Dewey Pledges Postwar Market for American Producers
The Western Newspaper Union's analysis notes President Dewey's pledge of a strong postwar market for American producers. It states his stance on battering Nazi defenses in France and frames the policy within a postwar economic vision. The column carries opinion from the Eastern Newspaper Union and reflects editorial perspective rather than the paper's own stance.
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Dewey
France
Untoro Rees
Thestern
Union
Allied Forces Drive in Europe and Pacific Fronts Across 1944 War News
British General Montgomery presses toward Caen forcing German reserves, while U S troops advance above St Lo and Cherbourg engineers clear a port. Red armies push toward Moscow front as Finns resist in Karelia and Northern China and Japan warn war’s outcome will influence global balance. Dewey Bricker GOP platform promises protectionist tariffs and postwar markets as U S casualties reach about 250 000 with 70 000 enemy losses in invasion. Britain Australia New Zealand lend-lease aid shifts material to U S invasion efforts and open supply routes.
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Europe
Caen
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
von Rundstedt
Montgomery
U. S
St. Lo
Saipan
Japan
The
Marianas
France
Churchill
China
India
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Naval Hospitals at 85 Percent Filled in U S Navy
Vice Admiral Melin reports U S naval hospitals are 85 percent full with capacity for 70 000 men. West coast Pacific area units run at 95 percent capacity as convalescents are sent homeward. Juxtaposed a haven for Jews emerges as Britain plans a refuge for Nazi refugees in former North African colonies.
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Naval Hospitals
U. S. Naval Hospitals
Ross T. MelIntire
Naval
Great Britain
Europe
Stettinius
North
Africa
Italy
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Diplomacy: Finland Rejects U S Peace Moves
Finland refuses to listen to U S approaches for peace with Russia and vows to stay allied with Germany with military aid promises. The move sparks a rupture with the United States as Ambassador Norman Armour is recalled from Argentina amid rising Axis sentiment after the invasion. De Gaulle plans talks with Roosevelt on changes to U S policy toward the French National Committee for Liberation as the provisional government.
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Finland
U. S
Russia
Germany
Norman Armour
Argentina
State Department
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
French National Committee For Liberation
WPB Warns of Growing Civlian Goods Shortages Amid War Effort
An official of the War Production Board says stockpiles are dwindling and shortages of material and labor will deepen civilian goods scarcities. Electric irons alarms clocks and aluminum kitchenware will see partial demand met this year while stoves lumber and steel products face shortages. A WPB remark cites misapplied manpower and textile production limits. The article questions the jeep as a general farm vehicle, noting it is less powerful than a small tractor with limited carrying capacity and high operating cost.
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War Production Board
WPB
U. S. Department of Commerce
Beekeeping Prompt Prompts Small Business Reconversion Push
Maury Maverick's bee stunt spurred a shift in War Production Board views toward reconversion of civilian goods. The effort targets easing limits on aluminum and magnesium use and converting steel surpluses into consumer products, aiming to save small plants from subcontractor losses and curb inflation while expanding civilian production.
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U. S
Senate
Donald Nelson
WPB
Maury
Nelson
War Production Board
War Plants Corporation
Bicycles to China for Army Use and Wartime Financing
More than 6 000 bicycles will be sent to China by air for Chinese army use in difficult terrain. Youths ages 16 to 17 with parents consent may enlist for merchant marine training. Farmers face future hazards such as drought floods disease or low prices and are urged to invest wartime income in war bonds to insure future years.
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China
U. S. Merchant Marine
Doan
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