Lend Lease to Continue Until Japan and Germany Surrender
President Roosevelt told Congress lend-lease aid should run through June 30 at 28.27 billion dollars and continue until the unconditional surrender of both Japan and Germany. The report cites 4.045 billion in aid for the quarter and a total of over 28.006 billion since 1941, with vast military material transfers and losses offset by allied gains.
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Roosevelt
Congress
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Germany
United Nations
Berlin
Tokyo
Russia
United Kingdom
Allies
United States
Ney
Labor Leaders Meet General Eisenhower for War Insight
Six United States labor leaders flew in to Allied HQ to lunch with General Eisenhower and hear first hand how the war is run from the top. They spoke with GI’s and reported broad union support for the war effort, stressing job security for drafted men and a unified drive to end the war.
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HDQ
INS
United States
Gen. Eisenhower
Frank P. Fenton
American Federation of Labor
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Fenton
Wehrmacht in Chaos on Yanks Retribution Day
A US Army dispatch from France reports the destruction of a large part of the German Seventh Army. In the Le Mans to Argentans sector American and British forces encircle about ten German divisions, trapping and destroying tanks, armored cars, and supply convoys amid heavy artillery and air bursts.
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Wehrmacht
James C. McNamara
Paris
Seventh Army
le Mans
Argentans
James O. Boswell
Rap
Europe
German officer Pleads for Field Hospital Safety Under Fire
A German officer urged care for a field hospital amid shelling as a long convoy marked with the cross of mercy moved toward American lines. Quiet settled over the valley for 30 minutes while wounded and drivers faced an unexpected turn of events, then prisoners marched under guard past the observation point.
End of German Front in France Cited by War Witness
A veteran recalls sweeping through Europe and witnessing German lines crumble behind barbed wire cages in France. He felt he witnessed the destruction of the German army as Allied advances broke through enemy positions.
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Europe
France
Ad ventures of Tom Sawyer child star faces facial injuries
Hollywood reports that 17 year old Ann Gillis, known for Becky Thatcher in Adventures of Tom Sawyer, suffered facial cuts in a Monday night accident and doctors say she may be permanently scarred.
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Hollywood
Ann Gillis
Becky Thatcher
Tom Sawyer
Physicians
Sai
Pensions to 209 348 World War II Vets
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines said 209 348 veterans of the present war receive disability pensions with 47 701 disability claims undecided. VA payouts reached 39 745 416 for disability pensions and 18 725 373 for death pensions through May.
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Chicago
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
Veterans’ Administration
Tire care reminder from Phillips 66 service man
A service message urges weekly visits by the Phillips 66 service man to check air pressures inspect tires for nail holes cuts and bruises and warn when recapping is advisable ensuring safer driving and better tire maintenance.
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Phillips 66
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