Reorganization Planned for OPA Under Brown
Chicago March 15. Prentiss M. Brown director of the Office of Price Administration outlined a reorganization to curb price and wage increases. A new general manager will replace John Hamm and a new general counsel will replace David Ginsburg. Clyde Her ing is to survey and advise. Brown favors decentralizing authority to local boards and establishing uniform rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Prentiss M. Brown
Office of Price Administration
Brown
John E. Hamm
OPA
David Ginsburg
Clyde Hering
Iowa
Herring
Washington
Ceiling prices forecast for California grape crop
The Office of Price Administration announced it will set ceiling prices for the new California grape crop before harvest to prevent abnormally high prices. Advance notice was given to stabilize the grape market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
California
OPA
Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries Tuesday
A little temperature change with snow flurries Tuesday and Tuesday evening. Monday's high is 22 and low 111.
Old Copper City Structure Razed by Blaze
Anaconda reports a major fire destroying the Copper City Commercial building and damaging the adjacent Branscombe Garage. The blaze began about 7 30 am Monday, with total damage pegged around 100000 dollars, mostly to the Torgerson Brothers building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copper City
Anaconda
Branscombe Garage
R. A. Kelly
Charles
Sonny) Gorr
Branscombe
Main Street
Commercial Avenue
Torgerson Brothers
Whitehall Sergeant Sends Jap Money to Brother in Butte
A Whitehall Staff Sergeant Henry E. Barkell sent Japanese currency from New Guinea to his brother Clifford Barkell in Butte. The collection includes a 10 sen note a 1 sen note and a five yen bill and hints the Nippon soldier has gone where he won t need cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
New Guinea
Henry E. Barkell
Whitehall
Clifford Barkell
Montana School of Mines
Butte Army Flyer Chinn Ready for Combat Against Japs
Youngee Chinn, 22, a Butte High School graduate, earned his wings March 10 at Eagle Field in La Junta. He will train at Hamilton Field then head to combat. His relatives include a Chinese fighter and relief workers. his father and sister are in Hong Kong under Japanese control.
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Youngee Chinn
Butte High School
Chinn
Air Forces
Eagle Field
la Junta
Colo
Hamilton Field
Calif
Chinn Yen
Nanking
Orient
Ryan Field
Tucson
Arizona
Hong Kong
Brooklyn
N. Y
Planes Run Guns to Guerrillas Fighting Nazis
London dispatch reports gun running planes delivering arms and ammunition to over 6,000 French guerrillas near Lake Geneva resisting Vichy police and Axis-backed forces after the ultimatum deadline expired. Commanded by General Cartier, the patriots dig in as clashes were expected to intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Lake Geneva
Cartier
Zurich
Switzerland
Officers Testify in Shooting Case in Butte Trial
Two Butte police officers told a jury details about the June 26 shooting of Gertrude Stella Baldwin 28 as Morrison Baldwin 38 faces assault with intent to kill in state district court. Other witnesses will be called Tuesday while the trial resumes at 10 this morning in Judge J J Lynch’s department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Gertrude Stella Baldwin
Morrison Baldwin
Butte Miner
State District Court
J. J. Lynch
Tom Monahan
Dick Mundy
Roy A. Peck
Keokuk
George Raich
Iowa
Walter Sewell, Jr
Aberdeen
Mary Veale
Lexington Terrace
Baldwin
Harry K. Jones
T. F. O’connell
William H. Maloney
J. J. McCaffery
Joseph J., Jr
Frank J. Roe
Casey Street
Silver Bow Homes
Jones
Allied Reinforcements for Tunisian Campaign
Allied air forces in the western desert continued softening the Mareth line as weather curbed front fighting. Both sides prepared reinforcements for a major clash in Tunisia, with dry southern deserts enabling limited operations and a Rome report noting torpedo bombers damaged off the Algerian coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Western Desert
Mareth
Mediterranean
Algerian
Eisenhower
Republicans Back Rum Tax Plan Faces Floor Battle
On March 15 Republicans pressed for support of the Ruml "skip a year" tax plan with a postponement for floor strategy. The Ways and Means Committee met but did not vote on the 20 percent withholding plan as an alternative. House debate centers on pay as you go and cancelling 1942 taxes as transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House
Ways and Means
Robert L. Doughton
D-N. C
Ruml
Hoover Warns of Degenerating Agriculture Threat to War Effort
Former President Herbert Hoover warned of symptoms of a dangerously degenerating agriculture that could endanger victory and peace. He drew parallels to Europe and urged action, speaking at a Midwest conference convened by Iowa Governor B. B. Hickenlooper and broadcast statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
America
Europe
Hoover
B. B. Hickenlooper
Food shortage fears voiced by corn belt governors
