Allied and Axis forces battle across Europe and Pacific fronts
U S and allied troops push toward Cherbourg and other fronts in Europe amid heavy German resistance while US planes sink a Japanese carrier and tankers near the Mariannas. Saipan fighting continues as Pacific combat intensifies. Congress approves par ity price measures extending wartime controls through 1945 with supports for veterans housing, education and loans. The War Food Administration outlines surplus stock release and bidding rules to avoid a 1919 glut as postwar needs rise.
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Congress commits to lower 1948 spending amid war
Congress will reduce appropriations below 100 billion for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. Cannon notes an estimated 86 billion in outlays, with about 6.0 billion for debt financing, as wartime needs ease. Surplus army trucks will aid wheat harvest via county AAA offices, allocated by need and sold to farmers at or below OPA ceilings.
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Pearl Harbor
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Overseas disposal of surplus goods urged abroad
A government business advisory committee says U S surplus goods overseas should be disposed of in foreign countries to maximize profit. It favors selling surplus industrial equipment to help restore production in devastated countries and notes potential conditions requiring buyers to purchase additional new equipment from the United States.
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Reconversion Plans Split War Production Board on Civilian Output
The War Production Board split into two camps over allowing certain manufacturers to resume civilian output while rivals stay in war work. Nelson argues against delaying civilian production, fearing regimentation, while Wilson contends early civilian output would boost those firms against war contractors. Distilleries face potential use of wheat, rye, or molasses for whisky due to Food administration limits, with corn already pledged to the government. Patents group rules against granting district rights to hinder future inventors, signaling possible reform in patent office practices.
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P O W Strike Over Pay Change Near Scotts Bluff Neb
German war prisoners refuse beet field work near Scotts Bluff Nebraska after pay shift from 80 cents a day to 30 cents per quarter acre thinned. Lieut Col Clyde Dempster warns disciplinary action if the strike continues. Employment declines in war plants by 100000 workers per month with overall factory employment trending down while nonwar jobs hold.
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