Allied Drives Surge Across Europe To End War This Year
U S First and Third armies renew attacks against a reorganized German defense across France and Belgium. Hodges and Patton push toward Aachen and the Rhine valley while Patch and the Seventh press toward Belfort Gap. British and French forces engage along the Dutch frontier and in northern Italy as Kesselring defends the Gothic Line. In the east, Soviet forces advance from the Baltic to the Carpathians, driving toward Germany and Hungary.
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France
Belgium
U. S
Third
Siegfried Line
West Wall
Courtney Hodges
First Army
George Patton
Aachen
Rhine Valley
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Duisberg
Essen
Hodges
Rhineland
Patton
Moselle
Saar
Alexander Patch
Belfort
Vosges Mountains
Germany
Seventh
Holland
Gothic Line
Italy
The
Albert Kesselring
Kesselring
Crop Report Forecasts 1944 U S Harvest Totals
The USDA predicts a bumper 1944 harvest with 3.10 billion bushels of corn and record highs for wheat, oats, barley, soybeans, and sorghum. A total grain output over 6 billion bushels is anticipated. Improved supplies ease livestock feeding, while grain prices dip on market activity and deferred shipments.
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Mississippi
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Pacific drives new strikes as forces push toward the Philippines
U S naval forces under Admiral Nimitz attack Japanese positions in the Philippines while Marines land on Palau and troops move into the Moruccas forming a threat ring around the Philippines. U S air strikes hit Indies bound shipping and big battleships and escorts target enemy vessels. Grand Rapids miners head to a biennial convention in Cincinnati amid John L Lewis denouncing mine disaster deaths as a national shame and urging safer conditions.
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Philippines
U.S
Chester Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
Palau Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Moluccas
Indies
U. S
Grand Rapids
United Mine Workers
Cincinnati
Ohio
John L
Lewis
Quebec Conference Focusses on Pacific Leadership and Poland
Roosevelt and Churchill discuss postwar Europe while naming a supreme Pacific commander. Eden flies in to Quebec amid reports of Stalin’s eastern Poland claims. Stalin regrets missing the talks due to frontline duties.
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Pacific
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Anthony Eden
Stalin
Poland
Armistice terms set for Romania payments to Russia
Armistice terms required Romania to pay Russia 300 million in goods equipment and food over six years as a model for dealing with enemies. Romania’s wartime role under Russian command led to scaled down reparations. Other provisions included cession of Bessarabia and Bukovina, restoration of Allied property, abolition of racial laws, and elimination of Fascism.
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Romania
Russia
Germany
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Payroll figures show 5 percent of U.S. workers in government
Sen. Harry Byrd reports 3,112,965 on the federal payroll as of July 31, with 252,978 war department personnel abroad, noting a May to July rise of 96,046 despite civil service cut claims. anecdotes describe social scenes featuring Vice President Wallace and Army officers with a taxi dermist twist.
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U. S
Sen
Harry Byrd
War Department
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Byrd
Army
Navy
Lint From a Blue Serge Suit and A-List Conflicts
The column notes Mme Chiang Kai-shek walked out over his first wife in the house. Tax experts say Frank Sinatra’s 1,450,000 income nets about 25,000. The Justice Department demands consultation on peace treaties. A campaign to decorate Bob Hope Jack Benny and others abroad with the boys. Ben Swig buys the St Francis Hotel for 432 million then sells half for the same sum. G-Men allege a musician in a symphony refuses the National Anthem and curses it.
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Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Frank Sinatra
Dep’t of Justice
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
Ben Swig
Boston
St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco
G-Men
Employment figures show wartime shifts in 1944
The census reports 53.17 million employed in the United States with 18.44 million women. Payrolls grew by 3 million in the 12 months ending August 1943, but overall civilian labor force fell by 1 million from July to August 1944, with no sustained gain.
