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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
2
Brenda Frasier Welly, guest of William Vanderbilt in Florida, dropped a $25 000 sapphire ring while fishing. The ring sank in shallow aqua, eluded retrieval for four days, and a diver was hired to recover it. The tale blends social notes with fashion talk and a chorus of contemporary cultural references.
Washington officials privately warned that Germany could fold before summer, while public stance favored a long war. The piece details a broad offensive plan across Europe, air attacks, and combined invasions from Tunisia and Italy, with end dates debated among experts. It also covers military mail realities, veterans administration expansion, reconversion ambitions, and internal Washington rivalries shaping postwar industry plans.
Selective Service halted most occupational deferments for 18 to 21 year olds with exceptions for agriculture while high school students may complete studies. College deferments are reduced to critical fields like medicine and dentistry, with a cap on science majors. Estimates show large numbers becoming eligible for induction though actual drafts fall short. Russia proposed new postwar frontiers along lines of prewar Poland, signaling boundary disputes and regional shifts as German forces resist and Allied movements loom in western Europe.
Europe reports say huge Allied forces mass in Britain as invasion nears. German reconnaissance hints at pincers on the continent. In the west US firepower hits German supply lines, targeting Sofia and rail hubs to Romania and Yugoslavia, while advancing through stubborn defenses.
President Roosevelt urged swift enactment of an eight labor draft as part of a broad wartime program to ensure essential services and war production. Bills aim to curb profits and rewrite war contracts, while price supports and wage controls continue. The Senate preserved the 1 percent Social Security payroll tax, with leaders arguing it protects solvency and saves about 1 million dollars annually versus a higher rate.
Georgia passes a bill to mail registration forms and ballots to soldiers overseas after they apply, with servicemen returning completed forms and ballots by mail. The measure aims to simplify voting for about 250 008 Georgia service members, following five days of debate and swift endorsement by Governor Elda Arnall. West Virginia previously used a system sending ballots for registered servicemen.
A 3 percent drop in individual incomes was recorded in Moyember versus Orin ber as the commerce department notes. November figures, however, rose 16 percent or about 12 billion dollars above November 1942 totals, with total income for 1943 estimated at 42 billion dollars. Baby carriage restrictions are eased by WPB as steel supply improves, with 690000 metal carriages projected for the year if steel remains available.
Regional CCC loans covered 127 277 698 bushels of wheat in 3945, down from 304 297 684. stored wheat was estimated at 43 585 781 bushels with 3 641 007 in warehouses. An emergency allotment of 29 000 tons of soybean meal was issued to ease storm area conditions in the Southwest. Hog embargo looms as 57 000 hogs sold in Chicago with 770% holdover as buyers and price shifts affect markets.
A chaotic act in a restructured Italian regime sees Benito Mussolini and the fascist leadership move to purge rival figures. The Duce’s son-in-law Count Galeazzo Ciano and ten others are executed for plotting to overthrow the old regime. Four more council members die in the early hours after a lengthy debate. 13 are condemned in absentia, including Count Dino Grand. Ciano’s influence and marriage to Mussolini’s daughter Edda figure in the unfolding power drama, with no intervention from Mussolini or Edda.
Japanese defenses on Cape Gloucester resist Allied advances as US Marines engage in heavy jungle combat aided by artillery and tanks. Australian units push north along the coast to link with JS forces while Japanese machine gun and mortar fire slow the drive. Many troops have endured long postings since last April as ground support and supply lines continue under difficult conditions.
Reported in Mona han Texas a 1M year old Negro girl allegedly bore an 8 pound baby girl through natural delivery. The child reportedly did not understand what happened beyond guidance from her physician Br J E Conk. The account notes the young mother wished to continue playing with other children despite the birth.
The president ordered that members of Congress cannot serve as soldiers or sailors, following a conference with the attorney general. The Constitution forbids holding legislative and military roles simultaneously, affecting two representatives: Henry M. Jackson of Washington now in a tank destroyer unit, and Albert Gore of Tennessee stationed at Camp Shelby.
A Western Newspaper Union piece argues the New Deal is obsolete, pressed by wartime needs and a shifting world order led by Russia. It predicts major policy changes, noting potential easing of isolationism and a move toward discipline to curb juvenile delinquency amid a transforming global balance of power. It also speculates on Stalin and Churchill roles and a debt-laden West after a Russian-led victory.
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