Allied Forces Meet Bitter Resistance In Final Phase Of Sicily
Allied commanders report stiff German and Italian resistance as Patton’s Seventh Army and Montgomery’s Eighth Army press toward key positions around San Stefano in northern Sicily. In naval notes, Japan adopts a coastal barge system to resupply South Pacific outposts, while Allied bombers target these craft at Munda and Rein Bay. In Russia, heavy summer fighting continues near Orel and Belgorod as German pressure seeks to blunt Red Army offensives north and south of Leningrad.
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FDR Outlines Six Point Postwar Recovery Plan
President Roosevelt declares servicemen must be shielded from inflation and unemployment after war. He presents six point demobilization program including muster-out pay, unemployment insurance, education opportunities, credit for welfare, health care and rehabilitation, and sufficient pensions for disabled personnel. Mussolini’s ouster framed as first Axis crack and Italy’s move toward democracy.
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Doctors Face Draft War Crackdown on Medical Personnel
Out of 170000 doctors, 47000 are in uniform and 70000 dentists, 17000 in service. War Manpower Commission plans to draft doctors and dentists aged 38 to 45, with WRIC waiving rules to allow older entrants to seek commissions rather than private inductions. A Minnesota meeting will urge congressmen to gather input on wartime policies affecting business and agriculture. Action by War Food Administration boosts meat supplies as pork purchases shrink and grass fed cattle prospects rise. Henry Ford.
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Ford at eighty pivoting to lead post Edsel era
Henry Ford, sounding brisk on his birthday, returns to active command of Ford plants after Edsel's death, pledging that industry must expand to strengthen society. He and Bord urge more production and political economic freedom as community welfare grounds. The CCC moves to bolster grain supplies with large wheat purchases and potential imports from Canada and Australia.
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Hurricane hits Houston area leaving 12 dead
The hurricane struck Houston Galveston and surrounding Texas communities on July 27 causing twelve deaths and at least a hundred injuries. Damage is estimated at ten million dollars with widespread devastation reported across the region.
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On the Home Front chair making pattern note
Ruth Wyete Wyeth presents a simple home chair frame made from lumber or packing boxes, padded with cotton batting and muslin at the back and sides. A separate cushion fills the seat, covered in plain or figured material with welting. Mrs Spears provides pattern 256 with step by step covering directions. send 16 cents to request.
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