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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1945
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union reports allies press river barriers to create twin drives against the Reich. floods render thousands homeless as a result of river breaches and widespread destruction. analysts note wartime humanitarian impact and strategic implications.
Allied forces push into Germany from the west and east as the U S crossing of the Rhine advances rapidly. Lt Gen Courtney Hodges 1st American Army leads the first Allied unit to leap the Rhine below Cologne and drive the enemy back.
A wartime report recounts General Patton diving into a swollen river to demonstrate crossing to his men near Bettendorf as Hodges’ forces push the Rhine breakthrough. The alert mentions Russians assaulting Berlin and flooding along the Ohio River raising flood fears for Pittsburgh Cincinnati Portsmouth Louisville.
Senate opposes compulsory labor pushing a showdown with the house. Talks hinge on expanding War Manpower Commission power to channel workers into essential industry. Congress also moves to draft unmarried nurses to meet 20,000 casualty needs and grants G I bill benefits and commissions.
Despite huge Allied losses in the Philippines and Iwo Jima, Japanese forces retreat to ship hulks in Manila Bay and underground shelters. About 60 000 fighters remain in eastern mountain strongpoints near Manila as 12 000 Japs are reported killed on Iwo Jima. Marines push forward to flush remnants from rocky hills.
The dog Skippy saved Captain Andrew W. Gavin after a Leyte bombing crippled the freighter. Wounded by shrapnel, Skippy crawled to Gavin in his cabin, licked his forehead, and revived the unconscious officer as flames raged and anti aircraft guns rumbled.
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports 51,000 student pilot certificates issued in 1944, up from 35,000 the prior year, signaling growing air consciousness after the war. Women comprise 15 to 35 percent of new students, with youths aged 16 to 21 aiming for military service and older men pursuing business travel. Doctors and priests increasingly view aviation as a means to serve wider areas.
The War Production Board announced a new allocation adding about 60 million more kiddies garments. Materials include outing flannel print cloths broad cloths poplins lawns chambrays for dresses overalls coveralls and infant wear to reduce wartime apparel costs amid inflation fears cited by OPA chief Chester Bowles.
The piece notes Mrs. Roosevelt received diverse gifts including an $8000 mink coat from the Quebec Fur Breeders association and a heavy jewel crusted crown from an African potentate after Casablanca. It also cites public safety stats on alcohol and traffic, drowning, fires, hunting and farming accidents, and hospital bed use amid wartime drafting concerns.
The report details U S farm debt decline to 53.5 billion by January 1945 and a war era rise in farm wealth. It notes 1940s gains in livestock, machinery, land values, and currency holdings, plus shifts in mortgage ownership among life insurers and banks. It also reports U S and foreign investment totals in 1941 including Europe, Canada, South America, and Asia with specific country breakdowns.
USDA reports an all time high dividend of 3 894 616 dollars representing 25 percent of 1944 cash receipts from national forests will be shared by 653 counties in 40 states. Wartime timber and rangeland use boosted treasury checks for federal timber sales forage water power and other forest land uses.
The piece notes 10 500 military deaths in 1944 caused by accidents rather than combat and asserts that obeying safety warnings reduces camp accident rates by about 60 percent. It also highlights 30 million Americans injured in home front accidents and 900 000 man-years lost last year with more off the job fatalities than on the job.
The text recalls Benjamin Franklin as a pioneer of safety in America, noting his famous maxims that caution against haste and careless actions and highlighting his broader influence on public welfare.
Sewing Circle patterns offer a daytime frock apron with a curved yoke and button trim. Pattern No 1301 fits sizes 34 through 48, size 36 requires 334 yards of 39 inch material. Pattern No 1228 covers sizes 14 to 44, size 16 needs 28 yards of 35 inch material.
A 10 to 12 foot Australian earth worm bores through soil making loud gurgling and sucking noises audible on the surface. The extraordinary creature’s presence and tunneling captured local attention and curiosity.
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