Dewey Pledges Strong Postwar Market for American Producers
Weekly news analysis reports President Dewey promising a robust postwar market for U S producers as Allied forces press a multi front campaign in Europe. Montgomery concentrates forces at Caen while U S troops push near St Lo and Cherbourg traffic opens. German reserves are drawn into heavy tank battles. Russians advance near the Raming front, Finland sees continued pressure, and Italy slows under German reinforcements. Rationing tightens with July point values raised for beef and soft cheeses reintroduced while pork remains unrationed.
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Lend-Lease
Pacific reports Saipan fight and Dewey Bricker ticket
Northern Saipan sees U S troops pressing up rugged mountain terrain as Jap defenders resist amid cliffs and ravines while naval air attacks target shipping. Dewey Bricker campaign platform pledges American market protection, postwar private business recovery, tariffs, farm price supports, and world trade cooperation. Dewey signals possible compulsory training if needed and clarifies tariff stance during press interview at Stevens hotel.
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Casualty totals and war theater notes from early invasion period
Reported U S and Allied losses through late June show about 260 000 American casualties and 40 549 Allied losses in France over two weeks with British and Canadian shares. U S dead average 12 7 percent of casualties. enemy casualties estimated 70 000. Churchill cites 667 000 British losses over four years. Japan advances threaten eastern China coast and rail routes while Allied and Chinese forces push to open back doors from India through Burma.
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India
Naval Hospitals Fill 45 Percent as Sea Service Struggles
Vice Admiral McIntire, naval surgeon general, reports U S naval hospitals are 45 percent full with capacity for 70 000 men. West Coast Pacific area wards reach 95 percent. some patients move to convalescent homes near their residences. Britain agrees to create refuge for Nazi era Jewish refugees from Europe in former Italian North Africa colony. Large numbers arrive in southern Italy daily from Yugoslavia and Balkan areas.
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Ross T. McIntire
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Balkan
Diplomacy Crisis Deepens Over Finland and Baltic Stance
Finland refuses to tilt toward the United States and negotiates with Russia while Baltic state pledges to stay in the war with Germany after promised aid, rupturing relations with the U.S. Ambassador Norman Armour is recalled from Argentina amid Axis sentiment. De Gaulle plans talks with Roosevelt on changes to U.S. policy toward the French National Committee for Liberation as it governs occupied territories.
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U. S
Russia
Germany
Norman Armour
Argentina
State Department
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
French National Committee For Liberation
Reverse lend-lease shifts aid to U S with UK Australia NZ totals
Britain’s reverse lend-lease to the United States for the two years to March totaled about 2.5 billion dollars, with continued high support in early 1944. UK supplies included rail transport to invasion ports, planes, airfields, construction materials, foodstuffs, medical gear, and 25 000 miles of landing mats. Australia contributed heavily in meats and dairy, while New Zealand provided about 100 million dollars mainly in foodstuffs.
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Australia
New Zealand
Britain
U. S
Civilian Goods Shortages Prompt War Production Board Alert
With stockpiles dwindling and labor scarce, civilians will feel shortages of goods like irons clocks and aluminum kitchenware. WPB says steel products lumber and textiles may be affected, while the jeep is deemed a poor general farm vehicle compared with a small tractor.
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WPB
U. S. Department of Commerce
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