Meat Ration Set at Two Pounds Weekly From March Twenty ninth
Washington AP reports a government ration plan starting March 29 sets meat allowances at about two pounds per person weekly for home consumption. Butter cheese fats canned fish will ration similarly. unrationed items include milk cereals fresh produce bakery and many specialties. The plan aims to balance civilian supplies with lend lease diversions and relies on coupons for most foods.
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Washington
Harold B. Rowe
Office of Price Administration
Wickard
Prentiss M. Brown
America
RAF Raiders Strike At Stuttgart In March Night Raid
The RAF conducted its eighth March night raid on Germany targeting Stuttgart, a key precision engineering hub. Eleven bombers were lost, indicating a sizeable force participated. Stuttgart’s half million population relies heavily on engineering vital to the German war effort. Hours later German raids hit London suburbs, with casualties reported from amid the attacks.
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London
RAF
Germany
Stuttgart
English Channel
Eccles Proposes Heavy Withholding Tax on All Income
Marriner Eccles chairman of the federal reserve board told investors in Chicago that the United States must raise large sums for 1943. He urged a 30 percent withholding tax on all income above exemptions to equal British and Canadian levies and warned failure to redirect income to war could trigger an economic whirlwind. He said taxation now funds only about one third of expenditures and urged congressional action without delay.
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United States
Britain
Canada
Marriner
Eccles
Ogden
Utah
Federal Reserve Board
Central States
The
Investment Bankers Association
Child Struck By Truck In Idaho Town
Wayne Boyack five year old son of Mr and Mrs Bert EB Boyack of 421 South Fourth was treated at St Anthony s hospital for scalp lacerations and bruises after being struck by a northbound truck driven by Bennett Hanson of Shelley Idaho at 547 p m in the 1100 block of South Fifth His father and the boy were near a parked car when the child darted into the street Hanson attempted to brake the tires left skid marks show a 30 foot effort to avoid impact and the boy was released after treatment.
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Wayne Boyack
Bert EB. Boyack
South Fourth
St. Anthony's Hospital
South Fifth
Bennett Hanson
Shelley
Idaho
Hanson
Stickups Choosy INDIANAPOLIS Heist Involves Gir
Two holdup men robbed a cash register of 25 dollars and 25 cartons of cigarettes at an Indianapolis store. They forced the proprietor Gus Ferger to the back room where they examined liquor stocks and, after choosing a whiskey, bound him and departed with a case of liquor. Police were notified.
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Indianapolis
Gus Ferger
Ferger
Ghana
Group Okays 26 Millions For Laborers
Washington notes the house appropriations committee recommends 26 100 000 to recruit and place farm workers under state extension services. The plan funds 350 000 migrant workers including 50 000 Mexicans and enrolls 3 150 000 domestic laborers for seasonal needs. It rejects a 65 075 000 farm program and limits agency control to extension services in cooperation with state services and the U S employment service.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State Extension Services
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
Budget Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
PSA
Agriculture Extension Service
Puerto Rico
Federal Extension Service
United States Employment Service
Commission Meets State Soil Committee
A state soil commission convened with E. N. Nagle of St. Anthony as chair and Dean E. J. Iddings of Moscow as secretary. Members Joe M. Isaacson of Malad and Neil Irving of the extension service attended.
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State Soil
E. N. Nagle
St. Anthony
Dean E. J. Iddings
Moscow
Joe M. Isaacson
Malad
Neil Irving
Extension Service
Germans Evacuate Vyazma in Retreat north of Moscow
German high command announced the evacuation of Vyazma west of Moscow as Soviet forces pressed in the Rzhev-Velikie Luki-Vyazma triangle. Berlin claimed gains at Kharkov while destroying the city’s military assets and sparing the cathedral and hospitals.
