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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
6
Weekly news analysis suggests new coal rationing as President asks a 65 inductee limit to curb strikes. The piece notes a broader strategy to keep Axis powers off balance, with emphasis on Allied moves in the Mediterranean and an evolving guessing game among Allies.
Axis coal rationing faced, Ickes sought to oversee mines and potential personnel changes. Roosevelt warned miners against future strikes and prepared to draft up to 65 for non combatant service. Food control shifting debates rose as Davis eyed full authority amid improving midwest crops. In the Mediterranean, Salonika bombing and Castelross evacuation fueled talk of Allied operations via Egypt and the Balkans. RAF US forces intensified Luftwaffe pressure with shuttle bombing and raids on La Spezia and Friedrichshafen. German secret police arrested over 11,000. Ruhr evacuees numbered 3,000,000 as air raids intensified and German defenses mobilized.
Liberator bombers flew 2000 miles from Australia to Macassar on Celebes Island dropping 28 tons of bombs on enemy targets. They damaged shipping installations and struck a Japanese cruiser and merchant ship in retaliation for Japanese seizures in 1942.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors warned 500 business leaders and officers that a five year lag will follow the war as pent up demand drops. He urged frank peacetime policy, tax-free reserves for industry, and planning to win the peace. Rail wage talks and inflation controls also featured as the era ends.
The 35th annual governors conference urged the federal government to release corn and live stock feed and condemned wartime strikes. Delegates criticized growing federal encroachments on state rights and the rise in federal bureau personnel.
Washington observers assess Nazi propaganda shifts from Fortress Europa to mobile defense as Allied pressure grows. The Luftwaffe faces attrition, with four to five thousand planes total across five fleets, thinning under air and sea war demands. Meanwhile citizens adapt to wartime shortages and daily life, including laundry triumphs and jokes about rations.
DeWitt Emery president of the National Association of Small Businessmen urged Congress to allow plants in war contracts to set aside tax free reserves to ease postwar peacetime production. He told the House Naval Committee thousands of businesses may shutter if not allowed. He proposed a 3 percent reserve on sales up to 1 million dollars and a reserves above that cut to 0.5 percent.
Canadian labor minister Humphrey Mitchell announced that all youths aged 16 to 18 are now subject to compulsory labor transfer. Fuel experts warn coal strikes dropped U S production by over 20 million tons. The house flood control committee approved 10 million dollars for flood damage repairs. Rudy Vallee, promoted from chief petty officer to lieutenant senior grade in the coast guard.
Russian communiques report jabs at localized targets in Orel Smolensk Belgorod Staraya Russa and Leningrad sectors. Artillery strikes hit an enemy battalion HQ near Sevesk in the Kursk salient. No large scale fighting noted as German offensives remain in the planning stage.
The R S Pickle Works in Boston mass converts to war production within 72 hours. Vats filled with acid provide preservative coating for incendiary bombs per Chemical Warfare Service Army Service Forces. Production soon far ahead of schedule.
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