06 Sep 1943
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1943
Page
1
Our Daily Bread reports that the Army's tank output has fallen about 40 percent in six to seven months due to canceled British and Russian orders, with a 1944 cut of 50 percent. Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay notes large untapped tank reserves and light front losses, suggesting a move toward civilian manufacturing as military needs ease.
Soviet forces reportedly closed to within three miles of the burning city of Stalino as part of a summer offensive. Berlin and Moscow reports describe heavy engagements across the Donets basin and Kharkov while Axis forces withdraw along a 600 mile front.
The notice lists ration coupon validity across categories. Meat and cheese use Book 2 red stamps with letters T U V W expiring Aug 31. X Y valid through Oct 2. Processed fruits and vegetables use Book 2 blue stamps R S T valid through Sept 20. U V W valid Sept 1 through Oct 20. Sugar Book 1 stamp 14 edible through Oct. stamps 15 16 for home canning. Shoes Book 1 stamp 18 valid through Oct 31. Gasoline distribution varies by region with No 7T A 4 gal in Rocky Mtns and Far West. other regions 2 1/2 to 4 gallons. Fuel oil period 5 coupons expire Sept 30. new period 1 coupons good through Jan 3, 1944, worth 10 gallons per unit.
Henry C. Cassidy reports the Red Army has overrun Kharkov Taganrog Belgorod and Orel and exposed German field defenses in three zones with front secondary and rear lines. Col. Ivan Vorobiev explains the layered system designed to absorb shock and the need for coordinated artillery aviation tanks and infantry to break it. He cites three reasons for a failed summer assault and notes Russian reserves wide-front breakthroughs using encirclements and massed gun fire from open positions. New York state has about 800 miles of navigable waterways.
Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur advanced eight to ten miles in New Guinea drawing the Japanese into a trap in the Lae Salamaua area. Australian troops landed on Huon Gulf beaches and moved inland to sever Japanese land links from Lae, with light opposition at two beachheads and near Singana plantation. progress continued in Salamaua near Kila Bridge Tambu Bay Francisco River.front lines held Huknuk defense around village as Allies pressed the two pronged effort.
The Associated Press reports during the Labor Day weekend 147 violent deaths so far, below 1942 levels. Traffic deaths total 78, drownings 1, other fatalities 8, with California leading at 21 traffic deaths.
Allied officers returning to Cairo report a high level meeting with guerilla chiefs in Greece and Yugoslavia. A patriot army of 300000 is said to mass in the Balkan back hills as plans for future operations against a southeastern Europe invasion are prepared.
A series of goodwill tours to 36 towns and 17 counties in South Arkansas will run Sept. 14 to Oct. 5, organized by the Arkansas Livestock Association with local business and livestock leaders. The report notes that in most lower animal forms the female is larger than the male.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey proposed a U S Britain postwar military alliance stirring a Michigan Mackinac Island GOP advisory council session. Taft and Vandenberg weighed foreign policy plans as the council drafted 1944 platform ideas and a Mackinac Charter rallying militant Republican unity. Dewey pressed closer ties with nations allied in the war.
RAF bombers in very great strength attacked Mannheim and Ludwigshafen on the Rhine in night raids near dawn. American daylight strikes targeted Schweinfurt Regensburg and Ghent with ground action reported. German losses and heavy anti aircraft fire noted amid ongoing Allied air offensives over Germany and western Europe.
The White House announced Prime Minister Churchill would receive an honorary degree at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts and deliver a radio address at 11 20 a m central wartime.
The Office of Price Administration boosts the Stephens Smart field ceiling by ten cents to 11.18 per barrel effective Sept. 10. The higher price reflects a superior crude grade and will be absorbed by buyers with no cost of living increase. The field has 60 wells producing about 6000 barrels daily. PAW authorized 60 more wells.
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill moved closer to a three way summit with Premier Stalin as a preliminary foreign office meeting is arranged. A new Mediterranean commission including a Soviet representative was disclosed to address war issues with Italy and routes to the Black Sea.
President Roosevelt urged increased production to speed Axis defeat as workers, employers, and farmers were asked to sustain and raise output. Labor leaders Murray Green and Ne nutt planned a 2:15 p.m. Central War Time radio broadcast on the Blue network.
A Turin paper reports Italian military circles fear Allied landings on Italy’s west coast. Gazzetta Del Popolo warns of losses in Tunisia and Sicily and cites Salerno Civitavecchia and Grosse as possible landing points. Giornale D Italia notes troops in recent campaigns showed inferiority and poor equipment.
Allied dispatches report British and Canadian troops advancing along the Calabrian coast from Reggio toward Santo Stefano d Aspromonte, cutting a 40 mile shoreline salient. About 3000 prisoners taken as inland spearhead reaches rugged Aspromonte while coast towns of Bagnara and Melito fall under control.
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