Mobility Lost German Army Says In War Report
Swedish correspondent Arvid Fredborg reports from Berlin that Germany remains a great war power but its army has lost mobility, with transport and supply lines disrupted, air force weakened, and elite troops decimated. generals retain loyalty, Nazism persists, and new weapons are rumored though not overrated.
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Arvid Fredberg
Berlin
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Seemong
Edwin Shanee
Germany
Arvid Fredborg
Fredborg
Thiva Reich
Adr
Wehymecht
Marshall Goering
Reichawehr
Hitler
Kurt von Schielever
Erwin Rommel
Frite
Erich von Manns
von Mannstein
Russia
Hiller
Fredberg
Jericho
Reich
German War Machine Size and 1943 Oil Shortages
The piece analyzes German military strength including manpower, divisions, and satellite armies, and warns that despite a large force today Germany faces oil and transport shortages. It notes synthetic gasoline production, oil imports from Romania and other fields, and concludes that supply constraints threaten Germany’s mobility and offensive capacity.
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Finland
Germany
Europe
Romania
Ploesti
Austria
Hannover
Gaulveia
Fredberg
Audh
New Program For Veteran Aid Proposed
New York, Oct. 26. Veterans of Foreign Wars chief T. Merrill proposed a 1 point welfare plan to replace Roosevelt's approach. The program calls for six months of continuing pay, federal educational aid, general care for all honorably discharged veterans, pensions and compensation linked to cost of living, veteran preference in federal to local hiring, 10 percent of federal contract jobs with veterans, and pension rights for widows and orphans. It also seeks enhanced pension for combat veterans, retention of the VA as an independent agency handling rehabilitation, training, medical care, pensions, and employment services.
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New York
Merrill
Veterans’ Administration
UAW-CIO Reports Assets of 1 522 622 85
Detroit report by international secretary treasurer George F Addes states the nations largest union the UAW CIO holds total assets of 1 522 622 85 for a 14 month period May 1 1944 to June 30 1943 with an average of 715 382 monthly dues paying members and continued leadership as the largest union in the nation.
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Detroit
George F. Addes
TAW
Andes
Civil Service Jobs Open At St Elizabeths Hospital
Civil service positions as social scientist and materials specialist are open at St Elizabeths Hospital in Washington D C according to Ry Ek Milam civil service secretary Applications may be obtained from the post office and must be filed with the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington before October 4 Applicants must be at least 18 and must pass a written examination.
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Civil Service
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Washington
D. C
Ry EK. Milam
Jocet
Secre
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Ford Denies Willow Run Failure
Ford Motor Company defended Willow Run bomber plant against United Automobile Workers accusations, calling the charge of failure verbal sabotage and asserting the plant's role aligned with the War Department program. The union letter also criticized labor policy and warned of slowed production while outlining plans to convert Willow Run into a final assembly facility.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Ford
Willow Rush
Ford Motor Company
War Department
Willow Run
Glenn R. Brayton
Walter Quillico
Roosevelt
Stimson
Harry 5. .Truman
North Side tax inequalities cited by Stoner in county review
J Ben Stoner, a tax expert, told the commissioners that North Side homes valued from 315,000 to 30,000 are assessed at 26 to 20 percent of their value. He urged substantial reassessment to align personal property values with real property values, warning a blanket increase would worsen inequities. He submitted his resignation after four months with the county board of equalization.
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North Side
J. Ben Stoner
Stoner
County Board of Equalizsation
Commissioners
Jols
Three Years Given in Theft of Car
Hollis Watson was sentenced to three years after pleading guilty to stealing a car owned by Mrs. A. Burrets of 101 Belmont Drive, taken July 24. A second theft charge against him was dismissed, while the board of equalization faced complaints from property owners over assessments seen as too high.
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E Unu
Board of Equalization
Trict
Hollis Watson
Deney Walk
Stoner
C. Burrets
Belmont Drive
Men in Uniform Take $45 Watch
Two men in uniform held up and robbed a man of $45 and a wrist watch. He gave the report to G. W. Byers of 515 South St Marys. The robbery occurred shortly after midnight Sunday on Alamo plaza.
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G. W. Byers
South St. Mary's
Alamo Plaza
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