29 Mar 1945
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1945
Page
1
Allied forces drive deep into Germany as U S Army under Lt Gen Courtney Hodges becomes the first to cross the Rhine below Cologne. Swift advances smash enemy rear guards and prevent a regrouping as the vast river barrier falls to the advancing Allies.
From Cumberland Md Sgt Thomas J Demnbaugh reports Lt Gen George S Patton personally swam the swift Sure River during the January push to Bettendorf. The daring act aimed to reassure troops as they faced German fire and a tough crossing. The move inspired his men to press the assault and seize Bettendorf.
American and British forces breached the Rhine with Hodges leading the first crossing since 1813 as the 9th Army and Canadian units prepared further river crossings. Russian forces launched a broad assault on Berlin, driving armored columns toward the Oder as Allied troops push into the Ruhr and lowlands beyond.
Despite vast Allied losses in the Philippines and Iwo Jima, Japanese forces retreat to Manila Bay and strongpoints. About 60,000 still defend mountains east of Manila after heavy fighting, with 12,000 already killed on Iwo Jima as Marines push to clear rocky hill positions and root out underground shelters.
Floodwaters from the Ohio River and its tributaries threaten major cities including Pittsburgh Cincinnati Portsmouth and Louisville with rising crests. Portsmouth’s 40,000 residents face sandbag levee reinforcement as waters lap the levee wall. Farther south floods force thousands from Tennessee Arkansas and Mississippi to seek higher ground.
The senate resists compulsory labor while pressing for extended War Manpower Commission powers to channel workers into essential industry. Congress considers drafting unmarried nurses to meet casualty care needs, with appeals, commissions, and GI Bill benefits. Senate backs a substitute bill letting the WMC set employee limits and regulate hiring.
The Boston terrier Skippy aided in saving an American freighter bombed off Leyte. After being wounded by shrapnel while the vessel burned, Skippy crawled into Captain Andrew W. Gavin's wrecked cabin and licked his captain’s head, reviving him amid the blaze and chaos.
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports 61 000 student pilot certificates issued during 1944, down from 95 000 the previous year, reflecting rising interest in aviation as war ends. Women comprise 15 to 85 percent of new students, with youths aged 16 to 21 aiming for air force service while older men plan business travel. Doctors and priests show growing interest to serve wider areas beyond road travel.
War Production Board reveals allocation of additional cotton fabric to produce about 60 million more children's garments. Outing flannel, calico, broadcloth, poplins, lawns and chambrays added for dresses, overalls, coveralls, toddlers’ and infants’ wear, pajamas, creepers, and rompers to curb wartime inflation.
Mrs. Roosevelt has received a wide range of gifts from foreign sources, including an $8,000 mink coat from the Quebec Fur Breeders Association and a heavy jeweled gold crown from an African potentate after the Casablanca conference. She notes the crown is too heavy to wear.
The nation’s farm debt fell from its 1923 peak of over 10 percent of a billion dollars to 5 percent of a billion by January 1945, with a 20 percent cut in the last five years. War time gains boosted farm income, with livestock value nearly doubling since 1940, machinery up one third, land values up about 25 percent. Currency, bank deposits and war bonds held by farmers rose by nearly 8 billion dollars. Federal land banks and others increased investments in the 1930s while individuals declined. life insurance firms’ mortgage share rose slightly and commercial banks fell slightly.
The National Foreign Trade council cited Treasury testimony showing American investments abroad surpassed 13 billion dollars in 1841 while foreign holdings in the United States reached about 8 percent of that sum. Two thirds of American investments were in Europe and Canada, with 1.5 billion in Germany and over 1 billion in Britain. Canada and Newfoundland accounted for 4 billion, with Asia receiving over 1.0 billion including 170 million in the Philippines, 165 million in China and Manchuria, and 90 million in Japan.
USDA reports an all time high dividend of 3,894,618 representing 25 percent of 1844 cash receipts from national forests will be shared by 653 counties in 40 states. Largest U.S. treasury checks ever written relate to federal timber sales forage water power and other uses on national forest lands, driven by wartime demand for lumber and rangeland food production.
President Roosevelt returns from Yalta to mounting domestic pressure over a coal shortage and labor front issues. Calls grow for a fresh secretary of labor, possibly Senator Harley Kilgore, and talks of wage guarantees for miners to avert year‑round disruption. A new approach may have softened the looming crisis.
Western Newspaper Union argues education is the nation’s largest industry, dwarfing motor production in spending and school buildings. It criticizes lack of public interest, government control, and calls for democratic leadership of teachers to protect economic rights without nationwide unionization. It decries neglect of postwar planning and hints at compulsory military training debates.
Sam Breadon, owner of the World Champion Cardinals, urges a new commissioner to rebuild youth baseball nationwide. He laments neglect of players aged 12 to 18, cites lack of support from major and minor leagues, and calls for a national youth movement to provide chances for millions of boys to play, echoing the need across the Southwest and beyond.
Practical household hints describe drying a water damaged feather by salt and heat, grinding fuet in a food chopper then boiling briefly, warming fruit jars to aid opening, using kerosene with a hot damp cloth for better dusting, and adding horseradish to tomato juice for flavor.
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