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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1943
Page
2
Allied bombing continues to press Italy's industrial regions as grain crops show a downturn. U S airmen report strikes across the Pacific theater hitting both ends of the theater in ongoing aerial operations.
The article outlines Allied advances from Sicily into Italy as German rearguards hold out in Sicily then retreat. It notes bombing of Milan and the shift in draft policy giving super-eligibility to workers in war production and prioritizing non-essential occupations for early call. It references Red Army offensives and the Western Union Postal Telegraph merger.
The Agricultural Department estimates total five crop production at 5.282 billion bushels for 1943, with corn wheat oats barley and rye forecasts. News from the Pacific fronts notes Liberators targeting Kuriles as U S and Allied forces advance on New Georgia. Churchill and Roosevelt meet with Allied staff while Stalin is excluded from the talks, shaping postwar diplomacy.
The Office of Price Administration planned cuts in gas rations for the Midwest and Southwest after a report of a fuel shortage. A, B and C coupons drop from four to three gallons, with many C cardholders losing monthly mileage from 720 to 480. Doctors ministers and certain war workers keep unlimited supplies as needed. A new Eastbound oil pipeline could draw from affected areas.
A group of 54 thoroughbred yearlings from sires Blenheim II and Sir Galahad III sold at an average of 3507 dollars in Lexington Kentucky. Clark Gable's aircraft crew reported his plane struck 16 times over Europe but managed to return to base.
Wiley M. Creps of Chicago was killed in action in the North Atlantic on March 8 1942 at age 15 after allegedly altering his birth date to enlist. Also noted is Dick Lajeski a 17 year old who signed with the New York Giants for 10000 dollars and was sent to Jersey City for seasoning. Frank A. Wilhelmmi of Tacoma a paper executive died of a heart attack after a golf victory.
WNU Service discusses how to raise war funds with minimal political cost. It weighs taxing the rich versus the many middle earners, noting 46 949 people earn over 10 000 yearly and arguing seven eighths of wartime income gains go to those under 5 000. It critiques compulsory savings and spending taxes, and flags a likely orthodox next tax bill shaped by lawmakers and the treasury.
The army will sign an honorable discharge with a lapel button as announced by the war department. A British French language youth hour urged young men to gain time by avoiding Germany today. Germany's propaganda ministry pulled Benito Mussolini literature from libraries and bookshops, noting little to help Hitler's image.
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