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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1943
Page
1
Series notes concerns over small business peril and reports Treasury approval of a pay as you go tax program. Mentions Fifth Russ Offensive against Nazis and reflects on editorial stance from the Western Newspaper Union.
Washington announces approval of a pay as you go income tax to raise billions for war costs. A new 18 percent withholding tax would be added to the 6 percent Victory tax for a total of 24 percent. Inauguration on March 15 with quarterly payments based on prior year income. Farmers and non payroll individuals would pay monthly or quarterly.
Retail prices of fresh fruits and vegetables drove a 43 per cent rise in the food cost index since August 1939, says Secretary Frances Perkins. Even after control laws began, prices climbed due to items still uncontrolled. By December the index was 9 per cent higher than May and 17 per cent above December 1941.
In North Africa French forces break a lull by seizing passes toward the Tunisian port of Sousse. The move risks cutting Axis land routes for central and southern Tunisia. Politically Harold MacMillan foresees a deal between Generals Giraud and de Gaulle to ease administration disputes. A three-way clash of Liberal Republican versus Vichy and Fascist interests framed the invasion.
Secretary Harold L. Ickes told the Senate small business committee that wartime production concentrates contracts with few large firms. He warned the nation faces a brutal blow to small business and a drift toward corporate dictatorship if small merchants fail.
The article notes a fifth Soviet offensive from Voronezh along the Moscow to Black Sea line, threatening Rostov Kursk and Kharkov. Russians hold the initiative while Germans face uncertain next strikes, with advances in the Caucasus and near Stalingrad and Don river areas.
Air Tempo reports air power rising as Allied bombers target Axis Europe and Africa. Ruhr Valley armory repeatedly bombed while Lille, Abbeville, St Omar face raids. Mediterranean strikes hit Crete, Sicily, Lampedusa and African targets near Tripoli, Sousse, and Sfax.
London reports King George signs a proclamation lowering the draft age for women from 20 to 10. Bingie women born July 1 to December 31, 1922 gain choice between war industry work or military service or may volunteer for nursing before national war work begins. Yale campus in New Haven hosts Army Air Forces Technical Command School with 3,090 officer candidates to be housed for training in aircraft maintenance and related duties.
The five Sullivan brothers George T 20 Francis H 26 Joseph E 23 Madison A 22 and Albert L 30 served in the navy to avenge a friend. Reported missing in action after the cruiser Juneau was sunk in the Solomon Islands battle their fate remained uncertain as family awaited word from Waterloo Iowa.
Tropical rains slowed ground operations across Allied sectors in New Guinea turning fighting into swampy terrain. American and Australian air forces intensified raids on Madang Finschhafen Lae Salamau and surrounding harbors while fires burned on barges and stores near Buna. In the Solomons naval offensive on Guadalcanal continued with Jap positions isolated as air power hampered Japanese resupply efforts.
German morale on the home front shows strain as Goebbels calls for belt tightening and harsher burdens while General Dietmar warns of new restrictions to supply more troops. He notes Russian breakthroughs on the southern front and urges greater hardships to boost recruit flow.
The Navy Department announced two immediate rules to speed mail for sailors, Marines, and Coast Guard. Parcel post packages must weigh no more than five pounds and measure not more than 15 inches in length and 36 inches in girth. Inappropriate second and third class matter such as advertising circulars would not be forwarded overseas.
A congressional report by the Tolan committee charges general maladministration hazy handling and underutilization of small industry in war output. The panel examined months of wartime production data accusing managers and employers of missteps and inconsistent praise.
Observers argue winter cold favors Soviet successes while spring could renew Nazi advances. The piece notes Soviet resilience, Sevastopol as a landmark, and warns Germany may stay on Russian soil until collapse. It questions geography talks and recalls Stimson’s WW2 protest stance on Japan and Korea.
A column discusses Japanese wartime actions and influence, naming Nae on her arrival at Wellesley College and two Japanese ex-students handling invasion tasks in Northern Japan. It notes bicycle economies in Shanghai, food shortages, Red Cross blockages, and Chilean nitrate trade. It cites Ray Kinney, Sir George Sansom, and Frank Williams as figures in Allied information networks.
The Navy revises hull plans to curb fire hazards after lessons from carriers Wasp and Lexington and cruiser Boise. Changes include avoiding asbestos insulation, replacing cork with spun glass, reducing paint, cutting interior woodwork, larger fire hoses, and upgraded firefighting gear to protect ships in future battles.
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