Sweeping Labor Bill Is Offered
A broad labor measure to bar any union rule that interferes with full manpower use moves to the House military committee for hearings. Rep Smith says it would curb foremen unions in war plants and would amend the selective service act to suspend handling for violators during the war.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Congress
Representative Smith
D-Va
Military Committee
Smith
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
Wilson
National Labor Relations Board
Foremen’s Association of America
General Motors
Detroit Diesel
War News Interpreting Two Submarine Campaigns
The piece notes Secretary Knox warning of a formidable Pacific threat from Japan and highlights Allied efforts against two submarine campaigns in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. It stresses the critical phase of the wolfpack battle and its impact on war duration, with continuation on Page 3.
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The
Atlantic
Knox
Japan
Pacific
Brit Subs Sink 8 Enemy Ships
British submarines in the Mediterranean sank eight enemy ships and damaged a ninth over ten days, with four large supply vessels, a medium tanker, a small supply ship, a naval auxiliary and a minesweeper among those sunk or damaged. The German report claimed heavy Atlantic convoy fighting continues.
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London
U.P
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Naval Auxiliary
High Command
Berlin
Priority rating for petroleum carriers announced in Chicago
Fred Poehneh of the OCD division of motor transport said on Friday that after March 31 motor carriers of petroleum will receive a priority rating equal to the military for purchasing maintenance operating supplies and repairs.
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Chicago
Fred Poehneh
OCD Division of Motor Transport
F D R urges Senate on postwar planning and peace
President Roosevelt urged the Senate to express willingness to join with other nations to maintain future peace. He said formal conferences on economic and financial postwar planning may begin, starting with a two month deadline for a food production and distribution study. He downplayed language but supported a world showing U S readiness to help sustain peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
United Nations
Ball
R-Minn
Burton
Ohio
Hatch
D-N. M
Hill
D-Ala
House Approves Farm Labor Bill
The House passed a farm labor cost inclusion bill amid veto threats. It requires parity calculations to include increases since 1909-14, a change supporters say helps farmers compete, while opponents warn it could fuel inflation and raise prices.
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Washington
House
OPA
Leon Henderson
McCormack
Massachusetts
Representative Pace
D-Ga
Pace
Sabath
Rules Committee
Freeholders Urged to Register for City Referendum Vote
Freeholders must register by 5 pm today to be eligible for the special referendum at the city general election. County Clerk Addis A. McGrath notes those registering today can vote only on the referendum regarding a $1 per day wage increase for city firemen and policemen, not the city election itself.
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Butte
Addis A. McGrath
Railroad praise from Col. Johnson on war traffic miracle
Col. J. M. Johnson of the Interstate Commerce Commission praised the nation’s railroads as a miracle of transportation for meeting unprecedented war traffic demands. He spoke in San Francisco as the rail system faced heavy wartime freight and passenger needs.
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San Francisco
Railroads of the Nation
Col
J. M. Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Confiscate Ration Cards Warn Workers in Norway
German authorities in Norway were reported by the Algiers radio to seize ration cards of workers who refuse to sign contracts to work in Germany.
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London
U.P
Norway
Algiers
Germany
Germans Push Russians Back Americans Capture El Guetar
Allied air action in the Pacific reports four direct hits on a Japanese submarine in Lae harbor New Guinea. Porlock Harbor raid by fifty Japanese planes with no Allied casualties is noted as Allied command tallies air strikes near Buna and Cape Nelson region.
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el Guetar
Don Caswell
M’arthur
Australia
U.P
Lae
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations Command
Porlock Harbor
Tufi
Cape Nelson
Buna
Papua
U. S. Battleship Beats Off Japs
Washington reports another U. S. battleship repelled a large Japanese air raid. Antiaircraft guns shot down over one quarter of about 40 planes, with the ship remaining undamaged. Navy officials touted major increases in gun production and firepower since Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
U.P
U. S
W. H. P. Blandy
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Blandy
Pearl Harbor
Thomas L. Gatch
South Pacific
Navy
American Airmen Press Attacks on Japanese Bases
U S Army airmen in the Solomons carried out three raids on Japanese positions using Flying Fortresses and Dauntless dive bombers. Targets included Ballale Kahili and Vila in the Shortland island area and central Solomons, with Vila fire started by Dauntless planes. No results reported and all U S planes returned safely.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Army
Solomons
Navy
Kiska
Aleutians
Ballale
Kahili
Shortland Island
Vila
Dauntless
Grumman
U. S
Nationwide survey shows 10 million acre rise in 1943 crops
A Federal Crop Report indicates American farmers will plant about 10 million more acres to food and feed crops in 1943, a 3.5 percent increase over 1942. Bigger plantings are seen for corn potatoes sweet potatoes tobacco sorghums dry beans peas flaxseed soybeans peanuts and related feeds, while wheat tame hay rice and oats stay near last year. Weather could affect harvests, but meat milk and eggs output is expected higher.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Wickard
Crop Board
Youth Arrested for Extortion Against Film Star Betty Grable
FBI agents arrested 18 year old Rus sel E Alexanderson, a former Omaha high school student, for extortion against film star Betty Grable. A blond double was used to trap him at Gower street and Santa Monica boulevard near a studio. The double carried a dummy package said to contain five thousand dollars demanded in a March 9 letter.
