Survey Shows South Dakota Lags In State Guard Effort
A statewide survey indicates South Dakota has a state guard plan only on paper with no trained units or equipment. Col Edward Beckwith heads the effort, paid from National Guard funds, while other states move ahead with trained forces and active duties, leaving local progress behind.
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United States
Evening Favorite
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
Herman A. Brocopp
Bismarck
Edward A. Beckwith
Rapid City
Mosday
Beckwith
National Guard
President Warns Against Inflation
President Roosevelt warned against inflation and profiteering in a radio address marking the National Farm Program anniversary. He stressed that rising prices could raise the cost of living, hamper wartime aims, and threaten national debt, urging restraint as farm price restrictions faced congressional moves.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Wholesale Pork Prices Frozen In Move To Halt Rising Costs
The U S government temporarily froze wholesale pork prices at peak March levels, effective March 23, covering 90 percent of pork products including ham and bacon. Price Administrator Leon Henderson said the ceiling would curb living costs and indirectly affect farmers and retailers. The OPA noted current hog prices near 13 75 a hundred pounds in Chicago, with farmers earning over parity, and defined covered items from hams to luncheon meat while excluding sausages and edible offals.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Acker
OPA
Chicago
Allied occupation talks on Madagascar potential move
London officials discussed a possible Allied occupation of Madagascar in the western Indian Ocean near Africa to preempt Japanese seizure and safeguard supply lines after Singapore’s fall. In Stockholm King Gustav V, 83, recovering from bladder stone surgery, passed a quiet night with a satisfactory medical bulletin.
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Africa
Singapore
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustav V
Park Renamed General Douglas MacArthur Park
LETTLE-ROCK Ark March 10 The city council renamed City Park to General Douglas MacArthur Park in honor of the Little Rock born war hero. The note adds MacArthur was born in a building on park grounds.
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Little Rock
Bombers Hit Italian Naval Targets in Mediterranean Action
British torpedo bombers attacked in the central Mediterranean injuring an Italian cruiser and two transport ships, a merchant vessel and a destroyer, according to an official announce ment. An RAF communique confirmed the strike against enemy forces.
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Mediterranean
Cairo
Mar
RAF Comunique
Banquet Highlights Agricultural War Effort in Huron
More than 200 farmers attended the Beadle County Committee for Agriculture meeting in the Elks Ballroom at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel. L. L. Ladd presided as Gene Raymond from the state AAA office reviewed AAA purposes and achievements, while Richard Haeder Wolsey discussed farmer efforts in the war emergency and the farm population’s readiness to do anything asked. A Wolsey boys’ quartet provided music.
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Haeder
Huron
Beadle County Committee For Agriculture
Elks
Marvin Hughitt
L. L. Ladd
Gene Raymond
State Aaa
AAA
Richard Haeder Wolsey
Wolsey
Langer Debate Prompts Long Senate Battle
Senate debate on Senator Langer of North Dakota shifts to a possible week or more to decide if he should be barred for moral turpitude. Senator Lucas of Illinois predicts a lengthy fight after an opening day marked by heated exchanges between Langer supporters and opponents.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Langer
North Dakota
Lucas
Ilinois
British and U S Naval Move Hints Atlantic Buildup
British naval circles interpreted the reassignment of Admiral Harold R. Stark to London as a signal of growing American naval strength in European waters. Observers speculated that U S warships could be sent overseas to counter shifts in the naval balance or to bolster Britain's defense for a potential second front in the event of a German push. Meanwhile Soviet front reports say thawing battle lines near spring, though communications remain muddled and uncertain.
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Germany
Russia
India
Stafford Cripps
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Canada
Churchill
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Allahabad
House of Commons
The War Toda India Split With Dissension Might Be Easy Target
DeWitt MacKenzie cautions that Japan’s Java Burma successes raise danger to India. Analysts warn Allies risk a swift Nippon strike if naval and air forces shift from Java. The piece notes nationalist leaders press for freedom as price of cooperating with England.
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Toda India
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Burma
India
Hindustan
England
King To Direct All United States Naval Operations
Admiral Ernest J. King now commands all U S Naval operations unifying combat planning and fleet maintenance under one leader. Admiral Harold R Stark moves to a new post in European waters while Vice Admiral Royal E Ingersoll retains the Atlantic fleet. Congress debates broader unification as Navy rejigs its command structure.
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Washington
United State
Ernest J. King
King
U. S
Harold R. Stark
Chief of Naval Operations
Knox
Admiral Stark
Army
George C. Marshall
Hil
Alabama
Stark
Roosevelt
William S. Sms
Armour Workers Buy War Bonds At Huron Plant
Armour & Company plant employees subscribed full payroll deduction to a defense savings bond plan. Manager L C Hoffman announced 100 percent participation with 286 workers enrolled across 20 departments. Annual bond purchases at the Huron plant are expected to total about $40,000 with weekly purchases to reach $770, surpassing the $700 per week target. Some 20 workers from the plant are serving in the U S Army and Navy.
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Armour & Company
Wadé& Report
Armour
L. C. Hoffman
Huron Armour Plant
P. Hofftman
Armour Plant
e—Hoffman
Plane delays at Sioux Falls after landing Monday night
A Mid-Continental Airlines plane with ten passengers was delayed in Sioux Falls for three hours and twenty minutes after landing Monday night, requiring an extended landing change.
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Sioux, Falls
Mar
Mid-Continent
Crisis Threatens As Japs Advance Beyond Rangoon
The RAF battered Japanese centers in Burma after Rangoon fell, with a raid on Moulmein airfield announced. In India tense nerves rose over Moslem fears of revolt as Japan pressed west toward Thrawagdy air fields and India’s riches, while Java and the Philippines fronts showed Japanese advances and new command assignments.
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New Delhi
India
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Burma
Moulmein
Thrawagdy
Java
Bandoang
Soera
Indies
Philippines
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Malaya
Singapore
Masaharu Homma
MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Churchill
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
All-India
Moslem League
Bay of Bengal
Pegui
Four Japanese Carriers Put Out Of Action
Washington reports Navy figures show four Japanese aircraft carriers sunk or damaged since the war began. A communique notes American submarines last week sank or damaged six Japanese naval vessels, including an aircraft carrier hit by two torpedo strikes. The week’s score lists one destroyer leader sunk, one large tanker sunk, several ships damaged and put out of action, and torpedo hits on cruisers.
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Washington
Mar
Navy
Tony
Army
Nelson To Speak On Radio Tonight In Production Drive
War Production Director Donald M. Nelson will deliver the second production drive speech tonight from 9:16 to 9:30 on C. W. T. Mutual. The address outlines wartime production goals and national effort.
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Radio
Washington
Mar
Donald M. Nelson
C. W.T. Mutual
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