Roosevelt plans land army to boost farm food output
President Roosevelt announced Chester D. Davis will head a new autonomous food production office to form a land army for farmers. He said 550,000 farm workers are deferred from military service and up to 3,000,000 more could be deferred this year. The war production board will expand farm machinery supply and improve distribution to small plants. Davis will work with Wickard but make final calls to the president.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chester D. Davis
Lewis B. Hershey
Mr. Roosevelt
War Production Board
Office of Food Production and Distribution
Davis
Agriculture Wickard
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Storms Halt Backdoor Aid to China In Burma Plans
DeWitt Mackenzie notes monsoon season will delay a potential allied invasion of Burma. British operations near Akyab are being readjusted as rain and floods threaten the Maya peninsula. A large waterborne attack from India across the Bay of Bengal seems unlikely this year, with North Africa and the Mediterranean route also diverting needed resources.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Burma
Maya
Akyab
Burmese
India
Bay of Bengal
United Nations
Hitler Hin
Idaho Not to Halt Draft
Governor Bottolfsen says Idaho will not halt the draft of farm workers unless the labor shortage worsens. He notes Colorado's move to halt inductions and favors allowing farm boys who have served to get favorable discharge to aid food production.
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Boise
Idaho
Bortolfsen
Legion Observance Dinner Honors Veterans in Montpelier
American Legion and auxiliary marked the 24th anniversary with a dinner dance at the Arrow club. Comdr M Thorf and Mrs Leona Ber welcomed guests as Adjt E L Downing led the program. State Senator F M Williams outlined Boise veterans actions. Mrs Charles Gaskins spoke for the American War Mothers and A J Winters presented record books to outgoing selectees. Lytian Smart won the Casey contest and Dean Hoff spoke for the district oratorical event in Pocatello March 27.
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Montpelier
American Legion and Auxiliary
Arrow Club
M. Thorf
Leona Ber
E. L. Downing
F. M. Williams
Boise
Charles Gaskins
The
American War Mothers
A. J. Winters
Post 63
Lytian Smart
Casey
American Legion Auxiliary
Dean Hoff
Pocatello
Wallace Captain Cyrus Drew Receives DSC and Silver Star
Washington reports Capt. Cy rus J. Drew of Wallace has been awarded the distinguished service cross and the silver star for gallantry in action on Guadalcanal, the War Department announced.
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Washington
Cyrus J. Drew
Wallace
Guadalcanal
War Department
Americans in Axis Hands
In Bern, Switzerland British and American residents in the former Vichy zone of France are reported to have been arrested and moved to Germany. The U S legation has not confirmed the report but notes about 3 000 British and American citizens may have been affected, with most believed to be British.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Germany
United States
Legation
North Africa
Chinatown Greets Madame Chiang After Brief Street Tour
Thousands gather in San Francisco's Chinatown for a formal welcome as Madame Chiang Kai shek begins a four day schedule of speeches banquets and receptions. Officials cite narrow streets as the reason for her brief tour while she thanks the city for the "golden key to the golden gate" of friendship.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Madame Chiang Kaishek
Madame Chiang
America
China
Angelo J. Rossi
Photographer Misses Madam Chiang Kai Shek Photos
Coast Guard photographer Misses chance to shoot Madame Chiang Kai Shek in San Francisco as an American flag passes by impressing him to stand at attention in every frame.
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San Francisco
Harry Learfeld
Coast Guard
Chiang Kai- Shek
Learfield
ODT Freezes Buses to Shield School Transport
Idaho's Office of Defense Transportation orders freezing school buses and any vehicle carrying nine or more passengers from transfers. Assistant state superintendent J C Eddy announced the rule effective March 17 to prevent crippling local bus service as war needs rise.
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Boise
Idaho
J. C. Eddy
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Southard to Get Pardon In Two Weeks
Lyda Southard the Idaho housewife known as Ida Ho s Lady Bluebeard will be fully pardoned in two weeks. The 51 year old will have unconditional relief effective on April 3 1943 and have citizenship restored to resume church life in Nyea Ore with sister Mrs John Quigley. She has spent 20 years in prison and 18 months living under probation after a prior release.
