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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
2
Western Union analysis notes Russian forces push through Crimea as Allied bombers strike Western Europe. Neutrals warned against aiding Nazis while Japan increases pressure with a three pronged drive in India.
Allied bombers strike airfields and defenses across France Belgium and Italy while Russian forces push into Romania and the Crimea. Britain and the United States cut neutral trade, Sweden limits chrome ships, and wool stockpiles plus CCC measures shape 1944 domestic and Allied supply strategy.
British and Indian troops fight as Japanese efforts to cut supply lines widen. U S bombers hit Kurile islands and New Guinea bases as part of a broader plan to eliminate Japanese strongholds on the Pacific flank of the Philippines. In India the three pronged Japanese drive targets supply routes north south and west to the Assam Bengal railroad feeding Stilwell’s forces in northern Burma toward China.
U S industry plans hundreds of millions in postwar reserves to switch to civilian production, rebuild plants, and fund layoffs. Major sums are set aside by firms like United States Steel, General Motors, General Electric, and others to buffer postwar readjustment while Byrnes calls for federal help to farmers and laid off workers, rapid contract settlements, and orderly surplus disposal.
March egg production reached 6.763 billion eggs, up 4 percent from a year earlier and 49 percent above the ten year average. Laying hens rose from March to 439,085,000, signaling ongoing gains in output. A new compact furnace design weighs 21 pounds and could heat a 20 room house using military aircraft technology though wood costs remain about 50.
The Agriculture Department predicts a winter wheat crop of 801,750,000 bushels for 1944 due to recent rains, with domestic supplies estimated at 1,190,000,000 bushels for 1944-45. Moisture shortfalls in western Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Colorado are offset by rain, while Nebraska reportedly needs precipitation.
Capt. Richard J. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin and Capt. Dori S. Gentile of Piqua Ohio broke Eddie Ricke backer's WWI mark by destroying 27 and 30 enemy aircraft respectively in combat. Bong scored his 27th on April 12 in the South Pacific while Gentile added to his total in Europe though some of his kills were on the ground.
Sgt James A Raley, 27, of Henderson Kentucky, was trapped in the tall section of a Flying Fortress that broke away during a bombing mission and plummeted 19,000 feet. The section landed on a tree top and he escaped with only a slight chin cut.
With conventions two months away, President Roosevelt leads with 203 pledged delegates of 236, while Gov. Dewey shows 148 pledged of 356. Nebraska results favor Roosevelt in votes, but Dewey draws heavy write-ins.
Congress is urged to approve a naval appropriations bill of 32.647 billion for the next fiscal year. By July 1945 the Navy plans 10,244 self-propelled ships 74,925 other craft including landing vessels and 37,735 airplanes. Navy personnel are projected at 3,857,000 and the Marine Corps to 478,000. AFL leaders Matthew Woll and David Dubinsky condemn Soviet expansion and a Poland-Germany territorial settlement as a danger to UN principles and global peace.
Petroleum Administrator Ickes warned that the black market in gasoline has grown to more than 2,500,000 gallons daily, sold illicitly with counterfeit Coupohis used widely. He said the best hope to raise civilian gas allowances lies in crushing the nationwide illegal traffic.
Washington reports an egg surplus threatens school lunch funding as War Food administration buys eggs to support farm prices while Congress may cut the program after July 1. The egg glut prompts worries about nutrition in poorer communities and the need for continued federal support for school meals.
Bankhage Gasoline reports war needs are eighty times higher than in the prior conflict. Dunkirk to now, over 14 million food packages reach British POWs in Europe via the Red Cross. Madrid law dictates half of outdoor ads space go to the Phalangists as Spain pursues totalitarian messaging. Labor safety target set: one million fewer accidents in the next year per Frances Perkins guidance.
Washington war chiefs clash over who controls industrial deferments and reconversion policy. Donald Nelson and Paul McNutt oppose Charley Wilson and Army Navy influence, while Big versus little business lines split. Also reports on Scoop Jackson’s furlough rule change for overseas departures.
A retired regular army officer remains under military law and can be tried by a court martial for violations of army regulations. The jurisdiction covers acts including contemptuous or disloyal words against the President of the United States at any time during the rest of his life.
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