Governor Halts Colorado Farm Labor Induction
Denver reports Governor John C. Vivian ordered an immediate halt to inducting Colorado farm workers into the armed forces. He cited authority under section 603.11 and said replacements would be needed after 22 farmers among 58 inducted in Delta County were deemed essential to farm operations. Senator Johnson condemned the move as demagogy, while Vivian denied federal bureaucrats direct involvement.
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Denver
John C. Vivian
Colorado
Harold H. Richardson
The
Selective Service
Cites Authority
Vivian
Tay State
Nota
Delta ‘Onty
Richardson
Washington
Johnson
Flying Artillery Strikes Jap Bases Around New Guinea
Allied headquarters announce General MacArthur's Flying Artillery conducted 44 bombing and strafing runs over Japanese positions guarding the approaches to Balamaua in New Guinea, firing 30 000 rounds from cannons and machine guns. Additional attacks hit airfields and ships in the Kai Islands while Japanese fighters raided Oro Bay and Mine Bay with little effect.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
MacArthur
Wewak
New Guinea
Oro Bay
Mine Bay
Kaimana
War Time 2 Movies Reported Passed In Iowa Senate
The record notes a bill in Iowa where the House passed a war time measure by 79 to 23 and sent it to the Senate yesterday amid wartime considerations.
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Senate
Canned Goods Revisions May Cut Point Values in April
Washington reports April’s canned goods ratios and other point values may be reduced starting April 1 as officials hint at changes to meat fat and oil stamps. A new table of fruit and vegetable values is expected, while March stamps must be spent by next Wednesday to avoid losing value.
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Washington
Mar
OPA
American Institute of Food Distribution
New York
Floods Close Roads In Aberdeen Area With Load Limits
Aberdeen March 20 The State Highway Department reports water two feet deep on roads as snowmelt and runoff flood grades. Three highways Nos 37 25 and 15 are closed for travel and 400 pound load limits apply on Nos 12 and 212 to protect the highways. End of measures to curb deterioration.
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Aberdeen
Mar
State Highway Department
U. S. 12
Groton
Doland
Langford
Pierpont
Wiknot
Selby
Ipswich
Webster
Watertown
Henry
Pyeing
Ed O Neal editorial stirs space magazine debate on farm program
In Space Magazine editorials by Joe Storm Ed O Neal questions Farm Bureau officials stance on the national farm program. He suggests a plan where the county extension agent runs county offices with a farmer rubber stamp committee and calls for clarification of decentralization and farmer control as debated in Washington.
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Ed O'Neal
Joe Storm
Space Magazine
Farm Bureau
Bureau
High Council of Strategy
AAA
Countiol
Farmer Committee
Washington
Pope Recovering After Illness With Improvement Noted
Pope remains under care with reports of significant improvement in his condition. Clerical sources say the progress is steady and the recovery could continue in the coming days.
President Names Former AAA Boss To Important Job
President Roosevelt announced the creation in the agriculture department of an administration of food production and distribution to be headed by Chester C. Davis, president of the federal reserve bank at St. Louis and former director of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Davis will obtain leave of absence from his bank and report for duty next Monday. The move aims to coordinate food production and distribution, including War Production Board transfers and War Manpower Commission labor shifts. Brown opposed Bankhead and Pace farm bills, warning they would raise food costs 17 to 18 percent and inflate the national food budget. Davis will supervise food operations while Wickard remains on WEB and related boards. Davis
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank At
St. Louis
Agricultural Adjustment Administraion
White House
Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Department of Agriculture
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Davis
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
WEB
Economic Stabilization Board
Combined Food Board
Farm Credit Administration
Brown
Bankhead
Prentiss M. Brown
Pace
Congress
James River Rising Near 22-Year Water Mark
James River rose at about one inch per hour three feet eight inches above the municipal spillway north of the bridge on U S Highway 14. City Engineer H M Pierce said the river fed by melting snow was five feet below the 22 year high water mark and crest expected later today or tomorrow. Some county bridges were endangered and ice remained in the river. ice jams were reported elsewhere. The state highway office ordered 400 pound load limits on Highway 14 from Highmore land west through the state. no roads reported flooded or seriously endangered.
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H. M. Pierce
Nazis Slacken Fury Of Assaults On Kharkov Front
Soviet dispatches report Red Army progress around Kharkov as German attacks slowed after heavy losses. Tanks and infantry repelled across a 50 mile front from Chuguey to Belgorod while villages along the upper Danube area blazed after retreat.
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Kharkov Front
Associated Press
Smolensk
Kharkov
Danets
Chuguey
Belgorod
Red Star
Dnieper
Dukhovschina
Dorgyebuzh
Smoalensk
Vyazma-Smolensk
Caucasus
Taman Peninsula
Kerch Strait
Black Sea
Novorossist
Abinskaya
Meat From Hoof Not Ration Stamp Says Industry
Chicago dispatch reports meat packers emphasize that meat comes from livestock not ration books and that point values do not guarantee supply. Government purchases in April will take 30 to 80 percent of meat from federally inspected plants, shaping expectations about availability.
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Chicago
Mar
Fried Ludovicians Taste Like Rabbit at City Menu
Casper Wye reports a new dish, fried ludovicians, introduced to the city. Councilman Rex, Fireman James Gray, and George Bell oversaw cooking with potatoes gravy and salad. The taste was described as rabbit like though it was prairie dog.
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Casper
Wye
Rex
James Gray
George Bell
Mareth Line Battle Rages in Tunisia Near Mareth and Mezzouna
Allied and Axis forces clash along the Mareth Line in southern Tunisia with heavy artillery dueling and efforts to hold a Mareth zone bridgehead. U S long range guns shell Mezzouna airfield twelve miles south of Maknassy as Montgomery’s Eighth Army fights off renewed Axis counterattacks.
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Tunisia
U.S
Mezzouna
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maknassy
Gaissa
Mareth
Gabes
Sea
Mentoung
Montgomery
London
el Alamein
Asis
A. N. Anderson
First Army
Jurien von Arnim
Algiers
Mareth Zone
Mareth Village
Africa
Indian Draws Year For Attempted Murder
Louis Bubuna an Indian from the Yankton reservation was sentenced by Judge A Lee Wyman to a year and a day in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill The attack followed an argument with his brother in law Charles Lowe last November and included an attempted chokehold
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Sioux Falls
Mar
Louis Bubuna
Yankton Reservation
A. Lee Wyman
Bubuna
Charles ‘Lowe
Patton's Tank Troopers May Hold Key To Rommel's Defeat
DeWitt Mackenzie reports on Allied forces breaking through at the Mareth Line in Tunisia. Montgomery's stalemate with Rommel is described as a tactical setback, with British veterans showing resilience and potential for a decisive turn in the North African campaign.
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Patton
Rommel
Tunisia
Dewitt MacKenzie
Montgomery
Mareth
Marshal Hommel
Rontmel
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