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Vyazma
Kharkov
Associated Press
High Command
Rzhev-Velikie, Luki-Vyazma
Moscow
Berlin
DNB
Caty
Napoleon
Smolensk
Stores Remain Open Fridays in Pocatello for Defense Workers
Pocatello stores will open 11 a.m. and close 8 p.m. every Friday starting March 19 to aid defense industry employees. The change follows a Morrison-Knudsen appeal noting up to 30 percent absenteeism as workers need time to shop. The move was endorsed at a joint Retail Bureau and Chamber of Commerce meeting led by J. H. Fullmer.
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Pocatello
Retail Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Fullmer
Fullmer
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Pocatellans
Defense
Nazis Take Most Men From France Amid Labour Draft
Dispatches report Germany’s mobilization of French workers for war industries is draining manpower. Medical exams certify many youths as fit despite illness. France loses prisoners and workers, with 750000 removed by end of 1942, worsening food shortages and sparking anti collaboration agitation.
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Bern
Germany
France
Marseille
Tribune de Geneve
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
The
Tribune
Mild Weather Persists as Spring Tempts Town
The weather editor notes mild days with robins in town and crowds in shops yet laments a toothache. High Thursday 44, low 27, mean 26, near normal. Friday noon 44. Sun sets 7 33, rises 7 45. Forecast remains mild with continued gentle conditions.
Planes Smash Japs On Kiska Island
American bombers and fighters blasted Japanese gun positions and buildings on Kiska in the Aleutians in a heavy, low level attack. A March 10 raid involved Liberator B 24 Mitchell B 25 and P 38 aircraft, with anti aircraft fire but all planes returning. A March 11 effort targeted Kahili Ballale and Vila with minor bombing. results not observed.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
North Pacific
United States
Kiska
South Pacific
Kahili
Ballale
Shortland
Vila
Solomons
Bombers Escort Fends Off Raged German Fighters Over Rouen
United States heavy bombers with allied Spitfire escort repelled German fighters for the second time in a week and attacked railroad yards and oil facilities at Rouen, located 45 miles inland from France's coast.
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United States
England
Rouen
France
RAF says Rommel armor destroyed near Mareth line
Allied headquarters report Western Desert air force destroyed 21 of Rommel's armored vehicles at Ksar Rhilane west of the Mareth line. Initial German assault involved about 30 armored cars, and the RAF notice suggests most of the attacking force was wiped out.
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North Africa
RAF
Western Desert Air Force
Field Marshal
Rommel
Ksar Rhilane
Mareth Line
Forty fur coats stolen in Rupert burglary
Forty fur coats valued at about 8000 dollars were stolen from the Stylecraft shop in Rupert during a burglary that occurred between 8 p m Thursday and 2 a m Friday. Sheriff Fred Abrams office estimated the loss.
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Rupert
Fred Abrams
Stylecraft
House Passes Salary Ceiling Plan to Cut New Deal Limit
The House on Friday approved a measure striking down the administration’s 25 000 after tax salary cap and replacing it with a house crafted salary ceiling plan aimed at curbing executive pay.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
French Raid Seizes Germans Near Ousseltia Tunisia
French headquarters say a raid east of Ousseltia in central Tunisia by infantry and French allied armored cars captured several Germans with no allied losses. In the south French forces repelled an enemy attack at Ksar Rhilane near the Mareth line.
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North Africa
Ousseltia
Tunisia
Ksar Rhilane
Mareth Line
Deferments Granted to Idahoans in War Effort Sectors
Boise idaho 16 115 deferments granted since selective service began in state Lt Col Norman B Adkison executive officer said 70 percent or 11342 went to men in agricultural and livestock industries The farmer and livestock sector is cited as Idaho’s main war contribution Mining and smelting 592 Deferments transportation 388 logging 300 communications 39 and students 461 also listed.
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Boise
Hitler in Seclusion Reported Recovering from Nervous Disorder
The U S state department quoted Secretary Welles saying it had received unconfirmed reports of Adolf Hitler suffering a complete breakdown. A Reuters dispatch datelined London noted Hitler was reportedly recuperating in seclusion at Berchtesgaden after nerve strain.
