Davis to Head New Food Administration Agency
President Roosevelt drafted Chester C. Davis to head a new food production and distribution administration within the Agriculture Department. The move consolidates wartime food efforts and aims to stabilize farm prices amid opposition to higher parity costs. Davis will leave the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis to assume duties Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve
Prentiss M. Brown
Congress
Pace
D.-Ga
Senate
Lucas
D.-Ill
Brown
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Administration of Food Production and Distribution
White House
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Davis
Federal Reserve Bank At
St. Louis
Farm Magazine
Montana
Labor and Agriculture
Mme
St. Louis Reserve Bank
Farm Measure Delayed Amid Senate Opposition
The Senate postponed a vote on a House approved parity price bill after strong opposition led by McNary and Reed. Brown warned the measure would lift food prices by about 17 to 18 percent, costing consumers billions and pressuring wage increases, while delaying hearings to Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Lucas
D-Ill
Representative Pace
D-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Prentiss M. Brown
Bankhead
Dala
Brown
Reed
R-Kan
Farm State
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Industrial Scrap Setup Changes in Montana
The Montana Industrial Salvage branch has been reorganized to include only members tied to Montana industrial plants. The War Production Board Denver office oversees the shift, renaming the group Montana's Industry Committee for Industrial Salvage, with a salvage manager in each plant and leaders L. T. Todhunter and E. S. Boerstler guiding the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
War Production Board
Denver
L. T. Todhunter
E. S. Boerstler
WPB
State Board
Reorganized Board
James H. Dickey, Jr
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
E. McL. Tittman
American Smelting and Refining
Senate Action Lifts National Debt and Salary Ceilings
Senate and House moves nullify the salary ceiling and raise the debt limit to 210 billion dollars from 125 billion. The measure repeals the president's salary cap and faces a possible veto amid Treasury warnings of nearing the limit and a planned April war loan drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
House
Treasury
Ways and Means
15000 Pound Grease Drive Mobilizes Butte Students
The Butte public schools coordinate a grease collection today in Butte and Silver Bow county with a 15000 pound quota. Hundreds of children will collect fats from households prompting residents to contact nearby schools for pickup. The fats campaign ties into a national effort involving 11000 salvage committees to supply glycerine for war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Silver Bow
Dren
Point Value Changes Promised for Canned Fruits and Vegetables
The Office of Price Administration announced a forthcoming table of reduced point values for processed fruits and vegetables. The new chart will be available Sunday in newspapers and at post offices Monday, with April 1 effective changes after initial experience with rationing. Meat and fats values will also be updated. meat stamps remain valid through April 30, with carry-overs between weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Greeks Prepare for Invasion
London dispatch reports the Greek government having shifted most operations to Cairo and strengthening its army there in anticipation of an Allied Balkan invasion this year. Tsouderos, King George II, and war ministers have HQs in Cairo and plan to follow Allied forces into Greece after Tunisia ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Parris
London
A.P
Cairo
Emmanuel J. Tsouderos
George II
Tsouderos
War
Navy
Greece
Athens
Salonika
Vichy
Madrid
Erwin Rommel
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Tsonderos
Battle Opens on Rum Tax Plan in House Floor Fight
The House debated the Rum plan with Doughton calling it immoral and "super monstrous." Knutson defended the no abatement bill as guileful while Clare Boothe Luce proposed canceling taxes for 1942 up to 25 000. Compromises and doubts over enacting the plan dominated the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Doughton
D-N. C
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Knutson
R.-Minn
Clare Boothe Luce
R.-Conn
Gearhart
R.-Cal
House
Spanish Officers Are Interned After Flight From Spain
About six high Spanish officers including two generals were interned in Portugal after escaping by plane from Spain where they faced arrest following a plot against Generalissimo Francisco Franco. They opposed Franco’s plan to restore a monarchy. Details on the plot’s development or discovery were not available. The officers arrived in Portugal on March 14 in two military planes from Seville.
