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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
1
Allied Drives Across Europe Gain Momentum in Spring Offensives
The article reports Allied operations: Montgomery’s long pincer around Caen while Cherbourg is cleared for harbor use. Red Army advances in White Russia and Finland push German footholds back. Italy sees continued Allied penetration with several ports seized for sea supply. U.S. study plans discuss Russia recovery credit and postwar purchases, with Erle Johnston predicting Soviet billions in buys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Cherbourg
U. S
Montgomery
Russia
Moscow
Finland
Lake Country
Murmansk and
Leningrad
Barents Sea
Erle Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
GOP 1944 Platform under Dewey Proclaims Peace and Free Enterprise
The 1944 GOP platform, drafted for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, calls for cooperative action with self determining nations to secure world peace, protective tariffs, labor bargaining rights, reciprocal trade, and a postwar shift to free enterprise. It notes an American market price for farmers, soil conservation funding, two four year presidential terms, tax cuts after the war, debt repayment, and government withdrawal from business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
Chicago
U. S
Farm Machinery Output Lag Persists Amid War News
May production lagged 10.7 percent behind schedule despite an improved pace. Harvesting equipment down 30.5 percent, combines 30 percent, baying machines 28.3 percent, barnyard gear 20.9 percent, and poultry devices 9.2 percent behind. Irrigation equipment up 12 percent and wheel tractors up 5.3 percent. In war news, U S forces advance on Saipan as airmen hit Pacific targets and ships anchor at Magicienne Bay. Ground troops press the 20,000 defenders in Garapan as campaigns expand across the Marshall and Caroline islands and Kurile outposts Paramushiro and Shimushii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Nelson
U. S
Saipan Island
Marianas
Japan
Pacific
Philippines
Magicienne Bay
Saipan
Garapan
Marshall and
Caroline Islands
Southwest Pacific
U.S
Paramushiro
Shimushy
Kuriles
Hayfield bayonet drill with MA guards prompts evacuation
In a Hingham hayfield, members of the 24th infantry regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard conducted bayonet drill when an officer over a loud speaker announced the drill was abandoned due to a leasee’s error. Soldiers evacuated promptly as confusion ensued. Meanwhile WPB grants a 20 day whisky holiday to distillers but expects bottle and barrel shortages to cap output at about 12 million, creating supply concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
24Th Infantry Regiment
Massachusetts National Guard
Hingham
WPB
Agriculture report forecasts record pig crop decline and CCC wheat sales
The agriculture department projects a pig crop of 87.9 million in 1944 with spring output down to 55.9 million and fall to 32.0 million, marking a major drop from 1943. CCC wheat sales rise to 315.4 million bushels since July 1943, with total CCC purchases from Canada, the U.S., and Argentina totaling 276.8 million bushels. The CIO contends living costs rose 45 percent since 1941, far above official estimates, and cites higher costs across food, clothing, rent, and fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Community Credit Corporation
CCC
Canada
States
Argentina
War Labor Board
CIO
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
FHA Ends Its Tenth Year With Strong Finances
The Federal Housing Administration closes its tenth year June 30 with 81 million dollars in reserves after expenses. For 1943, income was 26.574 million and expenses 11.102 million. An original 10 million dollar grant from 1934 remains intact and another 10 million from 1941 is nearly untouched. Insurance funds rose 15.472 million in 1943, reflecting income minus operating costs. FHA insured mortgages on 1,055,000 homes, with 4,047 foreclosures. all but 26 have been sold, and losses were offset by prepayment premiums. About 6 million other homeowners have benefited from FHA and private loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
Congress
FHA
Small Plants Plan Aims Civilian Goods Diversion
The War Production Board approved a plan to allow operators with under 100 employees to manufacture civilian goods, aligning small and large firms in resource use. Chairman Maury Maverick of the Smaller War Plants Corporation pressed for the measure to balance civilian production with war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Maury Maverick
War Plants Corporation
Washington Letter to a Lonely Mother on War and Peace
A Washington columnist writes to Mrs. R about her sons in Normandy and the Aleutians, argues Kellogg’s dream of peace survived through leaders like Kellogg and Stimson, and notes Navy and cabinet tensions amid rising world conflict. The piece reflects on the Kellogg Pact, policy shifts, and hopes for preventing future wars.
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Washington, D. C
Normandy
Aleutians
Mrs. R
Kellogg
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Coolidge
Europe
Quai d'Orsay
Paris
le Havre
Count Uchida
Japan
League of Nations
United States
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Stimson
Henry L. Stimson
Mate
Hoover
Chace
Paraguay
Bolivia
Siberia
Russia
China
Manchuria
Mr. Stimson
Secrets of the White House History and Myths
The article surveys the White House site choice and early history with notes on its unhealthy conditions, construction changes under Presidents like Jackson and Roosevelt, and anecdotes about famous figures such as Woodrow Wilson and Carnegie. It references sit-down strikes, security, and the peril of theft and souvenirs from the mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Piertre L'Anfanl
Dublin
Jett
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Harrowing overheard chats and a puzzled kitchen tale
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