19 Mar 1943
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1943
Page
1
U S efforts target rationing and price controls as meat ceilings aim to curb black market activity. Reports forecast continued Allied offensives in New Guinea with U S forces pressing to dislodge Japanese positions. Concurrently small firms secure billions in war contracts, signaling broader industry mobilization for the war effort.
The OPA and Agriculture Department lead a campaign to curb black market meat by imposing retail price ceilings starting with pork, licensing slaughterers, and preparing for eventual meat rationing around April 15. Uniform local pricing would hinder dealers from charging above normal for any meat cuts.
Charles E. Wilson of the War Production Board predicts war contracts for small firms will total billions by year end. He cites more than 30 million dollars in work weekly going to small businesses through the Smaller War Plants Corporation and outlines WPB steps to boost small plant prime contracts, ease lending, and certify more plants.
General MacArthur’s airmen sunk 22 ships and captured transports, signaling a major Pacific turning point. The victory halted invasion fears for Australia for now and likely forced a renewed Allied push on Lae and Salamaua, with estimates of 15 000 Japanese dead. Officials outlined a plan to grow Navy personnel to 2 250 000 by July 1944 and to expand ships from 3 205 to about 4 100 by year’s end.
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox urged wage docking to curb absenteeism among war plant workers and draft-age men. He testified that local draft boards will induct fathers with children by May, with general inclusion by summer. Harold Ickes announced plans for a 20 inch Texas to Midwest pipeline to speed delivery to the East Coast, plus a 20 inch Midwest to East Coast line this year. The National Child Labor Commission reported 2,780,000 workers under 18 in industry and agriculture, including 580,000 aged 14 to 15, with illegal night work rising.
A comic dialogue about groceries and rationing during the war era features the Twitchells debating prices, coupons, and pantry mishaps. The piece juxtaposes domestic banter with satirical jabs at banks and wartime restrictions, ending on a quip about a cough medicine and a pantry mishap.
London authorities urge towel carrying during rationing for factory and medical workers with Hugh Dalton noting shortages. In Los Angeles, canned baby food rises in popularity among adults due to rationing, as the low point value makes a 24 or 5 1/2 ounce can worth one point.
Allied forces push Rommel's line back in Tunisia after the Kasserine setback. British Eighth Army links with American units near Gaisa while advancing from Mareth and Chott Djerid. Allied air superiority persists and Mediterranean losses hit seven Axis ships sunk and nine damaged.
Undersecretary Fratter’s labor advisers push a three shift service approach to reduce absenteeism. They urge ration boards come to factories and note overwork also drains workers. Women show higher absenteeism due to family needs and rationing tasks.
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