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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
2
U S forces clean up the Hollandia area as heavy hog shipments flood markets and daily subsidy rates are announced by WFA. Aerial attacks are weakening Nazi defenses in ongoing wartime operations.
Allied forces press unprecedented air and naval attacks as Nazi Europe braces for a major invasion. Russians mobilize for a push into eastern Poland while Axis defenses hold on the Dniester. Shelter and supply disruptions ripple through Western Europe as war economies shift with price ceilings and grain conservation programs.
Allied forces captured three Hollandia airfields in northern New Guinea in a swift invasion. MacArthur claimed the seizure cut off 140,000 Japanese troops. Reinforcements from Britain and India prepared for a clash with invading Japanese along the Bengal Assam rail line. Stilwell's Allied forces aimed to open a China supply route via northern Burma as Hollandia fell, extending air and naval control and edging MacArthur toward his return to the Philippines.
Federal officials plan entrusting future large scale disposal of surplus war goods to five agencies and 12 business advisers. War Food Administration to handle food. Treasury buyers textiles. Reconstruction Finance Corporation land and factories. Maritime Commission ships and related materials. War Department munitions. Each agency to craft its own sale policy by negotiation, auction or advertising.
Population estimates from Frederick C. Lincoln of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service place ducks at about 125 million, with mallards 35 to 40 million, pintails 20 million, bluebills 15 million, and notable rises for redheads and coots. The piece notes possible closures for woodcocks and jacksnipes next fall amid oil territory prospects and Standard Oil figures for 1943 profits and oil reserves.
Federal authorities seized Montgomery Ward's Chicago plant after Sewell Avery refused to honor a War Labor Board order. Ward's president, 69, was removed by U.S. troops as government operators took over the facility amid a dispute over union recognition and bargaining rights for Local 20. W. C. Taylor and Wayne Chatfield Taylor led the government action.
Congressional leaders push to boost civilian goods production amid material surpluses and canceled war contracts while War Production Czar Donald Nelson urges higher military output until western Europe needs are clear. Undersecretary Robert Patterson warns civilian shifts risk optimism and job rush from war plants. In Canada, Quebec MPs vote 55 to 4 against sending conscripts overseas amid debate sparked by calls for overseas use of draftees.
Widespread floods and heavy rain slow field work and rail shipments nationwide. In the Midwest only half of oats sowed in Iowa, with Illinois farmers switching to corn and soybeans. South and Southeast crops fear damage to potatoes and perishables while moisture delays reach western produce. black market diversions feared.
Secretary of the Navy from 1940, Frank Knox died at 70 in Washington DC after leading the fleet to its peak of 4 000 ships and 25 000 planes. Knox served in the 153rd artillery in the last war and was a 1936 Republican vice presidential nominee. Tony Mullane, veteran major league pitcher, died in Chicago at 85 with a career spanning St Louis Browns Cincinnati Reds and St Paul.
American and British troops in India will eat a new emergency meal called iron rations. Packed in large cans, it serves eight men for a day and includes corned mutton vitamized crackers tea jam chocolate chewing gum salt sugar grapefruit juice for Americans and lemonade powder for British troops with cigarettes.
Homemaking feature shows how cotton bags can be turned into clothing and decorative pieces. Techniques include dyeing bags, using rick rack and trim, and making dresses, pinafores, sun suits, and accessories. A 32 page free booklet by Textile Bag Manufacturers Association guides home sewers.
A new styling approach uses print throughout the outfit to unify the look. The ensemble pairs a print blouse with matching gloves and silk and rayon polka dot inserts at the shoulders of the wool suit for cohesive fashion statement.
The piece promotes taffeta as a fashionable boost to basic suits and gowns with plaid, check, or stripe patterns. It highlights items like a Roman stripe weskit, sun-back blouse with a bias cut and large bow, plus gloves and bags matched to hats.
The piece notes versatile gingham options for summer fashion including black and white check a low cut yoke decolletage gypsy scarf and glitter beads. It recommends gingham cowboy shirts bright colors with sports slacks and highlights hats bags and gloves as high fashion accessories.
Promotional sketch shows three old fashioned wall brackets arranged over a davenport with trailing vines. Mrs Spears offers an actual size pattern for all pieces Pattern 263 plus complete cutting assembling and finishing directions. Enclose 15 cents for cost and mailing. Address provided.
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