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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
9
Western Newspaper Union analysts report US forces tightening control around the Hollandia area while aerial assaults hit Nazi defenses. Daily subsidy rates are announced by WFA as part of wartime support measures. Heavy hog shipments are noted to be causing market gluts amid ongoing conflict.
Europe braces as massive naval and air forces gather for a expected invasion while Soviet and Axis moves unfold. U S and Britain ready for hostilities western front. Russians reported to mobilize eastward. Dniester front holds against Axis. Allied bombers hit Atlantic wall and rail lines as corn purchases and hog embargoes shape domestic policy. OPA price ceilings cut hogs and dairy subsidies extended to next year with strong cost estimates and payment schedules.
Floods and heavy rain slow field work and rail shipments across the nation as crops and supply chains suffer. In the Pacific theater General MacArthur advances toward Hollandia, with Allied forces gaining air and naval control and threatening supply lines toward the Philippines.
Federal officials approved a plan assigning future large scale disposal of surplus war materials to five agencies and 12 business experts. The War Food Administration would handle food, Treasury buyers textiles, Reconstruction Finance Corporation land and factories, Maritime Commission ships and materials, and War Department munitions. Each agency would draft its own sale policy by negotiation auction or advertising.
Secretary of the Navy since 1940 Frank Knox died in Washington at 70 after a heart attack. Knox, a former newspaper publisher, 1936 Republican vice presidential candidate, served with the 1531 artillery in the last war. Baseball star Tony Mullane, 85, died in Chicago. began with the St. Louis Browns, starred for the Reds, ended with St. Paul in 1897, rumored ambidextrous pitcher.
Frederick C. Lincoln of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service reports the duck population at about 125 million, led by mallards at 35 to 40 million and pintails at 20 million. Red headed ducks and coots also rise. woodcocks decline may close next fall. Oil reserves seen as ample by Standard Oil leaders.
Summaries of wartime policy clashes unfold as Montgomery Ward loses control of its Chicago plant to federal authorities. Sewell Avery opposes occupation while Wayne Taylor and Donald Nelson push for higher civilian output. Contention spills into court as officials argue over War Labor Board authority and production priorities.
A WW II era home front note advises keeping cherished items like books and china when moving. It gives a simple shadow-box cupboard project with plywood framing, cut boards, assembly steps, and a mail order pattern for 15 cents to Pattern 264.
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