20 Jan 1944
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
1
War brief notes Red Army forces push deeper into Poland while Nazi troops resist Southwest push. Allied air raids intensify across Western Europe. strikes show rise in 1943 activity.
Fragmented account describes jungle fighting in the Southwest Pacific near Arawe and Cape Gloucester. Mentions a beachhead at Arawe, enemy positions, and slow advance through dense brush as forces press toward a Japanese shipping base and supply points.
European labor statistics show about 3,337,691 workers in 3,737 walkouts, surpassing 1942 totals. Idle workers reached 849,981 due to 2,368 strikes, with high strike activity noted despite scarce employment. Allied air forces bomb Western Europe, targeting German defenses, Kiel naval base, and rocket-gun sites along northern coasts. Weather hindered progress in Italy amid reports of a new Siegfried line under construction north of current positions.
A surge of 476 400 hogs in one day pressed 12 leading Midwestern markets where 200 to 300 pound hogs fetched 13.75 per hundredweight. Many hogs unsold as cold weather and pneumonia fears spurred calls to curb shipments while some centers imposed embargoes. Chicago faced tight labor and packer capacity as troops were sent to nearby camps for labor, amid broader wartime international tensions and displaced borders. Stanislaw Mikolaiyk is noted in the report.
Lawmakers debate reform of re pricing war contracts to recapture profits. Senators Welsh Gress Follette Lucas and Comally condemn two exemptions that would spare standard commercial articles and products not yet delivered, arguing such moves distort pricing. A machine tool firm and a standard article producer would gain outsized relief, per the objections.
Vagaries of the White river alter the boundary between Decatur and Perry townships in Marion county causing two Decatur township schools to close for lack of funds. The power company property no longer lies within the township tax base to provide revenue. In New York state farm organizations report 210006 farm jobs last year with only 2 percent by farm hands. Allied health officers establish eleven public delousing stations in Naples to combat spreading typhus.
Prohibitionists rally behind Rep Brison s bill to ban beverages over four percent alcohol as hearings near. Rep Celler cites rumored $10,000,000 lobbying fund while Anti Saloon League weighs urging Roosevelt to declare prohibition a war measure. Also Purdue doctor reports no college football deaths in 1943, noting past fatalities dropped since 1931 and urging safer helmets.
Chicago emerges as a leading bid city for 44 national political conventions with about 10,000 expected visitors per party. Hotels, restaurants, banks and utilities pledged 75 000 to 150 000 dollars to defray costs while planners study sites. The Defense Transportation office says Chicago minimizes rail disruption with 11 368 beds, more than New York. Canada to boost wheat imports as U S feeds livestock, with 350 million bushels current year and 208 000 000 to 150 000 000 more from Canada due to Great Lakes freezing. Congress debates absentee ballots for soldiers. Army and Navy propose mail distribution and officer acknowledgement for service ballots.
The nation's railroads broke all transportation records last year with freight up 14 percent from 1942 and passenger traffic rising 58 percent. Average freight per train reached 1116 tons with 41 tons per car. passenger volume per car also set a record. Gross revenue was expected to rise by about 28 percent.
A perfume base valued at 86 is stored in tanks tied to the rose oil industry in Bulgaria. The report notes the substance called valuable altar Attar of roses and its deposition within regional facilities.
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