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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1943
Page
4
A Gallup poll in the Evening Huronite shows many farmers support subsidies to curb inflation, while others predict inflation if prices rise. The piece cites Walter Lippmann on congressional contradictions over subsidies and taxes, notes misrepresentation by farm leaders, and touches on a prank kidnapping by Cleveland youths and other assorted comments.
Washington columnist Raymond Clapper denounces voluntary censorship as a gross imposition on press freedom. He cites advance Teheran conference material leaked globally, condemns Axis adoption of the news, and recalls mistreatment of American correspondents at Cairo and Hot Springs events, urging transparency.
Ruth Millett notes a 15 year old girl Sally slips from home with Doris to stroll downtown and meet servicemen. She questions if parents truly know their children's plans and calls for accountability, citing Judge Juvenal and Judge Manchisio on parental responsibility and media influence.
The Chicago Daily News notes that Gilberts operations yielded 3,772 total casualties across six weeks versus Salerno and Guadalcanal figures. Tarawa alone saw 1,026 killed and 2,557 wounded, with about 25 percent casualties if the 2d Marine Division took part. The piece discusses defense of a small island and the limits of bombardment in sea and air operations.
Allied dispatch tells how American civilian women travel in civilian clothes to African and other posts, pleasing hungry soldiers with companionship. Ernie Pyle recalls traveling with Mrs. Peggy Pollard from Los Angeles, noting perks and a military social dynamic. Officers Maj. Charlie Moore and Capt. David Miller are profiled as men who prefer front-line life to hotel luxury, calling their war the Battle of the Hotels.
Rumors swirl about Rita Hayworth, Ed Judson, and Gable attachment plots while Dionne quintuplets offer personal appearances. Duke and Duchess of Windsor debate Bahamas residence as Nina Miyani and spouse flee to Spain. Parliament bid floated. Patricia Lonengan apartment mystery. nylon ban looms on manufacturing.
Steinbeck recounts the Ventotene landing where forty three paratroopers arrived aboard a quiet boat. The five captors and German positions faced a tense night as the destroyer fired tracers and supplies were hurried ashore under cover of darkness.
George Gallup reports farm leaders claim farmers oppose subsidies but survey shows low awareness of what subsidies are. About 13 percent know the term fairly exactly, 35 percent understand at least somewhat, 65 percent cannot define it. Among nonfarm adults 29 percent understand, 71 percent do not. Views on Congress action split roughly evenly among farmers, while nonfarm adults favor subsidies two to one. James J. Ritty credited with inventing the cash register in 1879.
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