World War II Timeline Moves in 1944 Fronts
A consolidated sequence shows Russian advances toward Poland and the border, U S Marines expanding in the Pacific, Allied offensives across Europe from Italy to France, and major battles at Berlin, Truk, and the Philippines. Key events include Soviet breakthroughs, Allied landings in Normandy, Rome entry, and strategic naval actions in the Pacific.
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Burma
Namur
Marshalls
U. S
Kwajalein Atoll
Berlin
Truk
Matin Jap
South Pacific
Marianas Islands
M—A
New Britain
Stalin
Finland
Romania
Austria
Odessa
Kahima
India
Yapan
mid-Pacific
War era record of 1944 legislative and military actions
Indictments and reconvened Congress mark a busy period with sedition cases, draft and tax bills, veteran benefits, and military moves. The Army expands loyalty inductions, and the WRA shifts to interior. Steps include pension provisions, demobilization talks, and foreign policy shifts as Roosevelt pursues reelection and postwar plans.
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White House
War Relocation Authority
WRA
Department of Interior
Army
Pacific
Congress
Sen
Alben Barkley
Fareup
Martin Flayin
Oklahoma
Senate
Communist Party
Supreme Court
OPA
University of California
Governors' Conference
Allies Break Axis Push Across Saar and Roer Valleys
U S Third Army reaches Saar river and Saarlautern while U S forces advance in Roer and Saar valleys. Nazi troops withdraw from Neway with small garrisons as 450 mile Allied front staggers Chi lary crisis in China and Greece sees unrest. Bonin raids hit Jap bases. Leyte landing by 77th division splits lines. MacArthur seizes Ormoc port. France Russia sign mutual aid pact amid internal fighting. Nagoya attacked. Duren skirts reach toward Cologne. Seventh Army nears German border on 45 mile front.
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Greece
China
Liuchow
Burma
U. S
Tirpliz
Norwegian
Holland
Vosgen
Rhine River Wolunge
Belfort
Patton
Third Army
Metz
Tokyo
Marianas
Mark Clark
J. S. Army
Italy
E—U
Saarbrucken
Saarlautern
Merzig
I “U.S
Navie
U. S. Third
Saar River
Newway
Roer
Saar
U. S. Third Army
Millung
Chi Lary
Athens
Bonin Islands
77Th
Leyte
MacArthur
Ormoc
France
Russia
Aries
Nagoya
U. 5
Duren
Cologne
U. S. Seventh Army
Rose Bowl routs Washington to cap USC season
Southern California University wins the Rose Bowl 23 to 0 over Washington University. The card lists golf titles by Jay McSpaden at the Los Angeles Open with 278 and Byron Nelson at the San Francisco Open with 27, plus other sports milestones and management changes across Major League Baseball, basketball, and track.
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St. Louis Browns
San Francisco
Louis Cardinals
Sporting News
Martin Marion
Cardinal
Bobby Doerr
Boston
Baltimore
Francisco Segura
Jimmy Daniels
Sammy Anyott
McArayne
Notre Dame
Ivy Jeanne
Ale
Big Ten
Ohio State
Big Wi
Oklahoma
Southwest
Texas
Southern
Duke
Pacific Coast
Southern California
Hal Newhouser
Detroit Tigers
Tennessee
S. California
Orange Howl
Miaml
Georgia Tech
New Orleans
Alabama
Dallas
Christian
Oklahoma A
M. Paul Krumske
Chicago
Army
Navy
Great Lakes
Georgia
Welker- Cochran
K. M. Landis
Southern California U
Washington U
Jay McSpaden
Byron Nelson
Montreal Canadiens
Chicago Blackhawks
Charlie Grimm
Chicago Cubs
Pensive
Broadcloth
Stir Up
U. of Michigan
U. Ofllinois
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Ecuador
Mildred
Babe
Didrikson Zaharing
Dorothy Germaine
Gunder Hage
Sweden
List of wartime disasters from ships to planes and trains
A compiled tally of fatal transport disasters including a Navy patrol vessel collision off Cape May drowning 30 sailors, a bus crash in Kingman killing 25 cadets, a passenger train rear-end near Novice Texas with 12 dead, and an airliner crash into the Mississippi near Memphis killing 31 passengers and 3 crew. Also notes torpedoed ships, mine explosions, mine collapses, and fires across several states with substantial loss of life and injuries.
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Atlantic Coast
South Carolina
Canada
Navy
Coast Guard
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Terre Haute
Ind
Cleveland
Ohio
Hanford
Calif
Limited
Sacramento
Calf
Mountain
Harmonfield
Newfoundland
Army
Madison
Wis
Cape May
N. J
Kingman
Ariz
Novice
Texas
Mississippi River
Memphis
Atkinson
Stockton
Antilla
Cuba
Palisades
Coney Island
Brook
N. Y
Notable Obituaries of Public Figures and Entertainers
A roundup lists prominent deaths across 1940s figures: Ida Tarbell in Bridgeport, Walter Hackett in New York, William Allen White in Ember, Charles Hartigan in Palo Alto, Thomas Cullen in Washington, Thomas E. Campbell in Phoenix, Thomas Nicholson in Mount Vernon Iowa, Joseph Eastman in Washington, William Thompson in Chicago, Mrs. Sarah Swanson in Chicago, Doe Crawford in Yankton, William Stephens in Los Angeles, Frank Knox in Washington, William Rodgers in Bethesda, Henry Styer in Crasmade, George Ade in Kentland Indiana, C H Gellette in Shreveport, Josef Beck near Bucharest, Louisa Thorp in Los Angeles, Martin Morrison in Abingdon, Betty Knappen in New York, Alan Dinehart in Hollywood, Mildred Harris in Los Angeles, Lastie McNair in France, Manuel Quezon in Saranac Lake, Don Moon in Washington, isabel Irving in Nantucket, George Norris in McCook, James Reed in Fairview, Alfred Smith in New York, Wendell Willkie in New York, Hampton Fulmer in Washington, Rigland Bennett in presumed, Christiana Bond in Baltimore, Jane Grey in New York, Edgar Kelley in New York, Boake Carter in Hollywood, Ellison Smith in Lynchburg, Kenesaw Landis in Chicago, Albert Fall in El Paso, David Kinley in Champaign, Arthur Tuttle in Detroit, Max Stephan noted for treason trial, John Griffith, and Loupe Velez among others.
