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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1944
Page
2
Farm leaders meet with a Republican group to discuss core rural economy principles. Employment figures show greater stability, while military terms reference ongoing Balkan operations and a note on wartime conditions.
Meeting in Chicago the Republican subcommittee on postwar agriculture heard farm leaders urge a crop adjustment system with mandatory loans and price supports. A. S. Goss backed a two price system and surplus buy up for world markets. WFA set aside 60 percent of stocks to boost corn for industry as hog prices dipped after lend lease cuts. Allied air operations and munitions industry stability also featured.
U S air and naval strikes hit the Philippines approaches and Palau Woleai and Yap while British troops resist in India. U S bombers hit Hollandia in New Guinea and a Russian advance pushes into Romania and Hungary as Finland discusses terms. Lend lease to the Soviet Union totals planes tanks trucks jeeps and vehicles with millions of tons of food shipped.
The U S aircraft industry produced 9118 planes in March totaling 103 4 million pounds. Output beat schedules by 14 percent and the bomber quota by 5 percent, surpassing February's 8760 peak. About 86 5 percent were combat bombers fighters and transports, with ongoing changes in production to keep up with warfare developments.
The article notes a government reduction in leather for civilian use, citing a 26 percent cut. The 1944 program originally allotted 360 million pairs of PARP SA A d and 150 million sets of half soles, now reduced to 314 million pairs and 135 million sets of half soles due to military needs.
The Court ruled eight to one that Negroes may vote in Texas Democratic primaries, overturning the 1935 ruling that whites only could participate. It said states may intervene when organizational actions affect constitutional processes, with Justice Roberts dissenting. The majority defended the court’s power to revisit past decisions.
The U S Treasury announces a new war loan drive starting June 12 aiming to raise 16 billion dollars from individuals, 6 billion of which targets personal bonds in the first half before totals are disclosed, surpassing the Fourth campaign but with mixed past results.
Army officials report mortality from disease dropped from 156 per 10 000 in World War I to 6 per 10 000 in the current conflict. Surgeons save 97 of 100 wounded admitted to hospitals with air evacuation, plasma, and sulfa drugs as life savers. Pneumonia deaths fell from 28 percent to 0.7 percent, tuberculosis deaths from 17.3 percent to 1.8 percent, and venereal disease admissions dropped to a third of WWI rates.
In London a man, likened to Harry Woods, sits in his parlor one moment and peers at his bomb shattered home the next. Woods credits prayers with his miraculous escape and says he prays every night, believing it saved him.
Roosevelt confronts governors over soldier voting while Congress delays the bill. Governors hint ballots may rely on army navy cooperation and distribution. Debate centers on how many soldiers will vote and potential political impact.
Russia terminates Japanese coal and oil leases on Sakhalin with 26 years left. Japan accepts a pact to limit fishing in Siberian waters. Sakhalin agreement requires Russia to pay $950,000 to Tokio and deliver 50,000 tons of oil annually for five years postwar. Moscow accuses Chinese troops of border violations in the Mongolian region.
Dr. Ernest Berl of Carnegie Tech reports a process that converts 100 long tons of Louisiana dry sugar cane into 2,500 gallons of gasoline, 3,000 gallons of middle oils, and 1,000 gallons of lubricating oils while leaving about eight tons of raw sugar.
Washington observers describe Democratic and Republican leadership battles at national and local levels. Hannegan faces a repair job on the Democratic machine after Farley’s era, while Porter and Michelson coordinate publicity. Campaign themes center on continuity, security, and attacks on administration bureaus amid wartime voter shifts.
The Inter-University Council asks Education Director Kenneth Ray to convene a state conference on rehabilitation for returning servicemen. The WFA notes civilian sugar supplies in 1944 are 6 percent below 1943. Illinois veterans abroad can qualify for University of Illinois scholarships as per law. Berlin radio reports German tourism in 1943 only 8 percent below prewar levels.
The article notes that many flags show different designs on each side with state ensigns including Massachusetts Oregon and South Dakota illustrating this feature.
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