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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
29 Japs Killed on Kwajalein for Every Yank
Approximately 8,000 Japanese were killed In the American Invasion of Kwajalein atoll In the Marshall
Islands* Only 286 Yanks met death in the same campaign. United Staten marine and army wounded totaled
^ « and 82 men were reported missing. Top: Assault boats and alligator, are shown a. they reached the
^ h at FnubuJ bringing men and equipment of the Seventh division. It was this division which captured
Kwajalein and adjacent Islets. Bottom: A marine searches through the wreckage after the unprecedented
naval bombardment which preceded the first American occupation of land held by Japan before the war.
Fatigued War Pilots Recover in Atlantic City
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Major Aerial Blows Smash Germany;
Allies Finish Conquest of Solomons
As Troops Entrench in Green Islands;
Cut Civilians’ Share of Canned Goods
Kelt-used by Western Newspaper Union
Dr. Hutchins
standard
China—Chisng Kai-shek's infantrymen are shown sweeping throoih
streets of Ch.ngteh, capital of China's rice bowl, Few
battle with Japanese, in which the city changed hands four times, hew
of the city’s 10,000 buildings remained undamaged.
CANNED GOODS:
Cut Civilians’ Share
canned
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Atlantic City. N. J., is one of the sites of an army air force relaxation and ;ed‘®‘r‘b“U”“
battle-weary pilots and ground crews rest and are reclassified before returning to combat duty. Lett. Lieut.
Thomas B. Dyer and his wife stroll along the sandy beach. Center: A ° 7* * , . R G1imore be-
bicycle ride along the boardwalk. Right: While he was fighting in North A,r ^- ^leu‘n j^n jr They art
name a nana Back at the A. A. F. redistribution center he gets acquainted with his son, John Jr. They are
pictured Punching in the dining room of the Rltx hotel. Lieutenant Gilmore has 65 combat missions his credit.
(Women Heroes of the Battle for Rome
-wtp1
‘Sold’ for $2,500
rmy Airscs on duty In Allied beachhead positions south of
Rome take time out for chow. An Allied evacuation hospital in the beach-
head area was bombed. An all out German artillery barrage was ac-
companied by enemy charges in an attempt to dislodge the Allies.
Mac Arthur During South Pacific Tour
Lawyer Bill Murphy of Chicago,
who “sold” himself for $2,500 as an
elephant washer at a bond auction.
His choice was believed related to
his status as a Republican.
Accident Victim
Gen Douglas Mac Arthur, commander-In-chief In the Southwest Pa-
Iflc area is pictured chatting with Maj. Gen. Horace Fuller (left) and
leut Gen Robert L. Eichelberger, during a visit to troops in the front
ne area of his command. As the 1941 presidential campaign gets under
,ay MacArthur continues to gain the status <*f a nossible candidate
SOLOMONS:
Campaign Ending
“For all strategic military pur-
poses, this completes the campaign
for the Solomons Islands.”
Thus spoke Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur after U. S. and New Zealand
troops landed in the Green Islands
in the northern Solomons, cutting off
22,000 Japs in their last strongholds
from their supply bases of Rabaul
and Kavieng. Hemmed in by the
Allies’ newest positions, even the
Japs’ efficient barge system by
which they have been able to send in
supplies at night in almost undistin-
guishable craft, now is jeopardized.
Because the Japs' communications
have been hampered by the Allies’
landings, General MacArthur said:
“With . . . their barge traffic para-
lyzed, relief of these scattered gar-
risons is no longer practicable and
their ultimate fate is sealed ...”
Thus did the Solomons campaign
begun August 7, 1942, approach its
victorious conclusion.
EUROPE: '
Pave Invasion Path
France's invasion coast of Calais
received steady aerial pounding as
the big hour for the second front
neared, while Allied and German
armies slugged it out below Rome
in Italy.
As masses of Allied bombers
rocked the Calais area, where the
enemy has installed heavy defenses
and rocket guns, other planes car-
ried on a 2,800-ton raid on Berlin,
leaving the oft-battered German cap-
ital smoking in ruins. Of 900 bomb-
ers participating, 45 were lost.
Allied forces at the Anzio beach-
head below Rome fought viciously
to break the armored steel ring the
Germans closed around them, and
U. S. airmen hammered at Nazi sup-
ply lines feeding embattled enemy
troops in the region. Forty miles to
the southeast, doughboys inched
ahead in the Cassino mountains,
struggling for heights dominating
the enemy's supply routes in the
area. Shattered by Flying Forts
seeking to prevent its use by the
Germans, the historic abbey of Cas-
sino founded by St. Benedict in 529
A. D., lay in rubble.
AXIS PROPERTY:
In U. S. Hands
More than *)0 business enterprises
and 30,000 patents controlled by Axis
nations in the U. S.
have been seized by
the Alien Property
Custodian Leo T.
