Allies Press Across Normandy and De Gaulle Talks
Allied forces push through marshy terrain enveloping La Haye and St Lo while British and Canadian units clash with German groups near Caen. In Washington, De Gaulle seeks formal recognition as leader of liberated France amid U.S. caution on legal government status.
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U. S
la Haye
St. Lo
Caen
Rommel
Paris
Normandy
Berlin
von Tedt
von Kluge
France
Moscow
de Gaulle
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
North Africa
Britain
Free French Movement
Tragedies Struck by Fire Train Wreck and War Front Clashes
A Hartford circus fire killed 135 people, mostly children, as burning canvas collapsed onto spectators. In Ohio miners remained trapped prompting rescue efforts and tunneling attempts. A Louisville and Nashville derailment near Jellico caused 25 deaths and many injuries. Chinese forces resisted Japanese advances while Allied air forces bombed targets in China and Burma.
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Wallandas
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Hartford
Louisville and
Nashville
Clear Fork River Gorge
Jellico
Tenn
Predatory Insects Aid Crop Defense In Illinois
In Illinois farmers release over 40 000 predatory wasps and flies to combat corn borers as part of U S agriculture department efforts. Experts say these insects supplement clean farming and deep plowing, feeding on borers inside stalks and on the outside eggs. Meanwhile Britain faces flying bombs as Churchill updates parliament on casualties and allied air activity. Texas uses Grama grass at Biggs field to suppress dust with a soil holding mulch and grass seed.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Britain
Churchill
Normandy
U. S
French
England
Texas
Biggs Field
Midwest Isolationism Shapes 1940 Democratic Convention Debate
The Chicago Tribune reports rising Midwest isolationist sentiment as Republicans push a mixed foreign policy toward a postwar role. Delegates debate avoiding a foreign plank while Bricker and Dewey seek compromise to unite factions amid fears of a split election boosting a GOP victory.
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Middle West
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Edge
New Jersey
Republican Party
Bricker
Farm Hands Wanted Boost Harvest Labor Force
The War Food Administration estimates 700000 extra workers are needed for harvest. About 12 million farm workers are required to meet October harvesting demands, implying recruitment of around 700000 city workers. Uprisings spread in Central America with Honduras and Nicaragua seeing resignations and unrest, including rioting in Guatemala.
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War Food Administration
WFA
Honduras
Nicaragua
Central America
San Salvador
Guatemala
Subs Take Toll on Japanese Shipping as U S Sub Fleet Grows
Navy Secretary James Forrestal said Allied submarines and air forces will increasingly threaten Japan's inner-supply lines. He cited 15 cargo vessels and two ships sunk recently, crimping Tokyo's war program which relies on about 75 million tons of waterborne freight yearly, including most oil and gas from the East Indies. Japan mitigates losses with stockpiles, reduced transport to encircled zones, and prewar surplus tonnage.
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Japan
U. S
Navy
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Home Islands
East Indies
South Pacific
Lend-Lease Food Shipments to Allies in Early 1944
During January to May 1944 lend-lease deliveries kept a steady pace with varying volumes by commodity and little impact on US supplies. Nine point three percent of US meat went abroad, mainly pork, and about fifteen point six percent of pork was shipped abroad. The United Kingdom and Russia received most lend-lease food, with the US supplying ten percent of British needs.
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Italy
Russia
Wilno
Baltic States
Kowel
Warsaw
Livorno
Leghorn
U. S
United Kingdom
Volunteers sought to extend price control program and aid war labor
About 90 000 more volunteers are needed to keep prices honest. Some 32 500 from Mexico 5 250 from Jamaica 5 100 from the Bahama Islands and 450 from Newfoundland are now on American farms. Since the war began 15 000 trans Atlantic flights have linked the U S and England. Volunteers for spare time farm and food plant work may apply for special gasoline rations.
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Mexico
Jamaica
The
Bahama Islands
Newfoundland
United States
England
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ITOR
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Pepper
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Beauty College
Lydia Houston
Elgin
Houston
Tex
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A. Briggs
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Cook
San Antonio
Weiner’s
Franklin - Houston
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Bandera
Dedman Foundry & Machine CO
North St. Charles St
P. E. Feathering
Linton
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P. O
Arcade Book Nook
Broadway
Ill
Edward Matocha
Fintonia
Northwest Popcorn & Seed CO
Delaware
Suppl & Mfg. CO
Fremont
New Braunfels
Paul W. John
Steven Sky
LaGrange
Sinclair Business School
Arlington St
J. A. Walsh & CO. Inc
McKinney
F. O. B. Houston
W. B. Mackey
Hillsboro Street
Panama
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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