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CODcerniol concerning c c rriB ( GfaBy Germanra Germany's Germanys Germany'sstatus Germanraatatue * * ' atatue status tbe the . , COAL : Raised Railed Prices Price6 PricesWhile PricesWhile While WhUe southern aouthern operators balked balkedat balkedat balkedat at signing slgnln , the new contract callingfor caUlnI calling caUlnIfor callingfor for a nine hour day with pay for43 for 45 minutes minute . travel time . , StabtlbaUon Stabilization StabtlbaUonDirector StabilizationDirector StabilizationDirector : Director Fred Vinson authorl authorized authorizedaverage authorizedaverage ed edaverage average Increases Increase . of 17 1'1 11 ' cents a ton tonfor tonfor tonfor for bituminous bltumlnou . and 83 62 02 cents a ton tonfor tonfor tontor for anthracite coal to cover the extra ex exua exire ua ire wage costs costsFormulated cost costsFormulated . Formulated by Interior Secretary SecretaryHarold SecretaryHarold SecretaryHarold Harold Icke Ickes . and United UnJted Mine Work Worker Worker Worker er Chieftain John L . L . Lewis the new newpact newpact newpact pact was attacked by the southern southernoperators southernoperators southernoperators operators as failing ( > aUing aWng to provide eighthours eight eighthours eighthours hours of production In cases wheremore where wheremore wheremore more than 45 minutes are required requiredfor requiredfor requiredtor for travel Replying Ickes said an announcement announcement announcement nouncement of the new contr contract contractwas contrnctwaa ct ctwas was followed by a record output of of12 12 700 000 tons in one week , tops for 16 30 ! years yearsAlthough Although the price Increase on soft softeoal softcoal softcoal eoal coal averages 17 cents a ton actual actualcosts actualcosts actualcosts costs vary from 10 cents in Alabama Ala Alabama Alabama bama parts of Georgia Georlla and Ten Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee nessee , . and Utah and Montana to to60 50 cents in Michigan and Californiaand California Californiaand Californiaand and part of o1 New MexicoWHEAT Mexico MexicoWHEAT WHEAT SUBSIDIES : Payments SetTo Set SetTo To hold down the price of breadgovernment bread breadgovernment breadgovernment government agencies agenciea moved in twodirections two twodirections twodirections directions with the Defense Supplies Suppliescorporation Suppliescorporation Suppliescorporation corporation announcing wheat wbeat sub sub- sub.idy subsldy subsidy - - . sidy .idy idy sldy payments to millers and the theOPA theOPA theOPA OPA establishing e.tablishing etablishing . flour ceilingsFor ceilingsFor ceilings ceilingsFor For all wheat ground in the Paclflccoast Pactfic Pacific Pactficcoast Pacificcoast coast area . , the DFS will pay 14 centsa cents a bushel Outside of the Paci Pacific Pacificregion Pacificregion c cregion region 10 16 cents per bushel will be begRid bepaid bepaid gRid paid on hard wheat , , 51,2 512 5K 5 % , cents a abushel abushel abushel bushel on soft wheat and f 6 0 cents a abushel abushel bushel on durum wheat wheatAs wheatAs wheatAs As a basis tor for payment DFS announccd an announced anbounced nounced bounced that millers must subtract subtractthe subtractthe subtractthe the current market prices for wheat wheatfrom wheatfrom wheatfrom from the price used by OPA in fig figurlng figwring flguring urlng wring flour ceilings Payments will witU willbe witUbe willbe be made to millers each month withdisbursements wIth wIthdisbursements withlisbursements disbursements lisbursements based on the rate ineffect In Ineffect ineffect effect at the time the flour is soldFlour sold soldFlour [ Flour CeilingsUnder Ceilings CeJ.llng CeJllng CeilingsUnder . $ Under new OPA regulation maxi maximum maximum maxmum ! mum prices were established for allrinds all allkinds allkinds kinds rinds of wheat Sour flour on the millerslevel millers millerslevel