Strategists warn three front pressure reshapes war effort
The article notes deteriorating German options as a three front push strains manpower and supplies in Italy France and Russia, with a possible German retreat to stronger inner lines. It cites Russian advances toward East Prussia, Baltic losses, and the Normandy invasion crisis pressuring Nazi command. It also reports on Democratic convention delegates shifting toward unpledged status in a volatile party scene.
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White Russia
Poland
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Brest Litovsk
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Eisenhower
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Nation Goes Well Over Top In Fifth War Loan
Washington reports the Fifth War Loan exceeded goals as Morgenthau announced subscriptions reached 16.65 billion dollars. Corporations subscribed 12.4 billion, individuals 4.25 billion, with the individual total at 71 percent of the six billion quota though morgenthau expected to surpass it.
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Washington
America
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Wife of Songwriter Al Dexter Gets Divorce
Mrs. Twillie Everett Poindexter of Kerens Texas was granted an uncontested divorce from Albert Poindexter also known as Al Dexter the writer of Pistol Packin Mamma Custody of three children Wayne 17 Helen 14 and Jimmie 10 awarded to the mother Grounds were abandonment without cause Last address of Dexter listed as Hollywood California where he reportedly went to work in a motion picture
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Twillie Everett Poindexter
Kerens
Texas
Albert Poindexter
al Dexter
Wayne
Helen
Jimmie
Dexter
Hollywood
Calif
Rail Rate Reduction Argued For Southwest
Traffic Manager J. C. Murray of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce argues that postwar civilian production in Arkansas cannot compete without removing discriminatory freight rates. He notes rates in the Southwest up to 76 percent higher than regions east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, hindering southwestern capital from winning business.
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LE Rock
Ark
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Little Rock
Imphal Defenders Say Over 11,000 Japanese Killed
Southeast Asia Command announces that defenders in Imphal Manipur state have killed more than 11,000 Japanese since the March start of the enemy incursion into India. The tally comes from a command communiqué issued in Ceylon today.
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