25 Nov 1943
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1943
Page
1
Western and Allied authorities report port damage in Northern Italy aimed at hindering future operations. United Nations discuss relief corridors while the United States releases current casualty figures amid ongoing war coverage.
The article outlines Allied plans including a military governance approach under Eisenhower to prevent political incursions and to establish a Mediterranean relief commission with Allied and neutrals forming a committee. It also details a global relief effort plan, assembling representatives from 42 nations for postwar European aid, with the United States and Britain contributing vast food and materials, and Herbert Lehman named to head the relief administration. Additionally, agricultural forecasts for 1943 predict record corn output alongside large yields in barley, soybeans, rice, potatoes, sugar beets, and peanuts, amid strong livestock activity and price supports.
Gen Douglas MacArthur establishes U S forces to block Japanese communications on Bougainville in the Solomons, with Marines and soldiers poised to strike at the enemy’s supplies from the rear. The Bougainville operation marks a major phase in the Solomons campaign as U S casualties mount across services.
The Detrax Tigers baseball club will travel to Evansville Indiana for their scheduled spring training session. Secretary Ickes announces relaxed emergency coal delivery regulations allowing dealers to hold three days supply to two customers. War Labor board increases pilot inspectors pay to about 410 dollars monthly with 1 dollar per hour bonus for dangerous work. A three carat diamond, likely the eighth largest found, was unearthed in Sierra Leone then British colony.
Red troops press a 70 mile front west of recaptured Kiev attacking the last north south railway. Other assaults target Nevel near the Latvian border and Krivoi Rog as Nazi columns retreat along a Dnieper bend. Russian forces also mass for a major Crimea assault as synthetic rubber output rises. Tire supply remains tight with guidance to preserve carcasses and drivers urged to reduce speeds.
Dr Julius A Vogel in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is producing homemade penicillin at five cents a plateful. The plant physician for Jones and Laughlin Steel uses the medicine to treat external infections with complete cures in more than twenty cases.
Katherine Lenroot chief of the children s bureau of the department of labor notes 38 percent rise among girls and 11 percent among boys in the last year She cites 5 percent million women with children under one year at work and many tethered in service or sleeping days Two general weaknesses in home supervision contribute to delinquency She also cites need for more than one million more jobs in industry this year Lack of school facilities in rapidly growing communities and rising child labor are listed as factors She concludes few juvenile delinquencies would exist if children were treated as an emergency like armament production
The United Kingdom’s lend lease aid to the United States through last June reached 871 million dollars, mainly base facilities for American forces in Britain. Complete figures indicate aid exceeding one billion dollars to date. Food costs on front lines and battle-sourced knowhow aren’t in the tally.
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