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Boise
Lyda Southard
Twin Falls
Idaho
Lady Bluebeard
Nyesa
Ore
John Quigley
Idaho State
MacArthur Bombers Strafe Ambonia and Rabaul
Allied air forces blasted Ambonia 600 miles northwest of Darwin and Rabaul on northern New Britain. Bombs direct on two cargo ships in Ambonia harbor and fires rising from wharf areas followed. Six hours after the raid, reconnaissance planes reported smoke and waterfront fires near Rabaul.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Ambonia
Darwin
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Russia and Japan extend fishing pact in Kuibyshev
In Kuibyshev Russia and Japan signed a one year extension of fishing privileges in Soviet Far East waters. Izvestia reported the renewal of a protocol dating to 1928 with Japanese ambassador Nao take Bato present. Rentals rise four percent from last extension.
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Moscow
Kuibyshev
Russia
Japan
Soviet Far Eastern
Izvestia
Vice For Foreign Affairs
8. A
Sunday Paper Set to Publish New Point Values
Washington AP reports Sunday newspapers will publish updated point values for processed fruits and vegetables. Observers expect overall lower coupon costs with several reductions and a few increases when the new table is released by OPA officials. Larger cans and packages, especially fruit products, may see lower points while other items adjust.
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Washington
OPA
Russian tanks enter Torogobuzh near Smolensk
AP dispatch notes Reuters report from Stockholm that Russian tanks moved into Torogobuzh about 50 miles east of Smolensk. Also mentions Wyoming governor planning protest over Jackson Hole national monument and De Gaulle Giraud pledge for unified French forces in North Africa. An Amarillo case sentences Dorothy Frisbie to ten years for poisoning 16 month old Johnnie Scott to pursue a love affair, and Malta reports a British intruder plane gunning a Rome suburb railway station.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Torogobuzh
Smolensk
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Secretary of the Interior
Jackson Hole National Monument
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Amarillo, Tex
Dorothy Frisbie
Johnnie Scott
Valetta
Malta
Rome
Bakers Improvise Raisin Bread in Jungle War Oven
In Portland and from the south Pacific, Earl Howlett reports soldiers improvise raisin bread using jungle berries, clay bank ovens, corennut milk, sugar, and salt. The method yields a bread-like result as a wartime workaround.
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Portland
Ore
South Pacific Corp
Earl Howlett
Howlett
Aged Rich County Pioneer Mrs Bryson Dies in Paris Idaho
Mrs Tryphena Fairchild Bryson 96 died in Paris Idaho where she had lived the past four years. A pioneer Rich county settler she survived by two daughters Mrs Eliza Cook and Mrs Margaret Longhurst both of Paris.
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Woodruff
Utah
Tryphena Fairchild
Bryson
Rich County
Paris
Idaho
Eliza Cook
Margaret Longhurst
Army Flyers Visit Kiska Bombers Raid Japanese Base
Army Liberator and Mitchell bombers escorted by fighters conducted four attacks on Kiska in the Aleutians. Hits were reported in the target area and all planes returned. The raids bring this month’s North Pacific outpost operations to 25 with earlier large-scale fire from March 15 and a prior March 24 engagement.
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Washington
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Navy
North Pacific
Army Liberator
Mitchell
United States
American Air Raids Hit Meiktila and Burma Rail Lines
A US Air Force communique reports two days of raids on Burmese targets including the Meiktila airfield and warehouse district. Bombs hit barracks and buildings, a Japanese twin engine bomber was destroyed, and fires started. Subsequent raids damaged rail yards at Maymyo Ava bridge Mandalay and Myitnge. All crews returned safely.
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New Delhi
Burma
10Th
United States Air Force
Meiktila
Assam
Maymyo
Ava
Mandalay
Myitnge
Man Receives Fine And Jail For Public Intoxication
David Armstrong 35 of Shoshone faced Clark T. Stanton for being intoxicated in public. Police said Armstrong chewed razor blades and drank peroxide at a Jerome Cream store, leaving his mouth bleeding. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $10, reported recovery afterward.
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Jerome
David Armstrong
Clark T. Stanton
Armstrong
Jerome City
Anys Cream Store
Russians Push Toward Smolensk Amid Stiffening German Resistance
On the western front the Red Army presses in one sector toward Smolensk while consolidating in another. In the Donets sector battles rage with heavy German counterattacks and Soviet recapture of two settlements. North of Chuguev fresh German forces press as Soviet firepower halts crossings and inflicts mass casualties. In the Kuban valley the Red Army maintains an offensive tempo, crossing a waterway and striking German forces, killing about 200 in a surprise attack.
