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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1943
Page
3
Western Newspaper Union dispatch notes heavy Allied offensives in Italy while Yugoslav guerrilla forces threaten Nazi positions amid ongoing factional fighting. The column also mentions a new cattle subsidy plan as part of wartime measures.
Fifth Army under Lieut General Mark Clark pushes to break German defenses along the Massico ridge in southern Italy while Montgommery’s Eighth Army moves to seize ground east of the Adriatic. German counter measures and Rommel’s armor prepare for possible strikes as Tito Broz’s freedom army grows amid Yugoslav factional tension. House committee plans a two billion dollar tax bill with liquor, postal, and utility levies to boost revenue. CIO warns wage increases if a sales tax passes.
The government announces a subsidy plan for processors and slaughterers to stabilize current market levels. Subsidies range from 50 cents per hundredweight for common cattle selling at 10 to 11, to 1 per hundredweight for high grade beef priced 15 to 16, with varying amounts for other classes and an 80 cent subsidy for firms not processing by products. Subventions adjust if cattle prices fall outside set ranges.
In the Southwest Pacific, Lieutenant General Kenney's air force pounded enemy outposts and feeder shipping points as Admiral Nimitz pledged to seize islands enabling U S fleet control. U S forces landed on Mono in the Solomon Islands south of Bougainville, aiming at the Japs' stronger base. Rabaul on New Britain was hit with 500 tons of bombs in five days.
With 48,000 miners on wildcat strikes, the United Mine Workers policy committee prepares to vote on the War Labor Board plan for a $1.12 daily wage increase. The WLB offer differs from the Illinois Coal Operators UMW contract that promises $1.50 daily plus underground travel time compensation. Acceptance could raise wages up to $10 per week for 46 percent of hours, while rejection risks a nationwide mine strike and possible presidential intervention.
Captain Clark Gable returned to the United States with 50 000 feet of colored film showing army air and combat missions over enemy territory. He planned to go to Hollywood to touch up the pictures. Meanwhile Walter Cadwalader, one of the youngest U S sailors, was discharged after it was revealed he was 15. Cadwalader had gone to war at 14.
Russian forces press to encircle German troops on the southern front near the Dnieper and west of Melitopol as Germans retreat from the Crimea. In Washington, a congressional fight over margarine taxes pits dairy interests against nutrition advocates with arguments about price, tax fairness, and safety.
Attorney General Francis Biddle urged Congress to defeat a bill shielding insurance firms from antitrust provisions. He warned the move would set a dangerous precedent allowing other special interests to seek immunity and erode free enterprise protections.
The war and navy departments have withdrawn the partial blackout along coast waterfronts. The order, effective November 1, aimed to prevent ships from being silhouetted against the sky and vulnerable to submarines. With submarine peril reduced, officials say the blackout is no longer necessary.
The War Production Board ordered the closure of low grade mines producing metals other than iron and copper as several vital metals exceed current needs. Premium prices to some mine owners were withdrawn and imports of certain ores banned. Hardest hit are war baby mines yielding bauxite lead chrome and molybdenum.
Following educator committee recommendations President Roosevelt asked Congress to fund veteran education with one billion dollars. Any eligible veteran could study for a year in college or other institutions with tuition paid and fifty dollars living expenses per person, and married veterans would receive seventy five dollars plus ten dollars per child. Special aptitudes could qualify for up to three years of funding, states to certify eligibility. About eight percent of armed forces personnel would take part.
The article notes improving inter Allied ties with Russia despite surface irritations over the Mediterranean Council. It highlights Vishinski as Russia's representative and Ed Wilson for the United States, with Churchill and Roosevelt set to decide, turning the council into a reporting body. It also covers White House schedule pressures on Maj. Gen. Edwin Watson, industry push for peacetime plastics growth, WPB controls, and FEA concerns in Latin America.
A reflective column contrasts two men Bill Jones and Bill Brown, one drafted at 1A for a $50 monthly army wage and the other bound by union rules at $35 a week, illustrating how the proposed M Bill could have drafted both workers and industry. It also notes 1942 income gains, taxes, and postwar employment prospects.
A compact collection of aphorisms and quotes from Swedenborg Tusser Riley and Schiller on knowledge economy weather choice and toil. The items mix poetic maxims and a playful line about rejoicing with light verse.
Pathfinder notes about eight million photos and films donated by American and British tourists to the Allied Armed Forces. The images help identify landmarks and have aided RAF bombers in locating and destroying Axis targets such as a Taormina hotel before Sicily invasion.
A Norwegian seaman Captain Espeseth unveils an automatic wireless transmitter that records the ship name and code on a film with position data. On torpedoing or mining, it activates and broadcasts the vessel name until the ship sinks or remains afloat, reducing the need for a radio operator.
Advert says Moroline Hair Tonic keeps unruly hair in place with a lustrous finish. A big bottle is priced at 25 cents and is sold everywhere.
The article notes that over 500 kinds of internal parasites infest dogs and cats, causing serious illness or death in hosts. It mentions that parasite eggs can reach offspring before birth in some cases.
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