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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
2
Allied advances in Sicily secure gains in the northeast as U S forces trap Axis units. Pacific operations intensify with renewed carrier activity and bombardments. The nation’s employment climbs to about 38 million as wartime production continues.
American General George S. Patton drives the Seventh Army into western Sicily, sealing off Axis troops in the northeast with Palermo's seizure. Montgomery's Eighth Army presses at Catania while German forces defend the plains near waterways and grain fields. British ships and planes bombard southern Italy at Croton.
War Mobilization director James Byrnes cautions that planned cuts in munitions may free materials for civilian goods if feasible. Agencies study purchases to focus on items most needed by combat, with potential cancellations reallocating resources. Labor reports over 38 million non agricultural workers and 4,500 service workers shifted to mining. overall payrolls rise while May construction jobs drop.
Allied air raids strike Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies and Munda on New Georgia as Russian and German lines battle near Orel. The piece notes 16,556 U S casualties in the war's first years, warns of inflation and farm land speculation, and reviews a psychology book for soldiers and families.
The Office of Price Administration will raise newsprint by four dollars a ton starting September 1. Government presses are printing money for American servicemen in occupied countries. England faces scarce baby carriages with guidance to limit use to airing. General de Gaulle says Allied victory will dissolve the Fighting French and end the organization’s mission with a liberated France.
The 1940 decennial census shows 76 704 farms idle nationwide covering 6 484 292 acres, 1 3 percent of all farms. New England and Middle Atlantic states lead in abandonments, Iowa far lower. Abandoned tracts average 85 acres vs 174 for operating farms. Soil depletion and crop failures explain one third, with many leaving for industrial work. Almost 57 million idle acres on producing farms also recorded.
The article notes three extra shoe pairs for each soldier and two more in reserve, plus 1% billion rounds of small arms ammo produced monthly. It also mentions Hirohito sending Bastille Day congratulations to Petain, and rail freight cars traveling about 16 percent farther under wartime operation.
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