Warns of Wider War Production Rationing in 1943
Nelson told the Senate Military Committee that 1,800,000 extra workers are needed to produce 80 billion dollars of munitions this year. He warned non essential industries would suffer and clothing rationing could spread even with ample materials. He urged preserving civilian services while meeting armed forces targets of about 10.75 million by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Senate Military Committee
WPB
Prentiss M. Brown
United States
Wickard
U S Planes Sink Three Japanese Warships Off Guadalcanal
American bombers and torpedo planes creditably struck Guadalcanal evacuation ships, sinking three Japanese destroyers and crippling at least four more as Japan tried to withdraw troops in early February.
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Guadalcanal
Specific Butter Prices Established by OPA
The Office of Price Administration replaced its butter price freeze with specific prices effective Feb. 16. Retail stores will set butter prices by adding eight to ten percent markups over net cost, depending on store type, aiming to keep the housewife's price unchanged or slightly lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Canadian United with U S Royal Arch Masons in Manitoba
Roscoe R. Walcutt of Columbus announced the Manitoba Grand Chapter has affiliated with the Royal Arch Masons in the United States. He said the move is the first of its kind and could mark the start of an organization spanning the Western Hemisphere.
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Columbus
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Royal Arch Masons
United States
Order
Manitoba
Canada
Western Hemisphere
Greatest fighters Pyote unit hailed as nation's best air force group
The 19th Bomb Group received the Army’s salute as the nation’s greatest air fighting unit after a year of combat across the Philippines, Java, Australia, and New Guinea. More than 600 Japanese planes shot down and ships destroyed. Captain Colin Kelly and others were killed in action.
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Pyote
Tex
Pacific
U U. S
Philippines
Java
Australia
Coral Sea
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
U. S. Army
Port Moresby
Farmers Seek Public Backing for Higher Farm Prices
U S farm state senators mobilize public pressure to raise farm prices and probe administration policies they say will cause food shortages by year end. Chairman Smith says a 48 hour work week and a 30 percent industrial wage rise widen the farm industrial wage gap and hinder farming.
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Washington
Smith
D.-S.c
Agriculture Subcommittee
Roosevelt
GOP Leaders Press on Civilian Staff Cuts in War Time
In Columbus Ohio Senator Harold H Burton and Rep Joseph M Martin urged removing political straphangers from government payrolls to aid the war effort. They argued for reductions in civilian government employees and a postwar return of powers from bureaucrats.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S
House
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Joseph M. Martin
Congress
RAF Raids Wilhelmshaven Base Last Night
The German naval base at Wilhelmshaven was struck by a heavy RAF attack reported by the Air Ministry. The London dispatch notes the raid occurred overnight with significant bombing activity and potential damage assessed by British authorities.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
RAF
Air Ministry
Increase in Tobacco Acreage Is Expected
Washington AP reports near agreement on further liberalization of burley tobacco allotments for 1943. After talks with Agriculture Department officials, Rep Flannagan said an order may grant an additional tolerance of two tenths of an acre or two percent, whichever is greater, atop the 10 percent rise already allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Flannagan
D.va
Agriculture Department
Donor With Rare Blood Sought to Save Child
Martins Ferry doctors seek a donor with rare blood after a nine year old Adena boy William Gaveric contracts acute bacterial endocarditis. The illness is reported as 98 percent fatal without a suitable blood match.
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Martins Ferry
William Gaveric
Adena
Press Backs War Effort Guards Freedom
Washington AP report on ASNE president W S Gilmore of The Detroit News saying the free press will promote the war while guarding against censorship. He cites the scrap drive as proof of press power and notes editors resisted a government attempt to muzzle them, respecting facts the public should know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Free Press
American Society of Newspaper Editors Today
ASNE
W. S. Gilmore
Detroit News
New York
Gilmore
Sweaters Forbidden For Factory Girls
Bridgeport reporters note a Sikorsky Aircraft plant shop committee debates clothing rules for wartime labor. Management bans sweaters claiming safety reasons and yesterday sent home 53 workers for violation.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Sikorsky Aircraft Company
Willkie Urges Global Expansion to Solve Debt Issue
Wendell L. Willkie warned that a 300 billion debt may confront the nation after the war and faulted the administration for few practical ideas. Speaking at the Lincoln's Day banquet in Indianapolis he urged expansion and development within and beyond borders and cooperation of agriculture management and capital. He said broader markets for goods and manufacturing would emerge if the U S collaborated economically with other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Wendell L. Willkie
Women’s Republican Club of
Willkie
United States
Says Country Meat Lockers Are Jammed
Chicago reports that millions of tons of meat are hoarded in refrigerated country food lockers. John A. Kotal, secretary of the National Retail Meat Dealers association, says lockers are jammed as a response to shortages. He warns of spoilage risk if electric power fails.
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Chicago
John A. Kotal
National Retail Meat Dealers Association
Kotal
Roosevelt to address nation by radio at 9 30 tonight
President Roosevelt will speak to the nation by radio at 9:30 PM the first time since returning January 31 from a Casablanca trip and Churchill talks. White House says the broadcast will cover foreign and home front developments including labor shortages and the 48 hour work week push.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Churchill
White House
Pilgrimage to Mrs. Lincoln's Grave Observed in Indiana
On Lincoln’s birthday a small group visited Nancy Hanks Lincoln’s grave in Indiana. A wreath was placed at the stone marker on the hillside amid black oak trees to honor the mother of Abraham Lincoln, who died in 1818, when he was nine years old.
