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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1943
Page
1
The report forecasts a six per cent reduction in food supplies as Allied bombers strike Italian ports to tighten the Tunisia trap. U.S. officials pledge increased air support for General MacArthur.
A note from the Western Newspaper Union indicates that opinions in the column reflect the news analysis of eaaper Union and not necessarily the newspaper. The release accompanies a standard disclaimer of editorial stance.
Allied forces repelled a 100 ship Japanese air raid near Milne Bay New Guinea and bombed a Japanese convoy near Wewak. American air power damaged Axis bases in Sicily while Rommel faced dwindling supply lines in Tunisia. Eisenhower’s allies tighten the noose as OPA suspends beef and meat price ceilings to ease living costs.
OWI warns civilians face at least six percent less food than last year with continuous shortages in canned vegetables and meats, while overall consumption rises about three percent. Credit gains include 30 percent more chickens and 57 percent more margarine, with 11 percent less meat and 21 percent less butter on the debit side. On the Russian front, raids and countermoves continue as Soviet forces capture pillboxes in the Kuban and repel German offensives near Izyum, Kharkov.
Allied bombers from Britain America and Russia intensified raids on Axis Europe from Sardinia to East Prussia with large strikes on Stuttgart and repeated Red air force actions in Koenigsburg. American Flying Fortresses continued to target shipping facilities at Cagliari in Sardinia.
A Rome broadcast says Hitler withdrawn 200000 Axis troops from the Russian front and convened Balkan leaders including Ion Antonescu to discuss conference. Observers see possible search for invasion clues while the Fuerer and Antonescu vow to continue the fight to unconditional victory.
Testimony before the Truman committee disclosed that Army mess officers, cooks, and KPs have cut food waste by more than half since the year began. Wastage fell from 20 25 percent to about 11 percent, enough to feed a million civilians for a year. Maj. Gen. E B Gregory reported Army food purchases must feed overseas and domestic troops, with an expected average strength of about 6.6 million this year.
Texas native and Commerce Secretary Jesse H. Jones told the Committee for Economic Development in New York that the nation cannot endure another low mood and must bear the wartime cost estimated at about 250 billion dollars. He urged businesses to create postwar plans and provide jobs at a living wage, warning that without private solution the government may take over planning.
A column describes wartime anxieties from Washington, detailing fear of a German offensive, Soviet brutality, and postwar plans. It notes underground resistance, saboteur activity in France and Holland, and hopes for helicopter mail service in New England. It also mentions McNutt’s national labor service machinery and manpower shifts for war work.
Food czar Davis pressed the President to adopt pay-as-you-go taxation as an anti inflation tool. O’Neal and Benson backed it, warning without action taxpaying citizens face next year’s assessments. The President showed openness but favored elimination of windfalls, while arguing small farmers struggle to market crops amid transport problems and wartime shifts.
Pattern 7413 detailing curtains and drapes styles is described as in high demand and wart conditions require extra time to fill a few pattern numbers. Please send your order to the designated address.
The piece explains that captain is derived from caput meaning head and highlights Camel cigarettes as a top choice among soldiers based on service store sales. It advises sending cigarettes as gifts from home and notes Post Office limits on overseas packages while allowing Camels to soldiers in the U S Navy Marines and Coast Guard.
The Dies committee delayed its special report on prewar Nazi espionage for over a year due to internal splits yet the document still advanced the goal of informing Americans about Axis world domination plans. It asserted that Hiller and his Nazi party implemented a diabolical scheme to spread Naziism inside the United States.
Seven Graf Spee sailors fled from a Martin Garcia internment camp during a leave. authorities seek them as part of a broader escape tally of over 400 Nazi sailors held in Argentina for three years. A Berne report notes Germany admits air raids hurt Britain but cannot prevent Allied bombing.
Emperor Hirohito honors Premier Tojo with cigarettes and scents as diet adjourns. Tokyo radio notes propaganda as thought warfare among Allies. OWI head Elmer Davis backs press access to UN hotel housing during food conference. Some American soldiers in camps eat goat during meat shortage.
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