Weekly News Analysis: Draft rule, FDR halts enlistments
The Manpower Commission orders a draft rule as Franklin D Roosevelt freezes all military service enlistments. Wickard is appointed to direct the U S food program. A new front in Libya threatens Axis forces, signaling broader wartime strategy.
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Maverick
Wickard Named National Food Administrator in US Effort
President Roosevelt appoints Claude R. Wickard as national food administrator to coordinate production processing and distribution for civilians the military and allied nations. He will streamline agencies consolidate food divisions join the War Production Board and oversee imports via the Economic Warfare Board to hit 1943 agricultural goals.
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United Nations
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Donald Nelson
WPB
Leon Henderson
CPA
Herbert Hoover
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Board of Economic Warfare
James F. Byrnes
Claude Wickard
No Hibernation On Russian Steppes Yet War Flare Ups Persist
Russian winter offensive moved past initial German digs as counterattacks shaped Moscow reports. In one week the Soviets claimed destruction of 192 German aircraft and many Nazi counterblows repulsed. The drive extended into the Caucasus and Stalingrad area saw heavy German losses and thousands taken prisoner.
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Enlistments Halted by FDR Across Armed Forces
President Roosevelt froze army and navy enlistments and shifted selective service authority to the War Manpower commission. Physically qualified men cannot enlist. the navy and marines will accept non volunteers. Inductions for men 38 and older are suspended, with honorable discharges planned for some seniors. Hershey remains director under McNutt's authority. local boards continue pending War Manpower orders. In North Africa fierce fighting persists as British First Army stalls against German attacks, while Allied air assaults pound Bizerte and Tunis and Naples harbor suffers major bombing losses.
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Naples
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War Time Shortages Trim Ice Cream Production
War Production Board orders cutbacks reduce ice cream output about 20 percent in December and January to free dairy for butter. In London bets rise on war duration with some brokers predicting an Allied victory by June 1943. A Swedish dispatch notes Germany orders all Norway freight cars sent to Germany amid rolling stock shortages. Reports say Germany developed a submarine with surface speed high enough to overtake most fast merchant ships.
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Sea Battles and Land Goals Around Guadalcanal
The piece describes combined sea and land operations in the Pacific theater around Guadalcanal and New Guinea. It cites U S and Japanese reinforcements halted by naval and jungle combat, notes the landing of a large AEF on New Zealand, and quotes Admiral Nimitz on fleet redeployment, victories, and projected advances toward Japanese home waters. It also outlines shifts in U S wartime administration and the formation of a wartime executive cabinet led by Byrnes, Nelson, Wickard, McNutt, Ickes, and Jeffers.
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Two-Fisted Jeffers Debates Gas Rationing Policy
Washington rubber czar Bill Jeffers testifies before the House interstate commerce subcommittee on nationwide gas rationing arguing it is essential to keep war industry transport alive. He defends Baruch report directives, notes Henderson’s dual role, and dismisses criticism with sharp quips.
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House Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Leon Henderson
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Rubber Administration
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Hatton Sumners
Texas
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L. D. Tompkins
WPA Ends in Most States by 1943
The WPA, largest relief agency, is shutting down by February 1 1943 in many states and nationwide by June 30 1943. Roosevelt orders end of work relief as wartime private employment reduces need for public spending.
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