27 Aug 1943
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1943
Page
1
The weekly report notes sustained Allied air raids weighing on Italy's industrial sector while grain crops show a decline. It also covers U.S. airmen conducting strikes across both ends of the Pacific theater.
As Allied forces push from Sicily into Italy, heavy bombing targets Milan's industrial belt while German rearguards fight in Sicily. In Palermo Private Joseph Mole of Jamestown, N Y rescues an abandoned infant Josephine, authorities taking over. Selective Service drafts fathers starting October 1 under a new super-eligibility class to prioritize essential war production jobs amid a 300,000-fathers draft projection. Russian counteroffensives roll across the vast plains driving toward Kharkov Orel and Smolensk while a Western Union Postal Telegraph merger looms, expanding a $340 million global enterprise.
The report estimates 1943 grain production at 5.282 billion bushels with July gains, forecasts corn 2.875 billion and wheat 834.9 million. oats, barley, rye lower than last year. Pacific theater notes Liberator operations over New Georgia. Allied siege encircles Japanese on northwest New Georgia. Churchill and Roosevelt hold sixth meeting as Stalin is not invited. postwar diplomacy open questions loom.
The Office of Price Administration plans a gas ration reduction in the Midwest and Southwest. A B and C coupons drop from four to three gallons with many C-card holders losing from 720 to 490 miles per month. Doctors ministers and war workers may keep unlimited supplies as needed. The shift follows oil movement toward the East via the big inches pipeline.
A Washington rumor ties Col. Robert R. McCormick to widow Helen Essary in an isolationist pairing. Across dispatches, U S and British daylight bombing debates, inflation remedies via non negotiable war bonds, and Warburg’s influence loom, with Bruggmann’s Europe tour noted and French-German civilian interactions described.
A column of lighthearted bits features quips attributed to figures like LaGuardia Fannie Hurst Bernard Shaw Jim Farley Ile a Chase Marc Connolly and President Roosevelt. The items play on politics theater and sport with humorous twists and self deprecating notes.
A fragmented report notes a discussion over union-related columns and tax policy at a city council meeting. Officials debate funding, potential impacts on workers, and fiscal effects for the upcoming budget cycle.
A group of 54 thoroughbred yearlings, offspring of Blenheim II and Sir Galahad I, sold at an average price of 3507 dollars at the Lexington Kentucky sale. Clark Gable's aircraft gunner plane in Europe was hit 15 times but returned to base.
Wiley M. Creps of Chicago was killed in action on March 8, 1942. His father disclosed Creps had lied about his age to join the service, being just 15 when he enlisted. Also noted: 17-year-old Richard Lajeskie from Passaic, New Jersey, signed with the New York Giants for 10 000 dollars and went to Jersey City for seasoning. In a separate item, 67-year-old Frank Wilhelm of Tacoma, a paper executive, collapsed and died of a heart attack after celebrating a golf putt.
Homemaker demonstrates converting wasted cupboard space into a linen closet in a kitchen area. A high plywood door conceals a top compartment, with lower shelves and a curtain on a shade roller creating accessible storage. Mrs Spears provides full working sketches Design No. 256 with dimensions and material list. 15 cents requested.
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