Allies Press in Cherbourg as German Forces Fight to Last
U S Doughboys nearing Cherbourg as German defenders resist with last-ditch action and harbor facilities are demolished. Allied bombers target Nazi positions while Calais rocket-bomb sites endure heavy air strikes. Russians push in the east and Italians advance as Allied forces encroach the peninsula. Congress passes a World War II veterans bill of rights including unemployment pay, education aid, and loan guarantees. Japan dodges a showdown as Spruance’s Fifth Fleet battles near Saipan, with heavy losses on both sides. OPA ceilings revisions extend parity price protections to 1945 and stabilize rents and consumer goods while surplus stocks are managed to prevent 1919-style gluts.
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U. S
Cherbourg
Cotentin
Britain
von Rundstedt
Calais
England
London
Finland
Warsaw
Berlin
Italy
Japan
Fifth Naval Force
Marianas
Philippine Islands
U. S. Marine
Saipan Island
Fifth
Adm
Raymond Spruance
Saipan
Senate
House
Overseas Disposal of Surplus Goods Aimed at Profit
A government advisory committee says U S surplus overseas should be disposed of in foreign markets for maximum profit. It favors selling surplus industrial equipment abroad to help restore postwar production and reduce relief needs, even suggesting linkage with purchases of new equipment if bids are low.
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M. Lee Marshall
War Food Administration
WFA
Marshall
Europe
U. S
Reconversion plans split WPB factions on civilian output
War Production Board debates resuming civilian production before all firms exit war work. Nelson supports earlier civilian output to avoid industry regimentation, while Wilson warns of penalties to war contractors. Distillers face alcohol production limits and grain-use restrictions. District court curbs patent rights to protect future inventors, prompting reexamination of patent office practices.
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War Production Board
WPB
Donald Nelson
Charles Wilson
Nelson
Wilson
U. S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
U S First to Experiment With Air Troops
Washington notes the United States pioneered troop transport by air through early demonstrations and later developments. Paratroopers and glider troops, part of airborne forces, helped blitz campaigns in Europe and Africa, with pilots trained for difficult conditions and airborne operations expanding into large scale missions.
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U. S
WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Crete
Burma
United States
United States Army
Billy’ Mitchell
War Department
Kelly Field
Texas
Germany
Poland
Billy” Mitchell
Luftwaffe
Low Countries
United States Troop Carrier Command
North Africa
U. S. Airborne
Troop Carrier Command
Airborne
Paratroopers
France
Sicily
Montgomery
New Guinea
Europe
Eisenhower
Mars
O W Strike Narrows Beet Field Labor Near Scotts Bluff
German war prisoners refuse to work in beet fields near Scotts Bluff Nebraska after pay shift from 80 cents daily to 30 cents per quarter acre thinned. Lieut Col Clyde Dempster warns disciplinary action if the strike continues. Employment in war plants drops by about 100000 workers per month since the start of the year per Commerce Department. nonwar jobs steady.
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O.W
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Clyde Dempster
Department of Commerce
Congress to spend under 100 billion for next fiscal year
Congress plans to cut appropriations below 100 billion dollars for the year starting July 1. Chairman Cannon of the House appropriations committee estimated about 66 billion dollars in outlays, with roughly 5 percent for national debt finance. He said appropriations have passed the hump and will continue to fall, despite war developments.
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Congressional
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Surplus Army Trucks Allocated to Farmers via AAA Offices
To aid this year’s wheat harvest surplus Army trucks will be distributed to farmers and haulers through county AAA offices. Limited supply means only a small percentage will be available, allotted by the most critical need after AAA certification. Dealers buy trucks from the U S treasury regional office at an appraised price and sell to farmers at or below OPA ceilings.
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AAA
U. S. Treasury
Bulletin board and blackboard pattern with colors
Mrs Spears provides an actual size pattern and complete directions for a combined bulletin board and blackboard. Includes stencil designs and color guide for top decorations and the trough at bottom. Pattern No 267 available by mail for 18 cents. Address:
War Agencies Announce Production and Labor Shifts
More than two million dozen infants and children’s wear will be produced in June through August per WPB. WFA authorizes release of 12 million more pounds of dried prunes from 1943 production to civilians. Romanian conscripts must bring two changes of underwear due to equipment shortages. U.S. farm employment on April 1 runs about 3 percent lower than a year earlier.
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WPB
WFA
United States
Lemon Water Morning Cure For Constipation
A reader advises replacing harsh laxatives with a lemon juice and water drink each morning. The note extols lemons as rich in vitamin C and claims benefits for fatigue resistance, cold defense, and digestion, urging a ten day trial and praising the drink as a grand wake-up.
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Sunkist
Galiforeis Sunkist
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
B. F. Geedrich
America
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San Blas
Panama
BF Goodrich
Bankhage
Tojo
Hitler
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