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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1944
Page
2
A veteran editor recounts early struggles to syndicate a comic strip that faced rejection before success. The invention of a famed character, plus later careers in music and film, illustrate persistence amid gatekeeping and misfires in media.
Washington debates shoe leather policy as OPA and WPB clash over wax treatments. Bureau witnesses testify that paring wear by up to 14 percent with wax, while some manufacturers resist to protect profits. Navy and steel wage debates also surface amid wartime shortages and price controls.
Allied broadcasts report Finland seeking terms from the Soviet Union as Western nations parse the evolving war landscape. Pacific fronts show Japanese defensive posts faltering under renewed allied pressure.
Allied bombers struck Nazi war industries across Europe while US and British troops pressed the front from the Anzio beachhead to Casintano. Heavy raids targeted fighter factories as lighter planes attacked defense works in southern France and reinforcements arrived for mountain fighting.
Congress debated a plan allowing service members to use a blank federal ballot showing only party name if a state governor verifies it. Personnel would pledge to secure an absentee ballot for their state by October 1. The authors seek a compromise between strict state election laws and wartime conditions.
President Roosevelt calls the selective service to reexamine 5,000,000 deferments including 60,000 childless men on farms and 386,000 in defense plants. A medical commission reports physical standards should not be lowered to admit 4-Fs, arguing only about 250,000 could be inducted from the 3,337,000 present 4-Fs. Andrew J May urges lowering requirements and avoiding bias against illiteracy to meet needs.
General statements on Allied bombardment and territorial advances in the Pacific. Mentions MacArthur’s invasion of Admiralty Islands and ongoing pressure on Japanese strongholds. Describes Allied air and naval actions and Admiral Halsey stance on continued offensives against Japanese positions.
A Uruguayan deputy warned parliament that elements in Argentina and Brazil are preparing for possible clash as Col. Peron, sworn as war minister, consolidates power and pursues hemispheric unity. He and the Socialist party vow relations with friendly powers after Ramirez ouster, amid fear of American catastrophe.
A wartime forecast predicts speedboats reach higher speeds after the war with more powerful engines and streamlined hulls. Current record stands at seven miles per hour in 1982 and is expected to be surpassed as preparations and allocations support increased production. A Brazilian iron ore peak will supply iron for factories in the United States and Britain.
Federal meat production reached 1 405 000 000 pounds in February with storage plants full of meat stocks. OPA predicts housewives can buy about 10 percent more meat in March and April as pint cuts hit. National stockyards show cattle receipts at the second lowest since last July, with hog receipts declining into usual seasonal lows.
Amid 1944 labor shortages wage stabilization may freeze farm wages in many states. The War Food Administration division cites scarce labor and rising farm wages with risk of cannery workers being drawn to fields. John L Lewis blasts communists in CIO leadership while defending UMW and AFL reentry disputes.
Allied counterattacks relieve Japanese pressure on the Kdan divisions after weeks of intense fighting in Burma. Chinese and Allied forces push along the eastern border to open a supply route toward Chungking, while U.S. General Joseph Stilwell’s command helps stabilize the Nangkedauk pass and southern Burma advance.
Civil rights protests by Japanese Americans call for citizenship and equal protections including travel and settlement rights. The piece notes wartime policy struggles and the need to distinguish Japanese Americans from Japan. It reports Detroit and Cleveland factories ramping up truck production with February outputs and projected increases for civilian use under lend lease contracts.
Washington calls full employment a key postwar goal alongside peace in an official note by Chancellor Kingeley Wood. Critics argue big budget, 20 hour week plans repeat failed economic formulas, urging maintenance of profit incentives and steady profits to drive demand and employment.
This guide urges converting worn woolens into hooked and border rugs. It describes turning a moth-damaged dress, knee-broken trousers, and other scraps into a square rug and border motifs. It also offers steps for hats, laces, and furniture rework and provides contact for the book.
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