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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
2
Routine along the Yangtze as Byrnes reports about Chinese forces and Japanese advances toward Wartime capital. Allied airmen intensify bombing of targets in Italy while western analysts note the evolving war underscores ongoing hard fighting ahead.
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes announced the 100000th war plane rolled off the line as he praised U S production gains. He warned of a long hard road ahead while urging unity among agencies and rapid expansion of ships cargo carriers and arms. McNutt outlined manpower pools and farm exemptions as industry shifts prepare for mass mobilization. The WPB ordered faster delivery of scarce supplies and farmer targeted purchase forms to secure essential farm inputs.
Allied aerial and ground operations disrupted Japanese positions along the Yangtze and at Ichang with 10 tons of bombs. Meanwhile miners strike disrupts wartime labor as Congress approves tax measures and the UMW seeks wage terms. Attu and Kiska defenses fall as American forces press in the Aleutians. Nine French ships are to be returned to Allied service from Alexandria after long internment.
Wendell Willkie urged churches to measure public actions of politicians by their own teachings. Farm prices rose 2 points from April 15 to May 15 while feeds crops and poultry offset declines in milk and meat. Chicago Stock Exchange volume hit a 22 year low as fiscal year ended April 30 with 295 memberships outstanding. 2nd Lieut Tommy Harmon, ex All American from Michigan, arrived in North Africa for duty as a fighter pilot after surviving a jungle crash.
Nazi reports claim air superiority over Krizhskaya base and extended operations beyond Novorossisk in the Caucasus. Red forces press the Nazis at Novorossisk by landing on the Taman peninsula, while minor fighting occurs across other fronts. Reds report destroying pill boxes south of Leningrad and a freight train, plus shelling two enemy companies near Smolensk.
Washington feature argues morale is the greatest mental hazard for soldiers and urges reading Our Armed Forces to understand adaptation. It cites veterans' struggles, leadership goals, and the need for families to grasp the soldier's astringent realities while imagining postwar changes to Washington.
In Washington a share the taxicab system persists under a new name and remains a practical date-maker. Victory gardeners burdened by infiltrations refer to jack rabbits as jap rabbits. A black market potato truck was spotted before a firehouse. Spud-leggers fear nothing. In DC it is illegal to drink liquor standing up, yet some patrons who sit cannot stand later.
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