Arezzo Falls and Yanks Gain Ground in Italy Front
The 5th army pressed a broad flanking advance toward the Arno east of Livorno and Pisa, reaching within five and a half miles of the river as German defenses stiffened. French troops of the Sth army reportedly repelled a heavy counterattack and held positions while the 8th army faced mounting German defense difficulties and British forces moved toward key targets north of Arezzo.
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Sir Oliver Leese
Aan 6
Hellen
8Th Army
Arezzo
Manufacturers of unpainted wood furniture may make
Washington reports a policy note indicating manufacturers of unpainted wood household furniture may engage in production under a new regulatory framework. The text references industry involvement and evolving standards without specifying enforcement details or dates.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration Announces Partial Price Change
The OPA announces a five percent adjustment above existing maximum prices effective July 18 with no immediate retail price increase. A Washington meeting will address further increases as the study aims to restore earnings to the 1936-39 level. Ivan Burdick named Director of the food rationing division, succeeding Walter Straub who resigned July 3.
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Office of Price Administration
Washington
OPA
Ivan Burdick
New Milford
Conn
Charles F. Phillips
Bur
Walter F. Straub
Chinen
New Treasury List Shows R Fleisher Tops 1942 Compensation
R Fleisher of New York leads the treasury 1942 list of corporation compensation to individuals for personal services with 645000 dollars paid by Twentieth Century Fox. The report records salaries bonuses and other pay before taxes and notes larger supplementary lists will follow. Other top earners include Bethlehem Steel president Eugene Grace 537724 and IBM chief Thomas J. Watson 425548.94.
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Washington
R. Fleisher
The
Treasury
Fleisher
New York
Dramatist Guild
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
B. Mayer
Mayer
Loew's, Inc
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corp
John B. Hawley, Jr
Northern Ordnance
Minnesota
Claudette Colbert
Paramount Pictures
Red MacMurray
MacMurray
Paramount
Harry L. Crosby
Bing
Paulette Goddard
Bob Hope
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., Ltd
Hope
Fredric March
George Marshall
Joel McCrea
Raymond Milland
Ginger Rogers
Victor Moore
Preston Sturges
Franchot Tone
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
General Electric Company
Big Corporation
Wilson
General Electric
General Motors Corporation
Capitalists and insiders in American finance and film salaries
A discussion on personal stakes in electric utilities and investments through insurance and banks. The piece lists top salaries from Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, and executives including Dorothy Lamour, Gary Cooper, Bette Davis, and Charles E. Wilson, noting wealth and bonuses in 1942.
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Dorothy S. Kaumeyer
Paramount
The
Treasury
Dorothy Lamour
Gary Cooper
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., Ltd
Twentieth Century-Fox
Don Ameche
Jack Benny
Henry Fonda
Bryan Foy
Betty Grable
Sonja Henie
Tyrone Power
Bette Davis
Warner Brothers
Warner
Humphrey Bogart
Olivia de Havilland
Errol Flynn
Cary Grant
Ida Lupino
Ann Sheridan
Wisconsin
Harold S. Falk
Milwaukee
Falk Corporation
H. B. Kraut
Fond du Lac
Giddings and Lewis Machine Tool Co
W. Harnischfeger
Harnischfeger Corporation
All Party Liberals Rally For F R And Wallace In Wisconsin
An all party liberals rally in Milwaukee adopted resolutions urging reelection of President Roosevelt and Vice President Wallace and endorsed W Hoan for governor and H J McMurray for Senate on the Democratic ticket. Claude Pepper warned liberals to keep the Senate from sabotaging peace as Gerald Clifford defended Wallace and Roosevelt. Britain supplies the U S armed forces in England with twenty percent of food by weight.
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Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Wallace
W. Hoan
Howard J. McMurray
United States
Hoan
U. S
Claude Pepper
Senate
Gerald Clifford
Green Bay
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LA Crosse
Arezzo Falls
Livorno
By Noland Norgaard
Poland
Latvia
Russia
Red Army
Grodno
German East Prussia
Moscow
Ras Eel
Bluting
Lamour
America
Northern States Power Company
Electric Light and Power
All Party’ Liberals
F. R
Britain
England
LE Sonier
Little Lady
Wrisley Bath
Imra Cosmetic
Palm Beach
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