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Volume Llll
Berlin Reports
BigLudendorff
Span Blasted
Americans Record New
Advances Along Rhine;
Village Battle Scene
Paris, March 14 (IB Berlin
claimed -tonight that German
. planes had destroyed the Luden
dorff bridge over the Rhine into
the Remagen bridgehead, where
American irst army trooDs eain.
ed almost a mile In several sectors
today.
On both the northeastern and
southeastern curves of the Rhine
bridgehead the Americans ad
vanced almost a mile. In the cen
ter, tney lought in the streets
of a tiny village about a mile from
the Kuhr-Khincland superhigh
way. A nazi broadcast tonight quoted
a war correspondent, Dieter Men
ninger, as reporting from the
western front:
Nazis Give Report
"The enemy must build emer
gency bridges across the Rhine In
order to continue to bring up more
reserves into tne bridgehead,
r since our own air force finally
destroyed thp hriHcrn at Pomncy.
en.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
troops anchored the north flank
of the bridgehead with the cap
ture of Honnef and a thrust of
nearly a mile through the wooded
highlands northeast of that town.
As the First army slowly but
steadily expanded the Remagen
pocket across the Rhine, a dis
patch from the U. fe. Seventh ar
my front indicated" that the Ger
mans might be withdrawing in
the Saar basin and the south
western triangle of Germany
lormea by the Rhine ana Mosel
rivers.
Fight In Streets
Late reports from First army
headquarters said the nearest ap
proach to the superhighway east
of the bridgehead was just north
of Kaienborn, a village five miles
'.,-Dortheast of -the Rhine bride -and
a little oVer a mile from the high
way. The Americans were fight
ing in the streets of Kaienborn
itself.
Other units pushing eastward
1500 yards in the area beyond
Ginsterhahn, five miles southeast
of Remagen, cut the second of
two secondary highways between
the Rhine and the superhighway.
Airfields Target
TheTJ. S. Ninth air force struck
three German atr fields in the re
gion of the bridgehead. Fifty
seven German planes were de
stroyed. The blows contributed to
the diminishing air pressure on
the bridgehead.
Fighter -bombers spotted 500
German vehicles west of the
Weullscheld air field, a mile east
of the superhighways and five
miles northeast of Honnef. A
First army dispatch said some of
the vehicles were moving east
ward, and others were parked.
Army Engineers
Seal Rhine Bore
With U. S. Ninth Army on the
Rhine, March 14 HP) The easiest
route to the east-bank of the
Rhine Is through a coal mine 900
feet below the river bed. But no
one is going to use the passage
from either side for a long time.
German miners, supervised by
U. S. army engineers, sealed up
the tunnel Sunday after a weird
brush with nazi patrols beneath
the center of the river.
The Diergardt-Mevissen coal
mines have six shafts sunk on
this west side of the Rhine near
Essenberg, south of Homberg,
and a seventh across the river in
Duisburg. Coal formerly was de
livered through the west bank
etinftp I... ... i ,:..! it-
it,, uul wui iters living un uie
east side of the river used to
enter througli the Duisburg shaft,
and a 3,000-foot tunnel was dug
to connect the different shafts.
The tunnel is a little more than
six feet high and about nine to
12 feet wide. A diescl-engined
train runs through it to haul coal.
The passage is hardly wide
enough to permit the movement
of an invading army. But it's
wide enough to suit German pa
trols and spies, so right now it
is sealed up tightly.
Weather Men on
Army First Lines
Washington, March 14 IP
Army weather men are operating
under fire within a mile of the
front lines in Germany, it was
learned today.
Their forecasts are used to in
crease the accuracy of our artil
lery fire, aid in the laying of
smoke screens, and provide know
ledge of ground conditions for
tanks and infantry movements .
Heavy Snow Falls in H ills;
Major Routes Remain Open
Drifting Conditions Reported on Summits;
High Winds Whip Bend; Road Report Given
The Cascade summits were swept by a heavy snow storm
in the night and this morning, depositing new snow ranging
in depth from 10 to 14 inches, according to reports received
at the offices of the state highway .department here. High
winds were causing the snow to drift, and plows were in
operation on the Willamette and Santiam highways. While
the highways were open to traffic, slick conditions were re
ported, and motorists were advised to carry chains.
