Agriculture predicted steady wartime food supplies
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones said civilian food stocks for 1944 would match 1943 levels with possible small reductions in milk cheese and fats. He noted record livestock, urges to grow 16 million more acres, and improvements in farm machinery and fertilizer outlook. Secretary Wickard warned postwar surplus would be 15 percent of production and discussed aid options. Williams Davis defended wage controls to sustain price stability and subsidies.
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Marvin Jones
U. S
Jones
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
Chicago
Claude R. Wickard
America
Wickard
Senate Banking Committee
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
WLB
Davis
Congress authorizes UNRRA world relief program
By a strong vote Congress approves $1.35 billion for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to aid occupied countries after liberation. The plan aims to feed clothe and restore essential services to restart agricultural and industrial economies, with 43 other nations contributing about $650 million.
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Congress
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
U. S
United Nations
Global War Fronts and Home Front Debates
Allied and Axis forces clash across Asia and Europe as Japan pushes toward Imphal and New Guinea, while Germany mobilizes Balkans troops and renews efforts toward Rome. Back home, Tennessee Senator McKellar fights TVA funding politics, urging direct Congress control over requisitions and finance.
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Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Burma
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
India
Imphal
Joseph Stilwell
China
Madang
Tennessee
Kenneth McKellar
TVA
Senate
Congress
U. S. Treasury
Long
David Lilienthal
McKellar
Army expands reconditioning program to aid recovering soldiers
The army broadens its reconditioning plan to quicken healing and return soldiers to duty. It uses education occupation and recreation to prevent mental deterioration during recuperation. Reassignment centers are set at Camp Butner Fort Sam Houston and Camp White to place soldiers in suitable roles.
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Army
Camp Butner
N. C
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Camp White
Ore
Fertilizer costs and postwar plant use debated by Barrow Lyons
Barrow Lyons analyzes ammonium nitrate pricing from army plants and TVA to the Commodity Credit Corporation. He notes freight adds 16 to 20 dollars, compares 37.82 dollar production costs, and discusses TVA losses, government capacity of 1.2 million tons, and potential postwar plant scrap. He highlights future demand growth, regional production shifts, and land-use implications for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Ordnance Plants
Tennessee Valley Authority
Department of Munitions and Supply
Calgary
Alberta
United States
Seaboard
TVA
Associated Cooperatives, Inc
Farmers’ Cooperatives
Army
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cooperative
House Committee On Appropriations
Army Ordnance
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Etten
Texas
Purdue University Agronomists
Indiana
War Board bans balata golf ball material. production to lag
The War Production Board says about 400 tons of balata, the golf ball coating, deteriorates and is unsuitable for war use. Ball makers report no centers or windings in stock, delaying new ball production. Also noted, bowling perfect scores fell. ABC records show 84 perfect games this season versus higher past totals despite more teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
American Bowling Congress
Big Business Incomes Rise Amid War Orders
Inter national Harvester reports gross income of 448.0 million dollars and profit of 25.7 million for the year ending October 31 1943. Sears Roebuck posts 852.6 million in sales and 33.9 million profit in 1943. Wilson & Co. shows 552.0 million sales and 7.4 million profit in 1943 with new meat prep advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester
America
Sear's, Roebuck & Co
Uruguayan Nationalists Seize Power Amid Axis Pressure
In Uruguay, pro Allied ministers are ousted as nationalists take control under Gen Higinio Morinigo. Argentina's neutral stance grows isolated while Uruguay seeks closer ties with Argentina and maintains friendly terms with the United States, warning against illegal government changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higinio Morinigo
Argentina
Chile
Bolivia
Uruguay
U.S
US synthetic rubber capacity to outpace rivals in tire production
William Jeffers, former U S rubber controller, says American output now matches British and Dutch control of East Indian plantations before the Japs. He predicts tire makers will soon produce synthetic rubber tires with the endurance of natural rubber.
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America
United States
William Jeffers
U. S
Jeffers
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WFA
Western Newspaper Union
Telefact
Pacific
Europe
Balkans
Germany
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Poland
Ukraine
Jerry Tough
Italy
West
Cassino
Rome
France
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Alabama
Lister Hill
David Lilienthal and
Sen. McKellar
Canada
Barrow Lyons Wiu
Barrow Lyons
South America
Sewing Circle
Needli
South Wells St
Ework Chicago
Bellans
Africa
Chafe
Hitler
Chas. J. Potter
Washington, D. C
Bituminous Coal Utilization Committee of
Kansas, Missouri and
Oklahoma
Dwight Bldg
Kansas City,Mo
and McKesson
Soretone
Indus
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