Board
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Lewis B. Hershey
Office of Defense Transportation
The
Coal Mines Administration
Army
Navy
War Production Board
Allied Raids Confuse Berlin After Heavy Bombing
British analysis describes Berlin as a mess from 15 night raids between November and February, totaling 37,000 tons of explosives. The bombardment disrupted German administration, damaged tank and signaling gear, and driven workers to flee without approval, hindering army operations.
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Berlin
Air Ministry
Sidewalk Shooting Fray Ends Life of Mother of Three
A 30-year-old Denver mother of three, Adah Snell, was shot on a sidewalk as she spoke with a friend. Detective Captain James E. Childers said murder charges would be filed against her estranged husband, Guy Snell, 67, of Ramah Colorado, who cited a furniture dispute at their former Denver home as the motive.
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Denver
James E. Childers
Adah Snell
Childers
Guy Snell
Ramah
Col
Nickel to Still Give Longest Ride in World
New York City subway riders will keep a five cent fare after a unanimous Board of Estimate vote. Bronx Borough President James J Lyons led the challenge urging a stance on a higher transit fare during a stormy session.
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New York
Five German Targets Hit by Allied Bombers
Daylight raids by American bombers hit five German targets including rail yards and air bases in northwest Germany. The US Eighth Air Force used about 1,500 planes, shooting down at least twenty enemy aircraft, in the 18th March operation, amid Berlin warnings to deter night attacks.
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London
Frankford
OU. S. Eighth Air Force
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Strategic Air Force
Hammam
Achmera
Stalemate in Cassino Battle Holds Despite Allied Efforts
Allied forces struggle in Cassino with New Zealand troops at the town edge and heights west of Cassino still in German control. German paratroopers recaptured wreckage of the Continental Hotel as desperate fighting rages around Castle Hill and Monte Castellone.
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Naples
Cassino
Castle Hill
Monte Castellone
Liri
Joan Berry Tells Story in Chaplin Case
Joan Berry testified before a federal jury about intimate encounters with Charlie Chaplin in Beverly Hills and New York City. She described meetings arranged by Chaplin in October 1942 and a later Beverly Hills incident, as spectators listened intently during the trial on Mann Act charges.
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Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Charlie Chaplin
Beverly Hills
New York City
Joan
Chaplin
New York
Miss Berry
Uncle Sam Employs 2 820 036 Workers
The federal government had 2 820 036 employees at the end of January, up 3 224 from December, per the Civil Service Commission. Most agencies cut staff in January, but Navy Department positions rose by 10 760, all in time wage roles.
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Washington LP
Civil Service Commission
Navy Department
Ickes Rules Cut in Home Coal Consumption
Interior Secretary Ickes ordered a seven eighths limit on next winter's anthracite coal and eastern coke for household users. They may obtain other solid fuels to meet full yearly needs and can have half their winter supply stored by October.
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Washington
Interior
Ickes
House Bans Agricultural Compulsions Amid War Food Aid Debate
The House tentatively approved an amendment to the Agriculture Department appropriation bill banning practices that pressured farmers to join the Agricultural Adjustment Administration as a condition for draft deferments or ration access. The vote was 93 to 65, with Rep. Tarver urging delay for study. The action affects the annual agriculture bill of $567,996,779 and a $29,200,000 War Food Administration salary section, prohibiting WFA assessments on milk and other producers to fund WEA order costs.
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Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Tarver
D.-Ga
House
War Food Administration
WFA
WEA
Two Jap Armies Invade India
Allied briefings report a second Japanese invasion into India from Burma reaching thirty miles from Imphal and advancing from the Tiddim area toward the Manipur River valley. Other units were noted on Lake Logtak’s west shore south of Imphal as part of rapid, scattered incursions along the Indo-Burmese frontier.
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Burma
Manipur
Imphal
Burma-India
Lake Logtak
India
Tiddim
Chindwin
Thaungdut
Tokyo
N.B.C
Berlin
Subhas Chandra Bose
National Indian Freedom Movement
Hull defends foreign policy in forthcoming address
Cordell Hull announces a speech detailing how his 17 basic points guide current world problems and future security. He plans to outline specific stances and ideals for international cooperation and will discuss actions with 24 Republican representatives seeking clarity on Roosevelt era goals.
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Washington
Cordell
Roosevelt
Powell Gains Tammany Endorsement for Congress Seat
Rev. A Clayton Powell Jr. former city councilman won Tammany Hall backing for Congress. Hall secretary Bert Stand announced Powell would receive the regular Democratic primary designation from the new 22nd District in Harlem, a district created by reapportionment with an almost entirely Negro electorate.
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New York
A Clayton] Powell, Jr
New York City
Tammany Hall
Congress
Hall
Bert Stand
Powell
22Nd
Harlem
Lonergan's Friend Testifies In Murder Trial
John Harjes testified about items linked to Wayne Lonergan in the murder case of Patricia Lonergan. A dumbbell jacket and trousers were shown as evidence, with Harjes noting Lonergan’s loan of his apartment for the weekend and a note claiming mistaken identity with a lost RCA F uniform.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Patricia
John Harjes
Lonergan
James Garret
Wallace
Truat
Jacob Grumet
Dumbells
East River
Harjes
Jean Murphy
Soviets Break Through Near Tarnopol and Push to Kovel
Soviet forces report a 37 mile breakthrough near Tarnopol and a 43 mile advance into Kovel on the Warsaw road. The First Ukraine army encircled Tarnopol and Proskurov, cut railway lines, and claimed hundreds of towns captured along with tanks and vehicles lost.
