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February 10, 1944
NEWS ANALYSIS
:~story's Biggest Naval Bombardment
|Precedes Major Action on Marshalls;
|Russians Surge Onward Toward Baltic;
Fat, Oil Allotments Decreased
/8 NOTE: When opinions nre expressed In these columns, they are those st
per Union's news sn~lysts ~nS not neoessnrUr of this newspaper.)
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
SO|omons---Marines plod through heavy mud during operations
tBalnst last big Jap base of Bougainviile in Solomons.
]IFIC:
iJops Crumbling
With stalwart U. S. doughboys
at other positions in the
from beachheads they es-
in the very heart of the
Jap forces slowly relin-
theft- grip on these mid-
strongholds menacing Allied
~tPPly lines to the Philippines.
In attacking the Marshalls after
greatest naval bombardment in
history, American troops were
~ttt ashore on one of the most im-
Portant of the islets making up the
From here, the doughboys
their guns on the biggest
base and the best submarine
~nseaplane station in the whole
d cluster.
With the memory of strong Jap
~rtiflcafions of Tarawa in the Gil-
rts still in mind, the U. S. spared
I~e of the firepower of its navy or
to smash at enemy instal-
in the Marshalls before
clambered ashore. But de-
'the terrific battering, Jap units
up the fight when doughboys
again making it no picnic.
i :tsmmmkers Agree
1%IHng far short of the adminis-
request for 10½ billion dol-
ew taxes, a conference com-
~nittee of senators and congressmen
~greed on raising 2 billion 300 rail.
o~, to bring 1944 revenue to about
~4 biRi~n dollars.
~oro than a billion dollars of the
~tew taxes would be collected on
higher levies for goods and services,
Sew rates amounting to 1 cent for
'~very 5 cents admission charge,
~k) Pet gallon of 100 proof liquor; $8
l~er barrel of beer, 20 per cent on
~urs, |ewelry and luggage, 15 per
~-ut on transportation, and in-
~.reased rates on club dues. bowling
4flleys and pool tables. The tax on
cosn~etics would be raised to 20 per
~ent.
mail rates would be raised to
ee~ts, 3 cent stamps would be re-
~l~ired on local mail deliveries, and
~arges would-be increased on
~.O.D., registered and insured mail,
~d on money orders.
By abolishing the earned income
• redit and deductions for payment
~f federal excise taxes, the lawmak-
• .rS figured on raising 600 million in
~tdditional income taxes. Another 500
~Ulllion would be raised by increas-
tug the excess profits tax from 90
~o 95 per cent.
RUSSIA:
Near Baltic
C~urning deeply into Nazi lines,
]Red troops pressed onto the borders
• f the Baltic states of Estonia and
latvia, while in the Ukraine 400
~Llem to the south, heavy fighting
~m~tinued in fluctuating counterat-
~cks.
Russians surged toward the nar-
~0w belts of land making up Estonia
~md Latvia on the Baltic sea coasts
•fler roiling the Nazis back from
around Leningrad and seizing con-
of the large network of rail-
toads in the area, including the dou-
ble track running to Moscow.
~-mploying upwards of 250,000 men
the Redo hammered big dents in the
~an lines, forcing enemy re-
heats w/th the threat of enehtcle-
tx~ent from the rear.
Having given ground before Get,
counterattacks ~ miles from
the Rumanlan border, the Reds
struck back both to the east and west
this reff,~ chewing into enemy
b~,d intense artillery and
tank ere,
HIGHLIGHTS •
]I'~CI]LIJ~: When it becomes
blelatlftll enough, penicillin' may re-
Dhce sulfa drugs in dental practice.
LONG WAIT. Twenty.six years
• t~rw~rd, a Bloomin~on, IlL, vet-
i~ ~ has been notified that he has
been awarded the Purple Heart. He
wounded" by shell fragments at
France, September 5,
Since then he has undergone
EUROPE:
Nutcracker Closing
The big A11ied nutcracker in south-
ern Italy slowly closed on embattled
Nazi troops below Rome, while U. S.
and British bombers hammered
away at the enemy's defense instal-
lations end supply centers in north-
western Europe.
