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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1943
Page
6
The column previews Allied plans to strike the Nazi winter line in Italy and foresees heavy Pacific battles. It notes fierce combat ongoing as strategists assess anti Axis blows and the broader war outlook.
The Big Four Allied leaders Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill discuss unconditional surrender and restoration terms for Axis and occupied territories. They outline joint administration models for reoccupied lands and plan postwar borders and governance including Manchuria Formosa and parts of China to Chiang Kai-shek.
Allied forces strike the Nazis at both ends of the Winter Line in southern Italy. The Eighth Army attacks hilly posts overlooking the Sangro as U S and British troops push miles forward aided by massed artillery and fighter bombers. Rommel reportedly rushes reinforcements to the battle zone.
Allied air strikes hit Wewak in New Guinea and disrupt Jap supply lines as Australian troops push along the northeast coast. In the Gilberts fierce fighting yields high American casualties, while Tarawa sees heavy losses. 4H winners in Chicago report raised funds and scholarships, with widespread agricultural production goals and beef and hog market pressures described.
Secretary Jesse Jones told a congressional panel that the Defense Plants Corporation should dispose of wartime factories to private industry without aiding monopolies. The War Production Board planned 64 000 three burner stoves in 1944 though output will be far below normal. civilians share goods with military and hospitals. The WPB seeks policy to boost distribution via voluntary compliance to relieve congested production centers. In Europe, German efforts in Ukraine faced Soviet resistance as fronts stretched and rail disruptions hindered supply. The CIO Steel Workers announce demands to reopen 485 companies for new contracts and a Senate debate over a 1 100 000 non-operating railroad workers wage boost, amid rate limits.
Famed founder Father Flanagan told a senate committee that mothers should stay in the home and that the mother’s role is more valuable to the country. Dr William Healey of Boston urged correction of natural tendencies in boys and girls within parental duties. Railroads move wheat to elevators despite strain on rolling stock with large freight car concentrations at Buffalo and ports to handle 40 million bushels on the lakes.
Give the ladder a liberal coat of raw linseed oil wiping off the excess. Repeat in a few days and continue for as long as the wood absorbs the oil. Repeat every three months.
Delegates from 22 states at the Chicago convention of the Association of District and County Fairs resolved to reopen big shows this year. The week’s highlights note fair attendance expanding after wartime closures and football game attendance fell sharply in 1943 compared with 1942, especially in the South.
The house foundation shows severe deterioration with sand like cement peeling off when rubbed and water seepage after rain. If the concrete is porous throughout its thickness little can be done, but coating the outside foundation with tar or asphalt and painting the interior walls with a cement base paint may help.
Seamen operating listen devices on submarines used to mistake fish noises for propeller sounds. Now they can identify virtually all fish sounds after training with dedicated recordings.
Advertiser notes surveys show cigarettes as a favored home-front gift for servicemen with Camel highlighted as the top choice. Restrictions exist on overseas shipments, but Camel packs can still be sent to soldiers in the United States and to sailors marines and coast guardsmen abroad through post exchanges and canteens.
An Old Chinese man Wong Lo was reported with fingernails measuring three feet six inches in length.
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