Allies Make New Gains in Tunisia Near Sfax and Mezzouna
Allied forces press Rommel as Axis troops retreat from Mahares and Mezzouna, 22 miles south of Sfax, with American columns expanding the eastern flank from El Guetar. Eisenhower reports 9 500 Axis prisoners taken since Wadi Akarit as Montgomery advances 15 miles north of the Wadi Akarit zone.
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Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Mahares
Sfax
Mezzouna
Tunisian
Maknassy
el Guetar
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wadi ‘ Akarit
Kigath
First Army
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Wadi el Akarit
Gabes
Dekhira
la Skhirra
Rommel
Sousse
Jurgen von Arnim
Bizerte-Tunis
Paris
Berlin
Mediterranean
Associated Press
Africa
Europe
James H. Doolittle
Red Armies
Kharkov
Roosevelt hints ceilings on all food items to curb living costs
President Roosevelt said ceilings on all food commodities affecting living costs likely will be set, with Byrnes signaling possible Saturday plans for specific ceiling price schemes. He described inflation control as a four legged stool of food prices wages rationing and taxes. He urged regional or local price determinations to avoid shortages and overstock headlines.
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Washinggton
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Office of Price Administration
Congress
Washington
Byrnes
Restaurant Association Seeks Repeal of Tax
The Ohio State Restaurant Association will seek a referendum to repeal the sales tax on food sold in eating establishments unless the legislature reverses its stance. The House GOP caucus rejected Governor Bricker’s proposal to repeal the tax while the Senate had previously approved repeal.
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Columbus
Ohio State Restaurant Association
House
John W. Bricker
Senate
FD's Freeze Order Triggers Broad Market Selloff
Speculative selling hit stocks, bonds, and commodities as traders reacted to the President's price wage anti inflation order. Major losses appeared in steels and rails with blocks of 1 000 to 6 000 shares, staple goods fell about a dollar per bale, and Chicago wheat futures declined 1 to over 2 cents a bushel.
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NEW York
Minister Is Burned Fatally In Attempt To Rescue Son
Rev Wayne Tumbleson 35 died after trying to save his two year old Merrill from a fire at their Clendenin District home. The infant died at noon. the father succumbed at Point Clinic. The couple’s other five children were cared for by neighbors. The fire, likely from a flue, occurred while the family was on the first floor or yard. Mrs Tumbleson and others aided the infant to Joe Kinniard’s home and to Point Clinic. The family, natives of Swan Creek, had moved here in February for Rev Tumbleson to serve as substitute pastor of three churches.
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Point Pleasant
Wayne Tumbleson
Merrill
Clendenin
Gallia County
Point Clinic
Tumbleson
Joe Kinniard
Alice Rulen
Gallipolis
Kinniard
Tumblesons
Swan Creek
Mt. Carmel
Barton Chapel
Potts Chapel
U. B
Senate OKs School Bill in Ohio with Higher Aid
The Ohio Senate approved 29 to 1 a bill increasing state school aid by 2.39 million dollars. It raises the per pupil annual distribution for elementary students from 30.60 to 32.58 and boosts guaranteed annual district funding from 45 to 50.40. A companion measure allows high school students to miss up to 20 days for farm or war work without loss of state support.
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Columbus
Senate
Civilian Tire Allotment For 1943 Doubled
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers announced 12,000,000 new passenger tires will be available in 1943 up from 3,474,000 in 1942 with 5,000,000 to be synthetic rubber. Also 6,300,000 new truck tires will be distributed in 1943 versus 3,525,000 in 1942, and 1,800,000 new truck tires are on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Dog owner electrocuted while removing wire
78-year-old John H. Oden of Williamsdale attempted to disengage an electric wire from a dog and was electrocuted. The incident reflects a tragic accident with hazardous surroundings. local authorities reported no further details available.
