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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
2
Allies push forward in Normandy as De Gaulle visits the White House, signaling a new diplomatic challenge for the Western allies. Western Newspaper Union notes the analysts’ views, reflecting editorial stance.
Allied forces push through marshy ground toward La Haye and St Lo while British Canadian units attack near Caen. In Italy and Russia, Germans retreat as Red Army advances. von Rundstedt is replaced by von Kluge. De Gaulle seeks US recognition amid talks in Washington on liberated French territory.
Fire engulfs Ringling Brothers tent in Hartford during a circus performance. 6 000 spectators flee as burning canvas collapses. rescue teams pull 135 bodies from debris, many children, with sisters and relatives awaiting news. Simultaneous disasters include Ohio mine entombments and a L N derailment in Tennessee. Chinese and Allied forces clash as air power and supply routes shift in Asia.
The War Food Administration says 12 million workers are needed on farms for October harvests. About 700,000 must come from cities to fill peak requirements, officials indicate as harvest labor shortages loom. Unrest spreads in Central America with resignations and resistance movements reported in Honduras Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Navy secretary James Forrestal warned that U S submarines and air forces are increasingly hitting enemy shipping as Japan relies on prewar stockpiles and diverted routes. He noted 15 cargo vessels and two warships sunk recently, crimping Tokyo’s war program which moves about 75 million tons of waterborne freight annually, including 75 percent of oil and gas from the East Indies.
Lend-lease shipments of food to the Allies remained steady in the first five months of 1944 with varying volumes by commodity and little impact on U S. supplies. Nine point three percent of the total U S meat and about fifteen point six percent of pork were sent abroad, mainly to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.
In Illinois farmers release more than 40 000 wasps and flies to target corn borers. Agronomists say predatory insects complement clean farming and deep plowing, as wasps and flies attack borers inside stalk tunnels and outside, reducing pest viability. In Britain, Churchill reports over 10 000 killed or wounded by flying bombs while Allies attack the French coast. In Texas, Grama grass seeds at Biggs field use hay, cultivation, and rolling to stabilize soil and suppress dust.
A Washington column analyzes a Republican agricultural plank calling for an American market price with support mechanisms to ensure farmer incomes stay fair relative to labor and business. It notes implications for parity, labor share, and industry impact and discusses irrigation policy and regional hearings chaired by Bourke Hicklenlooper.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1990 offers a one piece nightgown with a low neckline and trimmed waist via a shirring finish. Suggested fabrics include rayon chiffon crepe satin or soft cotton, with satin ribbon ties. Sizes 12 through 42 and yardage for size 14 is 334 yards of 39 inch material.
A small, practical sewing pattern for a young mother includes a dress for sizes 6 months to 3 years, plus a romper, petticoat and panties. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1982 specifies fabric needs of 1 1/2 yards for a size 1 dress and 1 3/4 yards total for play suit slip and panties in moss-rose dimity or pastel percales.
Advert says St Joseph Aspirin guarantees quality and purity and markets itself as the world’s largest seller priced at 10 cents. It urges consumers to demand St Joseph Aspirin.
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