Despite bitter German resistance,
U. S. and French forces chewed
deeper into the Nazis' network of
pillboxes and barbed wire around
the mountain stronghold of Cassius,
about 40 m/los south of the Allies'
invasion beaches near Rome. With
supplies pouring onto the sandy
beachheads, U. S. and British troops
organized their strengtl~ for sharp
thrusts at the enemy's eommunlca-
tion lines feeding their forces at
Cassius, but encountered bitter op-
position.
Although Berlin again came in for
a major share of ALlied bombing in
northwestern Europe, the whole in-
vasion coast was peppered with ex-
plosives designed to cripple the long
string of concrete and steel defense
posts. Reports indicated that the
Germans were pulling seasoned
troops out of Russia to reinforce Jut-
land, the closest land approach to
Berlin.
FOOD SUPPLY:
~orld Prospects
With food production here at its
peak and overseas demands increas-
ing, the U. S. may
~~ have to go along on
~ ........ ~ smaller supplies in
'~::~ii 1944, Secretary of
~ii Agriculture Claude
?~) Wickard declared.
~!~ Of our Allies,
Great Britain should
~i~i~{ maintain her pres-
.->: ::;::::., ent nutritional
standards because
~;~ of increased home
Claude Wickard production and an
improvement in the
shipping situation, Wickard said, but
he was less optimistic of Russia, re-
porting that with the Germans oc-
cupying its rich agricultural regions
earlier in 1943 the country now faced
aetual starvation.
Although Germany is better off
than it was during World War L
cond/tions have further deteriorated
throughout the rest of Europe, Wick-
ard said. Japan's control over East
Asia gives her a rich source of food-
stuffs, but their availability to the
homeland is restricted by the en-
emy's shipping facilities, Wickard
pointed out.
Less Fats, Oils
Civilian allotments of fats and oils
in 1944~ will average less than last
~earo the War Food
administration un- • .......... .~.
der Marvin Jones
announced.
Approx/mately 21
per cent of the na-
tion's supply will be
shipped to U. S. alo
lies, it was report-
ed, with Russia and
Great Britain re-
ceiving 16.3 per cent
of the totaL Marvin Jones
Under the allot-
ments, each U. S. civilian will get
about 43.9 pounds of butter, lard,
shortenings and other otis and mar-
garine, compared with 46.5 pounds
last year, and 46.8 pounds in 1942.
Allotments for cooking otis and
vegetable oil shortenh~s will aver-
age 14.$ pounds per person as com-
pared with 16.4 pounds in 1943. and
13.9 pounds of lard as against ItS
pounds,
is the week'g ~ews ]
O
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ALUMINUM: Stimulated by war
needs, production of aluminum has
reached enormous proportions com-
pared with prewar standards. Pro-
duction capacity Is SO great that the
light metal may be used as a sub-
stttute for steel. Aluminum parts
could ba used in automobileS, farm
machinery, refrigerators, washing
machines, window sash, and simi-
lar articles.
THE GOLDEN VALLEY NEWS
LIFE INSURANCE:
Claims Mount
Deaths of men "in military service
and the effects of stress and strain
on the civilian population have ccn-
tributed to a 16 per cent rise in life
insurance benefits since 1939.
During the same period, however,
there has been an increase of 22 per
cent of insurance in force to a rec-
ord of 139 billion dollars, with wom-
en, recently employed accounting for
many of the new policies.
Because of this increase in the
total amount of Life insurance out-
standing, the mortality rate has been
about the same as in 1939, and lower
than in any year prior to 1938. In
1943, 1 billion 100 million do~':~,'s was
paid out in claims.
IVar Casualties
U. S. war casualties so far total
146,186, with 33,153 dead, 33,167 miss-
ing, 49,518 wounded and 29,8~r8 pris-
oners.
Army casualties number 109,434,
divided among 17,480 killed, 24,806
missing, 41,533 wotmded and 25,615
prisoners.
The navy reported 36,752 casual-
ties, of whom 15,673 were killed,
8,811 missing, 7,985 wounded and
4,283 prisoners.
O~ the 2,000 prisoners who died in
enemy camps, most were under Jap-
anese control, it was reported.
