Churchill outlines postwar order and warns two more years of war
Prime Minister Churchill sketched a postwar world with a European Asiatic council of free nations and a four year plan for Britain while urging vigilance. He outlined social insurance from cradle to grave and warned that Hitler could be defeated in the coming year or two with allied unity. The speech also noted Montgomery moving against Rommel at the Mareth Line as the war continued. He added the Allies would then turn to Japan's empire.
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London
Churchill
Council of Free Nations
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Organization For Peace
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Soviet Russia
Europe
Eighth Army
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Field Marshal
Rommel
Africa Corps
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Hitler
Japan
Greater Meat Scarcity Threatens U S Meat Supply
Portland reports a feed shortage and a late spring in the Pacific Northwest threaten the nation's already thin meat supply. Stockmen cannot graze cattle and sheep as grass is scarce except in sheltered ranges. Hay is nearly exhausted and sheep losses from early lambing are heavy though experts say the situation is not hopeless.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
United States
Ohio Youth Held for Impersonating Soldier
New York FBI official said 17 year old Robert Lew Barnum of Toronto Ohio is held on charges of juvenile delinquency for masquerading as a captain in the army air forces. He had been hitchhiking across the country since January and earning 15 to 20 dollars daily by claiming he had been robbed.
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New York
E. E. Conroy
FBI
Robert Lewis Barnum
Toronto
Ohio
Conroy
Barnum
Army Air Forces
Allied Subs Sink Three Enemy Ships Off Japan
Chinese dispatches report Allied submarines damaged and sank three Japanese merchant vessels on the sea lanes between Shanghai and Nagasaki. The ships named were the Nagasaki Maru 5268 tons Yokohama Maru 6143 tons and the Kobe Maru.
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Japan
Chungking
Shanghai
Nagasaki
Forde Warns Of Jap Attack On Australia
Australian Army Minister Fran cis Forde warned Japan was more determined to attack Australia as MacArthur's bombing raids sharpen. He cited intensified enemy power and recent attacks along the Cape Van den Bosch and Cape Namaripi fronts, with ships damaged or sunk in the Solomon Sea and nearby waters.
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Associated Press
Francis Forde
Japan
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Cape Namaripi
Dutch New Guinea
Solomon Sea
Borgen Bay
Free-for-All Debate Looms on Pay as You Go Plan
Washington lawmakers brace for a heated floor clash over the pay as you go income tax. Nine Republican Ways and Means members opposed by 15 Democrats and one other Republican denounce the Rum Plan as stupid and unenlightened. General debate starts Thursday.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Peter
Paul
Labor costs included in farm price parity measure
Washington The Senate Agriculture Committee fast tracked a bill to add labor costs to the farm price parity formula. The measure, already passed by the House, would require including the cost of farm labor from the farmer’s family and hired hands in computing parity prices set by the price administration.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
February War Production Near December Levels
The War Production Board reports February index at 492, close to December’s 496 peak, using November 1941 as 100. January index stood at 457, with chairman Donald M. Nelson citing year end adjustments for the drop.
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Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Wilton Widow of State Rep Dickinson Dies at 68
Mrs. Estelle Reeves Dickinson, 68, of Wilton, wife of State Rep. Thomas H. Dickinson, died yesterday. She was born in Lancaster, Ohio.
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Wilton, Conn
Estelle Reeves Dickinson
Wilton
Thomas H. Dickinson
Lancaster
Ohio
Hitler Says Eastern Front Crisis Over In Radio Address
Adolf Hitler appeared after a 133 day silence to declare the crisis on the eastern front ended and German losses were small. He praised mobilization at home and noted war production rising as older men youths and women contribute. He told the German people the front has been stabilized and victory will come.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Zaughaus
Military
Berlin
Josef Stalin
Stalingrad
Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
Russia
Erhard Milch
Air Force
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Eight Cargo Ships Sunk in Western Atlantic
New York reports eight more cargo ships sunk in the Western Atlantic, the highest weekly toll in two months. The tally by the Associated Press reaches 634 ships announced sunk or neutral losses since Pearl Harbor.
