U S Forces Press Cherbourg as Allied Push Proceeds in Europe
U S Doughboys close on Cherbourg and push inland as German defenses collapse at the Cotentin port. Along the front, Allied air and ground forces strike Nazi positions while Russian and Italian fronts see large scale offensives and retreats.
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Cherbourg
Cotentin
Britain
von Rundstedt
Calais
England
London
Finland
Warsaw
Berlin
Italy
Release trucks to aid harvest of wheat crop
Surplus used army trucks will be made available to farmers and haulers through county AAA offices. Due to limited supply, only a small percentage will be allotted based on the most critical need after applicant certification. Dealers will buy from the U S treasury regional office and sell to the farmer at or below OPA ceilings.
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AAA
U. S. Treasury
Surplus Goods Policy Sparks Debate On Postwar Trade Use
A government business advisory committee urges disposing of surplus industrial equipment overseas to maximize profit and aid postwar production. It suggests sales tied to foreign buyers purchasing new U S equipment if bids are low, and discusses reconversion policy amid WPB divisions. Distillers face material use limits as corn feeding tightens, with WFA promising no diversion of grain to alcohol. Distinct patent rights ruling cautions against blocking future inventors and may force patent office reform.
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U. S
War Production Board
WPB
Donald Nelson
Charles Wilson
Nelson
Wilson
War Food Administration
WFA
P O W Strike Over Pay Basis Near Scotts Bluff
German prisoners of war near Scotts Bluff Nebraska refused to work after pay changed from 80 cents a day to 80 cents per quarter acre thinned. Lieut Col Clyde Dempster warned of disciplinary action. Employment trends show a monthly 100000 drop in war plant workers since year start. Nonwar jobs expected to stay steady as overall factory employment declines.
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P.O.W
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Clyde Dempster
Department of Commerce
Congress to reduce appropriations below 100 billion
Congress plans fiscal year starting July 1 to spend under 100 billion dollars for the first time since the war began. House Appropriations Chairman Cannon of Missouri estimates about 66 billion in outlays for the coming 12 months, with roughly 5 percent for debt financing. He notes post Pearl Harbor authorizations reached 147 billion and then 114 billion for the following year.
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Veterans’ Administration
Congressional
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Kellogg Pact and Stimson in the Path Toward Peace
Washington writer recalls the Kellogg Treaty to outlaw war and Henry L. Stimson’s drive to unite world powers against aggression. The letter frames a hopeful view that progress toward permanent peace has occurred, despite wartime sacrifices by a mother’s sons.
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D. C
Normandy
Aleutians
Mrs. R
Kellogg
Frank B Kellogg
Minnesota
Coolidge
Europe
Quai d'Orsay
Paris
le Havre
Count Uchida
Japan
League of Nations
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
Jefferson
Lincoln
Stimson
Henry L. Stimson
Hoover
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Siberia
Russia
China
Manchuria
Mr. Stimson
FDR Blueprint for Postwar Order Draws Mixed Reactions
Western columns note Roosevelts public fencing with Wallace Hull and Welles while framing a midwest favored skeleton plan. The proposed world council would be led by the United States Britain Russia and China with a largely advisory assembly. Congress debates taxes and postwar policy as Atlantic City negotiators seek expert level accord.
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Wallaces
Willkies
Welles
Hull
Senator Ball
Vandenberg
Senate
Mackinac Island
Italy
Russia
Friends of
Great Britain
Bridges
Europe
France
United States
China
Assembly of All the Nations
Britain
Far East
Bretton Woods
Harry White
Treasury
Atlantic City
Kaleidoscope pattern quilt offers six inch block design
The article describes a kaleidoscope quilt block pattern six inches in size with colors mirroring the Victorian kaleidoscope effect. It notes decorative use for bed spreads and room styling and mentions a pattern sheet with three quilt designs, including the Kaleidoscope, Ann Rutledge, and Whirl Wind, priced at 15 cents with address details.
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