Grilling Fees Dominate Food Subsidy Plan Debate
Chief of the Price Administration Prentiss Brown testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on subsidy limits, arguing price controls rely on subsidies and denying plans for a food czar. President Roosevelt cites cost ranges and political reaction while Taft pushes for broader price reform. War Labor Board weighs underground travel pay for coal workers amid mounting front-line pressures.
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Prentiss M. Brown
of Price Administration
Sen- Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Erday
Congress
Roosevelt
OPA
Ite House
Ent
Bushfield
S. D
White House
United States
War Labor Board
Allied Bombs Fire Jap Airdromes at Rabaul
Allied air forces pounded Lakunai and other Rabaul fields with up to 135 tons of bombs in four raids. Liberators faced anti aircraft fire but returned safely as reconnaissance indicated heavy damage and many Japanese aircraft at Rabaul airfields.
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Rabaul
Lakunai Airrome
New Britain
Truk
Charles H. McMurtry
Associated Press
Honolulu
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Lakunai
Moonshiner Describes Unusual Whiskey Ingredients
San Diego report states a man charged with illegal liquor making admitted using species including squirrels and Chinese ice plus lizards and other creatures. The process involved distilling whiskey and aging the product for two years as evidence in the trial.
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San Diego
Calif
Sally
Basil Stephens
Ternal Revenue Alcohol Tax Unit
Meigs County Resident Dies at 77 in Reedsville
Mrs. Ele (Star) Pamma Sisson, age 77, a lifelong Meigs County resident, died yesterday at her son’s home. Her husband and two other sons preceded her in death. Services will be held at 2 PM at the Bering Christian Church with burial in the local cemetery.
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Reedsville
St . Special
Ele
Pamma Sisson
Meigs County
Bering Christian Church
Plan Checking of Autos at Vacation Grounds
Ohio vacation areas will be surveilled over coming months to curb nonessential car use for trips and protect rubber supplies. The Office of Price Administration intends to correct B and C ration abuses while allowing needed vacations, noting popular fishing spots will be checked.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Office of Price Administration
James C. Gruener
OPA
Gruener
British Labor Rejects Reds In Major Party Vote
In London the Labour Party vetoed the Communist Party's bid for affiliation by a large majority 1 951 000 to 712 000 after debates led by Herbert Morrison who urged keeping the issue separate from relations with the Soviet Union. Morrison warned the Communist International may not revive but said communists still pursue revolution by violence contrary to Labour's policy of persuasion. In Boston a separate OPA note says Hartford office cat Inflation has kittens named Directive Questionnaire Form 1309 and Rollback.
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London
Labor Party
Britain
Communist Party
Herbert Morrison
Boston
OPA
Hartford, Conn
Red Army Poised to Meet Summer German Push
Eddy Gilmore, AP correspondent, reports from Moscow that the Red Army is now a potent force. He notes Stalin’s leadership and young generals who favor offense as Germany massed troops, tanks, and guns near Moscow, while Russian roads dried for renewed summer combat.
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Eddy Gilmore
Russia
America
Associated Press
Moscow
Eddie Gilmore
New York
Old City
Briansk
Oriel
Svesk
Kursk
Smolensk
Velikie Luki
Hitler
Red Army
United States
Stalin
Fire injures Idaho farmer while smoking near fuel
Ray Smith of Booneville County lit a cigarette while cleaning an electric water pump in Idaho Falls. Gasoline fumes caused an explosion. arms and head were bandaged at a hospital. He tried to light another cigarette and medicine-soaked bandages on his right hand caught fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Ray Smith
Booneville
Elmer Davis Under Attack by Solons
Washington lawmakers criticize Elmer Davis head of the Office of War Information over a Boston speech. Senator Bridges accuses him of seeking to silence the press while praising Washington reporters for their coverage and urging investigation for possible mal administration in the war effort.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
OWI
Davis
Boston
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
New Deal
Depleted Oil Supply Seen by Ickes
Washington U P petrol administrator Ickes warned of dwindling oil resources and possible rationing while denying any secret schemes. He urged curbing nonessential gasoline use and noted no current plans to extend strict eastern shortages to other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Middlewest
Maryland Governor's Wife Loses Gas Card
A Baltimore ration board panel revoked the C gasoline ration book for a state car used by Mrs. Herbert R. O'Conor, wife of Maryland's governor, after a Charleston trip in late March. Her personal ration was suspended for three months, as health reasons could not excuse household duties of the governor's household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland
South Carolina
Prominent Methodist Churchman Dies at 76
Dr. Jesse Swank longtime Methodist leader dies in White Cross Hospital Columbus age 76. He served as president emeritus of the Methodist Children's Home at Worthington and pastor at Westerville and officiated at the funerals of President and Mrs. Warren G. Harding in Marion. Funeral services are planned for Friday at Springfield.
