Allied Columns Thrust Toward Rhine and Philippines Fronts
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes U S First and Third armies renew the drive into the Rhineland amid Siegfried line defense while Patton’s Third pushes beyond the Moselle into Saar coal regions. Seventh army advances toward Belfort Gap. British and Italian forces push in Holland and northern Italy. Russian forces assault East Prussia, War saw near War saw, and Mount passes into Czechoslovakia.
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France
Belgium
U. S
Third
Siegfried Line
West Wall
Courtney Hodges
First Army
George Patton
Aachen
Rhine Valley
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Duisberg
Essen
Hodges
Rhineland
Patton
Moselle
Saar
Alexander Patch
Belfort
Vosges Mountains
Germany
U.S
Holland
Russia
Warsaw
Czechoslovakia
Balkans
Hungary
U S Crop Forecast and World War II Actions Detailed
The report forecasts a 1944 bumper grain harvest led by corn at 3.10 billion bushels and wheat at 1.12 billion as drought areas improve. It notes ample grain for livestock, easing price dips, and continued fuel rationing amid war needs. Separately U S forces under Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur launch strikes around the Philippines, Palau and the Marianas as oil and gas constraints persist. Grand Rapids hosts the United Mine Workers convention in Cincinnati where John L Lewis denounces mine disasters and calls for safety action.
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Mississippi
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Grand Rapids
United Mine Workers
Cincinnati
Ohio
John L
Lewis
Quebec conference tops talks on Pacific command plans
At the second Quebec meeting President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill focused on appointing a supreme Pacific commander. Foreign Secretary Eden flew to Quebec after talks with the Polish cabinet, fueling reports that Stalin pressed eastern Poland claims and may seek German land annexation as compensation. Stalin could not attend due to front demands.
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Pacific
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Anthony Eden
Stalin
Poland
Eastern Front
Armistice terms modify reparations and borders
The armistice with Romania set a model for future dealings with enemy states by demanding 300 million in goods and equipment over six years. Romania’s wartime role led to scaled down payments and cession of Besarabia and Bukovina. The accord also called for restoration of Allied property abolition of racial laws and elimination of Fascism. Senator Byrd estimated about five percent of U.S. workers are federal employees with 3 112 965 on the payroll as of July 31 excluding overseas War Department staff. Payroll rose by 96 046 from May to July.
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Romania
Russia
Germany
Bessarabia
Bukovina
U. S
Sen
Harry Byrd
War Department
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Byrd
Britain
Roosevelt
Churchill
England
Labor Party
Labor
Employment figures show women reach 18 million in U S payrolls
The census bureau reports 18 440 000 women among 53 170 000 employed in the United States. Despite 3 000 000 women added to payrolls in the year ending August 1943, no notable rise followed. The civilian labor force fell by 1 000 000 from July to August 1944.
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U. S
Bureau of Census
Postwar Airfleet Orders Total 93 Sky Ships From Douglas
ATR TRAVEL reports three major airlines ordered 93 super sky ships from Douglas Aircraft worth over 50 million dollars. DC4 planes carry 44 passengers and cargo at four miles per minute, while DC6s carry 56 at five miles per minute. Both derive from the C-54 cargo plane and use Whitney Wasp engines. Coast to coast times drop to 8 16 hours and Chicago to New York to 2 hours 40 minutes.
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Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas
Chicago
New York
NO STRIKES: UAW Keeps Pledge During Wartime
CIO President Philip Murray and UAW leaders urged members to uphold the no strike pledge for the war. At Grand Rapids Michigan convention 6 463 favored preserving the pledge while 3 801 voted against it as labor says living costs exceed wartime pay caps.
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CIO Pres
Philip Murray
United Automobile Workers Union
Germany
UAW
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bigwigs
Postwar Russia rises in power at Dumbarton Oaks talks
Western Newspaper Union reports on postwar power shifts as Russia gains status and influence at the Dumbarton Oaks conference. Discussion notes that US Britain and Russia may form an executive council with power to declare war without Congress and warns of fast action to curb military aggression.
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Russia
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
State Department
Moscow
London
Balkans
Europe
de Gaulle
Balkan
Italy
Germany
Japan
United States
South Dakota
Bushfield
Senate
Executive Council
Britain
China
Congress
Connally
Congressmen to London and Allied ski troops in France
Six congressmen from both parties travel to London on discreet British planes to assess postwar aims while Allied ski troops prepare for action in southern France and northern Italy. Concurrently Churchill signals a postwar British general election with Labor split on coalition, as Nazis push toward Spain and capital chaff notes GI furlough pay concerns.
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Helena
Mont
Alaska
Aleutians
France
Patch
Maritime Alps
Italy
Brenner Pass
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Western Newspaper Union
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Gothic Line
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Albert Kesselring
Kesselring
U. S. Medical Corps
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Chester Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
Palau Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Moluccas
Indies
Office of War Information
OWI
Telefact
UCAL
Adm
Nimitz
ATR
John L. Lewis
D. C
James Richards
South Carolina
Karl Mundt
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Walt Horan
Chet Holifield
California
Holifield
House
Us.a
Spain
Franco
Madrid
Bordeaux
Carlton Hayes
Frernment
Canada
Joseph Parrachini
Carpentras
Ninth Army
William H. Simpson
America
Yank
Liege
Gerald W. Haddon
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