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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1943
Page
1
Allied bombers concentrate attacks on enemy airfields and communications as Japanese forces retreat in New Guinea. Civilians are to receive 75 percent of the food supply, with government reports outlined in a weekly analysis column.
Allied air forces bombed Foggia and 10 auxiliary airfields in southern Italy as part of a broad campaign to disrupt Axis troop movements for the invasion. RAF raids on Berlin were reported to have caused 12,000 deaths, 50,000 wounded, and 600,000 homeless.
President Roosevelt told Congress that lend-lease aid totals 14 billion dollars with Great Britain receiving 4.3 billion Russia 2.3 billion and Africa Middle East and Mediterranean nations 1.3 billion China India Australia and New Zealand also 1.3 billion. He said the act shows the United States seeks no new war debts to threaten the coming peace.
Gen Douglas MacArthur directs air strikes along the northeastern New Guinea coast targeting Japanese supply barges in Salamaua area. Allied forces push toward Salamaua gates as Japanese defenders regroup after jungle retreat. Tokyo claims sunk ships and aircraft since June 30, but Allied confirmation is lacking.
The FBI arrested four people on wartime espionage charges, ending a four year investigation. The ring operated in principal war industry centers with Grace Buchanan Dineen named as a key pivot. Dineen, a 34 year old French Canadian, was reportedly caught spying in Germany before arriving in the United States in October 1941.
The government announced that Americans will have less food for the next ten months than in 1942-43 but similar to 1935-39. Civilians will receive 75 percent of the total supply, the Army 13 percent, lend-lease 10 percent, and territories and special needs 2 percent. Servicemen eat about 5% pounds daily versus civilians 3% pounds, equating to roughly 414 million extra people in consumption terms.
Since July the Commodity Credit Corporation has sold over 69 million bushels of wheat for feed, averaging 50 million monthly, while government purchases to restock run about 14 million per month. Much grain arrives by rail from Canada via the Dakotas, with plans for shipment through the Pacific Northwest. If demand stays strong and sales exceed purchases, up to 200 million bushels of the 1942 crop on farms under loans could be called before maturity.
Eight members of the War Labor Board joined to vote against approving a wage contract between Illinois coal operators and the United Mine Workers. The agreement would have granted miners $1.25 daily for underground travel. The four labor members opposed the underground travel pay but supported time and a half for over 35 hours weekly, higher vacation payments, and 25 cents daily for certain free equipment and services. The WLB said miners must sue to collect underground payment claims under the wages and hour law.
The American Jewish Congress reports a drastic decline in Europe’s Jewish population from 8 300 600 to about 3 300 000. The total vanished equals five million, with about three million dead, 1 800 000 moved into Soviet Russia, and 180 000 emigrated to various locations.
The French Committee of National Liberation based in Algiers is recognized by the United States, Britain, and Russia as an administrative agency until France can choose a government. De Gaulle and Giraud factions have unified under De Gaulle, with Giraud as military head, but authority remains under Allied military command in North Africa and the Near East. In Russia, Red forces press the Donetz basin, Kharkov, and Zenkov, while Germans retreat.
President Roosevelt told about 30,000 Canadians in Ottawa that free council action can advance world progress and Freedom from want. He urged building rather than destroying and rejected cynicism about the four freedoms and Atlantic Charter. A separate Hawaii case saw Judge Metzger clash with military governor Robert Richardson Jr over habeas corpus for two German-descended naturalized citizens, who were held since Pearl Harbor without hearings. Charges claimed military security allowed denial of writs. Representative Eberharter defended War Relocation Authority and noted released Japanese still faced questions of loyalty. he said food costs in centers averaged 40 cents daily.
Provincetown Cape Cod reports a torpedoed ship survivors rescue with wardens and Civilian Defense Red Cross care. Boston Cocoanut Grove fire response praised as a medical milestone with plasma transfusions. Ohio tornadoes mobilize 6000 C D workers for rescue relief. Detroit riots tested defense volunteers and blood program. Anderson Indiana WERS radio units protect a levee and coordinate flood response.
Washington reports that U S air forces now mount the most extensive and toughest operations against Germany. Paratroopers in Sicily delayed Nazi divisions the night before landings, while Emil Ludwig urges postwar German occupation with split states and foreign guardianship to prevent future militarism.
North Africa frontline memories from a First Armored Division tank commander recount five months of combat. He describes battles against French, Italians, and three German panzer divisions, the harsh climate, and the learning curve from training to real warfare. He notes dives by Stukas, heavy artillery, and the dangers of open radios, plus a tense encounter with German signals and a decisive tactic against a Mark IV.
Uncle Phil remarks that imagination fuels half the troubles and Haws fuel the rest as egotists collide. He notes worry shifts to new matters tomorrow and stubbornness reduces yes men. A gem is ruined by poor setting, art endures though brief, and misfortune reveals a person’s true character.
A Pennsylvania electrical engineer found hay fever relief after a salty corn meal mush meal stopped his symptoms. Dr E E Selleck, Columbia graduate, developed a chlorine group based remedy Nakamo Bell with the Hallings Smith Co Orangeburg NY taking over production. A three day clinic showed relief within ten minutes for most patients ages ten to sixty.
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