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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1944
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union notes a grave situation as Allied forces push forward. The column analyzes strategic developments and urges careful coordination among Western powers amid mounting pressure.
The article recalls hedge lined Normandy fighting as Nazis hide rifles and guns to stall American advances, while Allied forces led by Montgomery and Roosevelt battle across Europe. It notes General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. dies in Normandy, and Allied raids disrupt German supply lines. It covers Soviet push toward Germany, Italian Gothic line conflicts, Japanese defenses in New Guinea, and coastal progress toward Saipan and Guam.
One week before the Democratic convention in Chicago Franklin D Roosevelt told about 200 newspaper men that he would be willing to serve a fourth term if the people so decreed. He framed it as a duty to end the war quickly secure peace and build a strong economy calling himself a good soldier if needed. The announcement dominated front pages worldwide with British and Russian papers amplifying the report. Berlin radio dismissed it saying U S leaders cannot shift outcomes.
Secretary Hull and Mexican Foreign Minister Padilla discussed keeping goods moving to Mexico and bolstering Mexico’s railway system. They endorsed reducing trade barriers and forming an international oil agency as a major topic at a U S Britain conference led by Hull and Lord Beaverbrook.
Highlights report a faint return of the bustle in New York fashion shows, mainly on afternoon gowns and cocktail suits. Cocoa supplies improve as 667 000 bags from Africa arrive, easing a prior 70 percent grind limit for civilian use by manufacturers.
The 1944 U S agriculture outlook forecasts record wheat at 1 128 billion bushels and corn near 2 98 billion. hay fruits vegetables and soybeans also strong. Harvested area 355 million acres. manpower limits slow grain car unloading with 22 million bushels stranded in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas awaiting shipments.
Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey said future induction of men over 30 hinges on the war. He described policies to draft all able-bodied men under 26 and those 26 to 29 not needed in essential industry. Officials noted 4 217 000 4 F s and that one third of Americans were unfit, proposing public clinic ties with private doctors to improve civilian health. Inductions would follow military needs, barring unforeseen changes.
Migration during 1940 to 1943 reshaped U S demographics with the south and west gaining over four million residents while the north regions shed about two million. Arizona Florida Nevada and California see the largest percentage gains with California adding over one and a half million. Montana North and South Dakota lose over ten percent. New York suffers the biggest numerical drop. To ensure turkeys for holidays, the War Food administration orders 24 states and parts of three more to reserve birds for army and navy buyers until quotas are met.
Washington analyst notes growing bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico through the Inter-American Conference on Agriculture and the U S Mexican commission. Projects fight pests like the pink bollworm and fruit fly, share expertise, and require no new funding, boosting cotton and fruit production while building mutual goodwill.
Brief items report the Public Health Service act signing on July 3 launching a national TB control program. Also noted are job openings for English speakers at the Vichy home radio network and Japanese Comet agency remarks on Germany’s air weakness. Romania plans 500 delousing stations to fight typhus.
Home craft note describes turning rags into rugs by knitting an oval center then bands. Instructions cover strip cutting three quarters inch wide, edge finishing, cast ons, increases, bind offs, color bands, and crocheting around edges. The SEWING Book 4 reference invites orders for the book.
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