11 May 1944
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
1
Western Newspaper water editors note the analysis outlines U S forces clearing the Hollandia area daily subsidy rates and heavy hog shipments impacting markets. Aerial attacks weaken Nazi defenses as Betwa analysts share cautious but hopeful projections.
As Nazi Europe braces for a historic invasion, huge Allied air and naval bombardments pound the Atlantic wall while Germans defend their lines along the Dniester. Russians reportedly mobilize near eastern Poland for a possible eastern push, and Axis forces resist in Romania as western fronts prime for assault.
The War Food Administration outlines a nationwide subsidy program for dairy production for 11 months, with rates from 35 to 90 cents per hundredweight and 12 cents per pound for butterfat, to aid conservation and strengthen civilian supplies. The plan hinges on congressional appropriations and follows heavy stockpiles in warehouses.
Floods and heavy rains sweep the country retarding field work and hindering shipments. In the Midwest farm activity lags with oats only partly sown in Iowa and acreage shifted to corn and soybeans in Illinois. Warm weather is needed in the southern wheat belt while excessive moisture endangers the southeast potato crop. Produce moving to northern markets stalled by floods along the Mississippi basin. A potential black market stimulus is feared due to crop diversions to trucks.
Federal officials approve a plan to assign disposal of surplus war materials to five agencies and 12 business experts. War Food Administration would handle food, Treasury buyers textiles, RFC lands and factories, Maritime Commission ships and related metals, and War Department munitions. Each agency will craft its own sale policy by negotiation auction or advertising with business advisors guiding the process.
Secretary of Navy since 1940 Frank Knox died of a heart attack in Washington. He served in World War I and was a newspaper publisher and 1936 Republican vice presidential candidate. Baseball veteran Tony Mullane, 85, died in Chicago after a long career with the St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds and St. Paul. He was famed for throwing with either hand.
Frederick C. Lincoln reports the U S duck population at about 125 million, with mallards 35 to 40 million, pintails 20 million, and bluebills 15 million. Redheads, coots, and mudhens rise. woodcocks decline suggesting a possible next fall season closure for woodcocks and jack snipe. Separate stockholder notes from Standard Oil discuss future oil availability and profits amid oil reserves and the need for global conservation policies.
The government seized Montgomery Ward and its Chicago plant after Ward refused a War Labor Board contract with CIO Local 20. Ward’s president Sewell Avery opposed the occupancy, carried from the plant by troops as talks failed. Officials debate shifting to civilian output while war needs push production up. Canada debates conscription and overseas deployment amid proxy war tensions. American and British troops in India face emergency meals, dubbed iron rations, in tight spots.
A garbled OCR snippet shows stray lines about a wedding dinner invitation, a bachelor’s lament, a punchy back‑and‑forth between characters, and a photographer quip. The text is fragmentary with mixed voices and no clear news event or coherent story to summarize.
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