millerslevel level with the family tamlly product ranging rang rangIng rangLag i Ing Lag from $3 3 $ $ 70 a hundred pounds In Inwestern inwestern inwestern western Colorado to $3 3 $5 5 $ 23 In North NorthCarolina NorthCarolina NorthCarolinaPrices Carolina arolna CarolinaPrices arolnaPrices Prices on hard wheat flour are aretughest arehighest arehighest tughest highest in the Middle West producing produc producing producLag ing Lag section with Iowa s a ceilings ceillni ' onlow on onlow onLow low and high protein output $131 131 $3 3 $ 31 and and$3 and3 $3 3 $ $ 13 SB 38 per hundred pounds Illinois IllinoisWlsconatn IllinoisWisconsin IllinoisWisconsin Wlsconatn Wisconsin and northern Michigan MichiganS3 $3 3 $ 13 34 and $3 3 $ $ 54 and Minnesota $3 3 $ $ 34 34and 34tad 34and and tad $3 3 $ $ 54 plus a proportional railrate rail railrate railrate rate from Minneapolis MinneapolisDelivered MinneapolisDelivered MinneapolisDelivered Delivered prices on cake flour al'd ald and al'dother ardother ' other > ther soft lOft wheat bakery flour our milled milledIn milledn milledin In n Washington Washmgton Oregon Idaho Mon Montana Montana Monana tana ana . , Wyoming North Dakota Min Minnesota Minlesota Minnesota nesota lesota nesota"Is Visconsin V9sconsin \"Is "Is Is \ " onsln or Iowa were setat .et et set setit . .etat at it (3 3 $3 $ ( $ 87 67 and $3 3 $ $ 77 a hundred hundrt.d hundrtd : . poundsplus pound pounds poundslus . plus ) lus the rail rate from trom Spokane SpokaneIn In other states prices vary from from$4 from4 $4 4 $ $ 14 to $4 4 $ $ 00 90 for cake flour and $310 310 $310tad $3 3 $ $ 10 10and 10and and tad 9 $ $4 4 $ * 31 for tor soft wheat bakery flour JEEPS JEEPSt ? : The flrst first rst used jeeps bave have bavebeen havebeen havebeen been purchased by a Chicago sec secand secand second and hand truck dealer denier He obtained1B obtained 16 18 ot of the sturdy little cars by puttingIn putting in hia his order early He lie intend Intends * to toresell toresell toresell resell them atkirrg askiJTlr asking that customers customerspledge customerspledge customerpledge * pledge to buy at least a thousand thousanddollars thousandJcllur cllar dollars ' : * worth of war bonds perSeep per pereep pereep Seep } eep Seven have already been sold.involving soldinvolving sold sold . . Involvmg involving pledges pledge . to purchate purchase some(50 some50 some $50 50 ( $ O 000 worth of bonds . . . ITALY : Allicy Alllel Alliee , GainRallying Cain Gain CainBallying Ballying Ballylng Rallying under Gen Bernard BernardMontgomery BernardMontgomery's BernardMontgomery's BernardMontgomerys Montgomery Montgomery's Montgomerys ' , cry of On to Rome Romel ! 'Britain's Britains ' Britain Britain's Britains ' , Eighth Elchth army smashed intothe into intothe intothe the eastern anchor of the GermaWl Germans GermaWlwinter Germanswinter Germanswinter winter line In southern Italy , ad advanclng advancing advancing vanclng vancing under cover of heavy artil- artil artillery artil artillery - . lery an and " aerial bombardmentShaken bombardment . . Shaken by the fury of Montgomcry Montgom Montgomery Montgomcry ery cry s a . usual tactics tac cs of massing superlor su au suI superlor auperior perlor perior flre Ore fire power on enemy posItions posItionsand positionsand positionsand I and then moving forward after afterlengthy afterlengthy afterlengthy lengthy barrages the German linesbuckled lines linesI linesbuckled linebuckled * I buckled , . and the Eighth army took tookI tookthe tookthe tookthe I the whole of the high ridge overlook overlookIng overlooking overlooking Ing the tiny Sangro river and its flatvalley flatvalleyThe tIat flat tIatvalley flatvalley valley valleyThe The Eighth army s drive focused focusedon on the Adriatic Adri'aUc AdriaUc ' coastal port of Pes Pea Pescara Peacare Pescara cara care from whence a highway cuts cutsacross cutsacross cutsacross across the Italian ItaUan peninsula