Axis Threat Forestalled in Caribbean and Crimea Drive
U S officials moved to deter Axis footholds in the Western Hemisphere by proposing to garrison Martinique Guadeloupe and St Pierre and Miquelon, while Churchill warned of gas warfare and Russian resistance stiffened. Coal stockpiling urged as transport strains risk shortages. officials deny coal shortage but push winter reserves.
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Martinique
Adm
Georges Robert
Caribbean
French Guiana
United States
Western Hemisphere
Roosevelt
Admiral Robert
State Department
Pierre Laval
Robert
John H. Hoover
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundland
Guadeloupe
France
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
German Drive in Eastern Crimea Opens World War II Front
News dispatches report the German spring drive beginning toward Kerch in eastern Crimea, aiming to seize fuel deposits and threaten Iran’s oil routes. Other items note Lord Gort sworn Malta governor amid heavy bombing, Malta’s heavy losses, and the Coral Sea battle where Japan claims were dismissed by Allied leaders.
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Kerch
Crimea
Caucasian
Iran
Donetz
Dnepropetrovsk
Empire Day Parade in Rome Marked by Mussolini
Italy observed Empire Day with Mussolini and the king watching a parade of marching men and war machines through Rome. The scene commemorated the six-year anniversary of Mussolini’s empire proclamation after Ethiopia’s conquest. In the United States, McNutt projected 4 million women in war jobs next year amid 20 million total war workers.
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Italy
Mussolini
Rome
Ethiopia
McNutt
U.S
Madagascar Guards Vital Supply Routes
The map compares Madagascar to New York to show the island's strategic size. Bases on Madagascar control supply lines to India and the Middle East, underscoring its UN importance. British occupation is noted as having forestalled an Axis move in that region.
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Great Britain
Lord Gort
Malta
Alexandria
Egypt
Italy
Mediterranean
Africa
Middle East
Valetta
Madagascar
New York State
United Nations
India
Trap sprung on Jap invaders in Burma road battle
Dispatches from Chungking tell how a trapped Chinese army struck back on the Burma road. The maneuver cut off the main Japanese route and retreat, wiping out one column in 24 hours and promising liquidation of the other within days. Also report gasoline rationing limits for eastern motorists and war restrictions affecting interstate trucking.
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Burma Road
Chungking
Burma
Yunnan Province
Burmia
LOKYO ATTACK CONFIRMED BY U S WAR DEPARTMENT
Three weeks after American bombing raids on Tokyo and other Japanese cities an official U S war department communique confirms the attack. The midday bombing targeted military, naval and industrial plants with large fires burning for at least two days.
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Tokyo
U. S. War Department
Battle Over Steel for Railroad Cars Splits WPB and Eastman
War Production Board halted steel already in railroad construction shops to redirect for other car types, sparking a clash with Transportation Czar Joe Eastman who says plants like Pullman Standard idle while rail traffic grows. The dispute comes as Europe labor strategy and labor leadership in the U.S. shape wartime policy. Roosevelt backs labor, aiming to influence German and occupied European workers through radio and underground presses.
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Washington, D.C
WPB
Donald Nelson
Transportation
Joe Eastman
War Production Board
Eastman
Pullman Standard
Florida
U. S
Nelson
Roosevelt
Europe
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Social Democratic Party
Hitler
Sudetenland
Paris
Reichstag
Pattern Sewing Circle Dress No 1545 B for sizes 34 to 48
Pattern No 1545 B offers a versatile dress for larger sizes with a front button detail, low neckline, and waistline darts. Suitable for street, business, or housewear in crepe or cotton, it fits sizes 34 through 48 and requires 6 1/4 yards of 39 inch fabric with 5 inches of trimming.
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Barbara Hell
Dress of Slimming Lines Feature in Patterns No. 1560 B
A fashion blurb highlights a dress pattern 1560-B offering a smooth fitting top that shapes the waist and bosom, creates a slim hip silhouette, and features a low neck line with ric-rac edging and tiny front buttons. The packet is neatly detailed and the style appeals for its figure enhancing line.
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Thase
Western Newspaper Union
Winston Churchill
Britain
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RAF
Arctic
Jlartinique
Coral Sea
Australia
Herbert Fairfax Leary
Leary
New Britain
Solomon Islands
General MacArthur
Navy Department
Washington
MacArthur
Mites
New. Ste
Eastern Seaboard
Seaboard
Office of Price Administration
Federal State Conference
Emanuel Celler
New York
Rhode Island
Public
MacDonald
Wallace
Henry Wallace
Claude Wickard
AAA
Milo Perkins
Board of Economic Warfare
Paul Appleby
Chester Davis
ASA
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis
A. M
Spike
Evans
Sam Bledsoe
Roy Hendrickson
Whitney Tharin
Bledsoe
Stimson
George H. Jiler
The
Bridgeport Post
Pattterns Sewing
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ana
B.C
Marcel Tullius
Kellogg's
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
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