Allied Forces Press Slacken German Hold in France
Allied columns open near Paris and push German forces from the Falaise-Argentan pocket area while Patton and Patch lead rapid advances from Normandy to southern France. Paratroopers disrupt enemy lines as French underground accelerates sabotage of Nazi communications and installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
U. S
Paris
Falaise-Argentan
Normandy
George S. Patton
English Channel
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Toulon
Nice
Russians Cross East Prussia Front for First Time in 30 Years
Russian forces led by Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovsky crossed the East Prussian border to push into German soil amid heavy Nazi resistance and sustained counterattacks aided by rocket fire. Germans moved fresh reserves from Himmler’s guard as the 1,000 mile front saw bitter fighting in the Baltic, Warsaw region, and toward the central German border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussian
East Prussia
Himmler
Baltic States
Warsaw
Reconversion Step Expands Civilian Goods Production
The War Production Board allows surplus labor and facilities to help make civilian goods but full output is tied to Germany’s defeat. Nelson reports a fourth reconversion step enabling limited civilian manufacture with priority for items like electric ranges, stoves, pails, irons, nontractor farm machinery, and water storage tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Germany
WPB
Donald Nelson
Pacific War Advances and Midwest Drought Tighten Strains
Allied air power presses operations west of New Guinea and against Bonin islands as 150000 Japanese troops face pressure. Ground forces push into Marianas while Nimitz hints Japan invasion may be avoidable. In the Ohio Valley a dry spell worsens drought with below normal rains and crop losses across Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New Guinea
Philippines
Celebes Islands
South Pacific
U.S
Bonin Islands
Marianas
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Japan
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
North Atlantic Coast
Northwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Wireless photo telegraphy eyed at 25 pages a second
A British radio and television expert says wireless photo telegraphy stations could flash full pages at 25 per second, vastly faster than the current six minutes per page. The inventor claims speeds up to 15,000 times faster may be possible. In New Haven a burglar smashed a vending machine at a filling station and stole 100 sticks of gum while ignoring the pennies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Pictures
New Haven
Conn
Soldier Reading Ease Restrictions
The senate moved to ease the political propaganda ban in the soldier voting law after the army’s rigid interpretation of sponsored funding kept government sponsored reading material from military camps. The act previously barred newspapers magazines motion pictures or literature funded by the government from being distributed to the armed forces.
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Senate
Perennial Wheat Claims Edible High Gluten Variant
The Russians tout an edible perennial wheat with about 60 percent gluten developed at royal stables as part of a long Russian program in cross pollination of agropyrum grasses with wheat. Soviet agronomist N V Tsitsin says initial harvests were satisfactory and real tests await next season. U S breeders have seen little success with perennials, one hybrid lacking regular qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Stables
Ace Agronomist
N. V. Tsitsin
U. S
Cotton Seek Parity Push to Raise Prices
Senator John H. Bankhead urged cotton growers to keep the commodity off the market to aid price parity from six to eight dollars above 1944 loan rates. He spoke amid talks with government officials and cotton manufacturers on elevating price levels to parity and noted possible parity loan ranges from 97 to 100 percent as a last resort.
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John H. Bankhead
Ala
Bankhead
Demobilization plan eyed by Roosevelt and generals
President Roosevelt and military leaders consider a point system to discharge servicemen after the war. High points for overseas service length of service campaigns and marital status would decide release order. Proposals include using camps for veterans vocational training and defense force modernization. The War Food Administration holds 100 to 150 million dollars worth of eggs and five million cases bought, with possible distribution to Britain and liberated countries in dried form.
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Roosevelt
High Command
War Food Administration
Col
Ralph Olmstead
WFA
Senate
Reunited in Rome as US envoy's wife finds son
Frances Rosso, wife of Augusto Rosso and former ambassador to the US, is reunited with her son George Bunker, an American field service ambulance driver, after a chance meeting near Vatican City. Walter Hackett of Long Island, a fellow ambulance worker, ferries Bunker back to Rome, ending eight months of wartime separation.
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Rome
Frances Wilkinson Rosso
Augusto Rosso
United States
George Bunker
Vatican City
Walter Hackett
East Hampton
L. I
Mrs. Rosso
Hackett
Naples
Bunker
Arthur H. Bunker
OPA
Aluminum
James Hymes
Washington
Pacific
Field Service
Rossos
Rosso
St. Peter’s
Marine Unaware Baby Is Dead Steals Infant
In San Diego Helen Kreger 23 admits abducting a two year old to replace her infant dead at birth She said her husband a Marine sergeant unaware of the death was pleased by the deception Kreger was booked on kidnapping Rosela Lucero the baby's mother reported the disappearance and the child was later returned.
