Allies Drive on German Border and Expand Navy Report
Allied forces press toward the Siegfried line after devastating German losses since D-day, with U S and British air power crippling retreats while Russian advances threaten Hungary and the Balkans. August beef production hits a record 600 million pounds as pork lags year over year amid feeding and government packing allocations.
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Europe
France
Siegfried Line
Reich
U. S
Channel
England
Income Tax Reform and Military Mobilization Report
Thirty million taxpayers with earnings under five thousand dollars yearly will no longer fill complex forms. Instead, withholding receipts from employers will let Uncle Sam calculate liability next year, with 10 percent credits for charitable costs. Navy Secretary Forrestal touts a 65,000-vessel rise since 1939, 8,717,000 personnel, 1,150 major ships, and a 57,600-plane air force expansion, plus five billion dollars in aid to Allies. U.S. submarines claim 875 total sinkings since Pearl Harbor. bombers target Halmahera and supply lines. Manufacturing earnings rise 28 percent over January 1941, with weekly pay at $49.23 and hourly at $1.06, real earnings up about 2 percent from May.
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Treasury
Uncle Sam
James Forrestal
U. S
Forrestal
Young Wizard Hiller Demonstrates Twin Rotor Helicopter
Stanley Hiller Jr., 19, showcased a new type twin rotor helicopter to the army, navy and national advisory committee for aeronautics in San Francisco one day before his induction. Using opposite rotating props to counter torque, the craft cruises from 1% to 90 miles per hour with a top speed near 100 mph and has flown about 90 miles on its longest route. Son of a pioneer Pacific flier and ship company president, Hiller also founded a miniature automobile business using a special die casting process.
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Stanley Hiller Jr
Army
Navy
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
San Francisco
Calif
Hiller
Pioneer Pacific Flier
World Wheat Surplus Seen In 1944 Harvest
Four major wheat nations the United States Canada Argentina and Australia expect to harvest about 2 billion bushels in 1944 with a carry over of roughly 1.6 billion. The International Wheat Council projects a total supply near 3 billion, with consumption around 1.4 billion and a reserve of 1.6 billion. The US crop is estimated at 1.132 billion bushels, roughly half of the four-nation total. The report also notes polio outbreaks and impacts on school openings and public venues, plus war bond redemptions rising among small denominations.
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U. S
Canada
Argentina
Australia
International Wheat Council
Minnesota
North Dakota
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Arctic Diet Tops for Flyers and Soldiers in Tests
Highlights from the week show the University of Illinois tests indicating a starch sugar and fat rich diet best preserves body temperature and muscle coordination for aviators and soldiers in arctic conditions. Aluminum landing mats perform well for air transport, weighing less than steel and allowing faster laydown.
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Arctic
U, of Illinois
Army Air Force
World Monopoly Threat to Peace and War Revival
Attorney General Francis Biddle told Congress that cartel agreements among international firms formed the basis for Germanys military rejuvenation. He described how such agreements kept companies from South American markets blocked munitions sales and hindered synthetic rubber and magnesium development. He noted German subsidiaries abroad evading postwar prohibitions and praised television as a supplement to radio while citing war years revenue growth for Standard Stations and networks, with 1943 time sales at 196 million dollars and 58 million in net income versus 1942 sales of 164 million and 45 million profit.
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Germany
Francis Biddle
Congress
Biddle
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
Fly
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