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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1943
Page
6
A Western Newspaper Union analysis notes President Roosevelt requests a 65 induction limit to curb strikes while coalition allies keep Axis forces off balance in the Mediterranean. The column frames this as part of wartime strategy and public sentiment.
Fuel Administrator Harold Ickes signals possible government supervision of coal mines amid strikes while Roosevelt pushes for draft authority up to 65 for noncombatant service. Congress vies over shifting food powers to War Food Administrator Davis as weather and crop gains ease wartime tension. In the Mediterranean frontline, Salonika bombing and Castelross evacuation fuel Allied strategy toward Greece and the Balkans. RAF and US bombers target Italy as German countermeasures grow, including mass arrests and urban bombardment reports. Liberator raids from Australia reach Macassar in the Celebes, signaling renewed Pacific strikes and retaliation against Japan.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors told 500 leaders in Chicago that the postwar period will take years to absorb pent-up demand and urged clear government policies and tax-free reserves for industry. Rail wage disputes drew attention as Vinson opposed an eight-cent bump for 1.1 million non-operating workers, while overtime pay proposals surfaced. Allied air forces pressed operations in Burma and China, striking Jap centers near Tung Tsin Lake and damaging Yangtze shipping as Liberator bombers hit Monywa and other targets.
The 35th annual governors conference adopted adjournment resolutions urging the federal government to release corn and live stock feed. It condemned wartime strikes and protested increases in federal bureau personnel as encroachments on states rights.
DeWitt Emery president of the National Association of Small Businessmen urges Congress to allow war contract plants to set aside tax free reserves to ease peacetime transition. He told the House Naval Committee thousands of firms may shut down after the war without reserve provisions. He proposes a 3 percent tax free reserve on sales up to 1 million dollars, with reserves above that reduced to one half of 1 percent.
Canadian labor minister Humphrey Mitchell announced that all youths aged 16 to 18 are now subject to compulsory labor transfer. In the United States coal strikes have cut production by over 20 million tons, while flood damage prompts a $10 million repair authorization and Rudy Vallee receives a promotion from chief petty officer to lieutenant in the coast guard.
Reported stalemate on the Russian front with localized clashes in Orel Smolensk Belgorod Staraya Russa and Leningrad sectors. Artillery hit a German battalion HQ near Sevesk in Kursk salient as observers note no large battles amid waning German air power.
Washington observers assess German propaganda shifts from fortress Europe to mobile defense while detailing the Luftwaffe’s fragmented force. The piece notes five Luftflotte commands with about four to five thousand planes, arguing Allied air and sea invasions could still succeed as German morale and readiness wane.
The R and S Pickle Works of Boston rapidly converted to war work within 72 hours. Acid-filled vats were used to provide preservative coating for incendiary bombs per Chemical Warfare Service and Army Service Forces. Production soon ran well ahead of schedule. It notes large scale ration stamp circulation with billions of points on red and blue stamps.
The War Department distributed a dozen recreation kits to troops. Kit C includes 2,000 books while J features sound picture projectors and films. Other kits carry radios, phonographs, violins, guitars, a small piano, boxing gear, baseball and football equipment, playing cards, chips, dice, and chess and checkers sets.
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