11 Nov 1943
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1943
Page
1
Italy battles muddy terrain as German forces fortify mountain posts and rush troops to shore up broken defense lines on the Red Front. Western Newspaper Union analysis notes a sharpened Nazi focus in defensive positions amid strained supply and advancing Allied pressure.
Heavy rain slows supply routes in Italy forcing Allies to rely on horses burros and mules as motor transport fails in mud and mountains. Germans retreat to Massice ridge and Ludendorff’s 1918 strain cited while Nazis boost morale with underground hospitals and civilian eye injury campaigns accompany air raids.
Amid the Dnieper push, Berlin acknowledges the Nazis face their darkest hour as German troops shift from Crimea to the south. In Melitopol street fighting rages with heavy losses. Big Three chiefs Hull Eden Molotov hold Kremlin talks to spur a Western Front and discuss postwar Baltic, Polish, Romanian, and Finnish issues, while a new lend-lease deal with Russia promises winter aid.
President Roosevelt met AFL and CIO leaders to address rising living costs and promised price relief through subsidies, as railway unions protested wage adjustments. A non operating union protested Vinson’s eight cent pay boost while operating unions balked at a four cent rise after seeking more. War Labor Board hearings heard coal operators contest a contract raising daily pay by 1.50 to 1.75 dollars and extending the workday to 8.5 hours.
The War Manpower Commission ordered 71 areas to adopt a 48 hour work week and told 112 others to prepare for the longer period. The move aims to boost production per worker amid manpower shortages, with 40 of 71 areas already on the longer week. The policy already covers logging, non-ferrous mining and smelting, and iron and steel.
Ben Bernie the Ol' Maestro of radio fame dies at 80 in Beverly Hills following a heart ailment after a pneumonia attack. The report notes his long career and influence in broadcasting and entertainment history.
In Georgia, prisoners surprised to find brighter cells and radios after Governor Ells Arnall’s reform moves banning whipping and shackles and ending chain gang camps. In Denver, 93-year-old Civil War veteran Frank M. Frary died with $81,610 hidden in his vest, converted securities two years earlier. 26 relatives share his estate.
Allied reconnaissance finds Japanese constructing bomber and fighter bases across the Celebes, Dutch East Indies, and surrounding areas with new concrete runways and supply stores. The goal appears to hinder MacArthur’s moves toward oil, quinine, and tin regions of the Indies and Mountbatten’s approaches from India.
Secret hearings reveal Japan massing 500000 soldiers and plan to draw draftees aged 17 to 20. Allied defense worries arise if Russia allows bomb bases in Siberia. Germans focus on breaking bombing raids with fighter planes, even colliding with bombers. Gold reserves show US two thirds of world supply at 22 billion dollars amid postwar currency debates. Senate kills 300 million education bill after Langer amendment on racial discrimination. New butter extender Dyne developed at University of Wisconsin to ease butter shortages.
In a wartime briefing the Azores and Gibraltar are highlighted as strategic flashpoints for Nazi torpedoes. New magnetic and proximity-fuse weapons boost sub attacks while convoy tactics shift to multi-directional ambushes. The piece also recounts Cuban ambassador Concheso's Moscow visit, Stalin’s reception, and Capitol gossip about Ralph Ingersoll and West Virginia politics.
Government units move to meet postwar reconstruction needs as 44 state legislatures pass planning measures. New or revived state planning commissions empowered to map future problems. localities gain funds and authority for master plans, regional projects, and joint planning. Alabama California Georgia Illinois Indiana Missouri Utah create new boards to expand future studies.
A study of the United States Food Administration from World War I shows the agency earned 60 million dollars in profit, employed about 13 thousand people, and ran expenditures of 7.88 billion dollars. It had 1,338 paid Washington staff and 1,593 in the field, with salaries averaging 1274 in Washington and 988.56 in the field.
The text notes Sicily’s size akin to Vermont and outlines population contrasts in Palermo and Catania. Messina stands as a major port due to its ferry link location. Syracuse, once Europe’s largest city, now hosts about 50,000, reflecting Sicily’s ancient urban legacy.
Mt Etna Stromboli and Vesuvius form a direct arc in Europe’s most active volcano chain. Historic earthquakes tsunamis and eruptions plagued southern Italy and Sicily. Mariners used Stromboli as a lighthouse and wind barometer, predicting weather from crater plumes. Aeolus legend grew from this isle where Ulysses sought to bind winds in a bag.
When three quarters of onion tops have fallen, growers break the rest. Tops dry, onions are pulled and laid in windrows to cure, then bagged or crated near a building or field edge to finish drying. After curing, tops are removed and onions stored in crates or large mesh bells for air circulation.
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