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Hamilton
John H. Oden
Williamsdale
Eisenhower Says Allies Set Trap for Axis in Africa
The piece argues General Eisenhower’s message confirms the Allies can exact the full price from Axis forces in Africa. It notes possible Rommel evacuations by air and warns of a potential but risky Nazi gambit involving a larger air fleet and Italian ships, while Allied air power targets any escape attempt.
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America
Eisenhower
Tunisia
Marshal Rommel
Africa
Harold Alexander
Indica
Rommel
von Arnim
Tunis
Bizerte
Hitler
Japs Claim Triumph in Sea Battle Near Guadalcanal
Imperial Tokyo claimed 15 warships sunk or damaged and 387 planes shot down in a Guadalcanal action, while U S Navy said 37 Japanese planes downed and no confirmed shipping losses. Allied raids on Dutch New Guinea and Aroe Islands followed, as British and American forces reported additional air and sea attacks in Burma and surrounding fronts.
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Imperial Tokyo
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Toyko
U. S. Navy
Guadalcanal
Navy
U. S
Tokyo
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Aroe Islands
Burma
Bay of Bengal
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Toungoo
U. S.S
Ningam
Hog Price Rollback And Support Plan Under OPA
Washington plans to reduce live hog prices from about 16 to 14.50 per hundredweight and provide additional support payments to producers. The move follows Roosevelt’s order to hold the line on farm prices and wages and aligns hog prices with OPA wholesale and retail meat orders amid packers’ complaints about price controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
OPA
Receiver Asked for Two Coal Companies
Federal court heard a request from four Ohio residents to appoint a receiver for the Mary Frances and New River Smokeless Coal Companies in Fayette County. The Cottingham family, listed as secretary treasurer and stockholders, accuse President Charles P. Anderson Sr. of mismanagement.
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Charleston
W. Va
Federal District Court
Mary Frances and
New River Smokeless
Fayette County
S. Cottingham
Columbus
Charles P. Anderson
Oak Hill
Charles
Robert Cottingham
E. A. Cottingham
Athens
Columbus Planes Going Into Services of Allies
J P Davey general manager of the Curtiss Wright warplane plant in Columbus said the factory delivered over 500 combat planes in the last year to the U S Navy and the British Royal Navy. The first Columbus built Curtiss plane flew on March 4 1942 and since then the delivery tally passed 500.
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Columbus
J. P. Davey
U. S. Navy
Davey
Perry County Woman Gets $21,500 Alimony
Domestic Relations Judge Clayton W. Rose ordered Bertie G. Davis to pay his divorced wife Florence Davis of Columbus $21,500 alimony. Davis, a 62 year old Lexington oil man, married Marion Sharp of Langsville after his Reno divorce last July 27.
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Columbus
Clayton W. Rose
Bertie G. Davis
Lexington Oil
Florence ©. Davis
Davis
Marion Sharp
Langsville
Reno
Nev
U S Press Marshals Forces For Second War Fund Drive
Frank E. Tripp, chairman of the Allied Newspaper Council, says American newspapermen are marshalled on the home front to aid the Treasury's second war loan campaign, aiming to raise 13 billion dollars. He recalls past press sacrifices and vows press participation to defend free press traditions.
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Washington
Frank E. Tripp
Allied Newspaper Council
America
Tripp
Treasury
Europe
Dice game sparks Ford Highland Park work stoppage
At Ford High land Park, a dice game disruption led to 500 plus workers walking off at 2 45 am after plant protection removed players badges. By 6 30 am 2700 more refused to work and 1000 joined later in another unit, with 431 idle in Rouge plant over a wage dispute.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Reece de Ee
Rouge
British Lose 21 Planes in Ruhr Raid
The RAF conducted a heavy raid on the Ruhr Valley last night, with 21 bombers missing. Weather hindered observation, and Essen housed the Krupp works amid strong Nazi anti aircraft defenses and vast gun and searchlight networks.
