Allies Press Berlin Drive in World War II News Analysis
Allied forces push to collapse Nazi pockets in Europe with coordinated west and north drives toward Berlin while guerrillas in the Philippines and Italy aid operations. Postwar talks at San Francisco seek to strengthen security, and Petain faces trial. Meat rationing tightens with a 24 percent cut and extended points system.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
U. S
Warsaw
Vienna
Hitler
Elbe
Mulde
Stettin
Baltic
E. QO
Bavarian Alps
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Italy
Alps
Mussolini
United Nations
San Francisco
China
Britain
Russia
Assembly of the Security Organization
France
Stettinius
San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
Farm real estate sales surge in early 1944 demand rising
The American Bankers Association reports record first quarter farm real estate activity in 1944 with fewer farms offered for sale while demand climbs. Banks insurance companies and estates have sold holdings in most areas and will no longer dampen the market.
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American Bankers Association
A.B.A
Rail movements move 38.5 million troops by rail to Feb 1945
The Association of American Railroads discloses that about 38,500,000 troops were carried by rail in organized movements from Pearl Harbor to the end of February 1945. The figure excludes others traveling in smaller groups or service members on furloughs.
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Pearl Harbor
Association of American Railroads
Shoes Shortages and Ration Limits Face War-Scarred Market
The OPA tightens shoe stamps to curb use amid wartime shortages. Vets receive two stamps per book and new babies one, while 160 million pairs may be produced tax-free for youths and adults, yet dealers see few deliveries. Factor in scarce leather from underfed steers and rising production delays. Meanwhile Happy Chandler, former Kentucky politician and ex-player, becomes baseball commissioner. The Commerce Department, led by Henry A. Wallace, takes charge of surplus property and aims to maximize government returns. Global wheat stocks near 950 million bushels by July 1, with U S Canada Argentina and Australia ready to trade, but freight car shortages threaten exports and lend-lease relief.
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OPA
Albert B
Happy) Chandler
Landis
Harvard
Kentucky University
Kentucky
Chandler
Happy Happy Chandler
U. S. Senate
Alben Barkley
Washington, D. C
Cordell Hult
Happy
U. S
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Army Discharges Limited Releases and Policy Shift
Army plans call for releasing some veterans with five years of service regardless of age even if German resistance lasts into summer. Congress moves to bar 18 year olds from combat without six months training. Some volunteers from 1940 or early inductees may be discharged based on unit availability. Prisoners of war in the continental U S produced over 44 million dollars in work in early 1945 across army posts and private contracts, totaling about 12.1 million man days.
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Henri Petain
France
Verdun
Petain
Fetain
de Gaulle
Congress
Army
Continental
United States
War Department
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