Food ration mix and Sicily battle shift in war analysis
The War Food Administration predicts meat ration levels stay near current levels with civilians receiving 63 of 100 pounds and services 17. Beef and pork shares, butter and cheese allotments, and egg production are outlined while canner tin quotas rise. In Sicily, German forces fight Montgomery as Patton’s Seventh Army advances toward Enna on the island’s plains and roads.
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War Food Administration
Red Cross
Lend-Lease
WFA
WPA
Office of Price Administration
Sicily
Catanis
Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Syracuse
Augusta
Catania
George S. Patton
Seventh Army
Enna
War shows power of air in Solomons raid and six-year Pacific forecast
In the Solomons, Liberator Mitchell and Avenger bombers hit a Japanese fleet at Vella Gulf, sinking a cruiser and two destroyers and scattering others while U. S. dive bombers aid at Munda. Navy officials forecast at least six more years of war, urging a bigger fleet and air force to defeat Japan.
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Munda
Navy
Pacific
Solomons
Munda Airfield
New Georgia Island
U. S
Vella Gulf
Frederick J. Horne
Horne
Japan
Germany
Box Cars and War News Highlights
Box cars for Canadian Pacific use plywood, saving 850 tons of steel. George Viereck found guilty on six counts of Foreign Agents Registration Act violations in Washington DC federal court. Tokyo dispatch says Lieut Gen Prince Gin Li named commander of the Japanese air force, replacing Lieut Gen Teramoto. Hundreds of Chicago youths head to Wisconsin to assist cherry harvest.
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Canadian Pacific
George Viereck
Washington, D. C
Tokyo Radio
Prince Gin Li
Teramoto
Son Decorated As First Overseas Medal Of Honor Receiver
Mrs Mary Smith of Detroit watches radio updates as her son Maynard a Fortress crew member receives the congressional medal of honor for saving six mates on a recent flight over Europe. The act marks a historic overseas decoration for bravery during wartime.
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Europe
Mary Smith
Detroit
Mich
Maynard
Labor Demands Cheaper Food and Higher Wages
AFL president William Green denounces profiteers driving up living costs and says workers need lower food prices or wage hikes beyond 15 percent over January 1941 scales. He cites AFL surveys showing labor market costs rising 60 to 200 percent since the war began and criticizes price administration for inaction.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
AFL
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
CIO
William Murray
MANPOWER Unfreeze Jobs Allow Transfers for Higher Pay
Workers frozen in war and essential industries by the War Manpower Commission April 17 may now accept the same positions at higher pay in other plants. Previously transfers were allowed only after seven days of layoff or if discharged or if skill could be employed more advantageously elsewhere.
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War Manpower Commission
Corn sit down strike blamed for war effort disruption
Washington officials warn farmers hoarding corn impede war needs as prices rise, urging market sales to curb nationwide shortages. The piece notes OPA tensions, Davis firing, Wickard shopping scene, and wartime price ceilings shaping agricultural policy and public behavior.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Corn Belt
Washington
OPA
Chester Davis
Department of Agriculture
Marvin Jones
VALLEY OF TENTH SMOKES IN ALASKA USA
Answers provided include Alaska location for The Valley of Tenth Smokes, Oklahoma for state name, chemical symbol for gold AU, term sadist for a pain deriving son, the opera The Masked Ball, dispersion of light for color separation, a thirteen year federal prohibition, and a small civilian population number of Alaska about 72,000.
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Gustavo
Eez
United Stater
Alaska
USA
Oklahoma
Hunt Ducks With Nets In Old Japanese Tradition
An old custom of wealthy Japanesemen uses nets for duck hunting at season opening. The practice aims to sneak up on ducks with skillful stealth, showcasing a European or Western misinterpretation of Japanese hunting methods in the period.
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Japan
Guy
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