Crowley, «nd the
operation and use of
many of them are
being carried on for
benefit of the Amer-
ican war effort.
Patents of great
military value have
been licensed on a Leo Crowley
royalty free and
non-exclusive basis to American in-
terests and 100 businesses have been
taken over by U. S. management for
the production of dyestuffs, photo-
graphic equipment, electrical appa-
ratus, optical instruments and phar-
maceuticals.
Valued at 375 million dollars, Axis
investments seized by the Alien Prop-
erty Custodian Include trademarks,
copyrights, real and personal prop-
erty, ships, and property adminis-
tered by the courts in addition to
the businesses and patents. Cash
and securities are being held by the
treasury.
Raymond Clapper, Washington
newspaper columnist and radio
commentator, who died in an air-
plane accident while covering the
American invasion of the Marshall
Islands.
With civilians’ share of -------
fruits and vegetables sharply cut in
1944-'45 under a government order,
the War Food administration is com-
pleting work on ceiling prices of ma-
jor fresh vegetables, 10 of which al-
ready are under control.
As compared with 30 million cases
of canned fruits available to civil-
ians in 1943-’44, only 17,000.000 cases
will be allotted in 1944-'45, it was
revealed. Against 128,000,000 cases
of vegetables, only 104,000,000 will
be released. In all, canners must
reserve 70 per cent of their fruit
and 50 per cent of their vegetable
production for military and lend-
lease purposes.
Storage Holdings
Reflecting record farm production
in 1943, the U. S. larder was weU
stocked as of February 1, with the
following holdings as of that date:
Beef, 240,738,000 pounds; pork,
643.798.000 pounds; lamb and mut-
ton, 34,373,000 pounds; lard, 230,498,-
000 pounds; butter, 129,952,000
pounds; frozen poultry, 239,800,000
pounds; shell eggs, 761,000 cases of
30 dozen each; frozen eggs. 81,677,-
000 pounds; and American cheese,
143.370.000 pounds.
Frozen fruits, 208,582,000 pounds,
and frozen vegetables, 107,108,000
pounds.
WAR CONTRACTS:
Cancellation Payments
To enable business to make a
quick reconversion from arms to
civilian production, Senators George
(Ga.) and Murray (Mont.) intro-
duced a bill in the senate calling for
compensation to manufacturers with-
in 30 days after cancellation of
their war contracts.
In making compensation, the gov-
ernment would reimburse the manu-
facturers for their expenses, and al-
low for profit on the work done. All
payments would be subject to final
adjustment.
Since it was estimated 100,000
prime contracts and 1,000,000 sub-
contracts may be cancelled when the
war ends, Senator George said pro-
vision of working capital to manu-
facturers at this crucial stage was
necessary for building the foundation
for full-employment in the postwar
period.
Since it also estimated that the
government might have 75 billion
dollars of war goods on its hands
when hostilities cease, Senator
George’s senate committee on post-
war planning recommended orderly
sale of this surplus so as not to
disrupt normal markets.
RUSSIA:
Peace Talk
Chewing deeply into German lines
all along the 800 mile front, Russian
troops continued to roll back the
Germans in the north, central and
southern sectors. Although the Nazis
engaged in stubborn holding actions,
they were forced to pick up their
stakes and move backward under
the unyielding pressure of the Reds.
While fighting fanned into the Bal-
tic states, feverish diplomatic activ-
ity was reported in Helsingfors, Fin-
land, where the dominant Social
Democratic party demanded efforts
be made to secure peace with Rus-
sia, but the government resisted in
the face of statements that Moscow
called for unconditional surrender,
occupation of the country and pun-
ishment of Finnish leaders.
MODERN EDUCATION:
Proposes New Courses
Among the foremost in the dcvel-
opment of modern education, Presi-
dent Robert May-
j nard Hutchins of
! Chicago university
j has called for aboli-
tion of the "colossal
I frivolities" of pres-
ent day schools.
Although football
was among the fri-
volities assailed by
Dr. Hutchins, his
chief criticism was
directed against the
present methods of
educating students
courses, which he called the "adding
machine” system of summing up
credits.
Declaring the present system of
eight years of elementary schooling,
I four years of high school and four
I years of college were full of dupli-
] cation and wasted effort, Dr. Hutch-
ins said colleges could be closed
without affecting liberal education in
any way. For present day college
teaching. Dr. Hutchins would sub-
stitute lectures, general reading and
general examinations.
NURSES:
28,000 Students Needed
To maintain the national health at
minimum standards, the U. S. Cadet
Nurses corps must recruit 28,000
more students by July 1, to bring
total enrollment to 65,000 for the pe-
riod beginning las' September. To
bring service up to 1941 levels, 115,000
student nurses would have to be re-
cruited during the 10 month period.
Shortages of nurses first began to
be felt in 1942, with many hospitals
being compelled to close depart-
ments for lack of personnel. Chief
bottleneck in training now is in the
scarcity of instructors, with many
graduate nurses being offered schol-
arships to take teaching courses.
