Inside Toulon the German sabotage of French fleet
J C Fernand Laurent recounts how German forces isolated Toulon by cutting wires and jamming radio to thwart Vichy orders, leading French sailors and workers to sabotage the fleet. Explosions hit the arsenal and docks as ships were scuttled, crews fought back, and many officers and sailors were taken prisoner.
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Toulon
Hitler
de Laborde
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Berlin
France
Germany
Tou- Yen
Seron
Capé Brun
American Propaganda Strengthened by Victory
Bauerhage argues that Allied broadcasting gains from Tunis fall, Tunisia’s fall, and Axis reaction. He notes two fronts for propaganda: informing occupied nations to avoid uprisings and pressuring civilians in enemy states, with Italy urged to seek peace to stop bombing. He recalls Hitler’s war propaganda, cites postwar research on peacetime goals, and emphasizes full employment as essential to reform.
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WNDU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
America
Tunisia
Tunis
Africa
Europe
Office of War Information
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Scandinavia
West
Srith
Herr’ Goebbels
Fenan
Pubic Opinion Quarterly
Bizerte
Cape
Bon
Herr’ Goebbel
Nurses Going to Armed Forces Under 1943 Plan
In 1943 one quarter of nurses will join the armed forces. Soldiers can obtain up to 10000 in National Service Life Insurance with monthly beneficiary payments, if action is taken before August 10. Civilians may earn an official service bar, per Civilian Defense. Rural eastern roads traffic in March fell 48 percent versus 1942.
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Holland
Netherlands
Germany
National Service Life
War Department
Armed Services
Enlisting Idle Acres For Food Production
Secretary Claude Wickard announces Triple-A aims to recruit idle acres for food and fiber production. Communities will locate unused land and convert it to productive use with county and USDA boards assisting in locating operators and financing where needed.
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Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Department of Agriculture
Wickard
Triple-A
Usda Xwar
Modern Bo Peeps and Farm Labor Leasing urged by Triple A
Farmers were urged to use available loan programs to obtain labor and machinery. The plan promotes renting acreage to operators who cannot fully cultivate their land. Persons able to manage a small farm or take on additional cropland could rent acreage from operators already under cultivation.
Grow Some Crops Seed Country Will Need It
Rutgers extension official C S Gerrison urges farmers to plant grass and legume seeds for military lend lease and domestic use. The Agriculture Department offers price supports for alfalfa timothy orchard grass meadow fescue sweet and red clover to guarantee minimum prices and boost 1944 seed supply for war production. Legumes and grasses improve crop yields in rotation and support war needs.
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Uncle Sam
C. 5. Gerrison
Rutgers University
Department of Agriculture
Garrison
Agricultural Notes on Rabbit Meat and Potatoes
Since meat rationing has begun, raising rabbits for meat gains momentum. When planting potatoes, use blocky seed pieces with one good eye, as they dry less, are easier to handle, and yield better results.
Welcome Gift for Overseas Servicemen Reveals Cigarettes Favored
Surveys among service members show cigarettes as the most welcome gift in care packages sent home. Records indicate Camels remain allowed for overseas Army personnel and sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, with restrictions guiding shipments.
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Menou
Sofrin
Cupid In Love Affair Ends At Munition Plant
A reported romance at a munition plant ends when the foreman learns of a love affair with a roustabout. Later that evening the pretty girl appears with a new partner, surprising the foreman who had hoped the affair was finished.
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Romng
Doris
Nan
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Arnwich Collier's Weekly
Baukhage
Truth
Italy
Casablanca
Norway
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Washington
United States
Twentieth Century Fund
Bankhage
University of New Hampshire
Juuay Ak
Derek
Purse
Eighth Ave
New Tor
Pater
Cupid
Hana Rares
Angel Seller
Sioux
Bishop’s
United States War Bonds
Vitaenia
Nicole
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