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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1942
Page
2
Hawaii shipped 108,026 tons of sugar to the mainland in April, up from 102,530 tons in the same month last year. The report notes at least 18 towns and Wisconsin are totally debt free, indicating broad municipal fiscal health.
In the Caribbean a United States merchant ship was torpedoed by a submarine early May 9. The Brit crew of 45 and eight passengers survived after a single torpedo sank the vessel. Twenty two crewmen rowed to land. several passengers were taken to safety in Mexico.
London June 3 AP The government announces a new coal rationing plan with household coal allocations based on locality rooms and residents. The White Paper outlines a tentative schedule starting July 1 and a weighted formula to determine monthly rations amid wartime shortages.
The John Barrymore estate in Los Angeles is valued at ten thousand dollars or less in cash with personal property. His will, filed for probate next Tuesday, leaves the estate to his three children Diana Barrymore 21 Michael Strange 10 John Blyth Barrymore 12 and Dolores Costello.
Washington June 3 Chairman Doughton plans nightly sessions of the House Ways and Means Committee to push through the administration tax program. The drive aims to finalize discussion on proposed changes to the internal revenue code, with 15 items already disposed of including a shift to have women pay the tax on alimony. The revenue outlook remains strained, and a sales tax seemed unlikely to make up the shortfall.
A weekly weather bureau crop report says about 80 percent of Missouri's intended corn acreage has been planted and is growing. Some lowlands remain too wet for planting while central and southern areas show corn four to six inches high. Wheat is progressing, alfalfa first cuttings nearly finished with heavy yields, pastures and ranges excellent, cotton chopping in southeast advancing, truck crops and vegetables advancing, potatoes blooming, and strawberries yielding well.
Washington reports U S Education Commissioner John W Studebaker urges mobilizing thousands of high school youths to help with farm labor shortages. Recommends school credit for farm work and local placement via the U S Employment Service, with parental approval and completion of missed schooling.
Madagascar near Androverana Mes, 25 miles south of Diego Suarez, was seized by British troops in a surprise action last month with no combat details given. Allied air activity rose as planes hit Japan bases north of Australia. United Nations air forces reportedly set fires at Tulagi, Rabaul, and Atamboca Timor. Flying Tigers claims 28 to 32 Japanese planes destroyed in May with 12 major attacks and minimal losses.
British reports claim Axis forces gained little ground after a nine day offensive inland from the Mediterranean coastal line near Bir El Hacheim. Rommel allegedly discussed gaps for escape as 3,960 British prisoners were captured in El Alamein fighting zones. German raids against London triggered first night alerts in seven months as RAF and coastal defenses continued.
An AP dispatch from New York reports British radio observers say there is good reason to believe Premier Mussolini may have gone to Libya. The BBC notes desert information suggests he is there to view his armies and inspect forward areas. CBS broadcast the report.
M L Annenberg Philadelphia publisher, serving a three year sentence for income tax evasion, was released from Lewsburg federal penitentiary at 9 am today. Parole had been scheduled for June 11 but release came early on doctors advice due to low blood pressure and heart trouble. He walked out unaided and was met by people in an automobile. The warden reported his condition satisfactory and said he had had hospital treatment for minor ailments.
Bernard Bunny Berigan famed jitterbug idol and orchestra leader died at Polyclinic hospital after collapsing last month doctors had urged him to quit trumpet but he refused his wife Donna and two young daughters survive him the obituary notes a 1949 statistic on women in the United States following the tributes.
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