McNutt Deliberates Army Size and Farm Labor Plans
McNutt told the Truman committee the United States may need a large armed force but warned a huge army at home could sap morale. He discussed sending units to farms and the tension between mobilization and civilian control, stressing submarine activity and ship logistics as key limits. Other officials noted gas, transportation, and automotive use in Washington as part of wartime efficiency measures.
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Secon
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Department of Agi
Milan
Wickard
United Nations Attack Plans Reported For 1943 Campaigns
A Western Union sourced briefing notes that leaders map grand strategy for 1943. The article mentions Stalin and a French read on a military accord, with plans to push Germans from Russia and coordinate offensive campaigns. Official communique from Casa details preparatory moves and separation of planning teams.
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United Nations
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Strategy On a High Plane
The Casablanca meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill defined Allied grand strategy with secrecy and resolve. The talks signaled a new North Africa Mediterranean theater and eventual cross channel plans, awaiting spring offensives. Generals de Gaulle and Giraud reached a French unity outlook, though full political merger remained distant as Allied commands planned rapid Axis defeat.
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Roosevelt
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Africa
Mediterranean Basin
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
French Africa
Rallying Cry for Russians Spurs Red Army Drive
Stalin exhorted Russians to expel the German invaders in a Moscow radio order, rallying the Red Army as it advanced on Kursk Kharkov and Rostov. Front reports say Axis losses rose to about 40 percent, while UN air and sea supply lines to Russia strengthen with improved protection and cooperative Allied support.
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Kursk
Kharkov
Rostov
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Leningrad
Caucasus
United Nations
Farm Picture Incentive Plan expands payments to farmers
Secretary Wickard announced a new incentive plan offering about 100 million dollars in subsidy payments to soybean grain and other crops for meeting expanded production goals. The program pays extra per acre beyond 96 percent up to 110 percent of goal, intended to boost crop output for war needs.
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Claude Wick
WUS
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Ben Wekard
Highweights and Savings Reported in Office Efficiency
The weekly news notes savings under the Office Free Ady strat with costs dropping to a few cents per year per user. One example shows sugar costs down to seven cents per pound from 35 cents wartime. Joseph B Eastman urges defense transport to prepare mileage curta ment plans, requesting operators with 10 or more vehicles to submit three plans.
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Chester K Hayes
Chicago
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Ein Pale
Rationing Begins with Five Ton Limit Per Person
The Office of Price Administration sets a five ton per person limit on canned vegetables and fruits at rationing start. Households exceeding the limit will have coupons torn from their ration books equal to the excess, using one eight point coupon per extra can per person. small cans under eight ounces are excluded.
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Office of Price Administration
Dispute Over Synthetic Rubber Priorities Reaches Capitol Hill
Washington drafts a clash between Rubber Administrator Willam Jeffers and military officials over steel priorities for synthetic rubber plants. Jeffers accuses army and navy expediter delays while Donald Nelson concedes a rift in government. Congress to investigate. Roosevelt likely to arbitrate.
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Lend Lease Extension Sought in Congress
Congress debates extending the Lend Lease Act for another year to maintain war materials flow to Allies. Republicans predict approval despite expected clashes over Hopkins policy. Bloom introduced the measure after Stettinius reported eight billion dollars in aid distributed from 1941 to 1942. Patterson in Chicago urged a postwar reverse selective service to aid job placement and demobilization.
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United States
Harry Hopkins
So! Bloom
Edward R Steltimus
Robert P Patterson
Chicago
Patterson
War Department
Revolt in Marseilles as French resist Nazi evacuation order
Angry residents in the old port district of Marseilles fortified homes and confronted German troops who ordered evacuation. Nazi authorities, citing defense against a possible North Africa invasion, deployed tanks and infantry to enforce the move.
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Frances
Three American airmen honored in solemn harbor vigil
A vivid wartime tableau recalls three American airmen Ed ward Mallory Vogel Tenocesce Jaal Goldberg and Edwin J Slpawski buried side by side under a Protestant chaplain priest and a rabbi amid flags and prayers. The piece links their sacrifice to a broader call for unity against bigotry and for freedom, noting the diverse return of heroes from New York Waukegan and Tennessee.
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Tenocesce
Jaal Goldberg
Mrome
New York
Edwin J Slpawski
Wau Kegan
San Busan Harbor
Bronx
Tennessee
Waukegan
Thase
Old Glory
Cherch
Hillside
Teeming
Talih
Camel Cartons Popular Gift to Armed Forces
Armies retain a salute as a sign of identity from knightly days and Camel cigarettes have become the favored long distance gift. Service stores report Camel as the top selling brand while dealers promote Camel cartons sent to servicemen anywhere, a popular token of support.
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Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
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