20 Jan 1944
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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
1
The Red Army pushes further into Poland as the Southwestern front advances. Nazi troops face mounting pressure while Allied air raids intensify across Western Europe, with strikes showing a notable rise in 1943.
U S troops push through New Guinea dense jungle securing an air strip at Cape Gloucester and a beachhead at Arawe as Sixth Army advances toward Madang with Australian allies. In other theaters Allied bombers hit German defenses from the Atlantic coast to Kiel while Maj Gregory Boyington earns fame before reports of his disappearance.
In a 3 day span 476500 hogs moved in leading midwestern markets, far above last year’s 278400. Only 200 to 300 pounders drew 13.75 per hundredweight as many hogs remained unsold. Pack forces urged curtailment while some embargoes appeared. labor limits and 200 soldiers aided Chicago packers. distant fronts report red advances in pre war Poland and Va Tutin spearhead maneuvers aiming to trap Nazis. Mikolajzyk seeks U. S. aid for Poland in exile.
Recommendations to curb war material profits by rewriting old contracts drew opposition from Senators Walsh LaFallette Lucas and Connally. They challenged two points that would exempt standard commercial articles from repricing and exclude products not in finished war goods. The senators cited a machine tool firm and another firm with outsized wartime orders to argue the carve outs would distort repricing.
River vagaries shift township boundary causing Decatur township to close two schools for lack of funds. Power company property no longer within tax limits to provide revenue. In New York state, 210000 farm jobs were filled by collaborating organizations with only 3 percent as farm hands. Eleven public delousing stations set up in Naples by Allied health officers fight spreading typhus.
Prohibitionists line up behind Rep. Joseph R Bryson s bill to ban sale or manufacture of any drink with more than one percent alcohol for the duration of a congressional committee s hearings. Rep Emmanuel Celler alleges a raised 10 million dollars for lobbying in Washington while the Anti Saloon League stays on the sidelines urging Roosevelt to declare prohibition a war measure.
Dr. Floyd R. Eastwood of Purdue University reports no football fatalities in 1943 for college play, noting high school football saw nine deaths due to head injuries. He has tracked such deaths since 1931, when 31 were recorded, and links declines to safer play and equipment. He urges grid leaders to study military crash helmets for potential use.
Chicago courted both major parties for the 1944 national conventions with about 10,000 visitors projected and local business leaders pledging up to 150000 for hall expenses. Frank Walker leads the Democratic committee and Harrison Spangler heads the Republican group while the Office of Defense Transportation notes Chicago offers better train schedules with 11368 beds versus New York's 7129.
Government sources indicate about 350 million bushels of U S wheat will feed livestock this season with an additional 100 to 150 million bushels coming from Canada. Rail shipments into interior Canada could add 25 to 50.6 million bushels due to Great Lakes freezing, while dairy and poultry regions improve feeds and shortages persist in droughty south central areas. Federal and state control of soldier voting remains debated as Army and Navy propose absentee ballot distribution and air carriage ready materials with votes certified by a sergeant or above.
The railroads set records last year with freight 14 percent above 1942 and passenger traffic up 68 percent. Average freight per train reached 1,114 tons and per car 41 tons. passenger volume per car also rose. Revenues are expected to increase by about 20 percent.
Washington officials privately predict rapid war movements with a possible European invasion by February and a likely end by early June if the plan unfolds. General Clark notes frontline fatigue as the Ramspeck committee flags VA staffing needs while reconversion plans spark interagency rivalries.
The new edition shows a front closing placket ending below the belt for comfort similar to a coat dress with fewer buttonholes and buttons to sew. Pattern No 8562 offers sizes 12 through 42 and 14 short sleeve uses 334 yards of 39 inch material.
The United States has 400000 active oil wells about 300000 of which are strippers producing only one half to three barrels a day and accounting for less than 15 percent of total output. Many are abandoned yearly as they do not pay or cannot be restarted after long idle periods.
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