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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis reports a rapid Russian advance through Crimea as Allied bombers pound Western Europe. Neutrals warned against aiding Nazis while Japan pursues a three pronged campaign in India.
The report describes Allied and Axis actions across Europe with Russians advancing in Romania and the Crimea while Allied bombing targets airfields rail junctions and defenses in France Belgium and Italy. It notes shipping curbs on Sweden Spain Ireland and Turkey and CCC plans to buy 1944 wool stock amid supply concerns.
U S industry components hold large cash reserves to back civilian production postwar. Major sums include United States Steel 104 million and General Motors 76 million. Byrnes outlines unemployment relief, rapid contract settlements, and surplus disposal to prevent bankruptcies.
The navy seeks a 32.647 billion dollar naval appropriations bill for the next fiscal year. By July 1945 it will field 10,244 self propelled ships 174,925 other craft including landing vessels and 37,735 airplanes. Personnel reach 3,657,000 including women. marine corps to 478,000. AFL leaders Woll and Dubinsky denounce Soviet sphere of influence plans and Poland's territorial compensation in eastern Germany as likely to sustain conflict.
Petroleum administrator Ickes warned that illicit gasoline traffic endangers the civilian motor fuel plan. He cited more than 2,500,000 gallons daily sold through illegal channels and counterfeit coupons as a common evasion method. He said relief lies in crushing this nationwide black market.
In central India British and Indian forces battle persistent Japanese attempts to cut supply lines and trap units in a large pocket. Meanwhile U S bombers strike Japanese bases across the Kurile islands and New Guinea as part of a broader plan to eliminate enemy strongholds on the Burma-India front.
Eggs laid in March reached 6.763 billion, up 4 percent from a year earlier and 49 percent above the ten year average. laying hens rose 5 percent to 433,985,000. A 21 pound midget furnace from military aircraft tech could heat a 20 room home, costing about 50 dollars.
The USDA predicts a winter wheat crop of 601,759,000 bushels for 1944 owing to recent rain, with 1,130,000,000 bushels estimated for 1944 45 domestic supplies versus 1,440,000,000 last year. Nebraska needs moisture though western regions benefited. In military news Captains Bong and Gentile surpass Eddie Rickenbacker with 27 and 30 aerial kills respectively.
Sergeant James A. Raley of Henderson Kentucky faced one of his toughest experiences after the Flying Fortress tail section detached during a bombing run and plummeted 19000 feet. He landed in a tree and walked away with only a minor chin cut.
As of April 12 Roosevelt had 203 of 236 pledged delegates and 46 pledged plus 157 claimed for him. Dewey had 148 of 356 elected, with 25 pledged and 123 claimed. Nebraska primary saw strong write-in support for Dewey.
Washington digest outlines an egg surplus driving government purchases and the risk to funding school lunches after July 1. It notes rising egg production, price supports, and concerns of the Office of Education and the War Food Administration about continuing federal lunch programs amid surplus and legislative opposition.
The London Daily Mail edition circulated in the United States as a digest. John Henry Jones, a 40 year old British steel smelter, visited American war factories and was asked if American workers are better off. He said the house cost difference makes the two systems hard to compare with margins of rent.
Bankage gas needs in war are eighty times those of the last conflict per the U S Petroleum Administration for War. Since Dunkirk over 14 million food packages have been sent to British POWs in Europe via the Red Cross. Madrid outdoor ads to be 50 percent for Spain's totalitarian party messages. Frances Perkins aims to cut work accidents by one million in the next year through American labor and management.
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