Bicknell Named FCA Lawyer Over Politics Cry
Nelson G. Kraschel of Harlan Iowa former governor and general agent of the Eighth Farm Credit district was elected FCA lawyer by the Omaha Farm Credit Board despite objections from two directors who called the action political. The district includes Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming and the salary carries up to ten thousand dollars yearly. Leon W. Powers previously held the post since 1936.
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Omaha
Mar
Omaha Farm Credit Board
Nelson G. Kraxeher
Harlan
Towa
Eighth Farm Credit District
Lewis W. Bicknell
Webster
S. DB
FCA
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Oscar Helmne
Marcus
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Kraschel
Black
Bicknell
Heline
Engete
Feline
Sayre
J. C. Quigley
Eugene Casey
Roosevelt
Fletcher Neal
Federal Land Bank
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Production Credit Corporation
The
Bank For Coops
Leon W. Powers
Bicknell—Pags
Packers Disagree On Price Ceiling For Live Hogs
Washington hearing on producer prices reveals packers oppose ceilings for live hogs while large packers push to stabilize meat prices. Opposing views come from the National Packers Association and farmer representatives who argue ceilings threaten production and meat supply. A seven member committee will present concerns to the White House as President Roosevelt and James Byrnes may receive them.
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Washington
Mar
American Mint Institute
John Finn
OPA
National
P.O. Wilson
National Livestock Marketing Cistion
Wilson
Lend-Lease Pact Signed By Mexico and United States
Mexican Ambassador Francisco Castillo Najera and Secretary of State Hull signed a new lend-lease agreement in Washington. Terms are confidential and supersede the 1942 Mexico United States pact canceled on March 27.
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U.S
Mexico
Washington
Mar
Francisco Castillo Najera
Hull
Anthony Eden
Florida
Lord Halfax
Cordell Hull
Weather Hurts War Fund Drive In Beadle County
The 1943 Red Cross War Fund drive, slowed by snow, shows larger individual gifts but reports from Huron and rural areas are delayed. Beadle County aims for 9350, with 7000 to national fund, as the drive combines with the Red Cross roll call and members receive contributions credits.
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Red Cross
T. E. O'Brien
Beadle County
Red Chapter
Huron
National War Fund
O’brien
Wheat Sale Bill Heads For Senate Action
Washington March 18 quick Senate passage was forecast for a House approved bill to permit the sale of 100 million bushels of government held wheat to meet a crucial feed shortage. Senator Aiken Vermont predicted committee approval and floor action by next week amid farm state worries over corn prices and stock release. Senator Bushfield South Dakota opposed the sale saying it is a gamble. the measure seeks sales at parity rather than 85 percent parity after prior authority.
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Washington
Senate
Aiken
Vermont
Agriculture Committee
Bushfield
South Dakota
Stockings saved for 33 years become wartime salvage
SUNBURY Pa Mar 18 Thirty three years ago Marmate K Stahl now 67 began saving stockings tending some to knit them Today she turned over the war salvage drive 750 pairs Said she Yet much rather see chutes for the boys at the front than rugs.
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Sunbury
Marmate
K .Stahl
Manpower Draft Debate Stirs War Production Urgency
Undersecretary Robert P Patterson urged a civilian draft law to allocate manpower to war production. He argued compulsion exists via blacklisting and hiring controls and that universal service is necessary. The Senate approved farm deferment measures 50 to 24 despite objections, fearing blanket exemptions could flood deferrals.
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Washington
Mar
Robert P Patterson
Senate Military Committee
Patterson
United States
New Guinea
House
Senate
War Department
Allied Airmen Bomb Japanese Base At Rabaul
Allied airmen reported a heavy attack on Rabaul New Britain with 392 bombs and another strike on a Kai Islands outpost. Fires and explosions followed as Tokyo warned of a serious war situation and Japan’s shipping losses rose to 1 857 000 tons.
