Allies Hammer at Gustav Line and China War Update
Allied forces press the Gustav line while Japan drives in eastern China enabled by Peiping-Hankow railroad gains. Stilwell leads U.S. and Chinese troops toward the Ledo road to aid China. Allied air and sea power target Japanese bases as operations expand in New Guinea, the Caroline Islands, and Truk. In Mississippi Heidelberg oil fields bring high royalties and speculation, while a Virginia man reveals the largest alluvial US diamond found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peiping-Hankow
Joseph Stilwell
U. S
Burma
Stilwell
Ledo Road
New Guinea
Indies
Caroline Islands
Philippines
Truk
Mississippi
Heidelberg
East Texas
Gulf Refining Company
Europe faces multi front attack as Allied drive grows
Allied forces in Italy press toward Rome with a major push against the Gustav line while bombers hit French Belgian and German rail networks. Soviet troops prepare a coordinated big offensive as Western operations unfold. Draft deferrals extend to ages 30 to 37 in essential work, with eye bank corneas stored at New York Hospital to aid sight restoration.
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Hitler
Europe
U. S
Italy
Gustav Line
Anzio
France
Belgium
Germany
Erwin Ramitrel
Russia
Britain
Harold Alexander
Rome
New York Hospital
WHEAT crops rise as USDA forecasts 1944 winter wheat yield
The USDA projects a 1944 winter wheat crop of 662 million bushels on 40.94 million acres, with an average yield of 16.2 bushels per acre. Rain has replenished soil moisture in the Plains, though germination failures and floods were reported in some regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Great Plains
Plains States
Mississippi
Missouri River
London Diary Shows Britain Adjusting Amid Invasion Rumors
By Ernie Pyle in London the author reflects on English resilience and wartime life. He notes improved food and city vitality, the persistence of politeness, and Americans flooding London offices. He recounts a reunion with Arthur McCollum and the haunting loss of McCollum’s son Ross, a pilot who did not return from Germany, illustrating war’s personal toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
England
Germany
Africa
America
mid-England
Albuquerque
White House
Mesa
Arthur McCollum
Mac
Ross
New Navy Secretary James Forrestal Named Secretary
James Forrestal aged 52, a New York investment banker and former undersecretary to the late Frank Knox, becomes the new secretary of the navy. A World War I veteran, he succeeds Knox and takes the post amid expansion and reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Forrestal
New York
Department
Frank Knox
Yarns From Old London Town and SHAEF Tales
The piece notes the American presence in London during 1942 with SHAEF as the planning body for the invasion led by General Eisenhower. It recalls a moment when Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz observed a German raid and exclaimed about the bombardment setting back twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
SHAEF
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Carl Spaatz
American Army Air Forces
General Spaatz
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Western Newspaper Union
Asia
Hollandia
William Jones
Peterstown
W. Va
R. J. Holden
Virginia Polytechnical Institute
United States
Loyang
Yank
U.S
Ward
Montgomery Ward & Company
Chicago
CIO United
War Manpower Commission
EYE Bank
Coffing M. Arslanian
Montclair
N. J
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Peoria
Ill
Heatley
Florey
R. S. McKinney
McKinney
War Production Board
WPB
Sign of the Times
New York City
New Jersey
Connecticut
Long Island
Ernie Pyle
U.S. Army
Washington
North Platte
Neb
M.p.’S
Mediterranean
Casablanca
Casa
Ernie
Old London Town
Mittong &Spruell Co
E'dway
St. Louis
Missouri Builders Specialty Co
Feathers
Walilert & Guntzlerates
Saint Louis 2
William H. Jackson, A. B
Howard Street
Port Huron, Michigan
Treecraft Publications
South Charleston
Ludwig Music House, Inc
Pine Street
St. Louis 1
Galery Mittong & Spruell Co
Faze Ene Baezy
St Louis Special
Ctosk
Our Dex
Blackburn College
Hudson
Carlinville
Dll
Mittong & Spruell Co
Str Louis
Alicays Open Mittong & Sprucil Co
Braney St. Louis
Us A
Beeey
Ares
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
WNU
Doan
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