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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1944

Page

8

Nearly Half War Cargo to Pacific

Army figures show about 40 percent of overseas cargo in 1943-44 went to Pacific battle areas and 60 percent to the Atlantic. Some 5 million American troops were overseas, with 70 percent in the Atlantic and 30 percent in the Pacific theaters. Inductions totaled about 1 million, a drop from the prior year. Gasoline and related products made up about half of overseas shipments. Total deliveries to the army reached 23.5 billion dollars, up from 20 billion the previous year.

Washington Brehon B. Somervell Army Service Forces Pacific Atlantic Somervell Army

US MILITARIST HORIZON AND OTHER CLUES SUMMARY

Fragmented OCR puzzle lists military terms and abbreviations from a World War II era page. The mixed items include references to U S Marine Corps Amphibious Forces in the South Pacific and various short clues for words like shift skill compass shortjacket outer garment and cloth measure with scattered numbers and symbols.

U. S. Marine Corps Amphibious Forces South Pacific

Light Truck Output Resumption Slated

Washington announces light truck production for civilian use will resume in January at 10,000 vehicles every three months. Farmers buy the majority of light trucks, and steel and other materials for domestic transport are expected to be more available in Q1 1945 than Q4 1944.

Washington Office of Defense Transportation

Poland seeks U S aid in red dispute

Polish Prime Minister Stanislaw Mikolajczyk directly appeals to the United States for intervention in the dispute with Russia. He seeks clear postwar independence guarantees and a new Baltic border as the goal of U S action.

London Stanislaw Mikolajczyk United States Russia

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