Roosevelt vetoes Bankhead farm price bill over inflation fears
In a veto message President Roosevelt argues the Bankhead bill would be inflationary by raising farm prices and breaking existing economic barriers. He maintains the measure would compel inflation while signaling broader shifts in agricultural policy and wartime economic goals. Congress is expected to override the veto.
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Roosevelt
Party of the West
Enuer
Hoosewelt
Congress
Allies Scatter Concentrations of 20 Jap Ships
Allied air forces report another sweep against Japanese ships near Guadalcanal and nearby waters. Generals MacArthur and Kimball note possible renewed Japanese moves toward Guadalcanal as U S bombers hit destroyers and transports at Kolambangar Island and Kavieng, with additional strikes on Madano New Guinea and Cape Gloucester. Aircrews claim numerous enemy planes shot down while US losses remain light.
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Australia
Douglas MacAeedhur
Guadalcana
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Berlin
Russell Islands
Guadile
Tokyo
U.S. Navy
Kolambangar Island
Navy
U.S
Gigo
Kolombanguri
United Nations
Kayvieng
Bay of Bengal
Archibal P. Wavell
Dave Veen
Akyab
War Department
Washington
U. S. Army
Fiers
Engineers Develop New Chick Breeder in Ohio
Ohio Experiment Station engineer Glauser unveils an electric bulb heated chick breeder. Sized 4 by 4 or 6 by 6 feet, it houses 240 to 350 chicks, needs no thermostat, uses plywood or pressed wood, and requires critical materials for home construction at moderate cost. A note on a 1770 Bermuda invasion detachment is included.
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Columbus
O. Ya
Ohio
Pew
Glauser
Ohio State University
Sity
Blauser
Americans Raid Italian Bases in Sicily and Messina
American Liberator bombers attacked Messina and San Giovanni across the strait from the Tala mainland at dawn. The unit reported heavy damage to ferry buildings and a ferry boat, with one ferry believed destroyed. The raid aimed to strike the vital supply route to Tunisia and also hit other targets in Southern Italy and Sicily.
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Cairo
Messina
Sicily
San Giovanni
Tala
United States
Tuenisia
Lita
Italy
OPA Loses Rent Control Case in Arkansas Hotel
Little Rock, April 4. The OPA lost its first rent control case involving an Arkansas hotel. Federal Judge Trimble denied an injunction, directed reports be filed, and found no evidence of bad faith. The case charged Hotel Marion with excess rate registration failures and improper charges including 25 rooms with power surcharges from 25 cents to $2.
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Little Rock
OPA
Arkansas
TC. Trimble
Hatel Marion
Trimble
Husjetry
Hotel
Marion
Administration Works to Stem Farm Bloc Revolt
Washington reports feverish congressional effort to sustain President Roosevelt’s veto on a bill prohibiting deductions of government benefit payments in calculating agriculture at parity prices. Senate leaders face a tough vote as Farm bloc allies rally while labor groups tilt toward supporting the veto, though major farm groups split on the president’s reasoning.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Bain
Burkley
Kentucky
Senate
Congress of Industrial Organs
Heartioats and Americmy Federation
Later
Philip Murray
William Green
Albert 8. Cross
Senator Smith to Probe Soaring Grocery Prices
Washington sparks a Senate inquiry as Senator Eison Smith of South Carolina plans to subpoena grocers to reveal what customers pay for staples like cabbage and fish. He vows to trace price gaps to farmer earnings, urging concrete evidence of a nationwide trend. The probe targets the Office of Price Administration and stores’ sales slips to quantify the gouging perceived by farmers and consumers.
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Washington
Eison
Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Office of Price Administration
Lee County
Tim
Coven
Jones
Privas
District of Columbia
Eisenhower Praises Allied Push in Africa Front
General Eisenhower toured the Mareth front in North Africa and praised American troops for their progress against Axis forces. He highlighted the Eighth Army under Montgomery, the regrouped American units under Alexander, and allied air power. He commended air and naval cooperation and stressed shared pride in the campaign's advances toward Tunis.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Harald Alexander
Doday
Alexander
Africa
Mareth Front
Eighth Army
Arwin Rommel
First Army
Leiut
K, Aln. Anderson
Rommel
Gabes
Figenhower
RAF
Eisenhower
Tunisia
8Th Army Group
Anderson
Kooltz
George & Patton, Jr
First Armored
General Montgomery
New Zealand
India
Tuenis
Wnits
Navy
Cunningham
Tedder
Alxeander
First Week of Meat and Butter Rationing Ends
Washington reports the first weekend under meat point rationing shows improved stock levels nationwide. The Office of Price Administration warns against point free sales and urges retailers to post reductions, while some areas face spoilage risk and shifting demand.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chicago
Great Lakes
Denver
New York
Des Moines
New Orleans
San Francisco
Dvea
Beston
Park
Nowark
Hart
Dallas
RAF Attacks Sub Bases on French Coast
Allied air forces struck Nazi submarine yards at Lorient and St Nazaire on the French coast with heavy bombers. Two bombers were lost and several ships were damaged as raids continued on targets near Dunkerque. British raids paused 86 hours without a landing attack as German responses appeared limited.
