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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1943
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analyzes coordinated Allied plans to defeat the Axis while Red troops advance on Nazi strongholds. The piece notes the October draft quota will include fathers, highlighting home-front mobilization during wartime.
Allied forces press the invasion of Europe planning with Roosevelt and Churchill at Quebec. Eisenhower reports 167000 Axis casualties in Italy while USSR counters Kharkov relics and Donetz fights intensify as Germans retreat along the Ukrainian front. American tax hikes loom on purchases.
President Roosevelt authorized penalties for non compliance with War Labor Board directives including cancellation of draft deferments and employment restrictions. Vinson to impose penalties. 1,000 WLB cases, seven non compliant. Draft quota for October set at 312,000. Reynolds pushes unified policy. navy reaches 2,665,000 in uniform. explosives output cut. eight ordnance plants placed in standby.
Plans from Cordell Hull and lawmakers propose that temporary wartime or postwar agreements with foreign powers be approved by a congressional majority. Congress would authorize funding and monitor expenditures to protect U S interests. Senator Arthur Vandenberg notes this does not alter the two thirds treaty ratification rule.
American forces attacked Weewak New Guinea air field destroying 215 of 225 enemy aircraft and blasting hangars and planes. Navy ships in the Solomons torpedoed three destroyers, sinking one while damaging barges in the Japanese convoy.
The M-5 tank features automatic hydramatic transmissions and a transfer unit to route engine power to tracks. Officials claim it is the fastest tank and the first with an automatic shift in a military vehicle, enabling frontline service by vehicle mechanics trained on civilian auto engines.
The article notes air and vehicle fuel use for the armed forces, with 30.6 percent of production east of the Rockies and about 40 percent by 1945. It cites heavy bombers consuming fuel per engine weight per two hours aloft, Flying Fortresses using over a gallon per mile, and 1.1 million gallons daily in the Tunisian campaign under Maj. Gen. James Doolittle. Civilian allotments in the 17-state East area reach about 13.8 million gallons daily as refineries expand to produce 100-octane fuel for military planes.
During the first half of 1943 America’s lend-lease exports totaled nearly four billion dollars, surpassing normal U S exports for a full year in the 1929–39 period. Including other exports for which payment was received, total shipments approached five and a half billion dollars.
Washington planners urge orderly demobilization and civilian reemployment. The National Resources Planning Board outlines steps for veterans to resume civilian life with training, education, and job placement while industry and government balance peace production. The piece contrasts past wartime jobs with looming peacetime needs and stresses private industry must lead, with government supporting retraining and loans.
About 150000 tons of salvaged timber from bombed buildings are refined into crates for war needs. Nazis run a politeness campaign to calm nerves. The French Academy pauses new memberships until peace. A private citizen wins 400 dollars in a suit overcharged two cents per egg across forty eight eggs. Settlement out of court.
Pattern 7573 and six 4 by 5 inch frames plus two 1% inch alphabets are in demand. Due to war conditions orders take longer for a few popular pattern numbers. Send your order to the stated address.
The data show tornadoes have struck the country on average every 60 hours since 1920, causing about 78 600 dollars in property damage per event.
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