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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1943
Page
2
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The piece notes major fuel inefficiencies across military units from heavy bombers to jeeps and tanks. It cites a bomber burning 200 gallons per mission at 240 miles per hour, tanks averaging one gallon per two miles, jeeps about 160 miles per gallon, and a destroyer needing 214000 gallons for a New York to Casablanca run. It emphasizes transport bottlenecks moving fuel from eastern wells to front lines.
A campaign by Save Bottles and Tires Beverage is urging the public to return beer bellies milk and carbonated beverage bottles due to a serious glass shortage. Empty cases are also needed. Consumers should search attics basements and garages for unused bottles and return them to the heater to collect the deposit. Containers can be cleaned and sterilized for reuse. If whisky bottles and drinks can be restrained the effort may save tires.
The article jokes that King George honored Generals Dwight Eisenhow and Douglas MacArthur as Knights of the Bath and muses that Congress would grant permission to become General Sir Dwight or General Sir Douglas. It quips both would trade titles for a single night in a real Bath, reflecting on vanity and tradition.
An Underwear Institute report warns the OPA must act quickly to prevent shortages of shirts drawers and union suits for next winter. Production costs are high, closures are spreading, and firms like Five Miles Here have shut down. Administrator Brown must act with speed and resolve.
A New Orleans widow admits sending six postcards to a college engineering student, deemed scurrilous by the government amid draft deferment debates. The piece urges fairness to those deferred and notes a Chicago doctor’s remark on diet influencing rock hardness, ending with a question about women choosing plain food.
A chaotic wartime column recalls conversations among soldiers about women, homesickness, and letters as the Aleuts evacuate Harbor and USO limits apply. A private reads unclaimed love letters while others joke about engagements and diamonds. The piece then notes Rex Rizor’s Nevada dice table conviction and two-year sentence.
The War Today notes a Chinese counter attack along the Yangtze at Ichang showing strength aided by air power from American pilots under General Chennault and Chinese fighters. Churchill says air power will destroy foes alongside other means, as Allied planes bolster Chiang Kai-shek to defend Chunking and northern Hunan.
Ford workers at Highland Park plant refused to wear slacks citing safety and tradition. Company rule requires slacks for women, but dresses were deemed dangerous around machinery. Sixty percent of the area’s workers were affected, with Army Ordnance workers nearby as a contrast.
In Knoxville Tennessee Mrs Annie Hale went fishing with her small grandson when her hook jerked and the boy's rifle fired accidentally. She was taken to a hospital and quipped I would get shot just when I was getting a bite.
Washington column argues critics miss Pacific focus while Churchill and Roosevelt maneuver to balance fronts. Analysts weigh Burma, Russia entry, and lend lease as key options, with monsoon delays and production shaping next moves. The piece notes Chandler's pacific critique and wraps by asserting war effort remains coordinated amid competing pressures.
In a Peoples Column, editor James Reader denounces widespread open gambling near Gow thers Mansion Supreme Court land Capitol and police facilities. He cites three large crap games and a bookstore, harming families and soldiers, calls for investigations, stronger penalties, and federal or state intervention to end the racket.
CARTHAGE MO June 8 AP an attempt to save his grandson and another youth from drowning in flood swollen Spring River cost the life of Bert Ford 33. The grandson Eugene Ferguson Jr 9 also drowned but the other boy J L Connor 15 saved himself by grabbing a bush over hanging the water. One hundred and sixty islands lie within the harbor of Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
Washington June 8 AP A push in Congress to curb farm subsidy payments by any government agency without formal congressional approval gains support. Senate Agriculture Committee members including Smith Bushfield and Aiken back anti-subsidy provisions in a broader bill to extend the RFC borrowing power. Banking Committee questions OPA on rollback of meat and butter prices and potential expansion to other foods. Labor groups urge a large subsidy program to restore price levels to 1942. Critics warn OPA policy risks inflation and hurt small producers. A C change in OPA leadership followed by talks of agency elimination added to the tension.
Dr Ludwig Q O Muench, linked to the Gift of God baby case, is released from Terre Haute Federal Prison after six years of an eight year mail fraud term. Justice department says he began his sentence June 23, 1937, with good behavior credits. His wife Nellie Muench, serving a one year term in Alderson, is due for release next year. He paid a $5000 fine by serving extra days beyond the short term.
A little known sub-basement crypt beneath the Capitol in Washington, intended as the tomb for George and Martha Washington, remained unused as a burial place until 1832, reflecting early plans for a national mausoleum.
In Beltsville Maryland scientists adapted chicken feathers to mimic down for military use in extreme cold. A poof test and maceration process separate good from bad feathers, yielding processed chicken down nearly as effective as duck or goose down. The method could boost farm revenue and be done on the farm.
State House approved a survey of Missouri public schools aimed at the first educational study since 1931 funded by an estimated 16 000 to 15 000 dollars. The chamber also advanced bills to switch primaries to the K method, establish a bi partisan board of registrars, and remove the city clerk from registrar duties.
Buenos Aires June 3 AP The day old Argentine military government under President Pedro Ramirez pledged neutrality in foreign policy for the present and promised hemispheric cooperation in line with existing pacts The cabinet is eight military men and one civilian Ramirez spoke after the sudden resignation of Gen Arturo Rawson who had forced out Ramon Castillo The AP interview from Montevideo suggested tensions over cabinet selections and liberal factions amid the upheaval as Ramirez defended the revolution and outlined his stance on the world stage.
Two aviation cadets died in a single engine Army training plane crash between Garden City and Scot City Kansas. Identified as Charles Warren of Arizona and Alpert E Butcher of Lockport New York the duo died shortly after being pulled from the wreckage. The crash occurred late yesterday with the cause not immediately known.
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