Rationing Planned For Meats Cheese Butter Start April First
Allied and U S authorities announced forthcoming rationing of meats cheese butter and fats beginning April 1 with No 2 ration book coupons to be used. Meat rations near 134 pounds per person weekly and cheese will be rationed with meat while fats and oils receive point values based on scarcity.
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Washington
Prentiss Brown
Soporte Slane
Wickard
OPA
The
Food Administration
Agriculture Department
Small Papers Would Be Granted Exemption from Wage Hour Law
Washington on March 3 a bill by Senator Reed would exempt small daily weekly and semi weekly newspapers from the wage hour law. The exemption would apply to employees connected with newspapers with a circulation under 5000, mostly within the county of printing or within 25 miles. The measure mirrors current rules for weekly and semi weekly papers under 3000 circulation and was referred to the Senate Labor committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Reed
R-Kas
Reed
Senate Labor Committee
Every Person Urged To Plant Victory Garden
Washington on March 31 James Landis director of Civilian Defense urged all adults and capable children to plant a victory garden as a practical defense against food shortage. He noted millions already plan to cultivate back yards and vacant lots but many more are needed.
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Washington
James 3. Landis
Landis
No Response To Plea To Ban For 4th Term
Washington March 3 Members of the higher councils of the Democratic National committee recommended to President Roosevelt today that he should be the party's candidate for re election in 1944 if the war still is on but National Democratic Chairman Frank C Walker said they cut no response from the Chief Executive.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
National Democratic
Frank C. Walker
Fewer Autos Licensed In Baltimore Report
The Department of Motor Vehicles reported today a 25.28 percent drop in licenses sold since February 15, a decline of 4 653 from the corresponding period last year.
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Baltimore
Department of Motor Vehicles
Fewer Income Tax Problems During Tax Filing Season
Deputy collectors Oscar Sponseller and Christian Monath report quieter tax complaints as federal returns, due by March 15, approach. The post office, open 8 30 a m to 5 p m daily including Saturdays, handles taxpayers despite a snowstorm with many farmers seeking guidance on exemptions and the surtax, steady year to year issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar CL Sponzeller
Christian Monath
67 ROTC Cadets Named Distinguished at Maryland
The Military Department of the University of Maryland announced that 67 ROTC cadets were rated distinguished for the fall semester at College Park. Ten percent of advanced ROTC and ten percent of basic members were eligible for the ranking, with proficiency in drill academics and military courtesy cited. Advanced infantryman Henry Gordon of Frederick, Md. among those rated.
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College Park
Military Department
The
Universiy of Maryland
ROTC
HOTC
Ralink
Henry Gordon
Frederick
Pleasure Driving Ban Lift Possible By March 22
OPA officials and TM-Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown said a lift of the pleasure driving ban in the east is under consideration with no definite date. March 22 is seen as a deadline for current four coupon legality as speculation grows on easing restrictions and adjusting A coupon values to curb consumption.
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OPA
Washvision
Prentiss M. Brown
East
Iown
Light Snowfall Blankets City And County
Light snow fell across the city and county with a thin layer on streets and a half inch in the city. Wind stayed northwest at 10 to 20 mph aiding drifting in Th urmont and South Mountain areas where Route 40 was slick. State roads officials prepared plows if needed and police reported fair to good travel with buses running on time. Temperatures around 25 degrees forecast much colder tonight as wind etc
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Weather Bureau
Frederick
Robert E. L. Putman
State Roads Commission
Route 40
She County
Blue Ridge Lines
MGM Keeps Rooney Out Of Army Test Of Acting Industry
Hollywood reports that 21 year old Mickey Rooney has been classified 1 A by his draft board. MGM filed an appeal with Selective Service in Sacramento to keep him from serving. Rooney says he will do whatever Uncle Sam wants. His mother, Nell Rooney, notes the studio led the appeal.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Mickey
M-G-M
Selective Service
Sacramento
Calif
Sam
Nell Pankey
Studio
Axis Staffs Seized In Africa Arrive Near Staunton
Pi Former German and Italian consuls general at Algiers with staffs and families were captured in North Africa by U S forces and arrived in the United States under guard near Staunton Virginia The State Department said no exchange of these Axis officials would occur and noted talks for swaps with U S officers and other Americans seized by the Germans in France. Meanwhile Axis internees in Virginia are isolated from the public as negotiations continue.
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Washington
Algiers
United States
North Africa
Staunton
State Department
Axi S
France
Germany
Virginia
City To Issue White Tickets For Violations
City police will switch from red to white violation notices for traffic and parking offenses. Chief Arthur C. Poulsen says white tickets may irritate drivers less and outlines a new duplicate system. Offenders must post collateral at headquarters or face arrest warrants if unpaid within 24 hours.
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Arthur C. Poulsen
Poulsen
Wagers $5,000 clothes will not be rationed
A New York department store pledged $5,000 that clothes would not be rationed this year. An ad appeared stating firm confidence from Washington sources, with a note that if wrong the amount would go to the Red Cross and USC Greater New York Fund.
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New York
Washington
Lord and Taylor
Reg Cross
USC Greater New York Fund
Atlanta Raises Fund to Build New Cruiser
Atlanta citizens joined a war bond drive to finance a new 10,000 ton cruiser after loss in the South Pacific. The campaign reached its $35,750,000 goal yesterday.
