Truck Tire Shortage Hits Truckers Hard In War Effort
The piece analyzes the tire shortage crisis affecting commercial trucking during wartime. It explains how rail reallocation, tire rationing, and overloading contribute to outages, with projections that civilian tire output cannot meet demand. Recapping is urged to bridge the gap as CPA officials warn of substantial shortages into 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Associatedess
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Northwest Daily Press Association
Palace Building
Minneasalis
Bureau of Advertising
Lexington Avenue
New York City
America
Huron
CPA
Sparks Bennett
Igaq
Older Senators resist young bid to clarify Connally resolution
Washington columnist Raymond Clapper notes old Senate leaders resist efforts by younger lawmakers to remove double-talk from the Connally resolution. The push, joined by Senator Austin of Vermont, seeks a clear stand: support for an international organization backed by military force, echoing Hull’s policy, without detailing blueprints. The piece argues for frank, straightforward language to reflect public sentiment and past stances on the League and the world court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Connally
Nye
Austin
Vermont
United States
Hull
Activision
Roosevelt
Barkley
League of Nations
World Court
Ernie Pyle Column Reprints Salt Lake Gals Borglum Note
Reprinting Ernie Pyle's 1940 travel sketches reveals his playful tall tales about America. He names Salt Lake’s prettiest girls, memphis dress sense, Seattle rain, and Lake Louise’s scenery, then recalls travel misadventures from Death Valley to Mexico City. He praises Borglum in Rapid City and shares meals from hotels in New Orleans and Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Salt Lake
Nomad Pyle
Gutzon Borglum
Ernie
Salt Lake City
Memphis
Seattle
Lake Louise
Canada
America
T'vel
Death Valley
Sven
Priblio
Dutch Harbor
Bering Sea
Coast Guard
Cntter Northland
Fairbanks
Valdez
Alaska
Mexico City
Rio de Janeiro
Ouray
Calo
Chase Salmon Osborn
Michigan
Geor
Lake Michigan
Ben Milam
Houston
Alcazar
Miami
Albuquerque
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Gutzen Borglum
Rapid City
S. D
Peru
Guatemala
Funny Army Life Helps Keep Soldiers Sane
Ruth Millett notes Ozzie St George turned risk and humor into a career in Australia while her son Richard wrote a best seller Care of Postmaster. She says Army life tests youths yet their humor helps them cope with danger and stress, keeping spirits up amid war.
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Ozzie St. George
Simpson
Minn
Corp. T. R. St. George
Australia
Richard
Ms. St. George
Ruth Millett
War workers drafted despite skill asserted by generals
Public sentiment nears support for drafting even skilled workers. Brig Gen Lewis of Hershey suggests broader mobilization while Law cites global dependence on the Soviet Union China and the United Nations. A failed school plot by several girls made the school dangerous for would-be murderers as Nazi newsmen tour the Netherlands for female district leadership training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Hershey
United States
British Empire
Soviet Union
China
United Nations
Richard K. Law
Netherlands
Belle Fourche Valley Irrigation Project Needs Reorganization
Guest editorial urges reorganization of the Belle Fourche Valley irrigation venture to finish the dam, secure supplemental water, and align cooperation among farmers, ranchers, the Black Hills, and the Bureau of Reclamation to sustain western South Dakota’s agriculture and regional prosperity. The Wyoming South Dakota compact is ratified and awaiting congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche Valley
Rapid City Journal
Bureau of Reclaration
South Dakota
Black Hills
Belle Fourche
Bureau of Reclamation
Wyoming
Cancer Death Rate Rises During 1942
The census bureau reports 1942 cancer deaths at 163 400, up 3 474 from 1941, ranking second to heart disease. Overall deaths fell to 14 per 1 000, the lowest on record, due to declines in pneumonia influenza auto accidents. Zell residents head to Black Hills for deer hunting including Leo Heppler and Harlan Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsaingsom
United States
Census Bureau
ZELL
Black Hills
Leo Heppler
Harlan Meyer
Eddy Schaffer
Joe Joynt
Raymond Baider
James Gruenwald
Rationing Roundup Lists Stamp Rules and Dates
Government rationing notices warn stamps remain in books when exchanging commodities. The roundup lists stamps by color and item with expiration dates from November into December 1943 and early 1944, including meats, processed foods, sugar, shoes, fuel oil, gasoline, tires, and tire inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Anniversary Memoir of American Troops In Africa
Hal Boyle reflects on a year of combat from Algiers to Messina, honoring American doughboys and artillerymen. He notes the front line reality, the strain on morale, and resolve to prove troops not green as they faced harsh odds in Tunisia and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
Boyle
Algiers
Italy
French Morocco
North Africa
Messina
Sicily
Volturno
Atlantic
Sherman
Hollywood
Wes Gallagher
The
Berlin
Wes
Tunisia
Valentine
Faid Pass
Sidi Bou Zid
Sbeilia
Kasserine
Africa
Thievery In Two Forms Practiced In North Africa
In Algiers two American artists and a Syrian antiques dealer discuss prices, exposing cross cultural shoplift schemes. A Bristol, Virginia captain notes a thief emptied his hotel room while an Arab looted garments. Italy warns soldiers about courting norms and dangers with Italian women reflecting jealous, knife ready attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Hal Boyle
Algiers
Tech
Mitchell Siporin
Chicago
New York
Sara Radulovic
St Louis
Siporin
Mexico City
Carleton A. Harkrader
Bristol
Gas Transport Collides With Pickup Near Doland
A Willow Lakes Transport gasoline truck and a Doland pickup driven by Robert Brown collided three miles west of Doland on Highway 212. Both vehicles were demolished but no injuries occurred as the tanker, carrying 4500 gallons, avoided impact by steering into a ditch while the tractor struck Brown’s truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doland Doland
Willow Lakes Transport Company
Robert Brown
Doland
Brown
M-3 Grant tank replaced by M-4 Sherman in Libya
The 30 ton M-3 General Grant medium tank remains in use though out of production and helped the British advance in Libya. It is being supplanted by the M-4 General Sherman with a 75 mm gun on the right turret, an 87 mm anti aircraft gun, four .30 cal machine guns, and a riveted high turret.
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Grant
Libya
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Huron Publishing CO
Third Street
Robert D. Lusk
Caciter
By Galbraith
Clapper
By Raymond Clapper
U.S
American Legion
Wayde
England
Gen
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