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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
8
Beef points rise under OPA plan to steer appetites toward pork and other meats. The OPA hikes points on preferred beef cuts including steaks and roasts while reducing or adjusting points for lamb veal and variety meats. Pork values largely unchanged as households may shift consumption to balance weekly needs.
The text lists point values for infrared meat fats fish and cheese under No 3 with an effective date of June 6 1943 era The fragmentary notice appears to be a wartime or rationing schedule item with no further details available in the readable portion.
June 3 report credits Junior Lieutenant Lily Litviak with destroying an observation balloon over Kuban after five prior attack attempts. The action marked a notable achievement by Soviet airwoman in wartime operations.
AP reports Private Delbert Hill of Philadelphia and other American soldiers join Ben Lyon Bebe Daniels and Windmill Theater chorus in the GI Commandos for a comic show called Skirts. Directed by Sergeant Arthur Brest the troupe plans rotating scripts with professional stars and aims to tour European theaters amid World War II.
Lt. Rose L. Sestito and auxiliaries Jacqueline Taft and Jean Armstrong will recruit for the WAAC in Huron and nearby towns. They will interview and administer mental exams, meeting applicants in town by day and in Huron for evening appointments. Interested May contact Mrs. T. H. Luby at 2189 or Mrs. Jerry Wolner at 3249. Applicants must be 21 to 44, have two years of high school, may be married or single with no dependents, and be physically and mentally fit.
Ration Book No 3 forms may be picked up at the Post Office and must be mailed to the Office of Price Administration in Chicago by June 10. Postmaster Brammer says copies must be claimed by those who have not received them. Three cent postage required per form.
A Royal Air Force analyst in London praises American daylight bombing and notes a need for more USAAF bombers operating from Britain. He stresses round the clock operations with larger fleets to peak the aerial offensive, while British night bombing continues at full effort. May is described as a highly successful month for Allied bombing.
A wartime analysis argues all out bombing keeps German fighter squadrons and anti aircraft batteries from rest, wearing down morale as crews struggle with sleep. It notes Hitler’s army remains the main weapon and warns that production slowdowns in Rome could curb Allied offensive momentum.
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