Axis Hold Shrinks North Africa in Tunisian Campaign
Reports say Gabes harbor and shipping facilities were undamaged as Axis forces retreated from Montgomery. Allies would use Gabes as a supply port to cut overland materials routes from Tripoli and Benghazi, while air and sea power press the Axis. Allied raids, including 100 Flying Fortresses hitting Cagliari, damaged 28 merchant ships and 71 enemy planes. Mitch ell bombers hit an Axis convoy in the Sicilian narrows, sinking ships and leaving others burning.
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Tripoli
Bengazi
Libya
Bizerte
North Africa
Rommel
Germany
Tunisia
Dunkirk
Cagliari
Sardinia
Sicilian
Truman leads two way probe into U.S. held foods
Senate committee chaired by Harry S. Truman opens a two way investigation into government food stocks and military needs. Officials say civilian rations must not be crowded by hoarding while ensuring ample supplies for soldiers and sailors.
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Senate’s
Truman
Harry S. Truman
Meat Rationing Announced for Canada in May
Ottawa announces meat rationing at two pounds per person weekly starting May, with meatless days in restaurants, hotels, and public eating places as plans by the dominion price board are implemented. The ration reduces weekly meat by about a half pound.
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Ottawa
Canada
James Isley
Dominion Price Board
Navy appoints two rear admirals in Roosevelt slate
Washington reports President Roosevelt nominated Capt. Joseph R. Redman of Reno Nevada and Capt. Francis Stuart Low of Washington D C to rear admiral in the navy. Redman, now a sea commandholder, was formerly director of communications at the navy department on Adm. Ernest J. King’s staff.
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Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
Joseph R. Redman
Reno, New
Francis Stuart Low
D. C
Redman
Navy Department
Adm
Ernest J. King
Food Subsidy Urged to Aid Poor and Aged
Roy F. Hendrickson of the Food Distribution Administration argues for government cash allowances to low income groups to buy sufficient food. He says the plan would also aid farmers, noting high costs for consumers and inadequate price gains for producers. He suggests extending subsidies to the aged and handicapped.
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Roy F. Hendrickson
Food Distribution Administration
Hendrickson
Postwar Plans Poland Speaks Up Against Quotas
Poland insists on sovereignty and integrity after World War II, warning any power against challenging its borders. Prime Minister Wladyslaw Sikorski, based in London, targets Soviet plans to retain Polish Ukraine and areas near White Russia. He urges an Allied air force to support the Russian front after Tunisia, signaling solidarity and warning of a possible third German offensive into Russia.
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Poland
Wladyslaw Sikorski
London
Russia
Ukraine
Sikorski
Tunisias
United Nations
Solidarity
Civilian Goods: No Further Cuts
War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson said America is producing more goods for war than peacetime needs and can sustain high civilian living standards. He forecast over 80 billion dollars in war goods this year, up from 48 billion in 1942 and 17 billion in 1941, with production growth threatening Axis powers and foreshadowing victory.
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America
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Chicago
United States
WPE
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Europe
Russia War Updates On Fronts And Rubber Drive
In the Smolensk sector Russian gains are measured in yards as thaw and rains hinder progress while in the Northwest Caucasus Red forces threaten a German bridgehead near Novorossisk with Anastasevskaya captured. Donets river fighting east of Kharkov sees German tanks repelled by Red defenses. A retreat near Staraya Russa is admitted. Two events signal progress in synthetic rubber: William M Jeffers testifies on a perfected track tire and rubber production shifts to guayule planting, though he warns the rubber supply remains critical.
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Red
Caucasus
Anastasevskaya
Novorossisk
Naai
Kuban
Donets
Kharkov
Staraya Russa
Moscow
Leningrad
William M. Jeffera
Senate
Rubber Division
Department of Agriculture
Jeffers
Allied air raids stiffen Pacific war campaign
US and Allied bombings hit Kiska Vila Kahiti and Japanese holdings north of Australia while MacArthur’s planes target supply lines between Wewak and Madang and strike Salamaua. Lae and Timika airfields are raided as air power becomes a policing tool for postwar peace. Hoover calls for stripping Axis factories to curb militarism and preserve world order.
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Aleutian Islands
Vila
Solomons
Kahiti
Shortlands
Australia
MacArthur
New Guinea
Wewak
Madang
Salamaua
Lae
Timika
Dutch New Guinea
Army Clarifies Farm Labor Furlough Policy In War Context
Washington Digest reports War Department details on using troops for emergency farm labor and explains why broad furloughs are unlikely. It notes age limits for early discharge options, May and June deadlines, and compares U S practices with England. The piece comments on farmer skepticism, the need for training, and a cautious push toward a national land army amid wartime shortages.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Army
War Department
War Manpower Commission
Continental United States
Martinique appeasement tale and blood donor anecdote
A column recounts a two year standoff over Martinique gold and a failed U S demand for ships. It notes Mrs Roosevelt quietly donating blood, a Seattle Boeing snow stoppage with pay ruling, and draft deferments for government workers. It also praises neutral diplomats and British film casualties, ending with Willard Price’s Truk reveal as state department reading.
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U. S. Department
Honduras
Costa Rica
Salvador
Guatemuala
Nicaragua
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Ned Dearborn
National Safety Council
General Montgomery
Truk
Willard Price
Japan
Pacific
State Department
Reaches War Plants DRAFT for Draft Age Workers
The nation surveys war plants for men of draft age who could be replaced by women or older men. Selective Service officials in Washington, with Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, study inductions for the future. Considerations include fathers, compulsory labor draft, labor hoarding by war industries, and farm workers transitioning to industry.
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War Production Board
Seattle
Boeing Aircraft
Boeing
Washington
Madame Perkins
Statte
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Governor Ellis Arnal joins Victory Garden plan at mansion
Georgia governor Ellis Arnal announces a large Burden on the executive mansion grounds to create a garden. He says his wife and son will lead the gardeners, aiming for a bumper vegetable harvest. The piece notes reductions in fabric types and changes in government canning orders to larger No. 10 cans, with potential efficiency savings in materials and labor.
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Ellis Arnal
Georgia
Victory Gardeners
New Tea Towels Add Gaiety to the Kitchen
An advertisement showcases a new set of tea towels with motif designs including a mixing bowl parade and cutlery dance. The transfer motif features eight designs and a panholder trio of teaspoons. embroidery outlines complete the set. No. 79505, 15 cents, indicates hot iron transfer ordering details.
Regulations on packages to men in the service
Government changes allow sending care packages to soldiers nationwide with overseas restrictions for Army personnel. Navy Coast Guard and Marines receive packages wherever stationed. The preferred gift is Camel cigarettes, based on sales records, with a prompt to purchase from local dealers.
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U.S
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
Army
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