Prisoners Tell of Being Forced to Fight by Nazis
In a frontline French town, German POWs recount brutal marching conditions and coercion into battle. They say food shortages, threats of shooting, and pressure from elite units preceded their capture as American and British forces tighten the noose. Lt Col Olinto Barbianti notes the prisoners’ earlier defiance before surrender.
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Hitler Youth Movement
Germany
America
Olinto Barbsanti
Tomapoh
Nev
Barbianti
Public favors F. D. R. in Fortune poll showing 52 percent lead
Fortune magazine surveys Americans favor President Roosevelt for re election over Dewey by 52.5 to 43.9 percent. Roosevelt’s edge grows to 8.6 percent from 6.5. Overall 72.4 percent expect Roosevelt to win in November, while 19.4 percent back Dewey and 8.2 percent are unsure.
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New York
Roosevelt
Norinee
Thomas E. Dewey
Fortune Magazine
Fortune
Dewey
Four Women Jeep Drivers Take 20 Nazis Prisoner
Allied news report from Western France says four women jeep drivers captured 20 Nazi prisoners,14 by one driver, as Gen. Le Clerc’s French armored units pressed ahead aiding the American Third Army. The piece highlights prisoner transport and French tank actions against German armor.
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Clark Lee
Western
France
INS
Jacques le Clerc
le Clerc
Third Army
Ers
Jacques Cassinol
Germany
Gazette Subscription Rates and Office Details
Full wire reports from AP and UP I, with pricing for subscriptions in U S territories and local notices. The notice lists Allen Klapp Company addresses in Chicago New York and Detroit and mentions media records and AN'.
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Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center
Detroit
Members Media Records
Iowa Engineering Co. Completes First Year Anniversary
The Iowa Engineering company on First avenue at Thirty-first street NE, a branch of Fruehaus Trailer, marked its first anniversary with a complimentary plant cafeteria lunch for employees. A birthday cake accompanied the celebration after starting from scratch last summer and now has a growing workforce.
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Iowa Engineering Company
First Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Fruehaus Trailer Company
600 Employees Support War Goods Production Effort
The organization notes that 600 employees are contributing significantly to the wartime goods production drive, highlighting workforce mobilization and industrial support for the war effort.
Anti Censorship Bill Clears House
Washington action ends censorship on political material read by servicemen as House unanimously approves the Green-Lucas bill. The measure, passed by the Senate, moves to the White House for signature.
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Washington
INS
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Atherton Returns From South America Clipper Trip
Warren Atherton national commander of the American Legion returned to the United States Wednesday after a 15,000 mile clipper voyage around South America.
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Los Angeles
INS
Warren Atherton
The
American Legion
United States
South America
NELORE Psoriasis Relief Ad Sells Across Local Drug Stores
An ad promotes NELORE as a gentle external treatment for psoriasis that removes scales and soothes itching. It claims fast relief and offers a $1.50 jar available at May's Drug Stores Schillig Drug Stores Liggett's and other drug stores.
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May's Drug Stores
Schillig Drug Stores
Liggett’s
Drug Stores
No Shortages at Battlefronts says WPB Chief to Senators
War Production Board Chairman Don ald M. Nelson told the Senate War Investigating Committee that while specialized shortages exist in the war supply program there is no shortage at the battle fronts. WPB director of materiel Major General Lucius D. Clay and Nelson said lifting the ban on civilian production in non critical labor areas will not hinder the war effort.
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Washington (Ap
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Senate War Investigating Committee
Nelson
Lucius D. Clay
WPB
Hatch
D-N. M
Laval We Have Come Command Cries On Invasion Day
An unnamed American soldier aboard a landing craft in southern France on invasion day shouted Laval we have come. The brief eyewitness line captures the moment as Allied forces established footholds in occupied Europe.
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Laval
France
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Good Housekeeping
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