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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1943
Page
2
Reported weekly analysis notes furious tank battles as Nazis strive to encircle the Red Army in Russia. Farm income allegedly rises by two billion, with Allied victories threatening Japanese bases.
German units surge on both ends of the bulge aiming to encircle the Red army. At Belgorod the Russians admit early gains by Nazi attackers backed by tanks and airpower. A new tank larger than the 60 ton Mark VI appears as the battle lines hold and the bulge reportedly extends 85 miles west.
The 78th Congress recessed for summer, authorizing subsidies to cut retail food costs and enacting pay as you go. It renewed lend lease and currency stabilization funds, repealed salary limits for wartime officials, and passed anti-strike measures after coal miners walkout. In the Pacific, MacArthur’s forces advance on Munda and Salamaua as Jap vessels are sunk.
Farm income for the first five months of 1943 climbs two billion dollars from a year earlier reaching 6.788 billion. Marketing income totals 6.412 billion with 376 million from government payments. Higher returns from oil crops tobacco poultry and eggs drive gains across commodity groups amid strong food demand.
Donald Nelson told the Canadian club that Allied powers will require massive production. He cited 115000 airplanes built since the war began, 112000 annual capacity, 175000 large caliber guns, 1500000 machine guns, 6000000 rifles, 25 billion rounds, 6000 tanks, 1600000 trucks, 70000 scout and combat cars, plus 20000000 tons of merchant shipping with 22 million tons yearly output. The piece also notes political shifts in Martinique with De Gaulle and Giraud, the rising Allied status, and details on Henry J. Kaiser’s Fontana steel mill project built with RFC funds and shared by U. S. and industry partners.
Allied air raids extend from the Near East to the Aegean and Crete while American and British bombers pound Sicilian air fields. In North Africa, shipping exceeds 1 million tons under heavy escort as Axis fighters appear to contest Italian island occupations.
The report notes Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck posted higher sales in June this year than June 1942. Union officials allegedly representing 1,100,000 ship workers submitted a wage adjustment case to the War Labor board, marking a historic push. Ice cream and candy would be scarcer this summer due to shortages of corn syrup and corn sugar. A 100 member railroad walkout threatens operations at Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon mine.
Hog slaughter rose 26 percent over last year and pork production gained 40 percent. Severe declines in cattle slaughter caused meat production to drop 40 percent from the previous year while calf butchering fell 28 percent and overall meat output declined about 38 percent. Moderate drops occurred for sheep and lamb slaughter.
Government agencies moved on two fronts to aid women shoppers. The War Production Board will permit spinning of 100 dernier rayon yarn to sustain full fashioned hosiery production. It also allows a 1 percent increase in length for acetate rayon stockings to improve wear. The Office of Price Administration rolled back six cents on Alaska Chinook salmon half can and set ceiling prices on Alaska King, Coho, Pink and Puget Sound sockeye canned salmon.
Sir Kingsley Wood, Britain's finance minister, told the Commons that taxes took 40 percent of private English income last year with over 12 million Britons on the rolls and 10 million in lower brackets. National debt nears 70 billion dollars, with 780 million dollars lent to Allied governments so far. Social Hygiene: Alabama to require syphilis blood tests for residents aged 14 to 50, with up to 75 thousand dollars yearly for county tests under health department direction.
The piece argues that national unity hinges on bold home front leadership from FDR and Congress. It urges a clear tax and savings plan to curb inflation, criticize pressure groups, and demand mass support for war-time sacrifices amid mixed public mood. It notes letters from citizens stressing shared sacrifice and decency for future generations.
The Army Service Forces is the largest employer of women in the United States with 379 300 workers or about 38 percent of the civilian labor in ordnance plants and depots. The average soldier drinks 40 cups of coffee a month. Aftontidningen reports Germany ceased quarrying large stone blocks in Vestfold to build victory monuments, citing OWI. Waste labor cannot be countenanced.
Arthur Croxton recounts a Midlands mayor dancing with the future Queen Alexandra. She jokes she had measles at home and hopes not to pass it. The mayor replies with a courteous quip about taking anything from such a charming source.
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