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U. S
Bureau of
Cnsus
Inugust
War oil shortage dampens gas ration relief
The Office of War Information says wartime needs limit gasoline relief until after the European war. Crude oil output averages 4,470,000 barrels daily and imports exceed 1941 levels while natural gas output runs about 269,000 barrels daily. Demand outstrips supply, prompting drawdown from reserves of 2,500,000 barrels monthly to the lowest stocks since 1922.
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Office of War Information
OWI
Hidden oil resources could exceed known reserves say experts
Experts argue that while U S oil reserves are estimated at 20 billion barrels, actual oil in the ground may total about 100 billion barrels. They note that many regions remain underexplored and that higher prices or new extraction methods could unlock more oil.
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U. S
Postwar aviation orders total 93 ships from Douglas
Three major airlines ordered 93 super sky ships from Douglas Aircraft totaling over 50 million dollars. DC-4s carry 44 passengers at four miles per minute and cargo, while DC-6s carry 56 passengers at five miles per minute. Both derive from the C-54, powered by Whitney Wasp motors, with coast to coast schedules shortened and Chicago to New York cut to 2 hours 40 minutes.
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Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas
Chicago
New York
UAW Keeps No-Strike Pledge Amid Wartime Pay Debate
CIO President Philip Murray backs UAW officials in urging members to maintain the no strike pledge during World War II. At Grand Rapids convention, 6,463 voted to retain the pledge despite 3,801 opposing as concerns grow over living costs surpassing the 15 percent wartime pay cap.
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CIO Pres
Philip Murray
United Automobile Workers Union
Germany
UAW
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bigwigs
London luncheon quip about Montgomery and Ike
The account recalls a luncheon with King George VI and General Eisenhower. The King asks Ike what he thinks of Montgomery, and Ike jokes about jealousy over his job. Shaw quips about age and enemies, saying at 88 he has none left to outlive.
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George Bernard Shaw
Tennyrate
Shaw
Fortune Promises Change Through Clever Slogan
Hollywood guest Donald Ogden Stewart spoke on a brave new world and a boy’s line about making himself. Joe Alger, Life promotion chief copywriter, and the staff drafted Fortune slogans as the magazine’s tone and image evolve. One proposal joked Fortune is half the phone book yet twice as interesting.
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Hollywood
Donald Ogden Stewart
Joe Alger
Life Promotion
Alger
Fortune
West
Chicago
Ainsworth
Iowa
Rock Island
Kansas City
Congressmen to London on secret British air trip
Six U S congressmen from both parties will tour London and France in a discreet British sponsored flight program. The two Republican Democrat pairs include James Richards and Karl Mundt, Brooks Hays and Walter Judd, and Walt Horan with Chet Holifield. The trip aims to show goodwill and avoid inter party disputes ahead of peace talks.
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London
France
England
New York
James Richards
South Carolina
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Walt Horan
Washington
Chet Holifield
California
Holifield
House
U.S.A
First Ski Troops Will Fight In Southern France
Canadian and American mountain troops trained at Helena Montana and in Alaska join General Patch in southern France for a first actual skiing action. They may face German rear guards as Allies push toward the Brenner Pass.
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Helena
Mont
Alaska
Aleutians
France
Patch
Maritime Alps
Italy
Brenner Pass
No clear topic. multiple items in brief notes
Fragmentary notes mention price rises in baseball, calls for Mayor LaGuardia, Knopf acquiring James Stevens manuscript, and Paul Bunyan in American literature. No cohesive event or individuals beyond those names are fully tied to a single report.
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LaGuardia
Knopf
James Stevens
Paul Bunyan
What America Thinks On Hitler After The War
William A. Lydgate, editor of the Gallup poll, previews findings from his book due on the 26th showing American opinions on Hitler. A recent poll asked how he should be treated after the war with most calling for execution or imprisonment and readers offering various drastic remedies. One San Francisco teacher suggested reading Hitler’s speeches to him until he goes nuts.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
England
Labor Party
Labor
Chicago
London
William A. Lydgate
America
Hitler
San Francisco
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