Dewey Pledges Postwar Market Amid Allied Push in Europe
Weekly News Analysis reports Dewey pledging a postwar market for American producers as Montgomery presses to encircle Caen, while U S and Allied forces advance near St Lo and Cherbourg. Russian and Finnish offensives threaten German lines as Italy slows under mountain warfare. July beef and cheese ration changes and pork remain unrationed.
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Caen
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
von Rundstedt
Montgomery
U. S
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Battle for Saipan Rages as U S Forces Press North
Japanese defenders offer stiff resistance in rugged interior while U S troops push along Saipan's northern end. Naval air strikes continue against American supply ships as Japan warns the Marianas battle will shape the war's future.
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Saipan
U. S
Japan
The
Marianas
GOP Platform Shapes 1944 Campaign Under Dewey and Bricker
The GOP channels Thomas E. Dewey and John W. Bricker as presidential and vice presidential nominees with a platform favoring a strong American market for U S producers. It pledges cooperation abroad to preserve peace, protective tariffs, an American market price for agriculture, postwar private business recovery, lower taxes, and orderly disposal of war surpluses. Dewey’s first press interview touched on military training, war powers, Pacific bases, and gas rationing with pragmatic replies.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Republican Party
U. S
Senate
Stevens Hotel
Tom
Dewey
GOP
Pacific
Navy Hospitals Overcrowded as 85 Percent Full
Vice Admiral McIlwain says U S naval hospitals are 85 percent full, with capacity for 70 000 men. West coast Pacific area units are 95 percent full and some personnel are moved to convalescent facilities near home. Britain agrees to shelter Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe in former Italian North Africa possession, Stettinius says. Large numbers arrive daily in southern Italy from Yugoslavia and the Balkans.
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Naval Hospitals
U. S. Naval Hospitals
Ross T. McIintire
Naval
Great Britain
Europe
Stettinius
North
Africa
Italy
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Finland breaks with United States over war aims
Finland refuses U S offers to negotiate peace with Russia and vows to stay in the war with Germany after promised military aid, triggering a rupture with the United States. simultaneously Ambassador Norman Armour is recalled from Argentina amid Axis sentiment as Gen. Charles de Gaulle plans a meeting with President Roosevelt on French liberation policy.
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Finland
U. S
Russia
Germany
Norman Armour
Argentina
State Department
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
French National Committee For Liberation
World War II casualties and Pacific China fronts
The report tallies total Allied losses in France at 40 549 over two weeks with U S deaths about 12 7 percent of American casualties while enemy deaths are estimated near 70 000. Churchill cites British losses at 667 000 in four years as Japs threaten eastern China coast and seek a 1000 mile rail link. U S warplanes aid Chinese defense as back doors into China are pursued through Burma.
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Army
Navy
Lend-Lease
U. S
France
Churchill
China
India
Lend-Lease Returns Vital Support From Allies
Britain Australia and New Zealand provided reverse lend-lease to the U S totaling about 2 billion dollars through last March and continuing into 1944. UK supplies included rail transport to invasion ports planes airfields mats and gear and millions of socks and parachutes. Australia contributed mostly meats and dairy with New Zealand supplying foodstuffs as part of its over 100 million dollar share.
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United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
U. S
Civilian Goods Shortages Foreseeable Amid War Strains
War Production Board officials warn the public will feel rising shortages of civilian goods as stockpiles shrink and labor and material shortages persist. Some demand for items like iron irons clocks and aluminum kitchenware may be partially met this year. Stoves lumber and steel products face material shortages and textile production remains tight due to labor limits. The article also notes the jeep on farms is less capable than a small tractor and costly to operate.
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War Production Board
WPB
U. S. Department of Commerce
Veterans urge post discharge uniform wear for rehab
President Roosevelt received Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly's proposal to allow ex servicemen to wear their uniforms for three to six months after discharge to ease reintegration. Kelly cited 30,000 Chicago veterans and gaps in benefits such as discharge buttons and access to servicemen centers. He noted postwar vets walked streets in uniforms seeking jobs and receiving some veteran preferences. The piece also covers Congress members in service facing slings, air conditioning in Capitol, freon shortages, and a forecast on Polish politics and tax studies.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Ed Kelly
Kelly
Margaret
Servicemen’s Aid Organization
FDR
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Capitol
WPB
South
David Lynn
Army
Pentagon
MiA4EE rayon frock pattern for hot days
A light afternoon dress in sheer rayon prints of ice blue frosty pink lavender lime green and soft yellow features simple lines ideal for warm weather. Pattern No. 8608 offers sizes 36 through 52 with size 38 short sleeves needing 334 yards of 39 inch fabric.
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Barbara Bell
Comfortable Three-Piece Play Wardrobe for Little Ones
A three-piece set of overalls a sun-suit and matching blouse or top forms a complete play wardrobe for very young children. Lightweight fabrics in blue denim seersucker chambray or piqué offer cheerful color options for summer wear.
Practical Household Tricks From A Bygone Era
Cleaning a coffee stain on a percolator uses salt and water percolation. Iron good handkerchiefs into triangles and plain ones into squares for quick glance sorting. A grandmotherly remodel idea suggests a piece bag for zippers lace ribbons and fabric scraps. Create a broom base from cut straw and an old hat or sock to polish floors.
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Texas
South Pacific
Albert Gore
Tennessee
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Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Jamie Whitten
Mississippi
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Warren G. Magnuson
NBC
Labor For Victory
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CIO
Mikolajczyk
Beck
Pilsudski
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Lwow
Harold Groves
McGraw-Hill
Committee On Economic Development
Linseie Intse
Sewing Circle
PAT
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