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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union analyzes ongoing Greek civil strife and the Allied Leyte campaign while noting a Tokyo district earthquake. Analysts frame Greece as unstable, Japanese foothold on Leyte as critical, and tremors as regional disruption.
In Europe the Leftist Greek uprising pulled in British troops to back Premier Papandreou's government as Communists were suppressed. U.S. forces advanced in the Saar basin while Patton broke toward the Rhine. Aussie? No. The Nazi high command faced a potential decisive break as numbers of crack troops were limited amid Balkan and Hungarian redeployments. Meat income from livestock to reach record highs this year with cattle and calves projected at 35 million head. MacArthur lands the 77th Division below Ormoc on Leyte as Japanese positions fall, with ships shelling shore targets and transports delivering supplies. A separate Japanese convoy of 4,000 troops is wiped out by U.S. air forces.
A major quake struck along Honshu near the Sea of Enshu causing landslides and floods across a 150 mile belt. Coastal districts flooded as ships and homes were inundated while Tokyo’s war industries reportedly escaped damage. Officials refocus on munitions production with 300,000 workers needed, including 130,000 for arms and related supply lines.
New Jersey State College of Agriculture reports a study on 120 artificial cows bred from top bulls showing 9.3 extra milk per cow and a 14 percent rise in butterfat, indicating potential nationwide adoption per Dr. J W Bartlett.
Senate resistance stalled plans to rush through appointments at the State Department led by Undersecretary designate Joseph C. Grew and assistant secretaries William L. Clayton Nelson Rockefeller and Archibald MacLeish. Critics led by Kentucky's Chandler accused Wall Street ties while Tom Connally defended policy independence. Stettinius condemned foreign policy meddling and Britain's and Russia's postwar influence in liberated Europe.
An 18 year old Donald Mowery of Terre Haute Indiana wins 4 H honors after expanding his family 58 acre farm and leasing 112 more. A 17 year old Ben Greve of Bryant Iowa raises a 650 pound Hereford calf that becomes junior and grand champion at the Chicago market fat stock show earning prize money and a firm bid. The block also notes the stalled St Lawrence Seaway treaty debate and Australian medical schools in New Guinea with pidgin lessons including malaria.
The plan to continuously bomb Japan from Saipan faces crew fatigue maintenance weather and home-front production limits. Weather data remains imperfect but raids show damage to Tokyo area plants while safety flaws may require future B 29 redesigns before a daily war effort.
Sewing circle patterns offer a smart accessory set to brighten winter wardrobes. Pattern No 8607 includes sizes 10 through 20 with a princess frock option in checked taffeta or dark crepe and bloom of jewelry. Pattern No 8684 provides sizes 12 through 20 with a versatile blouse and dress options in bright plaid wool or rayon taffeta.
An old advertisement promises relief from sour stomach gas indigestion heartburn and related pains. It offers MAK-VO-R'D capsules for a month supply at $2 with a $3 money order and a money back guarantee, valid until January 1 from MAR VY'O-AID Laboratories Bakersfield California.
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