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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
2
Weekly news analysis notes American fleet and planes strike Truk and a major Japanese naval base in the Pacific, defers of farm workers are tightened, and fighting continues between Allied and Nazi forces at Anzio.
U S air and sea forces attack Truk in the Caroline Islands aided by carriers and a battleship armada while Liberator bombers hit Ponape. Meanwhile Allied advances press in the Marshall and Solomons campaigns as Japanese positions falter. Draft constraints reclassify farmers into 2 C with six month deferments. Russians push at the Estonian border as Germans pull back toward the Baltic states amid Ukraine mining region concerns.
Allied forces claw at the Anzio beachhead while Cassino houses fall to battle as U S and British troops press the Rome front amid German counterattacks. Congress votes against subsidies to curb meat and dairy prices, extending the Commodity Credit Corporation. AFL leader Green warns wage stabilization as a draft plan faces Senate scrutiny and Green argues it risks involuntary servitude.
Rep Jennings Randolph introduced a bill to spend 30 million dollars on experimental fuel plants to produce gas from coal oil shale and agricultural and forest products. The Truman investigating committee urged diplomacy to help secure foreign oil reserves after the war while noting coal could supply gas for 3000 years. Senator Harry Truman headed the committee.
A 21 year old New York City woman hiccuping for 44 days asked the President to grant a furlough for her army captain doctor. The President approved a leave for the officer to treat her. Centenarian veteran George W Camerer of Jerseyville NL just turned 100 and he would join the army for Africa if able. his family includes multiple grandsons and great grandsons serving in World War I.
Brig. Gen. Albert J. Browning, director of purchases, says faster production and army pressure to lower prices cut military goods costs 20 percent since 1941. Total savings reach about 9 billion dollars with another 4.7 billion expected in the first half of 1944 as price analysts push efficiency and smaller material use.
A six year old Los Angeles housemaid filed a declaration of intention to run for the Republican presidential nomination. She has never held office but said she aims to improve the presidency.
Nearly 60,000 men took part in the Royal Air Force raid on Berlin, using 1,000 planes to drop 2,800 tons of bombs. About 43 planes were lost in the 15th heavy assault on the German capital, following similar blows to Hamburg.
Argentina faces a tense political crisis as President Pedro Ramirez's move toward war with Germany and Japan collides with military opposition led by the colonels lodge. Exiled pro Ally General Arturo Rawson watches from Brazil amid Argentine agent surveillance. Dr. Floyd Reeves warns rural to urban migration sustains city populations and drives rural education concerns.
EW YORK Henry Puyi the puppet emperor of Manchu china turns 38 and nears a decade as ruler as historians debate his tenure. The piece also covers Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk reporting wartime wound survival rising to 3 percent death rate and praises Budenny the veteran Soviet commander with honors and a fortress of myth.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1900 outlines a two piece suite with a curved fitted jacket and long skirt option for sizes 12 through 20. The design supports an afternoon or date dress silhouette suitable for dance themed wear.
Navy introduces a new cruiser class with the vessel Alaska the first of six planned. Subsequent ships will be named for other territories.
Practical tips cover lining pockets of sweaters with sateen and folding dresses with a yardstick method. Advice includes cooling hard boiled eggs to prevent yolk darkening, starching work clothes for longevity, and safeties from factory managers. Odor removal for fish utensils and cleaning whitewash before repainting are noted. Clear stock fat removal is explained.
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