Byrnes to lead White House wartime economic meet
A White House conference of top economic and war agencies will discuss strategy for sustaining production and stabilizing prices. Key figures include members of the Economic Stabilization Board and Agriculture and Labor officials as Congress debates labor deferments and wage controls. The talks aim to avert inflation while ensuring producer incentives amid mounting manpower shortages.
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Ovid
A. Martin Ashington
Stitian
Camic
Nomic Stabilization Board
Retary of Agriculture Aid
Agriculture
James F. Byrnes
Solons
Congress
Sen
Austin
R- J
More Help Promised by Roosevelt and Chiang for China
Madame Chiang Kai-shek urged more war supplies for China while President Roosevelt pledged rapid aid. They discussed using China as a base against Japan, air routes from the southwest, and the need for munitions and fuel as Washington plans to boost assistance to China in the war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
China
Japan
Pacific Islands
Madame Chiang
Madame
Chiang
America
Tokyo
Flaming Bomber Crashes Into Seattle Packing Plant
A Boeing four motor bomber on a test flight struck the Frye Co packing house in Seattle causing a blaze that killed or left missing 28 people. Fifteen bodies were recovered within 12 hours including 11 Boeing technicians led by Edmund T. Allen. Thirteen workers remained missing as fire spread through the four story brick building.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Boeing
Frye & Co
William Fitzgerald
Boeing Field
Edmund T. Allen
Boeing Flight and Aerodynamics
Frye Co
August Hoba
Hoba
Fred
Boeing Co
Tax Exemption for REA Lines Before Senators
Des Moines Iowa February reform debate on tax relief for Rural Electrification Administration lines continues. Senate Ways and Means committee proposes extending the temporary exemption for two years while not recommending passage. House member Dewey Butterfield introduces a bill taxing rural electric lines at 30 percent of actual valuation.
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Des Moines
Senate
Ways and Means
Dewey Butterfield
Waterloo
Iowa
Roosevelt outlines army size and farm labor plan
President Roosevelt said the August decision set an army size of 7,500,000 men by December 31 with total armed services about 1,800,000, noting manpower limits and farm labor needs. He cited a Casablanca story of Moscow mobilizing 300,000 schoolchildren to grow food and fuel, and recalled a rural prune-picking mobilization by nearby communities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vest
Casablanca
Moscow
Labor and telephone bills shelved in Iowa House
In Des Moines the Iowa House voted 75 to 28 to indefinitely postpone anti-picketing legislation sponsored by Rep. Harry E. Weichman and to indefinitely postpone a bill for city and town regulation of telephone rates, after debate.
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Des Moines
Iowa General Assembly
House
Labor Committee
Harry E. Weichman
R-Newhall
Public Utilities Committee
Iowa House Considers Aid for Distilling Industry
Iowa lawmakers announce a bill to require the liquor commission after the war to buy Iowa made beverage alcohol and products if quality and price compare to out of state items. Sponsors note current federal purchases limit impact but see future market growth for Iowa plants.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Judd
Harvey Long
Clinton
F. A. Latchaw
R- Muscatine
The
Liquor Commission
United States
Council Bluffs
Muscatine
Nelson Pushes Plans To Break Bottlenecks
Washington report says Nelson and Wilson press a program to curb armament bottlenecks despite strong opposition from army and navy policy chiefs. Nelson's power to force WPB approval threatens service resistance and possible resignations from Patterson and Forrestal. Nelson delegated powers to Wilson to clear the way for action.
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Washington
Nelson
Wilson
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
WPB
War and Navy
Robert P. Patterson
James V. Forrestal
Patterson
Forrestal
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Gandhi Weakens as Leaders Seek US Intervention
Gandhi enters tenth day of fast and has grown so weak he largely stops speaking. Indian business, professional and educational leaders at the annual conference in New Delhi express faint hope that the United States will intervene to secure his release.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
United States
Reds Drive To Cut Off Nazi Escape
Soviet forces under Gen. Vatutin pushed into the Rostov to Taganrog corridor reducing the German escape route to about 25 miles north of Taganrog on the Sea of Azov. They captured Matveev-Kurgan severing the line to the north and advanced toward Kharkov Poltava and Orel while inflicting heavy Axis losses.
