Weekly News Analysis of World War II Developments
Reports of revolt in Germany follow a bomb on Hitler as U S forces push in Guam and advance in Normandy. Roosevelt’s renomination anchors a New Deal platform urging parity, price guarantees, rural electrification, and postwar tax reforms. Allied forces press in Europe with heavy fighting in hedgerows and mock battles in Italy while the eastern front sees continued Soviet offensives into East Prussia and Poland.
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Chicago
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American Dreyfuss dies in Chicago at 83
Oberlin MM Carter once called the American Dreyfuss died in Chicago at 83. He faced a court martial conviction over a Savannah project fraud charge totaling two million dollars. No more polygamy: Navajo elder council bans plural marriages across the 50,000 tribe in New Mexico Arizona and Utah. Cholera outbreak in India claims 34 850 lives in three months with Muzzaferpur and Champaran districts hardest hit.
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Chicago
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Bibur
World Bank plans and cattle prices in 1940s market report
World Bank talks outline stability funds totaling 8.804 billion and a 10 billion fund for reconstruction with 2 billion in long term loans and 5 billion loan guarantees, US share totaling about 3.75 billion in the 56.5 billion fund. In Chicago market, prime long fed steers sold at 17.65 per cwt with July highs since 1918, while top heifers reached 17.35, marking strong cattle demand and historic July pricing trends.
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World Bank
U. S
Chicago
GI Reading Politics Permitted Amid Army Magazine Expansion
Senator Robert Taft urged relaxing rules under the Hatch Act to allow broader circulation of political literature to troops. He argued that the act only bans government material, not materials from individuals or groups mailed at private expense. The army broadened the list of magazines that may circulate among GIs based on studies of soldiers abroad and post purchases here.
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Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Army
Tobacco shortages and stockpiles amid wartime orders
War Food administration limits aging tobacco for 1944 to 70 percent of last year’s processing, likely widening shortages for smokers. Iron ore, oil, and gas stocks show gains from 1943 figures, while Great Northern plans a $119.9 million bond issue to cut annual interest costs and refinance with $160 million in new bonds. Louisiana Governor signs bill renaming muskrats to marsh hares to boost musk rat meat sales.
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Great Lakes
U. S
Canadian
Great Northern
James H. Davis
Louisiana
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