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Washington
State Department
Adolf Hitler
Welles
Department
Hitler
London
Reuters
Europe
Berchtesgaden
Roosevelt opposes Rum skip-a-year tax plan
President Roosevelt said many high earners would save taxes under the Rum plan and questioned whether overall federal receipts would rise or fall. He cited Treasury figures showing bracketed returns from $10,000 up and said he opposed forgiveness in favor of pay as you go in principle. The president noted Treasury data but did not release names of the top taxpayers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
England
Mr. Roosevelt
Beardsley Rum
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Italy Claims Successes In North Africa Front
The Italian high command reported to Rome via AP that allied armored thrusts in Tunisia were repulsed by Italian artillery and air power. They acknowledged the loss of an Italian submarine with most crew saved, and noted torpedo planes struck three steamers near Bone Algeria. Allied raids on Tunis area caused civilian deaths and injuries. Pine Palermo bombings killed three and 10 injured with damage to civilian buildings.
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Associated Press
Rome
Tunisia
High Command
Bone
Algeria
Tunis
Palermo
Sicily
Sportsmen Center Meeting on Duck Stamp Proposal
The Bannock County Sportsmen's Association will meet at 8 p m Friday in the council chambers of the police station with officials from the state fish and game commission present. They will discuss raising the federal duck stamp price from 1 to 2 dollars and John Dahlstrom, president, urges all members to attend.
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Bannock County Sportsmen's Association
State Fish and Game Commission
John Dahlstrom
Yankees Hit At Rommel Supply Lines
Allied bombers and fighters began softening Rommel positions and supply routes in north Africa as British and American ground forces repelled three Von Arnim attacks in north Tunisia. RAF Boston raids targeted the Mareth line while US bombers hit axis sea lanes. twelve axis planes were destroyed and seven allied aircraft went missing.
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North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunisia
Tamera
Sedjenane
von Arnim
Western Desert
Mareth Line
Lend-Lease Extended as Roosevelt Urges Offense
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending the lend-lease act for one year as the United Nations pledge greater aid for war effort. The Senate approved 82 to 0 and the House 407 to 6. Roosevelt said lend-lease strengthens unity for a just, lasting peace and aids the Axis defeat. Maxim Litvinov praised the aid to the Soviet Union as enormously helpful.
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Washington
United Nations
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Union
Family Escapes Martinique Misery by Fishing Canoe
George Lardaux, a former Martinique citizen, and his wife and eight month old child fled the French island, saying supplies were scarce and conditions were terrible. They crossed the 24 mile Martinique channel by night to reach here with others seeking refuge from misery and shortage of essentials.
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Castries
ST. Lucta
B.W
Martinique
George Lardaux
Lardaux
Nazis Report Capture of Kharkov and Vyazma Front Moves
Berlin broadcast claimed Nazi forces reoccupied Kharkov Ukraine while Soviet sources in London said Vyazma near Moscow fell to the Red Army. The Soviet communique listed ground losses and a major Western front storming of Vyazma with units and materiel reported.
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Berlin
Kharkov
Ukraine
Vyazma
Moscow
London
Red Army
Vassily) Sokolovsky
International Information Bureau
Interational Information Bureau
DNB
Associated Press
Raiders Bomb French City
U S army air forces heavy bombers pounded Rouen railway yard and oil tanks in daylight. Spitfires accompanied the strike to deter German fighters as Allied planes passed over Calais and Boulogne. Casualties reported after a southeast coast bombing.
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London
United States Army Air Forces
Rouen
France
Stuttgart
English Channel
Calais
Boulogne
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
Hastings
Newcastle
Lutakers Return from Pacific Circuit Trip
Mr and Mrs Mike Tateker return from a two week Pacific trip tied to business aims. The couple visited locations described as benefiting from the voyage and engaging in local commerce during their stay.
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Mike Tateker Rave
Lutaker
Bieak
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Philip, Jr
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Rose
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Arnim
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