Show CROPS huge harvest with august rains checking the serious deterioration of the crop in the drought area east of the mississippi the U S department of agriculture predicted a bumper corn harvest of bushels for 1944 second largest on record with the wheat crop set at an all time high of bushels oats production at barley at soybeans at and sorghums sorg hums at a total grain harvest of over bushels was predicted because of the bumper crops and reduced feeding the live stock and poultry industry should find sufficient grain available throughout the coming months the USDA declared markets dip with the USDA reporting excellent crop prospects prices on leading grain markets dipped with only wheat bearing up under purchases of the commodity credit corporation and information that the agency was interested in deferred shipments PACIFIC homecoming two and one half years after the japanese overran over ran the philippines US naval forces under admiral 7 chester Ni command have come back to A subject enemy installations on the islands to withering aerial and artillery fire N at the same time marine and adm nimitz army assault forces under admiral Ni command swept ashore on the palau islands miles east of the philippines while units under gen douglas macar thurs leadership invaded the miles south of the philippines ip pines thus establishing a menacing steel ring around the islands presaging major ope operations operatic ratio against the philippines guarding the vital supply lines from the indies to the west U S naval air aircraft swept over the southern string 9 of islands lashing a at t enemy planes which had been carefully husbanded hus banded to resist U S advances big battleships tle ships riding with smaller crul cruisers s and destroyers raked enemy shipping using water routes to supply the disconnected jumble of islands PETROLEUM |