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London
RAF
Lorient
St. Nazaire
France
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
Folkestone
Channel
Dunkerque
Britain
Britton
Berlin
Rncan
U.S
Lorenz
Young Alma Girl to Represent State in Legion Oratories
Miss Jane Stallin, a sophomore at Alma High School and daughter of Reverend C N Stullargs, will represent Arkansas in the American Legion regionals at Little Rock High School on April 1. She won the state championship yesterday and will face champions from Louisiana Missouri and Mississippi.
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North Little Rock
Jane Stallin
Alman
Wall
Arkisis
American Legion
Little Rock High School
Miss Stolngs
Louisiana
Missouri
Mississippi
C. N Stullargs
Alma High School
Jury to rule on murder charge in Tulsa shooting
In Tulsa on April 3 Judge Grady Cornell planned to decide at 9 30 a m whether Ella B Howard will be tried for murder in the fatal shooting of Mrs T Earl Simmons wife of a wealthy oil man Prosecution labeled Howard the rootin tootin shootin Ella while the defense argued Simmons came to Howard s hotel room with ill intent The case rests on Howard s account of a struggle in which the gun discharged and on Simmons backing witness testimony by George Shehan and others from Mayo hotel Bowed in court Simmons testified briefly as a state witness
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Tulsa
Oklo
Ella B. Howard
George Shehan
Simmons
Men War Workers Spruce Up For Gals
McKeesport Pennsylvania reports wartime employment changes as men working with women in many plants dress neater and spend more on soap and clothing. Wives note husbands wash hands more, use more soap, and prefer clean shirts. The piece links these habits to household budgets during war production.
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McKeesport
Winter Push Ends With 850000 German Losses
Moscow reports a sweeping winter offensive ended with 850000 Germans killed and over 340000 captured. Russian advances reach Velizh near Smolensk, near Staraya Russa, and close to Taganrog. maps publish first full war maps showing vast gains and battlefield shifts.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Velizh
Smolensk
White Russia
iIndicatde
Kuban
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Staraya Russa
Lake Ilmen
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Associated Press
Berlin
Lake Ihnen
Leningrad
Lake Ladog
Velikie Luki
Vitebsk
Smolensk Riga
Yartseva
Moscow Smolensk
Qrel
Orel
Taganrayy
Kirisho
Norman Lewis of Hope Dies in New York
Norman Lewis 24, son of Mr and Mrs Gib Lewis of Hope, died in a New York hospital after prolonged illness. A Hope High graduate and University of Arkansas alum, he was a chemist for Dupont. Survived by his wife of New York, his parents, and a sister Mrs David A Griffin of Hope. The body will be brought to Hope for burial. funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival.
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Norman Lewis
Gib Lewis
Hope
New York City
Hope High School
University of Arkansas
Dupont Company
New York
David A. Griffin
Sweden Loses 166 Ships In War
Sweden reports heavy wartime losses to its merchant fleet from outbreak through 1942, with 186 vessels totaling 447000 tons and ten fishing boats of 601 gross tons lost. The tally also includes 1017 lives, per the Swedish Board of Trade.
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Alex. H. Washburn
New Deal
Bermuda
Senator Smith
Swans
Aly
Gen. Eisenhower
Sassari
Sardinia
Bizerte
Tunis
Kairo
Sousse
Elojem
Kassmesfak
Axis
Dupkirk
Naples
VIA
Alta
Ania
Ust
Mediterranean
Miles
Yoo
Kebili
Bth
INEA
French
Young Alma
Shilnig
Silvex
Daabuut
Heath
Philadelphia
Europe
Sweden
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