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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
3
Western Newspaper Union releases a weekly analysis noting the French Russian treaty as a focal point in European political activity. The column also mentions female involvement of Japanese forces on North Leyte and reflects the newspaper union’s opinionated commentary.
On Leyte Island the battle tightens with the 77th Division landing below Ormoc and pressing the Japanese lines from three directions. The terrain near Ormoc shapes a corridor for movement, while the enemy vows to fight on with stark wartime slogans signaling stubborn defense.
Government orders all men aged 26 to 37 not in essential occupations into draft. Truck and tire workers to a seven day week with time and a half for day six and double pay for day seven to speed army card production. On the western front 500000 trucks support troops. several thousand soldiers released to ease arms plant shortages as inductions rise 10 to 20 percent.
A WFA official states Europe’s postwar food needs focus on long production cycle items and processed foods. Russia may resume grain output next year, but meat fats oils and sugar will take three years to return to prewar levels. France benefits from a bumper 1944 harvest while Italy fights broken communications and army rations vary, prompting portable kitchens and mobile bakers for field meals.
Europe faces a climactic year as leaders seek favorable posts for the postwar era. De Gaulle aligns France with Russia in a mutual aid treaty and rejects a regional bloc. Greece Morocco? Greece faces Leftist guerrillas while Britain backs Papandreou. Italy sees Bonomi reshaping government with Sforza removed from cabinet. Allied armies push on Germany from the west while the Red Army advances from the east. UAW meets in Detroit as women press for equal pay and advancement opportunities.
J F Percy of Alexandria Louisiana tells the 26th annual American Farm Bureau convention in Chicago that new sweet potato strains aid cattle feeding and dairy output while pushing southern farmers to grow more forage, reducing cotton acreage. A D Brownfield of Deming New Mexico condemns postwar import programs moving manufactured goods into surplus. OPA orders finer meat labeling and stamps carcasses along primal cuts to curb coupon fraud and price gouging.
The United States anticipates an 8 to 12 percent drop in 1945 poultry production from 1944 levels. The decline mainly affects the western and Far West regions due to fewer laying hens, while the Eastern and Middle Western states largely keep flock sizes steady.
The trade endorses a rationing system as cigarette supply sits at about 70 percent of normal due to manpower shortages. Retailers would receive allotments based on past sales while wholesalers adjust deliveries to population shifts. Variability in stocks means some centers see 70 percent for two brands and 52 percent for others.
The War Food Administration will release its remaining government owned egg stocks at 10 percent below authorized ceilings. From 6,000,000 cases of 30 dozen bought in 1944 to curb prices, about 575,000 cases remain. The government may lose $10,000,000 from 1944 operations, yet expects to net 5 to 7 cents more per dozen on the final batch. Inventories are said to be depleted enough for buyers to absorb current offerings.
Warden Joseph E. Ragen at Illinois Stateville prison discusses an inmate who says he likes it there and prefers to remain. The prisoner, serving 1 year to 15 months for obtaining money under false pretenses, requests to stay but Ragen cites legal limits on length of confinement.
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