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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1945
Page
6
Weekly analysis notes Allied forces tightening grip on Germany as the Big Three plan a coordinated knockout campaign. AFL and industry resist labor draft pressures amid wartime upheaval and policy shifts.
The Big Three Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin discuss postwar Germany and a knockout blow to Nazi power while plans for occupation split the country among Britain the United States and the Soviet Union. Allied offensives press the Siegfried line and Ruhr as Montgomery advances in the west and Red armies push from the east. Berlin holds as Silesia and Oder fronts heat up with heavy bombardment and armored thrusts.
The administration’s work or fight bill, forcing men 18 to 45 to take essential jobs or face induction and penalties, advances after House passage as AFL and NAM clash. AFL cites no manpower shortage and calls for hoarded labor drafting. NAM backs voluntary cooperation and targeted plant cuts to draw workers. In Manila, U S forces battle through the city as General MacArthur signals new Pacific aims with On to Tokyo. Soviet forces push into Silesia while Prague and Czechoslovakia watch the broader Nazi collapse unfold.
Washington digest discusses Rep. Karl Mundt’s H.R. 519 to prevent water pollution and safeguard aquatic life, arguing against excessive damming. Kenneth Reid of the Isaac Walton League warns pollution and overengineering threaten rivers like the Columbia and Potomac, while noting defense-minded plumbing and economic costs.
A report by the Army Service Forces shows eight in ten white enlisted men expect to return to the same region and state after the war. About one in ten plans to move to a different state, with the remainder undecided. Negro personnel show greater mobility, with about two thirds aiming to return to the same state.
The column mocks wartime attitudes toward Russians and Japanese with sharp sarcasm. It notes Russians rushing to Berlin, compares a chain to a smoker’s links, and features Infantry Journal observations on Japanese character. It ends with a quip about fat-back shortages affecting coupons.
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