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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1943
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union outlines how the first landings on Italy signal the ultimate collapse of Fortress Europe. It notes German forces retreat to the Dnieper banks as a strategic pullback. The piece also mentions plans to ration meat for U S civilians with tighter controls ahead.
Allied forces under Gen. Bernard Montgomery land at Reggio Calabria as bombers blast roads and rails. German and Italian defenses put up a fierce resistance while Allied strength includes 500000 troops from Britain America and Canada with additional French support in North Africa. Berlin bears the brunt of RAF raids as Pope Pius XII calls for peace.
The War Food Administration ends quotas on packers for September and October allowing free slaughter and distribution of pork veal lamb and mutton while beef 40 percent must still go to services. Hog support prices continue. Officials predict a 5 percent rise in 1943 food output and a 10 percent livestock marketing boost amid drought and water shortages in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Farm income in July nears 1.5 billion dollars with seven months totaling 9.7 billion. commerce notes higher sales but potential merchandise shortages loom.
With heavy fighting still to come, total American casualties surpass 100000, including 55476 dead or missing. Army losses reach 639358 with 8927 killed and 197...
Washington readies a congressional reconvention to examine the entire manpower issue including pre Pearl Harbor fathers. A Wheeler bill postpones dads draft to January 1 1944 to allow a full inquiry and determine the need for calling fathers. The inquiry would also address supplying 2 600 000 workers for essential industries.
The War Food administration raises point values on 13 items to ration three dried fruits and cut eight others. Canners expect smaller pack sizes amid higher demand from military, lend-lease, and civilians as peaches pears apples and cranberries move off shelves. Harold Ickes warns of gasoline famine if driving continues and notes regional strain.
Electric production rose to over 57 million kilowatt hours per week, up 19 percent from a year ago. Idaho russet potatoes for January delivery sold at a new yearly high of 3.35 dollars per hundred pounds on the Chicago exchange.
Two American bomber groups totalling 160 aircraft attacked Marcus Island and its airport fuel dumps and communications installations about 1,250 miles southeast of Tokyo. The raid aimed to cut Japan's stepping stones to Truk and other South Pacific bases. In New Guinea, U S air force aided ground troops near Salamaua by targeting Madang's supply depot, a key Japanese resistance nerve center.
The United Mine Workers filed suit in federal court in Birmingham Alabama after the War Labor Board rejected underground travel time pay. Miners currently work a 35 hour week and seek pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act once the work week exceeds 40 hours. The Birmingham decision is expected to set a nationwide precedent on underground travel time pay for miners.
A W Zelemek head of the International Statistical Bureau predicts unemployment will rise to about six million in the first year after peace, rather than 12 to 15 million. He estimates 4.3 million factory workers will be discharged while about 16 million remain employed in manufacturing.
Washington Digest reports a joint Minnesota and Manitoba study urging Western Europe to import more wheat pork and lard from the United States and Canada and to realign North American auto production for full employment. It argues domestic policies are international and notes mutual gains from expanded trade while warning against unfounded wartime rumors about POWs and the WACS.
Gen H H Arnold of the U S Army Air Forces forecasts huge future growth in air power with bombers carrying half a carload of bombs across the Atlantic and returning non stop. The Educational Policies commission notes many youths leave school early to work. Alien entries for the year ending June 30 1943 were the lowest in 80 years.
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