Retailers Say OPA Inventory Order Too Harsh
Retailers warn that OPA limits on replenishing stock will close many stores and leave communities unable to buy essentials. Richard A. Pease of the Retail Merchants Association of South Dakota details how excess inventories, based on March 31 figures, block purchases of processed foods until stamps are canceled. He argues March as a base is unfair and cites disruptions from rationing, urging modifications to relieve retailers and prevent store closures.
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Office of Price Administration
Dircent Prensiss Brown
Richard AT
Pease
Asso Ration
South Dakota
Point Aluos
Brown
World Stabilization Plan Would Cost U.S. Nothing
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau outlined a postwar gold currency stabilization plan calling for a 5 billion dollar world fund with the United States contributing about 2 billion. It would reuse the domestic fund, require no extra financing, and remove most need for exchange controls. He sought Congressional approval and noted tentative international support with ten replies already received, excluding France and Axis powers.
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U. S. Treasury
Marientheau
United States
Treasury
New World Pool
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Morgenthau
Congress
United Nations
Keynes Proposal Advances World Banking Plan
London April 7. Great Britain publishes a white paper by Lord Keynes proposing an international clearing union to finance trade. Countries with deficits borrow while creditors accumulate credits, placing duties on both sides to balance the world economy as Morgenthau outlines a similar aim.
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Great Britain
Lord Keynes
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Morgenthau
Keynes
Reds Push Ahead In Caucasus Area
The Associated Press reports Soviet HQ says Red armies repelled fresh German assaults in the Kharkov sector and Leningrad area, and advanced against a German held town toward Novorossisk. Russian forces also checked German attacks near Izyum and along the Donets River, with heavy losses noted on the Volkhov front.
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Associated Press
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Kharkov
Leningrad
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Red Army
Kerch
Izyum
Donets
Volkhov
Feningens
Japs Hold Britton Soldier Prisoner
War department released 263 U S soldiers held as prisoners of war by Japan. Next of kin notified. list includes South Dakota resident Clarence E Sayer of Britton among others across 43 states DC and Mexico.
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War Department
United States
Japan
States
District of Columbia
Mexco
Dakoota
Sete
Clarence E. Sayer
Mel Myctle Sayer
Route 3
Britton
Rommel’s Last Tunisian Stronghold Crashes to Montgomery
General Montgomery’s forces shattered Rommel’s defenses at Wadi El Akarit twenty miles north of Gabes in a fierce clash. The open desert pursuit followed an intense artillery and air bombardment as Axis prisoners streamed back to British lines. Rommel, retreating along the coast, faces harder chances to link with his Boeb...
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Rommel
Tunisia
Wadi
Boe MacKenzie
Pace
Capital City Fort Pierre Still Without Trains
Pierre and Fort Pierre faced rail shutdowns due to flood damaged roadbeds as river levels declined slowly from peak. Trains halted east and west with uncertainty over resumption. a man aged 86 required a multi-vehicle rescue to hospital from floodwaters. Local officials urged Civil Defense chairs to mobilize for rescue and relief efforts along Missouri River tributaries.
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Chicago and North Western
Fort Pierre
Bert Benton
U. S. Biological Survey
Mobridee
James W. Lee
Pierre
Highway Department
Lee
OPR
Guy Harding
Office of Price Administration
J. M. Porter
OPA
Fargo Moorhead Flood Forces Evacuations and Repairs
Red River floodwaters invade Fargo and Moorhead harming 166 homes and 12 in Moorhead. About 200 families evacuated and more may follow as bulkheads leak and pumps remove seepage. Hospitals prepare, cancel surgeries, relocate patients, and add beds while power plants press on. Grand Forks also reports continuing line and basements emptied of goods.
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Red River
Moorhead
Fargo Forum
Moorhesd
Northern States
Veterana Hospital
St. John’s Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
Grand Forks
Fresh British Setback In Burma Amid Outflanking Move
British forces under Field Marshal Archibald Wavell fell back on the Mayu Peninsula retreating to counter a Japanese outflanking push from the north. The defense around Akyab resisted four prior attempts as battles continued north of Mayu, while monsoon delays shape new positions. In the Pacific, MacArthur’s air forces bombed Japanese bases in the Aroe Islands, Salavamua and other targets in New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago, drawing fire on the enemy’s closest footholds to Australia.
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Mayu
Bay of Bengal
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Douglas MacArthur
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Australia
Salavmaua
New Guinea
United Nations
Alitit
Tanimbar Islands
Gasmata
New Britain
Russia
Kharekov
Leningrad
Arthur
Aroe Islands
Salamanas Gasmita
First Surprise Blackout In S D Coming In April
Sioux Falls reports South Dakota will stage its first surprise blackout in April as Civilian Defense officials announce plans after a Seventh Service Command meeting. Districts must ready reception plans with sub-area controllers. exact date and time remain secret to simulate a real air raid. Similar surprise blackouts are planned for neighboring states.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Seventh Service Command
Seventh Civilian Defense Area
R. P. Himmon
J. ©. Johnson
Watertown
Omaha
South Dakota Defense
Nazis Held Former German Chancellor Hans Luther Reported
Swedish paper Aftonbladet said Dr. Hans Luther former German chancellor and former ambassador to Washington was placed under protective arrest by Nazi officials in Germany with no reason given. It also claimed industrialist Frit Thyssen was held in a Berlin hotel.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Aftonbladet
Hans Luther
Washington
Germany
Frit Thyssen
Hitler
Berlin
First Lady to Speak in San Francisco Radio Address
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will address the nation at 3 p m central time tonight via a nationwide radio hookup. The speech is tied to the Red Cross efforts and will be carried from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Willow Run bomber plant praised for progress by Wilson
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Germans Executed in Berlin for Criticizing Nazis
Stockholm dispatch reports 40 Germans executed in Berlin by a special court for criticizing leading Nazi figures. The Swedish paper Aftonbladet says they were tried and given heavy sentences for speaking ill of Nazi personalities.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
British Capture 6 000 Germans in Tunisia Victory
Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army overpowers the Africa Corps in Tunisia, seizing more than 6,000 prisoners and driving from the Wadi El Akarit defense zone after a 600-gun bombardment. British infantry advance on key positions amid other developments across Russia, air war, Southwest Pacific, and Burma fronts.
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Montgomery
Eighth Army
Africa Corps
Tunisia
Wadi el Akarit
Britain and United States Drive Rommel From Egypt Front
Allied reports detail the Eighth Army and U S forces breaking through El Alkarit and Mareth lines near Gabes, with Rommel retreating northward. Churchill announced heavy American artillery and infantry advances and a growing prisoner tally, while Patton’s columns push toward the Tunisian coast within 40 miles of a junction with the British line.
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