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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1943
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union notes a new series of nonstop bombings by Allied forces in the Solomons and Europe. The column claims strategic changes in Pacific War planning and intensified RAF and U S Air Force operations across Western fronts.
U S forces push in the Solomon Islands with landings on Rendova and New Georgia and shell Munda air base As US troops advance in New Guinea they threaten Salamaua In the Solomons Woodlark and Trobriand islands fall with minimal resistance and over 100 Japanese planes are shot down US losses total 17 with a 7000 ton transport damaged
Congress passes the Commodity Credit Corporation bill extending the agency for two years and adding 750 million dollars to lending authority. Subsidies for meat and butter rollbacks are barred except for producer incentives, and 150 million dollars may subsidize higher transportation costs and critical mineral and food production. Chinese forces regain territory on the Yangtze as American air support aids counterattacks against Japan near Shanghai Swatow.
Europe faced intensified Allied bombing as British and American air forces battered Axis industries and airfields from Ruhr to Sicily and Greece. In the Midwest, oil pipeline completion and reduced California production threaten gasoline supplies, while hog markets adjust to large receipts and government price support curbs.
The article details plasma as the top lifesaving blood component, its preparation with citrate to prevent clotting, and its storage and worldwide shipment. It notes military needs, miner strikes affecting war effort, and leaders' statements on production and manpower for 1943 plans and a pared output forecast.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged United States and Britain to continue joint peace and war efforts. He said heavy fighting would occur before autumn leaves fall and that Britain would not seek profit or compromise. He praised Allied gains in May and noted German U boats sunk and new ships built. WPA liquidation ends with $130 million returned and records show 10% of funds spent and over eight million employed.
The column weighs a pair of forecasts from Goebbels and Damon on potential war end dates and argues for rapid civilian aviation growth postwar. It cites OWI projections for 1945 46 major airports 865 airports 3 000 000 air trained personnel and routes Washington to Paris London Mexico City Moscow Cairo Buenos Aires Tokyo discusses shrinking globe and the need for world unity through aviation driven peace efforts.
Captain Edward Rickenbacker visited the Russian front during an official mission to Moscow for the secretary of war. Government experts criticized synthetic milk made from vegetable oils as unsatisfactory for growth in feeding tests. Corn refineries warn of shutdowns due to corn shortages with only about 5 million bushels available. Rep. Wadsworth proposes a wartime service bill covering nearly all adults.
War mobilization tensions flare as James Byrnes tries mediation between Vice President Wallace and Jesse Jones. Wallace accuses Jones of slow BEW funding for strategic material abroad. Jones counters BEW bought only 5 percent of government purchases and calls Wallace's charges dastardly.
Bankgage reports Tokyo propagandists aim to woo India with independence promises as Bose arrives in Japan, while Polish cemetery lights must be extinguished during blackouts per a German paper. Rhode Island iron and scrap collections run about 3,000 tons weekly, over 9 pounds per person.
Pattern 577 includes a transfer design of 16 motifs sized from 512 by 71 percent to 2 by 21 percent inches with a stitches list and materials required. High demand and war conditions cause delays in fulfilling orders for several popular patterns.
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