War News Confident On North Africa Victory
A column analyzes the fall of Bizerte and Tunis as a major Allied victory. It notes strategic gains for Mediterranean shipping and supply routes, while cautioning against exaggerated optimism. The piece discusses wartime unity, the fourth term issue, and the price and wage control program.
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Bizerte
Tunis
North Africa
Mediterranean
Middle East
Far East
Hitler
GOP
Spangler
Food price ceilings out in 130 cities under OPA order
The Office of Price Administration set specific ceilings on up to 1000 food items in 130 metropolitan areas including Des Moines Sioux City and Davenport effective Monday with further rounds planned for meats and soap. The move targets recalls to August 1946 pricing and aims to simplify price control for households and grocers.
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Washington
INS
Office of Price Administration
Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
OPA
Brown
Cedar Rapids Announces City Garden Bond and Stamp Prizes
The Office of Civilian Defense and the Iowa theater plan a citywide contest awarding prizes for the 20 best victory gardens this summer. Prizes per section include a $25 war bond and various war stamps. Entries due by June 5 with scoring mid June and mid July. Gardens must be 1500 square feet and amateur grown with five or more specified vegetables.
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Cedar Rapids
Office of Civilian Defense
Iowa Theater
Iowa
P. F. Keehn
C. J. Rasdal
Rex B. Conn
E. S. Smith
Everett Chandler
J. A. Frederick
Val Barta
R. S. Pickford
Reds in Heavy Air Blows All Along Front
London reports Russia announces new and powerful aerial blows against Germany on the extended eastern front. The Red air force, reinforced by American bombers, destroys 190 enemy planes and damages 62 of theirs while bombing rail hubs and war dumps. Ground forces press the Kuban bridgehead near Novorossisk as they reach a new Axis defense line.
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London
Russia
Caucasus
Kuban
Moscow
Red Air Force
Donets
Bryansk
Poltava
Orel
Kharkov
Lozovaya
Llovaiskaya
Barvenkovo
Novogorod
Red Army
Novorossisk
Fourteen Killed in Army Transport Plane Crash
An army two engine transport plane crashed near the Oklahoma City air depot killing fourteen men and injuring one. Capt. Richard Martin said eleven of the dead were soldiers and three were civilians with names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Oklahoma City
Richard Martin
American Aid Reaches Tunisian Civilians Amid Advance
Washington AP reports American food and clothing are being sent to Tunisia’s needy as Allied armies liberate more territory. relief chief Herbert H. Lehman said stocks were gathered during the advance and may aid up to 600 000 to 700 000 people of about 3 500 000.
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Washington
Tunisia
Herbert H. Lehman
Phillips Returns From India as Roosevelt Aide
William Phillips, who spent four months in India as President Roosevelt's personal representative, returned to the United States Saturday.
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Miami
Fla
William Phillips
India
Roosevelt
United States
Explosions Hit Gibraltar Harbor Kill Four Injure Six
Unexplained blasts in Gibraltar bay early Saturday killed four people and wounded six. British naval tugs beached three merchant ships in the harbor amid reports that Axis submarines attacked, though no confirmation was available.
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LA Linea
Spain
Gibraltar Bay
Lewis Denounced by CIO Steel Workers in Chicago
In Chicago area, about 100000 CIO steel workers approved a resolution denouncing John L. Lewis at the United Steel Workers district 31 convention. National president Philip Murray pledged no strike until the war is won amid a noisy demonstration.
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Chicago
CIO
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Lewis
United Steel Workers of America
United Mine Workers
WLB Holds Line on Wage Rulings Await Byrnes Reply
The War Labor Board defers action in wage disputes and delays equal pay rulings until Washington clarifies President Roosevelt’s hold the line order. The board had sought Byrnes’s interpretation of the 15 percent ceiling since Jan 1, 1942 and pursued direct contacts with Economic Stabilization Director James F. Byrnes.
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Washington
LLP
War Labor Board
White House
Roosevelt
WLB
Little Steel
Economic Stabilization
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Senate Panel Approves Ruml Tax Plan Ahead of Debate
The Senate Finance Committee voted 13 to 7 to back a modified Ruml skip-a-year income tax plan with a 20 percent withholding start July 1. It would forgive 1942 taxes to a pay-as-you-go base, while tightening anti windfall rules and retaining 1942 or 1943 tax parity for individuals. Debate in the Senate would begin Tuesday or Wednesday with a House vote previously failing 206 to 202.
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Congress
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
House
Forand - Robertson
Walter F George
D-Ga
Senate Committee
Treasury
Stranded Crew Sets Out With Sick Mate For Recovery
Six men of the B-17 crew remain in Greenland with Sergt Tetley joining the group. On December 6 a relief plane from Capt. Kenneth Turner delivered fresh supplies and the flying unit kept the ice resupply going amid dangerous weather. Dec 9 marked Monteverde’s birthday as Tetley and Spencer led a sled mission toward the weather station, testing for crevasses and moving the ill O’Hara in a sleeping bag aided by Wedel Spina Best and others.
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Oliver la Farge
Monteverde
Lieut
Spencer
Sergt. Tetley
Hapter 5
Greenland
Kenneth H. Turner
Air Transport
Pappy Turner
Tetley
O'Hara
Lieut. Spencer
Wedel
Sergt. Spina
Sergt. Best
O’hara
Jittery Nazis Seek 8th Army Tactics Invasion Map
Allied nerve war roars after Tunisian victory as reports imply German anxiety over the British Eighth Army. Rumors in London swirl about Turkish declarations and Bulgarian pressure, while Turkish neutrality shows signs of pro Allied gestures bringing released Allied airmen home.
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London
Turkey
Boris
Yank Drive Surprises Allies Two Weeks Ahead of Schedule
Washington reports American and British forces in North Africa moved two weeks ahead of the Allied timetable. Tunis and Bizerte fell swiftly after General Eisenhower’s strategy produced rapid breakthroughs, with Patton reassigned and Omar Bradley taking command of the Second Army as Axis forces faced renewed pressure in Europe.
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Washington
INS
America
North Africa
War Department
Tunis
Bizerte
Dwight D Ewenhower
George Patton
Omar Bradley
Patton
Europe
Sally Rand Plumes To Go into History
Chicago authorities announce that Sally Rand will donate her fans used to cool her torso to the Chicago Historical Society museum. The relics join other Chicago artifacts in a building housing pioneers’ portraits and early city memorabilia.
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Sally Rand
Chicago
Chicago Historical Society
Miss Rand
William Ogden
Old Fort Dearborn
Allied Armored Drive Splits Axis Forces in Tunisia
Allied troops press the Tunisian campaign with US armor capturing pockets around Tunis and Bizerte while a British spearhead advances 14 miles from Tunis toward Cap Bon. The push traps remaining Nazi forces, with thousands of prisoners taken as Gen Eisenhower strengthens the offensive to destroy German resistance on African soil.
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Tunisia
Tunis
Cap Bon
Europe
Bizerte
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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London
Associated Press
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Tebourba
Chouigui Pass
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Iowa National Guard
Cedar Rapids
First Army
Highth
Hammam Lif
Creteville
Ain el Asker
Hamman Lif
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