Nazis Offset British Gains in Tunisia Fight
London dispatch reports German counter attacks regained most Mareth line ground as Churchill warned the clash may still intensify. American and Allied forces held untilled positions near Maknassy El Guelar with strong artillery and armored actions expanding toward Gabes and the sea while additional prisoner totals climbed.
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Radio Allgiers
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Associated Press
Churchill
Tunisia
Algiers
Gabes
Little Maginot
United States
Maknassy-El Guelar
Dwight D Eisenhower
Hitler
Maknassy
Rommel
Mareth Village
Allies War Bulletin
Maretz Line
Elamma
Chott Djerid Salt Lake
Mareth
Wartime rationing and policy clash grip nation
Commentary surveys meat and fat rationing impacts, noting limits curb hoarding and gluttony while preserving adequate diets. It urges accountability for defective military materials, debates salary caps, and weighs patriotism against wage realities. A New York safety council probes a provocative health lamp gimmick to cut plant absenteeism.
Belt urged for driver who falls from moving pickup
Cedar Rapids police report 16 year old Edward Pulda admitted he fell from the driver's seat of his pickup while turning onto Ninth Avenue SE. Judge Harry S Johnson advised installation of a safety belt. Pulda was fined $2 and costs, with the fine suspended on payment of the costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry S. Johnson
Edward George Pulda
Eighth Street SE
Young Pulda
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Ninth Avenue SE
Pulda
Coal Walkout Threat Ends for Present
Northern bituminous operators and United Mine Workers reach a 30 day extension of contract negotiations with no coal production interruption. Wages and hours agreed will be retroactive to April 1. Southern operators press to refer dispute to the War Labor Board amid stalled negotiations.
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New York
INS
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Collie Shot by Unknown Assailant Fights for Life
Skipper a three year old collie owned by 13 year old Larry Beaty lies between life and death after a gunman shot him Tuesday morning in his Cedar Rapids neighborhood. The bullet remains lodged near the lung and heart. Dr Spencer says removing it could cause more harm. Police from the detective bureau questioned neighbors and continued the probe Wednesday.
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Cedar Namds
Skipper
Collie
Larry Beaty
Marion Beaty
Thirtyfourth Street
Cedar Rapids
Spencer Animal Hospital
Mt Vernon Avenue
Spencer
William J Kudina
Detective Bureau
Niles Named Leader of Roosevelt Fourth Term Drive
Rep. Bradley of Michigan described David K. Niles of Boston as a clever behind the scenes operator placed in charge of Roosevelt’s fourth term campaign. Bradley called him the brother in law of Harry L. Hopkins and noted Niles as an outstanding exponent of anonymity among New Deal policy makers.
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Washington
David K. Niles
Boston
Rep
Bradley
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Niles
Harry L. Hopkins
Churchill Spellman Luncheon Confab at Downing Street
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York met with Prime Minister Churchill at No 10 Downing Street for a luncheon discussion. The talks focused on postwar relief and Allied wartime cooperation as World War II neared its end.
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London
Francis J. Spellman
New York
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
British Bogged Down in Burma Under Monsoon Threats
British forces under Field Marshal Wavell failed in four attempts to seize two Japanese strongpoints at the tip of Burma's Mayu peninsula near Akyab. Observers note three gains including deaths of many Japanese and jungle warfare experience while delaying any Indian invasion before the monsoon rains. RAF bombings hit Donbaik Akyab and Magwe airfield as fighters target river craft and troop movements along the Toungoo road.
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Associated Press
Archibald P Wavell
Mayu
Burma
Dispatches
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
India
Donbaik
Mayu Peninsula
Toungoo
Magwe
Allied Flyers Bomb 250 Jap Aircraft at Rabaul
Allied headquarters announced a pre dawn raid on three airdromes at Rabaul New Britain destroying or damaging more than 250 Japanese fighters and bombers with 54 tons of bombs and incendiaries. Gasmata airdrome also targeted in two attacks that night.
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Rabaul
Allied Headquarters
Australia
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Allied
Cape Gazelle
Gasmata
Japan
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Senate votes against F R wage ceiling in 1942 wage limits
The Senate passed a measure rejecting President Roosevelt’s $25,000 salary cap and instead barring reductions below the highest 1942 levels. The 74 to 3 vote, opposed by Bone Downey and Langer, keeps the government stance but signals a fight over wartime pay and morale.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Homer T. Bone
D Wash
Sheridan Downey
Dcase
William Langer
Gillette
Wilson
Iowa
Reds Hold Firm On Upper Donets In Five Day Battle
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting near the Donets river in the Kharkov Belgorod sector with 7000 German dead claimed northeast of Bryansk. Front line reports say advances toward Smolensk and a 50 mile Kharkov front with 200 German tanks and strong air support near Chuguev.
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Donets
Kharko-Belgorod
Bryansk
Smolensk
Adolf Hitler
Dukhovschino
Kharkov
Chuguev
Belgorod
New U S Bombers Ready to Strike Europe
General Ira Eaker announced larger faster American bombers will join Flying Fortresses and Liberators to mount a daylight strategic assault on Europe. He said up to three to four times the bomb load will be carried, with a sustained offensive planned alongside British nighttime raids.
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London
Europe
Iram Faker
Baker
United States Army Ear Forces
Britain
Royal Air Force
Blast Kills Several At Ordnance Depot
An ammunition explosion at the Portage ordnance depot in Ravenna Ohio killed several crew members. Col Raymond A Brown the commanding officer said two bodies were recovered and the death toll would be less than a dozen.
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Ravenna
Portage
Raymond A. Brown
Cedar Rapids Grocers Brace for Meat Rationing Arrival
Four days remain before meat rationing begins as Cedar Rapids grocers report tight supplies and rising demand. Managers note more unfamiliar shoppers inquiring for any meat, with fish remaining plentiful except for halibut and salmon. They expect rationing to level the supply and protect regular customers, despite delivery delays and crowded stores.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Meat Rationing Begins March 29 Under OPA Plan
Back Page Point Table outlines new wartime rationing by the Office of Price Administration effective 12 01 am Monday March 29. Red A stamps cover meat cheese edible fats and canned fish first week with later weeks adding B and C stamps. Exemptions apply to farmers and allowances vary by family and local supply conditions.
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Todas
Cganette
Office of Price Adminitration
OPA
Rationing to Start March 29 On Meat Fats Cheese
Washington AP reports half of the typical household food budget will be rationed when point rationing begins March 29. Civilians may receive sugar eight ounces weekly coffee one pound every five weeks and four cans of canned foods monthly. Meat two pounds weekly butter four ounces weekly cooking fats eight ounces weekly cheese two suncee weekly. Unrationed items include fresh fruits and vegetables fish bread and milk.
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Washington
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