Yanks Slash Butter Prices In Food Subsidy Plan
The Office of Price Administration announced a butter subsidy Tuesday with a 10 cent per pound price cut to begin next Tuesday. The program aims to ease costs as coffee and other staples face price adjustments. Critics warn of political opposition and potential shortages as the plan unfolds through mid June, with retail effects varying by milk source and channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediia
Price Ad+tion
OPA
Ed Niuver
Ime
Om Otter
Tha
Defense Supplies Corp
Senate Agriculture
That States
Andresen ReMinn
ODA
Andresen
Attu Island battle nears end as Japanese hold dwindles
Relentless American advances on Attu Drive Japanese forces into a three to four square mile mountain area near the northeast tip of Attu. U S troops scale snow covered slopes to seize enemy nests above the clouds. Navy notes completion of the cloud battle signals start of end for Japanese foothold and anticipate Kiska operations. Elsewhere in the Pacific Avenger bombers attack Munda air base despite bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Chichaget Horser
Noreastern
Fish-Hook
Lkely
Attu
Japan
Kiska
Kherebinof
Lake Cories
South Pacific
Munda
Solojens
Japs Renew Drive On Chinese Point In Hupeh Province
Japanese troops with air support renewed their assault in central Hupeh as heavy fighting spread along the front. A Chinese high command communique said the attack began Friday after adjustments to central positions and that an assault near Ichang on the Yangtze was checked while Chinese forces drove westward from Ichang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hupeh
High Command
Ichang
Yangtze River
London
Russia
Caucasus
Red Army
Nevorossisk
Black Sea
Taman Peninsula
Temryuk
Moscow
Novorossisk
Kuiban River
Berlin
Associated Press
Kuhan
Arca
Caucasian
Kerth Strait
Crimea
Jap Ship With Six Barges Is U. S. Target
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports bomber action against a 5,000 ton Japanese transport and six barges in the Banda Sea. Liberators ranged toward Lombok near Bali as forces mounted the greatest sorties yet in the northwest Australia sector. Attack occurred off Boeroe Island. further details appear on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Banda Sea
High Command
Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Lombok
Bali
Boeroe Island
Old Man River Floodcrest Fades as Midwestern Waters Recede
The Mississippi crest moved toward the southlands Saturday night signaling the worst flood may be over. Levees are being strengthened above Cairo to tame floodwaters while army engineers and coast guard crews guard critical areas in Beardstown and Cape Girardeau as further recession is expected within 48 hours. Pine Bluff reports the Arkansas River crest riding downstream between large levees, with Cairo safest at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Southlands
Cairo
Midwest
Coast Guard
Beardstown
Cape Girardan
Ohio
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Ark
War Mobilization Office Formally Ready To Act
Washington sets up the new Office of War Mobilization headed by James Byrnes as the nation moves to control inflation and mobilize the home front. Fred M. Vinson succeeds Byrnes as economic stabilization chief. Byrnes will keep White House quarters. Vinson’s office will be elsewhere in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingston
Govern
James Ines
Roosevelt/ matic
White House
Ortson
South
Carolina
Richard 5. Whaley
U.S. Court of Claims
Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
Marvin H. McIntyre
D. Lawrence Groner
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Vinson
Tai Kentuckian
Bin
Fred M
Washington and Lee University
Jimmie
James
Sportsburg
8. C
House
Senate
U. S. Supreme Court
Day of Remembering a Sacred Wreath for Our Heroes
Poem commemorates sacrifice of Pearl Harbor, Wake, and Hataan dead. It honors courage, faith, and pride of those who fought in the Pacific, pledging to pursue freedom and peace as a monument to their sacrifice. Joseph Auslander of the Library of Congress is cited as author.
