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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1943
Page
6
Washington strategy session outlines Allied plans as air campaigns weaken Germany. Forecasts for decisive moves against Japan frame a broad wartime strategy. The War Labor Board regains authority to boost wages as industries mobilize.
Roosevelt and Churchill in Washington map new Allied campaigns against Germany and Japan Asia and the Pacific. Wavell Somerville and Peirse attend talks while Halsey and MacArthur coordinate. Attu invasion signals eastern and Pacific thrusts. Roosevelt extends reciprocal trade program amid party debate. OPA clarifies home canning for rationing. Russian offensives press from Donets to Kharkov as Duisburg Cologne and Dortmund suffer massive Allied air raids. WLB restores some wage adjustment authority under Byrnes to curb inequities.
An admiralty report details a major Allied win against U boats with planes, destroyers, frigates and other ships sinking or likely sinking up to ten submarines during an eight day Atlantic convoy battle. The action kept merchant ships safe and marked a turning point in anti submarine efforts.
The U S Senate confirmed the temporary lieutenant general appointments of Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. and John Lesesne DeWitt. OPA cut coffee ration to one and a quarter cups daily, paper output hits a record 53 releases, and teachers may take summer war work without being forced into summer jobs.
Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner leads amphibious forces toward Tokyo with Guadalcanal combat planning credited to him. The piece contrasts Turner with Rokossovsky, Sheridan, and other military leaders, noting Turner’s long sea career, wartime decisions, and personal details. It also profiles Pollyannish forecasts and policy views by Robert F. Patterson, highlighting his rise to federal judge and wartime leadership.
Washington Digest discusses a proposed international framework led by a world council and agricultural bank to coordinate nutrition standards, surplus storage, market shifts, and relief across nations. It cites U S experiences with war time innovation and warns about censorship delaying crucial updates on wartime logistics and aid.
Victory gardeners planning to cultivate plots away from homes may receive extra gasoline this summer if they show need for mileage. The Office of Price Administration notes such eligibility as a wartime measure. In 1918 U S expenditures were 18 percent of a billion dollars, and by 1943 they will exceed 100 billion dollars. A German seamstress was sentenced to six months for demanding pay in eggs and dairy rather than money after answering an advertisement. she left saying she had enough customers who would comply.
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