29 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
1
An editor's analysis column released by Western Newspaper Union presents opinion on current events. It carries the agency's perspective rather than the newspaper's, flagged as an editorial note.
War Food Administration projected keeping meat rations near present levels for the next year with total allocable meat at 23.5 billion pounds. Civilians would get 63 pounds per 100, services 17, Allies 14, reserves Red Cross and exports 6. Beef split Civilians 66, services 23, others 2. pork Civilians 59, services 12, lend-lease 25. Lamb and mutton to fall from 939m to 539m pounds. butter and cheese 527m pounds for civilians. 400m butter, 92m cheddar cheese, 35m other cheese. About 7m extra cases of canned foods planned, but fruit-crop shortages may offset tin quotas. Civilians to receive 388 eggs per person next year, up 18. OPA rolled back cabbage and lettuce prices 25 to 50 percent. In Sicily, German forces faced Montgomery in Catania as Patton’s Seventh Army advanced toward Enna, advancing the Allied push on the island.
In the Solomons, Liberator Mitchell and Avenger bombers hit 11 ships in Vella gulf, sinking a cruiser and two destroyers and scattering others. Japs renew attempts on Munda airfield as U S dive bombers support the attack. Navy foresees at least six more years of combat, with a sevenfold naval buildup by 1947, while Rome bombing disrupts rail yards and industry amid heavy casualties.
AFL president William Green accuses profiteers of raising living costs, calling for food price relief and wage boosts beyond 15 percent since January 1941. He cites AFL surveys showing labor costs up 50 to 200 percent since the war began and criticizes price administrators. The piece also covers hog price floors and ceilings, packer licensing, and the government’s plan for meat distribution. On the war front, the Red Army drives toward Orel with multiple attacks near Leningrad Smolensk and Novorossiysk, aiming to cut German supply lines.
The War Manpower Commission issued an April 17 order unfreezing workers in war and essential industries. Workers now may transfer to higher paying positions in other plants without the previous seven day layoff or discharge requirements if their skills can be employed to better advantage elsewhere.
In 1944 food policy shapes politics as labor and farmers clash over price rollbacks and living costs. Governor Black of the Farm Credit Administration explains how credit, via the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation, supports farmers extending 50 million dollars in loans to boost flax, dry beans, peanuts, sweet potatoes and more. The piece notes flexing policy, inflation battles, and the need for patriotic unity among consumer, worker, and farmer to sustain war production and civilian needs.
A Tokyo dispatch says Canadian Pacific will build 750 box cars with plywood saving 850 tons of SAPS. Lieut. Gen. Prince Gin Li is named commander of the Japanese air force, succeeding Lieut. Gen. Teramoto. City boys and Blirg are noted in Chicago.
Mrs. Mary Smith of Detroit learns updates by radio as her son Maynard, a Fortress crew member, becomes the first living service member overseas to receive the congressional medal of honor for saving six crewmen during a recent flight over Europe.
A six dermapathologists and a chemist form a scientific detective force to locate causes of skin diseases among workers. They have tracked down sources and prevented further outbreaks, signaling progress in occupational health.
A general quiz poses eight questions on geography chemistry history and culture. Items ask for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes location the meaning of red people the symbol for gold the term for a pleasure from others' pain the opera about the assassination of Gustav II Adolf light dispersion the duration of Prohibition and the approximate civilian population of Alaska.
The list includes Alaska as the location of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and mentions Oklahoma as a separate entry. It notes the chemical symbol for gold as All, labels a concept as Sadist, references "The Masked Ball," and mentions dispersion of light, thirteen years, and approximately 72,000 as part of the fragmented items.
An old Japanese custom uses nets instead of guns for duck hunting at season opening. Wealthy hunters prefer this favorite pastime as the sons of the Rising Sun now need weapons elsewhere for a different purpose. The method relies on stealth, a skill the Japanese are said to master.
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