17 Feb 1944
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1944
Page
1
Weekly news analysis reports the Red Army trapping divisions in southeast of Kiev as part of a two way offensive. The piece notes bitter battles near Cassino and discusses likely furloughs for Pacific veterans.
The fragment notes that the item is from an apiteian text analysis by the Western Newspaper Union and is part of a newspaper's reproduction. It cites the U S paper's union contributors and hints at reprinting workflows without specific events or dates.
The report discusses Molotov's proposed plan to grant de facto self government to the 16 Soviet republics while keeping Moscow's influence, outlining annexations of Estonia Latvia Lithuania Winte Russia and Karelo Finland as part of a broad Atlantic Charter interpretation. It notes military advances, Allied positions, and implications for postwar diplomacy.
Italian battlefront reports reveal heavy combat at Cassino with U S Loughbors pushing toward the town behind tanks while German suicide squads hold battered buildings. Reinforcements stream north along the Rome highway as paratroopers and tank crews form into units to counter the German supply network amid ruined defenses.
Southern Republicans unite against federal supervision of soldier ballots. A proposed plan would use a bleak federal ballot for president, senator, and congressman, with servicemen marking choices or party. A 2k compromise looms between Senate and House on absentee voting and ballot distribution for July 1.
Highlights note the rubber director's ban on neoprene except for critical civilian items, delaying plans for shoe cement elastic yarns and fabrics while new military needs push the order. Independent retailers show sales up 13 percent in 1933, excluding department stores which rise 17 percent. Britain’s railroad shops build cars and locomotives for western Europe invasion efforts.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics says feed supplies should ease as pasture demand falls and spring pig crop rises 16 percent, yet overall farm prospects remain mixed due to higher egg feed prices. Slaughter of chickens in 1944 may reach 3.8 billion pounds, similar to 1935. The New York Stock Exchange posts its first profit since 194? with 1943 earnings of 75,502 dollars and 226,000 in initiation fees. Volume and daily trading rose sharply as war demand sustains market activity.
A Chicago baby Paulette Matthes weighs less than typical on her first birthday, at three ounces under a normal birth weight, after a difficult birth that left physicians puzzled. She is 22 inches long and now smiles, while mother cares for her as the family keeps a cautious eye on her health and future. The Matthes family also includes a 30 month old son Ronald and a thriving infant sibling.
A survey links higher currency in circulation to evasion by high earners and black market operators. It cites about 20 billion dollars in circulation, 150 dollars per person, with demand for 1000 dollar bills doubling since the war. About 700 thousand thousand 100 dollar notes are in circulation, with 300 thousand 1000s in 1941.
Chicago V mail authorities report lipstick smears on letters can blur air stamped mail and photographed images. Hard lead pencil marks and faulty typewriters also hinder V mail processing. Air mail delivers in about five days, with roughly 160000 pieces handled daily.
Last year 94,500 people were killed in accidents and 9,700,000 were injured. The death toll fell 14 percent from 1949, with a death rate of 70.4 per 100,000, the lowest since 1922. Motor vehicle deaths reached 3,080, under 1942 and the smallest since 1925. Occupational accidents caused 18,000 deaths, 3 percent below the prior year. Homes saw 33,000 fatalities and nearly 5,000,000 injuries occurred overall.
A huge grape cluster weighing 112 pounds, the largest ever seen in the stripe growing country, was exhibited in 4 different Los Angeles, California locations.
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