Sugar Ration Registration Dates Fixed for May 4 to 7
Frank Bane announced that sugar rationing registration for consumers will run May 4 through May 7, with earlier commercial registration on April 28 and 29. Registrations occur at local schools. consumers receive one pound every two weeks or three quarters of a pound weekly. Hoarding penalties and enforcement details remain undecided.
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Chicago
Frank Bane
Office of Price Administration
Bane
Jones
Smith
Penny Milk Fund Project to Start March 25 in Cedar Rapids
The penny milk fund will let children in Cedar Rapids elementary schools buy a half pint of milk for one cent. Dairies will deliver milk under contract funded by the penny fee plus other funds. Nine of 15 elementary schools and most parochial schools applied. principals must certify many students come from low income families. Committee members include Estabrook Dunlop Crissman Hecker Ullman Moody.
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Cedar Rapids News
Surplus Marketing Administration
Clayton Mossman
Milk Fund Committee
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Dairies
Penny
Young Men’s Bureau of
Robert Estabrook
Robert M. Dunlop
William Crissman
John T. Hecker
Milton Ullman
Robert C. Moody
Congressmen Move To Probe Pressure Against Labor Bills
Washington plans for an inquiry into mail and telegraphic campaigns aimed at pressuring lawmakers. The probe would explore efforts seeking anti strike legislation and suspending the 40 hour week. Chairman Truman of the Senate defense committee and Chairman Thomas of a military appropriations subcommittee support formal requests for the investigation. Heis says four days of testimony show congress is not justified in pressing wartime labor measures.
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Congress
Vichy Bows to U S Warning On Axis Ships
Washington reports a rupture risk in U S Vichy ties subsides after Vichy pledges Axis submarines and planes will not enter Western hemisphere ports. The pledge came after a stiff U S warning delivered February 21 following a German U submarine visit to Fort de France Martinique.
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Washington
United States
Vichy
Martinique
Guadelupe
St. Pierre
Miquelon
West Indies
Newfoundland
Fort de France
NYA centers stock nearly 10000 new machine tools
The Sun reports 125 NYA training centers house almost 10 000 new machine and metal working tools of medium and heavy caliber. Construction began 18 months ago and many tools are on War Production board priority lists. Aubrey Williams says tools were salvaged from junk piles and reconditioned.
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Baltimore
the Sun
National Youth Administration
Washington
NYA
War Production Board
Aubrey Williams
Mrs MacArthur appeals to Australian women to aid men
Mrs. Douglas MacArthur told Australian women to aid their men in every way and devote time to family. She spoke of her four year old son Arthur’s illness during the Philippine defense and his recovery on the train to Australia. She noted she weighs 100 pounds and hopes to regain two pounds lost during Corregidor siege.
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Melbourne
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur
Mindanao
Philippines
O.K
Amah
Adelaide
MacArthur
Alice Springs
Coe Coed Injured When Car Is Forced Into Ditch
Martha Fosher a 19 year old Coe student from Winterset suffered arm and elbow bruises and a head bump when the car she rode in was forced into a ditch and hit a telephone pole. She was taken to St Luke’s hospital in good condition. The driver, Richard W. Dean 19 of Council Bluffs, said another car forced him off the road near E avenue NW by the ball park. he was uninjured.
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Cedar Rapids
Martha Fosher
Coe
Winterset
Miss Fosher
St. Luke’s Hospital
Richard W. Dean
Council Bluffs
Greenhall
E Avenue NW
Ball Park
Dean
Arnold Rips Policies of U S Labor
Washington AP Thur man Arnold assistant attorney general charged organized labor with injuring independent business and harming consumers and farmers. He urged stronger union registration measures and said unions exploit farmers and workers, with jurisdictional strikes and boycotts forcing costly luxury milk delivery and delaying housing and production.
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Washington
Thurman Arnold
Organized Labor
House Judiciary Committee
Arnold
Chicago
California
British sub marines sink two large enemy supply ships
British submarines in the central Mediterranean reportedly sank two large enemy supply ships, one escorted by two destroyers, the admiralty said on Saturday with no date or further details provided.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
MacArthur Receives Hero’s Welcome in Melbourne
General Douglas MacArthur rode into Melbourne on Saturday to a hero’s welcome. He declared confidence in achieving ultimate success for the United Nations and praised Australian soldiers. He stressed the need for adequate troops and materials and promised to do his best, noting his faith in governments’ resources.
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Melbourne
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Bataan
Philippines
Commonwealth
MacArthur
Spencer Street
Southwest Pacific
Adelaide Express
General MacArthur
United States Army
Filipinos and Americans Raid Japanese Forces near Zamboanga
The War Department announced a surprise raid by American and Filipino troops on Japanese near Zamboanga in Mindanao with heavy enemy casualties. American and Filipino losses were described as negligible. Manila harbor defenses faced extremely heavy shelling from 240 mm guns, but little military damage was reported. Lieut. Gen. George H. Brett was appointed commander of Australian and United States air forces in Australia. No combat occurred in Bataan.
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Washington
War Department
Zamboanga
Philippine
Mindanao
Manila Bay
George H. Brett
United States Army
United States
Australia
Bataan
British and Scotch Troops Depart U S Post
The AP reports that a unit of English and Scottish troops stationed at a metropolitan army post left the United States after a stay of about three weeks, with the departure disclosed Friday in New York.
