Allied Armored Push Cleaves Gafsa to El Guetar North Africa
Allied forces under Patton push toward the sea from Gafsa and seize El Guetar after a 12 mile advance. British First Army withdraws modestly in northern Tunisia as French troops advance toward the coast amid heavy rains and mined terrain.
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North
Africa
Gafsa
el Guettar
Tunisian
George S. Patton, Jr
Erwin Rommel
U. S
Tunisia
K. A. N. Anderson
Jurgen von Arnim
Tamera
Bizerte
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
el Guetar
Gabes
Ma‘hares
Gulf Coast
Chott Djerid
Patton
Donets
Kharkov
Hitler
Belgorod
Kursk
Orel
Stalingrad
Red
Smolensk
Moscow
Izdeshkovo
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Lake Ilmen
WPB Authority Needed For New Road Work
Columbus report states new federal rules require authority from the Production Board before highway work. State Highway Director Hal G. Sours says the border aims to block war interfering projects, and resurfacing could be labeled new construction causing delays to Ohio road improvements.
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Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Sours
Ohio
Fichter Appointed to Postwar Agriculture Committee
Joseph W. Fichter of Oxford, master of the Iowa State Grange, has been named to the postwar agricultural planning committee of the National Grange, it was announced.
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Fichter
Columbus
Joseph W. Hter
Oxford
Io State Grange
Gos
US Bombers Hit Vegesack Sub Plant In Deep Germany Raid
United States air force bombers mounted a two hour daylight attack on Vegesack near Bremen targeting submarine construction yards. Fourth forceful foray into Germany proper since dawn patrols began, with heavy losses on both sides and claims of hits on U boat facilities.
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London
United States
Germany
Vegesack
Bremen
North Sea
Lieut
James Devinney
Atlantic City
Vogesack
RAF
Venturas
Maasluis
Rotterdam
Holland
U. S
Berlin
New Allied Offensives Debut Across Pacific and Burma Fronts
Tokyo radio claimed a U S counter offensive in the Pacific while Gen MacArthur announced the largest Allied air sweep in the South Sea theater. Allied forces attacked 14 Japanese strongholds dropping 38 tons of bombs on Madang New Guinea amid long range strafing.
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Tokyo
United States
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
South Sea
America
Nippon
United Nations
Japan
Australia
Madang
New Guinea
Ambonia
New Ireland
Liberator
Rabaul
New Britain
Allied Southwest Pacific Command
Burma
Mayu
Bay of Bengal
Mayu River
Taungmaw
Rathedaung
Akyab
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
India
Mandaay
Kaiser ships yard subpoena sparks war materials dispute
Kaiser Company Inc one of the nation's largest shipbuilders faces a War Production Board subpoena via the U S Marshals Office over alleged unauthorized acquisition of war materials at its Richmond Shipyard No 3. Henry J Kaiser defends the company saying the accusation is strange and notes the firm supplies materials for eight of its own yards and six others mainly in the Great Lakes region.
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San Francisco
Kaiser Company, Inc
War Production Board
U. S. Marshal's Office
Richmond
Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Great Lakes
Dairy Cows Saved From Slaughter In Ohio Regions
Indianapolis AP P G Beck of the Farm Security Administration urged farmers to overcome production hurdles and said dairy cows would be spared from slaughter through the dairy animal conservation program. About 100 cows were saved in two northeastern Ohio districts in recent weeks.
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Indianapolis
P. G. Beck
Farm Security Administration
Italy
Rationed Potatoes Begin in New York Stores
AP reports voluntary potato rationing starts in New York City and surrounding areas with a five pound limit per customer as shoppers adapt to limited supplies.
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New York
County Boards To Determine Farmer Status
County war boards will decide if a farmer produces enough to merit deferment from the Army. Officials say there is no cure for farm to industry transfers. a farm worker who leaves may be reclassified to 1-A. Col Donner urged farms not to become draft dodges and to place qualified agricultural workers on farms.
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Columbus
Ed Neese
Selective Service
Farm War Board
County War Boards
Food For Freedom
Clay M. Donner
General Motors Objects To Organized Foremen
General Motors raises congressional protest against organizing the Foreman's Association of America. The company calls foremen first line officers loyal to management and warns unionization could create dual allegiance, threatening efficiency and discipline in war production and industrial relations.
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Washington
Delay in Ceilings for Livestock Predicted by Byrnes
An OPA source said Stabilization Director James Byrnes would postpone imposing ceiling prices on livestock for 60 to 90 days after pleas from a committee representing livestock producers. The decision delay follows direct appeals amid ongoing price control discussions.
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Washington
OPA
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Ohio to License Livestock Dealers to Curb Black Market
Ohio's Agricultural War Board chairman Elmer F. Kruse urged county boards to license all livestock dealers and slaughterers not under federal rules. Dealers must obtain permits by March 31 and inventory stock while records of past sales are filed. County boards will track every animal sold.
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Columbus
Elmer F. Kruse
State Agricultural War Board
Kruse
Plan To Supply Civilian Needs
WASHINGTON TM WPB chairman Donald M Nelson said civilian items halted for the duration will be produced again to meet essential civilian needs. He cited household refrigerators as likely once more in production due to food shortages and said the War Production Board is reviewing consumer goods with manufacturers to identify urgent items for a lean civilian economy.
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Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
War Production Board
Box Car Shortage Driven by Record Grain Shipments
Railroads burdened by grain traffic report box car shortages in several regions as an unprecedented out of season movement of grain by rail continues to rise toward the June harvest. The grain shipments, exceeding last summer’s peak, strain cars even as officials expect the trend to grow.
