28 Dec 1944
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
1
Nazi forces prepare a counter blow as Allied air power intensifies. B-29 raids strike Japanese home industries, disrupting war production. U.S. officials approve a sweeping waterways bill expanding inland navigation and related infrastructure.
Reports from London and allied capitals describe Germany’s dwindling strength rallying for a major counter thrust next year. New German weapons include submarines with underwater breathing gear to strike shipping, while Allied bombings threaten supply lines. Concurrently Poland forms a provisional government aiming to redistribute land to tenants, and Greece sees British efforts to reconcile radical and rightist factions to safeguard Mediterranean routes.
Japanese officials reassessed the Allied B-29 campaign after a major raid targeted Nagoya’s Mitsubishi bomber plant below Tokyo. Officials had once dismissed the assaults as morale blows but now fear growing damage and the need to evacuate civilians from danger zones as the “giant super fortresses” press the offensive.
Large-scale efforts to develop water resources include flood control, navigation, reclamation and hydroelectric power with an initial $400 million for the Missouri River valley by army engineers and the reclamation bureau. Senate rejected an executive agreement approach to the St Lawrence project, while War Food Administration set egg prices and projected needs for 1945. Surplus eggs to be used for school lunch programs and institutional use.
Genevieve Deicioppo of Syracuse New York a 27 year old wife of a tank driver serving in Italy works six days a week six days and nights a week devoting 65 percent of her earnings to war bonds. From 7:30 a m to 3:30 p m she operates three machines and a sander then frosten cakes and ships at Mohican bakery and on Saturdays and Sundays serves as a counter waitress at McCarthy’s Seafood restaurant. She also donates blood and sleeps only six hours a day.
Draft boards move to reassign registrants in the 36 37 4g group from nonessential jobs to working or fighting, tightening previous exemptions. Selective Service Director Hershey cites rising military activity and expects a 10 to 29 percent rise in inductions. October output shows several critical programs below schedule, especially air craft ships guns and ammunition, with tire and cotton duck production flagged as especially crucial due to front-line needs.
Reports on rehabilitation methods for disabled World War II veterans at Walter Reed Hospital Washington DC include dexterity practice with an artificial right arm guided by Occupational Therapist Susan Pokland and led by Army Lt. Col. Fred C. Foy. Shortages of manpower and wartime limits curb facility expansion and cigarette production. Tobacco distributors plan nationwide rationing to stabilize smoker supplies. By end of 1944 the Army expects to have procured 68 billion cigarettes with front line movement hampered by unloading limits and prioritization of food and fuel.
The OPA boosted cash wheat ceilings by four cents and raised the hog ceiling to 14.75 dollars, tying the change to parity for producers. Bread costs remain unchanged. The flour subsidy of 0.19 dollars per bushel continues until year end, with new rates planned January 1. Hog prices surged in Chicago as weather kept large farm inventories available.
A recent survey reports 16 percent of households grew victory gardens this year. It notes that more than half of the farm land in the 13 Southern states is cultivated less than one third of the nation's cropland and yields about a quarter of total farm income.
Instructions for making a rag rug from fabric scraps using three quarter inch strips knotted around a center oval. Emphasizes color blending, even fullness, and pinning order. Advises dyeing rags for harmony and notes directions and orders available from the referenced book.
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