Roosevelt proposes land army to boost farm output
President Roosevelt announced that Chester Davis, heading a new autonomous food administration, would address forming a land army to boost food production. He said about 550,000 farm workers are already deferred from military service, with up to 4,000,000 more expected to be deferred this year, and the war production board will pursue greater farm machinery supplies.
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Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Miliedty Service
Thit
Selective Service
Lewes Hershey
War Production Board
Lewis to Aid War Industry
The Truman committee seeks John L. Lewis input to remove four production snags: manpower shortages, absenteeism, labor turnover, and inflation. Truman praised Lewis as a major labor leader and hoped for valuable guidance. The panel may also question Lewis about wage talks with soft coal mine operators for United Mine Workers.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Truman Committee
John L. Lewis
Truman
D.-Mo
Lewis
United Mine
Parkersburg Man Quits Federal Housing Office
CHARLESTON March 26 W H Heermans of Parkersburg announced he would resign effective March 29 as chief underwriter for the state office of the Federal Housing Authority. He has been with the agency for about eight years.
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Charleston
W. H. Heermans
Parkersburg
Federal Housing Authority
Green Strikes At Gang Issue In Chicago Rally
Gov Dwight Ho Green of Illinois, in a radio broadcast, denounces Chicago as a last stronghold for organized racketeers where gangsters parade and policemen are blocked. He says defeating Mayor Edward J. Kelley on April 6 would end the reign of the greedist political machine.
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Dwight Ho Green
Ilinois
Freen
Edrward J. Kelley
America
Kelly
44 Year Old Divorcee Held In Hotel Shooting
Tulsa police report a 44 year old divorcee held in an hotel shooting incident in Tulsa Oklahoma on March 26. No further details available.
Boy's State Doubtful As West Virginia Legion Reports
Charleston March 26 The West Virginia American Legion says streamlining of the annual convention is possible but lack of a location may cancel Boys State citizenship training school. A plan by Ralph Heatherington and G Stanley Hamric would cut four convention days to three and drop the parade. Dates would shift to September 4 6 with speakers Sunday and a combined Forty and Eight wreck and meeting. Headquarters said the boys state will not be held this year though another location may be found.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
Italian Target Five State House Men Lose Jobs At Capitol
Five state house members lose positions at the capitol in a political shakeup. Officials cited budget pressures and ethics reviews as the driving force behind the staff changes and resignations.
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State House
Capitol
Monsoon delay looms over Burmese invasion plans
The War Today outlines how the looming monsoon may halt a major Japanese drive from Mayu peninsula toward Burma as Allied forces weigh supply routes through Burma. It notes China’s eagerness for relief, British efforts in Chittagong, and the strategic question of reopening the Mediterranean route to India with United Nations equipment. Nearby inquiries discuss attacks near the Burmese border and the broader aim to push through to Burma for supplies.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Burma
Indi
Mayu Peninsula
Octoder
Taibreres
Bay of Bengal
United Nations
India
Hitler
Chittagong
Rationing Board Chairs resign amid staff delays
In Wheeling on March 26 four members of two Ohio county rationing boards resigned due to public criticism over delays caused by insufficient clerical help. Chairmen Curtis Berry and George W Norton along with Roy C Barley and Herman Hundt quit, with John Ulrich also expected to resign today.
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Ohio County
Curtis 8. Berry
George W. Norton
Roy C. Barley
Herman Hundt
John Ulrich
Labels Destroyed By Fire Threaten Grocer Cans
A North Soup Neb grocer faces a pretty fix after a store blaze erased all labels on canned goods. Customers refuse purchases without product names, and disposal of canned food requires ration stamps. He seeks a ruling from the OPA in Washington. Charleston March 26 reports Winter damage to West Virginia roads from Jefferson County officials totals $750000 due to heavy wartime truck traffic and freeze thaw cycles.
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Neb
OPA
Washington
Charleston
West Virginia
Jefferson County
Mareth Line Advances Mark New Front Ground
Allied dispatch reports Gen Montgomery’s infantry gaining ground in the Mareth line area as Rommel’s counterblows lessen. American forces under Gen Patton repulsed a German infantry push at Djebel Berda near Gafsa and held the El Guetar pass, with further attacks near Boussel and Gates.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Mareth
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Erwin Rommel
George 8. Patton, Jr
Djebel Berda
Gafsa
el Guetaria
Bouesself
Gates
Reighter Dies After Highway Crash Near Newburg
Mechanic sburg Pa. 42 year old Guy Reighter died shortly after a collision on state route 92 near Newburg. Roy Mays of Olanita and Lewis McGinnis of Newsburg suffered serious injuries. Sheriff L F Silbaugh noted McGinnis had a broken jaw and fractured ribs and that Royd of Santa was injured but not seriously. Reighter leaves a wife two sons and a daughter.
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Guy Reighter
Mechanics
Preston
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