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November 18, 1943 .............. ~ THE GOLDEN VALLEY NEWS PAGE REVEN
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Allied Drive Through Italy Is Slowed
By Hard Fighting and Stout Defenses;
U. S. Campaign for Rabaul Threatens
Entire Jap Southwest Pacific Position
~ DITOR'8 NOTE : When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those bf
estern Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Attention in the South Pacific is focused on the great Jap naval base
i of Rabaul on New Britain island, which U. 8. air forces hav~ pounded
'4~rom New Guinea on the west and the Solomons on the east.
iITALY:
" ..Fight ~or Main Road
With their artillery commanding
• the mountain heights, German troops
iletOUght doggedly to seal off a pass
adlng into the long, level corridor
~to Rome.
Complicating the Fifth army's
,"task to break through, was steady
Ta~ which muddied the country. A
lueeusion of German eounterat.
i ware des ed to U S
"4mdBr, British groupings for eo~cen.
~rated assaults against Nazi posts.
To the east, the British Eighth
~army picked its way slowly over ~he
~nountainous e4mtral sector, with
~8trong German armored format/ons
hold~g it off on the fiat coastal
stretches of the Adriatic.
t S~ppmg ~n~
As a result of Italy's surrender,
'the Allies have coma into control
,of 170,000 tons of merchant ship-
~p~ and 149 warships, besides many
4nnaller craft.
Adding to this hlp-hammer blow
zgalnst the Axis sea strength, was
the destruction of 527,000 tons of en-
e~n~y shipping in the Mediterranean,
~ostly by submarines.
While the enemy was being lam-
~ basted, 22,528,485 tons of Allied xner-
chant shipping reached North Afri-
dan ports, including Casablanca.
~Losses in action totaled 1~ per cent
~f the total tonnage.
, AGRICULTURE :
Less Cotton
On the basis of condRions prevail.
tug November 1, the department of
agriculture estimated a 1943 cotton
crop of 11,442,000 bales of 500.pounds
each, compared with 12,824,000
ibales last year, and a 10-year aver-
-age of 12,474,000 bales.
Yield per acre was set at 253.4
Dounds of lint cotton. The average
ilast year was 272 5 pounds, and for
i|0 years, 217.0 pounds.
i For Texas the 1943 crop was esti.
•nated at 2,825,000 bales; Mississippi,
i~'~0,000; Arkansas, 1,090,000; Ala-
!~ama, 950,000; Georgia, 845000;
aria, 745,000; South Carolina,
~0,000; North - Carolina, 610,000;
!T.e~essee, f~0,0~0; Oklahoma, 375,-
t~; California, 360,000; Missouri~
~,~0; Arizona, 141,000; New Mex-
'leo, 116,000; Virginia, 25,000; and
Florida, I~,000.
As of November 1, 0,061,252 run-
bales of cotton of this year's
~4grOwth had been ginned.
~, S. Fat Supplies
About 44 POunds of fats and oils
'will be available for civilians dur-
• lug the next year, compared with 47
.~POt~tds in 1943, the War Food admin-
,~Stratlc~ announced in revealing that
~total U. S. needs will approximate
II,700,000,000 pounds.
Of this vast amount, the U. S. will
~ffroduee 11,300,000,000 pounds, or 90
Per cent of the total, and 1,100,000.000
ImUuds will be imported. -
Of the 8,000,000,000 pounds silo-
-eaSed for food, civilians will get 70
Per cent of the supply, while the
army will receive 9 per cent. The
remaining 21 per cent wilt be divld-
~d between exports, lend-lease and
requirements for fe~ling liberated
~oUntries.
Industrial users will be allotte~
~,600,000,000 pounds, wi~ 2,100,000,-
(}00 POUnds going into soap and gly-
cerine productior~ About 660,000,000
Im~.~ Will be allocated for civilian
:.~ma m/litary paints, varnishes, lino-
~r~The remainder will be used
m~leants, printing inks, leather
textile processing.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC:
Focal Point
Two years ago Johnny Doughboy
never heard of RabauL
Today, this great port on New
Britain island is the focal point of
the U. S. drive in the Southwest
Pacific, with hundreds of bombers
soaring over. it to dump tons of ex-
plosives on the ships lying in its
waters and the planes parked on its
many airdromes.
