Gas For Farmers and Salesmen May Be Upped On Appeal
Director Mel Barnes said farmers and commercial truck operators may get help appealing for more miles and gasoline under war necessity certificates. Examiners will assist. appeals should start before Feb. 1. Traveling salesmen may apply after Jan. 1 for up to 65 percent of yearly consumption, a maximum of 690 miles, under modified rules.
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Fierre
Mel G. Barnes
Office of Defense Transportation
Farrmers
Barnes Sail
C. J. Langenfeld
BP. B. Libby
Barnes
Execution Stay Granted for Haupt Suspects
In Chicago on December 22, two United States Circuit Court of Appeals judges granted an indefinite stay of execution to three naturalized Germans condemned for treason aiding Herbert Haupt, the Nazi saboteur. Hans Haupt, Walter Froehling, and Otto Wersin were named in the petition filed by Herbert Haupt’s father and associates. the women received 25 years in prison. The district court’s January 22 scheduled execution was paused as the appeals court set March 2 for arguments on the appeal.
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Chicago
Herbert Haupt
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Hans Haupt
Herbert
Walter Froehling
Otto Wersin
Bauyot
Iit
Court of Appeals
Second Class Gob A First Class Gift
Ontario a teenage girl writes Santa asking for 20 gallons of fascine four tires and a second lieutenant amid wartime rationing. James Sanders McGee of Milwaukee offers to wrap himself as a gift, joking about five gallons of gasoline two worn tires and a second class yeoman. Santa may reveal McGee’s offer if Helen clarifies.
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Ontario
Cainf
Helen
Gir
Santa
James Sanders McGee
Milwaukee
Wis
McGee
Make Alcohol From Government Wheat Surplus
Washington December 22 government owned wheat may be used in 1943 to manufacture industrial alcohol by turning grain into granular flour officials said the Commodity Credit Corporation will cooperate with flour millers and distillers to boost war needs. Contracts for sale of government wheat for the first quarter 1942 are offered at various prices and areas map two flour producing zones and project gradual expansion of usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Flour Millers and Distillers Wue
Caramottily Credit Corporation
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Virginia
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
Rush
Congress
CCC
Hoss Thief Dashes Off At Stockyards
Denver brand inspector Don C. Crain notes a meat shortage or transport woes may be to blame as a thief jumped his route at the stockyards and rode away in broad daylight. No trace has been found since the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoss
Denver
Don C. Crain
Alway
Henderson resigns as price chief amid partisan attacks
Washington dispatch reports Senator Brewster claims administration crushed Leon Henderson to appease Congress. Henderson submits resignation to Roosevelt and may be replaced by Senator Brown early next year. Rep. Andre sen accuses government of biased gas rules harming farming and transport. Henderson cites health as reason but Brewster says blame lies in high level inefficiency.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Ariuies
Brewster
Maine
Henderson
Roosevelt
Brown
Michigan
Andresen
Rep
Minnesota
New Jersey
Millville
N. J
Senate War Investigating Committee
Congressional
Extend Ration Book Deadline Amid War Ration Plans
Pierre December 22 The deadline for registering for war ration book one has been extended to January 4 5 the Office of Price Administration said today all persons must have No 1 to receive ration book two to be issued for rationing of all commodities Babies must register a month after birth to qualify for a ration book for eligible commodities Children under 15 are not allowed any coffee quota Those seeking a ration book for the first time must present proof of identity such as a selective service card automobile driver s license or bank book with correct address.
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Harding
Pierre
Office of Frice Administration
Guy Harding
OPA
Russians push toward Rostov gateway to Caucasus
Soviet forces reported a major drive across the middle Don steppes within about 120 miles of Rostov, threatening the German held rail hub Merove and sealing 1,000,000 German troops from the Caucasus. Red armies claimed successes near a large populated place as Germans retreated south west of Rostov.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Russia
Middle Don Steppes
Rostov
Adolf Puters
Wvoey
Don
Red Army
Ti Merove
Don River
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Millerove
Vatutin
Japs pinned to five mile coast strip in New Guinea war
Allied forces led by General MacArthur drive Japanese from Buna area to a coastal belt about five miles long. Australians and Americans split tank units, count 100 Japanese dead in one sector, and observe 15 gun emplacements with trench networks. Terrain swampy and jungle hinder southern assault.
