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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
1
Western Newspaper Union analyzes Congress debates on labor draft and the 100 billion wartime budget while reporting Red Army advances in Poland and a House study of a prohibition bill. Editorial opinion reflects the Western Newspaper Union.
President Roosevelt asked for a 100 billion dollar wartime budget through June 1945 and urged mobilization steps including public works and mustering out pay. He projected a national debt of 258 billion by next year and proposed 10 billion in new taxes alongside existing revenues. Senators and representatives moved to compulsory service debates while tax legislation advanced at a much smaller scale.
U S doughboys push through jungle defenses in New Britain and move toward a juncture with Australian forces along the eastern New Guinea coast. American bombers raid Marshall Islands while Liberators batter coral islets. Arawe beachhead strengthens as land assaults press Japs near Cape Gloucester and eastern New Guinea base areas.
National Pickle Packers Association leaders warned at a Chicago wartime meeting that civilian pickle supplies will shrink unless 1944 cucumber acreage rises. Current stocks run 10 million bushels below last year amid high demand from military and civilian sectors.
The War Production Board maintains a ban on using steel in 646 civilian items despite curtailment of orders. Exceptions may occur only to improve substitutes. The WPB cites military needs and risk of shortages in coal, oil, lumber, packaging paper and transport as reasons.
A typographical error by a CPA made Monnett Missouri the corn capital of the United States. While Chicago's corn top was 1.16, Monnett price stood around 81, a dramatic gap that let the town ship 25 carloads totaling about 2,000,000 bushels, boosting local industry.
President Roosevelt after two years of study by a national highway committee urged Congress to construct and improve 34,000 miles of roads creating employment for 2,000,000 workers. The plan would cost about 750 million dollars annually, linking urban and rural areas along existing federal aid routes with shared costs by local, state, and federal agencies. Prompt action demanded to acquire land and draft plans for early work.
In 1943 44 U S fats and oils production is expected to reach about 11 200 000 pounds doubling last year s 10 600 000 pounds With an easing supply outlook stocks could fall sharply if Allied victory in Europe occurs in 1944 Soybean output for 1943 is forecast at 187 000 000 bushels peanuts at 2 500 000 pounds and cottonseed at 5 500 000 tons However reduced lard and grease production may cause total fats and oils output for 1944 45 to drop from this year s level.
C Nelson Sparks testified before a Washington grand jury and handed a letter he said shows that President’s adviser Harry Hopkins was in contact with Wendell Willkie. Sparks, Akron’s former mayor and Gannett campaign manager, published the letter in a book attacking Willkie. Hopkins asked the FBI to probe forgery claims.
In Concordia Kansas Nazi war camp four officers escorted Capt Felix Tropschuh to a room where he hanged himself after a self appointed court found him guilty of disgraceful conduct for anti Hitler views and escape plot. An older prisoner Franz Kettner also killed himself fearing violence over his belief in a free Austria.
The veterans administration expands facilities to care for soldiers of the war with capacity rising to 300,000 beds from about 80,000 six months earlier. Financial departments are reorganized to manage vast disbursements. The department still pays pensions to widows of War of 1812 militiamen and 81 Mexican war veterans widows.
In Washington the air forces report that the expansion of trained pilots and navigators is nearly complete with several pilot training schools to close by April. Transport Command now must hire combat-trained pilots rather than civilian hires. The piece notes policy shifts and strategic lessons from Pacific and European theaters.
A collage of light anecdotes and quotes from entertainers and war era figures. It references George MacDonald selling a hotel, a Coast Guardsman at a canteen, Mrs Einstein at Mt Wilson, General Giraud, Lt Gen Claris, and the Sullivan family, plus jokes about Tait, Will Rogers, Katharine Cornell, Clifton Webb, Van Buren, and a Broadway booking agent.
A mixed set of trivia from crepe suzette to historic figures includes answers: Pastry Adonis slain by a wild boar Philadelphia as largest city, India Diamonds worn 5000 years ago, the folk song clue Fatima and seven wives of Bluebeard include the last wife. Colum bus voyage took seventy days. Boulder Dam irrigation serves eight states. The Bluebeard wife Fatima is listed as the final answer.
A report notes that there are approximately 1,900 distinct varieties of milkweed. The item highlights the plant's diversity and potential ecological importance across regions.
Do not depend on harsh laxatives. Start each day with the juice of one Sunkist lemon in a glass of water on an empty stomach. It stimulates regular bowels and provides vitamin C, B, and P. Lemons aid digestion and alkalinize the system.
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