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Associated Press
Nikoli F. Vatutin
Red
Rostov
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Tagarog
Red Army
Matveev-Kurgan
Dnieper
Goebbels
Orel
Moscow
Kharkov
Poltava
Eweana
Caucasus
Agay Lot
Kerch Strait
Crimea
Novorossisk
Allied Bombardment Hits Jap Shipping and Air Fields in Pacific
Allied forces launched a heavy air offensive across the southwest Pacific targeting Japanese shipping and airdromes at Madang New Guinea and Buin Solomon Islands. Catalina bombers raided Kahili airdrome Buin destroying aircraft and causing fires, Liberators hit Madang dispersal areas, Beaufighters damaged a 300 ton schooner and a 30 foot launch, while Mitchells attacked Dili Timor dropping quarter ton missiles amid anti-aircraft fire.
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Australia
Madang
New Guinea
Buin
Solomon Island
Southwest Pacific
Catalina
Kahili
Rommel’s Tunisian Break Reported. British Flank Push Seen
Allied dispatches say Rommel’s deep thrust into central Tunisia was broken and British 8th and 1st armies were moving to tighten flanks. Eisenhower reports little activity on the central front after four days of battle as Allied air forces hit Axis forces near Tebessa and in the Tunisian-Algerian border highlands. French withdrawals north of Faid shift lines to stronger positions while Rommel’s drive reduces to skirmishing in Feriana. Sharp southward activity is noted with Montgomery’s 8th Army in motion.
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Roger Greene
Associated Press
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tebessa
Algeria
Pichon
Faid Pass
Rommel
Feriana
Tunis
Tells Of Tunisian Retreat With U. S. Forces In Tunisia
Capt Edward E Cotter of Corning Indiana led an infantry group 15 miles to safety during the American retreat in Tunisia while expressing relief at reaching safety with all men. Corp Merle Bierman of Des Moines Iowa also escaped on a quarter ton peep noting it was better than walking.
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U. S
Tunisia
Edward E. Cotter
Corning
Merle Bierman
Des Moines
British and German Push Near Mareth Line In North Africa
Allied patrols report Thursday occupying Foum Tatahouine near the Mareth line with little opposition. British guns shell Medenine fronts as Berlin confirms heavy action beyond Medenine while Rommel’s advance northwest stalls in American defended territory.
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Foum Tatahouine
Mareth
Montgomery
Medenine
Berlin
Mareth Line
Rommel
Alphonse Juin
CAP Transfer to War Department Being Considered
Washington studies a possible transfer of the Civilian Air Patrol to the army. Civilian Defense director James M. Landis would not comment. Sources say Army CAP ties are strong yet favor militarization due to secret operations and convoy anti submarine work. CAP members fly privately owned planes patrolling coasts for the Army.
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War Department
Washington
Civilian Air Patrol
Army
Office of Civilian Defense
CAP
James M. Landis
RAF strikes Wilhelmshaven naval base in night raid
British bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven, a major German naval base, with good weather aiding the raid. The air ministry reported seven aircraft losses including four bombers, and noted rail and shipping targets along the coast. The German high command claimed civilian losses and nine bombers shot down.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministry
Ministry
German High Command
Belgium
Germany
Bill Filed to Boost Aid for Iowa's Elderly
Des Moines reports the House old age assistance committee introduced a bill to raise annual pension payments from 8.56 million to 10 million dollars and lift the maximum pension to 40 dollars a month from 25. The measure also repeals a provision granting aid to those with income under 300 dollars yearly, per federal guidance. Rep. Herman Knudson and Rep. Harold Nelson lead related tax and beer permit bills affecting municipalities and single and married exemptions.
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Des Moines
House
Old Age Assistance Committee
Iowa
Federal
Social Security Board
Herman Knudson
Mason City
Harold Nelson
Sioux City
FR's Proposal Rejected by House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee reaffirmed support for a bill to repeal Roosevelt's executive order that caps post tax wartime salaries at 25 000. The measures would set wartime salaries at Pearl Harbor levels, effectively aligning pay with those war highs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Pearl Harbor
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