Commerce booklet urges postwar town planning for jobs and growth
The Department of Commerce releases a new booklet "Community Action for Post-War Jobs and Profits" urging towns to plan for peacetime employment, factory restarts, expanded trade areas, and enhanced social and recreational facilities. It highlights highways, theaters, parks, and public recreation as keys to keeping communities and commerce united after the war.
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Jesse Jones
Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Commerce
Business America
America
Hope
Star
Fairpark
Red Army presses toward Bryansk amid German counterattacks
Soviet forces drive on Bryansk threatening to encircle the German bastion as they push through Bryansk forests and threaten rail links to Gomel and Smolensk. Across Ukraine the Red Army gains at Psel river and advances toward the Dnieper as German defenses struggle along the southern front.
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Moscow
Bryansk
Dena River
Russia
Ukraine
Psel
Gadyach
Poltava
Priluki
Dnieper River
Kiev
Red Army
Pravda
Associated Press
Berlin
Novorossisk
Kuban
Belye Berega
Gomel
Smolensk
Worth The Effort InPennies For Bond In Hartford
Mrs. Florence Rosnick wanted a war bond but had only pennies. Twenty wardens counted 3 750 pennies to total a $50 bond in Hartford Connecticut.
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Hartford
Conn
Florence Rosnick
Keeping Up With Ration Coupons
Ration details note Book 2 red stamps T U V W expire Aug 31 and X Y valid through Oct 2. Book 2 blue stamps R S T valid to Sept 20 and U V W valid Sept 1 through Oct 20 for processed fruits and vegetables. Sugar Book 1 stamp 14 covers five pounds through Oct. Shoes Book 1 stamp 18 valid through Oct 31. Gasoline by region lists varying gallon values. fuel oil period 5 coupons good through Sept 30 and season 1 coupons good through Jan 3, 1944, for 10 gallons per unit.
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Rocky Mountains
Far West
Midwest
Southwest
Wheat carload unloads in Hempstead County barns
A 90 000 pound bulk wheat car is being unloaded today and Tuesday by poultry and livestock farmers under Hempstead County Farm Bureau guidance led by T A Cornelius. The group reports 565 000 pounds of feed wheat secured to date with four additional cars ordered. Farmers from county sections participate as alfalfa hay and hairy vetch cars are moved to Blevins and soil building efforts continue. Winter planting of small grain begins across the county.
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Hempstead County Farm Bureau
T. A. Cornelius
Blevins
Pentagon to Hire 700 Janitors for War Department Cleaning
A workforce of 700 janitors and charwomen is needed to clean the War Department's Pentagon building. Falls caused the death of one half of the 32,000 people who died in home accidents across the United States in 1941.
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War Department
Pentagon
United States
Australians Swim River to Capture Salamaua Base
Allied reports say Australian pioneers swam the flooded Francisco river and overran Salamaua airstrip two miles from the city. Anzac troops pushed Japanese remnants on a ridgeline as seaborne and airborne forces closed in on Lae, with the overall campaign mounting against Japanese supply lines in the Huon gulf.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Francisco
Huon Gulf
Busu
Douglas MacArthur
Markham
Heath
Solomon Islands
New Britain
War Bond Sales Reach Over Two Billion in Three Days
Washington reports the first three days of the Third War Loan drive total bond sales around two billion dollars. National War Finance Director T R Gamble notes reported sales reach 1.802 billion but banks have not tabulated all sales by 5 million volunteers. Secretary Morganthau says the campaign starts well but urges no letup to reach the 15 billion goal.
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Washington
National War Finance
T. R. Gamble
Morganthau
38 Warships of Italian Fleet in Allied Hands
Italian naval units arriving at Valetta Malta include the 23000 ton battleship Giulio Cesare the seaplane carrier Giuseppe Miraglia four destroyers and submarines. The tally reaches at least 38 known Italian warships in Allied hands with more arrivals expected from Mediterranean bases.
