23 Mar 1944
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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
1
Western Newspaper Union notes U S bombers reduce Rabaul defenses. Hitler's Black Sea bases pressured by Red Army advances. Ukrainian break through cited. British strikers slow war production. Opinion commentary reflects editorials of the agency.
The Axis readies for an anticipated invasion as Allied air fleets pound German industry and coastal fortifications around Berlin. In Italy, Anzio and Cassino see stubborn fighting while Welsh miners strike over wages, urging government action. Britain’s war economy surges, yielding vast output in tanks, guns, machines, and ships as U S Britain align on heavy bomber production.
U S bombers and fighters press the Rabaul area, once a busy Jap base, shrinking big ships from port. American troops in the Admiralty Islands move with risk light cargo ships under warship escort. U S officials plan postwar Pacific policy with Britain while a 21 member committee weighs military and economic interests. Australia and New Zealand declare defences for eastern and western islands and deny wartime territorial claims. The U S seeks bases and equal opportunities for American interests such as airlines in the Pacific.
Russians press advances deep into Nazi lines in the Ukraine aiming at Black Sea bases while the Finns led by Vaino Tanner push for restoring prewar borders and negotiate with Germany to avoid civil strife and to isolate Nazi forces if needed.
American troops in Italy favor orchids for Easter gifts to sweethearts and mothers, with Red Cross coordinating purchases and delivery as orchids outpace roses lilies and gardenias. Retired Methodist Bishop Thomas N Nicholson dies at 88 in Mount Vernon Iowa, once Chicago bishop and Detroit leader, and Anti-Saloon League president.
War Shipping Administrator Emory S. Land argues the U. S. merchant marine outpaces Allied shipping and urges storing vessels not used in world trade after the war. He cites Japan Germany and Italy export shares and notes 42 percent of outbound cargo last year was lend-lease material with less than 2 percent lost. Senator McKellar attacks TVA funding and rates, urging revocation of revenues to the treasury and congress oversight. Senator Russell introduces bills to require Congress funding for semi permanent agencies after one year.
International Harvester outlined one of the first comprehensive veterans employment plans in industry for its 21 plants and 187 sales branches. The objective is to restore veterans to their old jobs or to positions of comparable seniority and pay with special training for physically handicapped workers, monthly pay reviews during training, lighter duties for handicapped staff, and mechanical adaptations to aid those most severely disabled.
The report tallies 162,282 U.S. battle casualties with 37,853 killed and 35,565 missing or prisoners as of February 23, plus more than 57,000 wounded. Army losses include 20,592 dead and 47,318 wounded. Navy 17,261 dead and 9,910 wounded. Mediterranean deaths reach 9,271 with 29,278 wounded and 3,141 missing. 17,361 prisoners. Col Lloyd J. Thompson in London notes 75 percent of mental cases cured and returned, plus more serious cases improved by insulin and therapy.
The War Food Administration launches a support program for fifty crops to encourage production. It cannot dump surplus on the market and will use excess to back munitions alcohol stock feed and lend-lease food consignments.
The article notes Rockefeller prepared a Reader's Digest rebuttal to Senator Hugh Butler's charges on Good Neighbor spending, but state department officials led by Hull's PR adviser Michael McDermott blocked it. Reader's Digest carried Butler's blast with an editor's note about a declined reply.
A historical account notes British and American intelligence wrestling with Hitler’s planned war. It highlights Nazi spy rings in Britain and Argentina, Goebbels’ listening switchboard, and undercover agents shaping morale and propaganda. The piece cites FBI/German interactions, wartime sabotage roots, and figures like Walter Morrissey.
A reader letter praises Kellogg's All-Bran for regular bowel movements without laxatives. Scientists note cellulose-like elements support colonic flora, making All-Bran a gentle regulating food not a purge. Eat with milk and fruit, drink water, and insist on Kellogg's All-Bran from Battle Creek.
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