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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
1
Weekly news analysis notes MacArthur's units advancing toward a strategic encirclement in the Pacific. Reported aim to sever Japanese control and establish military governance in the region, while considering implications for broader postwar arrangements.
Europe battles intensify around Aachen as American and British forces tighten hold on the Rhineland while Hitler calls for guerrilla warfare. The U S Seventh Army advances toward the Vosges foothills and Belfort Gap as RAF and ground units press the Dutch border and Siegfried line. In the Pacific MacArthur lands on Leyte, severing Japanese forces from Luzon and Mindanao under a broad carrier and fleet-backed assault.
Frank Shriner of Chicago cast to the west fork near Hayward Wisconsin. A 335 foot musky bit the spoon twice, charged a third time and struck the boat. Shriner reeled in, the fish slammed the boat, then rolled upright, shook loose the spoon and swam away.
The Commodity Credit Corporation and cotton and wheat representatives agree on subsidies to help American farmers enter foreign markets at a profit. Details remain to be worked out and must pass state department and other agency approvals. The CCC would cover the gap between domestic and foreign prices to counter cheap imports. When cotton is on hand the CCC would sell it to exporters at markdowns, and a similar method would apply to wheat for export at bulk or flour, with the CCC reselling to shippers at an announced price.
Government agencies resist railroad rate requests and project sustained heavy traffic as the war shifts to western operations against Japan. Agricultural controls say continued high tonnage will accompany longer hauls to western ports and increased shipments to Atlantic ports for occupation forces and European rehabilitation.
The Civil Aeronautics board hearings on trans Atlantic routes outlined a new undeveloped 92 ton plane able to carry 128 passengers by day and 119 by night over 3500 miles at 288 mph with 2082 cubic feet cargo. Also listed is Lockheed Constellation, production as army transport, carrying 40 daytime and 30 nightly passengers at 322 mph, with the plane claiming an unofficial LA to DC speed record of 6 hours 68 minutes.
IF J Conley of Lincoln Electric Company in Cleveland proposes repairing the historic Liberty Bell to full ringing condition. The bell, housed in Independence Hall Philadelphia, cracked in 1835 proclaiming the death of Chief Justice John Marshall, and Conley suggests arch welding as the repair method.
A powerful hurricane moved from Havana Cuba into the Caribbean then along Florida’s west coast driving residents inland to churches and schools. It caused two Florida deaths, wiped out the state’s orange and grapefruit crops, and caused about 50 million dollars in damage.
Trade experts say home furnishings will reappear on retail shelves soon after the European conflict ends. First items expected include kitchenware such as openers dust pans washtubs scrubbing boards pots and pans and a wide variety of repair articles. Also early returns of irons are anticipated.
Underground observers report Nazi mass executions of slave labor from occupied countries, with Lublin as a leading example. Elsewhere, U.S. soldiers over 35 face demobilization gaps dubbed Lost Battalions, while Arkansas Congressman Hays praises Britain's postwar farm miracle and a new book by Wendell Berge analyzes cartel dangers to a free world.
A nostalgic editorial voice critiques American censorship in 1944, noting NBC censors blocking a March of Time dramatization of M Halgey’s Some of My Best Friends Are Soldiers. It recalls Wendell Willkie’s defense of free speech and parades a gallery of social critiques, from Axis prisoners to domestic intolerance, ending with a sobering anecdote about a new headwaiter’s fatal stroke.
Washington observers report broad partisan backing for Dumbarton Oaks postwar world formula. It envisions a Security Council under United Nations auspices, with five permanent members and rotating smaller states, capable of sanctions and actions but not waging war directly.
A hostess apron featuring a 20 inch heart of red organdie with white organdie ruffles is promoted as a conversation piece and gift idea. To obtain the complete cutting and finishing pattern Pattern No. 5783, send 18 cents in cash plus name address and the pattern number. Due to high demand and war conditions, orders may take longer to fill.
Quick cough relief recipe promotes a sugar syrup mix with Pinex sold by druggists. Combine 3 cups sugar and 1 cup water to form syrup then add 24 ounces Pinex to make a pint of medicine. Claims include soothing throat membranes, loosening phlegm, easing soreness, and easy breathing with money-back guarantee.
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