08 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
1
The report notes looming coal rationing as President Roosevelt seeks a 65 induction limit to curb strikes. It discusses Allied strategy in the Mediterranean and efforts to keep the Axis off balance amid shifting wartime pressures.
Draft plans for coal rationing loom after three strikes raise production doubts. Harold Ickes signals possible management changes in mines while Roosevelt threatens draft for noncombatant service. Congress debates shifting food powers to Davis with weather improving grain and livestock outlook easing tensions.
The National Association of Small Businessmen led by DeWitt Emery urged Congress to allow war contract firms to set aside tax free reserves to ease postwar transition. He warned that without provisions thousands of businesses could shut down after the war. He proposed a 3 percent reserve on sales up to 1 million dollars, with reserves above that scaled to 0.5 percent.
In the eastern Mediterranean two events sharpened hopes of Allied action. Allied bombs hit Salonika for the first time and Italy evacuated Castelrosso in the Dodecanese. RAF and US bombers softened Italy as British Lancasters carried a shuttle mission from Africa to attack La Spezia, while Italian police arrested over 11,000 suspected fifth columnists.
Reports from the Ruhr describe 10,000 tons of Allied bombs in a month with Germany ordering 4,000,000 nonessential civilians evacuated. Berlin says 1,000 fighter planes massed in western Europe and 30,000 anti-aircraft guns line a 200 by 20 to 50 mile belt. Propaganda claims RAF has practically erased Krefeld and brutal raids hit Ruhr and Rhineland populations.
Liberator bombers flew 4000 miles from Australia to Macassar on Celebes in a raid that dropped 29 tons of bombs on ships and bases. The operation marked Allied retaliation in the Celebes area since Japan seized Macassar early in 1942, with damage to a cruiser and merchant vessel reported.
Canadian labor minister Humphrey Mitchell announced that all youths aged 16 to 18 are now subject to compulsory labor transfer. The report notes U S coal strikes reduced national production by over 20 million tons. Flood damage repair gains approval for 10 million dollars. Rudy Vallee promoted from chief petty officer to lieutenant, senior grade, in the coast guard.
Feints and light skirmishes marked the distant Russian front with localized incidents in Orel Smolensk Belgorod Staraya Russa and Leningrad sectors. Artillery hit an enemy battalion HQ near Sevesk in the Kursk salient while large scale combat remained off the map as observers note waning German air power and potential shifts to western Europe.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr. of General Motors told 500 business leaders and military officers in Chicago that the immediate postwar period is not a concern, but the distant future is. He warned of at least five years to meet pent-up consumer demand and the risk of a letdown after it is exhausted unless private industry drafts plans to win the peace. He urged a frank government policy statement now to enable industry to plan and to allow building profitable reserves tax-free.
In a move to curb inflation, stabilization director Fred M. Vinson rejected eight-cent hourly wage increases for 1,100,000 non-operating railway workers, a plan that would raise rail pay by 200 million dollars yearly. Some relief appeared possible as President Roosevelt favored overtime pay for such workers, potentially yielding higher weekly earnings. In Burma and China, Allied air forces pressed bombardment with damage to warehouses and transport routes, while U S Liberator bombers struck targets near Mandalay. Separately, the 35th governors conference urged release of corn and feed, and criticized federal encroachment on states rights and rising bureau staffing.
A column mocks wartime talking points and propaganda from both sides. It recalls a German officer’s quip at firing squads, notes conciliatory Italian remarks to Americans, and satirizes Norman Rockwell style anecdotes. It also comments on a Food Conference in which Liu of China rejects US food aid in favor of equipment, and jokes about Will Rogers and Will Rogers quotes. The piece reflects midwar cynicism and cross-national curiosities.
The article reports expanded air transport to China improving supply lines for operations against Japan, aided by Chennault’s pilots, and notes Russia receiving increasing lend-lease aircraft, altering Luftwaffe balance. It also covers Navy enlistment tattoo standards, WAAC resignation limits, Bismarck sinking, army doctor promotions, and other war-time notices from mailing bag and military sources.
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