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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
2
Allied columns push toward the Rhineland industrial belt as U S forces press the war in Europe while American units advance in the Philippines. Western Newspaper Union notes editorials reflect its analysts views.
U S First and Third Armies renew drive against Siegfried Line and Aachen while Patton and Hodges strike toward Rhineland and Saar coal region. Seventh Army eyes Belfort Gap as British and Eighth Army press toward Gothic Line in Italy. Soviet forces advance on East Prussian front and push toward War saw and into the Balkans.
The USDA predicts a 1944 grain yield totaling over 6 billion bushels with corn at 3.10 billion and wheat at 1.12 billion as drought areas see relief. With ample feed, livestock and poultry expect stable grain supplies in coming months. U S naval forces under Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur press advances in the Pacific, striking Philippines garrisons and landing at Palau and the Marianas to tighten the noose around the Philippines, while battleships and cruisers attack enemy shipping routes.
CIO President Philip Murray and UAW leaders urged members to honor the no strike pledge for the war. At Grand Rapids convention 6,463 voted to keep the pledge while 3,801 opposed, as wage boosts and living costs fueled debate among the nation’s largest labor group.
The piece notes a United Mine Workers biennial convention in Cincinnati where John L. Lewis denounces mine disaster deaths as slaughter and urges safety action. It also covers Roosevelt and Churchill’s Quebec conference focusing on postwar Europe, Stalin’s absence, and Eden’s diplomacy. Oil and gas data show tight rationing despite high crude output, with OWI citing low reserves and potential recovery via new methods or higher prices.
Armistice terms with Russia outlined a model for future deals, but Romania’s participation in the war led to scaled reparations. Provisions included cession of Bessarabia and Bukovina, restoration of Allied property, abolition of racial laws, and elimination of Fascism. Senator Harry Byrd notes about five percent of U.S. workers are federal employees with 3,112,965 on payroll July 31. payroll rose 96,046 from May to July.
Six U.S. congressmen from both parties are quietly offered seats on British planes to London for inspection of war damage and France visits. The trips emphasize bipartisanship amid peace talks as Churchill hints at a postwar general election while Canada and U.S. troops prepare for Alpine and Italian fronts.
Readable excerpts describe executive order spawned retraining and reemployment centers set up under War Mobilization, led by General Hines with C W Bailey as executive secretary. Local committees in states leverage existing agencies to place veterans and war workers, expand training, and shape GI Bill benefits use as demobilization begins. Fears of slow action mount amid political criticism while communities push expansion.
The Bureau of Census reported that 18 44 million of 53 17 million employed were women. About 3 million women were added to payrolls in the 12 months ending August 1943, but there was little further increase the next year. The civilian labor force fell by 1 million from July to August 1944.
Three major airlines ordered 93 Douglas DC4 and DC6 aircraft costing over 50 million dollars. The DC4 carries 44 passengers and cargo at speed four miles a minute. the DC6 carries 56 at five miles a minute. Both evolve from the C 54 cargo design and use Whitney Wasp motors, promising coast to coast flights in 8 1/2 hours and Chicago to New York in 2 hours 40 minutes.
Brief items note that placements of physically handicapped persons by the U S Employment Service may total about half a million in 1944. Rail disruption in southern France shifts American trucks to Europe to move prisoner of war parcels. Curare, once a deadly Amazon toxin, is now used to ease spastic paralysis and relax muscles in convulsive shock treatment for veterans and patients, according to the office of Inter-American affairs.
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