Labor balance improves as manpower meets needs in wartime
The National Industrial Conference Board says manpower is in balance with wartime needs while labor in critical areas remains scarce. The Agriculture Department notes a 4 percent farm labor drop due to weather and field access, prompting shifts from small grains to row crops. Nonfarm workers total 41.8 million in March, down from 43 million in July 1943, with only transportation showing gains.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Department of Agriculture
Allied push in Italy and German retreat near Rome
Allied forces from six nations press the Rome front as German columns pull back toward the Anzio area under heavy fire. Western Europe sees continued Allied bombing of Axis rail and factory targets while Russian bombers hit Nazi bases. In the east, Chinese and British forces cooperate against Japanese control as Chiang Kai-shek seeks wider Communist collaboration to bolster China’s resistance.
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Italy
Roma
U. S
Europe
Anzio
Germany
West Wall
von Rundstedt
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Lin Tso-han
Burma
Joseph Stilwell
India
Ghiang
Pacific 1000 Mile Advance
Gen Douglas MacArthur pushing 125 miles northwest in Dutch New Guinea closes in on the Philippines. US forces near island clusters off Dutch New Guinea fortify air bases to counter Allied moves toward the Indies and the Philippines. He remains 1,000 miles from Milne Bay, far southeast where the campaign began.
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Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Bataan
U. S
Indies
Milne Bay
MacArthur
South Pacific
British premiers back world peace body after Churchill talks
After long talks with Prime Minister Churchill Britain's dominion premiers left for home while issuing a statement in favor of establishing a world peace organization. They affirmed that postwar the body should have power to prevent aggression and violence and pledged not to abandon comrades still fighting for freedom.
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Frime
Churchill
Britain
Dominion
Less Meat Available Per Capita in Second Half Year
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates about ten pounds less meat per person will be available in the latter half of the year. Average consumption would total 67.5 pounds for six months, similar to the second half of 1943 when meats were on ration.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Rehabilitation program at Great Lakes Navy hospital showcases patient art
After six months the U S naval hospital rehabilitation program under Teut. Comdr. R. E. Kinneman displays items created by recovering servicemen and women. Exhibits include scarves purses belts ash trays bill folds clay turtles yarn dogs and outdoor life scenes. The project aims to restore mobility and uncover hidden talents while stimulating patients minds. A separate note discusses oil prospects in the southeastern United States with large wells in Mississippi and extensive shale in surrounding states.
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U. S. Naval Hospital At
Great Lakes
Teut. Comdr
R. E. Kinneman
Foremen Return as Arnold Warns Strike Hits Planes
Three thousand five hundred members of the Independent Foremen's Association return to Detroit plants after Gen. Henry H. Arnold warns the walkout has cost long-range P 51 fighters and could affect invasion ops. About 50,000 workers had been laid off due to supervision gaps. The national body ordered the strike to end following Arnold's testimony, accusing the government of delaying settlement.
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Independent Foremen’s Association of America
Detroit
Mich
Army
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
Association
War Food improves storage utilization and service clash sparks navy official
Cooler occupancy reaches 82 percent in May and freezer space 85 percent as War Food administration coordinates with warehousemen and food handlers. plans to shift space between coolers and freezers are discussed while Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels urges unified command citing Pearl Harbor lessons. disease trends show syphilis declines while gonorrhea rises in late 1943.
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War Food Administration
WFA
Army
Woodrow Wilson
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Pearl Harbor
Lindley Harrison
Joe
Riding with the B 26 Marauders Over England Front Lines
Ernie Pyle joins the Ninth Air Force B 26 Marauder squadron at an English bomber station. He describes the crew, leader Col. Wilson R. Wood, and the squadron's role in clearing paths for heavy bombers, disrupting German rail and supply lines, and attacking Channel coast installations. A dawn flight exposes the calm, peril, and camaraderie of aircrews on a pre invasion mission.
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U. S
England
Europe
Ninth Air Force
Wilson R. Wood
Chico
Texas
The Return Trip In the Copilot Seat
The narrator describes landing back at the home air drome with Red Dog in the nose and Chief piloting the big plane. They note landing is dangerous, yet thrilling, and joke about the speed being 0 miles per hour. The landing ends with the group exiting through a hatch in the floor.
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Red Dog
Chief
Italy
Mess Hall
England
Arnold
Chief Collins
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