Roiling Germany revolt as Tojo falls and Guam drive advances
Western Union reports a German coup attempt against Hitler amid renewed Allied advances in Normandy and Saipan, while U S forces push on Guam. Japan reorganizes under militarists after Tojo’s fall as Rommel counters Allied gains in Europe. Russian offensives press east to East Prussia as Italy’s Livorno port aids shipping.
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Germany
Hitler
Guam
Normandy
U. S
Marshall Rommel
East Prussia
Poland
Italy
Livorno
Lwow
Warsaw
July Beef Prices Reach New Records At Chicago Yard
Smaller shipments and tougher competition push prime long fed steers to 17.65 per cwt in Chicago, the July peak since 1919 and highest since April 1943. Heifers reach 17.35, matching the best July sale since August 1920. records cited compare with 1943 1942 and 1941 price levels, and note a prior July high of 18.75 in 1918.
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Chicago
American Dreyfus dies after long fight over court martial conviction
Oberlin M. Carter the American Dreyfuss who battled to clear himself of a Savannah project fraud conviction died in Chicago at age 88. The former U. S. Army engineer faced a two million dollar defrauding charge and conviction.
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Oberlin M. Carter
Dreyfuss
Chicago
Savannah
World Bank Eyes Stability Funds for Postwar Recovery
Allied nations back an 8.8 billion fund to provide currencies for trade balances and a 10 billion world bank to extend 2 billion in long term loans for reconstruction. US participation hinges on congressional approval with roughly 2.75 billion and 3 billion portions respectively.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
World Organization
U. S
World Bank
GI Reading Politics Permitted Amid Army Magazine Expansion
Sen. Robert Taft urged relaxing rules on political literature in the armed services as the army broadened the list of magazines allowed to circulate among GIs to 189. He argued the Hatch Act would still block government materials but not political pieces sent by individuals or parties at their own expense. The expansion rests on studies of soldiers’ reading abroad and post purchases at home.
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Army
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Marsh Hares Name Change Sparks Louisiana Musk Rat Debate
Louisiana Governor James H. Davis signed house bill 675 changing muskrats to marsh hares to boost musk rat meat sales. The aquatic rodent flesh is a Louisiana delicacy and the new name aims to avoid negative impressions.
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James H. Davis
Louisiana
White season dresses feature simple lines and pique fabrics
Western Newspaper Union reports a fashion shift to dramatic simplicity this summer, led by white outfits and pique frocks. The trend favors washable fabrics, apron styling with rickrack, ankle-length or sleeveless gowns with square necklines, and slender silhouettes for ease and ease of care.
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Sunwovds
Enormous Brims Drive Bold Spring Fashion
The fashion column notes a wide brim trend for spring and summer. It highlights two hat models a black horsehair piece with a pleated brim and a rough white straw hat with a telescope crown in two tones, urging readers to update wardrobes.
Autumn Dresses Feature Back Button Closure
Fashion notes describe back-buttoned dresses blouses and skirts as the season shifts. Back closures replace metal slides with self fabric covered buttons creating sleek lines and a seamless look on long torso overblouses and skirts.
Bigger and Better Hats Signal Millinery Revolution
An article proclaims a millinery movement with hats designed to be more substantial and head-fitting. It promises a poetry of rich media, enhanced with ribbons flowers and plumage to express expert design beyond mere veiling.
New Lily Stepha Notis Debuts for Bridal Bouquets
A waxlike tiny lily type named stepha notis emerges as a rival to lilies of the valley for bridal bouquets. It dresses up well for bridal headdresses and bouquets with long streamer effects, offering a delicate alternative for wedding arrangements.
General Quiz Questions from ASK ME ANOTHER
A set of trivia questions covering geography water earth a chess board ocean states flags ship halyard elephants hymn steel tonnage Peeping Tom vessels Huguenots and Mother Goose.
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United States
Mother Goose
Answers to a list of trivia questions from a 19th century quiz
The passage includes numbered trivia items with terse facts such as a pestilence aboard, air cooled by moving cars, and Mother Goose born in Boston. It references eight states, Colobumbia, and a claim about Lady Godiva’s spy, plus a printer Thomas Fleet and the 1719 Mother Goose Rhymes.
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Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Columbia
Lady Godiva
Calvin
Mother Goose
Boston
Thomas Fleet
Shanghai Kelly and the San Francisco Chute Traps
The article notes Shanghai Kelly ran a notorious waterfront saloon in the 1870s and claims his victims were not drugged but thrown down chutes into boats waiting beneath the building. It highlights his notoriety and unusual method of disposal aboard the frontier port.
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Shanghai Kelly
San Francisco
Collier’s
Kelly
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Western Newspaper Union
Pacific
Hediki Tojo
Tokio
Saipan Island
Garapan
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Farm Security Administration
Europe
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Russ
Caen
India
Muzzafarpur
Champaran
Bihar
War Food Administration
Lower Great Lakes
Canadian
Great Northern
By Cherie Nicholas
Billings
Great Falls
Butte
Shanghai
Romer
Lydia
Iewleng
Lydia E. Pinkmann
WNU
C.B.C
Santes Var
Vem
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