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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1945
Page
2
Allies push toward the Ruhr Valley as German defenses tighten and planning for an Allied invasion proceeds. Japan prepares forces for U S operations in the Pacific while domestic grain acreage forecasts are reduced.
In 1944 the Ruhr defense faced US Ninth Army and British Second Army with Canadian and US forces pressing from Remagen. Kesselring, named to command, defends German west front while Reds push toward Berlin and into Upper Silesia and Hungary. Americans save record sums as wartime economy tightens.
The 852000 municipal workers receive a monthly payroll of 122000000 dollars, per the International City Managers Association. Payroll has risen over the past two years even as employment declines and the normal work week lengthens, especially in smaller cities.
Japan tightens wartime controls amid fear of U S invasion while preparing occupied China against assault. Tokyo evacuates half the civilian population as air raids hit the Inland Sea base and repair facilities. US attacks disrupt enemy production though Japan hopes to draw countermeasures from shorter supply lines and land bases. The piece also notes USDA forecasts 1945 crop acres decline due to livestock and grain shifts alongside weather and manpower constraints.
Output of wool and sheep numbers fell in 1944 with total production estimated at 418,094,000 pounds down from 449,578,000 pounds in 1943. Average local prices rose to 42.4 cents per pound from 41.6 cents in 1943. Sheep shorn estimated at 44,324,000 head, about nine percent fewer than 1943.
The United States faces heavy food pressure as UNRRA plans to import about 800 million pounds of food in April to June to aid hungry Europeans. Britain notes its reserves fall below 6 million tons, while Roosevelt urges sharing. Grain and cereal products lead UNRRA’s needs, with meat, beans, milk, and sugar following. Canada and other UN countries supply the remainder.
President Roosevelt said monthly draft calls could drop from 135000 to 93000 as full strength nears in July 1945 with replacements for German defeat and ongoing Japanese war. A congressional panel heard inductions continue for younger men to fill gaps left by discharged veterans.
New York amusement venues ignored Mayor La Guardia's one hour curfew extension after the military ordered personnel out of nightspots at midnight. War Mobilization Director Byrnes said the government could not enforce the midnight curfew due to lacking police.
More than 5 000 watering eggs have been shipped by airplane from the United States to tropical American countries to develop poultry industries as part of an inter American food growing program. The University of Maryland demonstrated the practice within the United States and its aid and that of the U S department of agriculture was enlisted for the experiment.
Vivid scraps depict a city awakening and nightfall in late 1930s style. Crowds flee curfews, dawn glows on skylines, civilians, soldiers, and defense workers move through Manhattan. Busily described scenes cover Broadway nightlife, Rockefeller Center, Fifth Avenue, and iconic landmarks with sensory detail.
A readable fragment notes cheery potholders described as almost too pretty to use. The item is 644 inches with two blue birds on a cherry tree bough and two cherry blossoms, presented as a shower gift idea.
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