Washington Digest: U S First to Experiment With Air Troops
The article traces airborne forces from 1928 trials at Kelly Field through their wartime evolution. It credits Gen Billy Mitchell with early troop air transport ideas, notes German and Russian precedents, explains paratroopers and gliders, and highlights their roles from Sicily to Normandy plus future challenges.
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WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Crete
Burma
United States
United States Army
Billy” Mitchell
War Department
Kelly Field
Texas
Germany
Poland
Luftwaffe
United States Troop Carrier Command
North Africa
US Airborne
Troop Carrier Command
Airborne
Sicily
Montgomery
New Guinea
Europe
Eisenhower
France
Farm Prices and Rapid Turnover Prompt Fears of Collapse
As GI Joe returns from war, neighbors vanish or shift plots and new owners till the back eighty. Farm real estate sales surge, with Indiana Illinois and Iowa showing the largest city investor shares. Buyers include tenants owners expanding units and city investors hedging inflation, echoing postwar patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Land boom fears and policy echoes hit farmers
A midwestern land price surge prompts warnings of a repeat of the 1920s crash. The piece cites 1943 and 1944 record farm sales, rising land values, easy credit, and big savings as fuels for speculation, while outlining proposed limits on ownership and credit and urging careful consideration before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Commerce
Seventh
Federal Reserve District
Land Selling Above Normal In Seventh District
Bankers report farm land prices in the seventh federal reserve district are above normal averages based on 500 country banker reports. The district covers Iowa Michigan Wisconsin and northern Illinois and Indiana with price trends charted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve District
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Ilinois
Government briefs report scaled infant clothing and food allocations
The WPB says over two million dozen essential infants and children hearing apparel will be produced in June May and August. The WFA authorizes an extra 123 million pounds of dried prunes for civilians from 1943 production. Romanian conscripts told to bring two sets of underwear due to army supply issues. U S farm workers on April 1 fell about three percent from a year earlier.
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WPB
WFA
New York veterans urged to慎慎 cautious on land plans after war
The New York Rural Policy committee warned returning veterans and war workers about risks in farming polygons. With an estimated 900000 demobilized from the armed forces and 500000 from war industries statewide, about 75000 may seek land. Caution urged on submarginal land, inflated farm prices, and unsuitable locations as groups are urged to guide reintegration and investment.
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France
William G Murray
Iowa
New York State
Empire State
New York State Rural Policy Committee
Upstate
New York
County Agricultural Defense Committees
Behind the Scenes Gossip and War Time Quips
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from newsroom chatter and wartime notes. De Gaulle remarks upset Allied leaders while Roosevelt Churchill banter, a Camp Crowder POW hat gaffe amuses, and quotes from editors, poets, and contributors frame humor and editorial life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gaulle
Too
Willkie
Roosevelt
Churchill
FDR
Mr. C
Giraud
Kitten Motif Towels and Curtains Pattern Request
Advertises a cross stitch kitten motif design for towels and curtains. Describes 6 by 6 inch patterns with transfer patterns and color chart for Kitten Towels Pattern No 5162 and requests 18 cents plus name and address.
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Washington Digést
U. S
Billy’ Mitchell
Baukhage
Mars
GI Joe
Oregon
Americas
Pearl Harbor
Ray Yarnell
Capper
Farmer
Congress
Gillette
Bankhage
Harris
Jane Cowl
Philip Merivale
Rome
Lester Lonergan
Miss Cowl
Camp Crowder
WAC
Supreme Court
Aaron J. Levy
Hiz
Levy
Switzerland
Lowell Mellett
Ass’t
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Mellett
Colyum
John Erskine
Lieut. Jones
Goldier
Ted Robinson
Dorothy F. Grant
Mary Innis
M. Cousins
Irving Hoffman
Gene
Dleman
Sewing Circle
New Montgomery St
San Francisco, Calif
B. F. Goodrich
America
San Blas
Panama
SRG
Begoodrich
Lennie
California
Stillman See Dept
Aurora, Ill
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