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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1943
Page
1
Western Newspaper Union reports a major shift in World War II strategy with non stop bombings in the Solomons and Europe. The piece sketches new Allied air offensives by RAF and U S forces and outlines implications for Pacific and European fronts.
American forces pressed the Solomons front with landings on Rendova and New Georgia, targeted Munda air base, and moved toward Salamaua in New Guinea. Woodlark and Trobriand Islands were occupied with minimal opposition as Japanese planes and ships failed to deter the operations. U S losses totaled 11 killed, plus a 7000 ton transport and several vessels damaged in reef waters.
Congress passed the Commodity Credit Corporation bill extending CCC life two years and adding 750 million dollars to lending authority. It bans subsidies to roll back retail food prices except as producer incentives, wiping out recent meat and butter rollbacks and limiting wage boosts amid cost pressures.
See saw warfare in China continues as Chinese troops reclaim a large section of Qwehihkow on the Yangtze river driving Japanese forces back from the rice bowl. The American air force aiding the counteroffensive operates in southeast China under Gen Claire Chennault concentrating on Japanese locomotives and heavy equipment. Japanese assaults near Shanghai and Swatow are checked with Chinese troops reclaiming key points at Swatow, once a treaty port on the Kwangtung coast.
Europe rocked as British and American air squadrons pound Axis industrial centers and air dromes. British bombers hit the Ruhr while American Fortresses and Lightning fighters strike Sicily and Greek targets in preparation for possible Allied Balkan invasion. Axis fortifies Greek passes.
Hog prices fall as heavy hog receipts flood markets. Government and industry urge farmers to ship lighter pigs while labor limits hinder processing. Ickes notes pipeline completion may shift oil supply, with transcontinental effects and continued East decline in production amid strong military demand.
Captain Edward Rickenbacker visits the Russian front during an official Moscow mission for the secretary of war. Elsewhere experts condemn synthetic milk as unsatisfactory, corn starch refineries face shutdowns due to corn shortages, and wartime service is urged for nearly all adults by Rep. Wadsworth of New York.
Wallace and Jones clash as Wallace accuses Jones of slow BEW funding for the Board of Economic Warfare projects. Jones replies BEW has approved only 5 percent of purchases. Wallace says BEW warfare will seek separate funds. Jones calls Wallace’s charge dastardly and urges a congressional probe.
Plasma described as the No 1 life saver for American soldiers. It is the liquid element in blood where cells float. By citrate addition fresh blood stays unclotted for days, allowing plasma to be poured off. Dried or frozen plasma keeps for weeks or months and can be shipped worldwide via the American Red Cross.
Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes urged about 150,000 miners to return to work as 400,000 others had already resumed after a union decision. He cited national welfare and the eve of a major military operation, noting wage concessions of 20 cents daily while travel compensation remained possible.
Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell warned that war production focus on aircraft, cargo ships, and navy combat vessels has reduced the army ground supply program and delayed equipping forces. Equipment must be shipped to the front from camps, affecting troop training and morale as plans for 1943 assumed 95 billion dollars in production while the War Production Board only projected about 75 billion.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged the United States and Great Britain to keep working together for peace and security. He warned of heavy fighting before autumn and said Britain sought no profit or aggrandizement from the war. He praised May as favorable for Allied U boat efforts, noting 30 German subs sunk that month and new ships being built at seven times the loss.
Washington Digest notes the national focus on war’s end, contrasting Goebbels and Damon predictions with OWI postwar aviation growth. It outlines projected air power expansion, more airports, and a future of global unity, shrinking the world from orange to marble as peaceful flight and world cooperation emerge.
Since 1935 the WPA mostly squandered funds but when it closed officials state 130 million dollars in unexpended funds and materials were returned to the government. Records suggest WPA spent 10% billion dollars and employed more than eight million persons. A small liquidation staff remained.
Office of War Information cites Tokyo broadcasts offering Indian independence as Subhas Bose’s reported arrival in Japan stirs Axis ties. A German Polish paper warns blackouts must end commemorative cemetery fights. Rhode Island Jyon and scrap collections run about 3,000 tons weekly, roughly pounds per person.
A compilation of 1940s commentary discusses Stalin questioning Argentina's Axis ties, the Good Neighbor stance to avoid direct interference, and Argentina seeking to break relations to obtain lend-lease. It argues for selective precision bombing to minimize civilian harm, cites Churchill on air power foresight, and notes wartime Regulation W favoring merchants for down payments.
Fat invasion of heat and thirst in the Western Desert is described by George Luit. He notes extreme temperatures, water improvised from radiator water, and daily life among troops and Arabs. The piece details water-poisoning acts, mail delivery quirks, knife etiquette, and barter values from tea to eggs across Egypt Libya Cyrenaica and Tripolitania.
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