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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
6
U.S. forces sweep the Hollandia area as Allied operations advance. WFA releases daily subsidy rates for war needs. Reports indicate heavy hog shipments flood markets while aerial strikes aim to erode Nazi defenses. Editor's note clarifies opinion is by Western Newspaper Union analysts.
Europe braces for a potential Allied invasion as massive ship concentrations loom in British ports and bombing raids pound German defenses. Soviet buildup in eastern Poland is noted while Romania's front stiffens along the Dniester as Western fronts intensify. OPA and WFA policies aim to curb hog finishing and bolster dairy, butter, and ice cream production amid feed shortages and price adjustments.
Floods and heavy rain slow field work and rail shipments nationwide, causing extensive property damage and loss of life. In the Midwest farmers lag as much as three weeks, Iowa oats only half sown, with plans to switch to corn and soybeans in Illinois. Warm wheat belt weather needed in the southern Great Plains as moisture threatens potato crops in the southeast. Produce moving to northern markets from the West and South is stalled by Mississippi basin floods, raising concerns over black market diversions of crops.
Allied forces in Hollandia, New Guinea, captured three airfields as U S bombers neared the Philippines within 1400 miles. Reinforcements from Britain and India prepared for a clash with Japanese forces while Stilwell aimed to open a China path via northern Burma.
Federal officials plan to entrust future large scale surplus war material disposal to five agencies and 12 business experts. The War Food Administration would handle food, Treasury buyers textiles, RFC land and factories, Maritime Commission ships, and War Department munitions, with advisers guiding distribution and each agency setting its own sale policy.
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service estimates the duck population at about 125 million with mallards 35 to 40 million, pintails 20 million, bluebills 15 million, and increases in red headed ducks and coots. Oil prospects shift emphasis to exploration while Standard Oil leaders cite ample future supplies and calls for global conservation.
Sewell Avery and Montgomery Ward faced a historic legal battle after the government seized the Chicago plant to enforce a War Labor Board order. Ward's president refused to accept the directive to extend a CIO Local 20 contract, drawing in Wayne Chatfield Taylor and Donald Nelson as officials push for higher civilian output while Patterson cautions against shifting from war production.
Washington experts outline a four point swine program to curb waste and boost efficiency. Clifford D. Carpenter, special assistant to the War Food Administration, says the plan profits both producers and consumers through better breeding, feed conservation, disease control, and improved management. Five concrete steps aim to maximize feed use and meat production while reducing losses and spoilage.
A Ruth Wyeth Spears home craft note explains a light shadow-box cupboard suitable for movable homes and offers Pattern 264 for 15 cents. The piece shifts to wartime mobilization, stressing industry government cooperation to improve hog production and grain use, plus urgent labor needs in NACA labs and women’s service corps.
Secretary of the Navy since 1940 Frank Knox died in Washington at 70 after a heart attack. He led the fleet to become the world’s greatest with over 4000 ships and 25000 planes and served in World War I with the 153rd artillery. Knox, a newspaper publisher and 1936 Republican vice presidential candidate, is remembered for his wartime and political roles.
The Quebec legislature, by 55 to 4, disapproved any move to deploy conscripts abroad amid debate sparked by Rene Chalout who urged foreign sourcing for forces. Chalout argued conscription arose from invasion fears and should end now that danger is gone.
Brief notes describe a trained pigeon dropped in a waterproof container to relay needs from stranded airmen, while U S forces plan to recruit 75 000 to 100 000 monthly to sustain peacetime army strength of 7 700 000. The navy and allied services expect 400 000 more personnel by September to reach a 3 500 000 peak. Buy War Bonds.
The Chukchee of Siberia traditionally arrange protection in adulthood by a woman adopting and marrying a male infant as a “marriage companion” until the child matures into a man. This practice, rooted in childhood bonds, centers on securing later life support.
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