Allies Push in Europe as Cherbourg Fight Intensifies
U S and Allied forces drive to Cherbourg while German defenders burn harbor facilities. Russians launch major offensive on eastern front as Italian front weakens. Congress approves a veteran benefits bill covering unemployment, education, home and farm loans, and hospital facilities with billions authorized.
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Pacific wartime actions and policy changes in 1945
United States forces pushed into Japanese waters near Saipan as Fifth Fleet under Adm. Spruance engaged enemy ships and suffered heavy losses. U S ground troops faced stiff resistance on Saipan while policy debates over wartime reconversion and OPA parity measures influenced postwar price ceilings and civilian production plans.
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Whisky industry faces corn shortage amid wartime limits
Distillers may be forced to use wheat rye and Caribbean molasses for whisky as War Food administration opposes corn use. Farmers have delivered about 65 million bushels to government. WFA vows no diversion to alcohol. Separate ruling in U S Court of Appeals questions patent practice on subcombination claims and patent rights in a canning case.
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Allied Show of Power Affects German Morale
Washington digest notes how robot plane rumors and remote control weapons are used in German propaganda to sustain morale. It contrasts Allied advances in Europe and the Pacific, with reports from Berlin and Swiss sources on German nerves and retreat along the Russian front. It highlights a National Geographic map of Tokyo as a strategic detail.
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Marunouchi
National Geographic
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POW Strike at Scotts Bluff Over Beet Field Pay Change
German war prisoners refuse to work in beet fields near Scotts Bluff Nebraska after pay shifted from 80 cents daily to 30 cents per quarter acre piece work. Lt Col Clyde Dempster warned of disciplinary action if the strike continues. Also, commerce reports a monthly drop of 100,000 war plant workers since year start while nonwar employment holds steady.
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Scotts Bluff
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Clyde Dempster
Department of Commerce
Congress: Spends Less For Fiscal Year Beginning July 1
Congress plans total appropriations near 66 billion dollars for the coming year. Chairman Cannon notes war material stockpiles and capial outlays reduce the total after Pearl Harbor and subsequent wartime funding. He says appropriations have passed the hump and will trend downward despite ongoing war developments.
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Army surplus trucks to aid farmers in harvest
Surplus used army trucks will be distributed to farmers and haulers via county AAA offices. Limited supply means only a small percentage will be allotted based on critical need. After AAA certification, dealers buy from the regional procurement office and sell to buyers at or below OPA ceilings.
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U.S. Treasury
Overseas Disposal of Surplus Goods Aims for Profit
A government business advisory committee says U S surplus goods overseas should be disposed of in foreign countries to maximize profit. It favors selling surplus industrial equipment to help restore production abroad and reduce relief needs, potentially tying cheap sales to buys of new equipment.
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Briefer War Notes From Europe and Asia
In wartime dispatches, Caesar would face easier crossings to Britain today as the Dover cliffs recede. In occupied northern Italy Nazi recruitment targets unmarried women 18 to 30 for slave labor. Hungarian and Balkan feather shortages push Nazis to offer a gallon of gas for feathers worth 15 cents. Japan uses periodic seat changing signals in crowded trains as riders swap places.
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