22 Mar 1943
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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1943
Page
1
Ohio State University home economics experts urge graduates to join the war effort as managers supervisors and food industry workers. Courses in spring will offer graduate credit, with limited registrations to ensure intensive training for those meeting the shortage.
Allied forces breach Mareth Line and near Maknassy as Rommel appears to begin retreat. American and British offensives, supported by air power, threaten Axis positions across southern Tunisia while First Army pulls back near Nessa. Prisoner columns and Italian rearguards fall as Sened station falls and Montgomery action unfolds.
Ohio announces Arbor Day observance in schools this year on Friday April 16 with a note that the first official statewide Arbor Day occurred in 1902. Cincinnati schools held a related event on April 27 1682. Conservation Week runs April 12 to 16 and Arbor Day on April 16 under a Bricker proclamation declaring April Conservation Month. A school manual with conservation ideas is being distributed by the State Department of Education, with the Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources assisting.
Berlin radio said Pope Pius XII, age 67 on March 2, was seriously ill with a cold and fever and confined to bed. A Rome announcement cited by CBS noted only slight indisposition and no cause for anxiety from doctors.
Special Agent in Charge E F. Conroy said 17 year old Robert Lewis Barnum of Toronto Ohio was held in a federal detention home on charges of juvenile delinquency. He was accused of masquerading as a captain in the Army air forces.
Washington March 22 The Senate Agriculture Committee voted unanimous approval of a farm parity bill in a ten minute session. The measure, already passed by the House Friday, would require labor costs to be included in the parity price formula for farm products.
A ten member Senate committee on postwar economy was formed to study America’s future role. George of Georgia would name an unpaid advisory panel of leaders like Bernard Baruch to guide a program linking business finance labor and agriculture tackling housing aviation world relief and reconversion.
Gov. John W. Bricker warned that American farmers cannot produce more with less, urging immediate federal policy revisions. He plans to ask the Ohio Legislature to memorialize Congress on Midwest governors' 1943 food production recommendations adopted at Des Moines. Bricker cited farm labor and machinery problems and said only federal action can fix them.
Estelle Reeves Dickinson 68 wife of State Rep Thomas H Dickinson died in Wilton Ct She was born in Lancaster Ohio where her husband was on the University of Wisconsin faculty Funeral services will be Wednesday.
Australian Army Minister Francis Forde warned Japan was more determined to attack Australia as Allied victories in the Solomons New Guinea and the Bismarck Sea seemed to intensify Japan's invasion resolve. Allied bombing north west of Australia focused on Cape Vandenbosch and Cape Namaripi as bombs struck vessels and a destroyer in convoy.
Portland report warns a feed shortage and late spring threaten to shrink the U S meat supply. Cattle and sheep cannot graze as grass is scarce beyond sheltered ranges. Hay stocks are nearly exhausted and lambing losses are heavy. experts say the next three weeks will determine if losses mount if cold weather continues.
Adolf Hitler resumed radio broadcasts to tell Germans the Russo German front crisis was surmounted and losses were relatively small. He cited 542 000 German soldiers killed since the war began and said the army was growing stronger with fresh recruits and returning wounded as wartime production rose with total mobilization.
London report from Bernard Ss. Townree says a revolver battle in a Paris movie house killed 27 Nazis and wounded 70. German troops in Paris clashed with troops on leave from the Russian front at the Kino Soldaten theater where audiences praised or booed war news photos.
The Office of Price Administration froze retail butter sales until rationing begins next week and extended the freeze to margarine lard and other fats. Restaurants and wholesalers are exempt. mayonnaise not rationed. Canned fish and meat sales remain suspended until rationing starts. OPA to announce point values Wednesday for meat cheese canned fish fats and oils.
The Ohio River flood situation brightened with the crest over Portsmouth and peak stages forecast from Portsmouth to Cincinnati. Portsmouth near 58 59 feet, Cincinnati around 61 feet by Tuesday, Red Cross crews aiding evacuations and food. Newport Ky, hardest hit with 165 families moved, total 450 expected to evacuate. moves also reported in Cincinnati Dayton Covington Calf Aberdeen Ripley and Ironton.
In Columbus Ohio March 22 a bill to urge pensioners to work and ease manpower shortages goes before the House tonight. Sponsored by Reps George H Kirkpatrick and Benjamin F Turner it would allow casual or seasonal work without losing state aged grants up to 40 dollars a month. The Senate acts on a beer and liquor bill to bar minors from consuming liquor and beer on permit premises and to ban giving false age information.
Sheriff Charles Cramer investigates the shooting death of George Borland a 71 year old farmer found with a shotgun wound at a neighbor’s home ten miles west of Jackson while Borland worked in a Chillicothe war plant. A $5 bill was found on him and the Miller home was ransacked as authorities seek a motive.
At a press conference Mrs. Roosevelt said the president has shifted from coffee to four glasses of milk each morning. The change reflects a milder breakfast routine amid White House routines and public health notes.
Rain-gorged rivers pushed toward dangerous crests across Alabama Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi forcing evacuations in lowland areas. Bouie River overran banks near Hattiesburg Mississippi and sandbag defenses along Bouie and Leaf River lowlands gave way. Officials warned residents to relocate while flood threats extended to Coosa Warrior Tombigbee Cahaba and Conecuh rivers and the Chattahoochee near Columbus Georgia.
Washington on March 2 reports the War Production Board steel labor committee proposed a 48 hour work week for the steel industry after reviewing wartime production needs. The recommendation aims to balance output with worker welfare amid ongoing mobilization.
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