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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1944
Page
2
U.S. forces press the Paris offensive as Allied bombers strike the Philippines and Pacific theater activity intensifies. Western Newspaper Union reports the Western front push and new air strikes signaling broader momentum in the campaign.
U S and British forces push twin offensives into German lines with American troops about 50 miles from Paris. Brit ish and Canadian forces lag to the north near Caen while U S units in Brittany target the ports of Brest Lorient and St Nazaire to open Atlantic supply lines as Russian mobilization intensifies.
A German paratrooper report captured by Americans praises U S troops at St Lo. It notes American artillery accuracy and depth maneuvers with self propelled guns during infantry attacks, plus many observation planes enabling accurate fire on small targets. It mentions U S use of phosphorus bombs and high explosive ammo causing stomach trouble and headaches.
President Roosevelt met with General MacArthur at Pearl Harbor to plan new offensives for Japan's unconditional surrender. Liberators bombed Mindanao airfields, B 29s hit Nagasaki shipyards, and Pearl Harbor hosted a restored, citadel like war effort with Hawaii now a rear area rather than an outpost.
Heat and drought strain crops from Kentucky to Ohio with corn prospects fading in the east while western states like Iowa and Nebraska expect strong yields. A U S Great Britain oil pact outlines future distribution under an international oil commission to promote fair pricing and equal opportunity.
Government set 1944 canned fruit support prices at 86.4 percent of area average ceiling or cans' civilian ceiling, whichever lower. Apples crop outlook from the International Apple Association predicts about 123 million bushels this year with 10 million for armed forces and 36 million for lend-lease food. maximum prices established for the 1944 crop.
OPA ends utility grades for beef from rationing and restores pork loins and hams while reimposing canned fish limits. Lamb points drop to boost consumption. cheese point values rise to slow movement into consumer channels amid tight supplies and seasonal hog market declines.
Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay directs a drive to raise army output across key items. Plans for the second half of 1944 call for a 77 percent increase in aircraft bombs and larger rises in heavy artillery ammunition 110 percent heavy artillery weapons 23 percent trucks 40 percent heavy trucks 123 percent and tanks 50 percent.
A 75 year old Amalfi Colom bia craftsman now has 47 children after quadruplets with his second wife, adding to 30 from his first marriage and 17 from the second. In Wales, 19 year old Mary Phillips stowed away to Normandy beachhead then returned after two weeks amid shelling. In Murpy Idaho, Sheriff Claude Sullivan closes his store after injuries from a car accident leaving town with only a billiard parlor.
Senate wrangles over relief measures as Kilgore Murray bill tries to curb federal work administrator power to deny benefits. Administration fights to maintain compensation up to 35 dollars weekly, while George bill favors state control with 15 to 22 dollars and limits on federal workers.
The War Production Board plans moving CIO workers from passenger to truck tire manufacturing and urges exceeding self-imposed quotas. It seeks to protect seniority and offer proportional pay boosts to offset efforts aimed at higher output and avoid rate cuts.
Washington DC aides and military personnel join Johnny Jones of the agriculture extension service in mobilizing an estimated fifteen thousand DC residents for farm labor during harvest. Volunteers from White House offices, cabinet members, senators, and Marines, WAVES, SPARS, and civilians take part in camps and field work across the district and nearby Virginia.
A German soldier captured in France wrote a notebook line praising retreat. Production of 12 782 electric ranges in Q3 1944 was authorized for three manufacturers without hampering war work. A pamphlet from Office of Defense Transportation details a method to detect slow tire leaks to prevent flats. German dentists ordered to limit care to urgent measures.
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