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Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
United Nations
Kai Islands
Australia
New Guinea
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Knox
New York
Tojo
Allies Score Heavily On Nazi Undersea Wolf Pack
Allied escorts engaged a Nazi U-boat wolf pack in a 72 hour North Atlantic battle. The Campbell sank one submarine and forced several others to dive, while cruisers and destroyers battered multiple U-boats. Commander James A. Hirshfield was wounded but steered the cutter to safety as British American French and Canadian ships pressed the fight.
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Washington
Mar
Germany
Northlantic
London
Campbell
Ottawa
Atlantic
James A. Hirshfield
San Antonio
Tex
RAF Liberatore
Beverly
Vimy
Perea
Three U S Raids Hit Kiska Island
American bombers blasted the Japanese submarine base at Kiska Island in the Aleutians three times Tuesday. Fighter planes shot down two enemy aircraft and probably destroyed two others. The raids followed another heavy attack on Monday, raising total raids this month to 13.
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Washington
Mar
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
Kiska
Final Tunisian offensive drives toward Axis exit
Mackenzie A l reports Berlin reads the writing on the wall and sees a climactic Allied drive to eject the Axis from northern Africa. The plan hinges on a coordinated push across Tunisia to secure the Mediterranean, with observers noting potential Turkish moves if the sea lane is opened.
Miner quits walking race after horse covers double distance
In Blanding Utah, 27 year old miner Shumway walked 65 miles in 19 hours before surrendering after learning the horse had already reached 185 miles in the 24 hour period. The event aimed to settle a town argument about whether a horse could travel twice as far as a man. The horse appeared fatigued but continued running.
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Blanding
Watertown Nixes Storm After Severe Blizzard
Watertown area clears after a prolonged blizzard as high drifts shrink and lines are restored. Crews work to reopen highways and railways while Castlewood loses power for three nights. Delores Hess, 11, arrives at Watertown hospital by snow plow with appendicitis and undergoes surgery. condition favorable.
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Watertown
Mar
Southy Dakota
Castlewood
Canby
Minn
Delores Hess
Clark
Magnesium Plant Burns In Brilliant Fireworks Display
A spectacular fire at an Aberdeen magnesium plant caused incandescent flames and four giant explosions, destroying the four story main building within half an hour. The plant operated by the Pacific Coast Chemical Company produced government deeds. No injuries were reported. officials suspected static electricity as a possible cause.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Roagnecittas
Charles Borum
Pacific Coast Chemi
British storming Mareth with four tank divisions
Allied headquarters reported American troops recaptured Gafsa air base in central Tunisia after a 30 mile drive while Montgomery’s Eighth Army pressed the Mareth Line with four divisions. Eisenhower bulletin noted improved Allied positions in the MaresH Line's northern sector amid heavy fighting and mine obstructions hindered advances.
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Gatsa
Tunisia
Berlin
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maresh
Little Maginot
Gafsa
U.S
el Guetar
Gulf of Gabes
Marcih
Sedjenane
Psge
Tank Battle Rages as Red Planes Halt Nazi Assault
Soviet dispatches describe a massive Donets River valley tank clash under skies crowded with Nazi dive bombers and Red Stormoviks. Red Army claims stubborn defense near Kharkov and repelled six waves of counterattacks while tank busters crippled German armor. Elsewhere, 32 towns fell to Soviet forces south of Belaya and progress toward Smolensk continued with vanguards near Staraya Russa.
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Associated Press
Donets
Kherkov
Churuev
Kharkov
Red Star
Bely
Smolensk
Rostov
Lake [Men
Semeon Timoshenko
Couple Seeks Divorce After 42 Years of Marriage
In Pine Island Minnesota, Richard Beise and his wife filed for divorce after 42 years of marriage. Each accused the other of desertion and cruelty. He is listed as age 63 and she as age 61.
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Wing
Minn
Mar
God
Richard Beise
Pine Island
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National Assembly
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Mareth
Roger Green
Moscow
Raktines
Sevsk
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