Fathers In Military Service Predicted By McNutt
Washington April 13 War Manpower Chairman Paul V McNutt predicted that by year end 1943 most able bodied fathers under 38 will be in the armed forces. House leaders urged Senate approval of a bill to deferment priorities to men with children and examined manpower plans as clashes over drafting continued. The new regulations ended 3 B, froze fathers with dependents into 3 A, and created 3 D for hardship cases.
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McNutt
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Capitol Hill
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Senate
House
Manpower Commission
War Department
Mae
Soviet Aviation Pounds German Supply Columns
Soviet air forces continued pounding German supply lines on a muddy front with little major action. In Kuboh area German air units attacked Russian columns while Russian forces pushed Nazis toward the sea. Monitor reported 25 German planes shot down. five Russian planes lost. Volkhov front activity halted German advances southeast of Leningrad. Kursk raid involved nine German bombers dispersed near the city. Heavy artillery duels and shelling along Lake Ilmen and Rostov area dominated the day as Russian guns destroyed dugouts and gun positions along approaches to Mol.
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OSCOW
Kuboh
Dau
London
Moscow
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Volkhov
Leningrad
Ruheld Kursk
Kharkov
Lake Ilmen
Staraya
Rostov Souillery
Italy Admits Loss Of Cruiser Sunk By American Air Force
Italy acknowledged today that a cruiser was sunk in the Saturday raid on La Maddalena in North Sardinia. Initial reports named the Trieste and Gorizia, both 10,000-ton units, as damaged with naval reconnaissance confirming the loss and indicating strategic impacts on the fleet.
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Italy
Onn
wI—tne Italiammanad
Uni
Anny Air Force
la Maddalena
Sardinia
Trieste
Gorizia
River Flood Warning Near Ashton and Huron
The James River near Ashton exceeded flood stage by two tenths of a foot as a rise was forecast toward Huron. Forecaster R. M Anderson urged precautions for overflow on farms from Ashton to Huron as the river recedes at Huron but may rise again within days, with more water expected from Ashton.
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James River
Huron
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ashton
R. M Anderson
Sioux City
Admiral King Urges War Bonds as Double Investment
Commander In Chief King tells AP and Evening Autonote that wartime funding through bonds benefits buyers and supports the armed forces. He notes the 24 hour operations under all weather and enemy, praises navy personnel, and argues for ample ships planes guns tanks to sustain fighting strength. He calls for widespread bond purchases as a wise personal and national act.
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Associated Press
United States
Madison Packers Face NLRB Ruling On Union Recognition
National Labor Relations examiner urged the NLRB to order Robert and Oake Packing to withhold recognition of the Independent Meat Packers Union as bargaining agent. He found two company officials unfair to labor for pressuring employees and attending a union meeting while the Madison Chamber of Commerce was cleared of interference charges. The company may file exceptions within fifteen days, and ten days are given to comply with a sense and desist order if issued.
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Nihien Troden
H. H. Holdridge
Martisan
Madison Chamber
Madison Chamber of Commettee
Sam Tweedell
Sioux Falls
Examiner
Cushman
Chamber of Commerce
Railroad Worker Dies After Fall On Trestle
Edward Joseph Morvan, 57, a railroad section man from Ishover, was killed instantly on a Great Northern trestle when an approaching engine brushed him from the edge. Coroner says Morvan and about half of a 30 man crew were on the trestle. two clung to the edge as the engine neared and Morvan fell striking a steel pipe after being brushed off.
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Diqua Pen Agia LS LA
Edward Joseph Morvan
Alvon Iverson
Moran
Great Northern
Leland Doeegett
Northwest area bond sales reach 13.6 percent of quota
In the Northwest the spring war bond drive reached 13.6 percent of its $175 million quota by Monday night. Federal Reserve officials reported $23,778,470 in government securities sold, leaving about $151,221,530 to meet the target. State totals included Minnesota 15,218,080 and North Dakota 31,208,070 with smaller amounts in South Dakota Montana and Michigan’s upper peninsula and western Wisconsin.
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Sunnrapolis
Northwest
Federal
Resert
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Micigan
Upper Peninsula
Wisconsin
Army Life Might Be Softer for Johnny Puchek
Johnny Puchek, 24, of a Sussex area farm, sought draft service but the board ruled he can aid the war effort better at home. He milks 22 cows, drives 20 miles to Milwaukee to work as a moulder in a foundry, then returns to milk again and farm until 10 or 11 pm, his tractor lit by headlights.
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Woumumowug
Wis
Johnny Puchek
Sussex
Johnny
Milwaukee
Omaha Airport Complete Inundation Threat Looms
Army engineers abandon hope of saving Omaha's $4 million airport and Carter Lake as Missouri River floods break two dikes. Crest around 22.5 feet, six hours after first break, with four to six feet of water forecast to cover the airport within 48 hours. Red Cross rescuers evacuate about 1,900 people in a 16 square mile area. Simultaneously, Allied advances in North Africa push Rommel into a coffin corner as Montgomery's forces reach key targets near Tunis.
