Allied bombers pound Fortress Europe as Russians advance
Western Allied air fleets target airfields rail hubs and defenses across France Belgium and Italy while Soviet forces push into Romania and the Crimea. Ground action near Rome shows ongoing troop movements as a major campaign resumes.
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Belgium
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Italy
Budapest
Rome
Allies push to curb neutral trade with Axis Europe
Government reports a coordinated Allied push to halt neutral Sweden and Turkey from supplying Germany with ball bearings chrome and other war materiel. Sweden warns compliance would breach its Germany accord while Britain and U S weigh curbs on trade. Commodity Credit Corp to support 1944 domestic wool clip as stockpiles rise.
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Ireland
Great Britain
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Sweden
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Europe
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Indian and Allied Forces Fight to Hold Naga Hills
In central India British and Indian troops battle persistent Japanese efforts to cut supply lines and trap forces in a large pocket. Meanwhile U S bombers strike Kurile islands and New Guinea bases as part of a wider push to isolate Japanese strongholds on the Pacific flank near the Philippines. The three pronged Japanese drive also targets supply routes to the Assam Bengal railroad feeding Stilwell’s Allied forces in northern Burma toward China.
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India
U. S
Pacific
Kurile Islands
Nippon
New Guinea
Philippines
Assam-Bengal
Joseph Stilwell
Burma
China
Industry Plans Large Cash Reserves For Postwar Readjustment
U S industry pools hundreds of millions for civilian conversion including United States Steel 104 153 557 General Motors 76 051 805 General Electric 73 562 337 and others. Byrnes outlines federal aid and rapid contract settlements to prevent bankruptcies and ease layoffs as war goods shift to peacetime production.
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United States Steel Company
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International Harvester
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Borden Company
National Dairy Products
General Foods
Commodity Credit Corporation
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Roosevelt and Dewey Build Momentum in Delegate Pickoffs
With two months to the party conventions, Franklin D. Roosevelt leads in pledged delegates with 46 pledged and 157 claimed totaling 203 of 236. Thomas E. Dewey trails with 25 pledged and 123 claimed totaling 148 of 356. Nebraska’s primary saw Roosevelt win a large vote while Dewey drew heavy write‑in support.
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Navy charts ambitious growth to fuel heavy 1945 expansion
Congress is asked to pass a naval appropriations bill of 32.647 billion dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1. By July 1945 the Navy plans 10 244 self propelled ships 74 925 other craft including landing vessels and 37 735 airplanes. Naval personnel are to reach 3 657 000 including women with Marine Corps expansion to 478 000.
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Marine Corps
LABOR Leaders Attack Soviet Territorial Plans
AFL Vice President Matthew Woll condemns Soviet actions in Europe arguing for popular‑vote settlements by those affected. David Dubinsky, head of the International Garment Workers Union, deplores spheres of influence and warns Poland risks perpetual struggle if eastern Germany is ceded.
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American Federation of Labor
Matthew Woll
Russia
United Nations
Woll
David Dubinsky
AFL
International Garment Workers Union
Poland
Germany
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Record Egg Production Hits New March High
American hens produced 6.763 billion eggs in March, up 4 percent from a year earlier and 49 percent above the ten year average. Laying flocks rose to 433,985,000 hens, a 5 percent gain. A separate note discusses a 21 pound compact furnace for small homes using military aircraft heating tech, costing about $50 with potential to heat a 20 room house.
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America
Good Prospects for Winter Wheat Aid and War Hero Records
The Agriculture Department projects a 1944 winter wheat crop of 601,759,000 bushels, with total 1944 45 supplies around 1.13 billion bushels. Rain helps western regions though Nebraska needs moisture. Captain Richard S. Bong earns credit for his 27th air victory in the South Pacific, flying a Lightning with his fiancée Marjorie Vattendahl’s portrait on the nose. Captain Don S. Gentile previously tallied 30 aerial victories in Europe, seven damaged on the ground.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Nebraska
Army Air Force
Richard S. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Don S. Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Eddie Rickenbacker
South Pacific
Marjorie Vattendahl
Superior
Bong
Gentile
Europe
Rickenbacker
Plane crash survives bombing mission soldier from Kentucky
A 27 year old sergeant from Henderson Kentucky survived a bombing mission crash after the plane fell 19 000 feet. The tail section landed on a tree top and the sergeant emerged with only a slight chin cut.
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Henderson
Black market gas threatens civilian fuel program says Ickes
Petroleum Administrator Ickes warned that illicit gasoline sales exceed 2.5 million gallons daily and counterfeit coupons are widely used to evade controls. He urged crushing the nationwide illegal traffic as the best hope to raise civilian fuel allowances.
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Ickes
Egg glut pushes school lunch funding into doubt in Washington
Washington lawmakers wrestle with a glut of eggs as War Food administration buys to prop up farmer prices and funds for school lunches face possible cuts after July 1. The Office of Education warns of gaps for four to five million children if Congress withholds the appropriation.
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Washington
America
White House
Senate
House
Lend-Lease
Kansas City
War Food Administration
Office of Education
House of Representatives
Congress
WPA
Tus
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Fuel Needs Hit Eighty Times More Than Last War
Bankhage Gasoline figures from the U S Petroleum Administration for War say wartime demand is eighty times higher than in the prior conflict.
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U. S. Petroleum Administration For
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