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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
3
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes a coordinated national drive as Allied forces intensify bombing campaigns against Nazi war plants and Italian ports. Russian forces press anew in the Caucasus, marking a broad dual-threat strategy while wartime headlines emphasize Allied industrial targets and strategic fronts.
Allied bombers continue devastating raids on German and Axis industrial hubs. Dispersal of war plants toward Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Austria is indicated as key sites like Bremens Focke Wulf and Renault near Paris remain unrepaired. Meanwhile US UK raids wreck Italian ports and Japanese efforts threaten Chungking, with Chinese defenders slowing but not halting Nippon advance. In Akron, 51500 rubber workers return to work after Roosevelt’s five day strike curtailment.
President Roosevelt appoints James F Byrnes to head the Office of War Mobilization uniting production procurement transport and distribution of military and civilian supplies under one leadership with Stimson Knox Hopkins Nelson Vinson all serving in key roles forming a decisive wartime management committee.
Russian forces hurled about 150000 infantry and tank men in a wide push from Veliki Luki to the Caucasus against Kuban lines near Novorossisk. Berlin radio said first waves drove the Germans back over a mile as Red divisions, tanks, planes and artillery battered Nazi defenses along the last Caucasus foothold. Observers debated if this signaled a major summer battle.
General Charles De Gaulle hailed a new era as unity between Giraud and De Gaulle forces materialized. United States and Britain pressed for reconciliation while De Gaulle spoke on radio before traveling from London to Algiers to meet General Giraud. He said empire union would be accomplished and faith in France’s destiny would grow after years of division.
Highlights of the week note the appointment of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Gen Douglas Mac Arthur as honorary knights of the Grand Cross Order of the Bath by King George VI. Also marked are flood aid plans and other public measures.
Grand wardrobes feature smock overalls and playsuit styles for ages 1 to 5. Barbara Bell Pattern No 1020-8 covers size 2 overall needing 14% yards of 85 inch fabric, smock also 14% yards, playsuit 34 yard.
An older orange wood stick eases dirt in corners while cleaning. Tips cover preventing caster drops with paraffin, onion odors removed by vinegar, grafting wax kept by pork rind, and paraffin in stockings. It notes Camel cigarettes as Army favored and available to service members despite postal limits.
Collier's notes that Qufu in China has housed Confucius descendants for 2,500 years. Tens of thousands are buried around his tomb in Kung cemetery, and more than 50,000 still live there, nearly the entire city population.
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