Wickard outlines wartime rationing of canned foods
Food Administrator Claude R. Wickard announced plans to ration all canned dried and frozen fruits vegetables and soups to support military needs next year. Consumers must register for war ration book two and list on hand stocks with penalties for false declarations. Fresh produce and home preserved items remain unaffected.
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Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Wickard
Office of Price Administration
Opa
Westbrook Pegler Reports on Labor Union Racketeering
Westbrook Pegler discusses a 1941 executive report on the International Hod Carriers Building and Common Laborers Union, detailing a 30 year racketeering pattern. It names Joseph V. Moreschi of Chicago and Mike Carrozzo, describes coercive conventions, poll tax schemes, and misappropriation of dues to fund elite gatherings.
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International Hod
Ion of America
Municipal Auditorium
St. Is
Joseph V. Moreschi
Chicago
League
Mike Carrozzo
Crooke
Cals
Holiday weekend toll of 413 violence deaths in US
AP reports 413 people died from violence over a four day Christmas weekend as wartime travel limits reduced traffic but traffic deaths rose to 255. Fires shootings and other causes brought total nontraffic deaths to 158. California led with 55 fatalities, 40 from traffic and 15 miscellaneous.
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Associated Press
United States
Union
Milnois
New ,Hampshire
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyom
District of Columbia
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Elaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Shoppers Resist Fear of Rationing in New Orleans
New Orleans reports calm shopping as voluntary rationing continues. Grocers stay within ten percent of 1942 sales for eight months. wholesalers limit sales to retailers who then curb customer sales. With February's 200 item food rationing, demand may rise for 35 nearby vegetables. A small retailer vows to avoid hoarders to protect his business.
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New Orleans
Kiwanis Plans Installation and Banquet
The Monroe Kiwanis Club holds its annual installation and club banquet at Hotel Virginia on Monday at 7 30 p m. Incoming officers include E N Thompson as president and J V Russell as vice president with A V Breard as immediate past president and John Scott as secretary treasurer. The program features patriotic songs, an invocation by Jimmie Hirsch, dinner, guest introductions, a toast by Louie Throgmorton, club singing, a 100 percent attendance award, installation of officers by Al Zimmerman, an address by Lieutenant Colonel Pond Leng, and adjournment. Directors are C C Calvert A L Peters W R Hammond Albert Marx R C Stokes D M Smith and Ray Updegrafi.
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Monroe Kiwanis Club
Hotel Virginia
E. N. Thompson
A. V. Breard
J V. Russell
L. L. Price
John Scott
America
God Save the King
Jimmie Hirsch
Louie Throgmorton
al Zimmerman
Pond
Leng
C. C. Calvert
A. L. Peters
W. R. Hammond
Albert Marx
R. C. Stokes
D. M. Smith
Ray Updegrafi
Four Army Fliers Found Dead in Burned Wreckage
Four Army air base personnel were found dead in a burned plane wreckage northeast of Eagle Pass. Identified victims include Second Lieutenant Donald W. Pittsley 21 pilot from Bay City Michigan Second Lieutenant William L. Jones 27 navigator from Hillsboro Texas Aviation Cadet James Hiller from Salina Kansas and Cecil A Hovinen from Detroit Michigan.
Biggest Gain in Munitions Output Shown
Washington December 23. Munitions production in November rose 12 percent from October the largest monthly gain since 1940. WPB chairman Donald M. Nelson said planes tanks guns ammunition ships and other munitions rose sharply with airframes up 18 percent ordnance 13 percent vessels 9 percent merchant ships 26 percent. The index climbed to 431 from 385 and November output neared 4 13 times Pearl Harbor month.
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Washington
United States
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
North Africa
Pearl Harbor
AP Names Charles Nutter to Run Latin America Desk
Charles Nutter, chief of bureau at New Orleans and former head in Madrid Moscow and Mexico City, will oversee La Prensa Asociada from New York with time in Central and South America. A successor in New Orleans will be announced later. Nutter began in AP service in 1927 and has served in Kansas City Mexico City London Moscow Madrid and Falls City.
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New York
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Today
Charles Nutter
New Orleans
Madrid
Moscow
Mexico City
la Prensa Asociada
Nutter
Central
South America
Cooper
Foreign Service
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas City
Lincoln
Texarkana
Tex
Ark
Falls City
Nebr
A. P
United States
Washington
London
Four Soldiers Die in Army Plane Crash Near Gainesville
An army plane crashed during a routine flight near Gainesville Virginia killing Major Horace J. Wir 37 pilot Captain Walter G Bottcher identified the others as Staff Sergeant Walter R. Best 23 Private George E Blanc 28 and Private Vernon M. Ragnes 24. Wir was from Phoenix Huey Pennsylvania Denver New York and Minnesota addresses tied to the deceased. Winn was the pilot and had come from Barksdale Field Shreveport Louisiana.
