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February 8, 1943

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Headlines from February 8, 1943

SHOE RATION PUT AT 3 PAIRS A YEAR, SALES ARE FROZEN; BUYING TOMORROW Sudden Sunday Order Prohibits It Today in Move to Bar Rush BOOK NO. 1 WILL BE USED Stamp No. 12 Designated for Footwear -- Action Forced by Sole Leather Shortage SHOES RATIONED AND SALES FROZEN

By Sidney M. Shalettspecial To the New York Times

Rationing: Dir Byrnes announces WPB order rationing persons to 3 pairs a yr; action forced by sole leather shortage; '43 output ltd; Admr Brown comment; effect discussed; sales banned for 1 1/2 days; order text

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NEW GIRAUD MOVES BACKED BY ENVOYS; Murphy and Macmillan Say Allies Seek 'Healthy Political Atmosphere in Africa' NEW GIRAUD MOVES BACKED BY ENVOYS

By Drew Middletonwireless To the New York Times

Murphy and Brit Min Macmillan back Giraud moves; former reveals Giraud asked for Peyrouton with Eisenhower approval; Murphy and Macmillan hold US-Brit in accord on policy

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Rickenbacker Urges Labor Draft And Service Records for Civilians; LABOR DRAFT URGED BY RICKENBACKER

By Unknown Author

Rickenbacker asks Selective Service draft for essential industries and individual service records similar to mil records; opposes union membership requirement for drafted men

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RUSSIANS ON BANK OF DON, SHELL ROSTOV; CUT KURSK-OREL ROAD, GAIN IN UKRAINE; U.S. TROOPS FLANK FOE ON GUADALCANAL; SOUTH SHORE FREED Red Army Takes Towns Across From Rostov and Big Guns Duel THREAT TO KURSK MOUNTS New Advance Almost Rings a Rail Center in Ukraine and Carries Close to Stalino

By the Associated Press

USSR troops take Azov and other towns across Don from Rostov; threaten Kursk; take Kramatorsk on Rostov-Kharkov ry; Gers rept Ger defensive battles; map

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BILLION SPENT HERE ON WAR CONTRACTS; UNEMPLOYMENT CUT; WMC Program of Giving Work to Labor Surplus Areas Is Pushed by Army and Navy ONLY 250,000 LACK JOBS Orders Worth $855,480,857 Were Placed by the Navy in November and December

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NYC: Mrs Rosenberg lauds WMC labor surplus area classification system for cut in unemployment, 8 mos

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1943Creed Bratton, American actor and musician^[†]

Creed Bratton is an American actor and musician. He is a former member of the rock band the Grass Roots, but he is best known for playing a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC comedy The Office (2005–2013), which earned him five nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

1943Valerie Thomas, American scientist and inventor^[†]

Valerie L. Thomas is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program.

Headlines from February 8, 1943

SHOE RATION PUT AT 3 PAIRS A YEAR, SALES ARE FROZEN; BUYING TOMORROW Sudden Sunday Order Prohibits It Today in Move to Bar Rush BOOK NO. 1 WILL BE USED Stamp No. 12 Designated for Footwear -- Action Forced by Sole Leather Shortage SHOES RATIONED AND SALES FROZEN

NEW GIRAUD MOVES BACKED BY ENVOYS; Murphy and Macmillan Say Allies Seek 'Healthy Political Atmosphere in Africa' NEW GIRAUD MOVES BACKED BY ENVOYS

Rickenbacker Urges Labor Draft And Service Records for Civilians; LABOR DRAFT URGED BY RICKENBACKER

RUSSIANS ON BANK OF DON, SHELL ROSTOV; CUT KURSK-OREL ROAD, GAIN IN UKRAINE; U.S. TROOPS FLANK FOE ON GUADALCANAL; SOUTH SHORE FREED Red Army Takes Towns Across From Rostov and Big Guns Duel THREAT TO KURSK MOUNTS New Advance Almost Rings a Rail Center in Ukraine and Carries Close to Stalino

BILLION SPENT HERE ON WAR CONTRACTS; UNEMPLOYMENT CUT; WMC Program of Giving Work to Labor Surplus Areas Is Pushed by Army and Navy ONLY 250,000 LACK JOBS Orders Worth $855,480,857 Were Placed by the Navy in November and December

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