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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14
The Change IL
Invasion Plans

It Is Z perilous thing these days
to write more than an hour in ad-
vance Of the invasion II one uses
the future tense. The majority Of
opinion "as I write" Chats the saw.
ing line) believes that the inva.
sion won't get under way until late
spring although one report through
Sweden said the Germans we're ex.
pecting 1t between Christmas and
New Years.
But from the time that General
Eisenhower was named as COM
mander and the other changes in
command were named. 1t appeared
that the shape Of the whole Allied
plans for the assault on fortress
Europa began to change rapidly.
The speed with which the Russian
armies were moving toward the
German frontiers set new forces
In motion.
Suddenly the Mediterranean be-
came less important in the picture
as Washington saw II. II was point.
cd out that the British had a larger
force Of men, ships and supplies In
that theater than the Americans.
What had seemed the most impor.
tant thing In Europe to America
ever since our troops landed In
North Africa suddenly grew less i'm.
portant. The Middle East, which
had looked as II 1t were the gather.
ing point Of new blow through the
Balkans, perhaps with the help Of
Turkey. shrank on the horizon. The
shifting OF British commanders
seemed to make this clear.
And then there were calls for
greater speed on the part Of the
Allies. 1t seemed as II a fear that
Russia might get to Berlin first was
stirring new activity and there were
stories that Spain was not as anxious
for Allied friendship as she was to
keep the "Bolshevists" from getting
nearer her borders, that IL she must
make new enemies, at least 1t was
better to have the Allies against her
than to have Russia get too near
her.
But even without these rumors, IL
grew clearer and clearer that the lob
ahead was colossal Hopes that Ger.
many could be brought down by
bombing alone were given up. It
really seemed as II her factories
and indeed her cities had moved
underground.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14
'I'iillar
Willie c. Reynolds

Mesdames Anna and Susie
Burns left for Cleveland. Ohio,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Mitchell, res
taurant operators are on tour
through Mississippi, Louisiana
and Tennessee. Mr.. and Mrs.
s. Staple have returned from st.
Louis. Rev, J. ID. Harris and
W. c. Reynolds attended the Min
isterial and Laymen Council at
Ward Chapel AME church. Pine
Bluff. Miss Marion Smith left
for Detroit, Mich. Miss Gerald
inc Smith has returned to Dun
bar High School. Little Rock.
Rev. Sylvester Jones has return
ed from Lake Providence, La.
Sgt. VIM, O. Dark left for his
Camp in Fl Hauchuca, Arizona.
last week.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14

Grandson spent the weekend
with his wife. Sgt. Johnnie
Smith Jr. spent several days hera
from his California camp. Mes.
danes Josephine Armstrong, Beu
lah Riley and Mr. Fred Moore en-
ioyed a deleetable birthday din
ner at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Viii Nyles at Baxter Sunday IN
eommemoration Of Mr.. Mylas,
birthday, Miss Queen Esther
Maddox and Mrs. Christine Mack
of St Louis, Mo, We're called
here due To the illness of their
father,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14

just what all this was getting at,
| understood a little better when !
read an article by Freda Kirchway
in the Nation on the mood in Britain.
Miss Kirchway had interviewed a
number of people in England and
she says that big business forces
in England have recognized more
clearly than these forces In Amer
lea the need for government con.
troll" They are ready. she says,
to accept the government as a part
ner to save themselves from liquida.
ton.
Some Of the people interviewed by
Miss Kirchway gave her the impress
sion that they saw In the set-up
ahead - successful. polite form Of
semi-fascism," which will prove &C.
ceptable to the key people Of these
groups. She doesn't agree with this
herself and she believes British la
Dor will b ready to fight 1t at the
second election after peace but she
believes these people believe 1t.
How much Of q similar feeling ex-
lists In the United States. I do not
know. but. quite independent Of Eng
land. many people are struggling
their shoulders and saying 1t Is =
possibility here.
One thing may point in that direc-
ton. That Is the way the various
pressure groups are now operating
in congress. Already many trades
have been made even to the point
Of those "unholy alliances" tall alli-
ances except those In which we be-
long are unholy. Of course) which II
was charged In the senate had been
formed between southern Democrats
and some northern Republicans.
Al soon a. powerful pressure
groups can agree among themselves
to trade concessions for votes. gov.
eminent by majority rule ceases
and the moment you begin to break
down the party lines. you are In
danger Of having one party which
In the end Is no party.
! can well understand how when
anyone contemplates the problems
Of our domestic affairs in the post
war period, It Is hard to keep ones
mind on the war.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14
NEWPORT
Mrs. Gladys Mays

