Allies Hammer Nazi Rails in Preinvasion Push
Weekly News Analysis reports heavy Allied bombardment of German rail lines up to 100 miles inland, aiding invasion timing. It notes lend lease totals near 30.36 billion dollars with Britain receiving about 19.7 billion and Russia 4.2 billion, alongside U.S. and Allied operational actions in Burma, New Guinea, and India.
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Stilwell
Burma
Atlantic Wall
U. S
Holland
Channel
Surplus War Goods vs Civilian Production Dilemma
The War Production Board faces a surplus of raw materials and war goods while civilian needs grow. Restrictions aim to prevent manpower strain and ensure impartial political information and entertainment in broadcasts, service publications, and films for soldiers in 1944.
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U. S
War Production Board
U.S
War Department
Japan Tightens Grip in China and Global War Notes
Japan presses near Hankow Peiping railway in northeast China with 80 000 troops and reserves to secure a vital north south line. Mexico ends midday siesta as Camacho orders 8 am to 3 pm in offices stores 9 am to 3 pm and factories 6 am to 2 pm. War economy shows mixed profits with petroleum up 46.8 percent and wholesale retail down 16.5 percent. 1943 wages 72.8 percent of gross income. taxes 20.8 percent. Aviation circles weigh a single U S airline for international service versus several competing firms.
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Hankow-Peiping
China
U. S
Manuel Avila Camacho
Mexico
Camacho
Washington swine program links profit to feed conservation
A government backed plan driven by swine industry leaders urges efficient feeding practices to reduce waste. Clifford D. Carpenter explains four guiding principles and five key targets to boost pork production while preserving feed. Separate needs at NACA and War Manpower echo ongoing mobilization for engineers and women workers nationwide.
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Union Trust
Washington, D. C
London
Department of Agriculture
Carpenter
Clifford D. Carpenter
Food Production Administration
War Food Administration
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
Langley Field
Moffett Field
Calif
Cleveland
Ohio
National Women’s Advisory Committee
The
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
Postal notes eyed for small money by mail
Senate postal committee weighs a plan to issue postal notes under ten dollars at a five cent fee. The house already approved the proposal. The notes would supplement money orders, not replace them, as a convenient postal option. Paul Poiret, once famed designer, dies in Paris near poverty. Rayon hose production up by permission of the War Production board, lighter weights favored as demand shifts.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
War Labor Board
Senate
House
Harry Byrd
Charles Dewey
Ward
Senate Postal Committee
Paul Poiret
Paris
War Production Board
U S WWII Casualties Reach Nearly Two Hundred Thousand
Latest figures show U S casualties in World War II totaling 197841 with 153302 army deaths 44539 navy losses and 45567 deaths overall. Army breakdown includes 26575 killed 62312 wounded 33814 missing 30601 prisoners. navy 18992 killed 11899 wounded 9192 missing 4456 prisoners. To move wool stocks CCC fixes domestic wool price near or below imported price saving a federal agency profit offsetting CCC loss.
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U. S
Army
Navy
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Pigeon Drops Aid Message For Stranded Airmen
Brief notes describe a trained pigeon released from a waterproof metal container with a parachute to carry messages from stranded airmen to rescuers. Separate items state the U S Army needs 75 000 to 100 000 personnel monthly to sustain peak force of 7 700 000 and the Navy must add 400 000 by September 1 to reach 3 500 000 for combined services.
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RCAF
Canadian Information Bulletin
Otawa
U. S. Army
War Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Ask Me Another General Quiz Questions
Answers cover a broad trivia set including historical party names, French monarchs, 19th century laws, war era fuel use, sleep depth timing, pyramid area, Helen of Troy phrase, and a European dictator who was a newspaper man.
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Progressive Party
United States
Gizeh
Illium
Answers 1 Through 7 From The Gazette
A compact list presents seven items with numeric or named references including the years 1912 and 1924, Napoleon VI, Boston, odds eighty to one, a one percent sleep note, thirteen acres, and Helen of Troy paired with Mussolini.
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Napoleon VI
Boston
Helen of Troy
Mussolini
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