Powerful Mareth Line Cracked in Allied Drive on Africa Front
Allied forces surged toward Maknassy as the Mareth line fell under heavy pressure. Allied air forces reportedly destroyed a troopship off Sicily while Rommel’s positions faced a double thrust. In Washington, official ration values were announced for meat fats fish and cheese to begin March 29 with detailed points for various cuts and commodities.
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Rationed Meat Values Set For Americans Next Week
Washington outlines official point values for meat purchases under new rationing. A maximum of 2.14 pounds steak or 8.15 pounds hamburger per person weekly, with a 16 point weekly budget and 8 point per pound average. most will buy less to allocate coupons for butter cheese and canned fish. The system aims to equalize meat supplies amid civilian shortages and heavy diversion to services, with farmers exempt to consume their own produce.
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Lend Lease
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War Production Policy Faces Labor and Material Strains
CIO official R. J. Thomas told Senate that war output suffers from misused labor and materials shortages not lack of workers. He opposed Austin-Wadsworth civilian draft and urged Pepper-Kilgore mobilization bill to decentralize contracting and man power decisions. He cited Baltimore's Glenn L. Martin plant laying off hundreds daily due to planning gaps and shortages.
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Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Escape and Capture End Jail Break by Bandits
Two armed inmates Gilbert and Layman, indicted for the Hale Center Bank robbery, escaped Lubbock County jail within hours. Jailer Berry was attacked. the pair seized shoes and funds, but were recaptured after officers spotted them along a railroad track.
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Aubrey Powver
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Mareth Line Breaks Under British Eighth Army Advance
The British Eighth Army broke the Mareth Line at 3 A M near the coast in Tunisia, after about 30 hours of intense fighting led by General Montgomery. They widened a bridgehead across the Wadi Zigzaou and overran multiple concrete strongpoints, taking many Italian and German soldiers as prisoners and pushing toward a deeper gulf in the line.
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Rommel
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Mareth
Bernard L. Montgomery
Africa Corps
Erwin Rommel
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Russians Shatter Nagi Forces In March On Smolensk
Russian troops break Nagi forces in a march toward Smolensk with strong advances. Reports indicate heavy clashes near the city as units push to secure routes and streets.
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