Civil Strife and Allied Push in World War II Briefs
Western Newspaper Union reports Greece facing Leftist rebellion with British intervention to uphold the constitutional government. Patton’s 3rd Army drives the Saar region while Aachen pressure grows and German forces struggle near the Rhine. Meat income set to hit a record, with cattle marketings rising to about 35 million head in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
3Rd Army
Saar
Patton
Saarbrucken
Aachen
Marshall von Rundstedt
Eisenhower
Rhine
George M. Lewis
American Meat Institute
Lewis
United States Department of Agriculture
MacArthur Lands 77th Division Below Ormoc
General Douglas MacArthur drives the 77th Division ashore below Ormoc on Leyte after weather and hill fortifications slowed the advance. U S artillery bombards positions to pull in reinforcements, while naval gunfire covers the landing and air forces destroy a Japanese convoy of 4,000 troops bound for Leyte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
77Th
Ormoc
U. S
Leyte
MacArthur
Earthquake Rocks Japan Along Honshu Coast
A powerful quake centered in the Sea of Enshu 100 miles southeast of Tokyo triggered landslides and cavings in homes and streets along a 150 mile belt on Honshu. Huge tidal waves flooded coastal districts below Tokyo, affecting shipping and port facilities while Tokyo’s war industry reportedly remained undamaged.
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Sea of
Enshu
Tokyo
London
Japan
Honshu
Sea of Enshu
Women Power Drive Targets 300000 Munitions Jobs
Government officials renew focus on war production as 300000 workers are needed in munitions plants. War Manpower Commissioner McNutt calls for recruiting women, internal transfers, and reduced turnover to fill roles in arms, airborne radar, ships, tanks, cotton duck tents, trucks, tires, and B 29 Superfortresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
New Jersey Study Links Artificial Breeding to Higher Yields
A study by the New Jersey State College of Agriculture led by Dr. J. W. Bartlett shows artificial breeding can be adopted nationwide. Results from 120 artificial cows bred from top bulls indicate 9.3 more milk and 14 percent more butterfat.
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New Jersey State College of Agriculture
J. W. Bartlett
New Jersey
Senate balks at rush to confirm key State Department appointees
Senate hearings are forced on Joseph C. Grew as Undersecretary of State and Wil liam L. Clayton, Nelson Rockefeller, Archibald MacLeish as assistant secretaries. Kentucky's Happy Chandler leads opposition arguing Wall Street influence, while Tom Connally defends presidential policy and Stettinius criticizes Britain and Russia over liberated Europe and Italy. He cautions against outside meddling in democratic government.
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Joseph C. Grew
William L. Clayton
Nelson Rockefeller
Archibald MacLeish
Department
Senate
Kentucky
Chandler
Clayton
Rockefeller
Wall Street
Texas
Tom Connally
Edward Stettinius
Britain
Russia
Stettinius
Carlo Sforza
Moscow
United Nations
Young farmers shine at Chicago show and more news
18 year old Donald Mowery of Terre Haute Indiana and 17 year old Ben Greve of Bryant Iowa win top honors at the Chicago Market Fat Stock show. Mowery built a farming operation from 5 acres to added land and earned nearly 14000 dollars in nine years. Greve bought a 650 pound Hereford calf in New Mexico and fattened it to 1170 pounds for 585 dollars in prize money and 5265 dollars at auction. The piece also covers St Lawrence Seaway debate and wartime B 29 bombing plans with details on challenges and milestones, plus a Soviet encounter story and a brief note on industry and labor politics.
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Chicago
Donald Mowery
Terre Haute
Ind
Ben Greve
Bryant
Iowa
Mowery
Greve
New Mexico
Brining Grove
Firetone Tire and Rubber Company
Pattern No 8607 and 8684 Dresses and Accessories
Pattern No 8607 offers sizes 10 12 14 16 18 20 with size 12 short sleeves and 33g yards of 39 inch material. Send 25 cents your name address size pattern number for this clever accessory set in bright plaid wool or ray on taffeta suitable for dark suits or dressier occasions. Pattern No 8684 provides sizes 12 14 16 18 20 with size 14 weskit and 14
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Greece
Western Newspaper Union
Europe
Papandreou
Suez Canal
Suez
R. M. Scobie
Balkans
Italy
Hungary
Red
Budapest
Moselle
General Eisenhower
Field Marshal Montgomery
Holland
Pacific
Fasten Wise
Seaway
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Canada
George Aiken
Roosevelt
Aiken
New Guinea
Motuan
Kaikai
Washington, D. C
Saipan
Air Corps
Philippines
Stalin
Jimmy Doolittle
Soviet Siberia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Melvyn Douglas
Congress
California
Railway Brotherhoods
AFL
CIO
Thomas Cashen
AFL Switchmen’s Union
War Mobilization and Reconversion Board
Cashen
Don Mowery and
Princess Frock
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
St Joseph
Mar-Vo-Aid Laboratories
P. O
Bakersfield
Calif
American Chain
American Chain & Cable
Alco
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