Allied Drive In Italy Gains Steady Momentum
Steady Allied advances in Italy push toward Cassino as Montgom ery’s forces absorb heavy Nazi counterattacks. U.S. Fifth Army breaching lines, while air units shell Nazi depots near Rome. Wisconsin battleship launched at Philadelphia amid war mobilization news.
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CIO
Rome
Mark Clark
Fifth
Cassino
Adriatic
Bernard Montgomery
Pescara
Clark
Navy Guards Marshalls as Gilbert Islands Bombardment Rages
U S Navy planes from aircraft carriers attacked the Marshalls while warships shelled shore defenses. The Gilbert Islands lie west of our lines toward Australasia and threaten Allied movement in the South Pacific theater. Also reported a missing in action status for Lieutenant Commander Edward O Hara, noted war ace from the Coral Sea engagement.
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Gilbert Islands
U. S. Navy
Marshalls
Australasia
Gilberts
U. S
South Pacific War
Navy
Meat Supply Reforms Amid War Time Shortages
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics outlines plans to shift meat to civilian use and notes a predicted smaller spring pig crop outside the corn belt due to feed shortages. The OPA lowers ration values for veal lamb mutton and pork while the War Food Administration lifts limits on farm slaughtered pork deliveries.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
BAE
OPA
War Food Administration
War veteran seeks new wife after fifth marriage
A 95-year-old war worker in St. Louis says he will marry again after the war, having already been wed five times. Separately, the Red Cross arranged $97,000 in drug shipments to neutral Switzerland for transshipment to Holland for unit distribution. A piece of chewing gum credited with averting a bomber crash over Italy as a midair emergency unfolded.
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St. Louis
Red Cross
Switzerland
Holland
Italy
Longer wait for popular pattern numbers notice
Due to unusually high demand and current war conditions there will be a longer processing time for a few popular pattern numbers. Please send your order to the address provided to ensure it is received and queued for fulfillment.
Russian Actress Recites Counted Verse to Applause
A Russian actress at a reception could not think of a suitable piece and asked to recite a short selection in her native language. The audience, who understood none of it, was enthralled by her gestures and tones and gave tremendous applause. Before leaving she explained she counted from one to two hundred thirty in Russian.
Britain Ends All Rationing Except Bread Potatoes
Food rationing has been in force since January 1940 and now only bread potatoes seasonable vegetables and fruits remain unrestricted in Britain.
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Britain
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