Balkan Powder Keg Looms Over Mediteranean Crisis
Reports from Ankara indicate Romania approached armistice terms as tensions rise in the Balkans. Turkey strengthens ties with the United Nations with Brig. Gen. Richard G. Tindell named American attaché in Ankara and Turkish fliers sent to the U S for training. Axis and Allied moves swirl as Rome broadcasts massing forces toward Pantelleria and southern Turkey.
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Balkans
Belksns
Ankare
Romania
Ankara
Turkey
United Nations
Richard G. Tindell
America
Pantelleria
Rome
Tur 7
Syria
Mediterranean
Crete
Dodecanese Islands
Greece
Congress Praises BUREAUCRATS For War Agency Funding
The house appropriations committee approved 2.939 billion dollars for 18 civilian war agencies including the Office of Price Administration and the Office of War Information. The panel acknowledged past mistakes but rejected unfounded criticism as harmful to the war effort. Secretary Knox canceled the Elk Hills naval oil reserve contract after a Justice Department ruling found it overstepped legal authority, with navy and White House studies deeming it legal and proper.
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House Appropriations Committee
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Information
United States
Navy Department
Standard Oi Company
California
Elk Hills Navel
Frank Knox
Department of Justice
Navy
Normen H
House’ Public Lands Committee
Department
White House
Knox
Corn: 42 Loans Called in 7,000,000 Bushels of 1942 Crop
The government called loans on 7,000,000 bushels of 1942 crop corn effective July 15 as a temporary measure amid a growing supply problem. The move accompanied grain deliveries to revive two closed processing plants and follows pressure from the Corn Industries Research Foundation for price ceilings or lifting thereof. War Food Administration and CCC watch moves as 25 million bushels of privately owned corn may be seized if crops cannot be moved.
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War Food Administration and
Commodity Credit Corporation
Corn Industries Research Foundation
J. B. Hutson
Russia Orel Front Sees Heavy Fighting Reports
Dramatic news from the Russian front describes intensified fighting around the Orel sector as Soviet troops defend a bridgehead and repulse eight German counterattacks. Soviet air forces disrupted German reinforcements and rail plans near Bryansk, while fighting also rages near Minsk and in the Solomon Islands air war.
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Orel
Moscow
Kharkov
Minensk
Bryansk-Ore-Smolensk
Roslavl
Unedia
Vladislavoka
Novorybkhov
New York Laundries Limit Shirts Per Family
Highlights of the week note that New York laundries will not accept more than six shirts per family weekly, stated by Ettemeyer, chief staff. Munitions Minister Howe announces Canada will soon start a transatlantic air service carrying mail and official passengers overseas. Other sentences mention Pha nee c taen entina and Elemis hPa with unclear context.
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New York
C. D. Howe
Morgenthau trims tax request to 12 billion for 1944
Secretary Morgenthau disclosed the treasury would cut its request for new taxes to 12 billion dollars, down from 16 billion, still enough to lift the 1944 tax bill to 40 billion. He said the goal is to pay half annual war costs as we go, about 4 billion less than Roosevelt's January objective, with recommendations to Congress before the summer recess.
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Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Rationing Plans Early From OPA Official Kroeger
Louis J. Kroeger, an OPA rationing official, said eight new rationing programs are being prepared and may begin within a year. Two programs will start immediately covering cooking and heating stoves and a unified allotment system for hotels and restaurants. Coal rationing and six others depend on directives from other agencies. Other items were not listed, but shortages are anticipated in the next fiscal year. eggs, milk, and other foods are among possible candidates.
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Louis J. Kroeger
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Kroeger
Postwar Assurances From Stalin To Polish Patriots
Premier Josef Stalin pledged Soviet aid to rebuild a strong independent Poland after the war in a message to the first Congress of Polish patriots in Russia. Observers noted the Polish government in exile had no role in the exchange, as Russia cut diplomatic ties with Sikorski's London group amid mutual accusations of executions and espionage.
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Poland
Josef Stalin
Russia
Stalin
Soviet Union
Sikorski
London
Allied Bombers Strike Nine German Cities in Six Day Sweep
As King George V watched Allied troops in North Africa, United Nations air forces launched a six day offensive targeting western Europe to the Eastern Mediterranean. British and American bombers razed Cologne Dusseldorf Muenster Wilhelmshaven Cuxhaven Bremen Bochum Kiel and Oberhausen. Heaviest blow hit Cologne as Sicily raids target five Italian air bases amid stiff Axis defense and minimal activity at Pantelleria.
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North Africa
United Nations
Europe
Mediterranean
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Munster
Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Bremen
Bochum
Kiel
Oberhausen
Rhineland
Reich
Sicily
Pantelteria
Payrollers 300000 Cns Urged Reduction
A joint congressional committee urges cutting government payroll by about 300000 positions. It faults wasteful personnel practices and calls for a complete reorganization of personnel servicing and management to restore merit systems and curb federal funds waste.
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Congressional Committee
Civil Service Commission
United Nations war production surges past Axis output
WPB Chairmen Donald informs appropriations committee that Allied nations now produce about 125 billion dollars of arms and war supplies annually, nearly twice the Axis rate. He forecasts peak United States military output at 90 billion dollars per year.
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United Nations
WPB
Donald
Appropriations Committee
The Double-Talk Of Officialdom And War Reflections
A collage of wartime commentary and spoof letters contrasts Rome’s view of the war with early 1940s American satire. It blends a Benito Mussolini parody, a spoof sales pitch for a failing war, and mock complaints about bureaucracy, razor blades, and public life amid global conflict. Named figures and fictional clues populate a period voice, culminating in sharp quips about leadership and policy.
Far East Drive Boosts Allied Plans Against Japan
The article notes that the United States and Britain will press a stronger Far East offensive to prevent Japan from consolidating on Pacific islands. Churchill and Roosevelt endorse measures to pressure Tokyo from Alaska to Burma, possibly as a substitute for a Western Front invasion, aiming for coordinated Europe Asia endgame. Also discussed are government salary reforms to curb waste and promote faster promotions, taxi driver honesty anecdotes, and a critical look at colleges represented in government.
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Washington, D.C
Far East
U. S
Churchill
Roosevelt
Pacific Islands
Tokyo
Nimitz
Pacific
Attu
Japan
Alaska
Australia
Burma
Central Pacific
Europe
Hitler
Asia
Rug hooker revival online old-time floor coverings
An article recalls pioneer rug weaving with woven rag rugs and carpets. It explains using sewn rags, color choices, and a rug making method, noting one and three quarter pounds per square yard and that rags can be cotton or wool but not mixed. Books 7 9 and 10 offer new rug designs.
Destroyer Escort Ships Bring Powerful Submarine Defense
The new destroyer escort ships will greatly aid anti submarine warfare. Capable of mass production, these DEs carry depth charges cannons torpedoes and anti aircraft guns and can make long convoy trips at lower costs.
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Hull
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