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Martin D. Morrison
Indiana
Abingdon
Betty Compton Knappen
New York
Alan Dinehart
Hollywood
Calif
Mildred_ Harris
Charles Chaplin
Los Angeles
Lastie McNair
France
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Saranac Lake
Albert B. Fall
Harding
el Paso
Texas
David Kinley
U. of Mindis
Champaign
Arthur J. Tuttle
Detroit
Max Stephan
John Griffith
Chicago
W.lupe Velez
Western Newspaper Union
Blended Colors in Knitted Rag Rug Craft Guide
A short guide explains making a knitted rug from fabric scraps. Tear strips, turn edges, knit with 3 eighths inch needles, sew around a center oval, and ease fullness evenly. If colors are not ready, dye rags to blend harmoniously, with instructions from a book offered for 15 cents.
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San Guista
Magdeburg
Leningrad
Hitler
Bug River
Bessarabia
Romanian
Palau Islands
Japan
U. S. Navy
Alllied
Anzio
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Yunnan
Rome
Normandy
Kamaing
Cherbourg
French
Vitebsk
Zhlobin
Minsk
England
Caen
Tinian Island
Turkey
Germany
Guam
U.S
Marseille
Nice
Paris
Toulon
Bucharest
Bulgaria
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Third Fleet
Cebu
Ne‘ron
Quebec
Tallinn
Estonia
Yugoslavia
Calais
Alysses
Uebach
Byu
Fifth Army
Borneo
Aachen
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Churchill
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Formosa
Roosevelt
Nkef
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House Committee
Unite States
Wendell Willkie
Wisconsin
Biddle
Political Action Committee
Montgomery Ward Co
FDR
CLO Union
Douglas MacArthur
Hull
World Organization
War Manpower Commission
Holla McMillen
Thomas BE
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Red Cross
Treasury
Charles DeGaulle
de Gaulle
Wallace
Eric Johnston
Chamber of Commumerce
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Bahamas
M—Army
Harry Truman
Philadelphia Transit
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Alaska
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Secretary of
John F. Dulles
Warren
California
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Illinois
Baldwin
Connecticut
Census Bureau
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War Production Board
United Nations
Edward Stettinius
Cordell Hull
Norman Littell
Husband Kimmel
Walter Short
Pearl Harbor
War and Navy Boards
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Byrnes
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Ann’ Curtis
Joe Bakst
Lee Savold
Yankee Maid
Bob Hamilton
Professional Golfers’ Association
Lesiie ‘Epson
Chicago Bears
College All Stars
Ike Williams
Sammy Angott
Burbank
Cail
Talar
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Se Sportss
Boston Braves
Bob Coleman
Casey Stone
Baksi
Tony Maurietto
Sammy Byrd
Bob Montgomery
Beau Jack
U.of Michigan
Gilbert Dodds
Alan Ford
U. of Utah
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Wopurens
Whilte
Pep
Metvel Ortiz
J. Pinkney Henderson
Robinson
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Naval Ordnance Depot
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Hingling Bros. Circus
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Conn
Hellatre
Jellico
Tenn
Portland
Maine
Port Chicago
Amon Naval and Merchant Marine
Iceland
Ida M. Tarbell
Bridgeport
Walter Hackett
William Allen White
Am Ora
Emba
Charles C. Hartigan
Val Attache
Palo Alto
Thomas H. Cullen
Brooklyn
Washington, D. C
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
Phoenix
Thomas Nicholson
The
Ani Salogn League
Mount Vernon
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
William H. Thompson
Irs
Sarah Jane Swanson
United States
Doe S. Crawford
South Dakota
Yankton
William D. Stephens
Frank Knox
William Rodgers
Bethesda
Donald A. Davison
Provisional Engineering Command
Mediterranean Area
Henry D. Styer
Siberia
Crasmade
George Ade
Kentland
C. H. Gellette
Shreveport
Josef Beck
Poland
Louisa E. G. Thorp
Don Pardee Moon
Washington
Mie Cherry
Cherry Sisters
Cedar Rapids
Laws
Isabel Irving
Nantucket
Mass
George W. Norris
Nebraska
McCook
James A. Reed
Missouri
Fairview
Mich
Alfred E. Smith
New York City
Wendell L. Willkie
Republiean
Hampton
Fulmer
So. Carolina
Rigland Bennett
Christiana Bond
Jane Grey
New Yor City
Edgar S. Kelley
Boaxe Carter
Calli
Ellison D. Smith
Lynchburg
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Kenesaw M. Landis
MR. Avery
Jark Rose Medivm
Rutr Wyeth Spears
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