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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
2
Analysis notes Allies close the Tunisia axis with a tightening trap while Soviet forces push in the Caucasus threatening German bridgehead at Novorossiysk. Roosevelt proposes a postwar youth service program as part of the broader wartime plan.
The Allied drive in North Africa presses toward Tunis and Bizerte as British First Army pushes to break the last Axis barrier near Medjez El Bab while American forces target three hill positions on the road to Bizerte. French troops cut the Pont Du Fahs Enfidaville road, exposing Axis flanks facing Montgomery's Eighth Army as German command seeks to slow the advance. In the Caucasus and east Prussia, Russian air operations aim to drain German reserves and disrupt preparations for Hitler's spring invasion.
Observers say the Anglo American refugee conference in Hamilton Bermuda endorsed plans to help war refugees outside occupied Europe. The recommendations call for temporarily relocating about 80 000 refugees from neutral countries to Africa until the war ends, plus feeding and care for those unable to leave neutrality.
President Roosevelt warned John L. Lewis to end the soft coal strike threatening war effort. He could deploy powers as commander in chief to prevent interference as 75,000 miners walked out, with a potential broad walkout by 450,000 bituminous miners. The president called the action a strike against the U S government itself and a breach of the no strike pledge.
President Roosevelt urged postwar service for American youth using war plants and military camps. He spoke after touring wartime activities and praised gains in fitness and alertness among service members and workers. He suggested training extend to all young people after victory, likely partly military.
The War Manpower Commission extended its employment stabilization program to the entire nation. Workers may transfer from one essential job to another at higher pay if the move will enhance the war effort.
The college will require students to perform one hour of unpaid community service daily to help offset rising costs and avoid extra fees, announced by President Herbert Davis. A separate note states Ontario imposes a beer ration of 36 pints per month. Memoirs: Paul Reynaud, former French premier, is in a Pyrenees prison cell writing memoirs. Allied bombers reportedly struck a 2,000-ton Japanese vessel in the Arafura Sea north of Australia, per United Nations.
Chairman Doughton of the house ways and means committee assured taxpayers that the 20 percent withholding provision of the pay-as-you-go tax plan will not take extra money. He explained withholding redistributes tax payments and refunds will occur if too much is withheld with March 15 filing for all salary earners.
The Polska Soviet quarrel focuses on who controls western Ukraine and western Belorussia. Sikorski says Poland seeks friendly ties with Russia but rejects Soviet ownership of the contested lands, while Russia asserts historical rights to the areas. The dispute strains wartime diplomacy and UN discussions.
American airmen and Canadian pilots using Warhawk fighters conducted raids on Jop holdouts in the Kiska area. Observers question whether the raids precede a land and sea action or serve as a diversion. A naval communique notes Libera tor and Mitchell bombers with Warhawk and Lightning fighters scored damage on the main camp and runway.
A U S report cites Secretary Morgenthau describing Japanese coastal massacres in China as a wholesale replication of Nazi horrors at Lidice. Chiang Kai-shek reportedly confirms the attacks, tying them to the earlier executions of American fliers after Tokyo raids.
The commerce department forecasts a bright postwar era with unprecedented employment, peak national income, and large savings. It cautions that private enterprise, aided by government, must translate these potentials into reality and manage the coming demand.
More than 3,000,000 youths aged 14 to 18 will hold full or part time jobs this summer. Katherine Lenroot of the Children's Bureau urged communities to protect the health of high school age workers who balance school with work or enter full time employment.
Virginia Vale reports on Et ty Hutton declining a Dartmouth guest honor and notes her new film The Well Groomed Bride. She highlights Raymond Paige's Salute to Youth NBC radio program and upcoming projects with Esther Williams in Mr Co ed. Other items cover Journey Into Fear cast, Journey Into Fear radio roles, Arturo de Cordova in For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Amos and Andy returning to radio with guest stars, plus Charles Bickford selling a South Sea island to fund war bonds and a studio electrician gifting it to his daughter.
CBS signs Igor Gorin for June shows while RKO plans a two reel feature America’s Children as a counter to Hitler’s broadcasts. Fred Allen’s program pits a Fala joke against A Tale of 7 Sisters at Metro. Red Cross appeal enters Congressional Record via Rep Clare Luce.
Washington digest recounts Brig. Gen. Alden H. Waitt and Amos Fries discussing chemical warfare, its history from Plataea to modern nitrogen mustard, and how the United States prepares its defenses and potential offensive tools. Waitt argues gas should be used only to achieve policy aims with minimal losses, while noting civilians would face risk and emphasizing education and discipline as defense.
Bankhage notes Polish saboteurs killed or wounded 424 Nazis, damaged 17 trains and destroyed seven oil wells in the last month. Militaerwochenblatt is suspended after 127 years. A London radio report cites U.S. monitors. A butter and fat seller must collect ration points. Red Cross chapters assist with point rationing.
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