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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1943
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union reports heavy Allied offensives in Italy amid continued guerrilla activity in the Balkans. The piece notes factional warring, Nazi threats, and a new cattle subsidy plan announced to influence wartime economies.
In southern Italy General Clark's Fifth Army presses toward the Massico ridge as German artillery and mortars brace for the expected grand assault. In the east, Montgomery's Eighth Army crosses the Trigno river signaling a second big strike. German counter moves and Yugoslav guerrilla activity add to the war's complexity as Rommel masss artillery toward advancing Allied lines while Tito's freedom army faces factional split amidst ongoing sabotage.
The government unveiled a subsidy plan for processors and slaughterers with payments per hundredweight across cattle grades. Subsidies range from 50 cents to $1.45 depending on price bands and grade, plus an 80 cent subsidy for byproduct nonprocessing slaughterers and reductions for out-of-band purchases. In the Pacific, Kenney and Nimitz push air and sea offensives, including Bougainville and Rabaul, to isolate Japan.
With 48000 miners on wildcat strike, the United Mine Workers policy committee to meet over a War Labor Board plan for a daily wage rise of 1.12 dollars. The WLB proposal contrasts a 1.50 dollar daily increase in the contract with Illinois Coal Operators, plus underground travel time compensation. Acceptance could lift weekly pay by up to ten dollars for 46 percent of hours. rejection threatens a broad mine strike and possible presidential intervention.
President Roosevelt asks Congress to fund education for veterans with six months service after the war. Eligible men and women could study up to a year with tuition paid and $50 per person, married veterans $75 plus $10 per child. Special aptitudes could receive up to three years. States would certify eligibility. Also notes Capt Clark Gable returning with film and Walter Cadwalader's discharge after age misrepresentation.
Chronicle notes Soviet forces press to encircle German troops along the Dnieper bend and push from the Crimean withdrawal as the southern front concentrates on surrounding and breaking Nazi units amid heavy counterattacks. In domestic news, congress weighs eliminating margarine taxes amid dairy lobbying and nutrition arguments by Dr. A J Carlson.
War Production board orders shutdown of low grade mines producing metals other than iron and copper. Officials say several vital metals are overproduced. Premiums to some mine owners are withdrawn and ore imports are banned. Bauxite chrome and molybdenum mines are hardest hit. Airlines will ship fresh fruit widely after the war says Colonial Airlines president Sigmund Janas. The Normandie liner has been fully refitted and turned over to the navy.
Attorney General Francis Biddle urged Congress to defeat a bill exempting insurance from anti trust laws warning it would set a dangerous precedent. He argued immunity could erode free enterprise as other special interests seek similar exemptions. Coastal blackout order lifted as submarine threat declines. lights may be turned on along waterfronts effective since November 1.
Washington observers see a fierce partisan clash over renewing Commodity Credit Corporation appropriations and ending subsidies to processors and distributors. The House Agriculture Committee splits with Republicans backing curbs while Democrats defend subsidies. a presidential veto is anticipated. The issue ties to inflation fears, farm production, and labor cost pressures as the debate runs into the next weeks. The column ends with a reader letter praising candid discussion and a personal anecdote about soy products showcased on air.
Nazi occupation authorities in Holland reduce the weekly horsemeat ration from 150 grams to 100 grams, lowering living standards. Women in the British Auxiliary Territorial Service collect spider webs for precision sighting instruments. Croat interior minister orders farmers to cut corn fields by month end or fields will be burned.
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