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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
5
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes that stubborn Nazi defenses influence Allied strategy as the Reich fractures. It also reports U S plans for a large postwar fleet, with accompanying editor's note on opinion.
Allied advances across the Reich push toward a Berlin junction while Nazi forces seek last-ditch pockets along the North Sea coast and in Bavaria. Soviet belts breach Neisse and Spree lines as U S and British troops converge with Canadian units, with heavy fighting over Berlin and Nuernberg.
United States forces face increasing casualties in the Okinawa campaign with naval and ground units suffering heavy losses. War correspondent Ernie Pyle is among those killed as Japanese kamikaze attacks target Allied ships and the fighting concentrates near Naha and the Little Siegfried line. Meanwhile MacArthur expands control in the Philippines with gains in northern Luzon and Mindanao.
House Appropriations testimony shows a future fleet of 5,830 ships including 1,191 combat vessels and 4,639 auxiliaries with 482 combat ships kept active. About 6,094 vessels would be scrapped or used as targets, among them 337 obsolescent ships. Demobilization would leave 66,000 other craft, some retained, others disposed by the maritime commission. Congress moves to shield farm labor deferments from draft board comparisons with other occupations.
Corporal Richard A. Shingler of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, received the Distinguished Service Medal for resourcefulness and efficiency in dropping supplies and medical equipment to isolated airplane crash survivors. In 1944 he covered over 10,000 miles in China via air, rail, road, ship, and 500 miles on foot and horseback, aiding in the rescue of 89 crew members.
The Senate steering committee backs Truman on a three year extension of reciprocal trade treaties with tariff cuts up to 50 percent from January 1945 levels. GOP leaders argue the measure fails to meet its goals amid postwar economic recovery, while Cordell Hull and William Clayton defend the plan as essential to maintaining export markets and preventing another war.
New York led with 900 563 soldiers and civilians in the army from a state population of 13 479 142. National strength stood at 8 050 011, after additions from 1940 onward and normal releases. Pennsylvania and Illinois ranked second and third with 663 666 and 507 233 respectively.
The Willow Run plant near Detroit will end B 24 bomber production by August 1945 as Ford operated facilities shift to heavier bomber needs and jet propulsion. The Defense Plant Corp owned facility could produce 462 planes monthly at peak, with Ford considering postwar tractor and tool production.
President Truman hailed a constructive approach as the Senate ratified a treaty to divide Colorado and Rio Grande waters with Mexico. The pact allocates 1.5 million acre feet annually from the Colorado and splits the Rio Grande flow below Fort Quitman Texas. A joint study on the Tijuana river flood and conservation is included.
Washington column outlines the five freedoms guiding international aviation after the Chicago conference. It contrasts US aims for free commercial air links with British and Canadian desires for protection against aggressive competition and regulated routes. The piece notes a future UN San Francisco session and cites General Arnold on air power. It also mentions a nationwide student survey showing many US high schoolers plan to move after graduation for better opportunities.
Home furnishing tip shows transforming an old chair with a blue cotton rep frock. A single cover pattern can fit all chairs, with inside ties and a center back opening for style and ease. Buttons are covered wooden molds, bound buttonholes made quickly. The note advertises Book 5 with diagrams and more projects, 15 cents, name and address needed.
The War Production Board says metal stock will produce 25 000 electric fans this quarter. The war office reports Japanese forces total 850 000 afloat and ashore with 262 000 losses and 25 000 naval air personnel. A Swiss report cites anti Nazi youth sabotage at Remagen bridge. Himmler warns against these groups led by foreign adults.
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