Pork shortages, strikes, and price pressures ripple wartime economy
War era notes report hog slaughter records and easing harvests, with pork prices rising as OPA debates rationing and stamp use. Labor unrest grows with 120 November strikes and 1,000 daily shortages before Christmas, while Lend Lease pork shipments and beef output shift to meet global demand amid storage limits and policy changes.
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War Food Administration
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Red Army Forges Deeper Into Poland in 1943 War Latest
Southwest Pacific dispatches describe jungle fighting on New Guinea with U.S. troops advancing to Cape Gloucester and Arawe while Aussie forces push toward Madang. An Allied air and artillery push clears jungle defenses as ground forces secure beachheads, with Allied ships bombarding western Europe and bombers widening the strike against German targets. A local note reports the status of marine ace Gregory Bayington known as Pappy after his downing of his 26th Japanese plane and a missing person status update in Okanogan Wash.
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Strikes and Hog Market Signals From Labor and Livestock News
The report notes almost 16 million working days lost to strikes in 1963, with 857,091 workers in 3,737 walkouts, doubling the 1942 totals. Hog shipments reach 476,500 today against 275,400 last year, amid crowded midwestern markets and low pork prices. Packings houses in Chicago employ 200 soldiers from a nearby labor camp to assist amid tight labor and weather concerns.
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Plaster Defenses Hit Across a Wide Front in Europe
Allied bombers hammered German defenses and industries across western Europe as invasion preparations proceed. In Italy bad weather limited progress while Germans reportedly deepened fortifications north of present lines. US and British aircraft targeted Kiel and coastal areas, and German rocket sites along northern coast were reported.
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Italy
Kiel
Channel
Aong
Nazia
Tangle over Poland as Russia presses east front advance
Russia deepens assault into pre-war Poland with reported territorial gains on the eastern front. Polish government in exile warns of diriyain parts of the country as Gen. Vatutin deploys forces southwest to trap Nazi units. The Dnieper bend figures into the drive amid tensions over White Russian and Ukrainian claims, with U S support sought for Poland’s government in exile. Prime Minister Stanislaw Mikolajzyk voices the retention case.
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Poland
Nicholas Vatutin
Dnieper
War profits reform sparks clashes over contract repricing
A debate on curbing excessive war material profits focuses on two proposed exemptions. Senators from Massachusetts Illinois and others oppose exempting standard commercial articles and machine tools not used in war goods. They warn such carveouts would shield firms with repeated high priced orders from price repricing.
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Aix
Vagaries of White River redraw township boundary
In Marion county Indiana the White river changes have shifted the boundary between Decatur and Perry townships. Decatur township authorities will close two offices due to lack of funds. Power company property is no longer within the township tax base to raise revenue. In New York state farm groups report 210000 farm jobs last year with only 3 percent being regular farm hands. Naples Italy hosts eleven Allied public health detours to combat typhus as the disease spreads.
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Perry
Marion County
New York
Atate
Txphos
Naples
Italy
Prohibition Debate Centered on Bill to Regulate Alcohol Sales
Prohibition supporters and opponents mobilize as Congress prepares hearings on Bryson’s bill to ban beverages over 4 percent alcohol. Rep Emmanuel Celler reportedly led a $20 million lobbying push in Washington while anti- prohibition groups keep a low profile, urging Roosevelt to declare prohibition a wartime measure under his powers.
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Congressional Committee
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College Football No Deaths Reported in 1943
Dr Floyd R. Eastwood of Purdue reports no fatalities in college football for 1943, noting earlier years had higher counts due to equipment and quality concerns. He cites nine school football fatalities that year and suggests helmet innovations used in the military could reduce head injuries, urging grid officials to consider crash helmets.
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Floyd R. Eastwood
Purdugh
Eastwood
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Grid
Chicago bids to host both parties conventions in 1944
Chicago hopes to host the Democratic and Republican national conventions with about 19,000 visitors expected. Local business groups pledge up to 150000 in support to defray costs, aiming to attract both parties and keep trains on schedule with large sleeping car capacity.
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Chicago
New York
Canadian Wheat Imports Rise For Feeding Season
Canadian wheat imports are set to supplement US supplies with an estimated 100 to 150 million bushels to be brought in due to rail constraints and Great Lakes freezing. Government sources note total feed concentrates reach 169 million tons while dairy and poultry regions improve their feed, yet shortages persist in drought‑hit south central areas and the northwest.
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Canada
Great Lakes
Northweat Range
Soldiers Vote Urges Uniforming White Congress
The piece reports a wrangle over whether federal or state authority should govern soldier voting. In 1944, the War and Navy departments urged absentee ballot distribution by service and federal officials, with ballots mailed by the service and acknowledged by an officer no lower than sergeant. Voting material would cover all carriers, and ballots sent by mail. the Army and DAVY would assist soldiers, yet primary wartime duties remain paramount.
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War and Navy Departments
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Army
Navy
DAVY
Rail Traffic Breaks Records Across Freight and Passenger Activity
Rail traffic last year set new records with freight load 14 percent above prior peak and passenger volume up 58 percent. Average freight per train reached a record, with carload figures of dl tons, and average passenger per car exceeded previous highs. An increase in revenue of about 2 percent is anticipated.
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Toe Nations Ratroade
Vo Ume
J Tiftors
Wartime Reality and Political Ambition in 1943
A reflective column critiques overextended Allied war effort and troop deployment, noting only a fraction of the army has seen action in Europe and the Pacific while urging decisive future action. It also sketches a young lawyer’s political ascent from county board to state legislature, highlighting local tax disputes and property-development interests that shaped early career success.
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Poli Ten
County Board of Supervisors
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