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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
2
Weekly news analysis notes Attu victory as bringing American forces closer to Tokyo while warning of flood damage threatening food output. The piece mentions labor reaction to Lewis bid to AFL and cites Churchill who advocates bombing Japanese cities.
Tokyo faces closer American leverage as Attu falls to American forces. Two U S columns split Attu and trap Japanese defenders on a narrow front. Tokyo warns Russia against future Siberian base use, threatening heavy blows.
John L. Lewis returned to seek readmission of the United Mine Workers to the AFL. AFL President William Green signaled the executive council would consider the application in an orderly, sympathetic manner. Green emphasized an open latch string and welcomed the miners back to the federation. The move raised questions about potential impact on AFL CIO peace negotiations.
In the Ruhr devastation from breached dams, American Flying Fortresses struck Kiel and Flensburg submarine and shipbuilding yards. Air Force communiques report unescorted bombers raided both targets and shot down numerous enemy fighters attempting to intercept.
Floods devastate crops and towns from the Mississippi basin through Illinois and neighboring states after unprecedented May rains. Emergency crews failed to stem rising waters and levee breaks threaten wartime grain output with massive losses across Indiana Missouri Arkansas Kansas and Oklahoma, jeopardizing national food production.
Officials of the War Production Board and retail clothing dealers announced plans in Washington to ease rationing. The WPB would enable greater production of essential clothing while retailers would revise practices and introduce new methods to relieve industry pressure. The goal is to avoid clothes rationing this winter and perhaps indefinitely with public support.
In a historic congress speech Winston Churchill warns that victory over Germany precedes and guides final defeat of Japan. He vows joint British and American air strikes on Japan, promises stronger aid to China and Russia, and insists Britain will stand with the United States until victory and peace are secured.
Highlights from the week in review note that for the first time in history the giant king crab of the Bering Sea will be canned commercially by Americans, as announced by Secretary Harold L. Ickes. Also covered are gasoline rationing rules, Axis casualties in Tunisia, and production pressures at Willow Run bomber plant.
The gasoline supply crisis prompts Petroleum Administrator Prentiss M. Brown to ban pleasure driving in 12 eastern states and eight eastern West Virginia counties. Harold L. Ickes signals further restrictions may move fuel from the Middle West to the seaboard, with voluntary limits previously urged.
Delegates from the United States Britain China and Soviet Russia at the Hot Springs food conference outlined postwar aims including continued food rationing, creation of a global agricultural commission, better world nutrition and expanded agriculture. The talks, though nonbinding, drew offers of cooperation from 44 governments and emphasized reduced tariffs and educational nutritional programs.
War Production Board approves 1944 farm equipment production at 80 percent of 1940 44 output and unlimited repair parts. War Food Administration to finish a farm to farm check for needs of 6 million farmers. WPB aims to end prior concentration in the industry and allow large manufacturers to resume production.
Soviet dispatches report major Red Army offensives along a 1100 mile Eastern front from Volkhov to Kuban, with two Nazi attacks shattered in the Caucasus and 14 boatloads of troops repelled while Novorossisk’s defense tightens around the Axis bridgehead amid ongoing diplomacy with Joseph Davies in Moscow.
The War Food Administration announced a civilian canning supply boost of about 20 million cases beyond the 1948 pack due to reduced military demand. Officials could not state if point values for canned goods would fall, noting the outcome depends on the size of the 1943 fruit and vegetable pack.
The piece argues American propaganda gains strength after Tunisia's fall and Tunis radio access, stressing truth and Allied advance. It cites Office of War Information insights, German missteps, and the need for postwar full employment supported by widespread public education and government research.
In 1943 one quarter of nurses will serve in the armed forces. All soldiers may secure National Service Life Insurance before August 10. The program offers up to $10,000 and benefits are paid to beneficiaries in monthly installments.
The Civilian Defense director announced a plan creating official service bars for civilians, similar to armed services campaign bars. Traffic on rural eastern rationed roads dropped by 48 percent in March compared to March 1941.
Behind closed doors senators hear that cabinet sessions lack agendas and clear plans. White House secretaries could pre-brief department heads and prepare advance memoranda. The piece also notes German observers in neutral capitals watching U.S. diplomacy and military moves, with mentions of Papen, Dieckhoff, Thomsen, and Sell and Burma’s India theater.
Pattern 560 guides a straw yarn beret and matching purse in a single strip crochet. It includes stitch illustrations and materials list. High demand and wartime conditions mean longer lead times for popular patterns.
Surveys of service men show cigarettes as a preferred gift from home. Camel is the top choice across Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard based on Post Exchange sales, with restrictions easing for domestic shipments to personnel abroad, encouraging supporters to send Camels to sailors Marines and guardsmen wherever they serve.
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