Germans Fall Back Behind Oder as Red Tide Rolls On
Weekly analysis from Western Newspaper Union reports Soviet forces under Konev and Zhukov advancing on Deutschlands Oder line and Silesia while Rokossovsky and Cherniakovsky push into East Prussia. Allied air and ground pressure increase along Roer and Rhine fronts as Germany loses territory and resource bases. Armistice terms for Hungary demand territory return, reparations of 300 million dollars in goods, eight infantry divisions, and shifts in Czechoslovakia Romania Yugoslavia borders, with fallout on Australia and Argentina crop prospects.
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Oder River
Europe
Germany
Reich
Marshal Konev
Ukraine
Silesia
Ruhr
Konev
Oder
Marshal Zhukov
Pomerania
Rokossovsky
Cherniakovsky
East Prussia
Junkers
Stalin
Belgium
Siegfried Line
Roer
Cologne
Alsect
U. S
7Th Army
von Rundstedt
Rhineland
Aachen
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Ruthenia
Russia
Government Plan to Control War Time Clothing Prices
The War Production Board will prioritize fabrics for work clothing children’s apparel and underwear with quality controls to maximize usability and limit trimming. The Office of Price Administration will set maximum prices at the 1943 mid year average, cutting about 6 to 7 percent. Luxuries will largely vanish while better grade clothing remains available and overall supply holds steady.
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War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
WPB
Cabinet Shift Wallace Named to Commerce Post
Ex Vice President Henry A. Wallace is named secretary of commerce amid caution in Congress. Senators discuss transferring large lending duties to a federal loan agency to limit wartime spending and avoid government intrusion into business. Wallace says the aim is to promote national employment through private enterprise, with the department serving producers and consumers. The RFC’s four billion dollar lending role is noted, and global crops face drought, with Argentina's outlook for corn and wheat sharply down.
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Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
Senate
Department
Federal
Wallace
Department of Commerce
Federal Loan Agency
Sec
Jesse Zones
Ge -Texes
TAGE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Argentina
Yanks Vary Pacifi c Drive Toward Manila
General MacArthur's forces press south on Luzon as stiffening enemy resistance forms behind on the left flank. Artillery pounds Jap positions guarding approaches to the northeastern end of the island while supply columns move forward. The drive gains ground as U.S. air bases and air strips are seized to bolster air power.
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Manila
Luzon
MacArthur
U.S
Republicans Gird for 1948 Elections in Indianapolis
The Republican National Committee met in Indianapolis to back a program for a full time party structure with expanded staff to liaise with state units and lawmakers and assist in legislation. Chairman Herbert Brownell, reelected, promised to run the machinery without backing any single candidate amid internal GOP tensions. The Democratic side reported $400,000 and plan to require state quotas for publicity and education drives, while Jefferson Day dinners on April 13 would replace Jackson Day events to fund future campaigns.
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Republican National Committee
Indianapolis
Ind
Herbert Brownell
GOP
Dewey
Brownell
New York
Democratic National Committee
Hannegan
Canned Vegetables Rationing Restored Amid Short Stocks
Guard reports that rationing of canned vegetables was renewed in December to prevent shortages three to five months before the new pack. OPA had removed rationing in September to avoid surplus as wartime ends appeared near.
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OPA
Roosevelt Sworn In For Fourth Term In 1941 Inauguration
Franklin D Roosevelt, burdened but firm, places left hand on a family bible and raises right to take the oath as 7 000 guests witness his fourth term swearing. In a brief inaugural address he calls for total victory and perseverance toward a just peace promising not to abandon moral principles despite possible mistakes.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
White House
War Production Surges Amid 1944 Output Push
Government boosts in late 1944 sped up war material output with 20 percent gains in tires and trucks and over 200 percent in rockets. Plans call for higher production across rockets airframes trucks planes light artillery field pieces and batteries plus artillery ammunition navy high capacity ammo cotton duck communications wire and tanks minded to accelerate the overall war effort. Australian mop up crews press inland as MacArthur’s leapfrogging pins Japanese forces in the South Pacific while 106000 Japanese retreat via submarine supplied pockets from the Solomons to New Guinea.
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Navy
Aussies
Australia
South Pacific
MacArthur
Solomons
New Guinea
U. S
Rail freight traffic hits record high in 1944
Railroads moved about 737 billion revenue ton miles of freight in 1944, the greatest ever. Preliminary estimates based on Class I railroad reports show a 1.4 percent rise from the previous record, with freight volume up 1 percent from 1943.
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Sercede Oy
Digging Ditches a Welcomed War Duty by Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle recalls soldiers turning ditch digging into a welcomed duty in North Africa. The piece describes a 40 foot long trench dug in desert sand with four men, the morale boost from purposeful labor, and the offhand humor about home life. It then shifts to life behind the lines in Tunisia as German planes and heavy artillery create a tense night, with soldiers sharing grim, wry observations about base life and longing for home.
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Tunisia
General Doolittle Meets Doolittle at Desert Airdrome
The account recalls a wartime exchange at Biskis Bahara where Lieut Gen Jimmy Doolittle, head of the Eighth Air Force, agrees to see a captain. The general offers to have his aide arrange an appointment, expressing eagerness to meet.
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General Doolittle
Desert
Biskis
Bahara
Jimmy Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Aprons Require Less Than a Yard Each Pattern 7277
Each apron takes less than one yard to make and features simple embroidery suitable for beginners. Pattern 7277 includes transfer motifs and directions. High demand and wartime conditions mean slightly longer fulfillment times for popular patterns.
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Teditor
Western Newspaper Union
Drouth
Droutha
Australie
Pacific
Ernie Pyle
G.i's
Foxholes
I Shen Pyle
Africa
Sahara
Time Magazine
Glenn Miller
Artie Shaw
Albuquerque Air Base
Chris Cunningham
Ernie Pyie
Doolittle
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Randolph St
Chicago
Ill
Drm Lee
Begoodrich
Wien
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