Baby Smaller
When 6 pound 5 ounce Paulette
Matthes was born a year ago in
Chicago, doctors held little hope for
her life. But Paulette recently cele-
brated her first birthday, although
weighing 3 ounces less titan at birth
In a case that i~s baffled physicians.
Twenty-two inches long, little
Paulette can only digest a little of
formnl~ mad water, and she has re-
qulred so much care th~ her moth-
er has scarcely slept since her
birth. The Matthes also have s
thriving young son, Ron~Id, 4.
PRESSURE COOKERS:
400,000 Authorized
Because more and more home-
makers have taken to canning to
avert shortages of fruits and vege-
tables in off seasons, the War Pro-
duction board has authorized manu-
facture of 400,000 aluminum pres-
sure cookers during' the first six
months of 1944.
Although 339,000 pressure canners
were made from carbon steel last
year, use of aluminum was banned
in January of 1942. Because of a
shortage of capacity for fabricating
aluminum, none will be available for
manufacture of other kitchen uten-
sils.
Under WPB plans, the new alumi-
num pressure cookers will not be
ratiobed and will be offered for sale
without restriction. Three-fifths of
U. S. families canned last year, it
has been estimated, with an average
per family of 165 jars or cans.
When Private Floyd Steward of
San Pedro, Calif.. plunged into a
watery shell bole in North Africa
during a bombing raid and came up
with a baby monkey, It was one of
the best moves he ever made.
Private Steward's constant com-
panion after that, the monkey found
grapes and berries for him when he
was lost in the wild country for
days; elmttered noisily when he and
14 other soldlers were about to drink
from & poisoned waterhole, and by
loud yelping, directed rescuers to
the spot where he had been buried
under debris by an exploding shell.
DEBTS:
Consumers Cut Total
At the end of 1943, Americans
could look beyond to postwar mar-
kets to more possible spending, fol-
lowing reduction of consumer in-
debtedness by 1 billion, 200 million
dollars during the last year because
of continued goods shortages.
Installment loans also showed a 25
per cent slump for the year, and
charge accounts were cut. but only
by 15 million dollars.
At the end of 1943, automobile
redit outstanding was one-third of
the total of 1942.
lVarns Farmers
A 15 per cent increase in land
prices since 1942 reflects a threaten-
ing spoculative spree, Governor A.
G. Black of the Farm Credit ad-
ministration warned.
Declaring that form land in the
Central West and parts of the South
was selling 20 to 30 per cent above
federal land bank appraisals, Cover-
nor Black said some buyers were
courting disaster /f they could not
reduce mortgages to an amount that
could be carried by normal earn-
tugs.
spurring demandS, Governor Black
said, are a large number of city
ople with large incomes, who have
bP~een money into ~arm
putting
their
land.
VETS' MD
It is estimated that ~0,0~0 beds
will be needed by 1949 to cara ~or
veterans of this and previous wars.
As hospitalization is now open to all
men and women of the armed forces,
whether their disability is service-
connected or not, Brig. Gen. Frank
Hines, veterans' administrator-' e.x-
pecta to have training camP ~acm-
ties turned over to him for conver-
zion into hospital accommodations.
Few of the injuries and ailments
for which servicemen receive gov-
ernment care are battle canna/ties.
It's An Art
To Spend Money
Somehow, it's a lot more fun to spend
money now, in the good old winter-
time. Maybe that's because we spend
more of it on living-and less on just
keeping alive.
There's only one catch! The money
we have to spend doesn't ever go
quite far enough. It's so easy to
spend it all, and then some, before
another harvest really starts .
unless we take a tip from the stores
and learn to budget our buying, and
buy more for less.
How? Well, one step in the fight
direction is to watch the advertise-
ments like a hawk, going through
your newspaper every time it ar-
fives, to find things you need now or
will need very soon.
If you haven't formed that habit,
start now. You'll be surprised how
many extra-good buys you'll dis-
cover at every reading! How much
more you get and how much less you
spend!
That's why stores run advertise.
ments-to tell you of special chances
to buy fine things at advantageous
prices. It's to your defr~te advan.
rage to stop, look, listen, and ACT!
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