U S Food Exports To Double Under Lend Lease This Year
Lend Lease chief Edward R. Stettinius and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes say American food exports under lend lease will double 1942 levels. They detail proportions of meat milk fats eggs fish vegetables and grains sent abroad and note rising domestic demands amid total war. They cite Britain and New Zealand shortages and transfers of food to support allies.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Stettinius
Lendlease
United States
Ickes
New Zealand
Chocolate Novelties Banned As Cocoa Imports Drop
Washington AP Wickard bans manufacture of certain chocolate novelties and decorative candy pieces due to cocoa bean import declines. Sales of existing pre December 15 1942 manufactured items allowed. WPB orders 7 percent malt use reduction by large brewers to conserve malt for industrial alcohol while small brewers remain unscathed. OPA revises ceilings on syrups peanut butter and vinegar with minor price impacts.
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Washington (Ap
Wickard
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
WPB
United States
Explosion Injures 13 at Rohm and Haas Plant
In Bristol Pennsylvania an explosion and fire damaged part of a three story Rohm and Haas chemical plant injuring 13 workers. Officials estimate damage at least 500000 dollars and cite a chemical reaction in plastic material processing.
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Bristol
Rohm and Haas Chemical Company
Philadelphia
Toscanini Cancels Washington and Baltimore Concerts
Toscanini confined by fever and cold forced to cancel Tuesday Washington performance and Wednesday Baltimore engagement.
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Philadelphia
INS
Arturo Toscanini
Washington
Baltimore
U S Flyers Help Sink Enemy Tanker Off Cape Finisterre
The British cruiser Sussex sank a large blockade running tanker in the Atlantic after Liberator bombers of U S air forces shadowed it 500 miles west southwest of Cape Finisterre. The ship was fully laden and sailing north when the Sussex opened fire. Survivors were not picked up due to U boat and Focke Wulf presence.
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London
Sussex
Atlantic
Admiralty
United States Air Forces
Liberator
Britain
Coastal Command
Liberators
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Sussex Bombardment Leads to Tanker Sinking
The Sussex arrived around 4 p.m. and began firing, setting the tanker ablaze from bow to stern. Crew fled in lifeboats as the tanker sank about 6 10 p.m.
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Sussex
Promise by Duce to Send More Divisions to Russia
London reports Mussolini pledged to Hitler via Ribbentrop to send several Italian divisions to Russia and mobilize labor for Axis war plants. Berlin sources say German officials are satisfied with Ribbentrop Mussolini talks and believe Mussolini will share Germany's fate to the bitter end.
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Duce
Russia
London
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Italy
Zurich
Berlin
Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Rome
North
Africa
Corn Theft Report in Cedar Rapids Man Claims Claim to Corn
Myer of route 1 Cedar Rapids reported to police that corn on his Zika avenue NW property was stolen between Christmas and February 28. He said he went to the field Sunday to pick corn but a man who claimed ownership had already harvested it.
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Mxk
Myer
Route 1
Cedar Rapids
Zika Avenue NW
Body of Housefly Harbors Six Million Bacteria
A historical note reports a single housefly body housing about 6 million bacteria, illustrating the high microbial load a small insect can carry and its potential role in spreading germs.
Gum Banned From Kitbags For Submarine Plot Clues
The war department ordered gum omitted from kitbags used for men overseas after the Red Cross note and Cedar Rapids volunteers led by Mrs J R Treichler removed chewing gum. Wrappers were linked to submarine tracking concerns. decks cleaning issues worsened detection risks for ships.
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Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
J. R. Treichler
War Department
Helen Hubbard
U S Flyers End Up in Jail as Enemy Chutists
Four members of a Flying Fortress crew parachuted to safety after a ship was damaged over friendly lines and were jailed as German parachutists. One cellmate was an Italian radio operator from a shot down plane. The incident began when one crew member tried to flag a ride.
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Allied North African Headquarters
Flying Fortress
Four Parachutists Held By French Jail Early Morning
Technical Sergeant Sydney L Sandie of Minnesota recounts a dispatch rider who sped a motorcycle in France. The four parachutists sought shelter at a farmhouse then were jailed at 4 a.m. by French soldiers before Fortress officers intervened and ordered release. The group includes Charles J. Geyer of Morrow Ohio Frank Spatafore of Washington Pennsylvania and Charles O. Hudson of Burley NFH.
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Sydney L. Sandie
South Morehead
Minn
Sandie
Charles J. Geyer
Morrow
Ohio
Frank Spatafore
Washington
Charles O. Hudson
Burley
NFH
JAILS HOLD ONLY WOMEN AS ZELLER NOTES CHANGE
Pueblo AP report describes Joe Zeller observing three cells now housing all female prisoners for the first time in two years. He remarks on the shift with a note that the jail has no male inmates at present. The story suggests a rare prison population moment and highlights gender changes in inmate housing.
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Pueblo
Cole
Joe Zeller
How to Make a Splendid Cough Syrup at Home
An advertisement promotes a homemade cough syrup using sugar and water plus Pinex from a druggist to create a pint of medicine. It claims quick relief from colds, loosening phlegm, soothing throat membranes, long shelf life, and cost savings with money-back guarantee if not satisfactory.
Collins Radio and Independent Union Reach Contract
Collins Radio announces a new contract with the Collins Radio Employees Association, ratified Feb. 27 after meetings between union and company reps. The pact covers grievances and hours, seniority, a liberal vacation policy during the war, and a bracket system for pay upgrades based on service, skill, and responsibility.
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Collins Radio Company
Collins Radio Employes Association
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