Limited Demobilization To Begin After Nazi Defeat
The War Department outlined a cautious demobilization plan soon after Nazi defeat, prioritizing the Pacific theater and Japan’s war needs. Release will be slow at first, based on service length overseas time combat credit and dependents, with four factors shaping individual exits and most reductions in ground forces.
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Washington
America
Germany
War Department
Japan
Pacific
Europe
French Troops Gain Ground Near Belfort Gap Front
Free French and Allied forces reported fighting a motorized German unit at Baume-les-Dames about 30 miles from Belfort, describing it as the last obstacle before the Belfort Gap into southwest Germany. Advices claimed Besancon had been occupied, though no official Allied confirmation followed.
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Baume-les-Dames
Belfort
Germany
Besancon
Rhone
Injuries Fatal To Register Of Wills In Cumberland
George Edward Jordan 68 longtime Allegany County Register of Wills died in Allegany Hospital from injuries suffered in a traffic accident last Thursday. Police said he walked into a moving vehicle. Jordan was a charter member of Cumberland Typographical Union No 244 and held roles with local newspapers. He was active in Masonic groups and the Allegany County Republican State Central Committee.
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Cumberland
George Edward Jordan
Register of Wills
Allegany County
Allegany Hospital
Jordan
Linne H. Carson
Cumberland Typographical Union No. 244
Old Cumberland Independent
Old Cumberland Daly News
Republican State Central Committee
Back To Work Afic U. S. Seizes Plants
Production of bearings for B 29 Superfortresses and other war equipment resumed at two Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co plants after the War Department seized facilities under a Roosevelt executive order. Mechanics Educational Society of America members returned to work after a six day walkout over the discharge of a worker accused of breaking a company locker lock. About 7 000 employees are at the two plants.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co
War Department
Roosevelt
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Open Air Theaters in Paris Face Daytime Roofs
Paris theaters plan to open Saturday if rain holds. Lacking electricity, productions will run in daytime with open roofs while improvised mirrors catch daylight and reflect it onto the stage.
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Paris
Bomb Fleeing Nazi Troops Hit Balkans and Death Toll
London reports about 750 U S heavy bombers attacking German troop concentrations moving north from the Danube and targeting retreat routes in the Balkans. Liberators struck Leskovac near Belgrade, while Western front raids and attacks on Oradea rail yards disrupted German logistics.
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U. S
Haly
Danube
Balkans
Brest
Germany
Leskovac
Belgrade
Oradea
Budapest
Harvesting And Storing Victory Garden Fruits
College Park reports Extension horticulturist W. R. Ballard urges storing home grown produce to aid war effort and winter sustenance. He covers damp storage, cool temperatures near freezing, darkness to prevent greening, and using basements, boxes, barrels, or bank storage for potatoes and root crops.
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College Park
Victory Gardens
W. R. Ballard
University of Maryland
How To Mail Your Gifts Overseas AP Features
Government rules for overseas mailing during the season require parcels to weigh no more than five pounds, be under fifteen inches in length, and under thirty six inches in length and girth. Only one package per person per week, marked Christmas Parcel, with a return address inside. Packages must be prepaid and include full destination and return details including rank, name, serial number, unit, APO or FPO, and port of departure.
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Post Office
Army Post Office
Fleet Post Office
Small Spuds Boost Maryland Potatoes In Drought
Maryland homemakers are urged to use drought damaged small potatoes immediately as they do not keep as well as larger ones. Nutritionist Margaret McPheeters notes small spuds are nutritious and affordable, aiding military procurement and reducing crop costs while storage losses rise in heat and drought.
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Ballard
College Park
Maryland
Margaret McPheeters
University of Maryland Extension Service
University of Maryand
War J Food Administration
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promote Digestive Ease
An old style health ad touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to boost the body's digestive juice flow. It warns of headaches and fatigue from poor digestion and promises rapid relief, urging readers to obtain the pills for 10 cents at any drugstore.
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Nature
Carter
Navy Abolishes Three Year Athletic Rule
Annapolis Sept 6 Rear Admiral John R Beardall superintendent of the Naval Academy announced the Navy would abolish the three year athletic rule this season allowing former stars still in school to play on the Middies football teams this fall.
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Annapolis
John R. Beardall
US Naval Academy
Navy
Middies
Navy will not demobilize before Japan defeat says Forrestal
Washington reports Navy Secretary Forrestal stated there will be no demobilization of the Navy while Germany is defeated. He emphasized the Navy is expanding and will continue to expand until Japan is defeated. In related WPB news, the board’s top leadership saw its third vacancy in two weeks as Operations Vice-Chairman L R Boulware resigned with reluctance, accepted by Acting Chairman J A Krug.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Germany
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
Operations
L. R. Boulware
Gains by Eighth Army Presses Along Italian Front
Allied forces reported capturing a ridge from Coriano to the Adriatic Sea as fierce fighting raged near Himini. Coriano remained in German hands though patrols reached the town. Americans advanced toward Lucca while British units pressed north of Florence. Canadian and other Eighth Army troops mauled fresh German reinforcements along the Adriatic front.
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Eighth Army
Coriano
Adriatic Sea
Himini
Pisa
Altopascia
Lucca
Florence
Adriatic
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