08 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
1
Analysis columns discuss coal rationing under FDR and a 65 induction limit. Allies gauge the Mediterranean situation to keep Axis on edge. The piece frames economic and war strategy amid labor and supply pressures.
The piece notes rising congressional concern over 1933 food production prospects and distribution control. It mentions potential shifts in food and transport policy, Roosevelt's wartime considerations, and regional agricultural improvements in the Midwest and plains as efforts to sustain supplies amid mounting tension.
Reports indicate Allied fliers targeted Salonika in the eastern Mediterranean for the first time while Italy evacuated Castelross in the Dodecanese. Strategists note rising tensions as over 11,000 Allied troops watch the Ruhr assault with Germany massing 1,000 fighters and 30,000 anti air guns across western Europe.
Liberator bombers conducted a 2060 mile round trip from Australia to Macassar on Celebes island. Allied airmen dropped 23 tons of bombs on shipping targets and damaged a Japanese cruiser and merchant ship. First retaliation in the Celebes since Japan seized Macassar in 1942.
The National Association of Small Business, led by President DeWitt Emery, urged Congress to permit tax free reserves to ease postwar peacetime production. The plan calls for a 3 percent tax free reserve on sales up to 1,960,000, with reserves above that scaled down to 0.5 percent, aiming to assist thousands of businesses transitioning after the war.
Canada’s Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell announced youths aged sixteen to eighteen are now subject to compulsory labor transfer. In the United States coal strikes have reduced production by about twenty million tons, prompting flood repair funding and promotions in the coast guard with Rudy Vallee rising to lieutenant, senior grade.
Reported action centers on Orel Smolensk Belgorod Staraya Russa and Leningrad sectors as Russian artillery hits a German battalion headquarters near Sevesk Kursk salient. Despite a looming German offensive the front remains largely quiet with neither side committing to major engagements.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr. told 500 business leaders and military officers in Chicago that immediate postwar trouble is unlikely, but distant trouble looms as pent up demand may wane after five years. He urged frank policy statements to guide peacetime plans and suggested tax-free reserves for industry.
The eight cent an hour wage increase for 1 100 000 non operating railway workers was vetoed by AL Vinson stabilisation director with potential overtime pay plan under Roosevelts approval. If adopted time and a half after 40 hours would raise average pay six cents for a 48 hour week. Allied air forces continue heavy strikes in Burma and China targeting Jap centers, shipping on the Yangtze and rail and warehouse facilities in Burma.
The 25th annual governors conference concludes with resolutions urging the federal government to release corn and live stock feed and condemning wartime strikes. It criticizes expanding federal reach and personnel, emphasizing states rights.
Endless fascination in old-fashioned quilt blocks inspires modern uses from table mats to luncheon mats and chair backs. The block shown is easy to piece and should be lined with muslin and interlined with one layer of cotton wadding, quilted with diamond or running stitches, edges bound with bias tape, and can form borders for curtains or luncheon cloths. Details for border designs and more patterns are offered in BOOKS 5 and 6, with a star design for pot holders, each booklet costing 15 cents.
A historical note explains artificial pearls formed by dipping white glass balls into a 2 gallon macure that collects the silvery color from fish scales. About 10 000 fish provide the coloring matter, with herring predominating in the process.
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