Weekly News Analysis from Aachen to East Prussia Fronts
The report describes Allied advances from Aachen to the Saar basin and Patras Greece as German resistance weakens. It notes air, artillery, and ground efforts across France Italy and the Balkans, plus mass Soviet pressure on East Prussia and regional crop harvests in Greece.
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Peloponnesus
Patras
Greece
Tonian Islands
Gulf of Corinth
Corinth
California
Peace Machinery Drawn Blueprint for Postwar Security
The article outlines a postwar peace plan from the Dumbar ton Oaks talks led by the United States Britain Soviet Union and China with France later joining It proposes a permanent executive council an economic and social committee and an international court of justice to maintain order through peaceful settlements or force If needed It notes unsettled points and discusses Allied political maneuvers in Poland and Balkans while reporting U S bombings of Formosa and Ryukyu to shield China and deter Japanese advances The piece quotes Admiral Nimitz on the need for landings on the China coast and air operations to support allies against Japan
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U. S
Britain
Russia
China
France
Washington, D. C
United Nations
Big Four
Permanent Council
International Court of Justice
Congress
Moscow
Churchill
Eden
Great Britain
Marshall Stalin
Molotov
Balkan
Chester Nimitz
Ryukyu Islands
Formosa
Nimitz
Chipee
Record Harvest Prospects Boost 1944 Output
The 1944 harvest faces possible cutbacks from adverse weather but aims for record grain totals. Corn 3.197 billion bushels, wheat 1.109 billion, sorghum 152 million, oats 1.192 billion, barley 287 million. Total five grains over 5.8 billion, up about 400 million from last year.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Mortgage Debt Drops Across World War II Years
U S Department of Agriculture reports show farm mortgage totals declined by nearly a billion dollars from 1940 to 1944. About 850 million fell in 1942 and 1943 due to strong crop income. By January 1, 1944 debt was about 8 percent lower than a year earlier, 14.4 percent below 1940, and nearly 48 percent below 1923 peak.
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Future Farmers of America
Elton Ellison
Balls
Tex
Milo
Young Ellison
Ellison
Camp Roberts
Elton
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kaiser backs drive for large turnout at polls
Henry Kaiser urges action to boost voter participation in the 1944 election. He backs Franchise Education Inc. and promotes high wages, increased production, and low prices as keys to full employment and democracy, calling for competition and improved credit to unlock jobs and economic growth.
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Kaiser
Mr. Kaiser
Milk Drives Farm Income Share in 1943
Milk was the largest single source of gross farm income in 1943, accounting for 15 percent of all farm income, more than cattle or hogs and several times larger than eggs cotton and wheat. One in fifteen U.S. families depended on milk for a livelihood. milk and products made up over 25 percent of the annual 1700 pounds of food consumed per person.
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U. S
Individu
Brief notes on unusual crops and customs in distant lands
The report notes 20 pound Bankhage pineapples common in the New Hebrides. German school children miss days to gather tea leaves for a substitute drink. Mayan crops include manihot or cassava, processed to cassava bread by ancient methods to remove toxins.
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New Hebrides Islands
South Pacific
Associated Press
Middle America
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