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New York
N. Y
Charge Accounts May Be Curbed
Washington AP reports Federal Reserve board officials may restrict open charge accounts. The plan would require down payments on certain purchases, regardless of payment terms. Current rules cover installment credit and cap time at 30 to 90 days or 15 months, with down payments from 10 percent on pianos to one third on radios.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Pork Purchases For Lend Lease Announced By U S Agriculture
The agriculture department said it bought 30,435,252 pounds of pork for shipment to Great Britain and Russia under the lend lease program. Additional lend lease orders covered 9,164,700 pounds of dry skim milk and 803,400 cases of evaporated milk.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Russia
McNutt Warns Morale Key to Victory in War Effort
United States security chief Paul V. McNutt warned that a nation able to endure pressure would win the war and that public morale collapse would signal defeat. He spoke Friday night in Chicago.
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Chicago
Paul V. McNutt
Building to Face More Restrictions
Washington officials prepared WPB orders limiting plumbing and heating equipment to defense housing and war contract plants. The plan aims to conserve metals for armament output by substituting materials, using showers in defense homes and unit heaters in plants, and replacing iron or steel tubs with terra cotta and porcelain.
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Washington
War Production Board
W. Walter Timmis
WPB
Timmis
Spring Weather and Temperature Fluctuations in Cedar Rapids
Spring arrived with blustery winds and sunshine in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. The day opened with a low of 33 degrees between 7 and 9 am, rising to 42 by early afternoon, then dropping to 37 by 7 pm and 35 at midnight, while a 50 degree high was reached Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Propaganda Broadcast Claims Quezon Dead
A Tokyo radio propaganda broadcast says Manuel Quezon president of the Philippines commonwealth died Tuesday at Cebu. Report notes such claims would dishearten Filipinos and Japan would likely invent the tale for propaganda purposes if not true.
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San Francisco
Tokio Radio
Manuel Quezon
The
Philippines Commonwealth
Cebu
Quezon
Philippines
MacArthur Breaks Japanese Blockade to Reach Australia
Brig. Gen. J. H. Casey says MacArthur and a 20 member party including his wife and four year old son used speedboats and airplanes to slip past a Japanese destroyer and reach an Australian rendezvous. They traveled largely by day and rested at Mindanao before dawn arrivals, with forts Drum Mills and Frank maintaining Manila Bay.
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MacArthur
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
South Seas
Bataan
J. H. Casey
United States Army Engineers
Mindanao
Luzon
Casey
Drum
Mills
Frank
Manila Bay
Cebu
Panay
Jap Cruiser Sunk in Rabaul Attack as Australia Raids Continue
Allied air strikes on northern Australian targets followed Japanese raids on Broome and Derby as a Japanese heavy cruiser was sunk in the harbor of Rabaul New Britain. Curtin said another cruiser was damaged in the Rabaul action and several civilians were killed at Broome.
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Canberra
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Broome
Derby
Darwin
John Curtin
Saumliki
Yamdena
New Guinea
Gulf of Papua
Port Moresby
Rome
San Cristobal
Solomons
Suspect Arrested In Hit Run At First Ave And Fourth
Cedar Raunds News reports Harry E. Shearer of Marion was arrested after police accused him of driving the car that struck E O Ballou at 1 05 a m Friday on First Avenue near Fourth Street. Ballou's injuries were not serious. Shearer denied striking Ballou but signed a statement about crossing the tracks near the time. He pled not guilty at arraignment before Justice H R Churchill and bond of 100 was posted. A hearing for failing to stop and identify was set for March 26. Police cited statements from occupants of a following car and linked the license number to Shearer.
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Cedar Raunds News
Harry E. Shearer
Marion
E O. Ballou
Flagman
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Ballou
Shearer
H. R. Churchill
Buchanan Destroyer Commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard
The 1630 ton destroyer Buchanan was commissioned Saturday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, marking another step in the navy’s modernization program.
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NEW York
Buchanan
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Roosevelt Seizes Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad
President Roosevelt ordered the Office of Defense Transportation to take possession of the Toledo Peoria and Western railroad and operate it for the war effort after president George P. McNear Jr refused arbitration. The 239 mile line bypasses Chicago and carries transcontinental freight. Five prior mediation attempts failed and WLB, NMB, and conciliation services were unable to move McNear to arbitration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Defense Transportation
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
George P. McNear, Jr
Army
Navy
McNear
William H Davis
War Labor Board
Joseph B. Eastman
ODT
Chicago
Keokuk
Essner
Ind
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Conciliation Service
WLB
Davis
Railroad Chief Opposes Arbitration of Toledo Peoria Strike
George P. McNear Jr., president of the Toledo Peoria and Western railroad, said he told President Roosevelt that refusing arbitration was in line with what he believed were the best interests of the country.
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Peoria, Jr
George P. McNear, Jr
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Roosevelt
Price Ceilings Sought On Soft Coal To Curb War-Time Prices
Luther Hart of the Coal Consumers Council urged immediate soft coal price ceilings to prevent runaway costs essential to the nation and war effort. Interior Secretary Ickes and Solid Fuels Coordinator Grey called on consumers to stockpile coal while transport remains available, warning of heatless days next winter if action is delayed.
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Washington
Luther Hart
Harr
Harold L. Ickes
Howard A. Grey
Passenger Plane Crashes Near Harrisburg in Flames
A four-passenger Spartan plane en route from Dansville New York to Washington DC crashed and burst into flames 22 miles north of Harrisburg on Saturday afternoon, local reports say.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Harrisburg
Dansville
N. Y
Washington, D. C
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McNutt
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