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London
Valletta
Malta
Giulio Cesare
Giuseppe Miraglia
Mediterranean
Italy
Italia
Vittorio Veneto
Andrea Doria
Dulio
Madrid
Port Mahon
Balearics
Pollensa
Mallorca
Balearic Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Roma
Bagliria
Eugenio Die Savoia
Associated Press
Pellensa
Hope Soldier Reveals 100 Pound Watermelon Feat
Pvt. William A. Erwin of Wendover Field Utah bragged of Arkansas watermelons. His sister in Hope Arkansas sent proof and 100 of his G I. comrades joined a melon bust. One melon weighed 100 pounds.
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Wendover Field
Utah
William A. Erwin
Arkansas
Hope
Ark
Erwin
G.I
Mellon
Back the Attack Buy War Bonds in Hempstead County
Hempstead county joins the Third War Loan with a $381,500 quota starting September 9. A War Department statement from Henry L. stimson urges citizens to support the home front, noting Allied campaigns in Sicily Kiska and New Guinea and stressing continued weapon support through War Bonds.
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Hempstead
Henry L. Stimson
Sicily
Kiska
New Guinea
German Troops Occupy Tirana, Albania Capital
Official German news agency broadcast reports German troops have occupied Tirana, the capital of Albania, as of the latest bulletin.
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London
Tadnb
Tirana
Albania
Japs Report U S Raid on Kurile Islands
The Tokyo radio claimed American bombers attacked the Kurile islands near Japan, with 18 U S planes over the chain. Tokyo said one Japanese plane was shot down and two transports damaged, while the exact target remained undisclosed, possibly Paramushiru naval base.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Tokyo
Kurile Islands
United States
Japan
Paramushiru Naval
Kuriles
Paramushiru
Hempstead County War Bonds Reach Near Half Quota
Hempstead county’s Third War Loan sales totalled 197902 for the week end, reported County Chairman C. C. Spragins. The drive aims at 381000 and runs 22 days starting September 9. buyers are urged to exchange full War Savings Stamps for War Bonds promptly as stamps do not count or earn interest until exchanged.
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Hempstead
C. C. Spragins
Allied Submarines Guide Italian Fleet
Allied submarines in North Africa report a British sub surfaced in an Italian port last Friday and signalled follow me. Eight Italian merchant ships complied and now lie anchored at an Allied port, illustrating a new approach to securing surrendered fleet assets.
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United Press
Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Italy
Allied Fifth Army fights grim Salerno drive amid German resistance
Allied dispatches report heavy fighting around Salerno as the Fifth Army presses its penetration toward Naples. British Eighth Army advances from Taranto and Bari harbor operations continue with Altamura captured and Ta ranto landing progress described as swift.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Fifth Army
Salerno
Naples
Eighth Army
Crotone
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taranto
Appenines
Adriatic
Brindisi
Altamura
Bari
NBC
Italy
Naples- Salerno
Mark W. Clark
Allied
Alfred M. Gruenther
Platte
Neb
United States Army
Clark
Benito Mussolini
Vittorio Emanuele
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini
Salerno-Naples
Nazis claim rescue of Mussolini sparks global reaction
London reports German radio boasting Mussolini’s rescue by parachute troops and SS guards after 49 days in confinement. Berlin and Paris broadcasts credit the act as a bold fascist move while Allied offices and BBC offer cautious, mixed responses about possible puppet rule and future Italian resistance.
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London
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Associated Press
DNB
Office of War Information
Mussolini
Netherlands
Vittorio Mussolini
Duce
Germany
Dagens Nyheter
Zweelfuhr Blatt
Palazzo Venezia
Italy
S.S
Sicily
British Broadcasting Corporation
Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
Pontine Islands
Paris
North
Africa
Wost
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Rome
Czech
Soviet
Hungary
Poland
Dnieper
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Odessa
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Greece
Crete
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Orel
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Kharkov
Turkey
Rostov
Rex
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Clark Lee
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