Europe on the Move as Allies Break Through German Lines
Allied forces push through Normandy into Brittany and advance on Brest and St Nazaire while Bradley’s units rout the western foe. British troops press in central and eastern sectors amid heavy resistance. Over 100000 prisoners flow to Allied rear as Warsaw endures ferocious fighting on the eastern front. Russia threatens German cutoff near East Prussia as Chernia khovsky closes in. Turkey shifts toward the United Nations by breaking with Germany, Finland reasserts independence under Mannerheim.
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U. S
Normandy
Brittany
Brest
St. Nazaire
Omar Bradley
U.S
France
Cherbourg
Warsaw
East Prussia
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Germany
Vistula
Balkans
Italy
Florence
Europe
Turkey
United Nations
Finland
Marshal Baron von Mannerheim
Risto Ryti
Russia
Moscow
Near East
Production Boost Sought as U S Armament Needs Rise
General Somervell warns heavy artillery and munitions demand a 24 percent production increase by October. He cites manpower shortages due to absenteeism peacetime job searches and low pay in heavy industries as major barriers. As Allied lines lengthen and combat pace quickens trucks shells and bullets will be in higher demand.
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U. S
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
U S Budget Near 100 Billion With War Costs Rising
Budget Director Harold D. Smith projected U S expenditures of about 98.4 billion dollars for the year ending June 30. About 89 billion would fund war needs with possible rises if European fighting lasts longer. Receipts were put at 15.4 billion, yielding a deficit above 2.5 billion and a national debt over 250 billion.
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Germany
Japan
Harold D. Smith
U. S
Smith
Pacific Front News Profiles Total War and Draft Shifts
Reports show Japanese forces driven back across the South Pacific as U S troops advance, with Guam tallying 7 893 enemy dead and 5 000 at Tinian amid cave and dugout resistance. In New Guinea allied landings isolate pockets of Japanese units. Draft Director Hershey reiterates a 26 cutoff while urging reclassification of those over 26 in essential industry to 1 A and closer scrutiny of nonessential delays.
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South Pacific
U. S
Saipan
Guam
Tinian
New Guinea
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Firemen Save Thousands of Fish in Wallingford Reservoir
Firemen in Wallingford Connecticut earned praise for reviving a dying pond by pumping and spraying water to aerate it. The two day effort saved thousands of fish including pickerel bass and catfish with only about ten percent losses reported. The same week reports from agriculture warned of lower egg production in the second half of the year while chicken and turkey supplies would tighten due to military needs.
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North Farms
Wallingford
Conn
Department of Agriculture
Department
Philadelphia Strike Ties Up War Transportation
A 6000-strong strike of bus, trolley, and subway workers in Philadelphia disrupts radar and ordnance production by halting transport to war plants. Clashes between whites and Negroes escalate, property damage and looting widen. Army steps in to run lines to move essential workers, while drivers resist hiring Negroes.
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Philadelphia
OPA
Roosevelt
Churchill cites robot bomb toll and morale steadfastness
Prime Minister Churchill disclosed the German robot bomb casualties and destruction in a seven week period noting over 4,500 killed and 800,000 damaged, with 14,000 seriously injured and 17,000 houses destroyed. He said the onslaught would not weaken Britain or divert war effort.
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Churchill
Hitler
Europe
Pacific
Japan
Terrier Nurses Cat Kittens and Cat Shares Nursings
Chicago terrier Tootsie befriended a stray cat Petunia and nursed her newborn kittens after the cat fell weak. Animal authorities call the behavior unusual as a dog helps nurse a cat’s litter while the cat remains nearby. In Dedham Mass 64 year old Woodbury Rand left 100000 for his cat Buster care in last illness. He allocated 60000 to the car 40000 to a housekeeper and directed use of his radio sweaters blankets fans and chair for Buster. He canceled 20000 in bequests to nine cousins due to alleged cruelty toward the cat.
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Tootsie
Rose Smith
Chicago
Petunia
Dedham
Mass
Woodbury Rand
Buster
Rand
Fisher Brothers and Body by Fisher A Detroit Legacy
More than 40 years ago two Norwalk sons joined Wilson Body in Detroit and built a six brother auto body firm famous as Body by Fisher later controlled by General Motors in 1919. The last four brothers resigned recently and rumors say they may reenter manufacturing. Separately, Evanston health doctors report successful single serum immunization for 649 infants using diphtheria toxoid and pertussis vaccine tested over five years with three week intervals.
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Fisher Boys
Norwalk
Detroit
Mich
Wilson Body Company
Fisher Brothers
General Motors Corporation
Fisher
Fishers
Evanston I., Health Department
Washington Digest GOP to Inject Youth in 1944 Campaign
BAUKHAGE surveys Republican strategy with Dewey Brownell at the helm, stressing youth and energy to contrast Democratic lines. He notes Bricker, CIO influence, and labor support dynamics, plus a look at Truman Pendergast ties and the 1944 campaign mood in Washington.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Potomac
Republican
Washington
Dewey
Pittsburgh
St. Enui
Herbert Brownell
National Committee
Connecticut Avenue
Brownell
Harrison Spangler
His
State University
Yale
Truman
Pendergast
Wallace
Sydney Hillman
CIO
John Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Illinois
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
UMW
Europe
War program targets 34 thousand miles of roads
The Office of War Information cites Public Roads data and state and private agencies for rebuilding state highways by war's end. An impressive immediate plan calls for upgrading 34 000 miles under the National Interregional Highway committee. Farm loans have aided hundreds of discharged servicemen lacking credit to boost food production. Seasonal employers may now apply for rationed food allotments to feed workers hired for up to 60 days.
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Office of War Information
Public Roads Administration
National Interregional Highway Committee
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Animal Kingdom
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Albany
Taft
Jim Watson
Indiana
Joe Cannon
Jim
Mr. Bricker
Democratic Party
Bricker
Middle West
British Information Service
Bankhage
United States
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St. Louis
Apex Co
Vernon
Mittong & Spruell Co
Béway
St Tals
Mittong & Sproell Co
Lacey St. Louis
A. G. Brauer Supply CO
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Mol
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Dusk and Goss Tenthere
Wahlert & Guntzler
North First
Saint Louis
Red River Valley
Metro
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California
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Collier’s
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Dept
Aurora, Ill. SF
Tan Tae Shllmans
Doan’s
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