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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
5
Western Newspaper Union notes rapid advances as Russian forces push through Crimea while Allied bombers target Western Europe. Neutral voices warn against aiding Nazis as Japan escalates a three-pronged push in India.
Soviet forces push into Romania and the Crimea while Allied air power targets French Belgian airfields and rail hubs. U S bombers strike Vienna and Budapest by factory areas as Britain and the United States restrict trade with Axis Europe and Sweden over ball bearing shipments. Large wool and wood stockpiles influence CCC purchases amid wartime demands.
U S industry has set aside hundreds of millions of dollars from profits to switch back to civilian production and support workers. Major amounts are held by United States Steel General Motors General Electric E I Du Pont Sears United Aircraft International Harvester Goodyear Borden National Dairy General Foods. Byrnes outlines loans to farmers unemployment aid and job shifts from lagging to busier plants to ease postwar readjustment and calls for quick settlement of cancelled contracts and orderly disposal of surplus war goods.
By April 12 Roosevelt had 203 of 236 pledged delegates and Dewey 148 of 356, signaling growing momentum for both candidates ahead of the Democratic and Republican conventions. The Nebraska primary showed strong Roosevelt support with a large write-in vote for Dewey.
The navy requests a 32.647 billion dollar naval appropriation for the 1946 fiscal year starting July 1. By July 1945 the fleet will include 10,244 ships 74 925 other craft and 37 735 aircraft with 3 657 000 personnel including women.
British and Indian troops struggle against Japanese attempts to cut supply lines in the Naga Hills region of central India. U S bombers target Japanese bases across the Kurile islands New Guinea and other Pacific targets as part of the broader strategy to eliminate Japan's strongholds. In Burma and Assam Bengal rail corridor remains vital to sustaining Lieut. Gen. Stilwell's forces clearing a route to China.
This week highlights a continued rise in egg output with 6.763 billion eggs laid in March, up 4 percent from a year ago and 49 percent above the ten year average. Laying hens total 433,985,000, a 5 percent gain from March 1943. A tiny 21 pound furnace prototype, used in military aircraft, could heat a 20 room house for about $50.
The USDA forecasts 1944 winter wheat at 601,759,000 bushels, up 72,152,000 from 1943, with domestic 1944 45 supplies estimated at 1,130,000,000 bushels. Moisture improved yields in Kansas and neighboring states offset by drought in Nebraska. Captain Richard I Bong of Poplar Wisconsin and Captain Don S Gentile of Piqua Ohio credited with air combat achievements outpacing Eddie Rickenbacker.
A wartime account recalls Sgt. James A. Raley of Henderson Kentucky who was trapped in the tail of a Flying Fortress during a bombing run as it separated from the main aircraft and plummeted nineteen thousand feet. He survived with a minor chin cut after the tail section landed on a tree top.
Petroleum Administrator Ickes warned the black market in gasoline has become widespread and threatens the civilian motor fuel program. He cited more than 2,500,000 gallons daily sold illicitly and counterfeit coupons as a common evasion method. He said cracking the illegal network is the most hopeful way to raise civilian allowances.
Scallop and scroll designs are popular for window cornices and framing cupboards in multiple rooms. Patterns offer 10 basic styles with illustrated directions for combining them to fit various sizes. Use thin wood or composition board and cut by hand with a coping saw. Pattern No. 207 available for 15 cents.
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