Mr.. and Mrs. Edd Jones an
nounce the marriage of their
daughters, Miss Lonnie Mae Full
to nto Pvt. James Joseph of the
army air force, Dec. IS, 1913, and
Miss Sadie Lee Fulton to Pvt.
Robert Myers of Camp Gruber.
Oklahoma, Jan, g. Mrs. Ida
McEwin of Cincinnati, Ohio, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Phil
lips here. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14
Transportation Corps In India

wish You Were Here" - doy Of leisure
coils tor sightseeing In Indo this is tonic
mount to tokne your shoes off. for no weII-in-
formed traveller fails to observe the custom Of
removing his shoes before going into Hindu
Temple or MusIem Mosque The motives wisely
weor slippers or sondoIs mote poirs neor the
sign which slip on and off costly. 81 shoes ore
mode for sturdier purposes. But. left 70 rioht
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14
B RIEF S. by Baukhage

Ernesto Lecuona, chief song writ
er Of Cuba and cultural attache of
the Cuban Embassy In Washington,
has recently signed one Of the larg-
ct song publishing contracts Of
Broadway history.
Colombia's entrance into the war
November n makes II the i4th
American republic To Join actively In
The struggle against the Nazis.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14

Suspender buttons are to be re.
stored to mems work pants. accord.
ing TO an amendment of WIPES Or.
der Lib.
The navy's famous PIT boats and
all they have accomplished Is owed
to the mahogany tree of Middle
America and to the men Of history
who discovered Its value In ship
building.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14
Tie Plant
8. M. Kelly

Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Mccoy,
William Smith and John Henry
Smith of Detroit We're guests of
Mrs. Naomi Williams and Mrs.
Luther Kelly. Mrs. Kelly is mo-
ther Of Mrs. Williams and grand
mother of the Smith brothers
They We're recipients of many
courtesies.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-01-14
Lille NJ. Wimberly

You don't hove to be dependent upon Nom and Dod
for thot EXTRA CHANGE to buy the things all boys
want during the school season.
You con make extra money every week by selma the
fostest-se||ne newspaper in the stote Of Arkansas
THE STATE PRESS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

first time Japanese had GOT foohod in Chino and
had foot the Asatc mainland since the 10Th Century
The Chinese compelled for Though he Jops
emerged from with the dnd Of Formou and free hond
in korea their reign both onds has been attended by many diff
eue and continuous spirit of Righteousness manY sectors
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

columns eonverged the town they Carried all he positions
do with loss he Chinese and fte themselves The
Chinese eeofed Shonung and Monehuo BY March the oPs
had successfully invaded both Of these provinces had captured
Weihowei and Port Arthur and fortified the posts which
monded he approaches Peng II significantly the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

BATTLE OF PING YANG he first important land oeton Of he
Snooponese War Of ls94q5 The above drawing from Frank
Leses Popular Monthly shows japanese troops attacking
Chinese position during the BOTTLE The Chinese had entrenehed
themselves Ping Yong and isuey mode preparations for de-
Tense The oPs Delayed reaching he bur their
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
POPULATIONS:
Great Caiir, II, Russia

At the present rate Of increase,
the Russian population will number
about $50, 100000 people by 1870, or
Is. million more than there will be in
all northwestern and central Eu-
rope, according to survey by
League of Nations committee. The
1899 census of the Soviet Republics
gave a total of about ITO millions.
Current estimates place the figure
at 1870 millions.
The survey stated that the popula-
ton of Europe as a whole is now
declining, after remarkable rise
in the 10th and early Goth centuries.
Europe outside Of Russia will have
about 400, 100000 people by 1860, it
is estimated.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
COLD STORAGE:
More Meat. Produce