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Ruhr
London
RAF
Europe
Air Ministry
Britain
Germany
Northern Ohio Blackout Declared A Success
Ohio's second major blackout in northern Ohio last night affected 21 counties. State Defense Director Ralph H. Stone and Maj. Charles S. Miller watched the test from Canton's 12-story First National Bank building rooftop.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Defense
Ralph H. Stone
Maj
Charles S. Miller
Army
State Defense Council
Canton
First National Bank
Spinal Meningitis Cases Rise Sharply in 1943
Public Health Service reports 5826 cases through April 3 this year, up from 953 in the same period last year and 3774 for all of 1942. Once fatal, the disease is now largely curable with sulfa drugs.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Two Licenses Suspended for Illicit Liquor Purchases
Columbus AP reports the State Board of Liquor Control suspended the licenses of two permit holders on charges of buying spirituous liquor from sources other than designated wholesale stores. Both permits face suspension for purchasing liquor from unapproved sellers.
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Columbus
State Board of Liquor Control
Ohio Welfare Institutions Short of Help
Ohio welfare institutions face severe staffing shortages with 827 vacancies as of April 1. The 22 facilities normally employ about 4,300 staff, with 712 vacancies in the 13 hospitals for the mentally ill and epileptic. There are 86 vacancies in four penal institutions and dormitory closures at a prison amid the shortage.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood l
Massillon State Hospital
Athens State Hospital
Lima State Hospital
London Prison Farm
Reformatory For Men
Mansfield
Reformatory For Women
Marysville
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Home Canners To Get Sugar
Washington AP reports home canners will again receive extra sugar with no penalties as OPA drops a plan to require surrendering ration coupons. Spokeswoman Mrs. Philip Crowlie of Huron South Dakota celebrated the decision, with local boards to dole out sugar on request as in the prior year.
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Washington
OPA
Philip Crowlie
Huron
5. D
Deputy Schanic Shoots Stabber During Lunacy Warrant Incident
Deputy Howard Shanick of Toledo reported he fatally shot 38 year old Ollie Thompkins after Thompkins stabbed Deputy William Bierwith and injured Deputy Martin Sears as officers tried to serve a lunacy warrant.
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Toledo
Howard Shanick
Ollie Thompkins
Thompkins
William Bierwith
Martin Sears
Lewis Says Mine Problem Remains
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, says Roosevelt’s resistance to inflation leaves the mine industry unchanged and miners hungry as bread demands become political pawns. He jokes about clothing ceilings as the OPA plan would let buyers see store prices. Byrnes says housewives must police prices and Davis will decide if fresh vegetables fall under ceilings.
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NEW York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
OPA
Byrnes
Chester C. Davis
Roosevelt freezes farm prices and wages across economy
President Roosevelt orders a broad price and wage hold to curb living costs. War agencies gain power to enforce limits, with penalties for noncompliance and potential draft deferment impacts. Officials aim to prevent inflation by barring raises except to correct substandard living conditions.
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Byrnes
Prentiss M. Brown
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Washington
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Little Steel
Jenkins Named Head of GOP Food Study Group
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Iron Stone heads a special Republican committee to study the food problem for wartime and postwar America. The unofficial group will seek expert advice, include Herbert Hoover, and aim to offer constructive policy recommendations to aid war agencies and the nation.
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Jenkins
Washington
Rep
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironston
House Republicans
Ohio
Joe Martin
New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Arrangements Made To Import Cuban Sugar
Washington officials say arrangements are made to import 220000 tons of sugar from Cuba to ease rationing. They stress this does not necessarily change general consumer sugar rations.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Halt to Cashing Paychecks in Taverns Proposed
Cleveland AP reports after executives noted higher absenteeism on paydays Safety Director Frank D. Celebrezze announced plans to bar workers from cashing paychecks in taverns. He suggested banks stay open evenings to offset losses.
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Cleveland
Frank D. Celebrezze
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