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New Guinea
Buna
Cape Endaiadere
Cape Riverton
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Buna Government Station
Buna Village
Cape Killerton
Cape Bandaiadere
County Supervisors Of FSA Open 2 Day Conference In Huron
County supervisors from 20 counties gather in Huron for a two day Farm Security Administration conference. Cal A Ward and Wallance Maddock outline the 1943 FSA program, with Joe Ryan as regional chief. Clarence Dunn and Lucille Paddietard direct arena sessions. Floyd Anderson and Amy Swanson preside. Keynote focuses on added production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Cal A. Ward
Wallance Maddock
Joe Ryan
Clarence Dunn
Lucille Paddietard
C. Rosengren
L. R. Wilcox
Floyd Anderson
FSA
Amy Swanson
Cultured Sheik Leads Libyans In Fight To Drive Out Axis Invader
Cairo reports say Grand Senussi, de facto ruler of Cyrenaica, expects Libyans to gain freedom as Mussolini’s Libya fades. The article portrays Libyan resistance center around the Senussi’s spiritual leadership and ties to the Mohamedan sect bearing his family name, highlighting North Africa’s strategic turn against Axis rule.
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Cairo
Cirenaica
Libya
Italy
Mussolini
Tripolitania
Egypt
Tunisia
Algeria
Africa
Mediterranean
Grand Seoussi
Farm Labor Plan Aims Moves to Boost Dairy Regions
Federal officials outline a program moving 10,000 farmers east of the Great Plains to more productive ground. Originating from trials in Kentucky and Wisconsin, the plan seeks to relieve dairy and stock farming labor shortages, aided by the FSA with Education and War Manpower Commission support. A March 1 completion deadline covers states from the Dakotas to Texas and the Atlantic coast. Walter Erb of Chicago chairs the recruitment committee to relocate marginal farmers to fertile areas.
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Cincinnati
Great Plains
Kentucky
Ohio
Wisconsin
Carl Gibboney
Washington
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Office of Education
The
War Manpower Commission
Departments of Education
Dakotas
Texas
Atlantic Coast
Gibboney
Denver
Far West
Walter Erb
Chicago
Nelsons report son located at Alameda Naval Air Station
Mr and Mrs George J Nelson of 477 Fourth Street Northeast announce their son George K Nelson is now located at Alameda Cal His address is George K Nelson 2c Radio School 743 US Naval Air Station Alameda Cal
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Alameda
Cal
George J. Nelson
Fourth Street
George K. Nelson
Radio School
U. S. Naval Air Station
Rommel Close to Tripoli Faces Tunis Junction Move
London dispatch says Rommel’s Africa Corps, battered by air and Eighth Army, sits 100 miles from Tripoli and aims to link with German forces in Tunisia. Morocco radio claims Misurata reached. Cairo offered no confirmation. Weather hinders Tunisian ground operations as French forces hold Picho south of Tunis.
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London
Eighth Army
Rommel
African Corps
Tripoli
Libya
Tunisia
Morocca
Misurata
Cairo
Eighth
Sultan
Picho
Tunis
Sousse
Keirouan
Pichon
Commandos Strike Near Tunisian Ports In Tunisian Action
British First Army commandos attacked Tunisian towns from the sea and pushed within five miles of Bizerte. The landing occurred in heavy seas last week with light losses as the operation went unopposed. Commandos reportedly swam to their base after the landing.
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London
First Army
Tasmnisia
Bizerte
Reuters
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
Tunisia
Sata
Axis and Allied Bombing Strikes Hit North Africa
Allied and Axis air actions span Tunisia and Libya as Rommel’s force near Sousse faces potential stand. Reports cite heavy fighting near Keir ouan and Pichon, with Axis reinforcements and airlifted troops, plus bombings of Tunisian ports and base airfields in a broad Mediterranean theater.
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Rommel
Tunisia
Tripolimiast
Chaca
Anis
Tunis
la Gouretie
Gulf of
Sirte
Hum
Que
Mediterranean
Bone
Philippeville
Tripoli
Beirut
Communiqtie
Eighth Army
Libya
Algiers
Oran
Sigece
Spain
Bizerte
U. S
Norman Engelbretson To Get Commission
CAMP LEE South Dakotans to be commissioned as second lieutenants after training at the quartermaster school here. Named as graduates are Frank E Bard Watertown Norman Engelbretson Huron Orpheus C Gibson 129 South Duluth Avenue Sioux Falls and Anker C Pedersen Dell Rapids.
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Camp Lee
WallDee
South
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Haupt
Burma
Lee Taylor
Hee Hushund
Atlanta
WAAC
Afrika Korps
8Th Army
Benina
Benghazi
William Bont
County Supervisors of Fsa
Huron
North Africa
Sayid
Commandos
Norman Engelbretson
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