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Columbus
Jesse Swank
Springfield
19 Die in Army Bomber Crash Near Ruidoso
Alamogordo Army base reports 19 officers and enlisted men killed in a crash of two large bombers between Ruidoso and Capitan New Mexico. One crew member parachuted to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo, N. M
Alamogordo Airbase
Ruidoso and
Capitan, N. M
Roof Collapse Injures Thirteen at Youngstown Plant
A storm caused a section of the roof at the Commercial Shearing and Stamping Co. to give way injuring thirteen workers, none of whom are said to be seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Commercial Shearing and Stamping Co
Budget Bill Turned Over To Congress
A $2 939 441 504 omnibus appropriations bill bundling 18 government war agencies was turned over to Congress. Top officials outlined 1943 outputs and 1944 budgets for agencies like OPA WPB OWI and WSA amid debate on staff levels and rationing plans. Rubber plant output and synthetic rubber projections were highlighted as the nation nears new wartime production and rationing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Production Board
WPB
Office of War Information
Donald Nelson
Ersatz
William Jeffers
Louis J. Kroeger
Crime Triggers Texas Walkout at Shipyards
After a night of rioting that left about ten hospitalizations, thousands of Pennsylvania Shipyards workers walked out seeking quiet. The disorder arose from the rape of a young white mother of three. A posse of hundreds, led by Ranger Captain Purvis, searched nearby woods for a Black suspect.
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Beaumont
Tex
Pennsylvania
Purvis
Ample Fuel Supply Assured for Winter
The Office of Price Administration announced ample fuel oil supplies for winter. OPA fuel rationing director Joel Dean told 150 petroleum industry representatives that enough oil to match ration coupons would be delivered to cities and dealers.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Joel Dean
U S Pays Tribute To Crew Of Missing Sub
The Navy honored nine Ohioans among 102 officers and crew of the USS Argonaut for choosing destruction over surrender after a war patrol in heavily defended waters. The submarine reportedly attacked an enemy destroyer before being forced to submerge following a severe counter attack.
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Washington
U. S
Navy Department
Navy
South Carolina Dems Break With National Leaders
Spartanburg Herald reports the South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee unanimously refused a request for financial support to the 1944 National Democratic campaign. The split stems from disagreement with national party policies and resentment at efforts to woo the negro vote at the expense of Southern sentiments.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Spartanburg Herald
South Carolina
Democratic Executive Committee
National Executive Committee
Herald
National Committee
1000 Taverns Close Doors in Wartime Ohio
Wartime conditions forced more than 1,000 Ohio tavern keepers to surrender licenses in the first four months of 1943. Beer and liquor permit renewals fell to 9,212 for January to May, costing $182,700 in fees. Many closures occurred in outlying districts due to gas and tire rationing. Two children drowned while playing in the Columbus territory yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Axis Losing Six Planes for Every U S Bomber Shot Down
War Department reports intensified air fighting over Europe with six Axis planes down for every American four engined bomber. Ninety minutes later Prime Minister Churchill’s line on bombing Germany out of the war gained emphasis as the Eighth Air Force out of England logged 18 heavy missions in Germany and 1,600 daylight sorties. The tally lists 106 American losses against 571 German aircraft shot down, plus 187 more probably destroyed and 231 damaged. Major General Ira C. Eaker oversees the air command’s milestones from Wilhelmshaven to Kiel through May 19.
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Washington
Europe
War Department
Churchill
Germany
U. S. Air Force
England
Department
United States
U. S
U. S. Air Command
Ira C. Eaker
Axis Prepares Allied Strike From Syria Amid Invasion Fear
Axis anxieties rise as Allied buildup in Syria, Palestine, Iraq and Iran signals possible multi-front assault on Europe. King George VI visits North Africa praising Allied forces while Turkey keeps neutrality. Britain and U S troops gather near the Mediterranean as border controls and invasion talk intensify.
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George VI
North
Africa
Europe
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Adolf Hitler
Low Countries
Dunkerque
Axis
United Nations
Syria
Britain
Turkey
la Linea
Spain
Algerian
Pantelleria
Ankara
Muin
U. S
Palestine
Iraq
Iran
The
Daily Herald
British Broadcasting Corporation
Germany
Red Army
Leningrad
Japan
Tojo
Burma
Arakan
Mandalay
China
Yangtze River
Yochow
Warn Against Returning No 1 2 Ration Books
The Office of Price Administration warns Ohio residents to stop sending their No 1 and No 2 ration books to the mailing center in Columbus. The books remain valid and could lead to hunger if returned, says district OPA manager H. T. Beckmann.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
Say Nazis Concerned Over U-Boat Failure
A London daily Sketch columnist reports the German armaments council may halt raw material priority to submarine yards unless the U boat proves more effective. The piece frames German officials as anxious about wartime submarine performance.
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London
Daily Sketch
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Prentiss M. Browning
Senate Ring Committee
Brown
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Wies
Raf
Denmark
Berlin
Reich
Sicily
Bocca di Falco
Castelvetrano
Sciacca
Borizzo
Marsala
Palermo
Trapani
Arigento
Moonshiner
Solons
Texas
U.S
NEA Radio
Sidney Cohen
Lampedusa
Little Island
U. 8
Columbus Territory
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Hamm
Vegesack
Focke-Wulf
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