U S Forces Gain Ground in Tunisia and Farm Crisis Actions
Weekly news analysis reports U S forces advancing in Tunisia while the new Food Production Administration led by Chester C Davis seeks rapid fixes to farm shortages. It notes Axis offensives around Smolensk and the push for round the clock air raids with stronger American bombers. Also covers medical officer recruitment lag in the armed forces and 6000 doctors needed from civilian pool.
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U. S
Tunisia
Smolensk
Indictment Alleges Price Fixing by Flour Mills
Eighteen defendants including sixteen mills and the national milling federation face charges of conspiring to fix prices on packaged family flour sold in the United States. The indictment alleges a uniform schedule of price differentials raised bulk prices by over 100 percent in some sizes. The federation denies any price agreements or fixing. The document also notes ongoing World War II fighting around Smolensk and the upper Donets, with Russian and German forces engaged in river valley operations and supply struggles.
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Trade Association
United States
Miller's Federation
Red Army
Smolensk
Donets
Smo- Jenak
Dukhovacitine
Sachin
Rees
Devieis
Busin
Rough Road Ahead in Tunisia Battle
North Africa dispatch notes the Axis still offensive in Tunisia as Rommel’s army regains ground near Mareth while Allied efforts continue. The struggle will be lengthy with no sign of a reduced Allied push. British forces hold in the south and American troops under Gen. Patton maintain gains at El Guettar and advance toward Maknassy along the coastal road.
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Tunisia
Rommel
George 8. Patton
el Guettar
Maknassy
Puerto Rico naval expenditures to top war effort spending
In San Juan, reports indicate Puerto Rico naval installations will see expenditures exceed prior war costs as the United States intensifies anti submarine defenses. The hub of a broader network aims to counter enemy approaches and protect critical bridges and coastal positions.
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San Juan
U. S
Puerto Rico
South Pacific Prelude 10 Storm Approaches
A lull in Pacific war activity gives way to potential storm signals as Allied and Japanese forces engage in limited air and sea actions. American bombers strike Rekata Bay and damage Guadalcanal, while a U.S. submarine sinks a Japanese submarine. In Burma, raids target the Mandalay Lashio rail viaduct, a bridge near Rangoon, and the Thazi junction. The HAF bombed Donbaik north of Akyab.
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South Pacific
Solomon Islands
Rekata Bay
Guadalcanal
Burma
Mandalay
Lashio
Rangoon
Thazi
HAF
Donbaik
Akyb
Absentees show women as worse offenders in war work
A National Industrial Conference board report on 29 plants employing 108,620 workers finds women average 1.16 absentee days per month vs 0.65 for men. In a single month 82,618 worker-days were lost, with women more often absent for personal reasons, 50.4 percent to 47.8 percent for men.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Allies Claim Raw Materials Solvent For War Effort
William Batt, vice chairman of the War Production board, announced that the United Nations have achieved solvency in raw materials and will have ample supplies to meet any military need regardless of war length. The combined raw materials board, created by Roosevelt and Churchill, is credited with ending jurisdictional union disputes that wasted wartime production time. AFL and CIO leaders William Green and Philip Murray pledged to resume negotiations to curb union raiding during Senate investigations.
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William %. Batt
War Production Board
United Nations
Batt
Batt Credited the Accomplishment To the Combined Raw Materials Board
The
Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
Ganizations
Senate
Truman
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
CIO
President listens as farm leaders brief on food shortage
In Washington the President heard Albert S. Goss H E Babcock and Ezra T. Nelson explain farm manpower and price policies affecting wartime food supply. Nelson urged authority to direct local draft boards ensure adequate farm labor. Goss floated farm hands can be furloughed to work at farm wages. They pressed stop on dairy cow sales and stock liquidation to maintain farm viability.
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Washington, D. C
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
H. E. Babcock
National Council of Farmer Co-operatives
Zra T
Ezra Nelson
Washington
Nelson
Goss
Co-Operative
Wickard
Garden of Gethsemane Lesson Insight and Fearful Weakness
A devotional study contrasts Peter and John with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. It notes their high privilege to stay with Christ, their sleep amid danger, and Peter’s misguided courage. The text urges readers to stay awake spiritually, avoid indifference, and learn from the garden scene.
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Gethsemane
Peter
John
James
Christ
Jesus
God
Ariel
Chrigt mm
War Bonds Drive Promises Life for Nation
Treasury announces second War Loan drive opening April 12 with a aim to raise 13 billion dollars. Officials say the program will mobilize virtually unlimited funds from liquid assets to support the war effort, urging public support as a vital national endeavor.
Create a Painted Coffee Table From Odds and Ends
A simple project begins with a bright idea to build a coffee table from odds and ends. The design sketches, dimensions, and construction steps describe two end sections, a top, a shelf, and a back brace, all assembled with metal angles and nails, then painted putty color and waxed. A fabric overlay with blue, red, and green motifs is applied, glass fitted on top, and edge trim added. Mrs Spears offers a 17 by 22 inch sheet with complete directions for Design 254 upon request.
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Mone Ak Paper
Chester C. Davis
Food Production
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Davis
Agriculture Wickard
Mr. Davis
Food Production Administration
Food Distribution Administration
Farm Labor Administration
Congress
Europe
London
Ira C. Eaker
U. S. Army Air Forces
Britain
Royal Air Force
Baker
U. S. Army Air Force
U.S
American Medical Association
Army
Navy
Seaboard
Association
Journal of the American Medical Association
Maj
Robert E. Galer
Russia
North Africa
Custein
Congress of Industrial Or
Peids
FDR
John Melintock
inter-American Affairs
Amazon
Marshall
Marshell
King
International Council of Religious Education
Peter and
Treasury Department
Ati
Actus
Spot
Ruth Wyeth
Apears
Ledford Mills New Ye
Otter Hee
Fazu
Aj Taut
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