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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1944
Page
3
U S heavy bombers strike Balkans and hit German industries in France while Japanese forces push in India theater. Congress examines new draft problems as editors note opinions belong to Western Newspaper Union analysts.
Allied bombing and ground actions span Europe from Britain to the Balkans and Italy as the war intensifies. U S bombers hit targets in Romania and Hungary while propaganda aims to erode German morale. War Food Administration head Marvin Jones outlines egg price supports and storage needs and a plan to import 20 million bushels of Canadian oats to ease feed shortages.
Willkie withdraws from GOP leadership contest as Gov. Thomas E. Dewey gains momentum through a draft in New York. Wisconsin delegates vote amid Willkie’s campaign for harsher wartime measures and broader world cooperation, but he fails to win any delegates while Dewey secures 18.
Draft officials push to extend deferments for key industrial workers from 18 to 25 to include 26 to 29 year olds. The House Military Affairs Committee asks selective service to compile essential occupations and shortages to guide 4F labor placement, with indution if vital jobs are refused. State induction totals forecast show New York 1,265,000 and Illinois 700,000 by July 1. In the Pacific, Allied forces bomb Jap outposts as Indian front battles intensify near Imphal and the Bengal Assam railway system.
A Los Angeles man was indicted for installing equipment to let cars run on unrationed butane, a material in synthetic rubber production. Equipment sales reached up to $1,000, and about 40 people bought the outfits. In a separate note, Mayo Foundation researchers report progress toward a polio vaccine, identifying a streptococcus stage and testing a serum derived from streptococci.
Britain moves to curb labor unrest with a draft order making incitement a crime as strikes persist. In March 1,000,000 working days were lost. 70,000 Yorkshire miners were idle. 20,000 Belfast shipyard workers protested jailings of air craft shop stewards. Trades Union Congress cautions that continued work stoppages risk Allied victory.
Treasury receipts hit 6.573 billion in March with 5.161 billion in quarterly income tax payments, while expenditures rose to 8.525 billion creating a 1.952 billion deficit. War spending totaled 7.726 billion, and 268 million of war bonds were redeemed, 38 percent of the month's 708 million sale. Fifth War Loan planned June 12 seeks 16 billion with individuals to buy 6 billion.
Mexican highwaymen in Sinaloa struck a U S bound train carrying migrant workers. About 60 bandits used pistols to seize an estimated 100000 dollars from 600 homebound laborers after six months of farm work in the United States. They vanished with the loot.
Rain slick streets and sunlit river reflections frame a bustling city mood. The piece blends war era cinema chatter with street life and distant harmony, naming films, actors, fashion, parks, Harlem, and a farm inside the city as it sketches urban renewal and hopeful spring.
Ed Stettinius pushes a high level London mission with Hull oversight. Topics include dollar and pound stabilization, a world bank, commodity stabilization using an ever normal granary, oil and the Near East, and future German boundaries with Isaiah Bowman. The push irks Hull while fueling Stettinius’s push for limelight.
The piece argues that higher wages and prices across farming, industry, and retail ultimately fall on the consumer. It frames a chain from farmer to consumer, notes the American way of life and living standards, and critiques compulsory government messaging as opposed to a voluntary free market.
South America has amassed a cash balance exceeding 2 billion dollars as a result of postwar trade, with dollars dominating holdings. U.S. Commerce figures show 1943 purchases of 1.3 billion dollars from South America versus about 800 million dollars in sales, leaving Latin countries with roughly 500 million in cash for future foreign trade.
The program adds 21 new penicillin plants in the United States and Canada costing 20 million dollars to meet needs of 250000 severe and 2500000 milder cases in the armed forces. Civilians gain only if sulfa drugs fail. New production methods cut costs, but mold derived penicillin limits refined quantities.
King Victor Emmanuel plans retirement as ruler and designates his son Humbert as lieutenant to represent royal interests. Six anti-Fascist parties pledge to join a new government while Communist factions seek control of defense and police ministries amid debates on the king's removal to establish a democratic administration.
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