Solons Move Toward Showdown On Draft Problems
Congress tackles three major draft issues including exemption for fathers with families and resumption of inductions for older men while a truce on manpower fronts holds. House and Senate leaders push for swift action as a probe into deferments for government workers is ordered and Capitol Hill seeks better White House cooperation.
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Solons
Washington
Democratic Party
Capitol Hill
War Manpower Commission
Wheeler
Mont
Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kilday
Tex
House Military Committee
Rep
Costello
Calif
Harness
Ind
White House
House
James F. Byrnes
Prentiss Brown
Representative Cooey
North Carolina
War Department
Rommel's Retreat Deepens in Tunisian Front
Allied forces drive Rommel's armor back 14 miles in Tunisia after a three day battle. U S and British planes pound the Kasserine Gap while infantry and tanks harass retreating German units near Thala and Kasserine Pass.
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Erwin Rommel
Kasserine Gap
Tunisia
Thala
Kremamsa
Rommel
Kasserine
Psychological Warfare Weakens Jap Soldiers
Washington reports a successful psychological offensive against Japanese morale. Leaflets and food relief erode the belief Japanese troops fight to the death, prompting surrender. Americans drop propaganda, provide humane treatment, and encourage prisoners to write home to influence others.
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Washington
China
Borneo
Philippines
Guadalcanal
Japan
Mikado
Marine Corps
Uniform Egg Prices Set to Stabilize Markets
The Office of Price Administration established wholesale egg prices expected to ease consumer costs now but lift annual averages by one to two cents per dozen. The plan aims for uniform regional prices by adjusting store margins, with the new regulation effective March 6 and a gradual June rise before year end.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ohio Households Urged to Boost Kitchen Fat Collection
Ohio salvage officials told Governor Bricker that housewives must quintuple fat collection to reach a 1943 goal. The committee said 1,635,072 pounds were collected in late 1942, far short of the 6,198,000 pounds target for the first six months of 1943.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert O. Weible
John W. Bricker
Nation's Press Given Big Job by Byrnes
Washington reports that the press must keep Americans constructively critical yet calm toward wartime policy. Economic Director James F. Byrnes urges a balance of watchdog reporting with support to win the total war, including fighting black markets and rationing violations.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Cold Wave Expected Tonight Across Ohio
The Columbus Weather Bureau warns of a cold wave tonight with strong winds. Temperatures will fall to 5 to 10 above in the northern portion and 15 to 20 above in the southern portion.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Weather Bureau
War Plants Warned To Drop Age Barriers
Dr. William P. Edmunds, Cleveland area director for the War Manpower Commission, warned war plants to drop age barriers in hiring. He said employers refusing jobs to men over 50 and women past 40 must change, declaring the days of picking and choosing help are past.
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Cleveland
William P. Edmunds
Cleveland Area
War Manpower Commission
Edmunds
Ice Cream Butter Fat Content To Be Reduced
Producers and retailers won approval from the Office of Price Administration to cut butter fat content in ice cream and mixes by up to two and a half percent without price changes. Consumers will gain some savings when reductions exceed that amount.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War tires limited to high mileage drivers after March first
The OPA said "War" tires made from reclaimed rubber will be available after March 1 only to motorists with monthly mileage over 560 miles. Low mileage owners may receive only used or recapped tires. Also announced were Navy casualties including John David Snodgrass, son of David L Snodgrass of Stockport, O.
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Washington
OPA
Rationing of Ohio Liquor Is Proposed
In Columbus a House committee indicated unanimous support for rationing liquor. A subcommittee will draft a bill within a week to issue rationing cards for a 25 cent fee to adults 21 and older.
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Ohio
Columbus
House of Representatives Committee On
Howard Metzenbaum
D.cuyahoga
Liquor Department
Metzenbaum
Don A. Fisher
Fortresses Score 3 Hits On Jap Warship at Rabaul
American Flying Fortresses credited with three hits using 500 pound bombs on a Japanese cruiser or large destroyer in Rabaul Harbor New Britain. Other Allied aircraft attacked across the Southwest Pacific targeting Koepang Ataliklikun Bay Lae and Tocal. RAF bombers hit five Japanese occupied towns in Burma.
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Rabaul Harbor
New Britain
Southwest
Pacific
U. S
Paul I. Williams
Norman
Okio
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Koepang
Portuguese Timor
Ataliklikun Bay
Lae
New Guinea
Hides Point to Burgeoning Meat Black Market
A Tanters council report cites a sharp rise in uninspected cow hide shipments, suggesting strong black market activity. December 1942 hides uninspected rose to 830 000 from 472 000 in December 1914, while government inspected slaughterhouse hides fell to 982 000 in December 1942 from 1 005 000 in December 1941. Slaughter in December 1942 was 22 percent higher than the prior year.
