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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1943
Page
2
Editorial notes urged U S government food payments to aid the poor amid wartime shortages. The analysis highlights Tunisia pushes and Axis forces, Allied air strikes, and Truman administration concerns on hoarding charges.
Axis withdrawals from Tunisia spark reports Gabes harbor undamaged aiding Allied supply. Allied air sea power tightens grip as Rommel withdraws. Von Arnim counterattacks near Bizerte. Allied raids strike Cagliari and Sicilian convoy, sinking ships and disabling planes.
Senate inquiry led by Chairman Harry S. Truman launches a two way investigation into government stockpiles and armed forces food needs. Officials cite civilian rationing concerns while urging adequate supplies for soldiers without hoarding.
Roy F. Hendrickson, head of the Food Distribution Administration, urged a government food subsidy for low income groups to ensure access to enough food. He argued the plan would help farmers by boosting purchasing power while acknowledging his personal view. He proposed aid for the aged, blind, and handicapped as well.
In London the Polish government in exile vows to resist any challenge to Poland sovereignty and territorial integrity. Prime Minister Wladyslaw Sikorski denounces Soviet plans to retain Polish Ukraine and White Russia border areas while urging Allied air support to Russia after Tunisia. He also forecasts a third German offensive against the Soviet front.
War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson told a Chicago audience that the United States will produce over 80 billion dollars worth of war goods this year, with civilian living standards kept high. He cited 1943 output forecasts versus 1942's 48 billion and earlier years, predicting expanding war production as Axis nations feel a harsher blast from Allied industry.
Allied forces conducted air raids across Kiska Vila Kahili and northern Australia aims. MacArthur planes targeted supply and communication links between Wewak and Madang while Salamaua faced the most intensive damage yet with low altitude bombs cannon and machine gun fire. Airstrikes also hit Lae and Timika in Dutch New Guinea.
Former President Herbert Hoover envisions air power as a policing force to sustain world peace after World War II. He proposes the United Nations strip Axis powers of airplane factories to curb militarist ambitions and argues that planes alone can maintain order while land and sea armament expand under a new freedom of the air.
Ottawa introduces May meat rationing at two pounds per person with meatless days in public eateries under the price board. The policy cuts about half a pound weekly. In Washington, two new rear admirals join the navy roster on Adm. Ernest J. King’s staff as announced by the president.
Russian gains in the Smolensk sector were measured in yards not miles as rains bogged the front. The Red Army threatened German bridgehead near Novorossiysk by seizing Anastasevskaya while Donets line battles saw German advances halted east of Kharkov. In the north, Staraya Russa saw a reported German retreat. Rubber program signs appeared with William M. Jeffers declaring synthetic tires nearing natural rubber performance and guayule planting reduced, yet the rubber outlook remained critical.
Selective Service officials report a sweeping canvass of war plants to identify men 2A and 2B who can be replaced by women or older workers. Washington talks with Maj. Gen. Hershey to shape future inductions and possible compulsory labor drafts, labor hoarding probes, and farm-to-industry transfers.
Washington correspondent notes the army will not grant individual soldiers furloughs to work on farms except in emergencies when units may be used under military control. It explains age, timing, and overseas constraints, calls for training, and compares England’s land army approach while urging patience and cooperation to boost the next harvest.
A radio host recounts how censorship barred weather references after complaints from listeners. He notes censorship allowed past weather mentions in print but prohibited further on air, while sharing vivid Washington weather scenes and a blizzard prediction that followed a spell of snow.
Governor Ellis Arnall frames a large Victory Garden on the executive mansion grounds with his wife and son as the lead gardeners. An adjacent barn will be razed to create more space for crops and a bumper yield is anticipated.
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