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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
7
U S forces clean up Hollandia area and weaken Nazi defenses through aerial attacks. WFA announces daily subsidy rates as heavy hog shipments glut markets, with editorials noting analyst opinions.
The article notes massed Nazi concentrations in British ports and Allied air assaults on Atlantic wall and German industry. Soviet forces reportedly mobilize to advance in eastern Poland while Axis defenses stiffen along the Dniester. U.S. and Britain prepare for hostilities, with Western Europe under continuous bombardment and supply disruptions shaping price and policy actions.
Floods and heavy rain slow field work and rail shipments nationwide, with Iowa oats only partly sown and Illinois corn and soybeans planned. Wheat belts need sun while the southeast fears potato crop losses. Produce to northern markets stalled along the Mississippi basin. Black market risks rise due to crop diversions to trucks.
U S bombers now within 1400 miles of the Philippines after Doughboys seized three Hollandia airfields in northern New Guinea. MacArthur says the blow seals off 140,000 Japanese. Reinforcements and British forces brace for a Bengal Assam rail corridor clash as Stilwell’s forces push toward a China route via northern Burma.
Federal officials outline a plan to control disposal of surplus war materials through five agencies and 12 business experts. The War Food Administration would oversee food, Treasury for textiles, RFC for land and factories, Maritime Commission for ships, and War Department for munitions, with each agency setting its own sale policy by negotiation auction or advertising.
Secretary of the Navy since 1940 Frank Knox died in Washington DC at age 70 from a heart attack. He led the fleet to become the world’s greatest with 4000 ships and 25 000 planes and had served in the 153rd artillery. Knox was a newspaper publisher and the 1936 Republican vice presidential candidate.
The duck population is estimated at about 125,000,000 with mallards at 35 to 40 million, pintails 20 million and bluebills 15 million. Red headed ducks and coots also rise while woodcocks decline possibly closing next fall. Standard Oil executives discuss future oil supplies and the need for conservation.
Sewell Avery fights government takeover of Montgomery Ward Chicago plant after War Labor Board order to extend CIO Local 20 contract. Ward's president 69 resists, taken from plant by U.S. troops as Wayne Chatfield Taylor assumes operation amid Ward officials’ support for Avery.
Government officials clash over boosting civilian goods output amid material surpluses and war contract cancellations. War Production Czar Donald Nelson urges higher military output now and at peak levels until western Europe needs are clear. Undersecretary Robert Patterson warns that switching to civilian production would create unwarranted optimism and pull workers from war plants.
In Quebec the legislature approved 55 to 4 against sending Canadian draftees overseas. Rene Chalout argued conscription was for invasion risk and urged its abolition now that danger has passed. The move followed a defense minister statement that draftees could be used abroad with proper measures.
American and British troops in India will use new emergency meals in large cans. Known as iron rations, each can feeds eight men for one day and includes corned mutton, vitamized crackers, tea, jam, chocolate, gum, salt, sugar, grapefruit juice for Americans, lemonade powder for British, plus cigarettes.
The piece criticizes candidates from both parties for emphasizing pork, local gains, and promises that ignore national interests. It argues such aims foster minority government and erode statesmanship, urging voters to prioritize national welfare over local gains. It also notes political motive in a Barkley Senate speech and discusses postwar power dynamics involving Stalin and Roosevelt.
Wartime promotions face Senate obstruction amid army lobbying led by Patton and Somervell while Wainwright sits as a cautionary note. Draft issues trigger grilling of Hershey and McNutt as Truman committee probes the Breakers hotel hospital plan and Littell report. Wedemeyer laments idle duties in Delhi amid war strategy debates.
A vivid, era-labeled tour through a nightclub crowd with writers, film stars, and radio figures. It paints buzzing tables, glamorous gowns, and private woes set against Hollywood chatter and industry touchstones like The Magic Lanterns and Knickerbocker Holiday.
Brief notes report Choo Choo Johnson meeting Lucius Beebe at Cafe du Bois where she quips about not wanting to be known as Choo Choo Beebe. Dunninger asks Jerry Wald about his status in the Draft as Jerry jokes he has not checked papers. An overheard quip at the Little Palm Club mocks Hitler as the oldest living rat.
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