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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
2
Allies press the Nazis as Hitler readies a final drive while the United States outlines surplus land sales. The editor notes the column reflects Western Newspaper Union commentary and aims to capture ongoing war analysis and policy signals.
Allied forces push on at both ends of the Normandy front despite strong German resistance. American Doughboys advance after clearing hedgerows while Montgomery’s British forces face intensified enemy strength. Hitler’s regime mobilizes for total war as plots against him unfold. Red Army shifts focus to central Polish plains as Warsaw and Silesia threaten encirclement.
The surplus war property agency announced a disposal policy directing sale of family-sized tracts for individual cultivation. Properties will be appraised by community members, sold at current values to avoid market disruption, and allow former owners to repurchase. RFC will supervise, despite NFU opposition over NAC/real estate board control concerns.
American troops tightened their hold on Guam and Tinian in the Marianas as U S fleet artillery and carrier aircraft pounded the islands. A Japanese naval spokesman warned the fleet would fight only after U S air power was reduced and land based planes could join the defense. Fighting raged on Guam and Tinian, with a ferocious Japanese counterattack on Tinian as samurai swords appeared against Marine lines.
The census bureau reports a drop in civilian bachelors ages 20 to 34 from 7.1 million to 1.7 million due to more marriages and many single men in the services. It notes 63 percent of women 14 or older are married, up from 60 percent in 1940, and predicts a postwar marriage spike similar to World War I.
The OPA placed fresh pears under price control with a ceiling of about 15 cents a pound until Septem ber 10 and 17 cents by next April. Officials say the new ceilings will reduce current retail prices by about 20 percent in most areas. Also noted is a local human-interest item: James Ware, who began as a railroad waiter in 1894 to pay medical college costs, received a 60 years of service button last week after returning to the summer job.
The National Council of Poland organises in areas under Russian control, branding the London government as illegitimate and claiming majority support from unknown figures. It demands Ukrainian and Baltic territories ceded to the Soviets be adjusted via annexation of eastern Germany and East Prussia, and calls for unification of Polish fighting forces under Russian oversight.
Perry Hayden of Tecumseh Michigan plants a cubic inch of wheat yearly as tithing. Since 1940 he shares one tenth of the yield with a Friends church and seeds the rest on land loaned by Henry Ford. The 1944 harvest drew Henry Ford and old threshing equipment to illustrate progress.
A local couple Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Maxwell reported their hen in Oregon City Oregon began laying eggs described as enormous, measuring 944 inches in lengthwise circumference and 8 inches crosswise. After seven days of prolific production the bird died.
Beardsley Ruml and H Christian Sonne urged postwar tax simplification including abolition of corporate income taxes to lower prices raise wages and remove double taxation while advocating a graduated income tax from 16 percent for incomes under 33100 to 60 percent for 250000 or more. They urged a balanced budget debt retirement after high business activity and predicted 55 million workers near 1943 income levels. USDA data show shifts in cattle grades with fewer choice prime steers in mid July and odd effects from price controls on profits.
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey says his task is done and urges discontinuing his office. Its functions would pass to the War Production board. Synthetic plants produce 836000 tons yearly, enough for 22000000 new tires planned for 1944. About 6000 tire makers are needed to meet the goal.
The piece surveys electors sometimes voting against the popular vote from 1876 to 1912 and notes historical precedents. It then details wartime tire red tape, describing U S officials after Pearl Harbor moving old imported tires to civilians, delays by Rubber Development and Defense Supplies, and a 1944 directive finally transferring tires in June. It ends with North Carolina governors en route to Chicago for the convention and their associates.
A collage of wartime vignettes features Albert Einstein and other public figures, humorous exchanges, and frontline tales. It recounts a starstruck interview with Einstein, a Burma Burma paratrooper recruitment scene, civilian hardship from delayed furloughs, a German looting attempt in Sweden misread as WOMEN, and Russia’s Black Market and government stores. Marine Lt Mitchell Paige, Medal of Honor recipient, is noted for a grounded mission after a bold air raid.
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