U S Columns Drive Into Reich For Siegfried Line Action
U S forces open a major assault on the Siegfried Line as Hodges First Army pushes deep into Germany, Patton and Patch advance nearby while British Second Army crosses into Holland. Allied air and naval power press Japan as Roosevelt and Churchill plan future moves.
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U.S
Reich
Siegfried Line
Courtney Hodges
Hodges
Germany
George S. Patton
Metz
Nancy
Moselle
Alexander Patch
Seventh
Belfort Gap
French Vosges Mountains
U. S
Holland
Channel
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Canada
Pacific Firepower Hits Mindanao and Palau Fronts
Allied forces intensify strikes across the southern Philippines and Palau islands as task forces shell Mindanao and enemy shipping along eastern coasts. Navy aircraft fly over Mindanao while bombers from New Guinea join in, and cruisers and destroyers attack along water routes.
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U. S
Mindanao
Philippines
Palau Islands
Kuriles
Celebes
New Guinea
Palau
Miscellany Rails Claas J railroads report July 1944
Railroads of the United States showed an estimated net income after interest and rentals for July 1944, with figures compared to earlier months. In the first seven months of 1944 the estimated net income after interest and rentals reached a notable level, contrasting with the previous year’s period.
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Claas
United States
Saasiaoe
November 7 Maine results hint at GOP momentum
The article analyzes Maine election returns with a Republican governor win by over 75 000 votes and a three district sweep by more than two to one. It notes Democratic candidates were endorsed by a CIO PAC subsidiary, but cautions Maine's nonindustrial base limits generalizable strength.
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Maine
GOP
CIO
Political Action Committee
Mexico Sets Plan to Stop Illiteracy Through Teaching
Mexico launches a wide program to have every educated person teach at least one illiterate non Indian how to read and write simple Spanish. The effort uses elementary primers and records pupil progress with local and federal authorities. Amateurs will tutor where professionals are scarce, and no effort will be made to teach illiterate Indians for now.
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Mexico
Progressive Press
Avila Camacho
Wood Steak Emerges on Swedish Menus in Postwar boom
Expensive care latest of scientific wonders is wood steak now on Swedish menus. A protein yeast derived from wood decomposition forms the steak, with water elements added. Sweden also uses alcohol from the same process in aquavit. Other advances include black plastic from sawdust, timber impregnation, heat and pressure strengthening, plywood lamination, and sandwiching timber types for strength.
Tar production cutbacks show limited near term unemployment
The note reports that only 49,200 workers are affected by war order cancellations totaling 421,493,000 from June 15 to August 31, with an estimated 4,000,000 workers not facing unemployment until Germany is defeated. Munitions employment exceeds 9,500,000 and armed forces output runs at 5 billion monthly. delays before full impact emerge are due to production shifts and planning.
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Germany
Fear of Casualties Shapes Normandy Invasion Tone
Washington area column recalls Churchill and FDR warnings on Allied losses in Normandy, the slow but massive artillery barrage, and the ensuing rapid Allied advance once German defenses broke. Also critiques naval uniforms, praises postwar Free World publication in liberated France.
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Washington, D. C
Normandy
Churchill
Flanders Fields
FDR
Britain
Eisenhower
Atlantic
Bradley
Montgomery
Churchil
el Alamein
Cairo
Alexander
Suez Canal
Man About Town gossip from a wartime era
A collage of brief items names Eric Johnston and the Chamber of Commerce amid alleged biases toward Russia and stalled postwar trade talks. It notes Ann Bell as Paul McNutt’s receptionist and a looming newsprint shortage easing by December with Scandinavian pulp shipments. Other items cover Steve Early’s health, Paulette Goddard’s FBI inquiry into divorce rumors, Pageant delays, jokes about FDR and Hoover, and a mix of White House gossip and political color from the era.
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Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Russia
Paul McNutt
WPB
Conover
Ann Bell
Steve Early
Washington
Paulette Goddard
Buz Meredith
FBI
White House
Clare Luce
Aimee Semple McPherson
Stork Club
John Edgar Hoover
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Free World
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Stimson
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Damon Runyon
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Boston
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Australia
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Dept. of Justice
Will Clayton
P.O
Tropica
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McKesson & Robina, Inc
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Cona
Willys
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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Dr. Law
Viavi Company
H.W. Law
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