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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
6
A Western Newspaper Union analysis notes the U S Army motorized columns spearheading advances across Brittany. The report highlights a current budget exceeding 98 billion dollars and frames the operation within wartime logistics and strategic outcomes.
Allied advances across Normandy Brittany and Sicily push toward Brest and St Nazaire while Bradley's troops rout German forces in the west. Soviet pressure folds near East Prussia as Red Army aims to cut off 300,000 enemy troops and approach central Germany. Turkey shifts toward the United Nations by breaking with Nazi Germany.
General Somervell warned that U S armament production must grow by 24 percent by October due to higher needs for heavy artillery ammunition transport equipment aerial bombs and communications gear. He cited manpower shortages absenteeism and peacetime job searches as key deterrents to expansion while noting Allied offensives increase demand for munitions and trucks.
Budget Director Harold D. Smith estimates the fiscal year ending next June 30 may see 98.5 billion dollars in outlays with 8.9 to 9.0 billion for the war and a deficit of over 21.4 billion as receipts reach about 4.5 billion. Japanese forces suffer heavy losses on Saipan Guam and Tinian as U S troops advance. Along New Guinea coast Americans halt further Japanese withdrawals amid stiff resistance.
Draft Director Hershey pushed local boards to call all men over 26 not in essential work while closing reclassifications that kept over 26 in 1-A. The policy shift tightens prior deferment allowances and emphasizes essential industry status for induction.
Tootsie the six year old terrier from Chicago nursed Petunia the stray cat’s recently born kittens after Petunia faltered. Authorities note it is unusual for a cat to allow a dog to nurse her kittens. In Dedham Massachusetts Woodbury Rand left 100000 for his pet tomcat Buster with 60000 to the car 40000 to a housekeeper plus comfort items. He voided 20000 in bequests to nine cousins for cruelty to the cat.
Norwalk natives formed Fisher Body with six brothers near Detroit and GM control in 1919. The final four brothers resign from active service last week. Rumors say the Fishers may reenter manufacturing independently with a seventh brother invested. Also Evanston doctors report success immunizing 649 infants with a single diphtheria toxoid and pertussis vaccine over five years.
Firemen in Wallingford Conn aerated the North farms reservoir by pumping out water and spraying it back to oxygenate the pond. The two day effort saved most of the fish with only about ten percent dying. The eggs outlook shows lower output in the second half of the year while poultry supplies tighten due to military demand.
A 6000 worker strike of bus trolley and subway operators in Philadelphia crippled war plant transport over the hiring of Negro drivers. Riotous clashes and property damage followed across the city. The army took over lines to move essential workers after Roosevelt ordered operation until the hiring policy changed.
Prime Minister Churchill disclosed a seven week toll from German robot bombs: over 4 500 killed 14 000 seriously injured 17 000 houses destroyed and 800 000 damaged. He warned the bot blasts would not crack British morale or divert Allied efforts while noting Allied Pacific gains offer early victory prospects.
Washington columnist analyzes GOP push to energize the 1944 race with youth, highlighting Herbert Brownell as a fresh party chairman, Dewey Bricker dynamics, and Democratic counterplay including Truman versus Wallace. The piece notes labor and CIO influences, party machine critiques, and wartime political framing.
An Office of War Information report cites Public Roads data showing most highways require repairs by war's end. The plan targets 34 000 miles of interregional routes. Separately farm loan aid reaches hundreds of discharged veterans with limited credit. Seasonal workers in farms and ranches can obtain rationed food allotments for up to 60 days.
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