LaGuardia May Wear Uniform in North Africa Role
The White House indicated New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, age 60, may be commissioned as a brigadier general and serve in North Africa or in occupation duties. White House secretary Stephen Early said details on service, grade, and role are being worked out andWar Department comment was not immediate. LaGuardia served as a World War I major and later entered consular service.
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Washington
Mar
White House
New York
LaGuardia
Stephen Early
North Africa
Early
Guardia
Secretary of War
War Department
LaGuardia Reveals Talks With Captured Italian Generals
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia disclosed in a shortwave broadcast to Italy that he spoke with a group of Italian generals captured in North African operations. He named General Annibale Bergonzoli, nicknamed general electric whiskers for his facial hair. LaGuardia has also served as head of the Office of Civilian Defense while remaining mayor, marking New York’s first third-term tenure since 1933.
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Annibale Bergonzoli
General Electric
LaGuardia
Office of
Civilian Defense
Winners Named In Weekly Bridge Play At Emerywood
High for north south in the weekly duplicate bridge tournament at Emerywood Country Club went to Mrs. J. T. Ryan and Mrs. E. T. Howard with Mr. and Mrs. B. Terry second. First for east west were Mrs. Porter Jr and Mrs. Harold McKee, second to Mrs. Farrell Gray and Mrs. Lloyd Flythe.
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Emerywood Country Club
J. T. Ryan
E. T. Howard
B. Terry
An Porter, Jr
Harold McKee
Farrell Gray
Lloyd Flythe
Robert Hubbard
Lawrence Ingram
R. D. Tillison
J. T. Weaver
W. P. Hazelwood
C. G. Mackintosh
W. E. Oaten
J. O. Hauschild
Robert Garland
Esmond Slate
O. C. Durland
C. S. Beaver
J. T. Welborn
Davis to tackle wartime food office challenges next week
Washington dispatch reports Chester C. Davis will assume the wartime food administrator post with broad tasks. He faces farm labor shortages, price controls, and policy questions on meat and crop priorities, milk pricing, subsidies, and funding for labor programs as seeding and production decisions loom.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Chester C. Davis
South
Davis
Wickard
Bazooka Portable War Weapon Revealed by War Dept
The War Department announced a new portable explosive gun named the bazooka. It can be carried by two men or in a jeep, fires a high explosive projectile, and can penetrate steel armor and breach walls. It reportedly proved itself in North Africa and possibly seen on the Russian front.
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Washington
War Department
Department
North Africa
Woman Pleads Innocent On Murder Charge
Tulsa case centers on Ella B. Howard a 44 year old Fort Worth divorcee who pleads innocent at arraignment for the murder of horsewoman Mrs T Earl Simmons at the Mayo Hotel A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday Howard is held without bond in a crowded courtroom scene description notes Simmons was killed by gunfire after forcing entry threats claimed by Simmons John Coakley attorney listed as Howard’s counsel
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Tulsa
Okla
Ella B. Howard
Fort Worth
T. Earl Simmons
Common Pleas
Carter Smith
Mrs. Howard
Mrs. Simmons
Victory garden guide for turnips mustard and kale
A chart outlining varieties Shogun Purple T Seven Top Southern Curled Fordhook Fancy Siberian Green Curled Scotch with planting months February March August September October rows 18 inches apart sowing 4 oz per 100 foot row for turnips and 1 oz per 100 foot row for mustard fertilizer 3 to 5 pounds mix well harvest when roots reach egg size or greens ready at 6 to 8 inches diameter pests include aphids treated with rotenone and cabbage webworm requires replanting later plantings if damaged.
Bendix Workers Demand Army or Navy Run Plant
United Automobile Workers Local 853 says about 1,800 Bendix Aviation marine division workers in two Brooklyn plants will not return until the Army or Navy operates the plants. Maintenance crews will stay to oversee idle machines while the dispute continues. Copies of the resolution were sent to President Roosevelt the War Labor Board and the CIO International.
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Brooklyn
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Marine Division
Army
Navy
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Sy Sperling
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
CIO International
John Buckley
Food administration faces tight limits on meat and distribution
The article notes opposition to price ceilings by stock producers and Vicard while the OPA argues ceilings curb black markets and stabilize meat prices. Davis may confront strong opposition in food distribution as rationing looms and lend-lease commitments are debated.
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OPA
Davis
Pony Stoiene
United States
Food Administration
Wickard
AAA
National Farmers’ Union
Agriculture Department
M. Clifford Townsend
Food Production Administration
Indiana
Roy F. Hendrickson
Food Distribution Administration
Wayne Darrow
Agricultural Labor Administration
Chinese Troops Recapture Strategic Points South of Yangtze
Chinese forces report recapturing several strategic points south of the Middle Yangtze in a drive against Japanese lines. The high command says repeated counterattacks failed and a large stock of military supplies was seized after defeating a two-pronged thrust in a sector aided by 1,000 Japanese reinforcements. An enemy probe 40 miles southwest of Canton was repelled.
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Chungking
Yangtze
Canton
Davidson Sheriff Appoints Five Full-Time Deputies
Davidson County Sheriff Raymond Brown announced five full time deputies to replace the prior part time staff. Appointments include J. L. Green and Bob Kennedy for the Thomasville district and A. A. ...
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Thmorsville
Mar
Davidson County
Raymond Brown
J. L. Green
Bob Kennedy
Thomasville
A. A
Plane explodes killing 12 near Knoxville in plane crash
An Army plane exploded and crashed on a Tennessee farm 35 miles west of Knoxville killing at least 12 people. Undertaker William F. Sharp said 12 bodies were recovered and uncertainty remained about further occupants. A Knoxville News Sentinel correspondent heard the craft dive and burst into flames before the crash.
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Knoxville
Here
William F. Sharp
Oliver Springs
Tenn
D. J. Britton
Knoxville News Sentinel
Britton
Five Lexington officials switch to full-time pay basis
Graves P. B. Beck and C. D. Myers of the Lexington District will begin full-time pay on April 1. The change does not affect the chief deputy or the jailer. Five men released under the new law are A. G. Kessler, W. M. Meacher, J. W. Cashatt, J. R. Brewer, and D. W. Baity.
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