Allies Press In Normandy as De Gaulle Seeks White House Accord
Allied forces push toward La Haye and St Lo amid hedgerows and marshes while Caen defenses slow progress. In the east British and Canadian troops press German detachments near Caen as Rommel units counter. Reich shifts leadership in Berlin as De Gaulle seeks formal recognition and U.S. talks in Washington with Roosevelt.
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St. Lo
Caen
Rommel
Paris
Normandy
Berlin
Chico? von Rundstedt
Field Marshal
von Kluge
France
Moscow
Multiple Disasters Mark Week Across Nation
A string of calamities hits the United States as 135 victims die in a Hartford tent fire at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey. Miners remain trapped near Bellaire Ohio as rescue efforts drill into the shaft. A Louisville and Nashville derailment in Jellico Tennessee leaves many dead or injured. Chinese forces fight Japanese advances as Allied air power supports Chinese defenses along with Burma operations. The 14th American Air Force joins attacks over China, delivering bombs and ammunition to the defenders.
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Barnum & Bailey Giveus
Hartford
Conn
Powhatan
Bellaire
Ohio
Louisville and
Nashville
Clear Fork River Gorge
Jellico
Tenn
Burma
China
India
Harvest Labor Demand and Central American Unrest
The War Food Administration estimates 700000 extra harvest workers needed, with 12 million total farm workers required by October, implying many recruits from cities. Uprisings in Honduras and Nicaragua spread unrest as rioting and resignations surface, with Guatemala also affected.
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WIA
Honduras
Nicaragua
Central America
San Salvador
Guatemala
Subs Take Toll as Allies Press Toward Japan
Secretary James Forrestal said U S submarines and air forces will increasingly strike enemy shipping as the Allies press toward Japan. He noted recent losses of 15 Japanese cargo vessels and two warships, which crimp the enemy war program by blocking the flow of about 75 million tons of waterborne freight yearly including 75 percent of oil and fast supply from the East Indies. He added Tokyo has stockpiles built before the war and uses prewar tonnage to mitigate transport losses.
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U.S
James Forrestal
U. S
Forrestal
Home Islands
East Indies
South Pacific
Lend-Lease Steady Shipments To Allies In 1944
U S lend lease shipments remained steady through the first five months of 1944 with some commodities rising and others falling in volume and little net effect on domestic supplies. Nine point three percent of total U S meat went under lend lease, pork comprising the major share. About eighteen point six percent of the nation’s pork was sent abroad as the United Kingdom and Russia received most of the food, with the United States supplying ten percent of British needs.
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U. S
United Kingdom
Russia
Predatory insects aid corn borer fight in Illinois fields
In Illinois farmers release over 40,000 wasps and flies under U S Department of Agriculture guidance to combat corn borers. The method complements plowing and clean farming, as wasps and flies attack the borer in and out of the stalk, while other regions report World War II era robotic bombs and Texas dust control using Grama grass at Biggs Field.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Texas
Biggs Field
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