Wickard seeks green light on 1943 farm program
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard urges Congress for a clear mandate to push a 1943 farm income plan aimed at raising prices to aid farmers, while warning inflation risks. He outlines price support, government purchases of certain crops, and incentive payments as options, noting Congress has not appropriated $100 million for incentives.
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Washington
Congress
House
Wickard
Farm State
Federal Aid Programs Cut As House Sets War Budget
The House cut 3 federal aid to states programs from a $6.3 billion appropriation bill aimed largely at war needs. Funds for care of children of employed mothers, high school Victory Corps, and emergency maternity and infant care were denied. Planning board money and farm labor recruitment funds were deferred or dropped, with warnings of possible shortages affecting wartime mobilization.
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Washington
House
Victory Corps
Planning Board
National Resources Planning Board
Roosevelt
Frederic A. Delano
War Shipping Administration
Emory S. Land
Robert E. Allen
Cavalier Passenger Train Crashes in Del Mar Red
The Cavalier passenger train was rear ended by a switch engine and two coaches near Wilmington station. Seventeen to fifty seven injured including navy personnel. six in serious condition. Windows shattered, four hours traffic disruption. Seaman Max Carl Thompson, 17, Des Moines Iowa treated for minor injuries.
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Thensylvania Railroad
Cavalier
Navy
Wilmington
Max Carl Thompson
Des Moines
Moline Moves to Adopt Voting Machines
In Moline Illinois residents approved adopting voting machines with a 1,453 to 1,347 vote. The measure follows new state law enabling installment purchases, enabling 185 machines to serve township and county elections.
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Moline
Ill
Maine
Jack Island
Restrictions on War Tires Listed
Washington announces war tires made of reclaimed rubber will be available after March 1 only to motorists with monthly mileage over 560 miles. Car owners with lower mileage may obtain only used or recapped tires.
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Washington
OPA
Planting Lags In California
Farm spokesmen say California is 45 days behind schedule in 1943 plantings due to labor shortages and there is no relief in sight.
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San Francisco
California
Sugar ration to be cut slightly
Washington reports a small reduction in the next sugar ration. Each person will receive five pounds for an 11 week period beginning March 16, compared with the former basic ration of one pound per person per week.
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Washington
Fortresses Hit Jop Warship With Bombs
Allied air forces blasted the Japanese in the southwest Pacific with a three day offensive. United States bombers scored three direct hits on a cruiser or large destroyer in Rabaul harbor while other planes struck at targets from Espiritu Santo to Munda and Koepang. Chinese and RAF raids supported ground fighting along the Yangtze and in Burma as Japanese positions faced renewed pressure.
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Associated Press
Rabaul Harbor
New Britain
Southwest
Pacific
U. S
Paul I. Williams
Norman
Okio
Washington
Navy
Southwest Pacific
Espiritu Santo Island
New Hebrides
Tulagi Island
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Munda
New Georgia
Choiseul Island
Rekata
Santa Isabel Island
Vila
United States
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Koepang
Portuguese Timor
Ataliklikun Bay
Lae
New Guinea
Tofal
Kai Islands
Mubo
MacArthur
Salamaua
Burma
Assam
India
Chungking
Yangtze
Hupeh
Kwangtung
Board of Control Gets Sums Asked When House Acts
Des Moines reports the Iowa House passed 96 to 0 a bill granting 4.76 million dollars annually for operation and maintenance of 15 state institutions under the Board of Control. The appropriation matches the governor and comptroller budget and exceeds the two years prior by 732,500 dollars. Subcommittee head Rep. G T Kuester cites higher food and clothing costs and miscellaneous needs as causes for the increase. He opposes the suggested consolidation of juvenile homes at Toledo and Davenport as unfeasible.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Board of Control
G. T. Kuester
R-Griswold
Kuester
Lrowa Taxpayers Assay
Toledo
Davenport
Solons Clash Over Manpower Policies and Draft Priorities
Washington AP By William F Arbogast lawmakers on the House military committee pressed two fronts against war manpower policies led by Chairman Paul V McNutt They seek prompt legislation to prioritize fathers for the draft and to study deferments for civilian federal workers An executive order was drafted to free federal workers for military service by cutting overlapping functions and unnecessary duties Rep Kilday urged statewide draft quotas based on dependents and drew applause for protecting the traditional family role with fathers kept from induction while other members warned McNutt’s authority may be curtailed.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War ‘Manpower Commission
House Military Committee
Armed Services
Costello
D-Calif
Harness
Rind
Adianan
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Paul Bellamy
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kilday
D-Tex
Rules Committee
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Orphans Die in Eire Blaze at Cavan Home
Thirty six orphan girls aged between four and eighteen were burned to death when an Eire orphanage in Cavan province was destroyed by fire early today.
