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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
2
Yanks push forward on two fronts as German resistance stiffens. B 29s blast steel mills in Japan in strategic air campaign. Western Newspaper Union analysis notes growing Allied pressure and shifting balance in the Pacific and Europe.
Allied forces drive along the Cherbourg peninsula as Montebourg and Quineville fall and a 10 mile front advances toward Saint Lo. Rommel pours tanks into the eastern sector while Stimson warns of fiercer counter blows and Dewey Bricker battle for the GOP nomination in Chicago. Kerr named Democratic keynote in July Chicago convention.
American forces blasted Saipan to prepare a landing on the Marianas while a secret air strike from China hit Moji and Shimonoseki as the 20th air force forms for global missions. German lines near Rome buckle under Allied pressure with rapid retreat and prisoner gains. Medical advances cut death rates for wounded soldiers across wars.
Treasury officials report two days into the Fifth War Loan drive individual buyers have purchased almost half a billion dollars in bonds. The drive aims six billion dollars from individuals and links bond purchases to military equipment funding. The note cites price drops for heavy bombers and fighter planes compared with last year. A separate House subcommittee report on the December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor era exposes mismanagement in the army defense effort. Col Theodore Wyman Jr and contractor Hans Wilhelm Rohl allegedly discriminated in a 125 million contract for a permanent aircraft warning system. The project dated from December 7 1940 and remained incomplete after a year. The panel notes the system could have detected approaching planes if active. Wyman and Rohl are described as frequent companions in drinking.
Census Bureau for the War Production Board surveyed 4 500 representative families in April to guide WPB. The study covered 56 household articles and found buyer satisfaction ranged from 98 percent for sewing thread to 5 percent for wash boilers and lawn mowers.
Washington Digest notes Allied air power shifts from jungle fighting to strategic bombing and control of the European air war. It explains tactical versus strategic bombing, Sicily and Pan without detail, and how air forces linked with land and sea for successful invasions including Anzio.
The device claims to detect diseased organs in unconscious patients. Dr Lester Morrison of Philadelphia presented a paper describing the machine and its use of a viscrogalvanic reaction during the Chicago convention of the Gastro-enterological Association.
The National Industrial Conference reports April earnings of factory workers at $1.057 per hour, a new high. Despite higher hourly rates, total earnings fell 0.7 percent from March to $48.08 as the average work week shortened to 45.2 hours.
The House bill extends OPA price controls placing parity pressure on processors who must pay parity or charge 90 percent of the OPA ceiling. Parity links farm buying power to 1909 14 levels. Admin support helps push the measure after cotton ceiling removal. The bill faces possible veto over legal testing of OPA regulations.
Bankhage notes Tokio government bureau members clip each other's hair instead of using barbers. China bans study abroad to free manpower for victory. Mass wartime food allotments allocate pork and beef for armed forces. OPA expands tire eligibility for occupational drivers and small delivery trucks.
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