With Rabaul lost, the Japs might
as well pull up their stakes in the
area to the northeast of Australia.
Today, not only does it block any
general move the U. S. might make
northward to the Philippines and
Japan, b~ it also ,acts as feeder
point for barges su1~lying New
Guinea and the Solomons.
Using such barges which can car-
ry from 35 to 150 troops, the Japs
reinforced their embattled forces on
Bousainville island, their last strong-
hold in the Solomons from which
U. S. Doughboys fought to expel
them.
HITLER:
'Fight to Finish'
Declaring that "the last battle will
bring the decision, and it will be
won by the people
with the greatest
persistency," Adoif
Hitler broadcast to
the world Germany's
resolution never to
give in at the llth
hour.
But speaking in-
London one day lat-
er, Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
said Germany was
doomed to defeat in
1944, in a campaign
that will be the most
severe and costly in
life experienced by
the Allies. Adolf Hitler
In 1918, Hitler
said: "Germany's final collapse was
due less' to force of arms than to
destructive propaganda . The
people were simple... The leaders
were weaklings . . ." Claiming that
Nazi war production had risen de-
spite persistent bombings, Hitler
said civilian~ suffered most from Al-
lied air raids, but vengeance would
be wreaked on England. ".. , We
cannot reach America..." he said.
Because of their disturbing effect
on enemy morale, Allied bombings
are one of the prime forces against
Hitler's regime, Churchill said. "The
back of the U-boat campaign has
been broken," he asserted.
WORLD RELIEF:
Planned by Allies
To rebuild shattered Europe afterl
the war and relieve the privations]
of its people, 44 United Nations[
signed an agreement establishing an[
organization to conduct the work. /
Supplies needed for the undertak-[
ing will be contributed by participat-
ing nations, and of the 46 million
tons of food, seed° fuel clothing,
raw materials, machinery and med-
ical items that will be required dur-
ing the first six months after the
war, the U. S. will furnish 9~ mil-
lion tons, Great Britain 3V~ million,
Europe 29 million and other regions,
4 million.
Money required for U. S. partiel-
~patinn mu~t be appropriated by con-
tress. Plans call for putting the
distressed people back on their fee~
then gradually withdrawing support
as they restore their own economy
to the prewar levels.
I H~ L GHTS J
LH G I . . . ~. the week's news
• C~ Stocks, bonds POBT OFFICE: Revenues of the
un rumors po~al department have passed the
~tt " Shares ~ one billion dollars a year mark for
fell from ~ the first time in history. For the 1~
rallying. Low munti~ ending September 30, total
income was $I,00~000,000, Poet.
master General Walker revtml~
totaled
LABOR:
Lewis Sets Example
John L. Lewis' success in obtain-
ing a~.da{ly wage increase of $1.50
for his United Mine Workers seem-
ingly has shaken other labor leaders
from their reluctant compliance
with the administration's "Little
Steel Formula" for holding pay
boosts to within 15 per cent of 1941
levels.
Representing 900.000 members,
the executi~'e committee of the CIO's
United Stee] Workers decided to de-
mand higher wages, with the ex-
act extent yet to be determined. It
was in awarding the steel workers
a raise of 44 cents daily two years
ago, that the War Labor board de-
veloped its hotly contested wage for-
mula.
While the steel workers made
their move, spokesmen for 1,100,000
non-operating railroad union em-
ployees rejected the government's
offer of graduated pay increases
ranging from 10 cents an hour for
all wages less than 47 cents an hour,
to 4 cents an hour for wages of 97
cents and over per hour.
Oppose ~orkers' Dra/t
Solution of manpower shortages in
different areas through co-operative
efforts of labor-managen~ent-agricul-
ture committees ihstead of draft
legislation, was recommended by
union, business and farm leaders
in a special report to War Man-
power Commissioner Paul V. Mc-
Nutt.
To get community programs op-
erating, it was recommended: L
There be surveys of manpower sup-
plies; 2. Determination of local ur-
gency for products and services; $.
Supveys of needs of employers; 4.
ConlroP.ed flow of awailabie man-
power to shortage areas.