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Lincoln City
Ind
Abraham Lincoln
Indiana
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Widow of Houdini Dies After Ten Year Wait for Message
Mrs. Beatrice Houdini aged 69 died in Los Angeles after ten years of awaiting a spirit message from her husband Harry Houdini the famed magician. In an interview she said she believed immortality was possible but had given up hope of contact.
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Los Angeles
Beatrice Houdini
Harry Houdini
May Delay Time Change Until Oct in Ohio Cities Fight
Columbus councilman Joseph Van Heyde announced a resolution asking the Ohio Legislature to retain Eastern War Time until Oct 1 to keep uniformity among cities. Governor Bricker is ready to sign the bill, but many cities prefer wartime time. several senators warn about losing farmer and business benefits if cities refuse the shift.
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Columbus
Joseph van Heyde
Ohio
Assembly
John W. Bricker
Bricker
van Heyde
Virgil E. Cramer
R-Lucas
Raymond E. Hildebrand
Albert L. Daniel
R-Highland
Springfield
Alliance
Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Sandusky
Training After War Advocated
Congress debated compulsory universal military training for youths after the war. Rep. Wadsworth and Sen. Gurney introduced nearly identical measures proposing 18 year olds enter the Army or Navy for one year of training, followed by four years in reserve with refresher calls.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
Wadsworth
Gurney
Army
Navy
Navy Commission Ceremony for Robert Taylor in Los Angeles
Screen star Spangler Arlington Brugh, age 31, is sworn in as lieutenant junior grade in the Naval Air Force at Los Angeles. He takes the oath under his legal name, Robert Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taylor
Naval Air Force
Los Angeles
Calif
Spangler
Arlington Brugh
Vandegrift cites Japanese losses in Solomon Islands
Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift says the Japanese once lost 30,000 men in a single landing attempt at the Solomon Islands. Dispatches describe heavy Allied attacks on Japanese destroyers, aerial battles, and shifting casualties in New Georgia, Guadalcanal, and nearby fronts.
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Philadelphia
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Solomon Islands
Dionne quintuplets to launch five ships in May visit
Superior officials acknowledge limited details as talks begin about bringing the world famous Dionne quintuplets to the Lake Superior port for a May 9 shipment launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Lake Superior
First Meeting of Regional WLB Is Held
The regional war labor board for Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia held its first meeting in Cleveland. Led by acting director Lewis M. Gill, the board plans to expand from 50 to 200 staff, with three man panels in 19 cities to hear cases and make recommendations to the regional board. Disputes will move to the national board after conciliation efforts fail.
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Cleveland
Regional War Labor Board
National Board
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Lewis M. Gill
WLB
Gill
Secretary of Labor
U. S. Conciliation Service
Ohio Farmers Map Program Drives 1943 Production Goals
Ohio farm organizations and agencies unite to meet 1943 production targets. Field reps outline local manpower and equipment plans across state, county, and neighborhood levels. A joint statewide committee will handle needs beyond county capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Buckeye
Toledo firms face federal meat price charge
U S Commissioner Morton J. Neipp announced that two Toledo packing firms would be charged today under the emergency price control act and federal price regulations for selling meat at unlawful prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.S
Morton J. Neipp
Ravenna Women Pack Axis Destruction in Ordnance Plants
Ravenna plants employ over 10,000 people including 60 percent women who load bombs and explosives daily. Women workers handle 2000-pound bombs and one-ton loads of TNT with safety and pride as Col. J. K. Clement notes the arsenal can double production and store larger shells.
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Ravenna
Army Ordnance
War Department
Ersnel
J. K. Clement
Ordnance Department
Site of Huge Power Dam Is Menaced
Associated Press reports Col. Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's Don armies pushing toward Dnieperopetrovsk in Ukraine within 60 miles after a 35 mile advance. In the Caucasus a series of pitched battles raged along the Black Sea shores as forces clashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Don
Dnieperopetrovsk
Ukraine
Caucasus
Black Sea
Early call for reserves seen in Fifth Service Command
Col John Fager said headquarters in Columbus expected War Department orders to activate most college students in the Army enlist ed reserve. News from Novorossisk reports fighting on both sides and a German claim of heavy losses. Soviet forces advance toward Dnieperopetrovsk as Rommel’s forces pull back in Tunisia. RAF bombers hit Wilhelmshaven. weather delays and planning for a southern Europe invasion noted.
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Columbus
John Fager
General Staff
Fifth Service Command
War Department
Army
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Red
Kuban
Kerch Strait
Caucasus
Crimea
North Africa
Reuters
Mateur
Bizerte
Manent
Erwin Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Libya
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Middle East
Europe
RAF
Wilhelmshaven
Truck Driver Killed by Gas While Taking Nap
Carbon monoxide poisoning killed Donald Sanders 32 of Salem while he slept in his parked truck beside the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Coroner H Albert McMurray said Sanders was found dead after about 18 hours by turnpike employees.
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Greensburg
Donald Sanders
Salem
H. Albert McMurray
Sanders
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