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New York
Atlantic
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Suit Worn by Warren Gromberg at Tarrant Field
A gassed-area decontamination suit used for hazardous environments is now on site at Tarrant Field Texas. The item, described as rubberized gear, is not a planned novelty but a functional piece for protective work.
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Warren Gromberg
Tarrant Field
Tex
Retail Butter Sale Halts for Week Nationwide Rationing
Washington AP reports a one week government freeze on retail butter and other fats oil sales plus margarine lard and related items while restaurants may still obtain butter. No cheese or meats are frozen yet and mayonnaise dressings remain unrestricted with rationing slated to begin after the week.
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Washington
Plald Mual Anuumuay
Office of Price Administration
IOPA
OPA
Ohio River Crest To Be Below Critical Stage
The Ohio River flood outlook improved with cresting above Portsmouth and new predictions placing Cincinnati at about 61 feet Tuesday. Portsmouth near 58 to 59 feet is four to five feet below the critical stage, while run-off from tributaries and cold weather revised forecasts along the river. Evacuations occurred in the Southeast as flood threats subsided in Ohio Valley and other states.
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Portsmouth
Cincinnati
U. S
J. Cecil Alter
Ohio
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ohio River
Hattiesburg
Miss
Red Cross
Bouie River
Bricker Criticizes Federal Farm Policies
In Columbus Governor Bricker urged immediate action on Midwest governors’ resolutions from Des Moines. He warned that if federal policy does not shift farmers will struggle to meet 1943 production goals and called for corrective federal measures addressing labor and machinery issues.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Des Moines
Bricker
Population reaches 135 604 000 in 1942 rise
Census Bureau estimates the U S population at 135 604 000 on January 1 1942 up 1 651 000 from 1941 and nearly double the prior decade's average annual gain. The surge is linked to war prosperity and enlistment anticipation with armed forces abroad included in the count. The total exceeds the April 1940 census by 3 934 000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Pilot’s Death In Corpus Christi Crash Stuns City
Harold B. Twining Jr., son of Reverend Harold B. Twining of the First Baptist Church, was killed in an airplane crash at Corpus Christi Texas.
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Washington
Harold B. Twining, Jr
Harold B. Twining
First Baptist Church
Corpus Christi
Texas
Pairings for Tourney Made
Columbus Ohio high school Class A matchups set with Martins Ferry facing Newark at 4 p m and Canton McKinley meeting Lima Central at 3 p m The winners meet Saturday night for the Class A title In Class B Middle Point vs Yorkville and Waynesburg vs Tipp City set with 1 p m and 2 p m starts These eight teams are among Ohio s 1154 heading to the big show
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Columbus
Martins Ferry
Newark
Canton McKinley
Lima Central
Middle Point
Yorkville
Waynesburg
Tipp City
Ohio
Scouts Named to Carry Dispatches for OWT
New York Roosevelt designates Boy Scouts of America as official dispatch bearers for the Office of War Information. Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell reports the action as part of wartime communications.
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New York
Boy Scouts of America
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Elbert K. Fretwell
Rommel on Spot in North Africa as Eighth Army Advances
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Churchill, Montgomery announce that the Eighth Army is moving in North Africa. He recalls Montgomery’s Libyan desert briefing, Rommel’s dire position behind Mareth, and Rommel’s potential moves toward Patton or Von Arnim as Allied pressure mounts.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Africa
Churchill
Libyan
Rommel
el Agheila
Allied Forces Break Rommel Lines In Tunisia Push
American and British troops report rapid advances in southern Tunisia. Patton’s forces seize Sened Station and drive toward Gabes, bending toward Mareth Line while probing Maknassy and Bou Hamran areas. Initial gains threaten Rommel’s supply routes as three-pronged drives converge north of the Djerid salt lake.
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Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Magishal
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Rommel
Sened
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mareth
High Command
el Guetar
Gabes
George S. Patton, Jr
Gafsa
Mahares
Galibes
Algiers
Bou Hamad
Bou Hamran
Djerid Salt Lake
Pension work rules pass Ohio House measure
The Ohio House of Representatives voted to allow pensioners to take casual or seasonal work without losing state aid. The plan, sponsored by Reps Bill, Kirkpatrick, and Turner, ties combined earnings to need and keeps pensions up to about 40 dollars monthly. Also in the Senate a beer and liquor sale to minors bill advances, tightening current restrictions. reports note major bombing damage near St Nazaire and mass homelessness in Berlin.
