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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
2
Allied advances in Sicily's northeast pocket erase Axis positions as U S troops push from coastal towns. Pacific theater actions intensify with broader operations reported alongside sustained American employment at over 38 million, signaling wartime mobilization.
Seventh American Army under Gen. George Patton advances rapidly across Sicily seizing Palermo and forcing about 100,000 Axis troops into a tight pocket near the Catania plain. British Eighth Army under Gen. Bernard Montgomery presses from the south as German forces dig in near Catania while British naval and air units strike at their Croton line.
War Mobilization Director James Byrnes said a more efficient wartime production effort could free materials for civilian goods by trimming some munitions programs. He cautioned this is hopeful not certain and noted cuts in some lines as air power protects Allied industries, allowing U.S. plants to divert materials. Agencies study purchasing to focus on articles useful amid combat developments.
The labor department reported that over 88 million people are employed in non agricultural establishments. The war department released 4,500 soldiers for mining in copper, zinc, and molybdenum. Total employment rose 66,000 from May and 1,685,000 above last year. Construction cut 9,000 jobs since May as metal mines lacked workers.
American heavy bombers struck Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies dropping 500 pound bombs on oil refineries docks warehouses and rail facilities. The action marked the first air raid on Surabaya since the prior Japanese assault. Meanwhile near Munda on New Georgia the air campaign intensified with medium and dive bombers and fighters pounding Japanese troops guarding the stronghold as American aircraft conducted 250 raids in a single day.
Pope Pius XII declares Rome sacred and inviolable despite bombing as Russia presses on Orel and Germans resist. He urges defense of Christian and human treasures. A Moscow appeal by an anti Nazi committee seeks peace with Russia as German forces hold a bulge and fight to blunt the attack.
The Office of Price Administration will raise newsprint by four dollars per ton on September 3. American servicemen abroad will use specially printed money from government presses. In England baby carriages are scarce and women are advised to limit their use. General de Gaulle says Allied victory will dissolve the Fighting French and a liberated France ends their mission.
Census figures show 764,704 idle farms amounting to 87? of land, with 1.3 percent of U S farms idle in 1949. New England and Middle Atlantic areas lead in abandonments while Iowa records far fewer. Abandoned tracts average 85 acres. War casualties total 16,556 killed or wounded and 31,343 missing. naval and army losses split, with notable deaths including Maj Gen Upshur and Capt Paddock.
The Office of Price Administration detained poultry truckers on eastern highways and requisitioned their stock for the army after black market activity affected military poultry purchases in Delaware Maryland Virginia. Dealers were paid the prevailing ceiling price for the requisitioned meat.
The War Labor Board tests the fate of a new two year wage pact between United Mine Workers and bituminous coal operators. It sets travel pay at 1.26 daily, bans strikes, and extends the 35 hour week to 48. Approval hinges on Office of Price Administration price increases. Labor leaders demand price rollbacks to 1942 levels or risk withdrawing support for the anti inflation program. Living costs have risen about 21 percent since January 1941 while wages rose only 15 percent.
The government announced a new 15 billion dollar war bond campaign to begin in September. Non-banking investors have raised 23 billion dollars since last December, with individuals, corporations, insurance firms and others eligible to buy savings bonds notes and certificates. Banks previously purchased over 10 billion dollars in securities across two prior drives.
The piece discusses inflation fears and a farm land boom risk, noting farm price rises of 20 to 24 percent in some states as of March 1, 1943, with farm income rising and debt reductions improving in 1942. It warns about land bought on margin and urges prudent appraisal and debt repayment. It also touches psychology for soldiers and Axis tensions, then shifts to war-related topics like tanks, air strength, and Pacific plans.
Topaz style suggests giving plain washstands or dressers open end shelves, new moulded tops, paint to match woodwork, and new drawer pulls. A wall decoration from floraled chintz remnant may resemble oil painting with multiple varnish coats. Book 10 offers 30+ project ideas, booklets 15 cents, address provided.
Brief items note added shoe allocations for soldiers with three extra pairs in reserve and two in manufacture, a near 1 percent of a billion rounds of small arms ammunition produced monthly, seven times the 1918 peak, and the Japanese Domes agency denying Hirohito sent Bastille Day congratulations to Petain. Also mentions wartime railroad freight cars traveling about sixteen percent farther on average.
A. S. Envoy brought poinsettias from Mexico and Joel Poinsett, the American minister, noted their Christmas bloom. The botanist diplomat helped introduce the plant to the United States, thriving in sub tropical areas. Also explains captain derives from caput and Camel cigarettes as favored Army gifts.
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