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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1944
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis reports the Red Army pushing deeper into Poland amid a stubborn Nazi defense as Allied air campaigns intensify across Western Europe. The piece highlights growing bomber activity and the rising pace of strikes in 1943.
Allied troops advance in New Guinea with landings at Cape Gloucester and Arawe as dive bombers and artillery clear jungle paths. Sixth Army drives along the coast toward Madang while Australian forces move north. Maj. Gregory Boyington is reported missing after a 26th aerial victory. International labor data show 1943 strikes and lost workdays. Western Europe air offensives continue toward the German Siegfried line and Kiel base as Allied forces probe defenses.
The article notes a 476 500 hog shipment over three days versus 278 400 a year ago, crowded markets in 12 Midwest hubs, unsold hogs at close, and calls by packers to curb shipments due to pneumonia risk from snow and cold. Chicago sent 200 soldiers to packing houses to ease labor strain.
Washington columnist warns that postwar pressure groups in Congress and civic circles risk steering the U S toward a central coalition government and one party rule. He cites labor and business alignments, British trends toward national unity, and wartime shifts in strategy as signs of creeping centralization and reduced party competition.
The White River in Indiana has altered the Decatur and Perry townships boundary in Marion County. Two Decatur township schools will close due to funding shortfalls. Power company property no longer falls within the township tax base to raise revenue.
Prohibitionists lined up behind Rep. Joseph R. Bryson s bill to ban sale or manufacture of beverages with more than 1 percent alcohol for the duration of hearings. Rep. Emmanuel Celler cited a rumored $10,000,000 lobbying fund. The Anti Saloon League stays on the sidelines, urging Roosevelt to use war powers to declare prohibition.
Dr. Floyd R. Eastwood of Purdue University reports zero fatalities in college football for 1943 in his 12 year death survey. He notes nine high school fatalities due to limited equipment and links most deaths to head injuries, urging adoption of military crash helmets in war years.
Bankhage Ernesto Lecuona, Cuba’s chief songwriter and embassy cultural attaché in Washington, signs one of Broadway history’s largest song publishing contracts. Colombia enters the war on November 27, becoming the 14th American republic to join the Nazi fight. Suspender buttons are restored to men’s work pants per WPB Order 1811 amendment. PT boats owe their success to Middle America's mahogany and to discoverers who valued it for shipbuilding.
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