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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
3
In wartime dispatches, Allied forces advance in Northwest France while Charles de Gaulle visits the White House, creating new diplomatic concerns for Washington. The Western Newspaper Union columns are summarized from the era’s reporting and reflect editorial focus on leadership dynamics and military progress.
Allied forces advance along the Normandy front driving through marshy ground toward La Haye and St Lo while Britsh and Canadian troops attack German concentrations near Caen. Berlin announces von Rundstedt replacement for von Blom, amid geopolitical talks in Washington over De Gaulle’s Free French leadership and legal recognition.
News reels report the Hartford circus fire that killed 335 people, mostly children, as rescue efforts continued and a coal mine entombment near Belizire, Ohio faced sealing of air supply. Separate reports cover a L&N derailment near Jellico, Tenn with 25 dead. In China the war worsens with Japanese pressure on the eastern seaboard and Allied aid through Burma aided by the 14th Air Force.
The Wet Food administration projects 700000 extra harvest workers, largely city recruits, with 12 million farm workers needed by October. Uprisings spread in Honduras and Nicaragua, Fondures president resigns, passive resistance grows in Nicaragua, and Guatemala Inc. experiences rioting.
Navy Secretary James Forrestal announced that American submarines and air power are increasingly harming Japan by sinking 15 cargo vessels and two warships, constraining Japan’s war program as 75 million tons of yearly waterborne freight and 75 percent of oil and gas supply must be moved. He noted Japan’s stockpiles and prewar tonnage mitigate effects and that supply routes to encircled South Pacific areas are being strained.
Lend-lease shipments of food to the Allies stayed steady in the first two months of 1944. About 9.3 percent of U.S. meat and 15.6 percent of pork were sent abroad, with the United Kingdom and Russia receiving most of the aid and the U.S. supplying 10 percent of British needs.
The U S Agriculture Department reports farmers use predatory wasps and flies in Hanoi to combat corn borers. In Britain, Churchill cites over 20 000 killed or wounded by flying bombs as planes bomb the coast. In Texas Biggs field, Grama grass methods spend a quarter million dollars to suppress dust and grass growth.
A hospital gift bedside bag pattern by Ruth Wyeth Spears describes a green heavy cotton upholstery bag with red sateen lining. The article notes construction details including a cut down coat hanger and lining assembly, plus a note about purchasing a booklet for related home crafts.
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