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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1945
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes Allies close on the Ruhr Valley amid invasion plans by Japan facing U.S. forces. The report also forecasts a cut in grain acreage and discusses wartime priorities influencing agricultural policy.
Allied forces press on across Germany's west as Kesselring takes command in the Ruhr amid heavy bombardment and German defenses. In the east Reds threaten Berlin while western fronts hold. U.S. savings rise with 148 billion dollars in assets at end of 1944 and city payrolls reach 122 million monthly for 852000 municipal workers.
Japan moves to marshal the country for defense while pressing occupied China to oppose a U S thrust. Tokyo evacuates nearly half its civilian population as U S air raids hit the inner naval base. Japanese leaders fear direct homeland assault may force countermeasures. observers note ongoing campaigns around the Philippines and Burma. Meanwhile the U S Department of Agriculture forecasts 1945 farm acreages with declines in corn barley and soybeans and modest gains in wheat and oats amid manpower and machinery constraints.
Wool production and sheep numbers fell in the United States in 1944. Total shorn and pulled wool reached 418,094,000 pounds, down from 449,578,000 pounds in 1943. Local market prices averaged 42.4 cents per pound in 1944, up from 41.6 cents in 1943. Sheep shorn were about 44,324,000 head, nine percent fewer than in 1943.
President Roosevelt revealed plans to cut monthly draft calls from 135000 to 93000 by July 1945 to furnish replacements. A congressional committee was told that after Germany's defeat inductments would continue in the Japanese war, with older men stepping in to fill gaps.
The piece outlines growing U S pressure to share food with displaced Europeans and to meet UNRRA’s 800 million pound April to June requirement. It notes Britain’s limited food reserves, Roosevelt’s call for aid, and projected allocations by nation, with the United States supplying about 42 percent of UNRRA’s three month need.
Marvin Jones leads a new interagency committee to curb food shipments and coordinate allocations as demands rise. The move aims to prevent a collapse of supplies for the army, lend lease aid, and liberated areas while facing ship and transport shortages and a strained labor market.
A Berlin broadcaster notes that volunteers in the Volksturm have largely stopped fighting, while the FCC cites a Japanese broadcast mentioning Manchuria construction projects. The Finnish premier seeks friendly ties with Russia as a curfew loosens for restaurants serving wartime workers.
An advertisement touts Whip Cream-It as able to whip ordinary or evaporated cream in a minute and a half without sugar. It suggests uses for dressings sauces and ice cream and claims praise from housewives countywide. Sold by Daniel's Tested Products in Kansas City Missouri with a money back offer.
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