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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1943
Page
2
A columnist praises West Point cadets for wartime prep and peacekeeping. He notes selection by examinations, rigorous training, and cadet desire to maximize opportunities while staying current with evolving weapons and warfare methods.
Walter Winchell notes cadets at West Point undergo a rigorous year round program. Summer maneuvers plus 16 hour days build physical and mental toughness with weapon familiarization from pistol to airplane. Over 2000 cadets completed the latest field exercises in northwest New York and at West Point.
Washington notes describe British ambassador Viscount Halifax entertaining at the British embassy with Mrs. Thurman Arnold. A quip leads to a chorus of "Come and get it" as guests resume conversation during dinner.
Milton Eisenhower, brother of the North African commander, is a strong candidate for an assistant role to Manpower Chief Paul McNutt. Eisenhower leads the War Relocation Authority and hails from Abilene Kansas, eight years after his army officer brother born in Denison Texas. John Steelman, noted labor conciliator, is another favored option though his current duties may block his release.
Public rationing will begin next month as OPA warns of point based system for canned dried and frozen foods. Farmers and rural residents may fare better while urban households face tighter choices though overall intake remains adequate.
Food Administrator Claude Raymond Wickard of Indiana born February 28 1893 on a Carroll county farm. Purdue graduate married in 192? to Louise Eckert with two daughters. He joined the AAA in 1933 later served as secretary of agriculture since 1940 and was named nation food administrator alongside Paul McNutt. He resides in Camden Indiana.
L G Elliott of La Salle Extension University warns 1943 will demand unprecedented farm output with existing labor and equipment shortages. World food needs rise as wartime destruction and manpower drains cut production. U S prices and incomes for farmers are expected to climb, with output targets up over 10 percent.
Bone, also known as Bona, sits on an 85 000 population port on the Algerian coast. It ranks third among Algeria ports after Algiers and Oran and hosts a French naval station. Located 60 miles west of Tunisia and 220 miles from Tunis by rail, its harbor was dredged from 1857 to 1868 to support iron ore shipments from the Constantine district.
Fragmented diary style recounts eleven to twenty first days aboard rubber craft with Americans facing torture, hunger, prayer meetings, and a boy dying as they drift at sea. A late note notes William O’Neil buying Yankee Network to support rubber industry postwar and a plug to buy war bonds.
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