Army Fears Political Snarl in Handling News for GIs
A wartime debate over service press coverage of politics pits military officials against proposed limits. Col. White’s print ambitions clash with Title Five restrictions, while Taft and Lucas push for clarifications and possible amendments to keep GI newspapers from political propaganda.
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Army
WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
New York Herald- Tribune
Algiers
Stars & Stripes
Service
Col
Egbert White
Paris
Washington
Booker
the Republic
War Department
Congress
White
Associated Press
Army News Service
New York
Legion of Merit
Africa
Eisenhower
Egypt
Saturday Evening Post
General Surles
Army Public Relations
Stimson
Roosevelt
Rome
Argler
Normandy
Rome Stars & Stripes
Dewey
Bricker
Hoover
Farley
Herald-Tribune
Mediterranean
Washington Army
Taft
Joe
Council On Books
Henry Stimson
Colonel White
Chaumont
London
Casablanca
Oran
Naples
Cairo
Middle East
Evacuated Tokyo Students and New Radio Cherbourg Openings
The Japanese Domei agency reports about 30 000 school children evacuated from Tokyo to rural districts since July 8. Radio Cherbourg launches its daily program with From the liberated soil of France, Radio Cherbourg speaks to you. A British Information service document titled Liberating a Continent Index to Invasion stresses maps are foundational. Maps once filled a warehouse at the embarkation port for the Allied North African landing.
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Domei Agency
Tokyo
Radio Cherbourg
France
British Information Service
Calorie debate shapes aid for liberated territories
Washington debates minimum rations for liberated areas as 2,000 to 2,600 daily calories. Army to distribute in initial occupation while civil agencies assist. UNRRA not invited to talks. Experts cite civilian shortages and need to balance frontline logistics with feeding civilians, with Belgium planning to buy and restore health for return to normal function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Washington
Army
Italy
France
State Department
Foreign Economic Administration
Department of Agriculture
UNRRA
FEA
Be Back Soon Beaten Tanks Hold Off In Normandy Street Fight
Ernie Pyle reports in Normandy as two American tanks push through a shattered street while infantry clear pillboxes and snipers. A hit blinds a tank crew, they flee to safety, then return ready for more. The skipper and crew describe their close calls and the makeshift hospital hallway bloodstains as they press the push toward a cleared street.
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Normandy
Corp
Martin Kennelly
Chicago
L. Wortham
Leeds
Ala
Ralph Qeren
Minneapolis
Albin Stoops
Marshalltown
Del
Charles Rains
Kansas City
Rains
Sears, Roebuck
Kennelly
Nazis Surrender Under Fire as Capa Photographs Advance
A frontline scene shows German soldiers surrendering after a damaged tank lies ahead. Reporter and photojournalist Robert Capa filmed and guided eight armed Germans with two litters toward a hospital, moving past the fighting lines as the wounded were cared for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bob Capa
Make a Sofa Bed from a Cot with Simple Slip Covers
A cot can serve as day furniture by sliding a flat box on casters under it to store bedding. Neatly fitted slip covers and matching cushions convert the cot into a sofa mood, with a makeshift table from odds and ends for day use. The note advertises Book 6 homemaking pages offering step by step instructions and urges sending 15 cents with name and address to obtain a copy.
General Quiz POE Answers Reveal Key Facts
Participants tackle ten trivia prompts covering metals languages military terms ships and animals. Answers include Tungsten ampersand MPs armoured wagon banderole iguana Haile Selassie albatross and seas named White Black Red Yellow and others.
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London
Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
White Sea
North Russia
Black Sea
South Russia
Yellow Sea
East Asia
Red Sea
Africa
Asia
Air Transport Planes Carry More Cargo Than Burma Road
Cargo planes of the U S Air Transport Command fly daily from Sadiya India to Kunming China. They now carry more cargo than ever over the old Burma Road and in some months would require about 4 500 trucks to move the tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Transport Command
Sadiya
India
Kunming
China
Burma Road
Collier's
South African Natives Store Grain in Isilula Baskets
Natives of South Africa store grain in large hampers called isilula. The average basket holds 18 large bags of grain. Despite a dry climate, the tight weave keeps out rain and most rodents, preserving their food supplies.
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South Africa
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Br’er Hox
Cologne
Bankhage
Barrow Lyons
WNU Staff Corral
North Africa
Belgium
Mark A. Graubard
Ernie Pyle
Burma
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Sioux City
Bishop’s
Wrvereeett
Juouor
Bramle
Samus
Poethguee
Cormad
KTRI
Kobh Xabr
KICD
KEON
Kwat Exwlm
WLOL
WMT
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pikkham
Athleies Foot News
Tuga
Soretone
Foster D. Snell, Inc
McKesson & Robbins, Loc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
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