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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1943
Page
3
U.S. forces advance in the South Pacific with new air sea and land blows against Japan. Germany stunned by bombing of Berlin as wartime production notes claim farm machinery output has doubled in 1944. The Western Newspaper Union presents the editor’s note on opinion framing.
U S troops secure Makin Tarawa and Abamama as 6000 Japanese defenders fall. Meanwhile U S airmen strike Bougainville, sinking two of six Japanese destroyers and damaging others. Ground actions widen the Bougainville base with heavy artillery and air bombings supporting advances by Mitchells and Venturas.
Farm machinery output is set to rise as raw material allocations expand the types of equipment produced next year to 31 categories, with nearly double the 1942 volume and about 80 percent of the 1940 total. Production of repair parts will be unrestricted though steel and bearings remain bottlenecks.
A House bill seeks to end most retail subsidies for food prices, allowing only oils and seeds, while extending the Commodity Credit Corporation to 1945. A separate bill aims for 22 billion dollars in extra taxes, tapping beer, jewelry, cosmetics, telephones, travel, club dues, and business levies to boost revenue amid higher postal rates.
Berlin strengthens southeastern flank amid Rotterdam scale destruction. German troops move via Sofia toward the Grecian frontier as they recapture Aegean islands Kos Leros Samos threatening Turkey. Britain’s 8th Army prepares Adriatic coast advances as U.S. casualties in Italy reach 1,613 killed 2,685 missing 6,361 wounded.
Henry J. Kaiser announced to the New York Economic Club that his shipyards have launched 1,087 vessels since January 1 1941. Of these 85 are Liberty ships 40 plus tank landing ships 40 fast tankers and 12 aircraft carriers. He added two or three troop transports with seven decks can carry about 4 000 passengers. The navy will allow naval personnel to receive cablegrams at most shore installations outside the United States with service expanding after year's start. The army bans fixed text holiday greetings to soldiers overseas from December 6 to 25 to avoid overtaxing facilities.
In a Moscow pact the United States Britain China and Russia agree to work together under the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration to secure and allocate supplies for needy European peoples. They will estimate needs and speed up aid by directing raw materials to prewar industrial nations with available machinery. UN members not invaded will contribute 1 percent of national income to a relief and rehabilitation fund.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard told a senate committee that rationing may intensify after the war due to demands to feed other nations. He said severity depends on on-hand supplies and that all 20,000,000 government owned tillable acres should be returned to farming by sale or lease after the war.
The U S treasury proposes a world bank to mobilize private capital for reconstruction and recovery after World War II. It would advance long term credits and, in some cases, guarantee private loans with an initial U S contribution of 700 million dollars and a possible total of 3 percent of a billion. Great Britain would contribute under a billion, while Soviet Russia would provide a substantially smaller share. Meanwhile on the Eastern Front Nazi and Soviet forces continue fighting as Red Army advances near Kiev and rail hubs, with Zhitomir recaptured and German efforts slowed by Russian artillery.
Special adviser Alvin H. Hansen urged annual U S expenditures of 15 to 18 billion dollars to prevent a postwar slump. He blamed the 1929 32 private investment drop for the last depression and warned that without a government program to sustain employment after the war, consumer demand could collapse and capital would fail to return to business.
A new wireless electric light drawn from a high frequency radio beam was shown in New York. Experts hailed it as lighting of the future alongside radiant heat lamps capable of cooking food and a mercury vapor lamp rated at 10,000 watts with brightness a fifth of the sun.
Nancy de Marigny, 19, will receive 4 million dollars from the Oakes estate when probated in Canada and 1.4 million from Nassau assets, but only when she turns 30. Her father supported the arrangement as she faced earlier legal and defense fee strains, including estate-related moves to fund her defense.
The piece argues the White House should act to ease a national newsprint shortage caused by war demand. Proposals include using war prisoners for forest work, fairer paper distribution, stricter cut controls, and expanding waste paper salvage efforts. It notes recent diplomacy in South America and reveals Navy approval of Alexander Griffin’s book about the carrier Hornet.
Eric A. Johnston of the United States Chamber of Commerce outlined a practical postwar program where American and British capital and private enterprise finance resource development in less advanced nations. He warned against welfare-style Santa Claus treatment and emphasized profit, rising living standards, and new world markets without exploitation. He questioned whether the U.S. government would provide a surplus to support such a private enterprise effort.
With 16 percent of women already in the labor force and only 700,000 unemployed as of October, war production centers face shortages. The call goes out for more women to fill busy industrial roles, reflecting a sharp drop in idle workers since armament programs began.
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