Allied Forces Push on Cherbourg as Axis Holds
U S Doughboys close on Cherbourg while German bunkers defend the port and harbor facilities. Allied bombers hit Nazi positions along a broad front as Western Europe battles continue. in the east Soviet and Allied offensives target Warsaw Berlin and Italy advances. Congress passes a veteran bill of rights offering unemployment, education, and loan guarantees to returning servicemen. Adm Spruance engages Japanese forces near Saipan, suffering losses while supporting U S ground troops. OPA expansion and price parity rules extend to 1945 with farm bloc support for cotton corn wheat and tobacco parity. Surplus stocks policies and reconversion debates shape postwar production.
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Cherbourg
Cotentin
Britain
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Calais
England
London
Finland
Warsaw
Berlin
Italy
Veterans’ Administration
Japan
Fifth
Marianas
Philippine Islands
U. S. Marine
Saipan Island
Adm
Raymond Spruance
Chips
Saipan
Senate
House
Washington Digest Allied Show of Power Affects Enemy Morale
BAUKHAGE notes German fear over pilotless rocket concepts and the propaganda impact of remote control weapons as Allied actions in Europe and the Pacific shape enemy morale. He recalls a German stage illusion of a tiny dirigible and explains it as a signal-controlled device. He cites German nerves and Allied counterstrikes, including the B 29 raid on Japan and morale reports from Berlin and other fronts.
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WNU Services
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Germany
Washington
Hitler
Reich Air Ministry
London
Herr Goebbels
Japan
Berlin
Journal
de Geneve
POW Strike Persists Over Beet Field Pay Change
German war prisoners near Scotts Bluff Nebraska refused beet field work after pay shifted from 80 cents a day to 30 cents per quarter acre thinned. Lieut. Col. Clyde Dempster stated disciplinary action would continue the dispute as the strike persists.
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P.O.W
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Clyde Dempster
Employment trends in wartime factories show job declines
The Department of Commerce reports a monthly loss of about 100000 workers in war plants since year start. Shortages in some areas persist, but overall factory employment trends downward while nonwar jobs are expected to hold steady.
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Department of Commerce
Congress Heads Toward Broad Cut In 1942 Appropriations
Chairman Cannon estimates total congressional appropriations will fall below 100 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1. He cites capital outlays and a stockpile of war materiel as factors and predicts about 66 billion for the year, including roughly 14. billion for financing the national debt. He notes postwar appropriations after Pearl Harbor reached 147 billion and 114 billion in subsequent years.
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Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Surplus Army Trucks To Aid Wheat Harvest
To aid this year’s wheat crop, surplus used army trucks will be offered to farmers through county AAA offices. Limited supply means a small percentage allocated by most critical need. After certification, dealers buy trucks from the U S treasury regional office at appraised price and sell to farmers at or below OPA ceilings.
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AAA
U. S. Treasury
World War II Briefs from Europe and Asia
Across Europe and Asia daily life exhibits wartime strain. Dover cliffs retreat from invasion routes. in Italy Nazi slave labor drafts target unmarried women 18 to 30. Hungary and Balkans face feather shortages with a gas bribe. Japan trains practice regular seat changes to shuffle passengers.
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Italy
Kaleidoscope Quilt Pattern Tells Victorian Charm
In Victorian parlors a kaleidoscope effect came from a six inch quilt block design. The Kaleidoscope, the Ann Rutledge and the Whirl Wind are featured in pattern No. 200. Mrs. Spears offers an actual size sheet with three quilt patterns for 15 cents. Address:
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Washington Digest
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Lokal Anzeiger
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Gestapo
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Tokio
National Geographic Bulletin
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Marunouchi
National Geographic
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Julius Caesar
Dover
Hungary
Balkan Countries
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
B. F. Goodrich
la Wan
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Bonde
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