Washington Digest GOP Aims Youthful Tone in 1944 Campaign
In a dawning national campaign season Republican leaders gear up with youthful strategy led by Herbert Brownell as Dewey distances from Washington. The piece notes Brownell’s background from Yale, his rise through state politics, and the party’s plan to stress vigor while painting Democrats as tied to corrupt machines and leftist elements.
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Washington, D. C
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Washington
Dewey
Pittsburgh
la Louis
Herbert Brownell
National Committee
Connecticut Avenue
State University
Yale
New York
Republican' Committee
Brownell
Chicago
Albany
Burt
Browner
Pep
Tait
Jim Watson
Indiana
Joe Cannon
Jim
Dewey- Bricker
Mr. Brickers
Castrol
Democratic Party
Bricker
Middle West
Mechanical Wizards Do Army's Toughest Job
Ernie Pyle describes an ordnance evacuation company in Normandy that retrieves damaged tanks and wrecked guns. He profiles crew from Newark Ohio to Birmingham Alabama, notes their pride, strange wartime experiences, and close calls with snipers and death as they work under dangerous conditions.
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Battlefeld
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Ordnance
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Eingland
England
Milton
Newark
Ohio
Radcliff
Sgt
Vann
Jones
Birminghear
France
Sergeant Tones
Big -Wreckers
Dallas‘Hodgers
Stonewall
Mackinaw
Faeme
Sims
War drives repair plans for 33 thousand miles of roads
The Office of War Information reports that many state highways will need repairs and rebuilding by war’s end, drawing on data from the Public Roads administration and state and private agencies. Farm loans have been issued to discharged servicemen with limited credit to support food production. Noninstitutional employers may now apply for rationed food allotments to feed seasonal workers for up to 60 days.
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Office of War Information
Public Roads Administration
National Interregional Highway Committee
Edge of pasture small arms shop scene amid rusting rifles
Thirteen soldiers in greasy coveralls sit cross legged around a shop truck under a canvas canopy. Rusty and broken rifles lie on the ground while the unit’s men assemble and repair captured arms. Daily, trucks haul in rifles from wounded or dead servicemen and return about a hundred serviced rifles to the division.
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Medium Ordnance Company
Vanity Table From Old Mirror and Odds and Ends
A thrift workshop project shows how to build a vanity table using an old mirror, orange crates, lumber scraps, curtains, and basic hardware. The sketch guides crude carpentry, with curtains and a skirt hiding rough edges. The idea comes from a homemaking BOOX feature offering a companion book for 15 cents.
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Boox
Lso
Mange and Scab of Animals Proved Controllable by Government Programs
A historical notice describes mange or scab as a contagious skin disease affecting horses, cattle, hogs, and sheep. It explains the disease cycle, symptoms on the head and body, and that contamination spreads by direct contact. Treatments include medicated mouids and oils with free sulfur, with sulfurized oil coatings as a key remedy under official control measures.
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