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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
2
Allied gains in Italy are reported as the war moves toward a four power peace meeting. The piece notes 5,000,000 U.S. troops overseas and outlines expectations for postwar diplomacy. The Western Newspaper Union analysis frames these developments as pivotal in shaping future peace talks.
Allied troops breached the last German line on the western front south of Rome as enemy forces pulled back east. U S and British bombers pounded Rome while Italian civilians toil in streets. Pope Pius XII urged restraint in victory. Secretary Stimson announced 3,657,009 U.S. troops overseas, with 1,566,000 naval personnel afloat and plans to reach 5,000,000 by year end. Governors urged a postwar public works policy and tax reform, while discussing national guard retention and postwar military policy.
In a press conference President Roosevelt outlined support for a postwar peace organization while preserving U S sovereignty and self determination. Secretary Hull courted Britain Russia and China for talks, as senators weighed formal commitment and the World War I treaty precedent. American aircraft output now exceeds both German and Japanese totals, reaching about 100000 planes annually as Britain and the U S push toward broader air basing in the Pacific theater.
The Supreme Court in a seven to one ruling allows use of evidence obtained by state officials for federal trials while rejecting compulsory state testimony in federal courts. Separate notes mention a Japanese offensive in China near Stilwell’s Burma corridor and data on February old age assistance checks, with state-by-state payment ranges from California to Mississippi and Kentucky to Colorado.
During the week ending May 27 farm-type wheel tractors reached a new high with 6,098 units built according to the War Production Board. The five week average stood at 15,906 tractors, with about 200,000 machines produced since the program began on July 1, 1943.
Due to a strong union push by 8,000 CIO United Automobile Workers members, government agencies ordered the reopening of Brewster Aeronautical plants in New York and Pennsylvania. In New York 5,500 workers refused to leave after being discharged over canceled Corsair contracts, prompting a War Production Board decision to restart the New York plant for spare parts if other Corsair makers use it. The Navy also announced it would take over the Pennsylvania plant to keep 2,500 employees employed.
Senate judiciary committee blocks direct prosecution of Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter Short. Instead it backs an immediate investigation to determine if court martial is warranted. Kimmel favors open court to avoid later evidence issues and asserts more of Pearl Harbor’s story remains untold.
The FBI investigated red haired Marion Horn 35 after she allegedly sent four servicemen's dependent benefits checks to a woman claiming to be the wives of four soldiers. Investigators found she married many men without divorces or separations. Horn faced charges for fraudulently receiving benefits. Her Marine Corps husband described her as a fine woman but absent minded.
Washington Digest outlines a looming crisis in American education with 200,000 teachers lost since Pearl Harbor. It notes low salaries, overcrowded classrooms, and a push for higher pay, better conditions, and aggressive recruitment. The piece links postwar GI bills and broader cultural shifts to expanded demand for teachers and education reform. It discusses national campaigns by the National Education Association and state groups, poster recruitment efforts, and debates within higher education about core versus utilitarian training, ending with a Farmer sector warning of a postwar farm labor surge.
German civilians urged to take cold foot baths as preinvasion jitters rise. War Wannower commission says over 60,000 men needed for lumbering and pulpwood before fall 1944. WFA cites 4,000,000 extra farm workers this year, including 1.2 million youths and 800,000 women. Salt deposits abroad forecast to last the world 100,000 years.
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