Dutch Hardest Hit by German Overlordship
Representing Combined American Press Walter Cronkite reports from Eindhoven on Dutch suffering under five years of occupation. Allied liberations recovered 2,500 square miles, but Dutch hunger persists with meager meat rations, scarce fuel, and widespread poverty. Wooden shoes, black market prices, and burned furniture reveal depth of hardship as rural areas show resilience and aid from farms and friends.
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Eindhoven
Netherlands
Europe
Atlantic
Morocco
Lyautey
Casablanca
France
Belgium
Holland
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest
A brief verse by Edgar A Guest on flowers and memory. It recalls a mother keeping a few flowers through winter and questioning lasting beauty, noting people often love what must pass with time and change.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
U S Army Unit Insignia Puzzle Across Clues
A fragmented crossword style clue list references the U S Army Area Service Command insignia with multiple entries across dozens of numbered hints. The text blends military marks, abbreviations, names, and cryptic definitions for a diverse set of crossword style answers.
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U S., Army — Area Service Command
Willkie Faults Both Parties Over Negro Issue
Wendell L. Willkie told Collier's that neither party fully addresses the Negro minority’s needs, though he says the Republican platform is distinctly better. He cites four evils poll tax lynching and discrimination in armed forces and civilian life and notes only the GOP promise of a permanent fair employment practice committee as a workable step.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Collier’s Magazine
Willkie
G.O.P
Pre-Demobilization Schooling Program in Army Occupation
Washington reports the War Department announced a program to educate soldiers serving in the army of occupation or awaiting shipment home after defeat of Germany. The plan seeks to provide schooling to prepare troops for civilian life and future careers as they transition from wartime service.
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Washington
War Department
Army of Occupation
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