Des Moines reports a one day conference of eight state governors plus delegates warned of a looming national food shortage unless immediate action to relieve farm labor and equipment shortages is taken. Ohio Governor Bricker and Illinois Governor Green urged swift steps to avert a crisis in American agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
America
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Agriculture of
Bourke R. Hickenlooper
H. F. Schricker
Indiana
M. Q. Sharpe
South Dakota
Carnivorous Eagles Force Fawn to Leap From Cliff
State Deputy Game Warden Barton and Leo Finnegan found a fawn near Water Cross springs after a 40 foot fall caused by two coastal eagles circling above. The deer suffered a back injury but should recover, recovered Tuesday at the Les Barton home. Another deer from Basin was moved to a game preserve west of Butte and is healthy again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Barton
Wyoming Street
Barton
Basin
Butte
Leo J. Finnegan
Thomas Avenue
Water Cross Springs
Dewey
Jerry Creek Ridge
Allied planes blast Jap transports in Aroe islands action
General MacArthur reports heavy Allied bombing of three Japanese troop transports near the Aroe islands southwest of New Guinea. Two ships took direct hits and suffered heavy damage while Allied fighters inflicted losses on Japanese troops. Darwin raid by 49 Japanese planes caused minor damage.
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MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Aroe Islands
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations Command
Darwin
Dobo
ICC Ruling Upheld on Railroad Reorganizations by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the ICC in two rail road reorganization plans begun in 1935 under the federal bankruptcy act. One plan excluded stockholders and the other unsecured creditors, affecting about 29.5 percent of U.S. railroad mileage. The Western Pacific plan was upheld in full, while the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific plan was affirmed with two points remanded for settlement. Trading paused on the NYSE as the decision was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
ICC
New York Stock Exchange
Western Pacific Railroad
Justice Reed
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
District Court
Douglas
Long Conflict Forecast by Cordell Hull
Secretary of State Hull endorsed Anthony Eden’s warning that the war will not end quickly. He agreed such conclusions would be premature and said the conflict is likely to be longer than optimistic early estimates. Eden said talks in Washington advance plans for UN conferences on war and postwar world issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Eden
United States
United Nations
Cordell Hull
Washington
Hull
Eden
Wallace
Sec
Prices Run High at Bull Sale in Billings
Prices rose to $2,000 as the ninth annual registered Hereford bull sale opened at the Billings Livestock Commission yards. Emil Sekora sold Bar 13 Jupiter E II to L. A. Luther. The day saw 264 bulls average $309 with top 10 bulls averaging $900.
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Billings
Billings Livestock Commission Company
Emil Sekora
L. A. Luther
Garneill
S. L. Savidge
Seattle
E. C. Leap
Kolin
Lawrence Bauwens
Fromberg
Kharkov Falls to German 25 Division Assault
Russia acknowledges loss of Kharkov to a German force of 25 divisions driving south from Belgorod toward Izyum. Moscow reports evacuating Kharkov on March 15 after heavy fighting as Germans push to secure the Kharkov Belorod rail line around the Donets. Russians meanwhile push toward Smolensk as the front shifts in the northwest.
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London
U.P
Russia
Kharkov
Belgorod
Izyum
Smolensk
Moscow
Germany
Red Army
Donets
Kharkov-Belgorod
Kholm-Zherkovsky
Restaurant Meals to Be Restricted
An Agriculture Department official said a nationwide plan to limit restaurant meals is under consideration. The plan would set caps on meat, butter, canned goods and drinks per meal, with specific limits such as ounces of meat and restrictions on vegetables and beverages, but no decision on voluntary or mandatory status.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
April Ration Point Remains at March Level
The Office of Price Administration announced April ration points for processed foods stay at 48, no general liberalization. Blue stamps D E F totaling 48 points will buy canned and dried foods from March 25 to April 30, with A B C expiring March 31. Consumers urged to budget April points and use remaining March stamps as needed. OPA will study supply conditions to set per item April values once March consumption estimates are available.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Paul M. O’leary
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Automobile Company
Gorr
Brother In Butte
Mareth Line
Tunisian
Murder, Inc
Brooklyn, N. Y
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Emanuel Weiss
Louis Capone
Enoch L
Nucky) Johnson
Atlantic City
N. J
Orman W. Ewing
Utah
Bely
Baturino
Vyazma
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