Senate Receives Lend Lease Bill in Wartime Aid
The Senate received the House passed lend lease extension. Administrator E R Stettinius Jr reports total lend lease aid now at 9.632 billion with 1.977 billion in goods shipped in the quarter ending March 1. House approval came amid GOP opposition to a final accounting rider.
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Senate
House
Washington
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Lend Lease
Congress
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
Allied push in Tunisia drives back German forces near Sedjenane
Allied headquaters report Detachments of Col Gen Jurgen von Arnim attacked Sedjenane three miles northeast of Tamera with dive bomber support but were repulsed with heavy losses. Allied advances toward Gafsa continue as Eighth Army watches Rommel at the Mareth Line. Eight Axis aircraft shot down, several air fields bombed and menacing German positions hit as patrols intensify.
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North Africa
Jurgen von Arnim
Sedjenane
Tamera
Gafsa
Metlaoui
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Mareth Line
Tunisia
al Aouina
la Marsa
Tunis
E Aauina
Stalingrad
Jurzen von Arnim
Russia
Rommel
Axis
Royal Navy
von Arnim
Muni 3
Senate Rejects Blanket Farm Deferment Plan in Senate Vote
The Senate votes 49 to 32 against an O Mahoney farm deferment bill that would use a unit system to exclude essential agricultural workers. A Johnson proposal to liberalize deferments and erase the unit system advances as a substitute, while Bankhead and others push for blanket farm worker deferments.
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Washington
Senate
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Johnson
D-Cole
Secretary of Agriculture
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Republicans In House May Vote For Ruml Plan
Washington March 11 The House Republican steering committee backed the Ruml plan to abate a year of income taxes and shift 44 million taxpayers to pay as you go Leaders predicted an overwhelming GOP vote in favor while minority opposition held firm The Ways and Means Committee rejected all cancellation proposals and set July 1 as the start for a 20 percent withholding on wages and salaries transferring the dispute to the House floor
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Washington
House
Republican
Martin
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Broadsley Rum
New York
Carlson
R-Kas
Gearhart
Rcalif
Bingo Night and Oyster Deal Promo
Continued on page 3 with a community notice for Sarah Zane Fire Co bingo Thursday night at 8 30 door prize 100 dollars. Oysters every Friday 85 cents a quart offered by Adam Ritter dial 4956 after 3 15 pm at 315 N Kent St.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Adam Ritter
Dial
Kent St
Public sale notices and bingo event details
Public sale listing for S. M. Chiles to be held Friday March 12 1943 at 10 am at Swimley Warehouse Clark Street featuring household goods rare antiques and tools. Also notice of Friday bingo at 8 30 pm with 250 prizes by Rouss Fire Co.
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S. M. Chiles
Swimley
Clark Street
Rouss Fire Co
Firepower Over Weight Defines Tanks Says Army Leader
Major General Levin H. Campbell argues that firepower, not bulk, determines a tank's value. He bets 60-ton heavy tanks will vanish from war by war's end, noting American 60-ton designs were abandoned for maneuverability. He cites four mobile guns able to pierce German armor and says tanks exist only for firepower.
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Levin H. Campbell
Tunisia
Campbell
Winchester Frederick Chapter Red Cross War Chest Nears Goal
The Winchester Frederick Chapter of the Red Cross aims to raise a $16,000 war chest and has secured $5,250 so far. Workers visit business houses and homes to solicit contributions, with several stores already enrolled at 100 percent. Donations may be left at Red Cross headquarters in the old J C Penney buildings and nearby department stores.
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Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
J. C. Penney
Ty Leggett
Baylass
Losses In Africa Are Substantial
Secretary of War Stimson said Allied forces in Tunisia had the better of the fighting last week but warned that both sides suffered substantial losses. He noted more than 1,000 German and Italian prisoners taken and over 100 Axis tanks destroyed. The heaviest American losses came in mid February 14 20 with 59 killed 176 wounded and 2007 missing.
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Washington
Tunisia
Stimson
North Africa
Only American Officer's Wife In Little America in London
Mrs. Bryan Conrad, wife of Lieutenant Colonel Conrad, is described as the only American officer's wife in London’s "Little America" in a Manchester Guardian article. The piece highlights Grosvenor Square's expatriate enclave with embassies, offices, and American military presence, noting Conrad’s long overseas service and delayed passage to England.
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Bryan Conrad
America
Conrad
London
Manchester Guardian
Britain
New York
British Information Service
Star
Rose McDonald
Grosvenor Square
Eisenhower
West End
Sir Philip
Park Lane House
Sassoon
Chicago
Quartermasters’ Exchange
England
McGuire
Lewis Remarks Are Disputed By Mine Owners
Charles O Neill spokesman for northern bituminous coal operators said today the union wage demands would not be accepted as stated. He defended management view that profits do not warrant the proposed increases and warned against mine disruption during wartime. The union led by John L Lewis sought a $2 daily raise and an $8 minimum in a one year contract to replace the March 31 expired pact.