With cooler space 70 per cent oc-
cupied and freezer capacity 50 per
cent filed, U. S. storage holdings as
of March ! were at record levels,
with only apples at low mark.
Beef stocks aggregated 276, 300, 900
pounds; pork, 1872, 700,0 900 pounds;
trimmings, Isl, 100000 pounds; lard
and rendered pork fat, 354, 300. 900. Of
which War Food administration held
200, 10000
Frozen fruit stocks were 20 per
cent over those of a year ago, frozen
vegetables 107 per cent, creamery
butter 1872 per cent, cheese IS per
cent, frozen eggs rs per cent, and
poultry 1T per cent.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

Ninety-two-year-old Mrs. Christine
Lorenzen of Clinton, Iowa, is an old
hand at knitting for the boys, having
first made mittens for Civil war sol
diers, and other apparel for vets OF
the Spanish-American and World
War I conflicts. Now, Mrs. Loren
zen knits for the Red Cross for
World War IFS heroes.
Declaring that Americans are suf-
fering little deprivations compared
with Civil war days, Mrs. Lorenzen
said: eve had no coffee at all, and,
sometimes, little to eat but cora
bread"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
CORN:
PIar, Requisitioning

Because of the shortage of corn on
the market, War Food administra-
ton laid plans for requisitioning
from 20 to 80 per cent of all grain
held in elevators for professors on a
priority basis. No less than 20 farm
and processing organizations backed
the plan.
With corn pegged at an average
Of $1.16 a bushel, farmers have
found it more profitable to feed hogs
with the grain than ship it to mar
ket, thus tightening the commercial
supply.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
WAGES:
Control attacked

Labor's efforts to revise the War
Labor boards sterilization formula
limiting wage increases to is per
cent over January, 1941, were
thwarted by the public's and indus
try's representatives on the board,
who advised holding off considera-
ton until congress goes over the
whole question Of price control.
In an effort to revise the stabiliza-
ton formula, labor asked that the
President be requested to modify
the wage ceiling to reflect actual
living costs, and the War Labor
board hold public hearings to bring
out facts which might justify higher
pay. Steelworkers pressed for pub
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
SOLDIER VOTE:
President Gets Bill

Passed by congress, the compro-
mise soldier vote bill, allowing use
of the short federal ballot if GER
tilted by the governor and state bal
lots are unobtainable, found its way
to President Roosevelt's desk for sig
nature or veto.
Once outspoken in his opposition
to a bill limiting soldier voting to
state ballots alone, the President
took up the compromise measure
with caution before acting, wiring
all 48 governors to report to him
whether they would permit use of
the short federal ballot, which only
ist~ the presidential and congress
sional offices without including the
names of the candidates.
If the governors OK. the short
federal ballot, servicenen will only
be able to use it if their states have
no absentee voting laws, or if they
have applied for state ballots but
have not received them.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

b rim 6 militia ry
strength to H.
300, 900, local draft
boards have been
directed to tight
en- up on all de-
fernents, particu-
larly for those in
the IS rs age
group.
Under the new
directives issued
by Selective Serv-
ice Chief Lewis B.
HerShey. only in.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

dispensable employees, regardless Of
family status, are to be deferred,
and only the state draft head or ma
tional headquarters is to pass on
any deferments for the 18 to Is year
age group.
Only farm workers producing 16
units will be eligible for deferment,
and careful consideration will be
given to the cases of 100000 farm
workers under rs.
While Selective Service pressed for
more men, General Hershey said few
of the 3,485, 600 4Fs will be found ac-
ceptable for military service. Only
about IL per cent of those with de-
pendents, including fathers, have
been taken thus far. he said, and
only about in 10 will pass physicals.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