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Washington
Gainesville
Walter G. Bottcher
Bolling Field
Horace J. Wir
Gail G. Winn
North 1Th Street
Phoenix
Ariz
Walter R. Best
Budd Best
Chestnut Street
Huey, Pa
George E. Blanc
Tennyson Street
Denver
Lsador Blanc
Rockaway Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Vernon M. Ragnes
Alvin Ragnes
Glynson, Minn
Winn
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Chaos Rises in France as German Authority Tightens Grip
Madrid dispatch reports worsening chaos in Vichy and occupied zones as German military authorities demand approval for routine acts. Laval seeks unity among anti Axis factions while Petain’s government navigates border changes and control shifts.
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Madrid
Marshal Petain
Free Zone
Occupied Zones
Versailles
Paris
Laval
Smallpox Breaks Out in New Area
In Lancaster county 75 miles from Kishacoquillas valley Amish settlement 31 residents ill with smallpox. Health officials report outbreak may not be spreading as 3 new cases emerge and vaccination drives reach over 5 000 people in the quarantined 40 square mile area.
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Lewiston
Kishacoquillas Valley
Lancaster County
S. J. Dickey
State Health Department
Lancaster
A. H. Stewart
De Gaulle to Visit Washington and North Africa for French Plan
General Charles de Gaulle is expected to visit Washington soon to outline a new French government to President Roosevelt before moving to North Africa to meet General Henri Giraud. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden met de Gaulle, who aims to unite French elements and mobilize forces across the empire while reports of Lebrun in Switzerland are denied.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
Roosevelt
North Africa
Henri Giraud
Jean Darlan
Anthony Eden
de Gaulle
Algiers
Germany
Vichy
North
Africa
French Empire
Albert Lebrun
Republic
Switzerland
Chamber of Deputies
Ration plan draws fire from retail grocers group
Mrs Rose Marie Kiefer of the National Association of Retail Grocers objects to the government plan for rationing canned, frozen, and dried fruits and vegetables. She warns the advance notice may trigger hoarding and unfair distribution despite no current shortage.
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Chicago
National Retail Association
Rose Marie Kiefer
National Association of Retail Grocers
Woman 108 Dies. Longtime Lauderdale County Resident
Mrs Elmina Anderson aged 108 died Saturday and was buried yesterday in Causeyville Lauderdale County. She came to Lauderdale County in an ox wagon and for many decades wove intricate lace patterns before retiring two years ago.
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Causeyville
Miss
Elmina Anderson
Second Russian Trap Threatens German Forces
Russian troops advancing from the Don and Stalingrad sectors closed to within 45 miles of each other, threatening a junction near Biriukov and Solonetzky. German losses were heavy as Russians captured Tatsinskaya and pressed toward Rostov, with about 300,000 Germans reported trapped in the Volga Don area.
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Moscow
Middle Don
Stalingrad
Lower
Don
Kotelnikovski
Upper Caucasus
Biriukov
Red
Solonetzsky
Tsimlyansk
Novorossisk-Stalingrad
Solonetzky
Biri
Tatsinskaya
Likhaya
Rostov
Allied Air Power Pummels Japan Across Southwest Pacific
Allied fliers claimed 33 to 36 Japanese aircraft were down in weekend operations from Burma to the Solomon Islands. US planes damaged four ships and bombed eight or more Japanese bases while Japan parachuted supplies to Guadalcanal, later found and destroyed on the ground. Tojo warned the war would intensify as Japan prepared for further attacks.
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Washington
Navy
Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Solomon Islands
Rommel Faces Stand Or Retreat At Misurata
Allied and Axis forces in North Africa battle lines shift toward Misurata as Rommel’s retreating corps near the coastal city. British Eighth Army presses rearguard action near Wadi Bei E Chebir, about 40 miles west of Sirte and 15 miles east of Buerat El Hsun, amid crossing rains and shifting terrain.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Misuwata
Mussolini
Tripolitania
Tunisia
Bernard le Montgomery
Cairo
Rummel
Wadi Bei E Chebir
Sirte
Buerat el Hsun
Misurata
Mar
Train collision in Almonte kills 33 and injures 119
A Canadian Pacific troop train hit a stationary Pembroke to Ottawa local in Almonte Ontario killing 33 and injuring 119. Civilians and soldiers numbered among the dead with Lieutenant Douglas Markham of Vancouver identified among victims. The troop train was en route from Petawawa military camp and the wreck occurred at night amid Christmas debris.
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Almonte
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Pembroke
Ottawa
Petawawa Military Camp
Douglas Markham
Vancouver
Almonte Station
Canada
Draft calls expect 18 and 19 year olds to supply half of 1943 forces
Washington reports that about 3.5 million men will join in 1943 with 18 and 19 year olds forming roughly half. Inductions may reach 250,000 to 300,000 monthly, drawing 1.75 million teens this year while older unmarried men 20 to 37 are less available for service.
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Washington
Selective Service
Servnces
Massachusetts council says newspapers are public protection against wrongdoers
The Massachusetts judicial council urged preserving free press rights urging that newspapers remain the public’s best protection against wrongdoing. It proposed Maine style evidence rules to limit multiple libel suits and a rule delaying privilege of defamatory pleadings until after opening trials.
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Boston
Massachusetts Judicial Council
Maine
Massachusetts
New York
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