Wind that visited Bend in the night was followed by
. snow showers which left a
Takes Over
A
f. .J:
Maj.-Gen. Willis H.' Hale, above,
of San Francisco, now com
mands U. S. Army Air Forces
in the Pacific areas and becomes
deputy commander of the 20th
(Superfortress) Air Force. He
succeeds Lt.-Uen. Wlllard F.
Harmon, reported missing on a
flight to Hawaii.
Governor Signs
PUD Measure -
Salem. Ore.. March TJ"tfl1
The "PUD" bill, which limits the
expansion of people's utility dis
tricts, unless a vote of the people
oi me area to De included ap
proves, had been signed into law
today by Gov. Earl Snell. The bill
can-ies an emergency clause. .
The bill, (SB 62 Chessman)
was introduced early in the ses
sion, and passed the house only
last week. It had been held in the
house utility committee for study
and attempted Incorporation of
amendments to conform with ob
jections to the bills.
The amendments, however, did
not meet the approval of the com
mittee, and only two were tacked
on by the house.
The first gave additional re
view powers to the hydroelectric
commission over PUD purchases;
tne otner removed the provision
limiting payment of agents to
money raised by ad valorem
taxes.
U.S. Army Day
Set for April 6
Washington, March 14 IP)
President Roosevelt, proclaiming
April 6 as army day, today called
on American civilians for greater
war production efforts.
He issued a proclamation ask
ing special honors for soldiers on
army day.
I also urge the civilians of this
nation," it said, "to renew their
energies for the task of supply
ing our army with every neces
sary implement of war to the
end that final victory may be at
tained as speedily as possible,
and to resolve that the peace
which follows victory shall be
firmly sustained."
Nazis Report New Crossing of Oder River
By Russians Only 37 Miles East of Berlin
London, March 14 IP A front
dispatch to the Moscow newspa
per Pravda said today that the
red army has smashed across the
Oder river beyond captured Kues-
tnn on the direct road to Berlin,
less than 37 miles to the west.
Berlin's famous defense quadri
lateral based on Kuestrin lies in
ruins and its picked SS defenders
are fleeing west in disorganized
retreat, Pravda said.
The dispatch was the first re
port from a soviet source that the
Russians have forced the Oder
at Kuestrin and were driving
down the last lap of the main
Warsaw Berlin super highway
and railway.
Nazi reports said Marshal Greg
ory K. Zhukov has poured nine
divisions 135,000 troops of his
First White Russian army into
brideeheads across the Oder be-
tween Kuestrin and Frankfurt-on-Oder,
18 miles to the south, for
.
the climactic assault toward Ber-
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carpet an inch deep over the
city. The forecast was f on-
continued snow showers to
night and tomorrow with
colder weather in the extreme
eastern portion of the state.
The winds of last night caused
temporary disruption of electric
service, and a tree was blown
down at the corner of Eighth and
Marshall streets, stalling traffic
there.
Road Report Given
Reports to the highway depart
ment before noon told of a con
tinued heavy snow fall along the
mountains, with the fall diminish
ing in the north along the Wapini
tia highway. Detailed reports
were given as follows:
On The Dalles-California high
way, snowing, and with 12 inches
of new snow at Sun mountain and
six inches at Fort Klamath.
Willamette highway: snowing
hard with snow packed east of
the summit; 10 inches of new
snow, making a total depth of
58 Inches.
Santiam highway: snowing
hard and drifting, with 12 Inches
new sncw at the junction and 14
inWr,0f new snow at the sum
mftrrA. total depth of 36 inches
of snow was reported at the
junction.
Wapinitia highway: snowing
lightly with packed conditions
throughout the area; 10 inches of
new snow and a total depth of
50 inches.
Bend workers employed at the
Brooks-Scanlon camp near Tuma
lo were unable to reach the log
ging operations today, owing to
slick road conditions.
fvtexic a n Wo r1c e r s
Due This Month
Portland, Ore., March 14 iip
The first of 16,000 Mexican farm
workers scheduled to be on north
west farms by the peak of the
harvest season, are scheduled to
arrive the last part of March, it !
was aiiiiuuiiteu luuay Dy me lori
land WFA office of labor.
Of the 1279 workers due to
arrive early, Oregon farmers will
get 417, Washington will get 782
and Idaho wul receive 80.
Oregon's total seasonal allot
ment is 5,000 workers. Idaho will
receive 5,300 and Washington gets
6,000.
