26 Aug 1943
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
1
A weekly rollout notes ongoing strain on Italy’s industrial zone as Allied actions ripple through production. Grain crop yields decline amid disrupted shipments while U S airmen press operations across both Pacific fronts, signaling broad wartime pressure and shifting priorities.
In the retreat from Sicily German rearguards occupy rocky hills while Allied air power and Patton’s forces strike across Italy. Bombers target Milan’s industry. selective service drafts plan supports “super-eligibility” for essential war jobs. Russia counters with major offensives toward Smolensk Kharkov Orel as manpower rebounds. Western Union and Postal Telegraph merge to form a $40 million to $170,000,000 enterprise. Grain crop estimates for 1943 show overall production down from last year with corn and oats projections leading the decline. Milk and egg outputs hold steady or rise.
Allied airmen bent to two fronts as Liberator bombers left Aleutian bases bound for Kurile targets. Forty Japanese fighters rose to defend. two Liberators fell, yet the squadron returned to base after a 1000 mile mission. Allied ground forces closed on New Georgia while Churchill Roosevelt held sixth wartime meeting, Russia snubbed Stalin’s invite, signaling postwar diplomacy shifts.
A group of four thoroughbred yearlings, sired by Blenheim Jr and Sir Galahad, sold in Lexington Kentucky for an average price of 3507 dollars. A separate note reports photographer Clark Gabois attempting aerial shots over Europe, making fifteen passes before returning.
Wiley M. Creps of Chicago is killed in the North Atlantic on March 8 1942. His father reveals the youth was only 15 having altered his birth certificate to enlist. The same report notes 17 year old Dick Lajeski from Passaic N J signs with the New York Giants for 10000 and is sent to Jersey City for seasoning. A Tacoma paper executive Frank Wilhelmms dies of a heart attack after a golf victory.
Midwest and Southwest gas rations will be cut from four to three gallons with A B and C coupons reduced. C cardholders may see monthly miles drop from 720 to 480 while preferred workers keep supplies as needed. Eastward oil movement via the big inch pipeline is cited as drawing on western stocks. Treasury notes show New York Illinois and eight industrial states provided 59 percent of 1943 revenue. North and South Dakota paid about 0.0 percent. Labor: AFL blocks reinstatement of United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis, citing District 50 dissolution to avoid conflicts with AFL unions. anti strike law challenged as unconstitutional by miners' counsel.
A Chicago Tribune figure Col Robert R McCormick and widow Helen Essary reputedly wed in isolationist circles, while President Roosevelt weighs non negotiable bonds to curb wage inflation after war. Reports outline Daylight bombing gains, Little Steel wage formula, and inflation remedies, plus notes on OWI broadcasts and European travel by Swiss minister Bruggmann.
Radio columnist collects gags attributed to S Smith LaGuardia Hurst Shaw Farley Walker Chase Connolly Finnegan and Roosevelt. The piece notes celebrities did not vaudeville and shares humorous exchanges about watches cakes revolutions and boxing gate receipts in a playful archival flavor.
With Walter Winchell away from New York, the column continues under guest contributors. The feature preserves the column's brisk, opinionated tone and aims to deliver timely notes on public figures and events.
Homemaker note describes converting wasted kitchen space into a linen closet with a high plywood door, shelves, and a curtain roller system. A smart laundry bag is included, with full sketches, dimensions, and step by step directions. Mrs Spears prepared the design packet and an itemized materials list is included.
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