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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysis reports Allied pressure on the Gustav Line while Japanese forces push in China. The column notes a delay in inducting men over thirty as part of home-front mobilization efforts.
Allied forces in the Pacific advance as 80 000 Japanese push beyond the Peiping Hankow railroad while Stilwell moves in north Burma to open the Ledo road. In Italy the push toward Rome begins with heavy bombardment and Rommel defenses facing Allied rail strikes and a western push. Heidelberg Virginia oilfield developments spark hopes of a new East Texas like boom. A large alluvial diamond find in West Virginia adds unexpected wealth.
The Chicago Ward's plant faced a labor dispute as an election determined the CIO United Mail Order Warehouse and Retail Employees union's right to bargain. Ward's did not dispute the vote but kept to oppose extending the maintenance of membership contract. Draft deferments broaden for essential workers ages 30 to 37, with boards allowed to use their own determinations beyond the War Manpower Commission list.
An eye bank is set up at the New York hospital to store corneas for sight restoration after burns explosions or ulcers. Corneas may come from living donors or from the deceased within four hours of death, with transplants restoring sight in about twenty of every hundred cases.
USDA projects a 1944 winter wheat crop of 662 million bushels from 40.94 million acres at about 16.2 bushels per acre, up from 602 million and last year’s 529.6 million. Rain nourishes soil, while floods damage stands in the Mississippi and Missouri basins. The Peoria lab advances penicillin production using spoiled cantaloupe mold and word ties to wartime medical research. A new solvent extraction for lung nuts boosts oil yield to 99.9 percent and creates usable byproducts for livestock feed and plastics. Tung oil serves as insulation, brake-linings, and waterproofing for naval aircraft wings.
War Production Board orders resumption of civilian goods manufacture where not hindering arms programs. Light farm equipment may see relaxed restraints, while major farm tools keep existing quotas. Outside war centers, regions gain. inside centers, permission from local emergency boards needed. A planned New York building roof to serve as helicopter field for commuters from nearby states.
Hollywood recalls dance eras from the Vernon Castles to Mae Murray and Fred Astaire. Gene Kelly shines in Cover Girl alongside Rita Hayworth as Hollywood aims to spark another dance craze. The piece notes past stars and shifts in dance on screen, plus Disney’s multilingual Reach with Saludos Amigos.
James Forrestal of New York investment banking circles becomes secretary of the Navy at age 52. He previously served as undersecretary to the late chief Frank Knox and is a World War I veteran.
Pattern 1801 designed for sizes 10 through 20. Size 12 ensemble requires 354 yards of 39 inch material and 5 yards trim. Due to high demand and war conditions, some orders may take longer to fill. Send your order to: Barbara Bell patterns.
To clean small bottles quickly fill a basin with warm sudsy water and swish the chain inside. Shake well until the bottle is clean.
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