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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
2
Allied advances in Italy set the stage for a four power peace conference as Western Union reports 5,000,000 U.S. troops overseas. The note clarifies these opinions reflect Western Newspaper Union analysts.
Allied troops breached the last German defense line on the western front near Rome as Hitler’s forces withdrew eastward. U S and British bombers battered Rome while fighting continued through the Cassino area. Pope Pius XII urged restraint on victory terms amid the push. Secretary Stimson announced 3,657,000 U S soldiers overseas, with 1,566,000 naval personnel afloat and 900,000 in transit or training. Governors met in Hershey Pa to urge a postwar public works plan and tax reform while retaining the national guard.
President Roosevelt urged maintenance of U S sovereignty or self determination in postwar organizations to secure peace as he proposed an international, cooperative peace body. Hull discussed inviting Britain, Russia, and China. senators sought data before committing. In the Biak Island campaign U S troops seized the airfield under heavy fighting aided by the 7th Fleet, advancing toward bases for future operations toward the Philippines.
The extension of the OPA for 18 months hinged on Sen Bankhead's textile price readjustment proposal to reflect parity for cotton farmers. Wagner leads opponents who warn it could trigger further industry demands and raise the general price level threatening stabilization. Advocates say ceilings must reflect farm parity and that textile readjustment boosts low income access to affordable goods. Meanwhile American aircraft plants outrun rivals, producing about 100,000 planes yearly versus Germany and Japan.
The Supreme Court in a seven to one ruling upheld Wisconsin's 3 percent tax on dividends earned within the state, while a dissent argued against compelled testimony used in federal courts. Meanwhile, Japan launched a major offensive in the northeast China region, and the U S old-age assistance payments varied by state with California highest at 47.14 and Mississippi lowest at 9.72 dollars per month.
War Production board reports 6,098 farm type wheel tractors produced in the week ending May 27, the highest weekly total. The prior five week average was 5,906, bringing total farm year output since July 1, 1943 to about 200,000 machines after 11 months of production.
Union pressure from 8000 CIO United Automobile Workers members led to government plans to resume operations at Brewster Aeronautical Corp plants in New York and Pennsylvania. In New York 5500 discharged workers refused to leave for two days after the Navy canceled Corsair contracts, prompting the War Production Board to reopen the plant for spare parts if other Corsair makers can use it. Navy plans also to take over the Pennsylvania plant, keeping its 2500 employees at work.
Senate judiciary committee blocked direct court martial moves against Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter Short. It urged immediate inquiry into the Pearl Harbor catastrophe, to determine if trial proceedings are warranted. Kimmel favored an open court to avoid later evidentiary issues and said more of the story remains untold.
The FBI traced a fraud scheme where Marion Horn claimed to be wife of four soldiers to receive dependency allowances. Investigators found she had married 15 men without divorcing previous spouses. Horn faced fraud charges under the servicemen's dependents' allowance act. Her fifth husband called her a fine woman though absent minded.
A wartime drive to raise teacher salaries and recruit new entrants dominates a column urging urgent, postwar expansion of education. It cites 200,000 teachers lost since Pearl Harbor, low pay, overcrowded classrooms, and a GI Bill funded surge in demand, with calls for longer-term cultural growth and broader training across the profession.
Germans are advised to take cold foot baths as pre invasion jitters ease. The War Manpower Commission says over 60,000 men are needed for lumbering and pulpwood before fall 1944. The War Food Administration projects 4,000,000 extra farm workers this year including 1.2 million youths and 800,000 women. Ontario salt deposits exceed 30 million tons, potentially world supply for 100,000 years.
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