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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
3
Weekly news analysis notes civil strife in Greece as a field for action. It reports Allied plans to tighten air and naval actions against Japan on Leyte and notes a significant earthquake shaking Tokyo district, with editorial opinion from Western Newspaper Union.
Europe faces continued Allied pressure as Leftist resistance in Greece prompts British troop intervention to preserve the constitutional government amid Suez power dynamics. Patton’s forces advance into Saarbrucken while Eisenhower nears the Rhine, with German defenses stretched and Budapest under pressure as fronts shift. Meat industry outlook predicts a record income from meat animals this year, with cattle and calves marketings projected near 35 million head.
General Douglas MacArthur sends the 77th Division ashore below Ormoc under U S Navy gun cover, splitting Japanese forces on the northwest Leyte shore after weather and hill defenses slowed earlier advances. U S artillery bombards positions to drag in reinforcements while a Japanese convoy of about 4000 troops is destroyed en route to Leyte.
A major quake struck Japan centered near the Sea of Enshu, causing landslides and tidal waves that inundated Honshu coastal districts. Japanese reports avoided exact damage figures while noting impacts on shipping and war industry. U.S. officials, focused on munitions, plan intensified recruitment of women and reallocation of labor to essential war production roles, targeting 300,000 workers for munitions and related sectors including aircraft radar and armored materiel.
Dr J W Bartlett reports a statewide study by the New Jersey State College of Agriculture showing 120 artificial cows bred from top bulls yield 9.3 more milk and 14 percent more butterfat, indicating the science is ready for nationwide adoption.
Senate hearings stalled the push to confirm Joseph C. Grew as undersecretary and William L. Clayton, Nelson Rockefeller, and Archibald MacLeish as assistant secretaries. Kentucky's Happy Chandler led the attack criticizing Wall Street ties, while Tom Connally defended business linkage and Edward Stettinius condemned Britain's and Russia's moves in liberated Europe. He urged democratic government development in Italy and warned against outside influence in UN states.
The Chicago event highlighted two outstanding young farmers 18-year-old Donald Mowery of Terre Haute Indiana and 27-year-old Ben Greve of Bryant Iowa. Mowery built up his operation after his father died, renting 112 additional acres and earning nearly $24,000 in nine years. Greve bought a Hereford calf in New Mexico for 91, raised it to 1170 pounds, and won junior and grand championships earning 585 prize money. the animal was later bought by Firestone Tire and Rubber for 5265.
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