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New York
Portugal
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Seville
Ground donation boosts Butte garden drive
A 230 by 140 foot plot on Gilman Street joins existing soil for the Butte victory garden campaign. Charles Thurston lends land. Rocky Mountain Garden club to lease with legal plan through 1945. Boy Scouts and Mrs. Brady lead efforts. seeds to be planted when weather permits as community gardening moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
South Butte
Gilman Street
Rocky Mountain Garden Club
Gilman
Kennedy
Kennedy, Carter
Sampson
Charles Thurston
Gilman Avenue
Frank J. Roe
Thurston
Butte Creamery
Brady
Herbert R. West
Vigilante Council
Boy Scouts
Jack Healy
Japan and Russia Sign Fishing Privileges Protocol
London reports Japan and Russia signed a 1943 protocol extending Japanese fishing privileges in Soviet far eastern waters. Prices rise four to five percent in gold from last year, per a Moscow broadcast. Sato, Japanese ambassador, and Lozovsky, Soviet vice commissar, signed in Kuibyshev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Japan
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
S. A. Lozovsky
Naotake Sato
Kuibyshev
Moscon
Japanese Positions at Kahili Bombed
Army Flying Fortresses and Navy Avenger torpedo bombers from Guadalcanal attacked Kahili and bombed a small enemy boat in the Shortland island area. A fire was started at Kahili but boat results were not observed. all U S planes returned from the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guadalcanal
Kahili
Shortland Island
Navy
U. S
Weather Forecast: Small Temperature Change With Showers
A small temperature change is expected with showers on Friday and early Friday night. Thursday’s high near 50 and low around 27.
Flood Situation Growing Worse in Butte Area
Flood conditions in Butte worsened despite intensive city and county effort as spring runoff from heavy snow caused streets to flood to more than three feet. Over 100 basements damaged, water shut several streets, and sewer basins overflowed in Silver Bow Park and surrounding additions.
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Butte
South Side
Homenistes
Jack Healy
Frank Curran
Silver Bow Park
Hamilton
Floral Park
Race Track
Daly Additions
Harrison Avenue
Farragut
Stewart Street
Amherst
Grand Avenue
Locust
Argyle Street
Healy
Battle Smoke Veils Mareth Line as Patton Troops Advance
American forces under Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. push across the Tunisian Mareth line veiled by smoke after claiming the last mountain barrier to the 28 mile coastal plain. Reports say they are within a few miles of Mezzouna as German lifelines bend under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mareth Line
George S. Patton, Jr
Mezzouna
Allies tighten grip as El Alamein push continues
Allied forces press the German defense at El Alamein with air superiority and heavy bombardment. Rommel faces mounting pressure as the Eighth Army breaches weaker fortifications and advances toward the south and coast while German uneasy high command signals a possible breakthrough in news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Information Bureau
London
Genereral Montgomery
Eighth Army
Rommell
el Alamein
Egypt
Rommel
Megzzouna
Allies Bomb Two Japanese Ships
Allied airmen hit two large Japanese cargo ships at Amboina and bombed Rabaul with one ton and other explosive payloads. Liberators participated in raids on both targets, with intense anti air fire but no fighter interceptions. Smoke rose 3,000 feet above burning wreckage as fires burned along the harbor front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Haugland
Allied
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Amboina
Rabaul
New Britain
Colorado Governor Orders Draft Boards Not to Induct Farmers
Governor John C. Vivian of Colorado, citing farm manpower shortages, ordered state draft boards to induct no more farmers, dairy workers, or livestock raisers. He argued the action is legal and necessary to protect food production despite federal law.
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Colorado
Denver
U.P
John C. Vivian
Armed Services
Vivian
Agriculture Department
Gover
Selective Service
Bila
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Chester Davis
William T. Peacock
Vital Agency
Lakes
Daly
Jay G. White
Francis M. Lemay
Butte Garden
Richard M’murray
Associated Press
Amboina Island
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