County meat slaughterers shut down amid OPA probe
In Sullivan and Washington counties two meat slaughterers halted operations as OPA investigators probe possible violations of federal quotas and other rules. Officials say records recovered in one plant are being reviewed. Authorities warn of meat shortages and urge public help to root out unlawful activity. Brown later announced uniform local price ceilings for pork and beef to curb black markets and boost compliance.
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Knoxville
OPA
H. G. Trythall
Puainesa
Trythall
IHS
Truthall
Sullivan
Washington
Atlanta
Offlcr
Oue
Treythalt
Upper East Tennessee
Coleaga
Trythalt
New Orleana
Australia
Africa
Chads
Prentad M. Brown
Brown
Senate Agriculture
Packera
U S Subs Sink Five More Japanese Supply Vessels
Washington reports American submarines sunk five additional Japanese supply ships and damaged two others as part of a broader action across the Pacific. The navy communique notes three medium cargo ships one tanker and a small schooner sunk and two transports and tankers damaged. Former German and Italian consuls general at Algiers and their families, captured in North Africa, have arrived in the United States under guard at Ingleside hotel near Saniton Virginia.
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Washington
Pacific
Western Pacific
Navy
Additon
Algiers
United States
Frveen
North Africa
Uner
Ingleside
Sinunton
Absenteeism Delays Holston Ordnance Work Says Gates
Lt Col R Gates U S Army Engineers condemns absenteeism at Holston Ordnance Works delaying the Kingsport munitions plant. He cites about 2,490 daily absences over December to February totaling 143,621 lost man-days and urges workers to report to duty to aid the war effort.
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R. Gates
U. S. Army Engineers
Halston Ordnance Works
Kingsport
Gates
Capy Eddie Rickenbacker
Congress
House
Worley
City Sticker Deadline For Cars April 1
The City of Kingsport set April 1 as the motor vehicle registration sticker deadline. City ordinance requires display of a city sticker on vehicles operated in the city, with a $2 fee and fines from $1 to $50 for violators. Stickers are available at the City Recorder office in the city hall. Also noted, the CTO United Automobile Workers chose Toronto, Canada, as the site for its 1963 convention.
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City of Kingsport
Tennessee
City Recorders
Pecktal
Toronto
Columbus
Tecutive Board
CTO
United Automobile Workers of America
Canada
Roosevelt heard for fourth term but laughter follows
Washington insiders report Democratic leaders debated a possible fourth term for President Roosevelt if the war continued. National Chairman Frank G. Walker said the president appeared to smile off the notion and that no concerted effort existed to push another term.
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Washington
P—Memeers
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Frank G. Walker
National Committee
Walker
Sherm
Sire
Raiker
Pleasure Riding May Be Permitted
Washington official Prestiss Mr Brown said today that the pleasure driving ban in the east may be lifted around March 22 under consideration but no definite date has been set. An OPA spokesman had suggested the possibility, though no action was decided.
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Washington
Brown
East
OPA
Nazis Admit Evacuation of Rzhev
Berlin radio broadcast claims German forces evacuated Rzhev to shorten the front line with a later retraction. London sources weigh possible lines from Smolensk to Valikie Lukи, while Moscow reports indicate Soviet offensive progress across multiple sectors amid winter weather.
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Berlin
Loch Jof Rehev
Moscow
DNB
Smolensk
Valikie Luki
Bryansk
Upper Volga
Rzhev
Black Sea
Donets Basin
Voroshilovgrad
Holland
Kharkov
Red Army
Mussolini recalls ten Italian divisions from the East
Premier Benito Mussolini ordered the Italian Eighth Army home from the front in Russia after admitting heavy losses. Rome and Berlin radio broadcasts said the move aims to rest and refit the units as Axis radios reported the recall yesterday.
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London
Benito Mussoliroi
Axis Tadios
Rome
Berlin
Mussolini
Eighth Army
Red Stamps Set for April 2 Rationing Plan
Red stamps will be used under the OPA to ration meat cheese butter and cooking fats starting April 2. Officials expect most rations to allow about 1.5 pounds per person weekly with further details to be announced. Cheese will join meat as a rationed item while fats and oils group for rationing due to interchangeability.
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OPA
Frantisa Brown
Wickard
GPA
Seles
Allied Planes Pound Crippled Jap Convoy
Allied air units swarmed a four ship Japanese convoy off the Hismarck Sea toward Lae New Guinea. Heavily engaged by Allied bombers and P 38 fighters they sunk or damaged multiple transports and warships while destroying many enemy fighters. MacArthur’s airmen also battered Lae and attacked Soemba Soembava Wide Bay and Gasmata airfields. the battle continued with light Allied losses.
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Bulle
Soemba
Soembava
Australia
Wide Bay
New Britain
Britain
Tt Wag
Darwin
Snowblanket Disrupts Kingsport Traffic And Buses
Snowfall of two and a half inches blankets Kingsport causing slippery streets and scattered bus delays. City routes on Kyle Hill and Crescent Drive suffer buses late but no major accidents reported. Washington County and Johnson City highways cited as top hazards with several vehicles slipping or stalling while calcium chloride crews clear key points.
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Kingsport
Kyle Hill
Gate City
Jackson Frill
Oak Street Hill
Junior High School Hill
Crescent Drive
Norkrs
Fran Williams
Tennessee State Highway Patrol
Johnson City
Mason and Dixon Ines
Yellow Cab and Coach Company
Bristol
Washington County
Norton
Knoxville
Rogersville
Plolyoke
Director of Public Works
Jackson Hall
All City Ciretes
Oak Street EH
Holyoke
Johnson
City
Steen Hills
March Tire and Car Quotas Listed by Kingsport Board
March quotas for tires, passenger cars, and bicycles were announced by the Kingsport Rationing Board. Details include grade I tires, grade II tires, grade III tires, and tires for passenger cars. Certificates approved for cubber boots and work shoes were also granted to several individuals.
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March Tire
Kings+port
Kingsport
ATL
Wingepert
Ahuad
Kingsport Radianing Board
Richard ‘Taylor Murphy
Henry K. Morris
W. P. Klann
Earl Edy
Edward
Allied Artillery Attacks Hit Axis in Tunisia Front
Allied artillery battered Axis positions north of Beja and near Sedjenane as forces push toward Sbeitla. British and American units shelled lines near Sedjenane and Medjez El Bab while air strikes damaged enemy concentrations at La Goulette and the Tunis harbor. One Allied plane missing. four armored cars lost on the Axis side.
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Caucasus
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North Africa
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Nane
Roarh
Medjez-El-Enb
Leon
Madjez-Dl
Sid Bovwwid
Mateur
la Gouwlotta Jhils
Liphim
Spilfres
Germany
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Staunton
Lynda Joyce
Roy Freeman
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University of Tennessee
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Seevelsry
Vy Knox
Isnox
House Naval Committee
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Duce
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Marshall
Yft
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W. L. Bet
Wer
Whitesburg
Food Administration
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Lae
Bomper
Toros
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