West Branch discusses delaying Japanese center plan
Residents of West Branch met to consider a proposal by the American Friends Service Committee to use Scattergood hostel for a Japanese American relocation center. A motion to defer the plan was carried as officials noted possible government programs would place Japanese Americans in jobs while relocation centers faced opposition and uncertainty.
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Est
West Chat
Tor
American Friends Ice Committee
Posnl
Scatterrefugee
Sends Society
Wartion Board
K Community
Martha Balderston
Direcof
West Branch
Homer L. Morris
Iends Service Committee
Tel
Wisday
Orris
William Anderson
West Ranch
Unity Club
Friends Tce Committee
Balderston
Scattergood
Nds Service Committee
Reserve Board Seeks Joint Action to Curb Inflation
The Federal Reserve Board urged government action and public cooperation to check inflationary pressures from heavy war expenditures. It warned that business and individuals may see higher incomes in the next 18 months and cautioned against increased spending.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Manpower Shortage Cited By Nelson Threatens Rationing
WashingtonWar production chief Donald M. Nelson warned the Senate military committee that $80b in munitions output this year hinges on adding 1.8 million workers, risking broader rationing in clothing and civilian goods if nonessential industries shrink. He questioned WMC figures forecasting 4.3 million armed forces and 1.8 million new workers, saying clothing runs may trigger rationing even with adequate material.
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Washington
Congress
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Senate Military Committee
Prentiss Brown
United States
War Manpower Commission
WMC
New York
Senate
Brown
WPB
Big Warehouses Razed by Blaze at Jacksonville
Jacksonville fire destroys two large waterfront warehouses in a blaze described as the citys worst since 1941 Clyde steamship docks fire. The article notes continued coverage on page 2 and the blaze threatened nearby structures.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Clyde Steamship Line
Way Cleared For African Drive Belief
Allied headquarters in North Africa cleared the way for an all out offensive to drive the Axis from Tunisia though weather could delay the final showdown. Rail town Sened was bombed and Axis seaplanes off Sicily were destroyed as plans for a larger push near Bizerte and Mareth line were outlined.
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Allied
North Africa
Tunisia
Tunisian
Cairo
Idaho Legislature Abandons Primary System
The Idaho legislature discarded the ten year old primary election system today and replaced it with a party convention process to nominate candidates for public office in Boise.
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Boise
Idaho
Wider War Powers for Iowa Governor Proposed
A bill approved by Iowa Senate and House committees would allow the governor with executive council and joint legislative committee consent to take wartime defense steps without martial law. The plan provides 130000 dollars for the biennium plus 100000 extra if needed and 25000 annually for emergency powers, with authority to suspend statutes, lease state property, and mobilize resources. Cities may enact blackout rules while the national defense coordinating committee gains more role, and the Iowa industrial and defense commission remains the civilian defense lead.
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Tore
National Defense Co
Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission
Support Plan to Boost Old Age Help in Iowa
Des Moines report says the Iowa House old age assistance committee backed increasing the maximum old age pension from 25 to 40 dollars monthly, with an extra annual appropriation near 1.5 million. The raise would be optional for counties and require federal matching funds. current state aid totals 8.5 million with federal match. Rising living costs cited as justification.
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Des Moines
House
Old Age Assistance Committee
Iowa
Joe F. Gardner
R-Waverly
Gardner
Boards of Social Welfare
Vigilance On Part of Press Noted
Washington reports that ASNE President W. S. Gilmore of the Detroit News praised the free press for aiding the war effort while remaining vigilant against attempts to muzzle reporters. The gathering moves ahead with off the record sessions and planned talks with Elmer Davis Byron Price Roosevelt and Cordell Hull.
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Washington
Free Press
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
W. S. Gilmore
Detroit News
New York
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Byron Price
Office of Censorship
Roosevelt
White House
Sec. Cordell Hull
State Department
Sweden May Break Nazi Transit Pact if Norway Invades
Stockholm reports that Sweden would cancel the 1940 transit agreement allowing German troop movement across Swedish railways if the Allies invade Norway, even at the cost of war for Sweden. The pact covered movement of German troops to and from Norway via Sweden.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Navy reports failures at Munda and Kolombangara
The Navy said Japanese bases at Munda on New Georgia and Kolombangara were bombed with Marauder bombers and escorts on February 11. Fires started in the target areas and one enemy plane was shot down. Separately in Burma, the Tenth Air Force attacked Rangoon rail lines, the Myitnge bridge, and anti air defenses as part of its first anniversary actions.
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Washington
Navy
Munda
South Pacific
Kolombangara
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Burma
New Delhi
United States Army
Tenth Air Force
Rangoon
Myitnge
Mandalay
Clayton L. Bissell
Patterson Field
Philippines
Borneo
Java
Australia
Libya
China
Pay‑As‑You‑Go Tax Plan Backed by Legion Chief
Roane Waring national commander of the American Legion urged the house Ways and Means Committee to enact a pay‑as‑you‑earn tax system. He argued taxpayers should pay no more than one year's taxes in any year and noted returning soldiers would otherwise owe taxes on income earned before service.
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Washington
Roane Waring
American Legion
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hard Blows To Japanese Navy Bared
American forces report sinking three Japanese destroyers and damaging others as U S planes attack the Guadalcanal evacuation fleet near New Georgia Cape Esperance. Japanese losses include up to 50 000 across six months of fighting with 30 000 killed in a single landing attempt. Allied wins on New Guinea near Salamaua slash enemy strength while MacArthur says the Japanese retreat toward Mubo with about 1000 dead on the battlefield.
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Guadalcanal
Prize
U. S
Cape Esperance
Alexander A. Vandergrift
Philadelphia
Vandegrift
Millard F. Harmon
U. S. Army
South Pacific
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Mubo
Salamaua
Iowa Senate Votes Against Daylight Saving Time
The Iowa legislature unanimously backed a Senate resolution opposing daylight saving time and urging Congress to repeal the act creating it. The body also urged Congress to retire federal automobile taxes, asserting such taxes intrude on state taxation and highway funding.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Congress
Kharkov Threatened By New Push In Ukraine Front
Soviet forces drove toward Rostov and Kharkov from Kamensk and Lozovaya shaping a corridor into the Donets basin. Lozovaya fell cutting the Kharkov Donets railway and tightening the squeeze on German armies in the Caucasus and Crimea.
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Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Russia
Kharkov
Ukraine
Kamensk
Lozovaya
Kharkov-Crimean
Milikhovsk
Don River
Novocherkassk
N. F. Vatutin
Rostov
Melikhovsk
Bogurayev
Mechetny
Zaitsevke
Mechelny
Kerchik
Zaitsevka
Menkhovsk
Likhaya-Stalingrad
Kechik
Shakhty
Great
Dnieper
Crimea
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Naval Base at Wilhelmshaven Hit in RAF Raid
British air ministry reports the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven was struck in a heavy RAF raid on Thursday night. Three RAF aircraft failed to return from the mission.
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Naval Base
Wilhelmshaven
London
RAF
Air Ministry
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Maknassy
Sicily
Mateur
CBS
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Rommel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Middle East
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Mareth Line
von Arnim
Sfax
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Tunis
NEA
Gilmore
Ano At
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Jacksonville Crate Co
Valvoline Oil Co
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Hildren
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OPA
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York
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Illo
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Neara
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