20 Aug 1943
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1943
Page
1
Axis troops in Sicily face a turning point as Allied forces push inland toward Catania. German and Italian resistances waver as the Red Offensive disrupts Nazi flanks while American units advance in the Pacific theater maintaining momentum across multiple fronts.
Military fronts report 40,000 Axis holdouts in Sicily as 10 Allied divisions push through rugged terrain near Catania and Messina. UMW pay debate before War Labor Board. coal miners seek underground travel pay and longer shifts. Grain and coal notes, strike at Allis-Chalmers in Illinois, Russian summer drive on Orel Belgorod. Munda action in Solomons described with tanks and coordinated air-sea assault. Morgenthau reveals 1941 corporate tax share near 60 percent of receipts.
War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson announced that about 12 billion dollars of planned war plant facilities are 80 percent complete. The gains cover guns, combat vehicles, aircraft and ammunition plants with ammunition facilities 35 percent finished. Other programs show synthetic rubber 61 percent, 100 octane gasoline 9 percent, iron and steel 75 percent, and chemical products 90 percent. General Somervell warned of delays in armament supplies and a downturn in factory output.
Washington DC leader Bernie Baruch fears the war leaves thousands of displaced women in flux after victory. He recalls using rail tickets and $10 stipends to help workers return home, hoping to ease readjustment and highlight human costs beyond armaments.
A late night column blends political quips and war era observations. It recalls FBI arraignment debates, Nazi and Fascist voices, and public sentiment about German aggression, Mussolini, and Allied policy. The piece satirizes media, governance, and society with named figures and dates amid a crowded urban backdrop.
War department statistics reveal that one in ten American prisoners in Japanese camps has died from disease since the Philippines fell. British army surgeons report seventy percent of wounded Russian soldiers recover and return to battle.
Plymouth officer Lt Col Cass S Hough undertook two experimental flights for the U S Army Air Forces reaching speeds over 780 mph. In September he climbed a P 38 to 43000 feet then dived to 18000 feet before leveling off. In February he did a similar test with a P 47 reaching 39000 feet and 18000 foot level off. He described the dive as weighing a ton with gray out but staying conscious. Meanwhile farmland values rise above WWI levels fueling fears of a new real estate boom and later a price drop. From March to July farm real estate rose 3 percent across regions with Indiana property selling 40 percent above 1935-39 averages. With prices and incomes up, farmers buy and speculators enter the market for resale.
The upper sketch depicts a combined living and bedroom space using every inch of space. A plywood bedside bedding box replaces cushions, padded with cotton batting and covered in couch fabric. Unpainted bookcases may fit ends. bedding lid to match them. The feature promotes using on-hand materials from Book 10 in a homemaking booklet series priced 16 cents.
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