Moselle Valley War Diary Looks Toward Trier Capture
Washington Digest notes Patton's Third Army pushing down the Moselle toward Trier as Allied forces fight along the Eifel frontier. The author recalls Roman roads, ancient fortifications, and Burg Eltz as a symbol of enduring landmarks while detailing combat tactics and terrain shaping the advance toward the Rhine.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
General Patton
Third Army
Moselle
Trier
Eifel
Moeteee
Rhine
Efel
Germany
Lodenfabrik
Maxfield Parrish
Grimm
Anderson
March
Roer
Coblenz
Siegfried Line
Caesar
Treveri
Treves
Porta Negri
Bismarck
Eltz
Trotz Eltz
Burg Eltz
Valley of the Moselle
Better Farm Travel Promised in Huge Federal-State Postwar Road Program
Washington forecast a three year, 1.5 billion dollar federal aid highway program with 900 million for farm to market secondary roads. Local and state officials must cooperate to designate eligible roads and secure matching funds. About 52 percent of the population lies in areas served by secondary and feeder roads, with 34.5 percent of 1941 vehicle miles on farm to market routes.
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Waltershead
Washington
Washington, D. C
Public Roads Administration
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Delaware
Maryland
New England
United States
F R. White
Iowa State Highway System
House of Representatives Road Committee
White
Indiana
Alabama
PRA
Congress
American Association of State Highway Officials
Samuel C. Hadden
The
American Association
House Committee
Hadden
Barbs and Barrage: Tokyo Broadcasts Clash with U S Navy
A Tokyo broadcast claims the Japanese fleet would welcome grappling with the American navy, while in Novgorod a children's music school offers piano violin and accordion. Ben Marsh criticizes Yalta as a compromise with intelligence and warns of World War III, as David Lawrence also questions the deal.
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Tokyo
Novgorod
Russia
Ben Marsh
Radical People’s Lobby
Tha
Dea
David Lawrence
Silly War Rants and Media Sparks From a Witty Column
A satirical column riffes on wartime topics from Hitler’s aims to domestic quirks. It lampoons censorship, press freedom, labor drives, and public shortages while naming figures like Sumner Welles and Henry Ickes and noting cultural digs from Yorkville to Los Angeles.
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Washington Digest
Moselle Valley
Patton
First Army
Cologne
Arn
Berchtesgaden
Nuernburg
Bankhage
America
Hitler
Marilyn Cantor
Eddie
Byrnes
RCF
Yorkville
Bund Boys
Law and Order
Boston
Red Cross
Florida
Sumner Welles
Massachusetts
Phila
Robinson Family
BBC
Jodie Mann
Louis Armstrong
Wilshire Ave
Los Angeles
Sinatra
NBC
Oscar Wild
Chicago
New Deal
Marshall Field
Henry Hoke
Harold Ickes
Littlers
Moegan Herse Radirance
Morganc
South Main St
Ealt Lake
Lake
Mrenewas
Galt Lake
Gly Bian
Felder
Raham Hatchery & Pull
Baio
Oregon
Mead Farms
Overton
New
Salt Lake
United States of America
DR. Caldwell
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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