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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
2
Congress weighs labor draft measures and a 100 billion wartime budget request. The House examines a prohibition bill while reports note the Red Army advancing in Poland as World War II developments unfold.
The article outlines President Roosevelt seeking 100 billion dollars in new spending for 1945 to fund the war and transition, with tax hikes and social security expansion. Senators consider compulsion for 18 to 65 year olds and 18 to 50 women, while Congress debates a smaller tax bill and social security rate. Vatutin’s forces press in Poland as bombers strike Germany and the Cassino front advances.
U S doughboys advance through jungle defenses in New Britain and push south toward Australian troops along the eastern New Guinea coast. Liberator raids batter Marshall Islands airfields as Arawe and Cape Gloucester efforts continue with heavy artillery and air bombardment to link forces and slow Japanese movements.
President Roosevelt backs a national interregional highway plan after two years of study. It calls for 34 000 miles of roads, employment for 2 000 000, and annual costs of about 750 million dollars. The scheme would link urban and rural areas along existing federal aid routes with shared costs by local state and federal agencies. Congress is urged to act quickly to acquire land draft plans and begin preliminary work.
The United States expects fats and oils production to reach about 11.2 million pounds in 1943-44, surpassing last year’s 10.6 million. Soybeans are pegged at 187 million bushels, peanuts 2.5 million pounds, and cottonseed 5.5 million tons. Despite current easing, stocks may run low if Allied victory in Europe occurs in 1944, and 1944-45 output should dip due to declines in lard and grease production.
C Nelson Sparks testified before a Washington grand jury and produced a letter he said shows President's adviser Harry Hopkins in contact with Wendell Willkie. Sparks had published the letter in a book attacking Willkie's 1940 GOP campaign methods. Hopkins denied and asked the FBI to investigate forgery claims.
At Concordia Kansas a Nazi prisoner court condemned Capt Felix Tropschuh for anti-Hitler talk and escape plots. He hanged himself after 30 minutes alone with guards nearby. Franz Kettner, 39, also killed himself over fears of violence following his belief in a free Austria.
The veterans administration expands facilities to care for current wartime troops. Capacity rises to 300000 beds from about 80000 six months earlier. Financial departments are reorganized to handle large disbursements. The department still pays pensions to widows of War of 1812 militiaman and 81 Mexican War veterans.
Directors of the National Pickle Packers Association met in Chicago and warned a civilian pickle shortage may come in 1944 unless cucumber acreage rises. Current stocks run about 10 million bushels lower than last year, while wartime demand from military and civilian sources remains high. A chinch bug surge threatens the corn belt as dry fall weather aids hibernation and a mild winter preserves insects.
The War Production Board keeps a ban on using steel in 646 civilian items. Exceptions only for improved substitutes. WPB cites army navy support and risk of shortages in coal petroleum timber paper and transport to avoid harming war needs.
A typographical error by a CPA in Monnett Missouri helped the town claim the corn capital title as prices fell to 1.16 in Chicago but 1.19 in Monnett securing 25 carloads or about 2,000,000 bushels.
A Washington column argues the railroad seizure served political timing for 1944 and to curb labor demands, citing advisers Byrnes and Vinson and contrasting fears of strikes with labor leaders. It predicts a National Service Act to compel labor and wage order, reflecting wartime stabilization.
A review notes MacIver argues for a practical postwar order with a temporary peace linked to wartime alliances and a later shift to real international control. He opposes vague rhetoric and advocates clear steps toward international management, warning enemies may reappear if ignored.
Rep Richard P Gale proposes selling bonds directly to individuals as a cheap easy way to lift sales and interest. Sen Guffey suggests periodic drawings every three months with prizes from 100 to 25000 dollars for bondholders, claiming no one loses since the bond remains as the ticket.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica expand balsa to meet wartime demands and aviation needs. Napoleon era tin use foreshadows food canning advances. The War Manpower Commission pledges to help honorably discharged service members find suitable jobs nationwide.
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