Weekly News Analysis on War Fronts and Politics
The piece reports a House vote approving a 300 discharge bonus for servicemen and covers Allied bombing of Nazi supply lines, Red Army advances in the Baltic region, and peace rumor chatter stirred by British press. An editorial note clarifies opinion is Western Newspaper Union’s.
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House Advances Veterans Pay Bill Amid Senate Scramble
The House backed a muster-out pay package of 300 dollars to veterans with 60 days service and 100 dollars for those under 60 days, totaling an estimated three and a half billion dollars for 15 million vets. The bill advances to the Senate which has already passed higher overseas pay and shorter-service options, risking a conference if no accord is reached.
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Government releases steel wire for springs expected to boost furniture
The government has released steel wire for springs, foreseeing coil furniture production in two to three months. A naval surgeon reports plasma use cut battlefield deaths to three tenths of one percent in the Pacific. Britain’s national debt flagged at 77 billion dollars amid chancellor’s updates. War-torn Europe faces housing needs. Europe requires millions of homes while the U.S. expects 15 to 20 million new housing units in the next decade.
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Pacific
Europe
United States
Hog Permits At Chicago Stockyards Try To Curb Shipments
Thousands of marketed hogs remain unsold and a weekly quota permit system is used. Commission firms receive quotas based on their 11 month 1943 volume while farmers are notified when to sell. The plan mirrors others and aims to fit packer capacity, cut feed costs, and reduce losses. meanwhile a midwest drought threatens winter wheat with potential relief from late winter rains.
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Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
States
Wilson urges joint drive to build strong postwar armament
War Production Board Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson urges government and industry to cooperate on a robust postwar armament program. He says the 4% machinery should begin now to measure costs, with the program as a government responsibility, Congress backing it, industry cooperation, and some government plants held in reserve with up to date equipment.
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Charles E. Wilson
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Chicago Milk in Paper Bottles Court Battle Continues
Chicago dairies keep packaging milk in paper containers as the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled paper use invalid under the city's ordinance. A rehearing motion is pending and a rewritten law could permit paper containers if approved.
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State Supreme Court
Chicago Dairies
Army Quartermaster Corps Laboratories
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Chinese troops gain ground in Burma while bomber blasts aid push
U S bombers blast a path as Lieut Gen Joseph Stilwell's Chinese troops gain in western Burma to clear routes for engineers building a supply road to China. British Fourteenth army slows Jop counter-attacks further south.
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Fourteenth Army
China
A Season of Surprises and Labor Draft Debates
A Washington column examines two shocks in the era of wartime policy and labor: the army seizure of railroads and the push for a national service act. The writer discusses political motives, public fear of strikes, and quotes observers linking policy to winning the war.
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Congress
Phillip Murray
Murray
Farm labor volunteers mobilized in 1943 drive harvest
From May through September 1943 government agencies placed 2,706,000 volunteer farm laborers to help harvest the nation's crops. Massachusetts homemakers canned fruits and vegetables worth an estimated 900,000,000 ration points. Every ton of scrap iron and steel used in blast furnaces saves two tons of high grade ore.
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Briefs: Language Phrases for Troops and War Aid
Bankhage notes show phrase books and phonograph records help American troops learn up to 30 languages. Radio France at Algiers urges French peasants to shelter famine children. US forces receive about 53 million pounds of Brazilian coffee for troops worldwide. Mexico plans to send 75 000 workers to the United States in 1944.
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