The report stated that large num-
bers of workers have yet to be trans-
ferred to essential industry. Longer
working hours in some instances,
and increased recruitment of wom-
en workers, also were suggested.
o- s s
Intent on flying, Emil ~ an~
$olm Gander were sworn into tim
army air corps at Hamilton, Mont.
• s •
!
RUSSIA:
New' Europe
On the northern front, Russian
troops stood within 20 miles of the
old Polish border, while it was re-
ported that the Germans were mo-
bilizing all able-bodied men in
Estonia and Latvia to help in a last
ditch fight for these states command-
ing the Baltic sea route.
To the west of fallen l~ev, the
Reds moved on the last railroad
linking German armies in the north
with those to the south.
On the southern front, German
forces still held their ground at Kri-
vet Rog and Nikopol, guarding their
general retreat from the big
Dnieper river bulge. Near the
mouth of the Dniep~r on the Black
sea, the Reds wer~ only about I00
miles from Rumaffla.
Some 75,000 Nazi troops holding
the strategic Crimea peninsula
which guards the Black sea routes,
tried to reduce Russian concentra-
tions on its eastern shore.
CIVILIAN GOODS:
More Forks, Spoons
To extend the life of flatware, the
War Production board has author-
ized the release of small quantities
of nickel for plating under silver and
chrome knives, forks and spoons. At
the same time. WPB allowed pur-
chase of alloy steel from distressed
stocks for use in manufacturing
restaurant and institutional flatware.
To bolster dwindling stocks of in-
tents' and children's hosiery and un-
derwear, the WPB granted priori-
ties on necessary yarns for produc-
tion of such goods.
Priorities will cover cotton knit.
Sing yarns for use in making infants'
ribbed hose. sizes 3 to 5½; infants'
half socks and anklets, 3 to 8zA;
children's half socks, 5 to 7~, and
and ~ hose to 9~; boys' crew
and slack socks, 7 to 11½, and boys'
golf hose, 7 to 11½.
• •
Having evidently collided with a
lightning flash, 300 wild geese fell
from the sky near Galena, Me.
• $ •
DEMOBILIZATION:
British Plans
Release of soldiers only when em-
ployment is available is being
studied by the British government,
along with plans for holding work-
ers in war jobs until conversion to
civilian production is completed.
To assure new industries of ade-
quate labor supplies, the government
is considering controlling employ-
merit, so as to prevent any rush into
old, established lines.
The government's present inten-
tion is to start demobilization as
soon as the European fighting ends,
but it recognizes that many troops
will be needed for occupation of the
continent, and many more will be
shifted to the Pacific for the war
against Japan.
BALL PLAYER
Spurgeon Ferdinand ("Spud")
Chandler, Yankee pitcher, was
named most valuable player in the
American league, by the Baseball
Writers' association. He won ~0
games and dropped four during the
season. In the series, he pitched
the first and last games, winning
both.
Previously, the association had
voted Stan Musial, Cardinal, most
valuable man
o
0LLIE NEWS
Mrs. Joe Baker, Reporter
Mr. and Mrs. Art Hartse andI Mrs. Everett Plummet
family of Carlyle were Sunday lword from her son, James, st~Un~
guests at the Percy Bryson home. I he is stationed in England
Cecil Plummer accompanied Lee likes It there.
Roy Moline of Baker to Ollle Tues- The community gave a dancin~
day evening and visited his mother, party at the hall Saturday evenin~
Miss Dolores Rustad spent the Mrs. Everett Plummer, for se~'eral
weekend at the Arnold Beach farm. hours before returning to Baker.
John Stromme left Wednesday
for Elk River, Minn. to Join Mrs.
Stromme, where they will remain
indefinitely. Mr. and Mrs. Law-
rence Morrison are taking care of
their farm during their absence.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Plummer en-
tertained at dinner ~unday in
honor of Sgt. Victor Berg the fol-
lowing people: Mr. and. Mrs. El-
mer Wang and sons, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Theomke and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs Everett Plumm8r and
daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. Berg
and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rost of
Belfleld spent the weekend at
the Christ Rost home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rost and
Clayton spent Sunday at the Allie
Ferrel home on Cabin Creek.
Mrs. John Schlect stayed with
Mrs. Tommy Ferrel at Baker from
Monday until Wednesday while
under a doctor's care.
