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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
2
The article reports a major Soviet push across the long eastern front with a general offensive from East Prussia toward Poland, also advancing into Czechoslovakia. German defenses weaken as Red artillery bombardment intensifies near Warsaw and Krakow.
Allied forces press inland on Luzon toward Manila as General Krueger’s units advance amid stalled resistance on the eastern flank. Carrier planes bomb Japanese shipping to the Philippines and strike supply lines on the Chinese mainland. War rationing moves target 26 to 29 year olds, while tobacco distributors craft a private rationing plan to curb in-store cigarette sales.
Allied reports describe a massive Soviet drive across East Prussia to Poland with 2,000,000 troops and 650,000 Reds near Warsaw and Silesia, while German forces withdraw along the Siegfried line. Casualties on the western front mount as Over 844,891 German prisoners are reported since D-Day, with 52,594 U.S. casualties between December 15 and January 7. British and American leaders debate postwar security and trials for Axis leaders while labor force shifts show 60 of 1,000 factory workers changing jobs in November.
The route to Manila runs through Luzons central plains a broad 40 mile wide corridor bordered by mountains. This region is highly populated and productive with many small farms across the landscape.
The U S Food and Drug administration targeted a minority of manufacturers who hid substitutes to exploit high demand in 1944. Cases included mineral oil in food oil saccharin in beverages ground cocoa shells in chocolate and cereals passed off as nuts or coconuts.
The USDA projects farm income at about 20.39 billion dollars for 1944, a 6 percent rise from 1943. Crop receipts climb 11 percent with tobacco up 36 percent and food grains up 29 percent due to record wheat harvests. Fruit and nut income up 25 percent as livestock receipts rise 2 percent. eggs and poultry fall due to lower prices. January 1 wage highs reflect strong labor demand. hired and family farm workers total 8,005,000, down 2 percent from 1944 and the 1935-39 average, with weather contributing to reductions in chores and livestock care.
Paul G. Blazer chairman of Ashland Oil and Refining Co. Ashland Ky is appointed by the Board of Governors to the Cincinnati Branch board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Blazer, born 1890 in New Boston Ill, has held top posts at Ashland and held various industry and policy positions. He and his wife Georgia Monroe have three children.
Mrs Charles Aicholtz improved after a limp. Mary and Edna Schneider visited Private First Class Elton Massen gale in Cincinnati. Massengales once lived in Texas. W N McGraw saw his sister in Fayetteville and Seaman Frank Willis. Russell Brown went to the Navy January 23. A baby girl arrived for Mr and Mrs Herb Lammrish Summerside. Henry Andres family enjoy Florida January 18. George Aicholtz wishes for snow from the South Pacific. Mrs Catherine T Wright visits Troutville Virginia. Wm Schneider Sr. received news from Corp Wm Schneider Jr overseas in the Pacific. Theo Bauer Kennedy Heights visited the Theis family and Mrs R E Irvin.
The Mt. Carmel Grange announces a Valentine party at the next meeting on February 3. All members are asked to attend and bring a valentine, with refreshments to be served.
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