Washington Debates Wartime Taxes and Army Size
Washington reports a split over a compromise pay as you go tax plan with a 20 percent withholding. Congress weighs extending lend lease to Russia while debates escalate on military expansion and civilian mobilization amid war.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Russia
U. S
William H. Standley
Moscow
Sumner Wells
Standley
United States
White House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Stimson
Military Government Relaxes in Hawaii After Pearl Harbor
Honolulu AP reports that after 15 months and three days of military rule Hawaii begins partial shift to civil government. No changes to blackout, evacuation plans, or general vigilance are observed as restoration proceeds.
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Honolulu
Territory of
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
United States
May Abandon Price Regulations on Luxuries
Washington AP report says Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown told a Senate committee he sees little value in regulating prices of luxury items like fur coats as OPA shifts to simpler controls on basic living costs. He suggested those nonessential goods may be left unregulated to focus on necessities.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Army Specialist Applicants to Face Exams April 2
High school and college students who have applied for the Army specialized training program will take examinations on April 2 at their schools. Results will be considered with later Army tests. top scorers under 18 may join the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps but won t be called to active duty until after their 18th birthday. Eligible are graduates 17 to 21 by July 1, seniors graduating by July 1, and 17 to 21 year olds in accredited colleges or universities without a high school certificate.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Dairy Price Ceilings urged to save dairy herd
Senators probing wholesale cattle slaughter urge immediate higher ceiling prices for dairy products to prevent shortages. They fault officials for dairy industry unfamiliarity in price freezes and push for industry input in future decisions. The crisis could worsen by summer unless production costs are stabilized and labor improves, the committee says.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Tully Marshall Dies in Encino at 79
Hollywood character actor Tully Marshall died early today at his home in suburban Encino. He was 79 years old.
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Tully Marshall
Hollywood
Encino
Decision on Kay Kyser Affects Other Stars
Washington said a pending decision on Kay Kyser a unpaid radio committee consultant would shape draft deferment for morale building jobs. The agency noted it had previously sought deferments for Bob Hope Edgar Bergen Nelson Eddy Lanny Ross Red Skelton Freeman Gosden and Harold Peary but Meservey said the practice stopped two months ago except for Kyser.
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Washington
Kay Kyser
OWI
Radio Committee
Bob Hope
Edgar Bergen
Nelson Eddy
Lanny Ross
Red Skelton
Freeman Gosden
Amos 'N Andy
Harold Peary
Gildersleeve
Douglas Meservey
Kyser
Nine facts on postwar Soviet role from Dewitt Mackenzie column
The War Today column reports Admiral Standley and Vice President Wallace questioning Soviet aims after the war. Mackenzie shares nine observations from abroad on whether the United Nations will stay united or face a dominant Russia. He notes fear Russia could emerge as Europe’s and possibly Asia’s top power and ponders Allied reactions. Continued on Page 4.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Wiliam H. Standley
Russia
Moscow
Washington
Wallace
Britain
Chungking
Soviet Union
United Nations
Europe
Asia
John Bull
Sam
Soviet Aid to Reds Revealed by U S Press
Izvestia printed a Tass sourced piece based on Edward R. Stettinius Jr. remarks detailing U S lend lease aid to the Soviet Union and its 1942 food shipments. Britain’s press endorsed Wallace’s plan for Western Russian cooperation. Welles stated Standley’s Moscow claim lacked Washington consultation.
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William H. Standley
U. S
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Tass
New York
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Great Britain
Scholarly Times
Britain
United States
Sumner Welles
Moscow
Washington
Miners Present Wage Demands
Representatives of the United Mine Workers of America and Northern Appalachian coal operators meet to discuss a union demand for a $2 a day wage increase for soft coal miners. About 177,751 workers in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia earn $7 daily under a contract expiring March 31.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
UMW
New Laws Would Hit Ohio's Numbers Racket
Columbus report says attorney general backs measures to curb numbers or policy gambling. Proposals impose fines from 50 to 500 dollars for first offenses and up to 1000 dollars plus six months in prison for second offenses.
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Ohio
Columbus
Blanket Deferments For Farmers Favored In Senate
Senator Revercomb urged a blanket deferment of all farm workers amid fears of crop shortages and potential disaster. He warned that planting time is at hand and a stopgap law may be needed until broader manpower use decisions are made. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek will resume her transcontinental tour in about a week despite medical advice.
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Washington
Revercomb
Wva
Senate
Congress
New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
World entering new industrial age? Arnold warns of battle for domination
Former anti trust chief Thurman Arnold, confirmed as a DC Court of Appeals judge, told a dinner that cartel leaders seek to block the coming postwar enterprise. He argued the struggle is not over profits but control of industry as light metals and chemicals push living standards higher.
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Washington
Thurman Arnold
Senate
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
May Enforce Ride Sharing
The Regional Office of Price Administration says it will crack down on war workers with B and C gasoline ration cards who do not follow share-the-ride agreements. An OPA official will meet regional staff to plan enforcement, with possible card removals at renewal for noncompliers.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Washington
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
J Pierpont Morgan Is Seriously Ill in Florida
Boca Grande Florida reports banker J Pierpont Morgan aged 75 suffers a recurrence of a heart ailment. Three doctors attend him at Gasparilla Inn where manager Jack Velelly says Morgan rests easily but remains in grave condition.
