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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1944
Page
3
War dispatches report intensified fighting as German forces pour reinforcements into the Anzio area to press a strike along the Italian front. Allied analysts note escalating ferocity and strategic pressure amid the Italian campaign.
In Italy the Allied and German armored forces met on level ground for a major engagement as the Anzio beachhead battle raged below Rome. Mountain fighting continued to the southeast with Nazis resisting U S and French troops amid machine gun and mortar fire.
Government forecasts show record meat output for 1944 as January slaughterings reach new highs. January totals: 1,141,081 cattle, 7,839,352 hogs, and 1,932,987 sheep. civilian meat allowances stay at 131 pounds per person for the year, with higher output reserved for services and lend-lease.
The Senate economic policy and planning committee proposed a postwar program to finance industry conversion to civilian output. It urges government purchase of materials or extended contract support, sale of war plants to private interests with safeguards, and a demobilization board to manage orderly disposal and market stability.
The Senate lines up with the House to outlaw government subsidy payments for low retail food costs despite a likely presidential veto. Sen Bankhead seeks elimination arguing subsidies save only about 11 cents per family daily while inflation and wage demands loom.
A Senate labor committee considers white-collar pay despite overall clerical boosts since 1941. U S Department of Labor official A F Hinrichs cites small-town store clerks and bank tellers gaining 15 to 25 percent, yet many non manufacturing workers still earn under 50 cents an hour, averaging less than $24 weekly for a 48 hour week.
Australian and American troops push north from Saidor after weeks of jungle fighting toward Madang and Wewak, aiming to neutralize remaining Japanese coastal positions. U S air forces raid Rabaul and Kavieng as operations widen across New Guinea and nearby islands.
SLED reports the Russian army uses an improved sledge driven by an airplane propeller with a machine gun mounted behind armor. BASEBALL notes 78 exhibition games are planned in spring, with travel issues possibly cutting the schedule. TOKENS state OPA will issue about 2,000,000,000 tokens by February 27 with 200,000,000 more as reserve. potential increase to 800,000,000 and a larger five point token is being considered.
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey said civilian tire supply should improve after July 1 as military, bus, and truck tires loosen constraints. He estimated 18 to 24 million tires for 1944 may meet essential needs, though total production is 6 million below prior estimates due to equipment and material shortages. Up to July 1 monthly output is 1 million tires with 750,000 for rationing and 250,000 in reserve.
Russian forces reduced the German foothold in the lower Ukraine and pressed to prevent encirclement on the 800 mile eastern front. Defenses stiffened as the Red Army chewed into Nazi lines near Estonia Latvia and Lithuania, forcing German withdrawals to avoid rear entrapment. In the south, Russians pressed back from the lower Ukraine threatening a rear thrust on Vatutin’s armies.
Dr. Wilson Compton of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association told the Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers association that Britain’s postwar needs could reach 5 billion board feet in the first year for rebuilding. He noted civilian allocation at 7 billion board feet for 1944 amid supply risks from packaging and dunage demand.
The U S labor department notes 1943 saw 3 750 strikes involving 1 900 000 workers with minimal lost time. Average striker absence rose to 7.1 days from 5 in 1942. Coal strikes idled 8 500 000 man days. About 20 000 disputes settled without work stoppages. A new oil treating process could extend leather soles by 25 to 50 percent boosting shoe availability for the Army.
The column reviews Lifeboat by Hitchcock with Steinbeck influence, praising Tallulah Bankhead's vigor in a nine aboard a Nazi submarine scenario. It also covers Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman with Basil Rathbone, and includes anecdotes about Jim Thornton, Jim Corbett, war bond humor, Maurice Rocco letters, Grena Bennett, and Edmund Goulding cartoons.
In a city theater a 12-year-old boy chases a box-passer who skipped the coin box for two kids. He braced a leg and urges a donation so others can enjoy the movie and contribute to Infantile Paralysis funds. A note recalls diplomat Raymond Paige on Congress.
In a clipped exchange a theater magnate named Lee Shubert complains of a sore threat amid a tense scene. A respondent scolds him for counting money, highlighting tensions in financial dealings.
A confidential Lakehurst survey cites excess manpower at U S Navy shore stations during the fathers draft era. It notes 100 to 115 sailors handle a blimp while Goodyear civilians perform the same task, long standby periods, and a bloated commissary staff suggesting thousands of idle enlisted men. The piece also covers rising boot training lengths, surplus kept in outgoing units, and inconsistent draft quota fulfillment through 1943.
American Chemical Society reports a long-known compound, 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone, effectively controls 22 fungi. W. P. Ter Horst and E. L. Felix find dosage ranges for seeds and foliage, with promise as seed protectant and leaf spray.
Higher prices and larger sales boosted farmers earnings last year with income exceeding 12 billion dollars. Strong demand and larger harvests increased cash income for agricultural producers nationwide.
Frequent collection of eggs from nests well supplied with litter reduces cleaning needs. Floor litter and wired roosts in non crowded quarters help keep eggs clean. These measures take little time and save much work in preparing eggs for market.
Entomologists say wartime advances in insect control will aid food production and sanitation after the war. Cull pullets should be sold for meat to remove them from the feed market. Leghorn pullets not laying by seven and a half months are culls.
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