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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1945
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union reports analysts claim allies create river barrier breaches to mount twin drives on Reich causing thousands to be homeless. The piece frames wartime strategy and humanitarian impact in bold terms, reflecting a stern editorial voice.
Allied forces breach the Rhine with Lt Gen Courtney Hodges commanding the first American army to cross below Cologne. Rapid advances aim to disrupt German rear guards and prevent a Rhine defense, as the retreating enemy seeks safety beyond the river.
General Patton personally swam the icy Sure River to demonstrate a crossing under German fire during the January Allied push on Beitendorf. The bold act inspired his troops, who then crossed and captured the town, boosting morale amid Von Rundstedt's offensive.
Hodges led the 1st Army across the Rhine becoming the first since 1813 as American and Allied forces widened a bridgehead and pressed into the Ruhr hill country. Soviet troops assaulted Berlin while Red infantry and armor breached defenses west of the Oder as Allied columns moved toward the lowlands beyond the river barriers.
Despite heavy losses in the Philippines and Iwo Jima, Japanese forces held on in Manila Bay hulks and strongpoints east of Manila. About 60,000 still fought in the Luzon mountains while Iwo Jima survivors resisted as Marines advanced to clear rocky hill positions and root out underground shelters.
Floodwaters from the Ohio River and its tributaries bear down on Pittsburgh Cincinnati Portsmouth and Louisville forcing evacuation of thousands. Portsmouth near a 63 foot flood wall sees troops and volunteers reinforce with sandbag levees as rivers swell into farm districts across Tennessee Arkansas and Mississippi.
Senate battles compulsory labor as work or fight faces a House showdown. War Manpower Commission gains power to channel workers into key industries. Congress drafts unmarried nurses to fill 20 000 casualties duties with GI bill benefits and potential commissions. Senate offers substitute giving WMC control over establishment employee limits and hiring.
Skippy the Boston terrier survives shell fire that hits an American freighter off Leyte. While 14 crew and guards fall, the ship is saved as refugees and merchants fend off air raids. Skippy is wounded by shrapnel and licks Captain Andrew W. Gavin’s forehead, reviving him from a unconscious state.
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports 51 000 student pilot certificates issued in 1944 up from 35 000 the prior year signaling rising air consciousness and postwar expansion. Women account for 15 to 35 percent of new students. Most youths 16 to 21 plan to join the air forces, while older men expect business travel by air. Doctors and priests show growing interest to extend medical and spiritual reach via aviation.
The War Production Board announced an additional allocation of cotton fabric for about 60 million more children’s garments. Materials include outing flannel, broad cloth, poplins, lawns and chambrays for dresses, overalls, coveralls, infant garments, pajamas, gowns and rompers to curb rising prices.
The article notes Mrs Roosevelt has accepted gifts from foreign sources with congressional approval context. It highlights a jewel crown and a mink coat from a Quebec fur group, and quotes her remarks on the crown received after Casablanca. It also surveys wartime safety statistics and accident prevention messages to soldiers and civilians.
The article notes farm debt peaked around 1933 with debt over 10 billion dollars and fell to about 54 billion by January 1945, a 20 percent reduction in five years. It cites wartime stimulus boosting farm income, rising realty and plant values, doubled livestock value since 1940, 30 percent higher machinery, 25 percent higher land values, and increased currency and war bond holdings.
The National Foreign Trade council reports U S investments abroad reached over 13 billion dollars in 1941 with foreign holdings in the United States about 84 percent of a billion. Two thirds of American investments lay in Europe and Canada. Europe held four billion with Germany at about 1% billion and Britain over 1 billion. Canada and Newfoundland contained four billion, South America over 1% billion, and Asia over % billion. In Asia 170 million resided in the Philippines, 165 million in China and Manchuria, and 90 million in Japan.
An all time high dividend of 3 894 616 representing 25 percent of the 1944 cash receipts from national forests will be shared by 653 counties in 40 states, USDA reported. The largest U S treasury checks ever written in connection with federal timber sales, forage, water power and other uses on national forest lands reflect wartime demand for lumber and rangelands used for food production.
Ladies patterns describe a daytime frock with curved yoke and button trim in sizes 34 through 48 plus a matching apron option. Pattern 1501 uses polka dot or bright checked cottons for a first wardrobe piece and Pattern 2277 offers a simpler apron design for various youth sizes. Current war demand reduces immediate availability. orders are being processed as stock arrives.
A giant Australian earth worm measuring 10 to 12 feet bores through soil, producing purgling and sucking sounds loud enough to be audible to a person on the surface. This unusual creature creates a noticeable sound signature as it moves beneath.
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