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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
6
Allied advance in Sicily accelerates after Catania fell, marking a pivotal phase of the invasion. Red Army forces continue pressure against German positions while Pacific theater reports show continued American gains against Japanese units.
Allied push in Sicily continues with 40 000 Axis troops resisting in rugged terrain as British and American forces advance on Catania and Messina. War Labor Board hearings feature John L Lewis arguing underground travel pay for 500 000 UMW members plus shifts and longer hours. Agriculture reports show grain and livestock supplies and a strike vote at Allis-Chalmers in Springfield. Russians seize Orel and Belgorod as summer offensive peaks amid heavy fighting.
The American drive at Munda in the Solomons used a three pronged encirclement with westward movement, two eastern convergences, and 13 ton tanks breaching pill boxes as warships and air power pounded positions. Troops advanced northward to seal off the enemy from the west. Morgenthau reports 1941 corporate tax data show 509062 returns with profits totaling 18 billion dollars and government revenue near 13 billion.
The War Department says one tenth of American POWs in Japanese camps have died of disease since the Philippines fell. British army surgeons report seventy percent of Russian wounded recover enough to return to the front.
Lt. Col. Cass S. Hough of Plymouth Michigan flew two experimental missions for the U S army air force reaching speeds above 780 miles per hour. He piloted a P 38 Lightning to 43 000 feet then dived to 18 000 feet and repeated the feat in a P 47 Thunderbolt to 39 000 feet. He described the dive as heavy with a sensation like bricks on his back and noted a grayout during leveling off at 18 000 feet.
Government officials fear a new realty boom as farm land values exceed World War I levels. From March to July farm real estate rose 3 percent across regions and two thirds of states. Indiana saw prices 40 percent above the 1935 39 average amid higher commodity prices and projected 1943 farm income, with farmers and speculators active buyers.
Chairman Donald Nelson announced the government’s war plant construction is 80 percent finished out of 14.5 billion dollars, with gains in guns, combat vehicles, aircraft, and ammunition. Armament production lags noted by Gen. Somervell, while July war spending dipped from June.
Baukhage argues America must adopt a clear foreign policy beyond partisan divides. He discusses Eisenhower’s role, the Roosevelt link, and risks of isolationism or a nationalistic retreat. He urges both parties to commit to a unified world approach to avoid splits and threats to the two-party system.
The upper sketch shows a combined living and bedroom unit using all space, with a box like bedding compartment replacing cushions. Made of plywood, padded and shown lower right. Book 10 in a homemaking series offers over thirty more projects from readily available materials, booklets cost 15 cents each.
Briefs note the Bankhage awards totaling 1 million dollars for Chinese inventors as part of national science and technology promotion. A War Production Board directive bans using corn in spirit manufacture. The poultry season is expected to peak in September and October. The War Department says Christmas packages may be mailed to U S troops abroad from September 15 to October 15 without a soldier’s request.
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