Europe News Briefed on Nazi Retreats Across France and Balkans
Allied forces push Nazis back across France as Paris liberation nears, with Marseille port restored for supplies. In the Balkans, Romania shifts toward the Allies while Soviet pressure drives toward the Galati Gap, threatening German lines and Ploesti.
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France
Hitler
Balkans
Agee
Union
Reich
U. S
Marseille
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Balkan
Romania
Galati
Transylvanian Alps
Black Sea
Rumania
Ploesti
Postwar Peace Talks Start at Dumbarton Oaks Meeting
Delegates from the United States Britain and Russia convened at Dumbarton Oaks Washington to discuss postwar peace with emphasis on force as last resort China to join after Reds talks. Secretary Hull invited by Roosevelt to consult with Dewey advisor John Foster Dulles and smaller nations’ interests.
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Dumbarton Oaks
Washington, D. C
U. S
Britain
Russia
China
Cordell Hull
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Hull
Dewey
Auto use declines as wartime morale cuts trips
A recent survey shows 74 percent of car owners drive less than half peacetime mileage. Shorter trips and fewer journeys, not car layups, cut usage. Gasoline and tire rationing plus patriotic motives reduced driving. Capt. Joseph Hiestand of Hillsboro Ohio wins the North American trap championship at Vandalia Ohio, his fourth win after 1935 36 and 38 with 200 straight targets.
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Joseph Hiestand
Hillsboro
Ohio
Vandalia
Surplus Food Policy Aims to Prevent Postwar Glut
The War Food Administration plans to buy only for forecasted demand and reserve relief food from surplus army and lend lease stocks before domestic purchases. A permanent international agricultural organization is proposed to aid research, nutrition, and global economic growth, while MacArthur and Nimitz press heavy bombardments to disrupt enemy shipping lanes and support forces in the Philippines Mindanao and surrounding areas.
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War Food Administration
WFA
International Agricultural Organization
United Nations
Solomons
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Bonin Islands
U. S
Marianas
Tokyo
AFL seeks 15 percent wage raise and union expansion
AFL leaders urge President to use power to raise wages and abandon the Little Steel formula, proposing a 15 percent cap from January 1941 levels while expanding coverage by chartering the International Office Workers union to include white cocking employees facing living cost pressures. Senators report 34 million acres acquired by the federal government for war plus 6.75 million acres surplus in defense holdings.
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Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
International Office Workers Union
AFL
William Green
U.S
Defense Plant Corporation
O’mahoney
Wyoming
War and Navy Departments
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Western Association of Railway Executives
J. P. Morgan and Company
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
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Pacific
Telefact
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Bibi
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
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Ponte Vecchio
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Mar
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Sioux Falls
Feathers
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Wahlert & Guntzle
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National Wood Works
Iowa
Iaraneadt Peterson Jewelry
Iawwatel
California
Ashington
Oregon
Bekins Storage
Lemmon
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IGWA JOINT STOCK LAND BANK + O
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Isn
Los Angeles
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Warnock Bidg
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Kemp Tire & Battery Co
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Producers Commission Association Stock Yards
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