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Chicago
Warns Against Smug Thinking About War at Army Navy Event
Brig. Gen. Alden H. Wiatt of the Chemical Warfare Service told listeners at an Army Navy E Award ceremony in Bayway New Jersey that smug thinking about the war must end. He warned that by spring casualty lists will appall us and that victory will come only if war becomes a way of life for all citizens.
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Bayway
N. J
Alden H. Wiatt
Chemical Warfare Service
U. S. Army
Standard Oil Development Company
Absentees Will Cause Loss of E Awards
The Navy announced that Army Navy E Awards for war production will be withheld from plants failing to show a good employee attendance record. Previously awards were based on output quantity and quality rather than attendance.
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Washington
Navy
Senate Seeks Quick Sale of Federal Wheat Stock
In Washington the Senate moved to authorize selling 100 million bushels of government held wheat to ease a feed shortage. Supporters argued livestock, poultry and dairy sectors face crisis with dwindling feed supplies, while some advocates claimed relief for industrial alcohol producers amid corn shortages.
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Washington
Senate
House
Italian Prisoners To Work On British Farms
Italian prisoners with good conduct records will be billeted with British farmers to address labor shortages. Farmers within 25 miles of a prison camp may obtain prisoners by applying through the county agricultural committee, and hosts must provide suitable lodging and food.
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London
Great Britain
County Agricultural Committee
War Ace Urges War-Plant Productivity Reform
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker told the Senate Military Committee that American industries run on a share the work plan and lack production focus. He estimated 5 500 000 workers could be salvaged by adopting incentive piece work in all war plants and said former farm workers should return to farms or be drafted, with older workers stepping in.
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Washington
Eddie Rickenbacker
Senate Military Committee
Rickenbacker
Compromise Seen on Taxes PayasYouGo Plan
Washington reports Congress people weighing a middle course on the pay as you go income tax plan. Some lawmakers resist both Ruml and Democratic lines while miners wage cases focus on underground travel time to pay for time spent moving from mine mouth to work site.
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Washington
Judge Cancels Citizenship Of Kuhn Bund Leader
Federal Judge John Bright today cancelled the citizenship of Fritz Kuhn former national leader of the German American Bund and ten other former members.
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NEW York
John Bright
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Allies Draft Plans for Post War Problems
President Roosevelt said no decision yet on civilian service or drafting workers for war industries. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker urged increased production as the war could last years. A Byrnes-led committee reviewed manpower issues with no firm conclusions, while up to a half dozen United Nations conferences may be convened to discuss postwar problems.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
United Nations
Conferences Planned for World Food, Postwar Relief
President Roosevelt outlined plans for a world food production and distribution conference after the war and a possible postwar relief meeting. He noted invitations were sent to United Nations for a food parley and suggested it may be held outside Washington with several smaller U.S. sites in mind. He did not fix a date but expected two months ahead.
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Anthony Eden
United States
England
Russia
China
Roosevelt
United Nations
Washington
Winston Churchill
Casablanca
Senate
Seed Potatoes Restricted to Planting Buyers
Washington AP report says white seed potatoes can be sold only to buyers who prove they will plant them. The Office of Price Administration issued the ruling late yesterday, along with price ceilings for country shippers, in an effort to curb a black market in white seed potatoes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Plenty of Gas For Farmers In 1943 Truck Ops
Joseph B. Eastman director of defense transportation told farmers they can plan 1943 crops with the assurance they will obtain enough gasoline for all necessary truck operations, local fuel supplies permitting.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Stimson Opposes Bill Delaying Call of Fathers in Draft
Secretary of War Stimson today opposed Rep. Kilday draft deferment bill arguing it would disrupt selective service administration. He warned the bill's state wide induction sequence risks court challenges and administrative confusion as hearings resumed in the House Rules Committee.
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Washington
Stimson
Selective Service Administration
Sabath
D-Ill
House Rules Committee
Kilday
D-Tex
Military Committee
Rules Committee
House
Sharp Rise in Lower Ohio To Cause Floods
The Weather Bureau forecast rapid rise of the Ohio River from Portsmouth Ohio to Carrollton Kentucky with flood stages likely in 24 to 36 hours. Portsmouth near 52 feet Sunday Cincinnati 55 to 57 feet Monday both at flood stage 52 feet The Lower Kentucky Licking and Little Miami Rivers expected to pass flood stage within the same period Meteorologist J C Alter said no flood crest predicted yet.
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Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Carrollton
Kentucky
Licking
Little Miami
J. C. Alter
Florida Barge Canal Okayed by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee recommended immediate construction of the Florida barge canal at 44 million dollars to ease eastern petroleum shortages. The route runs from the St Johns River across Florida to the Gulf of Mexico and had been authorized last year without funding. For flood control only a token one hundred dollar appropriation was proposed, delaying broader projects until after the war.
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Washington
Florida
House Appropriations Committee
St. Johns River
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
Income Tax Collections Rise Sharply in March
Washington reports March income tax receipts totaling 1,835,353,710 dollars, well above the same period last year, with 16 days of March data showing stronger performance than 1942 figures. The treasury release notes year over year gains in early March collections.
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Washington
Treasury
Denison Students Suspended for Campus Fire Incident
Denison University faculty executive council suspended two seniors for the duration of the war on charges they fired shotgun blasts at the chemistry building windows and shot out the lights at the campus entrance. One student is in the V-7 Naval Reserve and the other in the Army Reserve. They would have graduated in eight weeks but are now eligible for immediate call to service.
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Granville
Denison University
C. F. Richards
Dean Richards
V-7 Naval Reserve
Army Reserve
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