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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union commentary reports Allied pincers around Caen near Normandy, battles near St Lo and Cherbourg, Russian advances toward Moscow, and Italian peninsula fighting. It notes German reinforcements and ration changes raising beef, lamb, pork, cheese, and canned milk point values for July.
The article merges wartime dispatches from Saipan with Republican campaign developments. Japanese defenders resist U S advances on Saipan’s northern end while U S troops push through rugged terrain and receive Naval air attacks. Separately at the Chicago convention Gov Thomas E Dewey is nominated for president with Gov John W Bricker as VP, outlining a platform for protective tariffs farm support and a postwar world of private enterprise and world trade cooperation. Dewey addresses reporters noting possible compulsory military training and the scope of war powers while stressing tariff and employment goals and gas rationing questions elicit sharp replies.
The Navy states U S naval hospitals are 85 percent filled overall with 70 000 beds available and 95 percent full on the Pacific coast with some sailors moved to convalescent facilities. Britain plans a refuge for Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe and notes large numbers arriving in southern Italy from Yugoslavia and other areas.
Finland rejects U S peace overtures with Russia and commits to war alongside Germany after promises of aid. The split strains ties with the United States while Norman Armour is recalled from Argentina amid rising Axis sentiment. De Gaulle plans talks with Roosevelt on U N Liberation policy as France’s provisional government resumes occupation talks.
The report cites total U S casualties around 250 000 up to June 22 with 24 162 deaths in two weeks and Allied losses in France at 40 549 for the period. British and Canadian shares hover near 13 percent, and enemy losses are about 70 000. Churchill notes British losses over 667 000 in four years. Japs threaten the eastern China coast as U S British and Chinese efforts press a back door via Burma and India while air forces aid Chinese defense.
The United Kingdom Australia and New Zealand contributed to the U S reverse lend-lease totaling about 2 billion dollars for the year ending last March and expected to stay near 2 billion for 1944. UK supplies included rail transport to invasion ports British planes airfields construction fresh vegetables and other foods lightweight landing mats parachutes and 2 million pairs of woolen socks. Australia provided a major share with meats and dairy products while New Zealand contributed over 100 million dollars of foodstuffs accounting for about one third of its total reverse lend-lease.
War Production Board officials say stockpiles dwindle and material and labor shortages will tighten civilian supplies. Some demand for irons clocks and aluminum kitchenware may be met, but stoves lumber and steel products face shortages. They criticize misallocated manpower and note the jeep is ill suited as a farm vehicle, being costly and limited in use.
The piece notes Maury Maverick's push for civilian production amid war effort constraints, citing renewed interest from the War Production Board and Smaller War Plants Corp. It outlines how idle steel surpluses and relaxed rules could aid small plants, curb inflation, and prevent unemployment through gradual reconversion, with emphasis on aluminum and magnesium policy shifts and payment delays.
More than 6000 bicycles will be sent to China by air for use by the Chinese army to move across roadless terrain. Youths aged 16 to 17 may enlist with parental consent for training in the U.S. merchant marine. Farmers face future hazard years from droughts floods disease or price drops and should insure by investing wartime income in war bonds.
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