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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1945
Page
7
Western Newspaper Union reports on Japan fighting to the last on two fronts and Allied efforts with Lend-Lease aid. It notes Soviet forces pressing the Nazis with 9,000 planes in a major push, reflecting war intensity and strategic momentum.
Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima fight stubbornly as U S Marines press a crucial assault supported by naval and air bombardment. In Manila ground combat resumes with fierce close quarters fighting. Back home Japan faces reduced rations and strict labor mobilization while U S War Labor Board actions shape wage and work rules for packing and textile sectors.
The article notes lend-lease reaching a first half 1944 high due to D-Day prep and the Soviet offensive, with yearly aid near 15 percent of a billion and a total over 35 billion since inception. It cites 362,000 Soviet motor vehicles and 12,000 aircraft, Britain receiving more vehicles and planes, and new India to China routes expected to boost deliveries. It also describes Allied air raids, ground offensives toward the Rhineland, and Saxony's regional context.
Records indicate men aged 20 to 30 today are two-thirds of an inch taller than their WWI fathers. In this group 27.5 percent stand at least 5 feet 10 inches, up from 22.4 percent in 1917, and 8.8 percent reach six feet, vs 6.5 in the last war.
The weakened labor draft bill, opposed by labor and industry, moves through Senate after the House passed a sterner measure. It substitutes WMC control to limit employment and direct excess workers to war industries, with fines and imprisonment for violations. House plans consider drafting unmarried nurses 20 to 44 as commissioned officers to bolster hospital services amid casualties.
Mrs Beulah Hunter of Los Angeles gave birth to a 6 pound 15 ounce girl after 375 days of gestation. Dr Daniel Beltz noted a growth stoppage between the third and sixth month, with the closest prior record at 359 days. The birth challenges common gestation expectations and was described as one of medicine's odd cases.
Night clubs saloons road houses theaters and other entertainment venues faced Byrnes's fuel saving order as operators floated a counter plan to close Sundays and stay open to 2 a m on other days. They argued shorter hours would cut fuel use by 25 hours weekly and attract late crowds. New York clubs shed 5,000 of 50,000 workers as the order began. Diamond Horseshoe owner Billy Rose warned bankruptcy loomed.
The forecast notes a small rise in total milk output but per capita dairy availability for civilians in 1945 will likely be below 1944 yet near 1943 on a whole milk basis. Per capita butter use may drop to about 10.5 pounds from 11.8 in 1944, with a 16.7 pound prewar average, while fluid milk and cream intake is expected to reach a record.
Top army officials kept plans secret but decided to keep the wartime production machine running until Japan is defeated. Previously schedules called for a 40 percent cutback after Germany’s collapse, enabling reconversion to consumer goods. The new plan aims to speed Pacific victory by sustaining heavy production and reallocating ships and equipment from Atlantic to Pacific theaters.
A wartime diary recalls a Beverley Hills lunch with Lieut. Francis Dolan, noting the hotel’s butter sacrifice for war and Dolan’s decorated bomber service. The piece blends anecdotes of politics, military strategy, and social life with reflections on education and public policy.
A versatile corner unit shelf idea fits any room size. It explains building a curved corner book case with Pattern 271 and shows step by step directions plus materials list. Sections A and B use Pattern 270. patterns cost 15 cents postpaid.
The Supreme Court has held the Great Lakes to fall under the term high seas, since they share sea characteristics and are navigable for international trade between Canada and the United States.
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