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New York
Tanners’ Council
U. S
Car Crash Spars Chicks and Eggs Survive Collision
Peter Mikando and his wife escaped injury after their car collided with a fast passenger train in Canton. From the wreck they pulled out dozens of eggs and a box holding 72 chicks, all unharmed by the crash.
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Canton
Peter Mikando
Quota Suspension Won't Raise Ohio Wheat Yields
Ohio agronomy experts say suspending wheat marketing quotas will not cause immediate yield gains. Elmer F. Kruse, state Agricultural Adjustment Administrator, notes the government order to remove production limits comes too late to affect the 1943 and 1944 crops in Buckeye fields.
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Columbus
Ohio
Elmer F. Kruse
Victims Frozen in Sea After Two North Atlantic Sinkings
Cleveland report details survivors in lifeboats found frozen to death after torpedo attacks in the North Atlantic. Navy signalman Robert Weikart recalls men in life boats, many not dressed, as a submarine fled while dawn revealed countless bodies.
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Cleveland
North Atlantic
Robert Weikart
Navy
Weikhart
Perkins urges correction over firing to curb absenteeism
Secretary Frances Perkins told the House committee that rising factory absenteeism should be corrected rather than responded to by firing workers. She argued the country needs every worker and called for methods to correct behavior instead of layoffs as the Navy considers a work or fight policy and Selective Service boards receive lists of absent employees.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Congress
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Neely forecasts Roosevelt fourth term at Charleston dinner
West Virginia Democratic leaders at a George Washington dinner heard Governor Matthew M. Neely predict a fourth term for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The event took place in Charleston, with Neely outlining continued support and party unity ahead of the next election.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Matthew M. Neely
Roosevelt
Improvement Noted In Gandhi's Condition
Bombay official bulletin said Gandhi showed slight improvement on the fifteenth day of his 21 day fast. The 73 year old Indian leader remained in a fragile condition as attempts at a compromise with the Indian government failed.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Cleveland’s lone Grand Army of the Republic member dies
Peter J. Diemer, 99, the city’s sole Grand Army of the Republic member, died yesterday at a daughter’s home in Montreal Canada.
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Cleveland—. Cleveland
Grand Army of the Republic
Peter J. Diemer
Montreal
Canada
Allied Air Power Slows Rommel as Tunisia Battles Intensify
RAF and U S armor report heavy German losses around Kasserine Sbeitla and Feriana with Fortresses Marauders Mitchells and bombers pummeling retreating Axis columns. In the Donets region Soviet forces claim gains near Kharkov Orel and Kiev while German divisions are redeployed south to counter Montgomery’s thrust.
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Rommel
Tunisia
Kasserine
Sbeitla
Ferrana
Scheitla
Feriana
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth
Little Maginot
Ukraine
Orel
Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Kiev
Meloarkhangelsk
Kursk-Orel
One Pair of Non-Ration Shoes To Person Urged
Washington Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown urged stores to limit non rationed shoes to one pair per customer. He said removal of play shoes from rationing begins tomorrow and hoped the supply will go only to those who really need them.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Cavalier Train Wreck Injures 57 Passengers and Crew
In Wilmington Pennsylvania Railroad’s Cavalier passenger train was rear ended by a switch engine and two coaches after stopping for a signal. Fifty seven people were injured, six seriously, with most victims military personnel.
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Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cavalier
City workers' living costs rise 0.2 percent in January
Washington report shows January cost of living for city workers up 0.2 percent, the smallest monthly increase since February 1941 according to the labor department.
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Washington
Labor Department
Public eating places get new rationing points from OPA
Washington announces a new OPA rationing formula for restaurants and public eating places. Restaurants receive 6 to 10 ration points for December 1942 meals, comparable to householders, with adjustments for waste and patronage. Sugar and coffee allowances are consolidated with canned goods. The rule also applies to boarding houses serving 50 or more people. smaller boarding houses pool residents' ration cards.
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Washington
OPA
Slight Reduction in Sugar Ration Planned
Washington reports a new sugar ration reducing the weekly allotment to five pounds for the 11 weeks starting March 16, down from the prior 0.5 pounds per person weekly. Stamp No. 11 ends March 15, as Stamp No. 12 covers three pounds. OPA cites manpower savings and simpler handling.
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Washington
OPA
White House Declares No Limit On Canned Goods
President and Mrs Roosevelt received War Ration Books No 2 but need not declare canned goods on hand. A White House secretary said the residence is an institution and under OPA rules individuals living there are not required to file declarations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
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