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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
2
Weekly news analysis reports U S forces engaging Japanese in a major battle in the Philippines. It discusses actions to address manpower shortages and improve troop deployment amid fighting in the Pacific theater.
Allied forces crest Lingayen Gulf in a 70 mile convoy delivering 800 ships and thousands of troops. MacArthur, puffing a corn cob pipe, leads the landing as U S forces push toward Luzon to begin the decisive Philippines campaign. The assault follows Leyte and targets Japan's last major defense on the mainland.
The government will increase meat purchases across rationed and unrationed civilian supplies in early 1945, predicting averages slightly under 1 percent pounds per week, down from more than 3 pounds per week in 1944, due to higher government demand and lower overall production.
The report centers on ongoing eastern front fighting with German armored thrusts northwest of Budapest while Soviet forces push near the Czechoslovak border. It notes the encircled Budapest battle, urban combat, and Allied advances in Aachen as daylight shrinks under fog in winter Europe.
Polk polls 50,000 car owners find 63 percent plan to buy a new vehicle within two years if prices hold. 10,000 dealers expect larger service departments postwar to handle repairs. 49 percent prefer same make, 11 percent undecided, 40 percent seek other brands.
In Athens hunger stalks streets cleared of civil warfare as people queue at military soup kitchens for food and prices soar. Eggs cost 60 cents, beef $3 a pound, bread $2 a pound, oranges 40 cents, beans 80 cents, cheese $10. U S observers note luxury dining remains costly as relief lags. In France lack of coal disrupts transport and heating, with patrolmen guarding parks and crowded public spaces as subway stations and post offices become sole heated refuges.
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station reports 1944, with 26 million cows producing about 118 billion pounds of milk, yielded nearly 3 billion dollars in dairy product receipts. Milk wholesale led cash receipts, and a 120 billion pound 1945 goal was set by War Food Administration. management and health practices must tighten to meet targets.
Ex extension entomologist T H Parks of Ohio State University warns cattle grub damage can be reduced by January to March treatments. He endorses rotenone in soapy water or rotenone with sulphur dust, applied to cattle backs to kill grubs before they exit the hide. One pound rotenone treats 12 cattle. several applications may be needed. Sale of rotenone under war food rules. The 1945 egg goal is cut but remains 347 eggs per civilian.
The Seewing Sisters 4-H club of 15 girls under Miss Lilly Kinnett and Mrs. Edith Hall will meet at Pt Isabel Church Friday January 5. The event reviews the year and presents certificates of achievement and recognition plans for project completion, plus a program on 4-H clubs aiding the war effort.
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