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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1945
Page
3
A wide Russian push threatens Berlin from the north and south as Zhukov and Konev force new advances. Hitler calls for total resistance and personal sacrifice while Allied powers prepare for the Big Three summit and a broader strategy.
The Office of War Information reports farm machinery output for the year ending July 1 will fall short of operators demands due to equipment strain and labor shortages. Quotas totaling 697 million dollars will be met overall with 90 percent to farmers, 7 percent for export, and 3 percent for lend-lease. No new tractors or harvesting machinery will be available for the 1945 crop year beyond 1944 levels.
Federal Judge Philip S. Sullivan ruled Roosevelt had no authority to seize Montgomery Ward properties. The Constitution allows seizure only in immediate war zones, and the War Labor Disputes Act covers plants producing war material. He also said only Congress can authorize such actions, not the War Labor Board.
Despite expanded military needs and large Allied shipments, U S and Canadian civilian food stocks in 1954 held steady or rose versus 1949. U K civilian supplies also improved since 1943 but stayed below prewar UK levels for many foods and below 1944 levels in the VA 8, and Canada for dairy, meat, eggs, sugars, and fruit.
The article lists at least 31 kinds of pay such as swing shift differential daywork seven day bonus night bonus and various incentives. It also notes 42 or more deductions including social security taxes war bonds and withholding taxes.
The article details live cattle price ceilings set by the OPA to aid wholesalers retailers and consumers with top market prices by region and the Northeast rail coal shortage limiting supplies. It then profiles Tom Pendergast a Kansas City political boss who shaped Missouri politics and helped Harry Truman rise, noting reforms corruption cases and a wartime RFC debate, plus record holiday sales and refrigerators stockpiles.
Ernie Pyle recounts a perilous Sicily invasion moment as five searchlights sweep a ship, pinning it to shore and leaving the crew terrified yet undetected. The piece also tells of a ship’s dog sacrificed at sea by a loyal, troubled petty officer and the shipboard reaction to the act.
After the initial Sicilian invasion, a calm settled on the Navy beachhead with no warfare at the front. News from German broadcasts claimed success, but sailors reported a poised peace as watches eased to Condition Three and routines relaxed. Liberty parties soon went ashore for sightseeing while the ship pivots back to normal operations.
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