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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
2
Wartime briefing summarizes the Allied drive against German targets and Italian ports. It notes Soviet pressures in the Caucasus and a coordinated bombing campaign to strike war plants, reflecting a broad national mobilization and strategic urgency.
A brief notice reports Unien releasing spinis sper spin novel titled When spinis sper Unien's new Released h, detailing publication in local outlets and noting anticipated reader interest.
European raids push factories to relocate to safer sites while Allied air crews press on. In Akron Ohio 51,500 rubber workers return after President Roosevelt condemns strikes as inexcusable and vows action to protect wartime production. Communicated through wartime dispatches and United Nations observers.
President Roosevelt names James F. Byrnes as director of the new Office of War Mobilization to marshal production, procurement, transport, and civilian supplies. The move follows Churchill talks and signals a coordinated home front for the war, with key aides and officials forming the governing committee.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Gen Douglas MacArthur were named honorary knights of the Grand Cross Order of the Bath by King George. A flood aid plan proposes 55 million dollars for Midwest rehabilitation. Roosevelt signs offshore landing craft and boats funding of 1.766 million. Odessa Texas chamber asks council to drop first syllable of damnyankee.
Secretary Stimson presented a figure for the Tunisia campaign showing American casualties at 18 558 with 2 184 killed 9 337 wounded and 6 937 missing or taken prisoner Axis losses reached 323 000 with 30 000 killed 26 400 wounded and 266 000 captured Allies seized vast quantities of aircraft ships and supplies. The general result did not alter war plans for army strength or mobilization.
A senatorial committee digested a report that Japan would send naval and land invasion forces against the continental United States this summer. American forces in the Aleutians pursued a relentless cleanup of enemy detachments on Attu island as Bayonet and hand grenade fighting replaced mortars and automatic rifles. The tale credits Kilsoo Khaan as a longtime predictor of Japanese move, recounting a Tokyo party where Tojo plans allegedly were disclosed to Korean spies.
Edwin T. Barclay, Liberia’s president, becomes the first member of the Negro race to sleep in the White House as a guest of President Roosevelt. The visit follows Roosevelt’s Casablanca conference and includes meetings with officials, cabinet members, and an address to Congress.
A wartime Wage board of the National Railway Labor Board recommended eight cent an hour increases for more than 100000 nonoperating employees. The rise would lift the rail industry’s annual wage bill by about 204 million dollars. The panel rejected union demands for larger raises and set retroactive effective date to February 1 under Stabilization Director Byrnes. The report says these are the minimum noninflationary adjustments to correct inequities and aid war prosecution.
Leon Henderson former OPA director warned at the National Association of Purchasing Agents convention that a new set of dikes is needed to stem rising inflation. He urged new controls over production distribution and credit and said a credit control agency may be required if Congress private or executive actions fail to dam the flood of hot spending power.
The war department price adjustment board announced the elimination of nearly two billion dollars in excess profits by renegotiating army contracts. Savings to the government stem from readjustments on 1941 and 1942 business to date, with 1943 expected to be larger.
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