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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes Chinese Army intensifies anti-Japan actions and predicts broad Allied success in the Mediterranean following victory at Pantelleria. The piece also mentions farm implement output doubling as a broader wartime effort.
The capture of Pantelleria marks the first major Allied milestone since the African victory and strengthens control of east coastal shipping in the Mediterranean. It signals a path toward Sicily and Sardinia while forewarning Axis bases in the region of intensified bombardment and assault. Marshal Rommel reportedly advances defenses along the French Mediterranean coast as commander of the so called Mittelmeer wall.
Relief for farmers comes as the War Production Board announces that farm implement production will be doubled for the year starting July 1. Chairman Donald M. Nelson says steel and materials allotments will raise output to about 80 percent of 1940 levels from the current 40 percent, ending last year’s concentration program. Manufacturers are authorized to place orders for materials for the new plan.
The Argentine government cancelled radio facilities used to transmit coded messages for Axis embassies, aligning with Rio de Janeiro resolutions against Axis espionage. The move affects all nations but targets Axis powers, while Allies remain cable-connected to Argentina.
The Agriculture Department projects a total U S wheat harvest of 730 524 million bushels for the June crop report down from 981 327 million last year With winter wheat hurt by drought in the Great Plains and wet eastern areas and spring wheat aided by good moisture the 1943 crop would run near the 1932 41 decade average but about 150 million below the last five years.
Secretary Ickes imposed a daily fine of 1 for 530,000 miners who walked out of government pits on June 15. He said the miners were warned fines would follow if they struck again. John L. Lewis called the action a brutal economic sanction and argued the contract had expired.
Chinese forces push the offensive with strong American air support. An air raid hit Hongay in Indo China, destroying docks and warehouses. Ground forces claim heavy Japanese casualties near Itu and breakthroughs southwest of Hwajung as they advance toward Lake Tunjing. Japanese counterattacks near Onchihkou are repelled.
Highlights from the week note Hawaii at the top of per capita war bond investments. Morgenthau cites statistics backing the claim as the basis for the ranking.
Comic exchanges reveal economic woes and social quirks during the war era. Quotes span pessimism about prices and jokes on dentistry, decision making, and domestic life, including a shopper seeking hyacinth bulbs and a clerk’s blunt reply.
A grandparent asks Alfred his best subject, who retorts that he crafted the postwar reconstruction plan. A man carries home his wife’s repaired shoes without a box, appearing modest. An observer on the bus notes the woman’s mobility.
A note explains the term Leatherneck for Marines dating to the leather collar era. It also identifies Camel as the favorite cigarette of service members across Army Navy Coast Guard and discusses mailing Camels to soldiers domestically and overseas per post office rules.
A Bay of Fundy island hosts abnormally thick branches that let a man walk above ground as herring gulls trample the treetops. The odd growth creates a solid platform enabling traversal.
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