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Bill
Sas
Columbus
Ohio House of Representative
Bizet Deep
Biall South
George Hl. Kirkpatrick
R.knox
Benjamin F. Turner
R.meigs
Senate
Margaret Mahoney
D.-Cuyahoga
Air and land battles strain Axis and Soviet fronts
Fighters escorting bombers over Mareth reported daylight combats with one Messerschmitt 109 downed and limited air opposition. Northwest Africa Air Force bombers hit fields while destroying ground targets and four Junkers 87s. In Russia, Belgorod fell to Red Army defense as Germans press Donets breaches near Chuguev. Smolensk and Bryansk areas under Russian westward push with several towns seized. RAF Whirlwinds conducted operations against Morlaix.
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Mareth
Northwest African Air Force
Hommel
Russia
Red Army
Belgorod
Kharkov
Chuguev
Ukraine
Donets
Moscow
Smolensk
Bryansk
Durovo
Vadino
Vyazma
Zhizdra
Morlaix
Legion Studies Ohio Readjustment Plan
Columbus AP A state readjustment planning commission to study postwar problems in Ohio was announced by Martin Coffey Ohio Department commander of the American Legion. The Legion says its diverse membership can recommend a program beneficial to all Ohio citizens.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Legion
Congress
Senate Delays Vote on School Subsidy Increase
Columbus AP report says the Ohio Senate delayed a vote on a measure to raise state subsidies to schools by 2.8 million dollars a year. The bill, 추천 by the Education Committee on Feb 10, faces doubt as Gov Bricker seeks to hold the 1943 44 appropriation at 97,235,000 for the next biennium.
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Columbus
Senate
Senate Education Committee
John W. Bricker
Pope Suffering From Severe Cold and Fever
Berlin radio said Pope Pius XII was confined to bed with a high fever after a severe cold. A Rome statement quoted by British radio said he was only slightly indisposed and there is no cause for anxiety. Also, Fordham University seismograph recorded a very severe earthquake 8,500 miles from New York in an undetermined direction.
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London
Pius XII
Berlin
CBS
Rome
New York
New York City
Fordham University
Nazis Stage Gun Fight In Parisian Theater
In a Paris movie house the Nazis clashed in a revolver fight between two German groups. Bernard S. Townroe reported 27 Nazis killed and 70 wounded at Kino Soldaten formerly Rex Theater. Townroe said Par is Garrison troops cheered news pictures yet shouted the films were not true.
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London
Paris
Bernard S. Townree
United Association of Great
President Roosevelt Switches to Milk at Breakfast
Mrs. Roosevelt told a press conference that President Roosevelt now drinks a glass of milk for breakfast instead of coffee and feels better and proud of the change. She noted he may occasionally have an after dinner cup.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Group To Study Postwar US Role
A ten member Senate panel was formed to study the nation's postwar role. Chairman George of Georgia said the committee will draft a broad program linking business, finance, labor and agriculture and may appoint an unpaid advisory group of leaders. Topics include housing aviation world commerce relief reconversion and rapid demobilization of armed forces.
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Washington
George
Senate
Congress
Bernard M. Baruch
Lewis Called Before Senate Committee
John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers face a likely Senate war investigating committee hearing on wage demands. CIO chief Philip Murray and AFL leader William Green also testify this week on rising pay, while miners reject a federal settlement proposal.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Senate
Philip Mureray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Newspaper Leaders Back Victory Drive Support
A new Allied Newspaper Council asked the faction’s press to back the Treasury’s 13 billion dollar second Victory Drive starting April 12 and help end the war soon. The council, formed by editors and publishers, met with Secretary Morgenthau and General Marshall.
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Washington —(P
Council Today
The
Treasury
Morgenthau
George C. Marshall
Post-war planning praised by Rear Admiral McIntire
In Syracuse a statement notes positive steps in resuming civilian life for armed forces personnel as Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire today outlines the commitment to private practice and post-war planning.
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Syracuse
No. Y
Ross T. McIntire
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