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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis reports a national mobilization push as the war board urges a concerted drive. Russian forces press the Caucasus front while Allied bombing targets Nazi war plants and Italian ports in renewed offensive actions.
Allied bombers pound German centers including Dusseldorf Dortmund Essen and Jena while factories shift east to Hungary Czechoslovakia and Austria. U S and British raids devastate Italian ports and a 51 500 strong rubber workforce in Akron returns to work after Roosevelt's no strike pledge ultimatum backed by the War Labor Board.
President Roosevelt appointed James F. Byrnes to lead the Office of War Mobilization overseeing production, procurement, transportation, and distribution of military and civilian supplies. The Byrnes team includes Stimson Knox Hopkins Nelson and Vinson as the stabilization director. On the Caucasus front, Russian forces advanced with heavy Soviet strength against Nazi defenses. De Gaulle and Giraud move toward unity, hailed as a new era for France. American forces in Attu Island push to eliminate remaining Japanese detachments.
Edwin T. Barclay, Liberia’s president, became the first Negro head of state to spend the night in the White House. Roosevelt hosted Barclay after his Casablanca visit, including meetings with officials and an address to Congress.
An emergency fact finding board of the National Railway Labor board recommended eight cent hourly increases for more than 900000 nonoperating employees. The raise, retroactive to February 1, would lift the annual wage bill by about 204 million dollars and falls short of unions’ 20 cent request and 170 cent minimum. Byrnes must approve. The board called the changes the minimum noninflationary adjustments needed to correct inequities and aid wartime prosecution.
Leon Henderson former OPA director resurfaced from retirement to warn that inflation risks in the United States require new dikes and broader controls over production distribution and credit He urged creation of a credit control agency if existing congressional private or executive action cannot stem rising spending power and price pressure He spoke at the National Association of Purchasing Agents convention.
King George awards honorary knights of the Grand Cross Order of the Bath to Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur. The piece notes U.S. expenditure proposals for flood relief in the Midwest and Roosevelt signing a law for landing craft construction. Also mentions Odessa Texas seeking word spelling reform.
Secretary of War Stimson reported U S casualties in Tunisia at 18 558 with 2 184 killed 9 437 wounded and 6 937 missing or captured. Axis losses were 323 000, with German Italian deaths totaling 56 400 and 266 000 prisoners. Allied losses under 70 000 overall. Allies captured many aircraft ships and supplies. US manpower estimates remain at 8 200 000 despite low losses.
The War Department price adjustment board announced nearly $2 billion in excess profit eliminations through renegotiation of army contracts. The readjustments covered 1941 and 1942 contracts to date, with 1943 savings expected to rise.
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