Plane production and delivery debated by Senate panel
Army Air Chief General Hap Arnold testified before the Truman committee on why planes are not reaching fronts. He cited training losses and modifications, longer delivery times, and higher than expected shortages, while noting rapid production of 8,000 planes a month and preparations to ship more.
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Washington
D.C
U. S
Army Air
Arnold
Wallgren
United States
Allied planners clash with Axis in global fronts
Weekly News Analysis reports Allied strategists forecast crippling blows to the Axis. It notes the cracking of the Nazi winter line in Italy and describes ongoing fierce fighting in the Pacific theater, with emphasis on strategic momentum and war weariness across fronts.
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Italy
Pacific
Four Powers Map New World Plans For Axis Defeat
The Big Four Allied leaders Roosevelt Stalin Churchill outlined unconditional surrender and postwar governance. Reoccupied areas would be governed jointly, following Moscow and Italy cooperation models. Roosevelt and Churchill also pledged unconditional surrender for Japan, restoring Manchuria Formosa and parts of China to Kai-shek, with others returned after Pearl Harbor.
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Near East
Germany
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Italy
Chiang Kai-shek
Egypt
Japan
Manchuria
Formosa
China
T O Kai-shek
Pearl Haror
Italy Crack Winter Line Duel Near Sangro River
Allied forces assault the Nazis in southern Italy aiming at Rome. British and U S troops advance through hilly posts overlooking the Sangro with heavy bomber and artillery support. Rommel allegedly rushes reinforcements to the battle zone as Germans dynamite towns to delay the advance.
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Italy
Rome
Eighth Army
Sangro River
Rommel
Campaigns in the Southwest Pacific and Gilberts Losses
U S bombers hit Wewak to cut Japanese supply lines as Australian troops push along New Guinea's northeast coast isolating inland outposts. In Bougainville US forces gain little amid fortified jungle. The Gilberts saw the bloodiest action with 3,722 US casualties, vs 3,167 at Guadalcanal and 3,497 at Salerno. total islets losses were 66 dead and 133 wounded.
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Wewak
New Guinea
Bougainville
U. S
Fortifica
War Material On Sale 4 H Delegates Highlight Youth Achievements
Reports from Chicago show 17 year old Richard Lacey of Kansas Jr earning about 19000 dollars from his prize Hereford steer at four thousand eighty dollars per pound and 18 year olds Billy Sol Estes Clyde Texas and Geneva Duhm Black Creek Wis winning scholarships and silver chests. The 800 delegates represent 1700000 members and oversee large production totals while war bonds sales exceed twenty five million dollars. The piece also covers postwar surplus materials bids by the Defense Plants Corporation and War Production Board steps to ensure fair distribution and avoid monopolies. It notes military and civilian production plans for 1944 and labor wage action from the CIO United Steel Workers.
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Chicago
Richard Lacey
Kansas
Roosevelt
Billy Sol Estes
Clyde
Texas
Geneva Duhm
Black Creek
Wis
Army
Navy
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Congressional
Defense Plants Corporation
Jones
Agriculture forecasts large lard share amid 1944 oil supply limits
The Agriculture Department says shortages in lard from tallows and imported oils will limit soap makers while a 450 million pound increase in lard production in 144 outlines aims for higher fats and oil stocks. Soybean and linseed output rises push totals, with Canada imports aiding dwindling stocks and beef and hog markets facing congestion and price declines as winter marketing peaks.
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Department of Agriculture
U. S
Department
Canada
Fairs to Reopen as War-Era Bans End Across States
Delegates at the Chicago convention of the Association of District and County Fairs, from 22 states, resolved to reopen big shows after wartime suspensions. Fairs this year drew larger crowds and earned more money than in a long time, signaling a revival. Football attendance at 57 large colleges dropped 18.4 percent from 1943, with the South hardest hit at 24.4 percent and the East at 6.4 percent. A similar decline occurred when comparing 1942 to 1941, down 10 percent.
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Chicago
Association of District and County Fairs
Bouth
Quick DIY: droopy curtains fix with ecru dye and bag
If curtains look droopy, dip in ecru dye to fix. Hem a 27 inch square of fabric and sew a small bone ring to each corner. Tie the four rings into a bag that can hold many pairs of socks or stockings and hang on a closet hook.
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Red Cross
Frank Boykin
Alabama
Jesse James
Congress
Cli Newspaper Union
Crack ‘Winter Line
Southwest Pacific
Aussies
War Production Board
WPS
Russia
Fight For
Ukraine
Hitler
Gomel
CIO
United Steel Workers
Senate
Office of Economic Stabilization
E. J. Flanagan
Vfinnegan
Judge Baker Guidance Center
William Healey
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
Toledo
Chic
Father Fiansgan
Seaton
Fred Allen
Ee Enor
Mernshor
Ares
Werner
Uncle Sam
Se Canesee
Sien Tocugsians
Usder
American Chain Division
Wels PesGrosszes
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