Pfc. Clayton Rost arrived at the
home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Rost Wednesday from Fort
Ord, Calif., ~o spend his furlough.
Miss Marjorie Nelson and Stanley
Nelson were. Saturday night and
Sunday guests at the Joe Baker
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Theomke and
daughter of Beach were overnight
guests at the Pat Plmnmer home
Saturday.
Miss Nina Dell Fisk stayed at
~the Claud Baker home last week
to attend school while the roads
were too bad to go home.
Sgt. Victor Berg, who has been
stationed at a camp in Mississippi,
arrived home Tuesday on furlough
to visit relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Knudtson and
sons moved into the Norman Rost
house in town, which they recently
purchased.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Perry
of Cabin Creek are the parents of
a baby boy, born November 4th
at the Baker hospital.
Mr. and ~Irs. Byron Hudson and
family of Baker spent Friday at
the Bert Hudson home. Marie
remained in Ollie to vislt- a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. George Rustad
motored to_Beach Sunday morning
to meet their son, Ralph, who
arrived by bus to spend his fur-
lough with them. He has been
stationed at an Army camp in
Oregon.
The Farmers Union held a busio
ness meeting at the schoolhouse
Tuesday evening. Four additional
directors were elected, Everett
Plummer, Kenneth Rusted, Ernie
Stark and Clinton Baker. After
Ithe meeting a lunch was served
in the basement by the ladies.
. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Beach, who
were married several months ago
at Seattle, Wash., gave a wedding
dance at the I.O.O.F. Hall Friday
evening. The dance was well at-
tended. They served a delicious
lunch at midnight, and were given
a money gift by those present.
Best wishes.
in honor of three boys who will
soon be entering the. service. Ter-
rence Cameron has been inducted
into the Marines and will leave
next week. His brother, Colon,
will accompany him to the induc-
tion center and will also join the
Marines if he passes the examina-
tion. They are sorts of Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Cameron. Dwight Beach,
eldest son of Mr, and Mrs. Arnold
Beach was the other honored ghest
and expects to be inducted into
the Army soon. The boys were
presented with gifts of silver and
given the best wishes of their
friends.
In Jewelry-
I
We Have Some Masterpieces
Also Diamonds, Watches, Etc.
BUTTE DRUG & JEWELRY CO.
SENTINEL BUTTE, NORTH DAKOTA
Golva Trading Co.
Ridge Roll
and
Eves Troughs
Pyro Anti-Freeze
For Cars and Tractors
in Bulk
GOLVA,
Bert Covert, Manager
NORTH DAKOTA
194.3 RUBBER TREE
YESTERDAY'S RUBBER TREES
w~e I0,000 miles away in Far Eastern
ntations~ Today's rubber trees are
fight in our own front yard~
OnlT a punctuation mark here self-
rates the two simple sentences alive.
AauaIly between them are more than a
decade of intensive research, hundreds
of m~IHons of dollars, and an almost
unbelievable phnt-constmcfion p.m.
gram to meet our ~elendess wamme
needs fo~ robber.
Because .Ph~ and othe~ Amedcan
~ziendsm devotbi themsdves to &e
ptoblem~ the Nadon is todayi in its
z',n= n~ yorr~ ~. hourofneed, harvesfingamulfi.million.
YOUX COUbr17tY ma crop f &mt.~ mbb~l . ~ut4t4, Old#. i
BEACON
The butadiene (basic ingredient of
synthetic rubbe0 which Phillips pro-
duces is a synthetic chemical. ~ rtke-
wise is Phillips 100 octane gasoliue~
From petroleum chemicals, too, come
explosives .,. ~ plastics = : ~ medicines
ariel anesthetics/The list is almost end.
less because petrolenm and petroleum
gases are an overflowing storehouse of
hydrocarbons, the chemical raw mate-
rims for making aa.almost limidess
numbe~ of products,
That is why we say: Every, time you
see the Phillips 66 Shidd, let k remind
you that Phillips refineries in addition '~
m producing gasoline, lubricants, and
~ud oils, are ~Iso gigandc ~dp],n~, {
pounng o~t weapons fo~ victoty~
Pmu~ l~r~otmm~ Co~n~A~rr - [
BEACH- C LVA
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