Crippled Bombers
Use Bases on I wo
Washington, March 14 (IP) Iwo
Jima is already playing a valu
able role In the B-29 raids against
Japan.
An official naval spokesman
said "quite a number" of crippled
Superfortresses have made emer
gency landings on the first of the
island's captured airstrips.
tne knowledge that there is a
friendly spot about half way along
the route to Japan has caused a
big lift in morale among the B-29
crews," he said.
BILLS APPROVED
Salem, Ore., March 14 IP A
bill to prevent motorboating in
certain lakes in Deschutes and
Lane county received "do pass"
recommendation of the senate
Joint fish and game committees
today and will appear on tomor
row's calendar.
lin. Frankfurt lies 33 miles east
of Br'in- , ,
(FCC monitors said German
broadcasts placed the Soviets:
wunin a raiies oi tscrun. A uer-
man Transocean dispatch said
the German commander of the
Berlin defense zone had ordered
"resistance to the last" and was
training Berliners in the use of
machine-guns for the capital's
"biggest hour."
(Transocean said the command
er ordered Berlin defended with
fanaticism, imagination, "a n d
every deception and trick." Bomb
craters and debris left by allied
a r raids "may well become a clas-1
sic ground for close combat with !
a foreign invader." the dispatch j
r-iavuas iruni corresponuent
saia nussian iorces
streaming
Rrlln ,,- r-hr- v., -." v.. I
- . v v. ij t 1 1 1 u oii-iiL i
of allied war planes bombing the
capital.
The dispatch said the Germans !
Yanks Step Up
Drive on
In Philippines i
1 - i
41st Division Meeting j
Stiffer Resistance in ; J
Campaign on Mindanao)
By H. . Quiff - r"
(Unltnl Pmi Wr Correspondent) ..'i ;
Manila, March 14 ttPU-Tank-.
paced American troops swept up
four more villages on Mlndana$
and stabbed more than two milefc
inland from Zamboanga todar
against Increasing Japanese re
sistance. '
At the same time other Amert
can forces stepped up their cam
paign on Luzon. They cut tht
main Japanese line east of Mart
Ha, cleared the entire western
shore of Laguna bay and re"
opened Batangas bay to U.'SL
shipping. -j
The mountain ground offer
sives on Luzon and Mindanao
largest strongholds of the Japan
ese in the Philippines, came al
American bombers opened a cam
paign to neutralize the 180-mile
long Sulu archipelago stretching
from Mindanao to oil-richi Borneo.
Liberator bombers began the at)
tacks with a 53-ton raid on Sanga"
Sanga and Zettel airdromes near
the southern end of the lslanq
chain.
Beachhead Expanded I
Veteran fighters of the 41st dw
vision fought behind tanks against
Japanese machine-gun ana mor
tar fire to expand the beachhead
around Zamboanga at the south
western tip of Mindanao, second
largest island in the Philippines.
A cluster of four more villages
Canelar, Sinonog, Pitogo and
Santa Maria were seized just
north of Zamboanga and the
troops last were reported more
than two miles beyond the city.
As the Americans continued
pursuit of the Japanese into the
hills fringing the northern out:
skirts of JVolfe and San Roqufc
airfields, a communique said the
Japanese were increasing their
resistance with mortars ;and
machine' guns.
Japs Compressed
The Japanese, rapidly being
compressed throughout the Philip
Dines by U. S. troops and guerillas,
also were fighting stubbornly but
futiley on Luzon-
Elements of the U. S. sixth divis
ion, behind an artillery bombard
ment and an aerial cover, punch
ed a one-mile hole through the
strongly defended Japanese line
east of Manila. '
The thrust near Mount Mataba,
12 Vfe miles northeast of the capital,
cut the enemy's main north-south
communication and supply route
running through the honey-comb
ed hills of the Maraklna water
shed. First cavalry division units si
multaneously nipped off the end
of the Japanese line by opposi
tion after a 16-day battle.
1 Killed, 2 Hurt
In War Action
One Central Oregon soldier was
killed, and three others wounded
in action, according to informa
tion made public today by the war
department. Each occurred in the
European theater of war, accord
ing to the report.
Pvt. Claude M. Miller, son of
Albert E. Miller of Gateway, Jef
ferson county, was the fighter
who was killed. Those injured In
action are:
Pfc. Edmond H. Ashton, hus
band of Mrs. Dorothy W. Ashton.
