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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
7
Western Newspaper Union reports intensified crisis as Allied forces crack East and West defenses while the United States tightens its grip on New Guinea. Analysts note heightened strategic pressure and shifting fronts in the war effort.
Allied forces launch a two-pronged assault as U S troops break through in the western sector of the Normandy beachhead. Heavy bombing precedes a armored advance aimed at forcing a 40 mile German withdrawal while fighters hit retreating columns. on the eastern end Rommel counterattacks to slow the British advance near Caen.
Lt Gen Lesley J McNair aged 61, killed by enemy fire during ground forces action in Normandy. Renowned for reorganizing 20 000 strong square division into a 15 000 man triangular unit and advancing mobile anti tank guns. Veteran of Mexican campaign and World War I, praised as the brains of the army by Gen George Marshall.
In Poland the Reds push toward Warsaw while Allied forces prepare a major strike on Germany’s Gothic Line in Italy. German defenses along the eastern front slow the advance as Hungarian troops falter in the Carpathians, leaving the central sector the main battlefield.
Rainfall broke a long drought in the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys aiding bumper plantings while the eastern coast suffered continued dry weather. Soybeans and corn tassel as pastures dry, and Midwest moisture arrives at a critical time. In Kansas rain helps corn but about 208 million bushels of wheat may be threatened by field moisture due to late harvests and limited grain movement capacity.
U S forces in the Pacific continue to press the Japanese in the Marianas as naval guns and heavy artillery strike inland. Troops push on toward Tinian while units counter Jap counterattacks to secure Guam. MacArthur's forces trap thousands of Japanese along the New Guinea coast as beachheads form.
Government plans to auction 8 million acres of surplus farm land face opposition from the Farmers Union over the handling of the sale as part of tenant purchase programs. The RFC will supervise with local appraisals and quick sales, while Patton warns of real estate group control and loss of natural resources. The CIO PAC aims to mobilize voters with large fundraising and organizing efforts for the 1944 campaigns.
The United States, led by Secretary of State Cordell Hull, accused Argentina of aiding Axis interests and distributing anti UN propaganda. Washington reaffirmed non recognition of the Argentinian regime and labeled it a deserter to the Allied cause.
Army demand and slow civilian output push August quotas down for heavy and small truck and bus tires while passenger use stays the same. War Production Board notes military stocks won’t be diverted. Rubber Director Bradley Dewey cites synthetic rubber output at 836000 tons annually with potential cost reductions to 12 cents per pound.
Senate departures include Ellison Cotten Ed Smith of South Carolina and Hattie Caraway of Arkansas. Smith, dean with 36 years, loses renomination to Gov. Olin Johnston after a career favoring farmers and tariff opposition. Caraway, the only woman senator, places fourth in Arkansas Democratic primary, forcing a runoff for the nomination.
The WPB orders 50 million yards of cotton fabric into affordable clothing each quarter to curb rival use. It also reviews further refrigerator releases as 55 thousand remain from a 700 thousand stockpile. milk production declines while dairy exports rise, prompting the War Food administration to lift the July ice cream pause and limit milk usage to 65 percent and 22 percent milk solids.
The War Production drive aims to boost deliveries as output lags by 400 million dollars in the current quarter. The Army Service Forces order extends the work week to 54 hours for most military and civilian staff, with overtime pay at time and a half beyond 40 hours. About 50 000 workers at service force headquarters are affected. Three shift plants are exempted and surplus labor will be redeployed.
Publishers report rising sales in mystery and detective fiction and horror. Average mystery book sales grow from 3 500 to 8 500, with works by famous authors selling up to 20 000 copies. Psychologists say crises boost escapist reading as a war context lingers.
Washington reports reveal Nazi peace feelers to Russia in 1943 and 1943, with Britain and the United States divided over a second front while Stalin demanded action. London dispatches note robot bombs crossing the channel and the challenge of neutralizing them, including a German clock mechanism steering devices, and casualties among Americans in London due to unfamiliar urban danger.
The piece argues decisive government action is needed in wartime, citing Du Pont's private industry role in explosives and the low government cost for that know how. It critiques war budgeting as incomprehensible to individuals and calls for a no contributions law for partisan purposes, plus views on public service careers and California labor laws.
The War Manpower Commission orders hotels to be rated locally needed for staffing and restricts recruitment to men 45 and older except in special cases. The move targets peacetime standards. Also, the Army Finance Department accepts marriages by mail if the state recognizes them, per the comptroller general.
A Washington note recalls Calvin Coolidge and Grover Cleveland delivering sly quips. Coolidge muttered about the Washington Monument after a biography debunk, while Cleveland quipped about Noah and Daniel Webster in a word use dispute.
The tale Wilson used when facing opposition to his League of Nations proposals. A father tells his son a bedtime story about an alligator creeping up on a turtle. Just as the jaws would snap shut, the turtle springs up a tree and escapes. The boy asks how a turtle can spring and climb, and the father replies Great Scott, it had to.
A Chicago club discussion with business leaders urged renaming a proposed universal training bill to citizenship training to avoid opposition from industrial workers and farmers. The speaker argued shared living conditions would reduce class divisions and forge a more homogeneous citizenry, a principle claimed still valid today.
A wartime buyer imagines postwar life funded by war bonds. The speaker envisions a new car, ample gas, desired food, a home, a long deferred visit, a washing machine, and more, all possible if war bonds are purchased and kept.
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