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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union notes intensified Russian front fighting with German forces attempting to encircle Soviet troops. Article also highlights Allied victories and a two billion dollar rise in farm income amid global war developments.
Reported German forces 500000 march on both ends of the Bulge near Belgorod as tanks and planes aid a push to encircle the Red Army. A new tank emerges amid attacks while Russians claim early German gains and retreat to tighter lines along a widening arc.
Farm income for the first five months of 1943 rose two billion dollars from the previous year to six billion seven hundred eighty eight million. Marketing brought six billion four hundred twelve million, government payments three hundred seventy six million, with large gains from oil crops tobacco poultry and eggs.
Donald Nelson said the US and Canada can supply the Allies with massive munitions. Since the war began they built 115000 airplanes and expect 112000 yearly capacity. They produced 175000 large guns 1500000 machine guns 6000000 rifles and 25 billion rounds. Nearly 6000 tanks 1600000 trucks and 70000 scout and combat cars have rolled out. About 20 million tons of merchant shipping have left and production stands at 22 million tons annually.
Allied air action spans both ends of the Mediterranean with large shipping concentrations near North Africa and raids on Axis bases near Athens. Crete and Aegean push suspected as Axis defenses match Allied power, while Martinique sees rioting over De Gaulle and Giraud leadership gains in Washington. A Kaiser Fontana steel mill project rises on 1350 acres near Fontana, built with RFC funds and partnerships with Bethlehem and Republic Steel.
Government agencies act to aid women and housewives with full fashioned stockings by permitting 100 dernier rayon yarn spinning and a 1 percent length increase in acetate rayon stockings. Office of Price Administration rolls back six cents on Alaska Chinook salmon can sizes and sets ceilings on King, Coho, Pink and Puget Sound sockeye canned salmon.
In a candid column, the author argues FDR must reassert leadership to unify the home front, urging Congress to back a clear tax and savings program to curb inflation. Readers’ letters illustrate the sacrifice expected from workers and farmers alike, stressing shared duty to win the war.
Gen Douglas MacArthur leads a broad Allied push across the Solomons and New Guinea. U S naval forces reportedly sink eight Japanese warships in the Kula gulf as American landings on New Georgia near Munda close in from multiple angles. Allied air strikes pound the Salamaua area and Jap forces retreat slightly under pressure.
Mail order firms Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck posted higher June sales than in 1942. Ship builders union officials representing 1 100 000 workers argued their wage case before the War Labor Board. Ice cream and candy may be scarcer this summer due to corn syrup and corn sugar shortages. A 100 member railroad walkout could disrupt Utah Copper at Bingham Canyon mine operations.
Hog slaughter rose 26 percent from last year and pork production climbed 40 percent while cattle slaughter fell 40 percent. Calf butchering dropped 28 percent and overall meat output declined about 38 percent with moderate decreases for sheep and lamb.
Sir Kingsley Wood announced in Parliament that taxes absorb about 40 percent of England’s private income last year. More than 12 million Britons are on the tax rolls, with 10 million in lower brackets. Britain’s national debt nears 70 billion dollars, and the government has lent over 780 million dollars to Allied powers, excluding lend-lease aid. A new Alabama health policy follows. Governor Sparks signs blood tests for syphilis for residents aged 14 to 50 with up to 75000 dollars yearly funding.
The piece notes an average monthly coffee ration of 40 cups for American soldiers and states the Army Service Forces as the largest female employer in the United States with 379 300 women, about 38 percent of over 1 000 000 civilian workers in ordnance plants and depots. It also cites a Stockholm paper saying German forces ceased quarrying large stone blocks in Vestfold to avoid waste labor and for potential victory monuments.
Housewives advised to follow cap manufacturer instructions to avoid spoilage and breakage during wartime canning. Use spaces properly, place rubber between lid and jar, tighten bands only after filling, avoid turning jars upright, and remove bands after twelve hours to ensure safe seals and preserve flavor.
An old advertisement proclaims Moroline Hair Tonic keeps unruly hair in place adds lustre and offers a big bottle for 25 cents, sold everywhere.
The cougar Felis concolor a large western American cat relies on 19 names in the United States including puma catamount silver lion purple panther mountain screamer and Indian devil.
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