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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR carries a weekly analysis released by the Wartorn Newspaper Union. The readable text is sparse, but indicates a periodical briefing on current wartime events and editorial perspectives.
In western Europe Eisenhower assumes command of Allied forces as Britain's Arthur Tedder becomes deputy commander and naval leader Bertram Ramsay coordinates ships while Trafford Leigh-Mallory directs air forces. German defenses face heavy bombardment and probing attacks along the French coast as Rommel notes defenses are technically correct.
Allied forces push through southern Italy stamping out Nazi strongpoints near 75 miles to Rome while Ortona falls after brutal street fighting. Bombers pound French coast fortifications as Berlin endures heavy strikes. Scharnhorst sinks off Norway, Atlantic action swirls around destroyers. Red Army advances across the 800 mile front, hammering south from Koresten toward Zhitomir.
U S forces advance in New Britain as marines seize two Cape Gloucester air strips on the island’s western end. They press top positions with flamethrowers after a heavy bombing run. Krueger’s Sixth Army faces stiff resistance at Arawe while air power disrupts Japs on Bougainville and the Marshall Islands.
Farmers earned an all time high four billion dollars from livestock slaughtered under federal inspection in 1943 as meat output surpassed 24 billion pounds. Production rose 50 percent above the prewar decade average, with civilian consumption kept near 122 pounds per person due to rationing. 1944 output is estimated at 25.6 billion pounds with 8.5 billion earmarked for military and lend-lease needs. The Commodity Credit Corporation spent 3.0 billion to spur production and stabilize prices. CCC wheat stocks and loans are detailed as part of ongoing wartime measures.
The U S Navy reports 42 aircraft carriers including destroyer escorts, with Corsair and Hellcat fighters, a new dive bomber in service, and increased training and deployment. In 1943 pilots trained doubled from 1942 and combat planes tripled to the front. Merchant ships, four thousand strong, are being armed.
British maritime insurers cut war risk rates on cargoes to and from the United Kingdom to about half the prior level, signaling improved seas security. Restaurants face staffing and restriction pressures as they feed 25 million people daily. Pressure cookers are removed from the ration list but buyers must declare preservation use. other uses require War Food Administration approval in Washington.
The War Food Administration requisitioned 170 million pounds of dressed chicken and fowl for government use. OPA cut point values on canned vegetables and ordered frozen vegetables point-free. WFA acted due to government inability to secure enough fowl, with the army eager for poultry for Sunday meals at camps and hospitals. Some stock changes apply after December 30 1945 and reduced demand lowered points on canned peas and tomatoes. Zero points were set for canned beans, and all points for frozen vegetables were removed to free storage for pork stocks.
President Roosevelt moved to take control of the railroads to avert a threatened strike after switchmen conductors firemen and enginemen rejected arbitration. About 150000 workers in three unions joined 1150000 non operating unions in accepting pay increases from 10 to 4 cents an hour with overtime pay after 40 hours. 1943 proved the peak year for US rail traffic with 725 billion ton miles of freight and 85 billion passenger miles, gross earnings surpassing 9 billion dollars.
United States supplied 3% billion dollars in lend lease to Soviet Russia as major industrial cities fell and resources were overrun. Deliveries included 7,000 planes 3,500 tanks 130 000 sub machine guns 159 000 trucks 25 000 jeeps 225 000 field telephones 750 000 miles of wire 1 000 000 tons of steel 350 000 tons non ferrous metals 406 000 tons chemicals 600 000 tons petroleum products and more. Wheat flour meats fats oils seed exports totaled 10 000 tons to farmers.
A fiery column blasts Zionist fear and Nazi hatred while urging harsh justice for war criminals. It presses for vigilance against sabotage, condemns continued appeasement, and warns that future attacks could strike any American city. It cites media bias, naval secrecy, and sabotage probes as context.
A mused piece contrasts Washington war weariness with peace fears among business people brokers and officials. It jokes about an Office of Peace Information and medals for courage in peace while lambasting complacency and wartime anxiety from behind the lines.
Washington reports hog slaughter surpassing 900000 with November pork output a record and December likely higher. OPA and War Food Administration keep rationing strict to avoid pork surplus while beef and butter stay tight. Strikes rise, 120 in November, with aviation steel and shipyard workers likely next.
The National Safety Council projects America's 1943 traffic deaths will total about 23,000, an 18,000 drop from prewar levels. The U S north central region shows the steepest fall at 29 percent, mountain 28 percent, south central 24 percent, north Atlantic 22 percent, and Pacific 6 percent. Mount Vernon, Washington, records no fatalities in the first 11 months of 1943. among 250,000 plus populations, St Louis falls 52 percent while Philadelphia drops only 1 percent.
Officials of the Office of Price Administration defend their authority to a house committee, noting courts have upheld OPA orders in nearly all cases. Of 4,091 actions through September, only 281 were unfavorable, and officials deny that OPA regulations caused widespread business failures.
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