Victory Garden planting guidance urges balanced crops
An Iowa gardening note emphasizes flexible Victory Garden planning for varied plots. It highlights lettuce or greens, beans, onions, beets, carrots, and in larger plots corn, tomatoes, and potatoes as staple crops, plus suggestions to try one unfamiliar plant. It stresses family taste, space considerations, and simple seed-row guidance for fruitful, enjoyable gardening.
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Uniarian Naval
Register
Rooney Reclassification Sparks Hollywood Draft Debate
Studio officials appealed to classify Rooney as essential worker in Hollywood’s film industry. MGM argues actors are needed to keep movies airing, while the government pushes actor deployment, noting most top stars would be ineligible and off-screen crew also critical.
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Allied air to attack large Japanese convoy toward New Guinea
Gen MacArthur reports that fleets mass for an all out strike on a 14-ship Japanese convoy moving toward New Guinea. Weather hindered earlier air assault, but allied forces prep to strike when conditions allow. Ground patrols north of the coast report activity as Japanese reinforcing efforts continue.
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Soviet Push Near Staraya Russa After Relentless Offensive
Soviet forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko advanced toward the fortress of Stranya Russa as they reported liberation of 302 villages in eight days. Front dispatches claim about 907 square miles of Soviet territory won below Lake Ladoga, with thousands of German troops killed or captured and newly recaptured towns fueling the drive toward deep frontier targets.
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Semyon Timoshenko
Stranya Russa
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Asnem
Ukraine
Kharkov
Taganrog
Salvage Leaders of District To Meet For 1943 Plan
District salvage leaders from Fayette and Clayton meet at West Union on March 11 and Buchanan county at Waterloo on March 10 to organize for 1943 quotas. Iowa aims 183 000 tons as districts share the drive for scrap metal to build ships tanks and guns. Des Moines officials emphasize nationwide effort and duty on the home front.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Vote Today on Deferment Bill
Washington update reports Rep James Wadsworth accuses policy stalls in federal agencies and faults McNutt. Wadsworth urges drafting later and criticizes dispatch of manpower by selective means. Senate military affairs committee delays action on Bankhead deferment bill amid administration opposition. Continued on Page Three.
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Paul V McNutt
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Military Affairs Group
Axis shortwave broadcasts spur clothing hoarding fear
Washington officials deny imminent clothes rationing while warning Axis tied broadcasts push Americans to buy woolen undergarments and shoes. War Information Director Elmer Davis says hoarders are helping Hitler as German signals urge immediate purchases and spread false reports to agents.
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Allied troops retake Sbeitla in North Africa advance
Allied forces recaptured Sbeitla after German losses as Rommel’s troops retreated. Allied air superiority supported ground gains driving the enemy east of the town toward Faid and Sidi Bou Zid. British forces near Mareth, aided by fighter planes, pressed toward the Mareth line as Montgomery massed desert forces for a major push.
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Poland Denies Eastern Polish Territory Claim
The Polish exile government insists on restoring prewar borders amid Russian charges of imperialism. A Tass report accuses Poland of collaboration with Germany and opposition to the Soviet Union, while Polish officials defend that eastern regions like Vilno and Lvov have historically been Polish. Continued on Page Three.
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Joseph Stadin
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Germany
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Tass
Soviet Union
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Lvov
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Mitler
Josef Beck
Retail Egg Ceilings and Chocolate Restrictions Announced
Washington reports set retail egg price ceilings effective March 11 with grades city and volume based differences. Eggs priced seven to ten cents a dozen above last October freeze. Agriculture Secretary Wickard also orders chocolate production restrictions including novelty items and coatings. War Production Board orders seven percent cut in malt consumption by large brewers, limiting small brewers to 1942 levels. beer quality and quantity not substantially affected.
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Office of Price Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R Wickard
War Production Board
Browlers
WPB
Welles Defends Trade With Spain
Washington reports defend U S Spain oil shipment as beneficial to the United States with no harm to American consumers. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles says Spain’s neutrality is assured and a restricted petroleum quota from the western hemisphere is shipped via Spanish tankers. He notes the oil did not affect U S supply and excludes aviation products.
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Compromise Aims At Ruml Pay As You Go Plan
Washington considers a half and half approach to cancel part of 1942 income taxes using a withholding system. The House Ways and Means subcommittee backed a tentative 20 percent withholding with adjustments to final income, arguing it could avert double collections if enacted. Treasury opposes canceling any 1943 tax portion, citing high expected income.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Take Gas Books From 100 Iowans
Donald D Moldoegel chief counsel for the Iowa Office of Price Administration said 100 Towans have been deprived of gasoline ration books for violating the five mile an hour seed limit. Nineteen licenses were revoked in Polk County alone.
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Des Moines
Donald’ D Moldoegel
Iowa Office of Price Administration
RAF Bombers Hit Berlin in Heaviest Raid of War
British and Commonwealth bombers conducted a massive assault on Berlin, the heaviest raid of the war, with 19 bombers lost. The air ministry reported extensive fires, major landmarks visible, and improved results over Berlin despite heavy defenses. Allied forces also targeted Naples and western Germany, while intruder missions over France continued.
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Roosevelts Army Reorganization Marks World War I I Era Shift
United Press report marks one year since World War II began in 1942 listing President Roosevelt ordering a sweeping US Army High Command reorganization. Three generals to head air, ground, and supply commands as authorities shift across Pacific theaters and home front labor measures expand civilian protections.
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