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Boca Grande
Fla
John Pierpoint Morgan
Gasparilla Inn
Jack Velelly
Morgan
Blackout Planned for Ohio's Industrial Counties
State defense director Ralph H. Stone announced a blackout of 20 industrially important Ohio counties this month as the second major test of defenses against night air raids. It follows a first test last week covering 30 counties and paves the way for a statewide blackout later in the year.
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Columbus
Ralph H. Stone
Ohio
Stone
Lower War Risk Rates Placed on Ship Cargoes
The Institute of London Underwriters announced world wide reductions in war risk rates for ship cargoes. The move follows improved cargo safety and reports of fewer losses from Axis submarine activity, signaling a better Allied shipping outlook.
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London
Institute of London
Financial Times
U S Air Force Command Established in China
The United States announces a full fledged Air Force command in China, a move seen by observers as a major expansion of air power in the China Theater and a possible precursor to new bombing campaigns against Japan. Previously only part of the 10th U S Air Force operated there with headquarters in India.
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U. S. Air Force Command
China
Japan
China Theater
U. S. Air Force
India
Japan R戰 to stake all for final victory in Asia war
Maj. Gen. Nakao Yahagi declares there can be no mediation or compromise as Japan commits to total war. The 14th U. S. Air Force under Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennaut replaces the old China air task, while Allied and Japanese actions unfold across Burma and New Guinea with bombings and raids.
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Associated Press
Nakao Yahagi
Tokyo
Yahagi
14Th U. S. Air Force
Claire L. Chennaut
China
Wau
Salamaua
Pacific
Burma
RAF
Prome
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Ammunition Output Surges Far Above February Marks
Washington reports record March production by American ordnance firms with 419000 bombs 7800 combat vehicles and 1244000000 cartridges in February. Undersecretary Patterson notes 300 percent year over year growth and a 1943 arms and munitions goal likely to be met despite Nazi claims. Ohio relief aid for February drops to about 668000.
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Washington
Robert T. Patterson
Patterson
Hitler
Plan Move To Free Needed Livestock Feed
Washington reports government plans to cap hog prices at about 1450 per hundredweight and raise corn ceilings to 1.08 a bushel to free feed grain. Byrnes and Brown push dual ceilings. Wickard approves corn but not hog limits. The step aims to unfroze farm and market corn held for higher prices.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Prentiss Brown
Chicago
Wickard
Byrnes and Brown
Longer Work Hours Bill Opposed by Governor
Gov Bricker threatened to veto any measure allowing war plants to employ women unlimited hours. A Senate sub committee bill would remove limits on hours for women 18 or older in war production and raise the weekly cap in most other industries from 48 to 50 hours. The current law restricts war plant women to 45 hours weekly.
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Columbus
John W Bricker
Senate Commerce and Labor
Sale of New Tags Proceeds Despite War Worries
Ohio State Bureau of Motor Vehicles spokesmen said motorists are purchasing 1943 automobile license stickers in similar volumes to last year despite rationing and other wartime concerns. An official expected a rush between March 20 and 31, following the March 15 income tax deadline.
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Columbus
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ohio
Eight Cities Fall Back in New Russian Counteroffensive
Soviet forces claim eight cities retaken as part of a broader winter offensive. Hitler pours about 375000 reinforcements into the Kharkov area while German losses mount in battles around the upper Donets River valley. Allied observers debate western manpower drain and a looming Mareth Line action in Tunisia. Air raids target Munich as RAF forces conduct long-range operations.
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Russia
Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
Donets
Sovet
Pittsburgh
Red Army
Orel
Rostov
Switzerland
Hitler
France
Orel-Rostov
Moscow
Smolensk
Staraya Russa
Lake Ilmen
Vyazma
Tumanovo
Moscow-Smolensk
Low Countries
Norway
Tunisian
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Erwin Romemel
Mareth Works
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tussisia
Sedjenane
Bizerte
RAF
Munich
Elkton Maryland plans a town tomato farm and canning
Elkton residents approve a 25 acre community tomato farm with a kitchen for processing tomatoes. Shares are allocated by family involvement. a practical farmer will oversee farming and tractors will be rented. No work equals no share.
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Elkton
Charles Nitsch
Ohio House Votes To Hear Rickenbacker
The Ohio House approved inviting Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker to address the Legislature by a 118 to 5 vote. Representative Lady Hum1 (D-Cuyahoga) had sought an amendment to include A F Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, arguing it would be unjust to hear only one side of labor matters. SUB VICTIMS REACH LAND LONDON. Nine crewmen remained missing as sixty six survivors of a torpedoed U S freighter reached a British port, the U S Shipping Board said.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Lady Hum
D-Cuyahoga
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Rickenbacker
London
United States
United States Shipping Board
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