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Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Donets River
Belgorod
Kharkov
Chuguev
Kuban
Boise Butchers Report Surge in Meat Purchases Before Rationing
Boise retailers describe a rush as customers stockpile meat ahead of rationing. Shoppers typically spend about ten dollars, with one family buying seventeen dollars worth. Butchers work overnight to meet looming demand as deadline approaches and stores prepare for continued high volume.
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Boise
Recruiter Coming Boise Seabee Interview Tour
Chief Machinist's Mate Thomas T Stayton of the Boise navy recruiting service will be in Pocatello April 4 to 11 to interview skilled workers for the navy's construction battalions. Ratings are open to men 18 to 50 based on qualifications and skill. Lieutenant Gittens and Lt. Com. C. K. Weidner will also visit Boise at set dates to interview and recruit for shore patrol and construction battalions.
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Boise
Thomas T. Stayton
Boise Navy Recruiting Service
Pocatello
Seabee
A. Hebert
Stayton
Navy
Gittens
Com
C. K. Weidner
Triplets Arrive at Salt Lake City
Mr and Mrs George N Fordsham welcomed triplet daughters born Thursday. Hospital attendant said the babies are doing well and the mother is in fair condition. Fordsham works as a minute clerk at the Utah house of representatives.
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Salt Lake City
George N. Fordsham
Foodsham
Utah House of Representatives
Enrollment Slump Hits University of Utah Spring Quarter
Registrar Dr. Ronald B. Thompson reports spring quarter enrollment at the University of Utah is about 700 students lower than the same period in 1942.
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Sat Lake City
University of Utah
Ronald B. Thompson
Light Rains Forecast And Seed Growth Notes
Light rains forecast today with gentle showers. Seeds underground respond to sun and air as rabbits appear as wolves in a playful metaphor. Temperatures vary from 36 to 56 with a Friday noon of 50 and sunrise at 7 21, sunset 7 49.
Parity Costs Bill Moves Back To Committee
A bipartisan coalition pushed the farm labor costs parity bill from the agriculture committee by voice vote, sending it back to panel while a separate measure to block government benefit deductions from parity calculations goes to the White House. Administration critics warned the steps could raise food prices and living costs, expecting a presidential veto if the full Senate votes the measures through.
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Washington
Agriculture Committee
White House
Prentiss Brown
Lucas
D. Tl
Senate
Deabs
Brown
Noted Jurist Dies At 73 In California
Los Angeles report confirms Superior Judge Ben B. Lindsey, famed for pioneering Denver child and juvenile court procedures, died at Good Samaritan hospital at age 73. He founded the children's court of conciliation and was known for reforms and controversial stances including companionate marriage advocacy.
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Los Angeles
Ben B. Lindsey
California
Colorado
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lindsey
Henrietta Lindsey
Children’s Court of Conciliation
Denver
Jackson
Tenn
Idaho Grows Seed For War Effort
N. E. Dodd, director of the western division of the agricultural adjustment agency, urges Idaho seed growers to focus on dry peas and beans to boost food production. He notes southern Idaho’s suitability for seed crops and calls beans and peas the poor man's meat aiding troops, allies, and home front.
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Boise
N. E. Dodd
Western Division
The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Oregon
Idaho
Dodd
Allied Forces Break Mareth Line Efforts in North Africa
Allied lines in the Mareth sector push to break the Mareth defenses as Gen. Montgomery’s Eighth Army advances southward in Tunisia. Patton’s U S forces repulse minor German attacks near Diebel Berda and Bou Hamran while maintaining pressure toward El Gueteria Pass.
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Allied
Diebel Berda
Gafsa
el Gueteria Page
Bou Hamran
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Utahn to Die For Murder
Angus Dewey Russell, 46, was sentenced by Judge J Allan Crockett to be executed by firing squad at Utah's state prison on May 22 for the murder of his wife Anna Laura Russell during a quarrel at their home. The defendant asked for delay to April 1 for his daughter’s birth date. the judge declined. Court attaches warned an appeal could push the execution date beyond May. Russell showed no emotion, hands shackled, during sentencing.
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Salt Lake City
Angus Dewey Russell
Utah
Russell
J. Allan Crockett
Crockett
Colorado to Test Draft Authority Over Farm Labor
Governor John C. Vivian directs Colorado draft boards to stop inducting men actually engaged in farming stock raising or dairying. National selective service director Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey will decide on the authority question while local boards continue current policy for agricultural workers.
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Denver
National Selective Service
John C. Vivian
H. H. Richardson
Colorado Selective Service
Richardson
Vivian
Lewis B. Hershey
Colorado
Oper
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