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Eire Blaze
Cavan, Eire
Cavan Province
Gandhi Must Settle Own Fate Warns Churchill
Churchill tells Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru that Gandhi must bear sole responsibility for his fast. He notes India’s August detention decision against Gandhi and Congress leaders remains, with the aim to defend India and aid the United Nations. No discrimination between Gandhi and other Congress leaders.
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Gandhi
Churchill
New Delhi
Tej Bahadur Sapru
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Government of
India
Congress Party
United Nations
Reds Nearer Kiev as They Take More Towns
Soviet forces push northwest of Kharkov capturing Sumy Lebedin and Akhtyrka in a widening advance toward Kiev and the Konotop rail hub. Other sectors report heavy fighting and German counterattacks in the Donets basin as the front extends across Ukraine.
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Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Kharkov
Sumy
Lebedin
Akhtyrka
Kiev
Konotop
Kursk
Orel
Maloarkhangelsk
Dnieper
Tass
Caucasus
Donets
DNB
Berlin
Lake Ilmen
Rostov
Krasnoarmeisk
Stalino
Chicago Nominates Kelly and McKibbin In Quiet Primary
Chicago voters backed Mayor Edward J. Kelly with about 79 percent of 600 871 Democratic mayoralty votes and George B. McKibbin with about 76 3 percent of 219 572 Republican ballots. Independent and minor candidates trailed far behind in the lightest primary in years. Total turnout neared 820 000, less than half of registered voters.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
George B. McKibbin
Kelly
McKibbin
Rommel’s Force At Major Setback In Tunisian Front
Allied reports say Rommel’s army suffered a severe defeat at the hands of American and British troops and withdrew armored columns toward Feriana in southern Tunisia. Montgomery’s Eighth Army advanced against Axis defenses in southern Tunisia as German forces fell back from the Kasserine gap.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Feriana
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Kasserine Gap
Rommel
CBS
Montgomery
Mareth Line
Berlin
London
Atlas Mountains
Thala
Kremansha
Hatab River
Decoy Guns On Capitol Rooftop Spark Rift In Congress
A North Carolina Democrat Rep. Cooley proposed barring use of decoy guns and dummy soldiers in future spending after finding wooden guns atop the Capitol building. Ohio Rep. Bender and AP photographer Henry Griffin confirmed the rigged guns, prompting scrutiny of security at the Capitol as a broader warFront dispatches report Axis and Allied actions in Tunisia with Rommel’s retreat and Allied counterattacks.
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Washington
Rep. Cooley
North Carolina
House
Military and Naval Committees
War Department
Cooley
Rep
Bender
Henry Griffin
Associated
Specifications of Nazi Mark VI Tank Are Given
London reports detail the German Mark VI tank now in Tunisia. It weighs 55 to 60 tons and carries an 88 millimeter gun with two 7.92 millimeter machine guns. A round for the gun is three feet long and 33 pounds. the gun weighs 1.5 tons. Front armor is four inches thick and sides are 3.25 inches. Length 20.5 feet, width 12.5 feet, height 9.5 feet.
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London
Tunisia
U S Planes Hit Messina Harbor in Sicily Raid
United States Liberator bombers of the ninth air force attacked the Messina harbor and ferry slips by daylight. They scored direct hits on the target, caused a large column of smoke, and hit a docked ship. One enemy fighter was shot down. eight Italians killed and 32 injured.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ninth Air Force
Messina
Sicily
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