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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1943

Page

16

3,000,000 Men to Invade Europe Says Gen March

Gen Peyton C March, 79, warns an Allied cross channel invasion of Hitler held Europe will require at least 3,000,000 troops and be long and bloody. He disputes Eisenhower’s 1944 defeat forecast, praises Eisenhower’s selection, criticizes censorship, and predicts a prolonged Pacific war with 6,000,000 trained Japanese to be found underground after invasion.

Washington INS Peyton C. March Europe Dwight D. Eisenhower Germany Eisenhower March Mediterranean Pacific Tarawa Japan

The Poet of the People by Edgar A Guest

A poem by Edgar A Guest envisions hopeful victories and peace. It ponders months ahead, predicting war’s end and a season of harmony with springtime flowers, warmer suns, and the Christmas bells signaling a final peace for all on earth.

Edgar A. Guest the Poet of the People

U S Expenditures 88 Billion in 1943

Washington AP reports mid night Friday tally shows 1943 federal spending near 88 billion dollars, with war costs exceeding 82 billion. Since 1789 total outlays through mid 1926 stood at 87 billion, highlighting wartime fiscal scale.

U.S Washington The Treasury

Record Spending and Debt Jump in 1943 War Finance

In 1943 the United States spent about $32 billion more than 1942, with total receipts near $34.5 billion and taxes around $31.9 billion. The national debt rose from $112.471 billion to a high near $170.42 billion, then eased to about $57.5 billion net increase for the year. War outlays peaked at over $7.5 billion a month in November, with monthly spending later expected to rise again. WASH TUBBS.

Treasury

TARGET IN BASKETBALL HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured is a basketball 6

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