Weekly war news shows Pacific actions and Burma fighting
The report notes U S blows on Japanese bases in the Pacific and heavy combat in Burma and India as manpower shifts proceed. OPA expands fuel and food allowances, ending time limits on red and blue coupons, removing expiration dates, and lowering ration points on several foods while beef and pork products face cuts. 4 F men are drafted or reassigned, Selective Service ends farm deferral unit system, and 4Fs not in essential work may join reserves or be deployed at army pay. Allied forces defend Imphal as Japanese pressure grows, with Palau actions and ongoing campaigns in New Guinea, New Britain, and Bougainville.
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OPA
Selective Service
Imphal
India
Louis Mountbatten
Southwest
Pacific
U. S
Palau
Philippines
New Guinea
New Britain
Bougainville
Bengal-Assam
Joseph Stilwell
Mogaung
Burma
Congress
Joe Martin
Park Avenue
San Diego
Food Subsidies Drive CCC Price Support Plan
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones ordered the Commodity Credit Corporation to subsidize food prices with a 3 billion dollar program. The CCC will buy sell store and transport food and farm products under the WFA price-support and lend lease efforts at an estimated cost of 650 to 800 million dollars. The report notes price shifts in meat animals feed grains hay and certain crops lifting aggregate farm prices mid February to mid March and affecting parity values as Allied actions in Europe unfold and postwar plans form.
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Marvin Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
WFA
Farm Bloc
Agriculture Department
Congress
Irish Setter Duke Traveled 1200 Miles Home to Roann
Duke, an Irish setter, was taken to St. Petersburg by his master and then given to a resident there. He longed for his old home and traversed 1200 miles back to Roann, where Rev. Robert Collins found him bloodied and exhausted. The master wired funds to Rev. Collins to care for the dog until his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Fla
Duke
Roann
Ind
Robert Collins
Collins
Furloughs Continue for Army and Navy Units
The Army will grant furloughs individually due to shipping and campaign prep. Sen. Guy Gillette and other Midwest lawmakers pressed the War Department about furloughing the 34th Division, comprised of Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa troops overseas for over two years. The War Department cites ship return and shore handling limits. The Navy requests 1.5 billion dollars to expand shore facilities on the West Coast, adding fleet and cargo piers, depots, training bases, harbor improvements, and repair depots, with hospital expansion to 80,000 beds and malaria recuperation centers.
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Guy Gillette
Iowa
War Department
Gillette
34Th
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
U. S
U. S. Navy
Bill targets draft dodgers as men without a country
A house bill would permanently bar men who fled the United States to avoid the draft from reentering the country. The measure goes to the senate after the house immigration committee noted many evade induction by crossing into Mexico, with over 800 evaders known near El Paso, Texas.
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House
United States
Senate
House Immigration Committee
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Dairy subsidies debate On raising aid to milk producers
National Co operative Milk Producers federation secretary Charles Holman told a Senate committee dairy subsidies must rise by 200 million dollars annually to keep farmers fair. He opposes the subsidy program overall. Savings in war years up 50 percent with bonds deposits and life insurance totaling 91 billion dollars on January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Senate
Holman
Institute of Life Insurance
Surplus Goods Distribution Expands to Include Retailers
U S agencies handling surplus war goods will work with the War Production Board's 750 industry advisory committees to set normal outlets for materials. Wholesalers and retailers join manufacturers to decide release amounts and bidding or purchasing methods. Rep Wright Patman seeks a bill granting retailers equal voice with manufacturers and wholesalers.
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U. S
War Production Board
Wright Patman
Texas
Nazi production drive stretches resources and tightens home front
Germany's production regime expands into industry and domestic tasks. Nazis cut locomotive models from 119 to 13 and dehydrate foods to save shipping space. They claim higher steel copper and aluminum output with fewer man hours. Women are lent from home tasks to sewing stockings and other duties while people aged 65 to 70 assist railway depots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Washington Digest Lines Up New Democratic Strategy
Washington observer outlines Democratic chair Hannegan’s challenge to rebuild the party after Farley and Raskob era. Notes Michelson Porter team, GOP copyright of attack lines, and Democratic bets on anti change horse and job security messaging amid wartime voter shifts and fourth term debate.
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Hannegan
Porter
Connecticut Avenue
Republican National Committee
Harrison Spangler
St. Louis
Democratic Ghq
Charley Michelson
Washington
Kreisler
Democratic
Charley
Michelson
Hoover
Paul Porter
Jim Farley
Raskob
Farley
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Colorado
Ohio universities seek conference on veterans rehabilitation
The Inter-University Council asks Ohio Education Director Kenneth S. Ray to convene a state conference on problems facing veterans’ rehabilitation. U S civilian sugar supplies will be 6 percent below 1943 levels per WFA. Illinois World War II veterans who were citizens at enlistment qualify for University of Illinois scholarships. Berlin radio says German tourism in 1943 was 8 percent below prewar levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Inter-University Council
Director of Education of
Kenneth S. Ray
U. S
WFA
Illinois
University of Illinois
Berlin
Latin America
Kellogg All Bran advertised as relief for chronic constipation
An 82 year old writes of five year constipation relief using Kellogg's All Bran. The ad touts All Bran as a gentle food, not a purgative, aiding digestion with dietary fiber and colonic flora, recommending daily use and plenty of water.
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H. C. Durand
N. Columbus Ave
Freeport
Long Island
N. Y
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Birds in Flight Description of Herons and Cranes
Birds in Flight notes how herons tuck their necks in while flying and cranes stretch their necks out, describing different postures during flight.
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Britain
London Sunday Observer
Austria
Moscow
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Rumania
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Army and Navy
Washington Digest
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WNU Service
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Washington, D. C
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