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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union analysts report rising Nazi resistance in the West and a critical stage of the Chinese war. They forecast strong cattle markets amid the broader global tension.
Allied forces punch through the Siegfried line near Aachen as Hodges Third Army expands toward key fortifications. Russians push into Yugoslavia while forces seek to sever escape routes to southern Germany. US agriculture warns prices may stay high amid beef and hog demand. postwar industry fears concentration in 11 northern and eastern states and shifts production south and west. China battles Japanese drives with Roosevelt backing Chiangs integrated industry plan. Balikpapan oil and global trade figures highlight ongoing wartime economic pressures.
A News Analysis discusses Secretary Morgenthau's proposal to deindustrialize Germany as a punitive postwar measure. The piece compares it to Clemenceau's approach, cites Keynes, cites Quebec conference context, and notes July 1944 wage data showing rising earnings despite war's end, with implications for employment in durable vs nondurable industries.
The article notes the first B 29 cost 3 392 396 90 dollars while current models cost about 600 000 dollars. It explains that plane costs reflect years of engineering, tests, and design changes and that three to five years elapse from initial design to first production.
The Girl Scouts of America near ly a million joined the War Production board drive to salvage tin, paper and rags on October 1. The piece notes broader wartime labor shifts and life expectancy changes for American workers in 1943, highlighting slight declines in longevity for white men and women, with larger drops for white men aged 20.
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