Allied Push Across Europe Shifts War’s Tide
Allied forces press into Nazi lines in France and the east as Paris region fronts move toward the Reich border. 45,000 enemy prisoners taken. German holds in the Carpathians strained while Hungary consolidates under Lakotas. Coal output targets 625 million tons for 1944 with 400,000 needed workers amid wartime labor shifts and shipbuilding demand.
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Paris
France
U. S
Reich
U.S
Chateau-Thierry
Belleau Wood
Soisson
Petore Lipat
Alexander I
Toulon
Canbéas
Germany
Kurt Dittmar
MacArthur strategy eyed for Philippines return
Military experts at South Pacific HQ say MacArthur’s favored tactics could seize the Philippines with minimal casualties. They cite lessons from New Guinea, where luring the enemy and using jungle cover proved effective while pursuing softer defenses and maintaining strong air and naval pressure on shipping and installations. Meat markets show tight hog supplies as one third of production is reserved for government, with cattle movement slow but prices firm.
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MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
South Pacific
New Guinea
Food makers see profits dip in first half of year
The Grocery Manufacturers Association reports a 4.5 percent decline in profits for food manufacturing firms in the first six months, caused by higher raw material and labor costs and increased taxes offsetting gains. In a separate note, the OPA relaxes rules on utility grade beef steak, allowing supermarkets to cube or tenderize top and bottom cuts after September 4 without customer request.
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Grocery Manufacturers of America
OPA
Cotton's Postwar Outlook Sparks Price and Policy Debate
The cotton sector, about one fifth of national farm income and over a third of the population in the South, faces a potential postwar price slump. Senator Bankhead seeks wartime parity, while Guaranty Trust Co suggests price concessions, higher production, tariffs, foreign credits, subsidies, plus industrial research and trade promotion to bolster cotton markets.
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John H. Bankhead
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Brighter Prospects for 1944 45 Tobacco Crop
With more tobacco supplies expected and an early end to the war, cigarette production outlook improves. A 950 million pound flue cured crop for 1944-45 could let manufacturers stock more aging tobacco and release matured supplies. Labor layoffs from military cuts may bring workers back to cigarette plants, easing manpower tightness as shortages peak in September.
Fitness Drive Aims To Boost National Health By Fall
Public health initiative under the Joint Committee on Physical Fitness mobilizes 364 national groups to improve defect prevention and healthy living in schools colleges industry and the public. Col. Leonard Rowntree calls for stamina energy and agility. CIO leader Sidney Hillman defends union political contributions and outlines further worker fundraising.
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Joint Committee On Physical Fitness
Col
Leonard G. Rowntree
Selective Service
House Campaign Expenditures Committee
CIO
Sidney Hillman
Political Action Committee
Hillman
Dehydrated vegetables mainly to military and war services
War Food administration states about 95 percent of the 277 million pounds of dried vegetable output will be shipped to the army navy Red Cross and non civilian agencies. Roughly 265 million pounds go to military and indirect war service agencies and about 12 million pounds to civilians. Production is expected to rise about 67 percent from 1943.
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Army
Navy
Red Cross
War Food Administration
War Service
Dewey and Bricker Speaking Dates Set for Radio Talks
The Republican national committee lists a series of radio addresses by governors this month. Bricker of Ohio speaks September 9 from French Lick Springs Indiana. Dewey of New York speaks September 18 from Seattle. additional broadcasts follow from Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles as the campaign timeline moves forward.
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Republican National Committee
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
CBS
NBC
MBS
French Lick Springs
Indiana
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Bricker
EWT
Thomas BE
Dewey
Seattle
Washington
Thomas E
Portland
Oregon
Blue Fall
Wiles- Barre
Blue Network
Ind
Blue
Lockheed
Seals Outdoor
San Francisco
California
Thomas EH. Dewey
Los Angeles
Thomas B. Dewey
Municipal Auditorium
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tar Paper Helps Repel Legless Cabbage Maggots
Cabbage maggots appear in May to feed on stems and roots of cabbage cauliflower broccoli and Brussels sprouts plants. Tar paper discs applied around stem deter flies by scent and prevent egg laying near plants. If tar paper unavailable a calomel and corn starch dust can be used on stems before planting.
Hardy Garden Crops Ready After Plowing and Harrowing
After land preparation, hardy crops such as beets carrots cabbage lettuce peas radishes onions spinach and turnips can be planted. Plant sets for early bunching onions yield earlier harvest. onions from sets may be larger. Peas do best early. most hardy vegetables should be planted by end of April. Potatoes sweet corn cauliflower and celery can precede the last frost date and often resume growth after minor freezing.
Obituary for Luella May Bauer Fowler Lewis
Luella May Davis Bauer Fowler Lewis born July 24 1861 in Peru mont Ohio died August 28 1944 at daughter Marys home in York Township Clark County Illinois aged 83 years 1 month 4 days Survived by five brothers and one sister seven grandchildren and one great grandchild and several relatives Funeral services were held at Potter Hall church with Rev Chester Hix officiating Burial in Medsker cemetery Claimed spouses included Christian Bauer William Fowler and Louie Lewis and children Claude Otto Jeannett Mary and a later infant son.
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Luella May
Jesse
Martha Jane Davis
Permont
Montgomery County
Ohio
Mary
York Township
Clark County
Mllinois
Indiana
Christian Bauer
Claud
Wm. Fowler
Otto
Louie Lewis
Jeannett
Potter Hall Church
William
Charles
Martinsville
John
Casey
Sylvester
Beaver
Oklahoma
Frank
Wichita
Kansas
Mary Ellington
Claude
City
Missouri
la Porte
West Union
Potter’s Hall Church
Medsker Cemetery
Chester Hix
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War Manpower Commission
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Pacific
General MacArthur
Colorado
Pueblo
Probe Political Action
Dewey and
Majestic
Mrs. Lusetta M. Taggart
Macklin & Knowles
York
Virgil
Dennon
American Corn Millers Federation
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