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New York
Charles O'Neill
Northern Covered
O'Neill
Lewis
John L. Lewis
Um.w
Appalachian
President Shows Solicitude For Magazine Editor
At a White House social for 117 newly elected lawmakers, President greeted Rep Clare Boothe Luce wife of Time editor Henry Luce and served beer cheese crackers cigars and cigarettes. Freshmen Democrats and Republicans alike left amused and reportedly more receptive to the President’s tone.
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Washington
Henry
United States
Congress
House
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Henry Luce
Time Magazine
White House
Stephen Early
Rowe
Ohio
Farmers anxious over hog price ceilings boost marketings
Chicago dispatch notes farmers seek current hog prices as fear of government ceilings rises. Officials reportedly weighing a 14.50 to 15.00 per hundred pounds cap while hogs sell near 15.50 in Chicago, the highest since 1920. Traders doubt lasting effect amid past ceiling swings.
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Chicago
Washington
Wickard
Office of Price Administration
America
Radio Station At Bremen Stops
London reports the Bremen Germany station went off air at 12 43 pm during a political review without reason. Other German stations continued broadcast. Berlin station halted last night. Stockholm dispatches cite heavy anti aircraft fire at Copenhagen. German raids hit the English coast with bombing and machine gun fire causing casualties.
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London
Bremen
Germany
Berlin
RAF
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Denmark
Sweden
RAF Raids Hit German Industry Hard in 1000 Bomber Campaign
Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that the RAF has wrecked over 2,000 German factories and left more than 1,000,000 homeless. He cited Essen raids as possibly the heaviest strike yet and noted 4,000 tons of bombs dropped this month, with steel capacity cut by 1,250,000 tons annually.
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London
RAF
Europe
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Essen
Krupp
Sinclair
The
Reich
Cologne
Ruhr
Saar
Germany
Phillips Radio
Eindhoven
Holland
Standley Report About Same As Quoted By Press
Sumner Welles said Standley spoke in his personal capacity when telling Moscow reporters that Soviet people were kept ignorant of American aid. Welles noted Standley’s text differed little from press reports and stressed no recall was being considered at this time.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
William Standley
State Department
United States
Moscow
Russia
Standley
Welles
Admiral Standley
Ambassador Standley
Fighter Planes Repel Japanese Attack in Pacific Skies
American fighters repelled a ten-ship dive bombing raid and twelve fighters targeting Henderson Field in Guadalcanal as Japanese forces pressed in the Solomons. In the north Pacific, bombers struck Kiska in the Aleutians with US planes returning safely.
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Washington
Solomons
Navy
North Pacific
Kiska
Aleutians
Henderson Field
Guadcanal
United States
South Pacific
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Munda
Vila
Ickes May Announce Gas Ban Decision Today
Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes said at a press conference he might announce a decision on the western Pennsylvania gasoline situation later today. He would not discuss the decision. Representatives from 25 western Pennsylvania counties asked on February 11 to remove the counties from the Eastern Seaboard rationing area.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Western Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Seaboard
Chicken Egg Production and Local Selective Induction Report
Mrs. Lee A. Smith reported February’s chicken flock averaged 18 eggs daily totaling 42 percent of a dozen per day with two days at 23 eggs. Frederick county selectees were delayed. 44 men, including three transfers, traveled to Richmond by bus after a late departure from Winchester.
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Lee A. Smith
Purcell Avenue
Frederick County
Winchester
Richmond
Fierce fighting as Red Army encircles Vyazma region
Soviet forces tighten the Vyazma encirclement and reach 15 miles from Staraya Russa as Isa kova falls. Red Army reports heavy German counterattacks and continued pushes west of Gzhatsk toward Smolensk while skirmishes disrupt rail lines and bridges.
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Vyazma
Isakova
Vyazma-Kaluga
Gzhatsk
Red Star
Red Army
Bryansk
Igvestia
Semeon Timoshenko
Dem
London
Kharkov
Coffee Rationing Returns to Half Pound for Five Weeks
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown announced a temporary change restoring coffee rations to one half pound per person for five weeks from March 22 to April 25. The No. 26 coffee stamp in Book 1 will cover sugar and shoes as well, reflecting a 16 percent increase tied to February imports exceeding estimates and boosted by improved inventories. The move, supported by the Army and other agencies, aligns with OPA policy to ease rationing constraints.
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Washington
Prentiss Brown
Brown
OPA
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John H. Higgins
Ruml
Francis M. LE May
Washington, M
Red Cross War Chest
Red Cross War Fund
Africa
R.A.F
Pacific
By Eddy Gilmore
Smolensk
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