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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
7
Allied forces intensify operations in Burma and Europe as Nazi rail lines face heavy bombardment in preparation for the invasion. Lend Lease grants reach 30 billion dollars, supporting Allied logistics and war effort. General Stilwell makes advances in northern Burma, signaling momentum in China-Burma-India theater.
Reports say Germany planned to sacrifice up to 200000 troops along the Atlantic Wall to slow Allied invasion. U S and British bombers targeted defense lines and rail links inland to hinder German troop movement ahead of an invasion. The Nazis prepared to flood Holland and inundated areas to deter landings as Allied forces closed in.
Congress reviews wartime executive power after the Chicago Montgomery Ward plant seizure cast by War Labor Board order. Byrd and Dewey push investigations as the government defends the plant as aiding the war effort. Meat rationing ends as OPA trims purchases amid record beef stocks and tight feed. corn embargo shifts grain to industry.
Mixed U S Chinese and native Burmese troops push the Japs back in northern Burma to clear a supply road to China. Brit ish and Indian forces slow the Japanese drive to sever the Assam Bengal rail line feeding Stilwell's army. In Dutch New Guinea U S troops hold Hollandia as bombers hit Jop base networks and supply lines. Japan aims to install Bose to spark Hindu revolt against Britain.
The Senate heard the lend-lease extension would bring aid to a total of 30,362,687,362. Of this, 8,500,000,000 comes from special assistance mainly by the army and navy, while ordinary lend-lease aid amounts to 21,794,237,819. Britain has received 19,700,297,674. Russia 4,214,921,449. South America 2,327,378,789. China 920,349,451.
U S sales of surplus war goods run 12 to 15 million monthly as the War Production Board weighs how to use surplus raw materials for civilian products. Despite some 1944 deliveries of items like clocks and stoves, the bulk of civilian demand remains unmet and worriers say surplus production could worsen the manpower shortage.
The War Department aims to provide neutral political content to U S troops for the 1944 elections. Enforced rules require equal time or space for all sides in radio, service publications, and films, with strict script oversight to prevent bias.
War Production Chief Donald Nelson said there is no immediate prospect for whisky production resuming unless wartime requirements for alcohol drop. He stated he is opposed to using any facilities for civilian goods if it could impede necessary war production.
A review shows profits among the leading 259 firms reached $274,032,000 in Q1 1944, up 6 percent from the year before but 19 percent below 1941. Petroleum up 46.8 percent while wholesale and retail fell 16.5 percent. An analysis of 50 manufacturers in 1943 notes costs offset income, with profits at 3.1 percent of sales. wages and salaries rose to 72.8 percent of gross income, vs 66 percent in 1940. Taxes averaged 20.8 percent, up from 15.8 in 1940.
Aviation circles debate forming a single U S company for international routes. Only two of nineteen lines favor a unified structure, while seventeen oppose, arguing competition would improve service and preserve free enterprise.
Latest figures show total U S casualties at 197 841 with the army at 153 302 and the navy 44 539. Army losses include 26 575 killed 62 312 wounded 33 814 missing and 30 601 prisoners. Navy losses total 18 992 killed 11 899 wounded 9 192 missing and 4 456 prisoners. Deaths already reported total 45 567 near the 53 000 wartime figure.
The Commodity Credit Corporation will fix the domestic wool price at or just below imported wool, now 18 cents a pound cheaper. The CCC faces a loss on domestic sales, but another federal agency owning the foreign wool will gain enough to offset it.
A lively tour of the city noting Staten Island farms the Stock Exchange medical dept and tailor frontline coffee roasters and a lighthouse at Fort Washington Point. It mentions Nassau Street real estate high prices the Welfare Dept shelter pan handlers and haunted sites around Woodlawn cemetery.
The piece traces a clash over government irrigation benefiting large Central Valley landowners versus smallholders. It notes Ickes opposes loosening the 160 acre limit, while Californians Carter and Elliott push a rider in the rivers and harbors bill to extend benefits to big ranches and new land. It cites economic and political stakes, including labor and war plant access.
The article argues German Junkers should be dismantled after the war with their lands redistributed to dispossessed Poles, to secure European peace. It also warns American industry must rapidly reconvert to peacetime production to avoid bureaucratic takeovers, urging action to preserve free enterprise.
Senate postal committee weighs a plan to issue postal notes under ten dollars at a five cent fee. The house has approved the idea as a convenient add on, not replacing regular money orders. designer Poiret dies in Paris after fame. Rayon hose production to rise with lighter weights favored by War Production board amid weak demand for heavy lines.
Japanese forces with at least 80 000 troops and reserves press to clear the embattled Chinese from the Hankow Peiping railway in northeastern China. A success would open a north south traffic belt and tighten their grip on eastern ports while Japan builds new industries in occupied areas. Reports say war offices may move to the Chinese mainland if U S bombardment continues.
President Manuel Avila Camacho ordered Mexico to end the midday siesta for government and industry. Beginning June 1 offices will open at 8 am and run all day stores will operate 9 am to 3 pm and factories 6 am to 2 pm. He said travel time wastes time and naps are rare. drivers and conductors may resist due to fare shares.
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