Prlnevllle; Capt. Albert H. Cook,
husband of Mrs. Eva M. Cook,
Madras, and Pfc. John H. Sill, son
of Mrs. Jack Casey, Prineville.
had flooded a vast area west of
Kuestrin in a vain attempt to
stem the soviet onslaught. Spring
thaws forced the Oder and its
tributaries over their hanUa nnrt
nazi troops Increased the Inunda
tions by opening the sluice gates
of numerous canals.
Masses of soviet Infantry and
artillery were reported streaming
across German Pomeranla toward
the Oder in endless columns. All
vehicles were emblazoned with
"To Berlin" and "To Stettin."
"Never have the snow-covered
fields and forests of Pomeranla
seen such quantities of machines,
tanks and guns, such a great
termined, well - organized army
moving an avalanche of troopT,"
Ernst
Von HamiHW Hnrmin
DNB commentator, said the Rus-
. '""t i.auncnea a new offen-
j, he pe'rimeVer o? the" Geman
:nocket snuthwmir r,t kv,i..i
Hivp nn nnth aiHn. -r : .
in uaai Prussia.
Japs
Rivers and Dams in Allies' Path
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Map above shows rivers that cut through the north German plain
in the path of Allied advance toward Berlin, and some of the
many dams in those streams which Nazis may blast to impede
Allied progress.
Red Cross Quota Near Goal;
Headquarters to Be Closed
Cloverdale Home Economics Club Turns in
Over $137; Reports From Stores Are Awaited
''Quota
$22,300
Received to Date
$15,811.76
. With the revelation today that only $6,487.24 remained to
be collected to complete the American Red Cross Fourth War
Fund drive in Deschutes county, it was reported that the
Junior chamber of commerce Bend headquarters in the Cham
ber of commerce offices will be closed tonight. Further dona
tions should be turned in to the Red Cross headquarters in the
Bank of Bend building, according to Harold Gentry, city drive
chairman. ,
In announcing the closing of the city headquarters tonight.
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Lt. H. L. Tolley
Victim of Japs
Lt. Herbert L. Tolley, son-in-law
of Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Ander
son, 521 Harriman street, was
killed in action in Manila on Feb.
13, according to word received to
day by the Andersons. Lt. Tolley
was in command of a tank pla
toon when he became a victim of
the Japs, according to the report.
Lt. Tolley had a number of
Bend friends, and was here during
the army maneuvers In 1943. A
native of Yuma, Ariz., Lt. Tolley
leaves a mother there.
Before taking part in the Inva
sion of Manila Lt. Tolley was sta
tioned for some time at Bougain
ville. In December 1943, Lt. Tolley
married Maxine Anderson in
Cleveland, Ohio, and left shortly
thereafter for the south Pacific.
Maxine is a yeoman 1c in the
Spars, and is now stationed at
Cleveland, Ohio.
Control of Movie
Prices Is Studied
Washington, March 14 (111
The senate banking committee
thinks price controls on movie
tickets are not necessary.
Chairman Robert F. Wagner,
D., N. Y., said after an executive
session today, that the committee
considers OPA administrator
Chester Bowles presented "no evi
dence to justify his request for
legislationto put OPA price con
trols on movie admissions, ball
games, concerts and other amuse
ments.
Bowles will lie Invited to tell his
story to the committee in person
next Tuesday, Wagner said.
Bowles asked for the legislation
yesterday in a letter to Wagner.
The senators read it today. It
said movie admission prices had
gone up 38V4 per cent since Juno,
1941. One-third of the increase,
Bowles said, is traceable to taxes.
11 Ton Sky Bombs
Used by British
London, March 14 mi The
Royal air force dropped 11-ton
bombs on rail targets in northwest
Germany today In the first use of
the giant missiles, the biggest
bombs In the world.
The air ministry announced the
existence of the 22,000 -pound
bombs soon after the first were
dropped on Germany in a spec
tacular Innovation in the aerial of
fensive against the relch.
The monster bombs dwarfed
those previously known to be in
use. The giant strides in air war
fare were exemplified by the fact
that the new bombs nearly doubl
ed the weight of the six-tonners
which heretofore topped the list.
mi
,0W STETT.1
ERMANY
Balance
$6,487.24
:-?Bruce G Hirer t.. Deschutes
county drive chairman, paid
tribute to the members of the
Jaycee auxiliary and other
women who staffed the head
quarters since March 6.
