Naples in ruins as Fifth Army advances in Italy
Naples smolders after German destruction of docks and warehouses as Gen. Mark Clark's Fifth Army moves through the city toward Rome. Montgomery's flanking push along the Adriatic threatens to cut off German forces, while Allied and Soviet fronts press across Europe with warnings on aviation policy and oil supplies.
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Naples
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Rome
Europe
Bernard Montgomery
Adriatic Sea
Montgomery
Gas Ration Changes Narrow B C Coupons Here
The CPA cut B and C gasoline coupons in the Midwest and Southwest by a day’s supply and reduced Southeast issuances. Northeast B C redacted from 2 1/2 to 2 gallons while East A coupons rose from 1 1/2 to 2 gallons. OPA says aim is to urge at least one gallon from A coupon for occupational driving.
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Midwest
CPA
OPA
CCC seeks 500 million to boost 1944 farmer payments
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urged Congress to add 500 million dollars to the Commodity Credit Corporation to fund guarantee payments for the 1944 production program. The CCC already holds 500 million, to be used for loans on major crops and for expanding guarantee payments to vegetables, fruits, and other crops. He asked authority to buy surplus crops and absorb losses by resale at lower prices and to resell perishables obtained via price supports at less than parity.
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Marvin Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Jones
WAVES barred from overseas service under senate bill
The WAVES, the navy's women’s auxiliary, will not be allowed to serve overseas, a provision in a bill reported by the Senate Naval Affairs Committee states. Britain plans to form Jewish units for Burma service with potential divisions recruited in Palestine and the Near East. Radio stations win access to union made recordings ending the 14 month ban. Milk output declines due to cows growing tired from excessive milking per the National Cooperative Pure Milk Association secretary.
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WAVES
Navy
Woman Auxiliary
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Burma
London
Pa'estine
Near East
National Co-operative Pure Milk Association
Postwar Peace Policy Clash in Senate
The Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee moved to kill the Fulbright resolution as it considered postwar peace policy. A new bill expressing America's postwar stance was hoped to rally support for Sen Arthur Vandenberg's independence provision. Sen Tom Connally, head of the committee, led the move to block the Fulbright plan and urged waiting for further world political developments before committing.
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America
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Senate
Arthur Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
Tom Connally
Connally
Fight to Last in Southwest Pacific As Allies Close In
Stubborn Japanese fought to the death at the Finschhafen base as Allied forces poured in from the north west and south. The Allies used superior numbers and air power to press the attack while U S airmen reported a new “super Zero” fighter outpacing P 38s and offering greater armor protection.
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Finschafen
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Cavalry Returns to Action in Sicily and Italy
Cavalry units ride rugged terrain to deliver food water and supplies to troops. Former cowboys and rodeo performers now man horses where vehicles cannot go. They escort mule trains and spot hidden machine gun nests, using small yellow grenades to neutralize threats.
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Sicily
Italy
Wheat purchases from Canada boost CCC stocks
The Commodity Credit Corporation has bought about one million bushels daily in Canadian markets to strengthen its wheat stocks, now estimated at 129 million. Total Canadian purchases reach 30 million bushels with 22.5 million shipped into the country, 3.5 million awaiting water movement from northwestern ports. Since July 1 CCC feed wheat sales total about 111.5 million bushels.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Canada
CCC
Mexico Agrees to Oil Property Settlement with United States
Mexico will pay 29.14 million dollars to American nationals for seized oil properties taken in 1933. Of this total 5.14 million dollars is interest at 3 percent. Expert valuation had trimmed the claim from hundreds of millions to about 24.0 million. The balance will be paid in four annual installments.
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Mexico
U S War Plants Sale Advocated by Commerce Secretary
Secretary Jesse Jones told a congressional committee that the government should sell its 13 billion dollars of war plants and property after hostilities end. The article notes current government control levels in aluminum magnesium steel synthetic rubber high octane gasoline machine tools and aircraft plus ownership of 47 000 square miles of land equivalent to six New England states.
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Jesse Jones
New England
TIRES quota cut for October drivers
The Office of Price Administration reduced the tire quota from 829000 to 645000 for October. Only motorists driving 601 or more miles per month qualify for new tires. Used tractor and other farm vehicle tires were removed from the ration list.
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Office of Price Administration
Three Nation Accord Key to World Peace
Washington debates a tripartite path among Britain, the United States and Russia. Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt are eyed for a potential MoU while debates over spheres of influence, Baltic nations, and a Mediterranean commission unfold amid wartime diplomacy.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Russia
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
America
Soviet Russia
Germany
United States of America
Europe
British Isles
Moscow
Free Germany
Italy
Third Front
Mediterranean
Hitler
United Nations
Victory garden record and war bond note
The piece cites Victory garden output totaling 20 million gardens and eight million tons of food, and details that five thousand people would buy $100 war bonds at $75 to cover gasoline for the Rhineland raid. It notes a 1789 law bars treasury officials from buying war bonds and lauds the school bus as a vital war transportation link.
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Victory Gardeners
Rhineland
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Office of Defense Transportation
Pro patria Pins mark donors with patriotic motto
The inscription Pro patria on donor pins signifies sacrifice for country. Balkan states number eight. The Golden Rule is in Luke 6. The ground support needed per airman varies by mission. Damocles faced a suspended sword by King Dionysus. Nova Scotia’s original name was Acadia. Adams Hepplewhite and Sheraton are renown furniture designers. A marathon covers about twenty six miles.
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Damocles
Nova Scotia
Robert Adams
George Hepplewhite
Thomas Sheraton
Answers to common knowledge prompt items
A compact set of eight items lists topics from a historical quiz style prompt covering national motto, European group, biblical verse, approximate ratio, a name, a place, a product category, and a distance. Each item serves as a factual prompt or reference or example for trivia categories.
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Robert A. Taft
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Washington Digest
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Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
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Balkans
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Reich
Rumania
New York
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Romania
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Turkey
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Hauptman Feather Company
Rothwell
Houston 10
Texas
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East 11Th Street
John Starks
Houston
MFG. CO
Cole Street
St. Louis, Mo
Amazon
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
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Waldron Avenue
St. Louis 14
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WNU
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