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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1944
Page
6
Weekly news analysis reports Allied gains in France weakening German control while Soviet and American forces push wartime advances into German territory. Western Newspaper Union provides analysis with editor notes.
Allied forces push toward Paris and the French coast as U S columns trap German units in the Falaise Argentan pocket and advance in southern France. Patton and Patch lead rapid armored offensives while airborne troopers disrupt enemy lines and the French underground intensifies sabotage.
Russian forces under Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovsky crossed the East Prussian border and pressed into German soil amid heavy Nazi resistance and rocket fire. German counterattacks and reinforcements from Himmler’s guard sought to halt the advance on multiple sectors along a 1000 mile front.
The War Production Board allows surplus labor and factory space to make civilian items but expects no major output rise until Germany falls. Nelson says output could rise 39 percent to prewar levels after victory and outlines four reconversion steps including postwar models and machine tools.
Bombing efforts intensify as U S bombers range west of New Guinea and strike Japanese bastions in the Bonin islands while ground forces push into Marianas. Adm Chester Nimitz suggests invasion of Japan may not be required for a lasting peace. In the Ohio valley a heat driven drought persists with subnormal rainfall across multiple states.
Senator John H. Bankhead urged cotton growers to keep the commodity off the market to raise prices to parity. He spoke during talks with government officials and cotton manufacturers about elevating the price level to achieve agricultural parity and suggested early OPA price revisions to reflect parity as part of the strategy.
A British radio and television expert plans wireless photo telegraphy stations to flash full pages at 25 pages per second, comparing with six minutes per page now. Speedups could reach 15 000 times, the inventor says. A thief in New Haven stole gasoline coupons and smashed a vending machine to grab chewing gum, ignoring the pennies.
Senate moves to ease the army interpretation of the political propaganda ban affecting soldiers reading material in camps. The act barred government sponsored media with political content, but rigid Mr interpretation of sponsored material led to exclusion of popular reading matter in service posts and subscriptions.
The Soviets report an edible perennial wheat with 60 percent gluten developed by Prof. N. V. Tsitsin from cross pollination of agropyron grasses and wheat. Initial harvests are satisfactory, with full tests expected next season. U.S. breeders have struggled to achieve reliable perennial wheat yields.
Roosevelt and top generals discuss releasing servicemen under a point system based on abroad service campaigns length and dependents. Some camps may be used for veterans vocational study and rehab and modernization for future defense. The War Food Administration holds eggs bought at 100 to 150 million dollars for price support. Col Olmstead testified five million cases purchased and disposal uncertain with possible shipping to Britain and liberated countries dried.
The column analyzes the push toward federal bureaucracy in reconversion and unemployment programs, noting paradoxes in party stances. It cites Alfred Bingham on revolutions driving centralization and weighs federal vs state control, including the GI Bill and highway programs, with political interest in payrolls and patronage.
WWII coal production increases while mining workforce drops by about one third. Red Cross expands messages from servicemen to families by ten percent. US education office launches Go-To-School drive with federal agencies to counter falling high school enrollment. Japanese school students breed rabbits to supply clothing for soldiers.
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