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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
3
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The National Industrial Conference Board reports labor supply in critical areas balances needs for the first time since the war began with manufacturing decline. Farm labor down four percent due to weather, prompting change from small grains to row crops. In March non farm workers total 41.8 million, down from 43 million in July 1943, with transportation as the sole sector showing gains. News from the European front describes Allied offensives in Italy and western Europe as Germany withdraws toward Rome. Allied air power targets Axis supply lines while Soviet bombers hit Nazi bases in the east. The German west wall near Anzio consolidates, with field pieces camouflaged in French terrain. barren hopes for a quick breakthrough persist. Haiti abandons its rubber project after $8 million investment, unable to recover rubber from cryptostegia on a 40,000 acre tract.
A 1940 congressional board urged correcting freight rate inequities to reflect service costs and creating three permanent federal bodies to monitor transport problems. It backed freedom for ship routes and rates, urged South to build its own industries, and noted joint routes must speed commerce. Meanwhile Chiang Kai-shek sought Communist help as Chinese regroups probe Burma for a supply corridor to Stilwell.
After long talks with Prime Minister Churchill, Britain's dominion premiers issued a statement backing a world peace organization with power to prevent aggression. They affirmed steadfast support for nations still fighting the common enemy and vowed not to abandon any ally.
Gen Douglas MacArthur’s forces pushed 126 miles northwest into Dutch New Guinea toward the Philippines. The move brings U S troops closer to Bataan revenge and confronts fortified enemy air bases near the Indies, while the 125 mile westward advance leaves Milne Bay about 1,000 miles southeast, the launch point of the campaign driving Japanese from the South Pacific.
The bureau of agricultural economics estimates about ten pounds less meat per person will be available in the latter half of the year. Average consumption would total 67.5 pounds for six months, similar to the second half of 1943 when all meats were on ration.
Six months into the U S naval hospital rehabilitation program Lieut. Comdr. R E Kinneman reports success with men and women. Exhibits include scarves purses belts in yellow white green plus utility items like trays bill folds and chippery bric a brac. Paintings capture outdoor naval life and the program aims to restore mobility and uncover new talents for convalescents.
Oil authorities note 155000 miles of southeastern territory underlain by sedimentary rocks at the Appalachian root in North Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama and Mississippi may hold petroleum. Despite Texas and Louisiana yielding 14 billion barrels from 130000 miles, southeastern prospects are fewer and thinner, tempering enthusiasm.
Gen. H H Arnold cited the strike cost production of 250 long range P 51 fighters and risked invasion operations. About 50 000 workers were laid off due to lack of supervision. The national president ordered end to the strike, blaming delayed settlements on the government. War Food and War Faculty details show cooler and freezer space occupancy rising in May as conversions continue to balance space needs.
The article notes credentials and quotes from Josephus Daniels supporting a unified military command, citing Pearl Harbor failure as evidence of divided control and recalling World War I discussions with Lindley Garrison about Army Navy unity. It then shifts to a health report on sexually transmitted diseases, reporting declines in civilian syphilis and increases in gonorrhea in late 1943, with six month figures for previous years.
Albert Caponelle, 29, reported for induction at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, with his infant son claiming no caregiver. He received a 24 hour pass and was ordered to report the next day without the child.
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