Allies Press In Normandy As De Gaulle Visits Washington
Allied forces push through marshy Normandy terrain enveloping La Haye and St Lo while British and Canadian units pressure Caen. In Washington De Gaulle seeks formal recognition and control of liberated French territories under lend-lease terms, with U S cautious on legal status until elections.
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St. Lo
Caen
Rommel
Paris
Normandy
Berlin
von Rundstedt
von Kluge
France
Moscow
de Gaulle
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Nort Africa
Britain
Free French Movement
Tragedies from Fire to Train Wreck Across World News
A Hartford circus fire kills many children as 135 bodies are recovered while 64 miners face entombment in Ohio. A L and N derailment in Jellico raises dead and injured counts. Chinese forces resist Japanese advances along the eastern seacoast as the 14th Air Force aids Allied defense in China and Burma.
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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Hartford
Bellaire
Ohio
Louisville and
Nashville
Clear Fork River Gorge
Jellico
Tenn
Burma
China
India
14Th American
Predatory Insects Deployed to Fight Corn Borers
In Illinois farmers, aided by the U S Department of Agriculture, released over 40000 predatory wasps and flies to curb corn borers. Experts say this biological method supports clean farming and deep plowing rather than replacing them, as insects attack borers within tunnels and on the stalk exterior.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Britain Faces 10000 Robot Casualties War Update
Prime Minister Churchill told parliament that more than 10 000 people have been killed or wounded by flying bombs. He warned he cannot promise an end to the attack while noting Allied air raids target the French coast from where the bombs are launched. The robots fly at 300 mph and 3000 feet before a 30 degree glide crash. In Texas Biggsfield a quarter million dollars funds grass to suppress dust on fields. Grama grass seeds are sown and hay rot creates ground cover to hold soil.
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Churchill
Normandy
U. S
French
England
Texas
Biggsfield
Harvest labor needs loom as city workers eyed
The War Food Administration estimates 700000 extra workers needed for harvest. An official said about 12 million workers are required on farms to meet October harvest peak, meaning roughly 700000 city workers must be recruited. Unrest spreads in Central America with resignations in Honduras and resistance in Nicaragua amid rioting in Guatemala.
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War Food Administration
WEA
Honduras
Nicaragua
Central America
San Salvador
Guatamalatan
Subs Take Toll As Allied Pressure Tightens War Lines
Navy secretary James Forrestal said U S subs and air forces are increasingly destroying Japanese shipping. He reported 15 cargo vessels and two warships sent to the bottom, constraining Japan's wartime program as roughly 75 million tons of waterborne freight must reach home waters yearly. He noted stockpiles and surplus prewar tonnage cushion losses.
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U. S
Navy
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Home Islands
East Indies
South Pacific
Lend-Lease Sends Steady Food Shipments in 1944 Start
Lend-lease shipments to the Allies remained steady in the first five months of 1944. Nine point three percent of U S meat, mainly pork, went abroad, while about fifteen point six percent of the nation’s pork was shipped to allies. The United Kingdom and Russia received most of the lend-lease food, with the U S supplying ten percent of British needs.
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U. S
United Kingdom
Russia
Midwest isolationism and the 1940 Democratic split risk
Washington observers assess how Midwest isolationist sentiment shapes the 1940 Democratic convention and the Republican ticket. The piece notes a measured anti administration current, Bricker and Dewey maneuvers, and the danger of a party split aiding a Republican win. It describes conversations in Illinois and Omaha about foreign policy, loyalty to allies, and public desire to avoid upheaval before the election.
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Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
White House
Secret Service
Chicago
Hitler
Philadelphia
Middle West
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Edge
New Jersey
Republican Party
Bricker
Dewey
Midwest
Washington
Illinois
Swing
Lippman
Harpers
The
Atlantic Monthly
Tribune
Chicago Tribune
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Bret Hart
Roosevelt
Pepper
Florida
New
Volunteers Needed to Expand Price Control Effort
Bankhead reports about 90,000 more volunteers are required to sustain the price control program. The note highlights current farm labor from Mexico 32500, Jamaica 5250, Bahama Islands 5100, Newfoundland 450. Since the war began, 15000 trans Atlantic flights have linked the US and England. Volunteers for spare time farm and food processing work may apply for special gasoline rations to travel to and from this work.
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Jamaica
The
Bahama Islands
Newfoundland
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