Turks Swing Closer to Allies as Nazi Lines Sag
Weekly news analysis reports Allied advances in France with U S tanks breaking from Cherbourg toward Brittany and seven German divisions captured as overrun fronts shift. Soviet pressure grows in Poland and the Baltic, while Finland moves to Marshal Mannerheim and Turkey severs ties with Germany.
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Europe
France
U. S
Cherbourg
Brittany
Turkey
Germany
Risto Ryti
Finland
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Ryti
Moscow
War fronts advance as Nimitz and MacArthur push toward enemy
U S forces under Admiral Chester Nimitz press toward Japan from the central Pacific while General Douglas MacArthur drives along New Guinea’s coast to isolate Japanese garrisons and threaten the Philippines. In agriculture news the USDA reports plentiful fall stocks despite lower meat demand, while the War Production Board extends deadlines to finish eight lagging machinery types by September 30.
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Chester Nimitz
Japan
General MacArthur
New Guinea
Indies
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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War Production Board
Farm Production See Rise Across 1935-39 Levels in 1843 Volume
Farm output climbs 38 percent above the 1935 to 1939 baseline with 1843 volume and the 1944 crop 5 percent above last year. Meat production is expected to hit a record 25 billion pounds this year, but most sales occurred in the first half.
U.S. Military Overseas Force Counts Rise in War Mobilization
On June 1 nearly 6,000,000 of the 11,000,000 army and navy personnel were overseas or in transit. The army had about 4,000,000 overseas of 7,700,000, with expectations of surpassing 5,000,000 by year’s end, while the navy totaled 3,250,000 with 1,566,000 afloat or abroad and 900,000 in training. Army chiefs reported 63,000,000 tons of supplies shipped overseas since Pearl Harbor as evidence of the logistic challenge ahead.
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Army
Navy
War and Navy Departments
Pearl Harbor
War boosts whiskey output as eight companys shift plans
Highlights of the week note that the 31 day war time liquor holiday granted by the WPB is utilized by 121 distillers to produce whiskey while eight other firms keep full capacity for industrial alcohol. Many plants report 50 percent or less conversion to beverage alcohol. A central 650 foot steel bridge across the Mississippi at Chester Illinois collapses into the channel halting water traffic in high winds. Over 10 000 American planes have been sent to Rosalia under lend lease since October 1941.
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Mississippi
Chester
Russia
Rosalia
London
Channel
France
Potato Crop Prospects Dim in Northeast and West
Amid prolonged droughts the northeast potato crop suffers with slight regional recovery after rainfall. OPA raises grower price by 90 cents per hundred pounds to 3.65, while southeast and areas like Ohio New York and Long Island report 40 to 50 percent declines. Heavy lamb losses due to snow drifts and scarce herders reduce supply, though western ranges expect to market over half of next year’s lambs.
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New York
Long Island
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Western Ranges
Proudly They Serve As Young Women Join War Effort
Thela A. Young becomes the 19th family member to enter service with five brothers killed in action from Bataan to Anzio. Relatives overseas include Kathleen McBride in Britain ambulance duty, Eileen Gallagher with British WRENS, Virginia Otto navy nurses, Paul Young on a Pacific hospital ship, Gordon Young in New Guinea, Alden Young in Italy, and Edwin Young in the Mediterranean. In the U.S., Anne Barnett, WAC, Frances Crawford, WAVE, Nancy Cooper, Marine, and Diana Centenary, SPAR, return stateside. A new insecticide DDT, praised by Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, will be used against lice and malaria mosquitoes as the Army develops delivery methods. DDT stands for dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane.
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Philadelphia
Bataan
Anzio
Kathleen Young McBride
Great Britain
Eileen Young Gallagher
WRENS
Virginia Young Otto
Navy
Rarps
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Ana Toapital
Pacific
Ly Gordon Young
U. S
Norman T. Kirk
Army
Naples
Italy
Government plans to dispose of surplus after the war
Authorities estimate 50 to 100 billion dollars of surplus goods will be released. Over 400 million dollars already disposed of. The Office of War Information outlines selling through sealed bids and auctions at about 75 percent of cost to deter speculators and make goods available in small lots for small businessmen. One billion dollars of government defense housing will also be declared surplus after the war with individual units offered if whole projects fail to attract satisfactory bids.
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Office of War Information
Aliens Decline in U S Naturalization and Immigration
The number of aliens in the United States fell to 3,400,000 by June 30 amid higher death rates among older residents, reduced immigration, and a surge in naturalizations last year. During the year ending last June, 435,483 new citizens were naturalized while only 30,000 immigrants were admitted. The navy doubled its ammunition program, increasing rocket projectiles used to strike airfields, fortifications, and ships in the Pacific and Europe.
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U. S
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Europe
Nazi Peace Feelers and Robot Bombs in London
Washington reports Nazi peace feelers to the Soviet Union in 1943 and a Stockholm olive branch later rebuffed by Stalin. London notes robot bombs, clock-triggered, with pilots facing great peril as they attempt to shoot them down over the Channel and London.
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D. C
Hitler
Russia
Aussia
U. S. Army-Navy
Stalin
Stalingrad
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Molotoff
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Hans Thomsen
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Roosevelt
Germany
Anecdota Presidentia Gag Lines From U S Leaders
A Washington correspondent recalls presidents with sharp wits and memorable quips Calvin Coolidge silently remarks I notice the Washington Monument is still standing Grover Cleveland objects to a dictionary misquote Noah made the dictionary while a senator quips Noah built the ark The anecdotes capture period humor about George Washington and others in political life
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Grant
Calvin Coolidge
Washington
Rupert Hughes
George Washington
Coolidge
Washington Monument
Grover Cleveland
Daniel Webster
Cleveland
Noah
It Can’t Be Done Story From Wilson’s Clash With Opposition
A bedtime tale about an alligator creeping on a turtle explains why a claim of can’t be done failed. A father recounts how the turtle leaps to a tree just as the alligator lunges, prompting his son to ask how a turtle can spring and climb. The anecdote illustrates persistence amid resistance to League of Nations proposals.
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Wilson
League of Nations
Scott
Political Epigrams and Pups in a Turbulent Era
A collection of humorous anecdotes from President Wilson era politics recounts loud yet unfocused congressional dissent, a boy selling McKinley and Bryan pups, and quips attributed to Roosevelt Washington Tehran and Churchill era leaders. The notes mix wit with cautionary tales about wit versus wisdom in leadership.
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McKinley
Bryan
Four Minute Mile Bid In Sweden By Andersson Duelists
Sweden’s Arne Andersson challenged world four minute mile glory against Gunder Hagg. Andersson ran 4 01.6 in a famed duel, closing on the mark and boosting hopes for a U.S. visit. Hagg clocked 4 02, best prior to their clash. The piece notes Andersson’s progress from 4 02.6 world record last year and discusses pacing, splits, and the oncoming season. It mentions plans for future meetings in the United States and the winter season preference for cooler evenings.
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Arne Andersson
Andersson
Gunder Hagg
Bagg
Hagg
Hogg
Sidney Wooderson
England
Arne
Francis Powers
Arnold Strode Jackson
United States
Sweden
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