FOOD PROFESSORS: There win
be need for at least 700. 900 sea-
sonal workers in canneries and 9TH
er food processing plants this year,
Paul McNutt. manpower commits.
sioner, says. This is 100000 more
than were needed last year. Stu
dents, women, and part-tirne work.
ers will be the only source, he be-
lieves, though prisoners of war and
soldiers on leave can be called upon.
MENINGITIS: The dread disease,
spinal meningitis, is almost con-
quered, according to prominent
army doctor. He stated that sulfa
drugs had reduced the death rate
from about 80 per cent in the first
World war to about 2 per cent in
this one. Use of penicillin, he be-
ieves, may complete the conquest
of the disease.
CRASH: Twelve men were killed
when an army cargo plane crashed
into peak near DanviHe, in south
western Virginia. The four-engined
craft was found burned and twisted,
and charred bodies lay scattered
about for hundred yards.
ODT HEAD: Joseph B. Eastman,
director of the Office of Defense
Transportation, died in Washington,
D. c., at 81, from coronary occlu-
sion. He was member of the In
terstate Commerce commission for
Is years. When he was appointed
to the commission at the age of So,
he was the youngest man ever to
be chosen for the high office. In
1888 he was appointed coordinator
Of railroads and held that position
until the Office was abolished in 1896.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
IRELAND: :
Faces Isolation

Traditionally strained, Ireland's
relations with Great Britain have
again tensed, this time over Lon
don's threat to completely isolate
the Emerald Isle from the outside
world if German and Japanese Off
Gals are permitted to remain in
Dublin and carry on alleged espio-
mage activities detrimental to Allied
invasion forces massed in the Unit
ed Kingdom.
Anxious to maintain its neutrality,
one reason being given that its cit
les were open to destructive bomb
ings, Ireland replied. that 1t could
not Danish Axis diplomats without
inviting war, and insisted that it had
clamped down on any suspicious
enemy activity.
AS the u. S. refused to sell Ireland
ships for carrying needed imports
and Britain closed all travel be-
tween the two countries, Fire grim
ly awaited events, its economy al
ready hard hit by unemployment
caused by a scarcity Of imported
raw materials.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
MONEY SYSTEM:
SHAPED for World

Long In consideration, the United
Nations plan for an international
money system after the war is taxi
ing shape, with gold to play an inn
portant part as result Of Russia's
support. f
Based on a plan drawn by the
U. S. treasury's monetary expert,
Harry D. White, the new money
system would require. each country
to contribute a certain percentage
Of gold and its own currency to a
sterilization fund, which would then
operate to prevent any nations ex-
change from rising or falling.
Whites plan differs from Brit
aims, which considered having each
nation contribute to an international
sterilization fund on the basis Of its
prewar trade, thus tending to favor
countries which had heavy foreign
commerce.
With comparatively small pre-
war trade, Russia found the u. S.
plan more acceptable, thus swinging
the bal se in its favor.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

U. S. control of the Admiralty is
lands lying along the supply route
to Rabaul.
General MacArthur's increasing
isolation of the 10000 Jap troops
hemmed in on Bougainville island
in the Solomons, with the U. S. feet
and air force in control to prevent
major reinforcement or general
withdrawal.
Navy and army bombers continu-
ing attacks on the Jap fleets big
outpost of Truk, guarding the en-
trance into the waters of the ene-
my's South Pacific empire.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
PACIFIC:
Troubled Wm-Lords

AS U. S. army and naval forces
kept up running fire over the en-
tire Pacific area, Japan's jumpy lit
tie war-lords had this to worry
about:
Continued Allied bonbings of Wee
wax, New Guinea, and Rabaul, New
Britain, feeder bases for Jap troops
in those regions. -
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

PENNIES: Since the copper stu
alton has improved considerably,
the War Production board has de-
cided to permit addition of enough
Of the red metal to pennies to re-
store the old copper-zinc ratio Of IS
parts copper to parts zinc. Pro-
duction rate currently is at $50 mil
lion one-cent pieces per month. It
is expected that the annual output
will exceed a billion steel pennies.
FASTEST PLANE: The world
fastest plane is the Psi Mustang,
capable of 425 miles per hour in
level flight, the war department re-
veals. This U. S. fighter also holds
records for ceiling and range per-
Torrance and has tactical radius
of 500 miles. It is powered by a
Rolls Royce-Merlin engine, driving
a four-bladed propeller.
KNIGHTHOOD: The grand cross
of the Order of the Bath, exclusive
British society, was presented to
Gen. Douglas Macarthur by Cover
nor General Gowrie in Canberra,
Australia.
PLANT BUILDING: The peak in
construction of war plants is past,
says the American Bankers asso-
citation report. The aggregate of
I0opc fox y,axxy concentration, dacJiped
during the last half Of 1943, while
loans for equipment and supplies
rose.
TAX PAYMENT: What is be-
lieved to be the largest check ever
received at the New York internal
revenue office for quarterly tax
payment, amounted to ~ million
dollars.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
Weekly News Analysis
Naz Retreat Toward Rana Russians Regain Rich Farm Lands