to toRome toRome toRome Rome By sweeping northward theI the theBritish theBritish British also threatened to work tothe to tothe tothe the rear of the Germans mountain mountainpo.ts mountainposts mountainposts po.ts pots posts . to the west . . , where Lleut Lieut . . . Gen GenMark GenMark GenMark Mark Clark a II Fifth army bucked buckedagainst buckedagainst buckedagainst against . stiff .UfI UfI defenses defetlses guarding the the85 85 mile road to Rome RomeNation's 4 4.H 4H . H : Nation's Nations Natwn's Natwns ' Finest Flnest FinestHealthy FinestHealthy Healthy apple cheeked young ru rural rural rural ral America met for the 22nd Qatlon gataon Qatlonal gataonal national al 4-11 4 11 4-H H 4 - - H Club congress in Chicagothere Chicago Chicagothere Chicagothere there to hear that the club's clubs ' 1 1700 700000 700 000 members had raised five million millionbushels millionbushels millionbushel bushels * of war garden produce nine ninemillion ninemillion ninemillion million poultry 00 90 000 head of dairy dairycattle dairycattle dairycatUe cattle 000 600 000 head of Uvestock livestock 12 12million 12million 12million million pound pounds * of peanuts soybeansand soybeans soybeansand soybeansand and other legume legumes * and canned 15million 15 15million 15million million jars of products productsIn In addition to their production productionfeats productionfeats productionfeats feats the (00 00 800 ( delegates learned that thatduring thatduring thatduring during the last year 4 H member members memberssold memberssold * sold old or purchased more than $25 25 $ $ 000 000000 000 worth of war bonds and stampsand stamps stampsand stampsand and collected more than SOO 300 000 000pound 000 000pounds 000pounds pounds * of crap scrap * Summerville SummervilleGeorgia SummervilleGeorgia SummervilleGeorgia Georgia s a pretty 17 year-old year old - - HelenLouis Helen HelenLouis HelenLoui Louis * Owings alone sold $009000 009000 $099 099 $699 699 $ 000 in inwar inwar inwar war bondsAt bondsAt bonds bondsAt At the congress were 17 year-old year old yearoldBilly yearoldBilly - - - Billy Sol Sot Etes Estes Estee * Clyde Texas whose whosesix whosesix six years of 4 H work have netted nettedhim nettedhim nettedhim him 128739 $28 28 $ 28 73B 739 and 18-year-old 18 year old - - - - Geneva GenevaDuhm GenevaDuhm GenevaDuhm Duhm who has collected $1 1 $1628 1628 $1628chiefly > $ 1 626 626chIefly C2Bchiefly chIefly in productsSOUTH products SOUTH PACIFIC-Bloody PACIFIC Bloody PACIFIC - . ' Bloody Fighting F"ghtlng Fghtlng FightingThe " The Gilbert Gllberts Gilberts * ours after the blood bloodiest bloodlest bloodlest iest lest fighting tIghting in the marines long his history history history tory attention w was * focused on otherJap other otherJap otherJap Jap outposts in the Pacific Includingtheir Including Includingtheir includingtheir their great naval base of Truk inthe inthe In Inthe the Carolines to the northwest northwestIn In New Guinea Australian troops troopscontinued troopscontinued troopscontinued continued to bea beat t their way through throughthe throughthe throughthe the brushy hills up the east coast coastwhile , , , whl1e while on Bougainville in the Solo Solo- Solomons Solomons Solomons . - mons waves of bombers supportedU .upported upported supported . .upportedU U S 5 marine marines * picking their way waythrough waythrough waythrough through the Japs jungle strongholds strongholdsOn On bloody Tarawa after alter the roa ma roarlnes manines marinea rlnes nines valiant victory Admiral Ches Chester Chester Chester ter Nimltz Nimitz said I have learnedmore learned learnedmore learnedmore more than I ever knew of what wbat theJaps the theJaps theJaps Japs can do Iam I am highly hlgb.Jy hlgbJy . Impressed impressedby by the highly organized defense of ofthis ofthis ofthis this small Island and the large num number number numher ber of troop troops * they had on It I H HIGHLIGHTS I G |