Price Boss Stirs Storm Over Farm Incentive Pay
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown faces Senate Agriculture Committee urging higher appropriations for farmer incentive payments as a preferred approach to inflationary price bills. Brown argues targeted payments aid farmers in low income, while opponents warn of government handouts and political leverage. The hearing ends unresolved with plans to resume next Monday.
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Washington
Prentiss Brown
Senate Agriculture Committee
Election Club
Wheeler
Montana Democrat
Gillette
Senate
Pace
Brown
Agriculture
Wickard
Smith
South Carolina
Boneft
Montana
Iowa
Man Wade To Death In Lake At MacArthur Park
A man named Neil Thompson, 33, from San Pedro California walked into the water at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles and disappeared. A fire department team recovered the body after the incident on April 5.
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Los Angeles
MacArthur Park
Neil Thompson
San Pedro
Calif
Americans Down 37 Of 98 Japanese Planes In Solomons
Navy reports American fighters destroyed 37 of 98 Japanese planes in air battles over the Solomon Islands near Guadalcanal. Seven American fighters were lost with one pilot rescued as extensive aerial activity continued across the Solomons.
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Solomons
Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
Guadalcanal
Iast
Salomons Archipelago
South Pacific
Dauntless
Grumman Raf
Wildcat
Grumman Fair
Vila
United States
Catalina
Flying Fortresses
Koahili
Shortland Island
Choiseul
Santa Isabel Island
Avenger Ictive
Rekata Bay
Guadalcanal Island
Iwraich
Senate confirms Philip and Robertson for SD posts
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the reappointment of George Philip as federal district attorney for South Dakota and Charles L Robertson as United States marshal for the state.
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Philip and Robertson
Senate
Washington
George Philip
South Dakota
Charles L. Robertson
Japanese Bomb Threats From China Bases Raise Alarm
The Associated Press reports Tokyo radio warns a new U S bombing raid may strike from China, the Aleutians, or carrier airfields. Doolittle raid memory cited as construction of new Chinese air bases noted. British artillery checks Japanese advances in Burma as Tokyo claims major British losses along the Mayu River.
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Japan
Tokyo
China
Aleutians
U.S. Office of War Information
James H. Doolittle
Roosevelt
Shanghin
Doolutle
Cooperation urged to ease victory garden headaches
Mrs. Andrew Palm, chairwoman for food production mobilization, cites two problems for victory gardens. Dogs and small children disturb plots, and conflicts arise when two gardeners target the same vacant lot. She urges owners to keep pets away and parents to restrict children from designated garden spaces. The Chamber of Commerce lists available lots and asks gardeners to notify the clearing house to avoid double assignments.
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Andrew Palm
Womanpower For
Chamber of Commerce
C. Irvin Krumm
Chamber
Bramm
Incentive Pay Considered to Boost Aircraft Output
Washington April 8 WPB explores an incentive pay plan to raise munitions output. A subcommittee including Richard Frankensteen and Qito Seyferth meets with Charles E. Wilson to draft details. Roosevelt reportedly backs the idea, aiming to lift production per dollar and cut unit costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
WPB
New Management-Labor Council
Charles E. Wilson
Richard Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Qito Seyferth
United States Chamber of Commerce
AFI
National Association of Manufacturers
FDR
Autry
Donald M. Nelson
Neson
Wilson
White House
War Labor Board
Office of Economic Stabilization
WPBH
Floods May Bring Pollution Warns Health Official
Pierre April. P R Mathews of the division of sanitary engineering warns that floodwaters contaminate wells and require boiling water before use. He notes high sewage bacteria levels, typhoid and dysentery risks, and calls sterilizing wells with chlorine and sending samples to the state health laboratory after treatment.
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Mathews
State’ Health Laboratory
Pierre
Believes Japan Has Reached its Pacific Expansion Limit
New Zealand minister Walter Nash touring South Pacific bases says Japan’s expansion appears halted. Nash notes optimism but warns not yet ready for a major offensive as he visits island bases on his Washington to New Zealand route.
