Strategy of Ike Hitler as D-Day Draws Near
Supreme Allied Headquarters in England reports a tightening race for the Second Front as Allied air power targets rail and road networks to cripple German supply lines. Eisenhower concentrates on wrecking westward transport while Hitler seeks to disrupt invasion progress with raids and repairs.
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Ike
Hitler
Pierre J. Wuss
Supreme Allied Headquarters
England
INS
Adolf Hitler
Wehrmacht
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Luftwaffe
German Reichbahn
Atlantic Wall
Paris
Lille
Britain
Berlin
Front Wheels Roil Over 900 Mile Russian Front Channel
A fragment notes the distance of 900 miles between the Russian front and the channel, where the wheels must keep rolling. The terse line emphasizes endurance and continual movement across a vast front.
Per Capita Food Waste Put at 225 Pounds Per Year
CHICAGO INS War Food administration research shows 225 pounds of food are wasted annually per person in the United States. E O Pollock Midwest regional director of WFA notes not all loss is in the home with 2 percent unharvested on farms, 2 percent in transport, up to 7 percent wholesale, 3 to 6 percent in retail, 6 percent by diners, and about 15 percent from home overbuying and poor prep.
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Chicago
INS
War Food Administration
United States
E. O. Pollock
Midwest
WFA
Pollock
Spohn Fined for Disturbing Peace
V. L. Spohn of 144 Twenty-fourth street drive SE was fined 50 dollars and costs by Police Judge Harry S Johnson after pledging guilty to disturbing the peace. Patrolmen John Kuba and Frank O Niel arrested him late Saturday night in the back yard of his home following a chase from 136 Twenty-fourth street drive SE where officers had been stationed over a window peeping complaint.
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V. L. Spohn
Twenty-fourth Street Drive
Harry S Johnson
Spohn
John Kuba
Frank O’niel
Spahn
Couple Fined For Disorderly Conduct Plea
Judge Harry S. Johnson fined Ralph Shook and Stella Witlaci at $25 each plus costs after they pled guilty to disorderly conduct. The pair were arrested at a rooming house on complaint by the property owners.
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Harry S. Johnson
Ralph Shook
Sixth Avenue SE
Stella Witlaci
Fourth Avenue SE
Manufacturers War On Over Spending
The National Association of Manufacturers launched an effort to curb national spending. A 65 member committee led by Lewis A. Dibble of Eastern Malleable Iron and Chester C. Oberly of Tolheim OilTank and Pump will work with the government as collaborators to shape spending policies benefiting about 50 million taxpayers.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Lewis A. Dibble
Eastern Malleable Iron Company
Cleveland
Chester C. Oberly
Tolheim Oil Tank and Pump Company
Fort Wayne
Ind
Exhortation to Mothers of U S by Golden Rule group
In New York American mothers were urged to work unceasingly to honor sacrifices of sorrowing mothers abroad. Mrs. John McFarlane Phillips of Pittsburgh, chosen as American mother of 1944 by the Golden Rule foundation, spoke to justify the effort for those mourning their dead.
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U. S. New York
INS
United States
John McFarlane Phillips
Pittsburgh
Service Men and Women Update From War Front to Home Front
Pfc Ralph A Sharf son of Mr and Mrs Malan Sharf of Iowa City returns to Camp Polk La after a 15 day furlough with relatives and friends His wife and son accompany him They had been at Camp Robinson Arkansas Doris Doherty storekeeper Waves returns to Olathe Kansas after seven days with her parents Lt Richard E Beall former Center Point schools superintendent transfers from Athens navy preflight to Oakland Calif He is Cedar Rapids native Robert E Johnson Oceanside Calif promoted to sergeant in the marine corps His wife remains in Oceanside Sgt Edward J Bader Drew Field spends 15 day furlough with his sister Dorothy V Morehead Lakehurst promoted to lieutenant jg B L Heneks in South Pacific promoted to lieutenant jg Pvt Henry A Stark stationed at Camp Roberts Calif info from parents and others Gy Rep
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Ralph A. Sharf
Malan Sharf
Iowa City
Camp Polk
Pfc
Sharf
Camp Robinson
Ark
Doris Doherty
the Waves
Olathe
Kan
Robert E. Johnson
Oceanside
Calif
Marine Corps
R. E. Johnson
Bever Avenue
Edward J. Bader
Drewfield
Tampa
Fla
Gaylord Edwards
Twenty-second Street
Dorothy V. Morehead
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
J.g
Herbert L. Atoreheads
Sixteenth Street
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France
Pierre J. Muss
Marnel
William
B. L. Heneks
South Pacific
Mallory Street
Henry A. Stark
Camp Roberts
C. H. Stark
Route Ar Rapids
Gazette
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Ira Gabel
Associated Press
Philip Cochran
U.S. Army Air Forces
Burma
Cgazette
Greene Square
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Coe College
St. Luke’s
Mercy Hospitals
Richard Korbel
Paul Jerome
Ringling
Martha Hancock
Washington Airport
Philadelphia
Temple University
NAVY
America
Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Clinton
Crane
Paul Batoy
Ripley
Ana
Melbourne
Firearms Me Sale
Goforth
Piekay
Joachimsthal
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Pierre
Marie Curie
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