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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
3
Western Newspaper Union analysts report Allied gains on two fronts as German resistance stiffens and B-29 bombers target steel mills in Japan. The column notes editorials and the editor's disclaimer, reflecting wartime coverage style.
Allied forces push west of Cherbourg and into the Cherbourg peninsula as Mon mbour, Quineville and key targets fall under heavy fighting with German forces. Rommel deploys tanks while Eisenhower warns of fiercer counterblows. England faces German bombers as pilots target the island. In Chicago, Dewey leads Bricker in fight for the Republican nomination as Democrats name Kerr to keynote their July convention.
In a sweeping war report, American air and naval power blast Saipan defenses as B-29s hit targets in Japan from China bases and a new 20th air force forms. Meanwhile Fifth and Eighth Army push into Italy, shattering German defenses and driving the Nazis toward retreat along the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic.
Highlights report on a device claimed to detect diseased organs in unconscious patients. Dr. Lester Morrison of Philadelphia discussed the machine and its use of a viscrogalvanic reaction of the patient. Factory wages rise in April with hourly earnings at 1.057 dollars and a 45.2 hour average work week, while total earnings dip due to shorter weeks.
The House extends OPA price controls allowing 90 percent parity for finished farm goods if parity price is not paid. Cotton provision dropped after Senate objection. fight may reach veto over legal testing of OPA rules. Separately, Maj Gen Norman Kirk reports 97 of wounded U S soldiers survive, with WWI death rate 8 percent, current under 3 percent. Abdominal and chest injuries show improvement, head wounds now yield 4 percent death vs 14 percent in WWI.
Treasury officials report bond purchases in the first two days of the Fifth War Loan drive near a half billion dollars with six billion target for individuals. Bonds are linked to improved equipment for the army and navy, including bomber and fighter plane price reductions. A Pearl Harbor scandal subcommittee pinpoints Col Theodore Wyman Jr and contractor Hans Wilhelm Rohl over delaying a permanent aircraft warning system and biased awarding of contracts totaling 125 million dollars. The report notes missed warnings due to the system not operating and details on related conduct and investigations.
A census bureau survey for the War Production Board polled 4,500 representative households to guide WPB. Among 56 household items, satisfied buyer demand ranged from 88 percent for sewing thread to 5 percent for wash boilers and lawn mowers, highlighting strong interest in alarm clocks.
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