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San Diego
Calif
South Pacific
Helen Kreger
Harlan Gibbs
Gibbs
Rosela Lucero
Chuust Rides Thermal Wave for Half an Hour
A young para trooper leaped from a plane shouting Geronimo then rode a thermal wave for half an hour high above Fort Benning Georgia. He watched his unit engage in a mock battle while he floated free before being released to rejoin his battalion as a reservist.
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Washington
Geronimo
Air Force
Fort Benning, Ga
Evicted Husband Keeps Teeth Behind in Dispute
In Chicago a judge ordered the return of Ruby Tardio's upper dental plate after her husband Frank evicted her last August. Ruby testified he did not allow her time to retrieve the plate from the dresser, which was later stored.
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Chicago
Frank Tardio
Ruby
Robert J. Dunne
Quit Battle for Big O'Dea Estate
Los Angeles report confirms six years of probate litigation over the 4 million dollar O'Dea estate ended as claimants waived appeals. The jury earlier awarded the estate to three Irish cousins, with 485 claims reduced to 40. Remaining details note former claimants Lucy Fay Bales and Pansy Dunham among those ruled out, and that James Lynch’s shares pass to his four sons after his death.
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Los Angeles
Michael Francis O’dea
Ireland
Lucy Fay Bales
O’dea
Mary Crane
Pansy Dunham
Toronto
Ont
Canada
Mary Lynch McCarthy
Limerick
Bridget Lynch Woulfe
O’brien
County Clare
James Lynch
Six Mile Bridge
Young British Grab Off U S Army Surplus Goods
London reports describe British civilians especially children seizing discarded U S Army surplus before D day. The officer notes a colossal hoard of life belts helmets respirators boots and clothing, with children using barrows and lorries to haul away goods through the night.
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London
U. S
The
National Association of Local Government
Army Woman Seeks Husband’s Say On Baby Name
A captain’s wife in Alabama called the Second Army adjutant general’s office during maneuvers to obtain her husband’s agreement on naming their newborn daughter Mary Ann. The army office obliged and informed him of the choice.
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Second Army
Tennessee
Alabama
Adjutant General’s Office
Mary Ann
P.S
Veteran’s Watch Given To Russian Fighter In War Relief Gift
Fayette Alabama widow Margaret Campbell donates the gold pocket watch of War veteran Sims who died in World War I. The watch will be carried by a Russian fighter on the European battlefield as part of Russian War Relief’s effort to provide 21 000 watches for doctors nurses and guerrilla soldiers this past year.
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Fayette
Ala
Wagoner Sims
France
Europe
Russian War Relief, Inc
Margaret S. Campbell
Knitted Woolens and Dresses Hand Washed Better Than Machine Cleaned
A note states that knitted woolens and wool dresses and skirts washed by hand are less likely to shrink or become matted than when cleaned in a washing machine. This guidance compares hand washing with machine cleaning for fabric care.
Coffee Pot Cleaning Method
Fill the pot halfway with cold water. Add one teaspoon of soda. Bring to a boil and boil for a few minutes. Rinse the pot with clean water to finish.
Ice cubes softened by warm water
A few seconds under warm water will blunt ice cubes so they won’t jab or cut the rubber icebag.
Crafting a Paraffin Flower Arrangement
A guide notes that a flower arrangement may fail if the frog is mis sized. It suggests melting paraffin, shaping the material, and punching holes with a heated ice pick to form a suitable support.
Improvised sealant uses wax to block flour leak
A home remedy involves melting paraffin or beeswax and applying it into cracks where flour or dry ingredients leak from a bin or container. The wax hardens to form a seal.
Old spectacle case doubles as pocket drill kit
If many small drills must be carried, an old spectacle case serves as a handy container to hold them. The compact container keeps tools organized and readily accessible for quick use.
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Western Newspaper Union
Lorient
Vannesc
St. Nazaire
Garonner
Spain
Guen
Ptoulouse
Vichy
Nancy
Italy
A. M. Patch
Prussia
Drouth
George Danhires
Pittsburgh
Kilas
Olmstead
Britain
Yankee Son
Foreign Office
Badoglio
Marine
Chuust
Big O’dea
Army
Red Fighting Man
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Ill
VIAVI
Dr. Law
Viavi Company
H. W. Law
Fell Street
San Francisco
California
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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