lie hearings on their demands for
17-cents-an-hour raise.
In arguing that the War Labor
board hear the steel-workers' UNI
ions case for a 17-cents-an-hour in
crease which would violate the sta
Utilization formula, CLIO Chieftain
Philip Murray agreed that the board
itself had no power to break the
wage ceiling, but he said nothing
prohibited open hearings upon which
recommendations could be made for
changing the present control
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
EUROPE:
DriUe Wedge II, Italy

Having driven a wedge into the
Germans main defense line by lev
cling Casino with q devastating
aerial attack by heavy bombers, AL
lied forces fought hard to advance
up the road to Rome and get at the
rear of the enemy hemming in U. S.
and British troops on the Anzio
beachhead.
Although the thunderous 1eveling
of Casino left that once-fortified
village standing directly on the road
to Rome a pile of jurnbled mortar,
Nazi guns established in the sur
rounding hills continued to rake Al
lied troops, making progress slow.
Preliminary to the big showdown
in the west, Allied bombers contin-
ued to roar over Axis Europe, rip
ping at Nazi channel defenses,
Frances network of rails over which
the enemy plans to shuttle troops to
meet invasion armies, and German
industries turning out the weapons
of war. To counter the raids, the
Nazis sent up swarms of fighter
planes, and great sky battles ragged.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

level of World War /,
Price Administrator
Chester Bowles ap-
peared before the
senate banking COM
mittee to testify for
continuation Of the
agency for another
year.
Following early in
creases to iron out
prewar depression
prices, the cost of liv-
ing has been held abb
solutely stable during
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

the last IL months, Bowles said.
Asking for retention of present
powers, Bowles said OPA would con-
tinue with present techniques for
keeping down prices, including SUBJ
sides, which he called essential.
Cattle Subsidy
To bring cattle off the range and
prevent market glut in the fall,
OPA considered increasing packers
subsidies by 80 cents to enable them
to offer higher prices for the stock
during spring and summer.
At the same time, government Of
fcials considered placing floor I'M
der medium and lower grade cattle
whose quality may be affected by
the tight feed situation, with floors
for the spring and summer above
those for the fall.
While increased subsidies were be-
ing considered for cattle, lower SUBJ
sides were being studied for hogs,
in line with government policy for
decreased pig production. Now 81. 80
a hundred pounds, the hog subsidy
may be cut by 80 cents.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

EDITORS NoTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns. they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts. and not necessarily OF
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
DRAFT:
Tighten Defernsents

In order to meet the services de-
mands for 1850, 900 men by July to
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
RUSSIA:
Free Ukraine

Germany's remaining foothold In
the Ukraine was 1oosened as Rus
sian troops smashed into Nazi lines
along the Bug river, and as the en-
emy's forces fell back toward Ru-
mania, the Reds regained the rich
farm and mineral land which played
such an important part in their econ
omy.
AS Russia scored its military sue
cess in the south, Finland in the
north turned down Moscow's armis-
tice offer, based on restoration of
the 1910 borders and internment OF
German troops entrenched in the
little country. Although the Films
left the door open for future dis
cussion, they dug in grimly for con-
tinued warfare.
Russia's southern drive carried
Red troops to within 30 miles Of the
prewar Runanian border, while far
Their to the northwest, they were
within 100 miles of the old Czech
and Hungarian frontiers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
OPA::
RenewaI Sought

Claiming that OPA has held war;
time price increases to half the