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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1943
Page
1
Weekly news analysis notes Allied forces facing strong German resistance in the final phase of the Sicily campaign. It also reports Japan adopting a new naval strategy to reinforce its South Pacific outposts.
Axis troops under Heinz Adolf Hitler positions around San Stefano in northern Sicily as Gen. George S. Patton’s Seventh Army advances. Canadian forces flank the west while Gen. Bernard Montgomery’s British Eighth Army threats the German lines. Eisenhower pursues peace terms with Italian premier Pietro Badoglio, outlining five conditions for Italy’s withdrawal and postwar liberties.
Petroleum Administrator Harald L. Ickes said completion of the big inch pipe line to the East will supplement rail transport and likely cut central states gas ration cards A, B, and C. Central cards may drop two gallons while East cards remain at 144 gallons per coupon, as the system aims to equalize supply nationwide.
Japan shifts to night coastal barges to supply island garrisons as Allied air power targets small craft. U S aviators hit jealously guarded Munda and Rein Bay operations, while Japanese troops fight to defend their last perimeter at Munda on New Georgia.
In the first half of 1943 Pacific coast yards produced 303 ships of about 4.2 million tons, Atlantic 259 ships of 3.0 million tons, and Gulf 108 ships of 1.15 million tons. Total 780 ships of 8.35 million tons. Since Pearl Harbor, 1,496 vessels have been built, surpassing prewar U S merchant marine. The mass production boosted the U S fleet beyond Britain and rivaled Japan, Germany, and Italy. Civilian commerce and war material flows benefited from the shipping surge.
The War Manpower commission proposes drafting doctors and dentists aged 38 to 45 to bolster the army. The plan allows waiving the usual cap against drafting doctors and dentists over 87, with inductees entering as privates but seeking commissions typical to their professions. Local and state committees have previously urged induction of medical personnel.
Midwest farmers small manufacturers and merchants from five states will meet with 25 senators and congressmen at the Radisson in Minneapolis to present wartime problems. Representative August Andresen of Minnesota says the recess aims to give lawmakers firsthand information on war prosecution and federal policy effects on business and agriculture. The regional conference is endorsed by Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin and Senator Guy M Gillette of Iowa and will include Minnesota North and South Dakota as well.
Russian reports say Reds wage peak summer battle around Orel pushing to cut the Bryansk railway line westward. Germans admit outnumbered counterattacks from the south and east and claim they struck Red concentrations at Belgorod and forced concentration near Orel. Heavy clashes also reported south of Leningrad.
The week’s highlights report a hurricane hitting Houston Galveston and surrounding Texas communities on July 27 leaving 13 dead and at least 100 injured. Damage is estimated at ten million dollars. Soldiers studying in colleges under army supervision may be allowed to play football. Adoption demand rises as childless couples show higher incomes and more babies become available. Bettors in London wager heavily that the war in Europe ends before year’s end.
President Roosevelt urged that returning service members not be left to face inflation unemployment or bread lines. He proposed a six point demobilization program including dependents pay unemployment insurance education and training credit for benefits hospital care and rehabilitation and pensions for disabled service members. Mussolini's ouster was cited as the Axis's first crack and Italy's move toward constitutional democracy.
War Food Administration assured civilians of higher meat supplies by reducing required government set aside from 45 percent to 42 percent. A temporary cut in pork purchases accompanied a beef supply boost blamed on abundant grass fed cattle from southwestern and western ranges amid declining hog marketing.
John A. Sokal, president of his namesake chemical company, told the Chemurgic conference in Chicago that spices and herbs now imported from Europe and the Orient can be grown in the Western Hemisphere. He outlined two climate zones, temperate and tropical, arguing most listed items from sage to paprika can be cultivated in the United States or in Central and South America. He cited successful trials of mustard seed in Montana and California and paprika in California, Louisiana, and South Carolina, noting quality rivals foreign harvests and promising future supply for American households and the food industry.
A compact survey of literary criticisms and author notes, citing W L White and H Ullstein on the flying fortress and Nazi influence, Max Hill on Japanese baths and prison life, H Allen Smith on life in a putty knife factory, and Ben Ames Williams and Harold Ickes. It also references Walter Graebner on rationing in Russia and general press attitudes.
Henry Ford, marking his 80th birthday, resumes active control of Ford plants after Edsel's death. He says the general welfare should guide business and industry, insisting there must be expanding industry to sustain political and economic freedom and the nation’s output of motor equipment and warplanes.
The Commodity Credit Corporation began in the grain markets to shore up the feed supply. It bid for one million bushels in Chicago and planned to buy all wheat at Minneapolis at the loan rate. The CCC aimed to secure 100 million bushels from Canada if needed, with potential imports from Australia.
More than one third of the Home Nursing certificates issued by the American Red Cross during the year ending June 30 went to women in rural America. A ban on glycerine for foods, tobacco, cosmetics and toilet preparations reduces medicinal use to 60 percent of normal to meet wartime demands.
The article notes Italian American volunteers aiding the Sicily landing, securing advance access by speaking the language and winning over garrisons. It recounts General Giraud’s Washington tour and his quip about escaping prisons versus the Pentagon. It also discusses Panamanian-flag seamen under U.S. pay and debates on ship registry, plus Axis South American propaganda claims and Bolivia Chile port talks.
Augusto Rosso former Italian ambassador in Washington was blocked from becoming ambassador to Turkey by the Nazis who labeled him too pro American. He has an American wife, formerly Mrs Francis Bunter of Denver. While Italy rationed, Count and Countess Ciano hosted lavish Rome parties with caviar lobster and champagne.
A series of quips contrasts inalienable rights with duties and warns that cheapened experience harms a man. It notes a comedian’s value, advises letting work disrupt trouble, and cautions the poor to avoid extravagance. It also quips that those who watch the clock remain workers and those who sling mud lose ground.
Carrier pigeons used by the U S armed forces are lowered from planes in crates with tiny parachutes to protect their wings and bodies. Without this system the birds would suffer feather damage and freezing air blasts at high altitude. After descent, the crate door opens and the carrier takes flight to perform its mission.
A Moroccan wife sits alone in her husband’s home for seven days wearing her finest costumes while passersby may view her, a customary public display following marriage.
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