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Omaha
Army Engineers
Omada
Carter Lake
W m R Milnes
Red Cross
Oger Greene
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sains
Ervin Rommel
Tunisia
North Africa
Algiers
Bernard L. Montgomery
Enidaville
Sousse
Tunis
London
Reuters
Department Stores Fined For Boycott In New York
In New York on April 13 a group of department store advertisers and the Retail Dry Goods Association were fined a total of 80000 dollars after a criminal information charged them with conspiring to violate antitrust laws by boycotting the advertising columns of the New York Times.
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New York
Retail Dry Goods Association of
New York City
United States District Court
New York Times
State Boys Shooting Grounds Placed Near Aberdeen
Director Elmer Peterson announced the Game and Fish Commission bought 520 acres of Brown County school land in Putney Slough for public shooting grounds. Aberdeen completed a sale at ten dollars per acre. The tract four miles west of Claremont lies in deep water and grassland ideal for nesting and hunting.
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Aberdeen
Pierre
Elmer Peterson
Game and Fish Commission
Putney Slough
Brown County
Claremont
Peterson
Global War Updates Move Across Major Fronts
General Blainey warns Japan massing 200000 first line troops on island bases above Australia and may strike at any time. Allied airmen claim a smashing victory over Port Moresby with 37 of 100 Japanese planes shot down. Churchill says Britain holds its own against U boats in the Atlantic. London reports a Soviet raid on Germany while Berlin notes enemy planes hit Koenigsberg. Soviet planes pound supply lines as mud hampers movement and the Red Army halts a Nazi drive near Valkhov. US 11th Bomber Command says Japan is building stepping stones toward Alaska despite heavy American bombing.
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Southwest Pacific
Blamey
Australia
Port Moresby
Churchill
Wester
London
Germany
Berlin
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Russia
Red Army Command
Valkhov Front
Leningrad
Smolensk
U. S
11Th Bomber Command
Tokyo
Alaska
Axis Rommiel’s forces aim for narrow Tunisian corridor
On the Tunisian front Marshal Rommiel’s Africa Corps retreats into a 100 mile long strip from Cape Serrat to north of Enfidaville. About 210000 Axis troops remain to face final disaster as Allied air fleets and siege rings tighten. British First and Eighth Armies press north of Sousse and Seusse after yesterday’s fall of Sousse. Allied liaison via Ge SAR toe completes.
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Marshal Rommiel
Africa Corps
Cape Serrat
Enfidaville
Brns
Sousse
First
Eighth Army
Seusse
Kyser Rejected By Army Doctors
Los Angeles April 20 4P surgeons at the induction station rejected bandleader Kay Kyser for military service after special x rays and exams of his spine and knee. He was ruled out due to a hernia and arthritis in the right foot. Kyser had been directed to report for induction after a deferment denial to the Office of War Information.
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Los Angeles
Kay Kyser
Kyser
Army
Ryser
Office of War Information
Senate balks at equal rights amendment proposal
Senators opposed the constitutional amendment for gender equality, arguing it could backfire. The judiciary committee sent the measure to study after a 12 to 4 vote, with sponsor Sen Gillette of Iowa leading 23 supporters. London reports 293 March air raid casualties and 439 injuries in Britain.
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Wraomuve iUay
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Senate Gillette
Iowa
London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
String Of Bases From Tokyo Under Construction Now
Omnious Japanese threats to Australia and Alaska were disclosed today as Gen. MacArthur announced Allied air power winning a victory over Port Moresby. Japan continues to build stepping-stone air bases toward Australia. fog aids their fleet movements while U S forces report 76 Japanese planes destroyed in two days.
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Tokyo
Aleutians
U. S
Southwest Pacific
Port Moresby
MacArthur
Red Cross War Fund Drives Beadle County Total Surpasses Quota
Beadle County Red Cross closed the 1943 War Fund drive at ten thousand three hundred twenty one dollars, nearly one thousand over the nine thousand three hundred fifty dollar quota. Some reports未turned in, contributions from non-participants may be mailed or turned in at local units. Ten percent of the list included St Teresa School staff, Bijou Theatre workers, Gold Medal Dai Zellner’s Body Shop, and a state highway officer. remaining district tallies show Barrett thirty one dollars, Fairfield No 3 eleven seventy, Nance fifty two seventy five, and Pleasant View thirty dollars.
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Beadle County
Red Cross
T. E. O'Brien
O'Brien
Odd Fellows Burin
Huron
St Teresa School
Bijou Theatre
Dai Zellner
Barrett
Fairfield No
Nance
Pleasant View
Knockout Bridge Begins Qualifying In New York
A national knockout bridge championship for 24 teams enters qualifying rounds tonight in New York. The field will be cut to 16 teams, with knockout matches leading to a final Saturday afternoon between the two surviving teams.
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New York
War Bond Drive Fueled Tunisian Victory Mackenzie Reports
DeWitt Mackenzie describes his 35,000 mile wartime tour linking Allied gains in Tunisia to the $13,000,000,000 war bond drive. He notes equipment and manpower lifting actions from Libyan battlefields to northern Tunisia, praising the combined scale and impact of supplies and fighting power. He emphasizes the bond program backing soldiers and strategic victories.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Tunisia
Libyan
Mom
MacKenzie
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