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Hollywood
U.P
Betty Grable
Russel E. Alexanderson
Omaha
Neb
FBI
Alexanderson
Gower Street
Santa Monica Boulevard
Miss Grable
Gower and
Gasoline and Coffee Coupons Expire March 21
Butte war price board warns holders of gasoline A book No 4 coupons and War Ration Book I Stamp No 25 for coffee expire at midnight Sunday March 21. Gasoline No 4 coupons cover four gallons. Stamp 25 covers one pound of coffee. Stamp 26 becomes valid Monday. Tire inspections must be completed by March 31. Stamp 12 sugar expires May 31.
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County
Butte
U S Forces Press On In Rain Through North Africa Action
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports American troops seizing El Guetar 73 miles northwest of Gabes and pushing east despite heavy rain and floods. Patton’s forces reach El Guetar beyond Gafsa while Italian labor corps fortifications are upgraded. British and Mont gomery's Eighth Army adjust fronts near Mareth. Air raids on Naples Syracuse Noto in Italy. British subs sink seven ships in the Mediterranean.
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North Africa
el Guetar
Gabes
Guetaria Pass
Rommel
Jebel Berda
Jebel Chemsi
George S. Patton
Gafsa
First Army
Tamera
Bizerte
Bernard J. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Naples
Syracuse
Noto
Sicily
Mediterranean
Admiralty
London
Americans Fire Heavy Raid Over Germany Deepen Penetration
U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators pounded Bremen Vegesack submarine works 15 miles northwest of Bremen in a ten hour strike, downing more than 25 German planes and damaging or destroying 19 buildings. Two American bombers were lost. The Vegesack works produce 500 ton submarines and the raid marked the deepest American penetration into Germany with strong ground and air opposition.
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London
Vegesack
Bremen
U. S
Germany
Focke- Wulfs
Messerschmitts
Junkers
North Sea
Gladwin Hill
Associated Press
Reuters
Europe
Army Reservists at Montana State to Report for Active Duty
MISSOULA March 19 Army enlisted reservists at Montana State University will be ordered to active duty April 8. Dean Earl Miller says the War Department notified him and the group includes juniors in the advanced ROTC and unassigned men from all classes. Air corps reservists are not affected. Seniors graduating have not yet been ordered but are expected to be inducted soon. All must return by April 6 for orders and transportation before being sent to an undetermined location April 8.
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Missoula
Army
Montana State University
J Ear Miller
Army Services
Dean Miller
War Department
Advanced Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Army Air Corps
French Patriots Ignore 'Appeal' In Haute Savoie Stand
French patriots resisting forced labor conscription ignore a last appeal from Vichy as Gardes Mobiles block all routes to Haute Savoie. Italian and German troops remain active in the region while Swiss reports note guerrilla bands and Vichy police guarding villages to cut supplies.
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John A. Parris
London
U.P
Gardes Mobiles
Haute Savoie
Vichy
Suisse
Solon Proposes Bill to Abolish Jackson Hole Monument
Rep. Frank A. Barrett Republican from Wyoming introduces a bill to abolish the Jackson Hole national monument designated earlier in the week. He argues the 221,000 acre area is excessive and not intended by Congress. Wyoming officials including Governor Hunt call the action arbitrary and oppose it.
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Washington
Frank A. Barrett
Lusk, Wy
Jackson Hole National Monument
Wyoming
Barrett
House
Congress
Rhode Island
Teton National Park
Jackson Hole
Hunt
Soviets Lose Two Towns in Donets Area
Moscow reports the loss of two inhabited places on the Donets front after a German counter-offensive powered by tanks infantry and air force. Germany claims Belgorod was captured on the Moscow railroad. advances threaten to outflank Russian lines from the north near Volchansk and Kharkov.
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Donets
Samuel D. Hales
London
U.P
Russia
Donets River
Germany
Belgorod
Kharkov
Moscow
Volchansk
Chuguyev
Kharekov
Butte High Schools Fourth Annual Symphony Band Opens
Butte high school musicians directed by H J Schiesser delivered a captivating show Friday evening. The first presentation of the fourth annual symphony band and orchestra concert drew a capacity crowd and received resounding applause at the close of the overture.
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Butte High School
H. J. Schiesser
High School Concert Promises Full House For Return
Pictures on Page 3 tra and re echoed large high school auditorium at an conclusion of every number. This evening at 8:15 o'clock the students will return to the same Stage to present the second per formance, again assured of a full house as every ticket available has been sold. On Sunday afternoon the student musicians, dancers, Continued on Page 6, Col. 3.
Baldwin Testifies He Cannot Remember Shooting Wife
In his trial for assault with intent to kill, Morrison Baldwin tells the jury he cannot recall firing at his former common law wife last June. Dr. McMahon notes possible insanity from worry and drink, while Baldwin describes his past and the moment he allegedly acted with a pistol at the railroad yards.
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Stella
Morrison Baldwin
Baldwin
E. S. McMahon
McMahon
Baldwin Wordy
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