Germans suffer heavy losses in western France
London report notes at least 325 000 German casualties in western and northern France based on incomplete tallies. Allied forces report 81 000 Germans killed or captured by the American Third Army and 92 000 prisoners plus 30 000 killed by the British Second and allied units at the Falaise gap. Total French theatre losses approach 400 000 with southern France estimates over 50 000.
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London
France
Third Army
Falaise Gap
Falaise
Rome
U S Moves Against Wood Alley Industry
The justice department charged nearly all of the wood alcohol sector with anti trust violations for organizing a conspiracy to drive out competition and hike prices. Named defendants include Ford Motor Company, William S Gray and Company, Wood Distillers Corporation and a New York sales agency.
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Washington
Justice Department
New York
Ford Motor Company
William S. Gray and Company
Wood Distillers Corporation
Pennsylvania sales agency and Wood alcohol trade group
A Pennsylvania sales agency along with 25 Wood alcohol producers and a producers trade association, plus 32 officers and employees, are noted in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Producers Trade Association
Milwaukee Quarantine Orders Hit 130000 Children
More than 130000 Milwaukee area children under 14 in some towns and under 12 in others were ordered quarantined to halt an infantile paralysis outbreak. Health officials asked nurses to assist as school plans were disrupted with possible extension to higher grades.
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Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbiegel
Waste Paper Needed in War Work
Waste paper is needed for war work. Deposit in schoolyard or fire station receptacles or call 3-2601 and OCD truck will call if a load is sufficient to warrant a trip.
Edgar A. Guest Poem About a Tragic Cabin Death
The verses recount two elderly brothers found dead in a cabin after a violent confrontation. One used a pendulum clock to move toward murder, the other died by poison. A friend ponders fate and the choice to live or die, urging reflection on each moment.
They ll Do It Every Time Crossword Puzzle Hints
A grid style clue list with definitions and abbreviations for a themed puzzle. Entries include animal names, actions, and locations such as birds and places in the Americas. The puzzle factors in word lengths and crossing letters to reveal the final grid.
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Mandrake the Magician
Peter Pan
2Nd Ave
3Rd Ave
7Th Ave
Make
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Phil Davis
Mandrake
Dr.congo
Joe
DR. Congo
Freshie
George
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Arenaas
Psa
South America
Spain
East Indies
Elis Scotch Cab
Him
Ben Totten
Des Moines, Ila
B. Leslie Turner
LIBS
T. M. Reg
Joe Palooka
Tam Fisher
Marty
Sureis
WAR Department
Evrybody
Missis Palooka
Missis Snyder
Kim
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
Li'l Abner
By AL Crmp
Ella Cinders
BY Charie Flumb
Fred Pox
Blackie
Thimble Theater
Popeye
Ina
Gunc
Tom Sims
Zasary
Boots
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Tim Tyler
While Nou
Lyman Young
Superman
Emy
Jerry Siegel
Joe Suuster
Trtale Ale
Johnson
Hick
Monroe
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