23 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
1
Report notes steady progress in negotiations between labor and management as Allied producers discuss wage raises. Talks continue with plans for possible hourly pay boosts and broader wage settlements aimed at stabilizing production and easing wartime pressures.
Reports describe rail wage increases debated in Congress with eight cent and substitute plans amid anti inflation concerns and a possible government seizure of railroads. Separately the Navy launched the Wisconsin battleship at Philadelphia costing 99 million dollars, speed 33 knots, armed with nine 16 inch guns and extensive anti aircraft capability. The article also notes operations around Cassino and Rome as Allied forces advance, plus Yugoslav leaders Mihailovic and Broz Tito attracting British support in a shifting political stance.
In the Southwest Pacific the U S Navy pounded the Gilbert and Marshalls with carriers and ships to clear routes and threaten Allied movements. The action came as the service announced the wartime missing in action of Lieutenant Commander Edward O Hara after his stellar defense at Coral Sea.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics outlines expanding civilian meat supplies while predicting a smaller pork and pig crop due to feed shortages. OPA cuts ration values on veal lamb mutton and pork and the War Food Administration eases farm slaughtered pork deliveries as officials forecast higher munitions output, naval and aircraft production, and broader mobilization for 1942. War Production Board leaders emphasize full national effort against Germany and Japan as Selective Service plans intake increases and deferments tighten. Russia see-saw fighting disrupts German rail movement. Reds penetrate toward Krivoi Rog and Kiev, while metal stockpiles and recovery corporations show dissolution and large unclaimed supplies.
A year old war worker in St Louis says postwar plans include another marriage. He has already married five times. The Red Cross coordinates $97,000 in drug shipments to neutral Switzerland for Holland distribution. A bomber’s fuel tank was patched with gum aiding a belly landing after flak near Italy.
The Cairo decree by Roosevelt and Chian Kai-shek and Chareh Ul declares Nippon will surrender all Pacific islands seized since World War I and China will reclaim Formosa, Manchuria, and the Pescadores. They deny territorial expansion and gain for themselves.
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