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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1944
Page
1
OPA unveils broader fuel oil and food coupon use, extending B card mileage by 100 miles for one month and removing fuel coupon expiration dates before the fall. No time limits on red and blue food stamps. Frozen produce removed from rationing. several meats and fats cut by 1 point each. Some canned goods also reduced.
Draft measures would induct nonessential 4-Fs and shift them to essential occupations or labor battalions at army pay. Selective Service scraps farm deferments, counting only regular farm employment. About 1,000,000 of 3,500,000 4-Fs are in nonessential work while Japan presses Imphal and Allied forces strike Palau and Burma fronts. Admiral Mountbatten urges stand at Imphal as U S and Chinese troops push along the Mogaung valley and disrupt Japanese reinforcements.
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones orders the Commodity Credit Corporation to subsidize food prices with up to 3 billion dollars, purchasing and storing food and farm products under price support and lend-lease programs. The program may cost CCC 650 to 800 million, with farm price levels rising from mid-February to mid-March and various commodities shifting in value. NATO war fronts shift as Allied bombers strike Nazi centers and Soviet forces push toward the Carpathians, while postwar plans in Europe unfold among the Big Three with potential Baltic annexations and sphere of influence.
Charles Hogan, secretary of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, told a senate committee subsidies on dairy products would need boosting by 200 million dollars annually to give farmers a fair return. The plan would lift total paid to milk producers from 550 million to 750 million. Hulman opposes the entire dairy subsidy program. In war years, savings by Americans rose over 50 percent, fueled by war bonds, bank deposits, and life insurance, totaling 91 billion dollars on January 1. About 12 percent of income goes to these savings channels per the Institute of Life Insurance.
U S agencies handling surplus war goods will coordinate with the War Production board and 750 industry advisory committees to determine normal outlets, release quantities, and whether distributors bid buy or purchase at auction. Rep Wright Patman presses for retailers to gain a voice alongside manufacturers and wholesalers in the disposal process.
Germany pushes efficiency across industry and home life to conserve resources. Nazis cut locomotive types from 119 to 13, dehydrate foods to free shipping space, and claim gains in steel copper and aluminum output per man hour. Women are organized to mend stockings and support domestic needs. persons aged 65 to 70 enlist to assist railway service men.
Duke the Irish setter, taken to St. Petersburg by his master then handed to a resident, wandered 1200 miles back to Roann Indiana. There Rev. Robert Collins aided the exhausted dog and sent funds to care for him until his return.
The army will grant furloughs individually rather than to whole units due to shipping bottlenecks and campaign prep. Sen Guy Gillette and other Midwest senators pressed the War Department about furloughing the 34th division, drawn from Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. The Navy seeks 1.5 billion for shore facilities on the West Coast, including fleet and cargo piers, depots, bases, hospital capacity from 60,000 to 80,000 beds, and malaria recuperation centers.
The house passed a bill labeling men who fled the United States to dodge the draft as men without a country and barring them from reentering. The measure goes to the senate. The immigration committee notes many evaders have crossed into Mexico, with over 800 known near Paso, Texas.
In Washington a clash over postwar policy pits War Food Administrator Marvin Jones and farm security chief Hancock against War Secretary Will Clayton. Proposals would convert army and navy camps into veteran farming developments or sell the land back to former owners risking concentration into large estates. The debate extends to deferment policies and wartime industrial labor, amid Tarawa and Alaska coverage.
The author ranks sports by public interest, citing football baseball boxing and racing as the top four. He mocks overhyped softball and basketball claims, notes vast audiences for baseball and football, and highlights questions from servicemen focused on these games. He lists notable figures and teams, urging attention to the enduring appeal of football and baseball.
A kaleidoscope of 1930s Hollywood snippets covers fashion, crowd behavior, book debuts, and rumors. References to Garbo, Irving Berlin, Norma Shearer, Maureen O'Hara, and Hoover mingle with satirical quips, Broadway chatter, and notes on FBI draft investigations.
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