Coe College Aircrew notes Christmas gifts and staff moves
Christmas packages and cards are arriving early for Coe College aircrew members with a Dec 10 deadline. The 306th unit sees officer transfers Capt Rood and Lt Petsch to Williamsfield as Lt Macke arrives from Santa Ana and Lt Johnson earns a silver bar. Cadet field day featured squadrons 10 edging 12, with 11 and 13 behind. 14 not fully entered. The 306th basketball team lists members and tentative games. USC plans a large Christmas party with gifts, and several personnel are on leave or ill. Pearl Harbor day approaches with A/S Tubbs Warren on emergency leaves. Major McWilliams and others listed among weekly casualties.
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What of Allied Promises for Hungry Italians
Naples report says 15 million Italians in Allied zones may face severe hunger this winter. AMG estimates 200000 to 300000 tons of wheat needed to meet ration standards, but shipping limits prevent imports. Bread remains scarce, with black market inflating prices andinflation complicating distribution.
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Stamp payments for fats to start December 13
The Office of Price Administration begins paying brown ration stamps for salvaged kitchen fats on December 13. Retailers will give housewives one ration point for each half pound of used fats turned in, and four cents per pound for the salvage.
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Office of Price Administration
Masaryk predicts Hitler defeat in 1944
Jan Masaryk vice premier and foreign minister of the Czechoslovak government in exile spoke in Chicago on Sunday, predicting the defeat of Hitler in 1944. He warned that victory would come with Allied help and cited the hardship endured by Czechoslovakia under Nazi occupation.
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