Invasion of Sicily Opens Crucial European War Phase
General Eisenhower calls the Sicily operation the first step of the broader European invasion. The article notes Sicily's strategic importance, heavy Axis defenses, and the potential for this amphibious assault to decide the war’s timing, urging prayers and strong support for American troops.
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Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
United States
Sicily
Africa
Mediterranean
North Carolina
Italy
Eisenhower
Home Front mixed with Sicilian battle front and civilian strikes
Home front reports describe American soldiers fighting through barbed wire on Sicilian shores while wildcat strikes spread through soft coal fields. May and June show further drops in war plant production as aerial raids against Germany reach new highs. Civilians and soldiers both face praise and criticism for their conduct at home and overseas.
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Sicilian
Germany
Bomber Losses and the War of Attrition Cite Hope in Air War
The piece argues Allied daylight and night bombing are crippling Germany and Italy while Axis factories and supply lines fall. It notes heavy bomber losses but stresses pilots and crews are precious and scarce, risking the war’s pace until 1943 as U-boats face similar crew shortages. It asserts continued round the clock bombing could shorten the conflict.
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Germany
Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
Reich
Relative Pay Gaps Highlight Wartime Labor Scales
The piece cites Engel of Michigan showing wide pay gaps in wartime roles. Machine gun assemblers earn up to 8500 dollars yearly, rivaling Lieut Gen Somervell who oversees most war efforts but not frontline fighting. Other shifts reveal a former ribbon clerk earning as much as an army major, prompting questions about fairness.
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Representative Engel
Michigan
Brehon B. Somervell
Reuben
Africa
Arnold Reuben
New York
Petroleum priority shapes invasion plans say Renard
George A Renard notes in the Bulletin of the National Association of Purchasing Agents that modern infantry has 11000 times WWI automotive power, forcing two thirds of supply tonnage to petroleum products leaving only one third for food munitions and armament. The piece links invasion strategy to oil and wartime restrictions. Lowell Mellett resigns from the OWI motion picture division. Sir Stafford Cripps says Allied offensive could begin at any moment. Weather aside, strong opinions surface on wartime policy.
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George A. Renard
Bulletin of the National Association of Purchasing Agent
Europe
Stafford Cripps
Stage Door
Jane Cowl
Gertrude Lawrence
Peggy Knudson
Eileen
Community voices weigh youth program and wartime concerns
Local residents debate immoral vagrancy arrests, youth programs at the Y M C A, water safety lessons, and government budget cuts. Citizens praise youth engagement, critique outdated methods, and urge transparent community notice while predicting wartime events and Italian front prospects.
Political polls weigh 1944 fate of New Deal presidency
Peter Edson reports that polls and prognostications foresee potential upsets in 1944. Many observers expect anti New Deal sentiment to rise, with more Democrats opposing a fourth term. Emil Hurja’s surveys show Dewey leading among GOP delegates, while southern states tilt differently.
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Harja
Emil Hurja
Jim Harley
Hurja
Pathfinder Magazine
Hurlan
Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Willike
Dewey
Bricker
Stassen
Bridges
Solid South
Thought All Flesh Shall Perish Together
A fragment cites biblical verse 85 15 from dieb and quotes Burton on fear of death being worse than death, noting mortality and existential dread.
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Burton
Whimsical Warera Wordplay From a Dated Column
A collection of quips and opinions comments touch on rationing gestures advice and social quirks. Mentions removing sugar and coffee from rations beauty tips yawning exercises and meat scarcity. Ends with caution about pride in aging and suburban season reflections.
Broadway Musicians Gallery and Anecdotes From War Years
A collage of music world trivia and wartime notes spans operatic greats, conductors, and venues. Tales of Tschaikowsky, Berlioz, Wagner, Toscanini, Caruso, and stage canteens mix with jokes, marriages, and career twists in a lively 1940s entertainment page.
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Tschaikowsky
Berlioz
Schubert
Spohr
England
Saronoff
New York
Florenz Ziegfeld
Chicago Musical College
Caruso
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S.B.H
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OWI
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High Point, North Carolina
Sherman
MR. Phidias
Phidias
MR Phidias
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Y.M.C.A
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Frank Sizemore
The
Chamber of Commerce
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Max Stephan
Stephan
Congress
Pearl Harbor
FBI
Maurice Aylward
Bill Causey
J. J. Ellington
Jack Hawks
Ruth Pollock
David Dowdy
Peter Edson
Party of the New Deal
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Hoice
Winchell
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Smetena
Jose Iturbi
U.S
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Stokowski
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Lee DeForest
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Radio City
Verdi
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Capitol Movie Theatre
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Frank Black
Howard Barlow
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Metropolitan Opera House
Ravel
Ida Rubenstein
Scarlatti
Paganini
Irvin Berlin
Variety
Berlin
Howard Waller
Portland
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Los Angeles
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