Floods threaten war industries from Pennsylvania to Ohio
The weeks flooding from the Allegheny Monongahela and Ohio rivers imperil Portsmouth Ohio and Frankfort Kentucky as thousands flee, six drownings reported and Red Cross relief stations open. Allied reports say Japanese losses exceed 215000 in the Philippines and Iwo Jima with about 60000 enemy troops remaining on Luzon. Secretary Stimson says 18 year olds are needed for replacements after intensive training.
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Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Alleghany
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Portsmouth
Frankfort
Kentucky
Red Cross
Philippine
Iwo Jima
Luzon
Leyte
MacArthur
Island
Manila
Henry Stimson
Stimson
Accidents and War Fronts Highlight 1945 Report
A 1945 feature notes odds of injuries in peacetime life, farm safety advantages, and farm worker risk. It then transitions to Allied advances across the Rhine and into Germany, detailing German troop conditions, Cologne wreckage, and Red Army progress toward Pomerania and Berlin, with mention of Dresden and air raids. Wallace G. Drill of New Ulm earns a silver star after reorganizing his squad following losses in Italy.
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U. S
Bitburg
Edwin von Rothkirch Und Trach
Rhine
Napoleon
Berlin
Red
Marshal Zhukov
Pomerania
Baltic
Stettin
Oder
Germany
Lower Silesian
Czechoslovakia
Dresden
Vinson Named RFC Chief amid Wallace Opposition
53 year old Fred M. Vinson slated to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and its agencies after its separation from Commerce. Henry A. Wallace to lead RFC successor, with Jesse Jones backing Vinson citing his legislative and practical experience. Senate praise spans Democrats and Republicans as critics fear Wallace would steer RFC funds into postwar employment programs.
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Fred M. Vinson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Department of Commerce
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
RFC
Wallace
Jesse Jones
Vinson
Jones
Senate
Miners Seek Fringe Benefits in New Contract Demands
John L. Lewis leads United Mine Workers in pushing for fringe allowances rather than flat wage raises. Demands include seven hour day with overtime, higher second and third shift pay, doubled vacation pay, and a 10 cent per ton royalty to fund a 50 million dollar medical and rehabilitation fund. Joint union company efforts to improve substandard housing and sanitation are also urged. OPA lays out 1945 sugar canning plan to prevent shortages by requiring applications based on need.
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United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
John L
UMW
Lewis
Peace Plan At San Francisco Yalta Meeting Report
The Big Five nations must unanimously approve postwar security rules. The United Nations will judge the peace organization at Dumbarton Oaks and San Francisco on April 25 1944. The Act of Chapultepec links U.S. troops to defend Western Hemisphere frontiers and independence.
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U. S
Britain
Russia
China
France
Yalta
San Francisco
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
Executive Council
Tom Connally
Texas
Americas
Western Hemisphere
Roosevelt
U.S
Star of the East Medallion crochet pattern 7240
The Star of the East medallion pattern offers easy to do crochet motifs for cloths scarfs pillows and spreads. It is pitched as beginner friendly yet satisfying for experts and notes high demand with war time delays in Alling orders.
Violinist doubts his health during rehearsal
During a rehearsal a first violinist denies illness twice to a conductor but grows paler. The conductor urges fresh air as the musician insists he is fine while admitting a strong dislike for music. The incident ends with the suggestion of stepping out for air.
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Smith
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Elvan
Western Newspaper Union
Pacific
Philippines
Tokyo
ARMY
National Safety Council
Europe
Ruhr
von Rundstedt
Cologne
Reich
G.I
Fred Vinson
OPA
Henry Wallace
Chapultepec
Mexico City
South America
Randolph St
Chicago
United States
Tra
Raliet Sloan
Patton
Uumata
Sloan’ Beets
Burgess Battery Company
Freeport
Illinois
Burgess Batteries
Gess
Success Battery Company
Freeport, Illinois
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