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Atlanta
Alata
South Pacific
Bombing of Kiska in February Totals Half Million Pounds
Washington reports U S aircraft conducted nine February bombing raids on Kiska in fog and storm conditions. More than 1 000 bombs were dropped and ten enemy planes were shot down with no U S losses. A Munda raid on New Georgia Island in the South Pacific was also carried out.
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Washington
Aleutians
U. S
Kiska
Navy
Munda
New Georgia Island
South Pacific
North Pacific
U.S
New Georgia Teland
Food Stamp Plan Ends in Frederick County
Seventeen families in Frederick County lose participation as the government sponsored Food Stamp plan ends February end of the month. February participation was the smallest since inception with $423 in orange stamps and blue stamps half that value used for surplus foods. Stamps valid through March 31 for exchange at cooperating stores. March does not affect point saving. FDA lunch and milk programs to continue and expand with wartime reciprocal aid.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Snee Marine
Ruth Brown Jones
Welfare Board
Nunez
Baldrige
Food Distribution Administration
Navy predicts 10 percent casualty rate in world war fleet
Washington reports Secretary Knox outlined an operating force plan to build a Navy large enough to dominate all seas with 2,250,000 personnel by July 1944. He cited a potential 10 percent casualty rate and detailed shipbuilding and shore installation needs as Congress pressed for cost justifications.
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Washington
Congress
Knox
Naval
Navy
House
Subcommittee of Naval Appropriations
Subcommittee
Sheppard
D-Calif
John Paul Jones
America
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Perssonnel
YS Gee Ik Tiekk
Jacobs
Dacots
Ceiling Prices On Beef And Pork Coming Soon
Washington March 3 price announced today uniform community wide dollar and cents ceiling on pork and beef will be published shortly in an effort to break up black markets in meat. Brown disclosed this to a Senate Agriculture subcommittee hearing packers complain independents pushed out by ceilings and rising live hog and cattle prices.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Senate Agriculture
Gandhi ends 21-day hunger strike in British internment
In New Delhi on March 3, Indian nationalist leader K. Gandhi, age 73, ended a 21 day hunger strike protesting his internment by the British. He drank orange juice at 9 30 a m today.
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New Delhi
Upi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Evacuation of Rzhev shifts German front toward Smolensk
German high command announced the evacuation of Rzhev 130 miles west of Moscow to shorten the front. Military observers speculated the new line could run from Smolensk northwest to Velikiye Luki and southeast to Bryansk. The city, long fortified and nearly ruined, was a key defense position as Russian forces pressed the Donets and Caucasus sectors.
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London
Berlin
Rzhev
Moscow
DNB
Smolensk
Velikie Luki
Bryansk
Upper Volga
Rahev
Rehev
Vikane Dudeskati
Daeper Caucasus
Mius River
Rostov
Izyum
Kharkov
Donets
Increased fuel oil coupon values raise ration amounts
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration boosted No 5 householder fuel oil coupons by one to two gallons in 17 eastern states and DC. No 3 coupon use in Zone A is moved a week earlier, with Zone B extended by ten days. No 5 coupons now equal ten gallons east. No 4 coupons vary by state, and class Z and class 2 coupons adjust similarly across regions.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
District of Columbia
OPA
Fane A
Marnh
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
OPA Head Expresses Thanks To Teachers
March 3 report cites Price praising teachers and school officials for their role in national ration book two registration. He lauds their patriotic effort and support for understanding the ration point system, acknowledging their unselfish service to the nation.
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OPA
Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
John W. Studebaker
United States Commissioner of Education
Teachers and
America
Allies warn Nazis to face hangings for torture actions
London reports RAF leaflets warn that every person convicted of torturing in Nazi occupied nations will be hanged. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden stated the Allies will act after recent incidents as March 3 date appears.
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London
RAF
Anthony Eden
Forms Received For War Rationing Board Requests
Forms which must be filled out by all institutional and industrial users of processed foods now rationed have been received at the local War Price and Rationing Board. They will be mailed to persons in charge of institutions upon request.
Absenteeism Increasing in War Plants Prompts Navy Action
Secretary Knox told the House Naval Committee that reports show absenteeism in war plants is far higher than strikes or shutdowns and has risen over the past year. He supported a bill requiring contractors to report absences to draft boards to induct confident absentees into military service and said measures will remove such workers from naval employment.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
House ‘Naval Committee
RAF Raids Over Germany Continue Amid Losses
RAF over western Germany conducted raids Tuesday night, with the Air Ministry confirming three Allied aircraft missing after the seventh night of continental targets. Mines were laid in enemy waters and Berlin and Paris radios reported raids on occupied France. Berlin noted fewer planes due to bad weather but acknowledged some civilian damage and one British bomber shot down.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Beja
Sedjenane
Rommel
Sbeitla
Oroven
Prnic
Eight Army
Mareth Line
Tunis
la Goulette
First Army
Medjez-El-Bab
Medjez-El Bab
Sidi’ Bouzid
Mateur
London
Germany
RAF
Air Ministry
Ministry
Berlin
Westtern
Paris
France
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Price
Robert J E. Wilson
Petroleum Industry War Council
Wilson
Rooney
Africa
Ba‘dtge
FDA
Wu Coon
Australia
F. J. Horne
Naval Operations
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