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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1943
Page
1
Western Newspaper Union reports on Nazi attacks damaging northern Italian port facilities to disrupt expected Allied amphibious operations. The United Nations discuss a unified relief plan while the United States releases current casualty figures from ongoing engagements.
In Italy the northern ports of Leghorn and Pescara were blocked by Nazi demolition squads to hinder Allied landings. General Clark on the Fifth Army front presses toward Mignano to open a path to Rome, facing rugged mountain fortresses and artillery on steep slopes. A U S British Russian and French committee will aid the Eisenhower relief plan, while Kenyon Joyce leads a new Allied Italian administration to integrate agriculture and industry. The relief drive calls for 48 million tons of supplies with the U S providing nearly 44% of needs in six months, funded by Congress. Herbert Lehman is slated as director general of the relief and rehabilitation administration.
General Douglas MacArthur forms U S forces to cut Japanese supply lines at Bougainville in the Solomons, placing Marines and troops along the route to Buin to disrupt rear operations and press the assault while Bougainville remains a key Solomons hold. U S casualties total 120,967 across army and navy with thousands killed wounded missing and prisoners. Army casualties include 12,841 killed and 30,263 wounded. navy casualties total 12,548 dead and 5,542 wounded.
Agriculture estimates place the 1943 corn crop at about 4.085 billion bushels with large late corn maturation across Iowa Missouri northwest Ohio and parts of Michigan and Indiana aided by favorable October weather and mild frosts. Other crops expected record highs include soybeans potatoes sugar beets and peanuts while hog markets in Chicago with over 60 000 hogs traded see floor prices around 13.75 per hundredweight amid ample supply and price supports.
Detroit Tigers head to Evansville Indiana for spring training as soft coal delivery rules are relaxed by Secretary Ickes. Under the revised rules dealers cannot sell coal to customers with more than 30 days supply. War Labor board raises pay for test pilot inspectors to about 410 dollars monthly with a four dollar hourly hazardous work bonus. A 580 carat diamond, likely the eighth largest, was found in Sierra Leone, British colony in West Africa.
Red troops advance on a 70 mile front west of recaptured Kiev driving against the railway while pressing attacks north toward Nevel near the Latvian border and south at Krivoi Rog. German forces retreating from the Dnieper bend hold an escape corridor as Russians mass for a major assault on eastern Crimea where 75,000 German troops are said to be entrenched guarding the Black Sea.
Despite higher synthetic rubber output expected at 818000 tons in 1944, only about 20 million tires will be produced for essential users such as cargo trucks taxis and farms. Civilians face tight supply due to military needs manpower limits fabricating capacity rayon cord shortages and reduced crude rubber imports. Rubber firms urge preserving tire carcasses and recapping, plus cautious driving and proper wheel alignment.
Dr Julius A Vogel of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania asserts he can grow penicillin at five cents a plateful in his home kitchen. As plant physician for Jones and Laughlin Steel, Vogel says doctors can mass produce on their own. He reports external infection cures in over twenty cases using his home prepared penicillin.
During the last year delinquency among girls rose 38 percent and boys 11 percent, says Katherine Lenroot head of the children's bureau. With 5 percent million women with children under 14 at work and many fathers in service, home supervision weakens contributing to delinquency. She notes more than one million more women will be needed in industry and cites lack of school facilities and rising child labor to five million as factors. She says little juvenile delinquency would exist if children were treated as an emergency like armament production.
British lend-lease aid to the United States reached over one billion dollars by last June with most support in facilities for American forces in the U K. Excluding food front line costs and shared battle experience, total aid to Britain alone neared 4 5 billion by August. A separate forecast says private construction will total about 2 5 to 2 75 billion dollars in 1947 1951 with residential activity peaking before 1950 and a mid 1950s dip, while commercial and industrial construction exceed a billion annually 1947 51.
Washington notes a government sale of five million cases of eggs to ease civilian needs, with War Food and OPA clashing over price and storage value. The debate questions incentives for dealers, while fuel shortages prompt coupon rationing talk and a push toward coal and oil adjustments amid limited time to act.
A lively collage of New York City sights and social quirks, from Park Avenue landmarks and Radio City to Chinatown and Harlem, interwoven with wartime notes. It mentions LaGuardia, Gurillo’s view of urban life, the OWI’s radio propaganda triumphs, and a joke about Groucho Marx and Rubinstein plus musical greats at the Hollywood Bowl.
Reporter Doris Fleenon recalls the Schweinfurt bombing mission, detailing base routines and briefing secrecy, the nerve and fear of crews, and the 2 1/2 hour battle with German fighters. It captures the airbase atmosphere, Major Harding’s orders, and crews sharing experiences to aid future missions.
A discarded frost jarring keeps flower pots from marring window sills. Colorful tie-backs can be made with celluloid poultry rings. A wet sponge in a jar of paste prevents drying. Brass items like buttons and buckles stay shiny if coated with colorless nail polish. Colorless nail polish also protects bottle labels.
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