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Auvanuey
South Pacific
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Washington
Japan
Pacific
County Has Recourse When Dam Perils Road
Pierre April 8 The attorney general advised that nuisance abatement is the county’s recourse when a farmer dams a non navigable stream diverting it into a highway ditch threatening the grade The opinion was valued by state's attorney Percy H Helm of Sturgis It notes farmers have a right to dam only if the course is not changed and cites section 3747 for obstruction or rendering unsafe public roads
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Pierre
Percy H. Helm
Sturgis
Grace Coolidge Returns Home After Illness
Mrs Grace Coolidge widow of President Calvin Coolidge returned to her Northampton home today after a three week stay at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Dr Joseph Hobbs said the former first lady had been treated for a respiratory ailment and was discharged from the hospital yesterday.
Red Army Advances as Spring Thaws Fold Front Near Izyum
In the thawed sectors south of Izyum the Red Army stormed German positions and seized advantageous lines after persistent German attacks. In Sevsk northwest of Kursk German counterassaults failed, while Volkhov front fighting persisted southeast of Leningrad with no major operation. Western fronts saw artillery duels as Russians edge toward Smolensk. no word on Kuban or Rostov areas.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Izyum
Sevsk
Kursk
Volkhov
Leningrad
Smolensk
Kuban
Rostov
Tire Shortages Force Stricter OPA Allocations
Northwest ration boards tighten tire allocations as supply drops 40 percent in two months. In the St Paul district, February allotments fell from 16 000 to 421 000 in April. Motorists in lower gasoline groups A and IID face reduced replacements while B and C groups receive priority for essential war uses and livelihoods.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
OPA
St. Paul
Red Cross War Fund Reaches Over $9,000 in Beadle County
Beadle County Red Cross War Fund totals $9,076.56 as reports continue to come in. County chairman T. E. O'Brien announced the drive should wrap up this week. Huron Theatre employees have joined the 100 percent contribution list.
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Red Cross
Beadle County
T. E. O'Brien
Huron Theatre
Allied forces close on Rommel as Tunis advance gathers pace
Allied troops press toward Tunis as Lieut-Gen. K. A. N. Anderson's British First Army breaches within 27 airline miles of the city in a sharp north Tunisia offensive. In the south the Eighth Army drives Rommel's battered Afrika Korps, advancing four to five miles across Carthaginian battlefields.
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Rommel
Roger Greene
Associated Press
K. A. N. Anderson
First Army
Tunis
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Invasion Jitters and Allied Defense Talks Reported
At Brenner Pass Hitler and Mussolini reportedly met to coordinate defense against a potential Allied invasion of Europe. Moscow reports German lines strained on Kharkov front with fierce fighting near Seversk and Volkhov sectors. London cites a United States British policy agreement toward France with Hull invited to visit. Allied air forces bomb Naples Messina and Palemo as UN troops attack. British artillery routs Japanese on the Arakan front and Tokyo claims destruction of a British Indian force on the Muyu Peninsula.
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Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Europe
Russia
Kharkov Front
Sevels
Volkhov
London
Eden
France
Hull
Africa
Naples
Messina
Rome
United Nations
Palemao
Burma
Arakan
Tokyo
Muyu Peninsula
Allies Drive Rommel Northward in Tunisian Front as Axis Defends
Allied reports say Montgomery’s Eighth Army and the American Second Army Corps push Rommel’s forces along the Tunisian coast. British First Army and Italian lines clash near Megjez El Bab Munchar while Axis counterattacks falter. U.S. troops link with Eighth Army on the Djebel Chemsi ridge as pursuit continues with many prisoners and abandoned material.
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Paris
Anderson
Dwigtht D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Rommel
Africa
Sicilian
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Second Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
First Army
Megjez-El-Bab
Munchar
Berlin
U. S
Djebel Chemsi
el Guetar
Bombing Civilians Questioned By British Group
A Briton committee led by H Stanley Jevons urges the government to stop bombing civilians while supporting precision strikes on military targets. The debate notes deliberate civilian bombing violates international law and echoes wartime barbarism, with discussion continuing on Page 2.
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Dewstt MacKenzie
Cologne
Paris
H. Stanley Jevons
Auch
MacKenzie
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Chicago and North Western
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Sir Archibald J P. Wavell
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