03 Jun 1943
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
1
Editor notes in this Western Newspaper Union digest discuss Allied bombers and Axis industry themes. The piece cites the British delegate at a food conference urging a normal granary for all nations while mentioning the dissolution of a world revolution group.
More than 40,000 families or 160,000 people driven from homes by raging floods across the Midwest. Red Cross shelters victims while disease immunizations proceed. Food officials convene governors and agriculture commissioners to plan farm production in flood areas. Mississippi River levels reach record heights, with levees cracking along Illinois and Missouri shores. Planting likely delayed to late June with harvests depending on autumn frosts.
Allied bombers struck across Europe hitting Dortmund’s metal coal and communication centers with over 2000 tons of explosives. Thirty eight crews failed to return. Air forces also pounded Pantelleria Sardinia and Sicily with a stricken ferry link to Sicily.
The United Mine Workers and coal operators revived collective bargaining after the War Labor Board denied John L. Lewis a $22 daily wage increase. The WLB urged terms on travel time pay, favored a six day week with concessions for the extra day, and boosted vacation payments from $20 to $50, equating to about 8 to 15 cents more per day in wages.
In the Attu highlands northeast tip Japanese remnants resisted American advance amid sleet and rain. A raid by 16 Japanese bombers prompted interception by six American Lightning fighters, leaving two thirds of the enemy squadron shattered. American bombers continued targeting Kiska, the main Aleutian base 172 miles east.
Richard K. Law, chairman of Britain's UN delegation at Hot Springs Virginia, urged a world wide application of the ever normal granary principle. He proposed buffer stocks, producer consumer balanced trade, and a representative international authority rather than import quotas. The American delegation noted potential resettlement of millions to boost food production.
The Communist International announces its formal dissolution citing war hindrances to coordination. Allied observers split, some see less tension with Russia and the UN, others note the US Communist Party had broken from the Comintern in 1940 yet kept party lines active. The group says national parties can better craft policies locally.
OPA price ceiling revisions trigger resignations from several top officials to Price Administrator Prentiss Brown. Russia seeks more food for its army as UN conference delegates discuss supplies. Eastern produce house predicts five million extra bushels of early potatoes this summer. Allied operations report reduced U-boat efficiency, according to naval spokesman Heinrich Schmidt.
Senator Arthur Vandenberg announced approval of a pay-as-you-go income tax measure after legislative bickering. The plan would wipe out taxes of 50 dollars and under, forgive 75 percent of remaining taxes for one year, and place all taxpayers on a current basis starting July 1. Taxpayers would use the higher of 1942 or 1943 liability, settle 25 percent of arrears in two yearly payments beginning March 1944, and face a 20 percent tax on weekly wages plus a 3 percent victory tax after exemptions. Farmers pay quarterly on current earnings.
John L. Lewis seeks readmission of United Mine Workers to the AFL after leaving to form the CIO. The AFL executive committee will study the proposal this summer, with District 50 unions overlapping AFL units in other fields and questions about the Progressive Mine union's stance.
Last February workmen clambered over the 27 year old hull of the Oklahoma, nearly upside down since the 1941 attack. Cables and winches pulled the hull upright for 69 hours as the Steady aided the recovery. Salvage cut Pearl Harbor losses to three ships: Arizona Cassin Downes. Repair restored California Nevada West Virginia and Shaw.
About fifteen thousand Tire and Rubber workers joined thirty thousand from Firestone and Goodrich in a strike over the War Labor Board's denial of an eight cent hourly raise, triggering plant disruption and prompting CIO leader Dalrymple to seek action in Washington. The WLB cited risk to industry wage stability as reason to limit gains.
The War Production Board tightens controls on women’s garments to stretch limited material. Trimming allowances are restricted and hip measurements altered. Lengths and proportions for dresses are adjusted, starting with size 16 and varying proportionally.
A sweeping visual tour through the capital's scenes from Lincoln Memorial to Congress. It notes war ministries pulsing through night lights, diplomatic embassies, and the Library of Congress amid a city buzzing with reporters, lobbyists, gossip, and the ever present search for normalcy amid wartime tensions.
Senators probing a closed door session find cabinet meetings lack agendas and planning. Officials from top agencies face unpredictable topics while many rely on late client notes for private access. Four German experts watch U.S. policy from neutral capitals, shaping war outcomes as Wavell’s Burma campaign falters amid Indian troops.
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