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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union analyzes Allied pressure on the Gustav Line while Japanese forces push in China. The column notes a delay in inducting men over 30 and previews broader wartime developments.
The article reports on an eye bank established at New York Hospital to store corneas for transplants. Corneas will be collected from living donors or after death within four hours of expiration, with about twenty of every hundred transplants restoring sight.
USDA projects a 1944 winter wheat harvest of 662 million bushels from 40.94 million acres, yielding about 16.2 bushels per acre as rains improve soil moisture and fertility but floods and germination losses affect stands in some regions.
The WPB orders resumption of civilian goods manufacture where it does not affect arms programs. Simple farm machinery may see relaxed production limits while binder and tractor quotas stay unchanged. Regional centers outside heavy war zones stand to gain, with urban centers needing local approval. A planned New York building roof will serve as a helicopter landing field for commuters from nearby states and regions.
In Italy the U S and British armies launch a major push against the German Gustav line south of Anzio under Gen. Harold Alexander. Western air and rail targets in France Belgium and Germany disrupt Nazi supply routes as Rommel prepares coastal defenses. A separate Soviet buildup signals a broader three front push in Europe.
James Forrestal a New York investment banker aged 52 has been named secretary of the navy. He previously served as undersecretary to the late department chief Frank Knox and is a World War I veteran.
Robert Rae new agricultural attaché to the British embassy in Washington discusses farming under wartime conditions. He notes increased English food production, reduced consumption, and plans through 1947, plus shifts in labor, machinery needs, and the role of American farm technology in supporting Britain.
The piece notes elephants vary in taste, some liking oranges while others refuse them and some crush onions they dislike before returning them. It contrasts this with monkeys that prefer fresh eggs and reject eggs that are only partially good.
A man complains to a railroad official about a cinder in his eye from an engine. he paid $5 for doctor bills and eye dressing. The official dismisses the claim saying the cinder was the railroad’s property and offers no remedy, stating no legal action will be taken.
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