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London
Tarnopol
Berlin
Red Army
Old Poland
Kovel
Warsaw
Russia
Dniester
Vinnitsa
Moscow
Ukraine
Proskurev
Kopchintse
Tarnopal
Proskurov
Hitler bullies Balkans to oppose the Red Army
Nazi pressure mounts in southeastern Europe as Germany moves to gain influence over Hungary and Romania. Rumors say Prince Cyril of Bulgaria and Regent Bogdan Filov are summoned to Hitler’s headquarters while communications between Bucharest and Sofia fail. Berlin seeks to blunt peace sentiment and halt disintegration seen in 1918.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Hungary
Germany
Red Army
Ankara
Rumania
Bucharest
Sofia
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Cyril
Bogdan Philov
Hitler
Europe
Quisling
Balkans
WLB Supports Little Steel Plan Amid Wage Debate
The War Labor Board vows to stay with the Little Steel wage formula unless it causes cross injuries and inequities. WLB Chairman William H. Davis told the Senate banking committee the program could be discarded if Congress ends consumer food subsidies. The panel weighs extending the Price and Wage Stabilization Act beyond June 30 as unions challenge the formula.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Congress
WLB
William H. Davis
Senate Banking Committee
Roosevelt
Davis
Senate
Greyhound Bus Strike Settled in Pittsburgh
Settlement of a week long strike by 600 drivers and other Pennsyl vania Greyhound Lines workers was announced by Fred Woomer of the United States Conciliation Service. An AFL division 1063 executive committee approved the agreement, Crawford said service from Pittsburgh would resume immediately and normal operation was expected by morning.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
Fred Woomer
United States Conciliation Service
Woomer
Division 1063
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees
AFL
H. Crawford
Pennsylvania Greyhound
Crawford
Twenty Feared Dead In Maneuver Mishap
Approximately twenty soldiers are missing after an Army raft capsized during a river crossing in Tennessee. Two men survived by swimming or wading to shore. The Second Army reported efforts to locate the missing personnel and to release names when known.
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Second Army
Tennssee
German Fire Raiders Hit London Again
German incendiary raids targeted sections of London in the early hours triggering a third alarm in three nights. Gunfire followed the alarm and signals were heard in several buildings as reconnaissance raids preceded the night’s big fire-attack attempt on the capital.
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London
Stimson Denies Coordination Gap Behind Sicily Air Losses
War Secretary Stimson stated the Allied downing of 23 American transports during the Sicily invasion was a terrible hazard of modern warfare and rejected any claim that air sea and land services failed to coordinate. He emphasized no lack of coordination caused the loss of 410 lives.
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Washington
Stimson
Sicily
Nurses Rated for Military Service in New York
New York nurses are being classified for military service with 1-A notices given to the most available. Emma L. Collins, vice chairman of the state Procurement and Assignment Service for nurses, explained there is no compulsion but moral and professional pressure to recruit from the assigned quota.
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New York
New York State
Emma L. Collins
Man with artificial arms aids disabled workers program
Edgar T. Stephens of the Illinois Association for the Crippled cites a baking firm that solved a pie production issue by employing a worker with artificial arms. The example illustrates how the organization has placed 1,800 handicapped citizens in jobs, removing obstacles like gloves and long hours.
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Chicago
Edgar T. Stephens
Illinois Association For the Crippled
Soldier Vote Action Awaited
Roosevelt studied the service voting bill as governors reported their states stance on federal ballots. Seven states likely to accept federal ballots, about a dozen probable, nine non-committal, and twenty no action. The measure would let overseas service personnel vote by federal ballot if state ballots are not received in time.
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Washington
Waite House
Roosevelt
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Mr. Roosevelt
Cardinal Asks Prayers to Halt Vesuvius Lava
Naples Cardinal Alessio urged three days of prayers to protect Saint Januarius from Mount Vesuvius eruption now in its sixth straight day. Lava streams forked into ten branches, crushing San Sebastian and damaging towns as ash darkened skies and hindered aircraft. The flow slowed, but coastal roads near Torre de Greco remained a concern.
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Naples
Alessio Cardinal
Ascoles
Januarius
Vesuvius
San Sebastian
Torre de Greco
PA Take This Country Says Negro Says negro gives view on U S life
London born Lieutenant Donald G. Harper, a multilingual interpreter now with the British Maritime Service, says there is no future for a Negro in any country better than the United States. He offered U S Navy services before Pearl Harbor but was declined and vents about race in other lands.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Donald G. Harper
England
Germany
Japan
South Africa
Malta
United States
Harper
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Willkie Blames 1940 Defeat on GOP Attitude
Wendell L. Willkie told a Kenosha Wisconsin lunch audience that the 1940 GOP failure was due to party opposition to greater US war participation. He cited opposition to Selective Service, destroyer transfers to Britain, and aiding Britain, warning the GOP would lose again in 1944 if it repeats the stance.
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Kenosha
Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican Party
Great Britain
Britain
Wendall Willkie
Republcan
Paonessa Tops Five Casing Exams at 100 Percent
Niagara Falls post office clerk Joseph R Paonessa achieved perfect scores in five annual casing examinations. He calls for distribution of at least 700 addressed cards. He passed at 16 cards a minute, casing Tl a minute.
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Niagara Falls
Joseph R. Paonessa
Paonessa
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