"These women gave unselflshl'
of their time, and blaved a most
important role In this drive," Gil-
oert saia.
Quota In Sight
Staff workers devoted a large
portion of the day in telephon
ing business firms and reminding
mem to turn in their contribu
tions. Gilbert said that he felt
confident that after these returns
have been received and reports
are made from Sisters, Redmond,
Lapine and rural districts the
quota will have been reached.
One of the larger contributions
to the fund came from the Clov
erdale Home Economic club, lt
was announced. Giving a Red
Cross benefit dance, the club
raised $137.28, it was reported.
Clarence Sager
Killed in Action
Word has been received from
the war department by Mr. and
Mrs. F. J. Duryoe, 1363 Harmon
boulevard, that their son, Pvt.
Clarence E. Sager, was killed In
action in an advance near Brrle,
Luxembourg, on January 5. He
had previously been reported mis
sing. Pvt. Sager entered service April
7, 1943, going overseas In June,
1944. He was In the quarter
master division of General Pat
ton's Third army until December
18, when he was transferred to
the 101 infantry of the 26th divis
ion. This was known as the Yan
kee division.
Pvt. Sager was born August 22,
1923, in Pasco, Wash., and receiv
ed his schooling through his high
school freshman year there. In
1938 he came to Bend with his
family and finished high school
here, graduating in 1941.
On March 25, 1943, he was mar
ried to Mary Elizabeth Esson, who
at that lime was a primary teach
er at Kenwood. Mrs. Sager made
her home with his parents, and
continued to teach here until last
year, when she accepted a con
tract to teach In Medford.
Clarence, or "Styne", as he was
more commonly known, had a
wide acquaintance in Bend.
Aside from his parents and his
wife, Clarence has one brother,
Wallace Sager, of Bend.
.IAP GARRISON TARGET
Chungking, March 14 (Ui-Eight-er
planes of the U. S. 14th air
force yesterday hit the Japanese
garrison headquarters, storage
houses and railway bridges at
Langson, Indo-Chlna, it was an
nounced today.
5
Solid Blanket of Fire Visible
125 Miles Distant Reported
Following Big Raid on Osaka
Vast Area of Three Big Jap Cities Razed
In Successive Blows By Fortress Crews on
Nip Mainland; Fliers Tell of Destruction
' By E. G. Valens
(Unltctl Praia Wnr Correspondent)
Guam. March 14 (U.E) A solid sea of flame visible 125
miles away burned out five square miles of Osaka, Japan's
biggest war production center, today in the third great super
fortress raid in hve days on the enemy homeland.
A 21st bomber command announcement also increased the
areas leveled in the two previous mammoth fire raids to 17
square miles in Tokyo and two square miles in Nagoya. :
That made a grand total of 24 square miles of Japan's
three largest cities destroyed in the past 96 hours an area
greater than all New York's '
Manhattan island or Jersey
City.
(A Japanese imperial head
quarters communique record
ed by United Press in San
Francisco claimed that 11 Su
perforts were shot down in
the Osaka1 raid and 60 dam
aged. Crashes Reported
(Tokyo broadcasts also assert
ed that several of a group of
B-29's which "invaded" Fukushl
ma prefectures in southern Japan
had crashed Into the Shlraga
mountain range "and the bodies
of the occupants were strewn
all over the mountainside.)
The Japanese claimed that 11
Superfoitresses had been shot
down and about 60 damaged in
the raid on Osaka. -
In the latest attack, more than
3 0 0 Superfortresses converted
the center of Osaka, second larg
est city in Japan, into a holocaust
with more than 2,300 tons of fire
bombs. Bombs rained down at the
rate of 400 tons an hour for three
hours in the pre-dawn darkness.
The flames enveloped war
plants turning out guns, tanks,
explosives and other vital weap
ons,, as-well as business blocks,
city buildings and thousands of
flimsy dwellings. Ninety per cent
of the buildings in the 10-square-mile
target area were of wood
and plaster construction.
Fires Charted
"The fires seemed a lot closer
together than at Nagoya," tail
gunner Cpl. William G. Reed of
(27 Granada avenue) Long Beach,
Calif., said. "On our way out, we
saw some really terrific flames."
Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Power of
Ft. Worth, Tex., commander of
the Guam-based contingent, also
said the fires wore "very concen
trated." "Men in an observation plane
got the Impression of a solid mass
of flames," he said.