Heroic service of U. S. nurses on
the batUefronts has been brought
sharply to the fore during the bitter
beachhead fighting below Rome,
where five of them have been killed
by shell-fire and aerial bombard-
ment, while attending the wounded
in field hospitals.
Now the 3,000 residents of
BatcsviUe, Ind., know how it feels
when manna is showered from
heaven!
When a break occurred In the
pumping equipment of a pipeline
running through the town from
Texas to the East, the dry bed
of a creek was flooded with gas,
threatening the local water sup-
ply.
While volunteers feverishly
built an emergency dam to pre-
vent the gas from spilling Into the
water reservoir, some townspeo-
ple gathered along the creek with
buckets, tubs and barrels to scoop
up the precious fuel and lug It
home, while others backed their
cars to the site and filled their
tanks with dippers.
Gemt of Thought
TT IS my living sentiment, and
*■ by the blessing of God it
shall be my dying sentiment-
independence now and inde-
pendence forever.—Daniel Web-
ster.
To see what Is right and not
to do it is want of courage.—
Confucius.
Kind hear 11 are the garden,
Kind thoughts are the roots.
Kind words are the blossoms,
Kind deeds'are the fruit.
True valor lies half-way be-
tween cowardice and rashness.
—Cervantes.
The God who gave us life
gave us liberty at the same
time.—Thomas Jefferson.
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PLANTS
Dalmatlon Broad Leaf Sage Plants, 8 fop
Bloodhounds on Trail
Bloodhounds have been known t«
follow a trail 30 hours old.
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomulslon relieves promptly be-
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
IXUUUie JiCip awrwwa. —
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender. In-
flamed bronchial mucous mt®»
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un-
derstanding you must like the way It
~11~.ro 4 Vwx annerh nr Will ATA
quicklv allays the cough or you are
to have your rran^y bact ^ ^ ^
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitii
HIGHLIGHTS . . • the neu>l
ARMY MAIL: Military postal
authorities urged well-intentioned
people not to write “trivial” letters
to servicemen whom they know
scarcely, or at all. The postal facili-
ties are unnecessarily burdened with
this sort of mail, which interferes
with delivery of more important let-
ters, it was explained. Some officers
blamed cartoon characters for stim-
ulating the flood of correspondence.
ACCIDENTS: Industrial accidents
are causing a loss of production four
times as great as strikes, the Chi-
cago Association of Commerce
states. Industrial “casualties” are
taking a toll equivalent to the with-
drawal of 900,000 workers a year.
RAZOR BLADES: Black market
operators in Germany, scorning pa-
per reichsmarks, are using razor
blades for small change.
NATIONAL INCOME:
For Farmers
Out of America’s record national
income of $141,717,000,000 in 1943,
the U. S. farmers' share was esti-
mated at $19,009,000,000 from sale
of crops and produce. Because ol
increased returns from livestock and
livestock products, income jumped
$4,000,000,000 over 1942.
In the face of record marketings,
receipts from hogs were high in all
sections, with a 41 per cent boost
in the western north central regions.
Because of higher average prices,
income from poultry and eggs rose,
with Georgia’s intake doubling.
Returns from wheat fluctuated, in-
creasing 13 per cent In north central
regions, with North Dakota alone en-
joying a 40 per cent boost, but
slumping 2 per cent in the western
area, with Kansas City showing a 5
per cent drop. Although cotton in-
come jumped 29 per cent in the
West, it fell 24 per cent in the west-
ern north central regions and 5 per
cent in the south central area. Re-
ceipts in the South Atlantic region
approximated 1942.
Because of soaring receipts in the
north Atlantic and south central re-
gions, income from oil bearing crops
leaped 70 per cent higher, and re-
lurns from vegetables and truck
crops increased in all regions, with
the south Atlantic showing the big-
gest gain.
For Workers
The American workers’ share of
the national income for 1943 amount-
ed to $100,603,000,000—nearly $21,-
000,000,000 more than in the preced-
ing year, and $48,000,000,000 more
than in 1929.
Payments of $1,561,000,000 In in-
terest and dividends during Decem-
ber, brought total disbursements of
this kind to $9,940,000,000 for 1943.
Not included In the national in-
come for 1943 are such items as un-
distributed corporation profits, which
amounted to $4,311,000,000 in 1942.
MEDALS:
To the first of the year, 133,598
decorations have been awarded by
the army and navy. The army dis-
tributed 126,525 medals and bars
among 1,500,000 men in active serv-
ice, while only 7,073 naval decora-
tions were presented, principally be-
cause of differing service standards.
Army air corps men were recipi-
ents of eight out of every nine army
medals. Since the army air medal
awards become automatic after a
fixed number of combat flights, thou-
sands of men have become eligible.
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1944, newspaper, February 24, 1944; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth746254/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.