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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1944
Page
9
Washington dispatch reports a War Food Administration spokesman stating coffee supplies are at comfortable levels with a projected three to four months on hand. No rationing needed soon, despite weekend tightening, after a steep drop in stocks last October raised fears of limits.
Rep Emanuel Celler announces a bill to impose ceilings on cattle prices when the 79th Congress opens. OPA chief Bowles says New York shows problem beyond the city as butchers face high costs while prisoners of ceilings Turkey? War Food Administration backs cattlemen against ceilings citing weight-based marketing. Vinson to decide on cattle ceiling after Chicago and Kansas City conferences. Celler accuses the cattle bloc of resisting government measures and profiting at consumers’ expense.
The piece notes Democratic factions racing to organize via non party groups after a recent election. It warns of the party becoming too liberal and relies on financing to sustain activity. It references efforts to keep Republicans out of power in 1948 and to keep Sidney Ifillman from leading drivers.
Soviet units pressed along the Danube banks opposite Esztergom and Hudapest, with heavy artillery and river-fortified lines to seal the river for 60 miles. They captured Hudafok and pressed toward Bratislava and Vienna, while Tolbukhin’s forces moved on the southern bank. German resistance north of Budapest remained fierce but weakening as Soviet spearheads neared strategic river barriers.
General Hansell lauded the B 29 Superfortress as a superb weapon in the war noting few losses to sea due to operational causes and many crew rescued from ditched planes. He cited heavy bombing on Honshu factories at Nagoya and Tokyo plus Nagoya plant destruction as proof of ongoing nightly strategy.
A garbled memoir scene shows Mickey Alpert and Benny Baker at a Hoxton bar. A misfired gun, a sign about card costs, and a staged gallery offer mix with slang and misheard names. The narrator and Eddie Walker await photos as a sailor and a potential customer flee past Boris Karlate in a tense crime-flash vignette.
The report covers a broad cold spell across Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio with record lows in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Snow and ice hamper travel in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey while southern cities report much milder afternoons. Temperature forecasts anticipate more drops to near freezing.
The passage questions how many must pass before Norway is fully free and notes uncertainty over military plans. It acknowledges impatience on the home front after four and a half years of waiting. Kraft paper bags are being tested as packaging in tropical Panama.
A fragmented theater listing from Midtown theater page shows titles and cast names including Van Joinioh Robert Walker Phyllis Virzintan Jon Naik Guertin and others. The page also mentions cartoons and multiple show titles such as Meiertties on Parade and Three Litite Alse Story.
A fragmented radio page shows listings for Kilacgeles WNHG and various segments. Appears to include show names, hosts, and times with unclear spellings and jumbled text.
The article fragment discusses the President facing a decision with no clear policy, highlighting isolation and the need to avoid complete solitude in final choices. It notes continuing debate and hints at strategic considerations shaping the outcome.
Fragmentary reminiscence notes Woodrow Wilson's pro internationalist stance and a Republican charge against Roosevelt for slow work with allies. The speaker imagines Roosevelt reacting with a smile and a deflected blow to a portrait in the White House.
The text presents garbled dialogue about wit and seclusion, featuring phrases like a witty entry and a misquoted line. It includes a character named Mr Spelvin and hints at a copyrighted Gazette publication from 1944 with unclear attribution.
The efficiency gains from converting black coal into white light have benefited you in many ways by delivering more usable illumination with less fuel.
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