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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
6
U S British heavy bombers continue blasting Nazi defenses and railroads as a task force strikes the Jop base at Truk. The column notes a home front trend described as a riot in sales reflecting shortages and the need for goods.
The OPA lifted rationing on all meats except beef steaks and roasts, as heavy hog receipts surge amid a corn embargo aimed at diverting grain to war use. Civilian goods demand rises with alarms clocks selling briskly in Chicago, while shortages linger for refrigerators and lumber.
General Douglas MacArthur, returning to New Guinea after Hollandia, rejects any link to the Republican nomination stating he neither covets nor would accept it. The denial ends speculation sparked by his correspondence with Representative Miller and draws comment from Senator Connally who doubts he would leave war service for politics.
U S aircraft carriers attack Truk and nearby atolls inflicting heavy damage on Japanese ground defenses. In India British forces fortify as Japanese push along routes toward the Assam Bengal rail line aiding Stilwell's march to China. In Moscow Rev Orlemanski meets Stalin Molotov amid Polish questions on collaboration and church authority.
At age 90 Jacob Coxey stood at the Washington steps during the Hoboes of America convention calling again for interest free government money for public works. Meanwhile Europe saw curbed tungsten shipments to Germany as Spain agreed to limited ore deliveries and Britain and the U.S. sought to constrain chrome and oil flows amid wartime pressures.
In a 7 2 ruling Justice Jackson says government owned property cannot be taxed whether assessed to the government or a lessee. The Alleghany county Pa dispute centered on a gunmaker’s factory with government equipment, deemed as machinery, not real estate, raising the tax burden. The piece notes 47000 new passenger autos on hand per the Office of Price Administration with 532000 at start of rationing, most sold to war essential activities. Some cars remain to serve essential services.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and allies debate postwar world bank plans. They urge aid without acquisition, warning that loans may weaken the U S position and harm global progress unless tied to productive returns or airfield and trade gains. Calls for cautious, economically driven assistance. The piece notes Warren named GOP convention spokesman by Spangler, not Dewey.
Washington discusses a government backed swine program shaped by the industry to conserve feed. Clifford D. Carpenter, special assistant to the War Food Administration, explains waste reduction measures and four guiding principles: better breeding, feed conservation, disease control, and improved management. Also noted are staffing shortages at NACA and War Manpower needs urging women’s corps recruitment nationwide.
Attendance at major league baseball games rose 13 percent from last year, according to club secretaries. ASCAP adds Leopold Stokowski and Al Trace to its ranks. Leather supplies remain tight but adequate for shoe needs under rationing. British market seeks a swoon inducing crooner akin to Frank Sinatra, per London Daily Mirror.
War Labor Board faces challenge from Montgomery Ward and industry reps who seek court action to test the maintenance of membership provision. They argue it restricts worker choice, lacks proof of boosting production, and could harm labor capital relations.
In Detroit plants Briggs Manufacturing and Hudson Motors foremen push for recognition of the Foremen's Association of America. Briggs workers join a two hour sit down in support of 1,000 foremen who walked out over recognition demands. Hudson foremen strike over a supervisor’s discharge without hearing, while production continues.
A Royal Canadian Air Force search mission drops a trained pigeon in a metal waterproof container with parachute to stranded airmen. The airmen relay needs and condition back to base, per the Canadian information bulletin. The U.S. Army plans monthly recruitment of 75 000 to 100 000 men to sustain peak strength. The Navy expects 400 000 additional personnel by September 1 to reach peak strength of 3 500 000. Buy War Bonds.
A set of trivia prompts asks how many times the Progressive party label appeared in US third party movements who was the last French king which city in 1845 banned bathtubs except by physician advice the wartime gasoline use ratio to World War I how many hours of sleep yields deepest rest and the land area covered by the Great Pyramid of Gizeh.
The list presents items tied to early 20th century trivia: Answer 1 notes 1912 and 1924 years. item 2 references Napoleon III. item 3 cites Boston. item 4 shows odds of eighty to one. item 5 mentions after one percent hours of sleep. item 6 lists thirteen acres.
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