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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1943
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes reduced 1944 manpower needs and shifts in manpower policy. The piece covers Allied strategic adjustments and impact on operations in Europe and the Pacific with emphasis on anti subsidy battles and rail line severance efforts.
The House passed a bill delaying fathers from conscription until all other eligible men are drafted and the army reports a manpower cut of 548000, reducing total force to 7652000. Savings cited include 13 billion dollars with further cuts in armament and aircraft programs.
U S forces strengthen on Bougainville for a major drive against 40 000 Japanese in the Solomons. Liberator bombers strike Gilbert and Marshall islands as battle routes press. Bougainville west coast targets Buka airbase. New Guinea sees Australian advance toward Madang and Wewak. Agricultural directors from five states oppose continued subsidies as Vinson mulls 9 million dollars a month for millers to curb bread prices. Bowles cuts pork cut values to spur consumption while WFA sets support prices for hogs. 24 000 new oil wells projected in 1944 with Powder River basin a focal point. royalties cut to 12.5 percent offer incentive.
A portrait of Beatrice Ayer Patton and General George S. Patton Jr. wife’s wartime broadcasts and letters, life aboard a 60 foot schooner, and a tour of social and professional duties within a military family during World War II.
Brookings Institute President Harry Moulton said raw material stocks are ample or excessive as peak war production passes. He forecast more contract cancellations amid easing demand. WPB official Arthur Whiteside urged release of metals to make 500000 electric irons in Q1 1944, noting prior annual sales near three million.
Washington report notes Secretary Hull's Moscow trip fostered open discussion and growing understanding among the three nations. It cites Italy as a test of tripartite compromise, claims compromise toward an American plan and a broader unity, while warning on domestic tax and small business issues that threaten democracy if voters stay passive.
The Swedish paper Nya Dagligt Allehanda says Austrians now greet one another with the KDF salute a pun on Kraft Durch Freude The slogan allegedly signals defeat through the Fuehrer The report notes widespread opposition to the German regime in Austria WPB orders flashlight battery makers to channel about 20 percent of Q4 output to farmers for winter stock care and notes American kitchens would use tin cans enough to supply steel for nearly 23 000 medium tanks or 900 destroyers in a year
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