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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1945
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis reports Allied pressure on Germany while pledging civilian supply to the Reich. The piece frames peace bids as part of a broader wartime strategy and notes editorials expressing opinions from the agency.
Reports from Svenska Dagbladet claim Eisenhower rejected von Rundstedt’s armistice offer to pull German forces beyond the Rhine and disarm them. A second report notes German overtures to a British official to preserve the Reich, while Allied heavy aerial strikes continue to target Nazi industry and communications.
Britain adds a new 11 ton Town Buster bomb to its heavy aerial repertoire carried by four engine Lancasters. The weapon targets underground German factories and penetrates thick fortifications, supplementing the earlier 6 ton Earthquake bomb used against Tirpitz and U-boat pens.
In Europe the Red Army massed for a Berlin assault while U S and British forces close on the Ruhr and Saar valleys. Railways supply food 50 000 tons monthly as Byrnes coordinates civilian needs and meat shortages widen. In the Pacific air power nails Japan with B 29s against Tokyo Nagoya and Osaka as MacArthur presses Iwo Jima Luzon and the Philippines. FBI crime reports show rising 1944 arrests among youth and under 21s.
The Big Three plan a second examination of the Yalta settlement in Romania after the Radescu government was ousted and a Soviet backed regime took power. Moscow cites anti fascist actions and Red army supply concerns as factors, while the U S urges a precedent based on Poland to form a more representative government.
The USDA reports total farm employment at 8.4 million, the lowest seasonal level in 21 years. Of these, 6.894 million are family members, many women or elderly, reducing operating efficiency as spring work begins. Farmers anticipate 30,000 German war prisoners to aid manpower, while aiming to match 1944 production despite the shortage.
With cattle hides diverted to army needs, civilian shoe production may drop 10 to 15 percent. Some cities allow sales of dressed horse meat for human or pet consumption while Chicago bans retail sales. leather allotments shrink and OPA forecasts fabric shoe output rising to 50 million more this year.
Hollywood union tensions flare as IATSE presses to be recognized as the bargaining agent for about 70 set decorators while supporting workers from rival painters’ union on strike. Producers face potential walkouts that could halt movies nationwide. FAO advances unanimous adoption by 18 nations as it pushes for global agricultural improvement and rural welfare.
A collage of humor about Theodore Roosevelt and FDR including a heaven choir tale, palace life in Stockholm, Moe Schenck in the White House, Edison longing for a dog, Beethoven’s piano beacon, Miss Moonlight Sonata quip, Lady Peel pearls, a Kept to His Rooms glitch, Hawthorne writing, and a Midwest etiquette luncheon with Roosevelt.
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