The United States War Manpower Commission issued the order preventing 27,000,000 civilian employees engaged in essential activity from leaving their employment for non-essential work. An exception existed if a person simply left employment and remained unemployed for thirty days.
Penalties existed for employees and employers who violated the order, including fines up to $1,000 and a year in prison.
We addressed this a bit earlier, but this would probably be regarded as an unconstitutional act today.
Catholic orphanage in Algiers destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing on this day. Fifteen Religious Sisters were killed in the raid.
Admiral Horthy, the leader of Hungary, refused Hitler's personal request to turn Hungary's 800,000 Jews over to the Germans.
The U-175 was sunk by the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer in a heavily photographed action.
