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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1943
Page
2
Diplomatic dispatches from Europe indicate Germany’s death rate climbs while births fall. By early 1942 Germany’s war casualties reach about 1.9 million with total losses likely above 2 million, not counting prisoners or minor wounds.
Admiral Darlan declared his aim to free France and then retire, urging maximum military effort against Germany and Italy. He said Dakar Alexandria and North African ports would join British and U S fleets with heavy units. Allied raids continued, land action eased by rains, and air power faced Luftwaffe challenges. In southern Italy, people favor liberation from Mussolini and Hitler, while U S diplomats held internment talks. Hap Arnold disclosed 40 000 preflight graduates yearly, a statement met with cautious public reception.
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Leon Henderson from the Office of Price Administration praising his patriotic service. Henderson cited a recurrent physical difficulty and eyesight impairment as the reason for stepping down. The White House said he may be recalled to government service after recovery.
President Roosevelt proclaims Farm Day on Tuesday January 12 to mobilize national effort for maximal 1943 food production. Farmers, agriculture officials, extension agents and farm groups are urged to meet and plan with emphasis on wartime food as a key weapon alongside tanks and planes.
British General Montgomery’s forces in Libya executed a flank maneuver reaching Wadi Matratin and cut Rommel’s retreating Axis troops in two. One group fled west while the other was trapped between Montgomery’s main force and advancing units. German armor suffered heavy casualties in the retreat.
Government food authorities order a 35 ounce weekly meat limit for civilians for the first three months of 1943, down from 40 ounces. Price Administrator Leon Henderson acts on Agriculture Secretary Claude Wickard’s recommendation. Pork veal lamb and mutton supplies reduced about 13 percent. beef remains at current level. Slaughterers exceeding 500 600 pounds quarterly face cutbacks to 70 percent of 1941 beef pork veal levels and 75 percent for lamb and mutton.
Soviet communique announces capture of five more strongholds in the Rzhev sector and repulse of a heavy Nazi counterattack near Stalingrad. It also notes German losses west of Stalingrad and two German infantry battalions wiped out near Velikie Luki as Red Army widens the Don barrier. Meanwhile a U.S. military plan aims to mobilize colleges and universities for training youths 17 to 22 in specialized roles, with a cadet system and options for further officer or technical training. the navy will select high school graduates for apprentice seamen or marine privates.
The piece notes Rommel's desert forces breaking up affecting the U S British Tunisian push while the French fleet is slated to join the Allies. It also mentions President Darlan proclaiming National Farm Day in a Western Newspaper Union dispatch.
The United States and other UN governments condemned Germany's policy of extermination of Jews. Reports from Europe indicate Nazis proceed with Hitler's plan to wipe out Jews in Europe. Senator Robert Taft predicts moves to break up the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with Congress’s new session opening January 4. Wendell Willkie receives a plaque as the most distinguished son of his era.
The War Production board aims for 1943 output to be twice that of Axis nations. US weapons valued over 90 billion dollars will be produced in 1943. US 1942 production matches Axis totals, with the United Nations nearly surpassing the Axis.
The Office of War Information announced a propaganda magazine named Victory will be issued by the government every two months in several languages. It will not be distributed in the United States and advertising revenue will cover publication costs.
Eleanor Roosevelt describes talking with Radcliffe and Bowdoin students, stresses shared duties of boys and girls, and notes gifts like a debating cup. She outlines department visits in London and Washington, hopes for civil future, and recalls Polish women’s resistance message. Also notes service hosts in Washington entertaining servicemen.
A bolt of lightning struck the Logansport city course near the No. 9 green, tearing holes around the area. Night watchman Bruce Llewellen was knocked from a chair about 150 feet away as the bolt charred a walnut tree and bored into the ground.
In Painesville Ohio a small cottage built by volunteers becomes a symbol of solidarity. Franklin Waite a drafted guard at a local construction firm watched fellow painters and carpenters work after hours to complete the home with a donated light line beer and sandwiches provided by the unions. He later learned his family would stay in the house as he served in the army.
Black Rain a speedy race horse wins the Colorado state fair feature then escapes from an auto trailer on U S Highway 50 near Montrose California. He leaps onto the trailer breaks rope and outruns two old horses in a mile chase before his owner recaptures him.
The Fighting French delegation in Washington said the German occupation cost Vichy 300,000,000 francs daily. They claimed one hour's cost could support 500 French families of three, or fund a year's salary for 20,000 unskilled workers, build 2,500 workers homes, 80 miles of railway, or buy 150 locomotives.
In Great Falls a boy pleads for a certificate to buy hip length rubber boots after a rationing clerk refuses. He explains the boots were his father’s fish boots and the mix up was just revealed. A Boston wartime water volume note follows about earth and water levels.
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