Traffic Mishaps Send Three To Hospital Here
Saturday accidents sent three people to Holston Valley Community Hospital in Kingsport for treatment or observation. Mrs. Frank Smith, 23, was bruised after a truck on Charles Street rolled back and struck her while she crossed behind it. Roy Chase, 32, of Rock Hill, was admitted with a broken left leg after being struck by a car and left by the roadside on Long Island. A three-way collision on the Knoxville Highway left two drivers with minor injuries and one car taken to the hospital but released later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Kingsport
Frank Smith
Riverside Avenue
West View Park
Gene Spencer
W. J. Haren
Audre Russell
Lynn Garden
Charles Street
Bfrs
Smith
Roy Chase
Rock Hill
Long Island
Spencer
Chase
Knoxville
C. W. Worley
Oak Grove
Jwards
W. W.argo
Frank Williams
Acc
Worley
June Income Tax Payment Due for 1942 Estimate
Nashville correspondent Joe Hale announced that the Bureau of Internal Revenue in Washington says no legislation relieves taxpayers from the June quarterly installment. Taxpayers who have paid less than fifty percent of their 1942 tax must pay by June 15 to reach one half of their liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Joe F. Hale
Internal Revenue
District of Tennessee
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington
Hale
Notch in Tax Bill For Small Incomes Explained
Washington reports detail a tax notch intended to shield low income taxpayers from large liability. The conference report proposes 75 percent cancellation of the smaller of 1942 or 1943 tax, with adjustments to avoid inequities for liabilities just above 50 dollars. The plan aims for final approval next week. Retailers gain two extra months to sell reduced price meats and fats to curb spoilage. bargain sale rule extended to July 31. China delegation to UN Food Conference notes Manchurian return as a prerequisite to postwar economic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House Conference Committee
Hiad
House
Senate
OPA
Greatest Fleet of U S Planes Stage Triple Daylight Raid
London AP reports the largest American bomber force ever based in Britain conducted a triple daylight raid on Nazi occupied France, targeting the U-boat base at St Nazaire, Rennes, and La Pallice with 2000 pound bombs. Aircrews hailed bullseye hits despite enemy opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Nazis
London
Britain
France
Europe
St. Nazaire
Rennes
la Pallice
Bth U. S. Air Force
British
Air Ministry
Americar
RAF
Do‘iminion
St. U. & Air Force
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Sir
U. S. Army
Th Air Force
Furance
Avion
Caen
Mauspertus
Maupertus
Cherbourg
Vichy
Pattern of Ruin Spreads Across Italian Mainland
Allied air power in North Africa continues its assault on Italy with nearly 100 Fortresses bombing Leghorn 160 miles north of Rome. The raid targets submarine yards shipbuilding and oil facilities, creating a vast smoke plume over docks and refineries. King Vittorio Emanuele reportedly visits the hardest hit quarters and then goes to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Italy
Leghron
Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
Leghorn
Talks Suspended as Coal Miners and Operators Pause
UMW and coal operators suspend negotiations for the weekend amid a looming truce expiry. The policy committee met briefly, no action taken, and talks are expected to resume Friday at 10 a.m. Meanwhile observers note work would continue if portal to portal pay talks persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
Ezra van Horn
UMW
John L. Lewis
Unign
Baton Rouge Hosts Rubber Plant Tour by Top Officials
Rubber czar Jeffers presents Baton Rouge factory complex as the cradle of synthetic rubber during a tour with Undersecretary Patterson and other high officials. More than half of the 70,000 ton facility is in production as they inspect southwest plants and discuss bottlenecks to aid rubber and aviation fuel programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Tion
Army
Navy
Jeffers
Robert Patterson
Mon Jeffers
Patterson
Haviing
Southwest Gasoline and Rubber Plants
James, W. Forrestal
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
Ralph #. Davies
United States
Washington
Standard Oil Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress
Chester C. Davis
Kiske
Chinese Point
Office of War Mobilization
Pearl Harbor
Wake
Hataan
Solomons
Coral Sea
Joseph Auslander
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C
Reds
Kuban
Manchuria
Hot Springs
China
United Nations
East
Chiefs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!