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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1943
Page
16
Cedar Rapids grocers report tight meat supplies with little beef available. Some say inventory is small and the outlook dull while others note sporadic deliveries and minimal items per order. Pack plants provide limited supplies as rationing looms. one grocer admits no beef at all.
Churchill says defeating U boats is top Allied priority and bomber strikes hit U boat bases in Germany and occupied France. He notes evacuation of Brest and Lorient as raids continue to blunt the U boat threat and says Germans hide raid severity from crews.
The Alaska defense command built two secret airfields near Dutch Harbor at Umnak and Cold Bay to defend against Japanese attacks. Fake salmon packing firms masked the sites and mail, while Japanese internment aided secrecy. Maj. Gen. Buckner explains the deception and strategic need.
Hollywood detectives sought a man who called his father and mother as Mickey Rooney’s blood pressure rose a few points and army doctors again rejected him for military service it was reported Wednesday.
Rooney said Tuesday night threats to murder before midnight left him enraged. As St Patrick's Day began he insisted he is both angry at a serious killer and at any mischief that targets him or his family, calling the incident a serious offense or a prank that backfired.
The verse argues that might fades over time while spiritual truth endures. Power and force cannot overwhelm what is morally right and enduring, as material walls and machines fall away. The eternal soul remains, outlasting tyranny and dust.
The Battle of Burma intensifies with 30 hours of fighting along the Mayu river north of Rathedaung. British and American air forces strike Japanese supply lines and bases including Mranchung and Akyab as Field Marshal Wavell states India's 2,000,000 volunteer army is ready to defend against invasion.
For 48 hours a U S communique said United States planes bombed and strafed the Japanese near the Myitnge bridge near Mandalay. The raids left no loss of American aircraft and focused on targeting bridges and enemy truck columns.
San Francisco officials state the rat extermination program now feeds poisoned cheese and cake after previously using poisoned bacon. City Physician Geiger notes rats die with equal facility on the new diet, reflecting wartime shortages.
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