A Japanese communique ac
knowledged that some fires still
were out of control 10 hours after
the start of the raid. It said the
B-29's bombed blindly from above
clouds and damaged "various
plants in the city area."
The giant raiders ran Into stiff
anti-aircraft fire and a blinding
network of searchlights, but fight
er opposition was meager. Only
one plane was lost to enemy ac
tion. More Penicillin
Reaches Portland
Portland, Ore.. March 14 (U'
Enough penicillin has arrived
here to take care of all civilian
needs In the northwest, lt was an
nounced today by the Frank Nau
pharmacy of Portland, distribu
tors of the "wonder drug."
the shipment included enough
penicillin to treat 2,000 cases and
will be distributed to hospitals,
clinics, doctors, and individuals on
prescriptions over an area includ
ing Oregon, southern Washington.
Montana and Idaho.
Nation Faces
All Better Grades Disappear
Chicago, March 14 tli Better
get a good mental picture of
those three-inch steaks and Juicy
roasts that used to line the butch
er's counters, because they won't
bo in style again for a long, long
time.
Producers, wholesalers and re
tailers agreed gloomily todav that
civilians might just as well re
sign themselves to empty meat
counters. It may be months, they
predicted before fresh meats re
turn to the market.
The current meat shortage,
they said, Is the worst since the
war began and Is widespread as
it Is acute.
A United Press sui-vey revealed
that in nearly every section of
the country the better grades of
meat-beef, pork, veal and lnmb
had virtually disappeared. Even
cold cuts and canned meats were
almost non-existent.
Spokesmen for the American
Meat Institute cited four reasons
for the shortage:
NO. 84
Laborite Extends
Phiirrhill Annlnnv
NSiiuiviim rifwiwy I
London, March 14 (U") Prime
Minister Churchill challenged
Laborite Richard Stokes in com
mons today to repeat a charge
that he had lied about the quality
of British tanks, and Stokes apol
ogized. Stokes gave the He to Churchill
last night' during commons debate
on British tanks. A bristling
Churchill rose in the house today
and invited Stokes to repeat "his
exact words here and now." He
observed that Stokes had made
the charges without giving him
notice and in his absence.
Admits Error
: Stokes admitted that he had
been guilty of using "unparlia
mentary language," apologized,
and said he was ready to concede
that he might have engaged In a
"terminological Inexactitude."
Then Stokes reiterated : his
charge that both commons and
the country had been deceived In
statements regarding the quality
Of British tanks. After his apology
"In saying that, I Wish to "make
It perfectly clear that I do not de
part from the substance of what
I said. Both this , house and the
country have been deceived."
Dog Owners Told
Licenses Are Due
Authorities today warned that
dog owners must get their an
nual license before April 1 or be
assessed a penalty. Licenses until
that date cost $1 for male dogs
and $1.50 for females. On March
31, the rate goes to $1.50 for
males and $2.00 for females, ac
cording to City Recorder George
SimervlIIc.
Licenses may be obtained either
at the city hall, county clerk's of
fice or at police headquarters, it
was said.
According to Slmerville, only
105 licenses have been sold thus
far, and it Is estimated there
are approximately 500 dogs sub
ject to licensing.
Slmerville also called attention
to the fact that a city ordinance
requires that ail dogs be tied up
between April 1 and July 31.
Shortage of Cigarets
Also Noted in Japan
London, March 14 UP -Things
are really getting tough In Japan.
The nazi transocean agency re
ported from Tokyo today that be
ginning March 20 the Japanese
will get only three cigarets a day.
The ration was reduced from
seven because of production and
transport restrictions.
Meat Shortage;
1. The lowest February stocks
In history.
I i. a cirop-oir in proouction, es
pecially in poiK.
3. Increased demand of the mili
tary and lend-lease.
orations.
Another reason cited for the
current scarcity was the whole
sale slaughter of baby beef.
The meat trade institute re
ported that fewer than 5,500,000
pounds of meat are available for
home use each week, compared
to normal consumption of 20,000,
000 pounds.
But the shortage isn't confined
to the meat for table consump
tion alone. Restaurants and hotels
are feeling the pinch and quick
lunch stands, barbecues and ham
burger spots are closing down
everywhere.
Restaurants in Dallas, Tex.,
were running out of meat by the .
middle of the noon rush hour.