18 Mar 1943
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
1
Analyzed weekly war news outlines measures to curb black market meat sales and forecast U S advances in New Guinea. Reports note government drive against enemy forces, wartime contracts for small firms, and broader editorial commentary from Western Newspaper Union affiliates.
OCR fragments describe meat price controls under OPA and Prentiss Brown, plus wartime summaries of German and Russian movements near Moscow. The piece also notes eight month wartime expenditures: War Department, Navy, Maritime Commission totals, and overall government spending and revenue for the period.
War Production Board official Charles E. Wilson announced that contracts placed with small companies will yield tens of millions in weekly work by year end through the Smaller War Plants Corporation. The program aims to place more work with small plants, widen loan access, and certify more small plants to handle war contracts as part of wartime economic expansion.
London officials urge Britons to carry towels on visits as towel concessions for factory and medical workers are announced. In Los Angeles, canned baby food gains popularity among adults due to the rationing system, with 4 or 8 ounce cans valued at one point.
Allied troops press Rommel’s retreat from Kasserine Pass as American and British forces regain ground around Tunis. British Eighth Army links with U S units near Gafsa while advances through Chott Djerid threaten north south axis lines. Allied air superiority and submarine losses tilt the North Africa campaign.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox urged wage docking as a remedy for persistent absenteeism among war plant workers. He testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee proposing remedial laws covering both draftage and non-draft-age workers, arguing penalties would hit workers in the pocketbook. Draft boards were said to begin inducting fathers with children by May, with general impact expected by early summer, while officials predicted authorization for further cases to be issued this spring.
An old text offers practical tips on leather care and shoe fitting, suggests methods to remove grease, and gives a sewing file guidance. It also covers cold-frame gardening for lettuce, advising on sowing times, side crops between lettuce, and advantages of cold-frame heads versus open-ground heads for summer lettuce. It ends noting the secret of growing good lettuce remains little known.
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