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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1943
Page
6
Allied operations press Palermo breakout as U S forces gain footholds in Sicily's northeast. Pacific theater actions intensify with increased naval and air activity. U S employment reaches 38 million, reflecting wartime mobilization.
Allied forces push across western Sicily under Gen. George S. Patton while Palermo falls, trapping about 100,000 Axis troops in the northeast as Gen. Bernard Montgomery presses at Catania. Goering division fights near the outskirts. rivers and grain fields hinder tank movements. War mobilization talks by James Byrnes discuss reallocating materials, and labor and mining shifts expand civilian work while army mines gain workers.
American heavy bombers strike Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies sinking 500 pound bombs on oil refineries and rail facilities. Simultaneously, air forces pound Japanese positions near Munda on New Georgia as raids intensify across the South Pacific.
A reader reviews Psychology for the Fighting Man a 20 chapter work by experts. It offers approachable essays on mobs combat camouflage color food sex races and more. Published by the Infantry Journal in Washington it costs a quarter and benefits soldiers and their families.
Highlights from the week report a $4 per ton increase in newsprint by the Office of Price Administration effective September 1, prints a special war money program for American servicemen, notes scarce English baby carriages, and quotes Gen. de Gaulle on the future of the Fighting French and a liberated France ending its leadership.
A total of 76 704 farms with 6 484 292 acres lay idle at the 1940 census. Idle farms equal 1 3 percent of all farms. New England and Middle Atlantic states show the highest idle rate. Iowa reports only 1 in 2000 farms idle. Abandoned farms average 85 acres. operating tracts average 174 acres. Depleted soil and crop failures explain about one third of vacancies. Many rural departures stem from industrial employment. About 57 million idle acres lie on producing farms.
Bankgage notes soldiers receive two pairs of shoes with three extra pairs in reserve and two being manufactured. Monthly small arms rounds approach 1% billion, seven times 1918 peak. Hirohito congratulates Petain on Bastille Day, per Domei. War measures extend freight car travel by about 16 percent.
The price of the pattern is 15 cents. Due to unusually large demand and current war conditions, some popular pattern numbers may take longer to fill. Send your order to:
The Halcyon House in Washington Georgetown features trees growing from its walls. Built in 1700 by Benjamin Stoddard who served as the first secretary of the navy.
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