1944 Merchant Ship Build Plan Exceeds 20 Million Tons
Washington reports the combined American British Canadian shipbuilding committee and the maritime commission confirm a 1944 program beyond 20 million deadweight tons, including 500 fast vessels. Chiefs of staff approved the target, with production roughly double the U S merchant fleet size in 1941 and total ships planned around five thousand by 1948, depending on war progress and port capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maritime Commission
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Chiefs of Staff
U. S
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
Norway
Why AMGOT Was Born In Sicily The Allied Government
In Sicily AMGOT or Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories is introduced to govern captured towns. It aims to restore light and water, organize police, feed starving civilians, and reestablish civil authorities under military necessity and humane policy. AMGOT operates with six departments led by British and American chiefs.
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James D. White
Washington
Sicily
Harold Alexander
Dwight W. Eisenhower
Charles Poletti
New York
AMGOT
United Nations
Adminster
Army
Germany
Sic
Ily
Eisenhower
Sannino
Royal Carabinieri
Police
U. S
A.M.G
School of
Charlottesville
State Department
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
OFRRO
Wesley Sturges
Yale University
North Africa
Medics Earn Silver Stars Amid War Fire
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk extols army medical corps heroes who earn silver stars and purple hearts for risking life to aid wounded under heavy enemy fire. Examples include Jimmy Anderson, Dick Jacobsen, Bob Lakin, and Bob Fraser who repeatedly exposed themselves to danger to evacuate casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Norman T. Kirk
Army
Medical Department
Geneva Red Cross
Kirk
Jimmy Anderson
New Castle
Dick Jacobsen
Humboldt, Iown
Tunisia
Anderson
Bob Lakin
Newton
Towa
Bob Franer
Cincinnati
Lakin
Fraser
Repairman injured as gas explosion wrecks fridge in Salt Lake City
George H. Garfield of Salt Lake City was hospitalized with severe injuries when a refrigerator exploded and destroyed. The blast hurled the motor through the ceiling, knocked Mrs. Garfield unconscious, and sent a neighbor through the kitchen door. Gas fumes drove seven Garfield children to neighbors’ homes, while the family kitten lay dead under a bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
George H. Garfield
Standardizing ship design in war effort and campus time clocks
War Production Board chairman Donald M Nelson announced a British American Canadian committee on ship design standardization. It achieved propulsion standardization enabling geared turbines for 350 Victory ships in 1944. At Berkeley, UC Pan-Hellenic Council urges sororities to install time clocks and require punch cards to curb absenteeism after dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Japan
North Africa
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
TIME
Berkeley
Calif
University of California Pan-Hellenic Council
Women's Dormitory Association
Confidence and pride in June and July business
A company representative reports to the Home Office that during policyholders months of June and July they achieved the highest paid business in the United States, reflecting confidence placed in them by the firm and the Old Company they represent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roles Reversed At Morris 4-H Fair Grand Champions
At the Morris 4-H fair an 11 year old Bruce Dimmit won grand champion cook while 12 year old Patricia Soden earned grand champion hog raiser honors in a surprising mix up of awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Kas
Bruce Dimmit
Patricia Soden
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Allied Shipbuilding Committee
URS
Rhineland
Hil
Jack Stinnett IM
the Sheraton
N. Main Street
N. BE. Russell
Paint & Repair Now
Tiger Brand
Parker - Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
Bbl Finance Company
Kiel
Park St
the Red Cross
DIAL
George L. Hunt
Home Office
Chicago
L. F. Ferree
NEW England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston
Yvette
Lisbon
USO
W. C. Brown
North Wrenn Street
Sears
Vlewest
Servistan
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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