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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
5
Analysis notes a Russian blitz opening Crimea gaps while Allied bombers strike Western Europe. Neutrals warned against aiding Nazis as Japan pressures a three-pronged drive in India. Editorial framing reflects Western Newspaper Union analysis.
Allied and Soviet forces push toward key targets across Europe while bombers hit airfields and rail hubs in France Belgium Austria and Italy. Britain and the United States curtail neutral trade with Axis nations and Sweden resists ball bearing restrictions as wool stocks and defense needs shape 1944 commerce.
British and Indian troops fight to hold slopes in central India against Japanese attempts to sever supply lines and trap forces in a large pocket. Meanwhile U S bombers attack Japanese bases in the Kuriles and New Guinea as part of a broader Pacific strategy. Japan presses a three pronged drive threatening northern Burma and the Assam Bengal railroad feeding Stilwell’s forces.
U S industry has piled hundreds of millions in reserves for civilian retooling and layoff payments as postwar readjustment begins. leading firms like United States Steel General Motors General Electric and Du Pont seed funds totaling over 350 million to weather the transition. These reserves cannot be drawn before taxes and come from profits rather than deductions.
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes urged measures to curb postwar bankruptcies and foreclosures by enabling the Commodity Credit Corporation to lend 90 percent of parity on basic crops for two years after hostilities. He proposed federal unemployment benefits, job transfers from lagging to busier plants, quick settlement of cancelled contracts, and orderly disposal of surplus war goods.
As of April 12 President Franklin D Roosevelt has 203 of 236 delegates pledged or claimed while Governor Thomas E Dewey of New York has 148 of 356. Roosevelt wins Nebraska preference with a strong write in showing for Dewey.
Congress is urged to approve a naval appropriations bill of 32.647 billion for the year starting July 1. By July 1945 the navy expects 10 244 self propelled ships 74 925 other craft 37 735 airplanes and 3 657 000 personnel including women. The marine corps is set to expand to 478 000.
Labor figures Matthew Woll and David Dubinsky condemn Soviet Russia for changing Europe's balance of power. They oppose division into spheres of influence and Poland receiving eastern Germany as compensation, warning of ongoing Polish bitterness and global rivalry.
Article reports the black market in gasoline has grown so extensive that it endangers the civilian motor fuel program. Petroleum Administrator Ickes cites more than 2.5 million gallons daily moved illicitly and counterfeit coupons as a common evasion method.
The article details a backstage clash among Washington elites over controlling industrial draft deferments. Nelson and McNutt push War Manpower, challenging Wilson and the WPB to keep deferment power, with the White House likely to settle the dispute. It also flags reconversion debates favoring little business versus big industry and a new seven to ten day furlough policy for troops.
The article recalls November 12 1918 meetings with Col. Henry M Bylesby in London as he settled American war contracts. Three key deals included uniforms hospital trains and mining timber with swift settlements. It highlights quick yes or no decisions, then shifts to commentary on European realism and a farmer’s praise for honest information.
U S agriculture reports show March egg output at 6.763 billion, up 4 percent from March 1943 and 49 percent above the ten year 1933-42 average. Laying hens rose 5 percent to 433,985,000. A new military aircraft heat furnace may heat 20 rooms using a personal 21 pound unit, costing about 50 dollars, with demonstrations yielding encouraging results.
The USDA forecasts a winter wheat crop of 601,759,000 bushels for 1944, up 72,153,000 from 1943, with domestic wheat supplies for 1944 1945 estimated at 1,130,000,000 bushels versus 1,440,000,000 last year. Moisture shortfalls in western Kansas and nearby areas were offset by rainfall, while Nebraska needed precipitation.
Captains Richard S. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin and Don S. Gentile of Piqua Ohio broke Eddie Rickenbacker’s World War I era record by shooting down 27 enemy aircraft in the South Pacific. Bong claimed his 27th on April 12 while flying a Lightning with his fianc Majo r ie Vattendahl’s portrait on the nose. Gentile had previously 30 claimed in Europe but seven were on the ground.
A 27-year-old Sgt. Raley from Henderson Kentucky survived a tail section landing that miraculously settled on a tree top. He emerged with only a slight cut on the chin.
A candid shot shows Harold Lloyd with a doll linked to Lillian Leitzel whose Copenhagen fall during her aerial act killed her. Her mother cut the costume into mementos for friends, and Lloyd received a small doll from the material as a treasured possession.
Groucho Marx extols a current movie calling it absolutely tops and says no other studio can match it when a picture is poor. He praises the film’s quality and contrasts it with lesser productions.
The Warner trailer prompts litany of quips with Eleanor Parker starlet and her pup. Parker’s dog performs a trick as she jokes about choosing between being a dead dog or an actor waiting for a break. Jack Warner quips that diplomacy is about cutting throats without words.
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