U S Bombers Hit Balkans and Europe as Allies Press
Allied aerial strikes target Nazi industry from France to Hungary while Russians push toward Ploesti oil. In India theater Japanese forces drive near Imphal as U S and British forces press in Burma and the Pacific. Draft policy faces changes as 4-F work drives war production and a surplus egg program seeks price support.
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Balkans
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India
Congress
Great Britain
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Romania
English Isles
Dwight D.eigenhower
Germany
Ploesti
U.S
Budapest
Italy
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Cassino
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Navy
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New Guinea
Assam-Bengal
Joseph Stilwell
China
Burma
Imphal
Butane for Autos Indicted by Grand Jury in Los Angeles
A Los Angeles man is indicted for installing equipment that lets cars use unrationed butane gas instead of gasoline. Butane aids synthetic rubber production. About 40 people reportedly bought the equipment, with some outfits priced up to $1,000. Paralysis vaccine progress at Mayo Foundation in Minnesota. Dr. Carl Rosenow says he identified the organism as a streptococcus and is testing a serum from streptococci in early clinical trials.
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Los Angeles
Mayo Foundation
Minnesota
Carl Rosenow
Money to Burn in South America Postwar Commerce
South American nations hold a cash balance over 2 billion dollars as goods sent to the U S and others exceed purchases. In 1943 the U S bought 1.3 billion dollars of goods in South America while selling about 800 million, leaving nearly 500 million in Latin cash for future trade.
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South America
U. S
U. S. Department of Commerce
Department
Penicillin Plants Set to Boost Army Civilian Supply
Costing 20 million dollars, 21 new penicillin plants in the United States and Canada will soon begin producing enough to treat 250000 severe cases and 2500000 milder cases among the armed forces. Civilians will get penicillin but it cannot be combined with sulfa drugs. New production methods reduce costs by 84 percent in a year, yet mold grown penicillin remains limited and demand outstrips supply.
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U. S
Canada
Britain Eyes Crackdown as Strikes Plague March
Britain moves to draft an order criminalizing incitement to labor unrest while 70,000 Yorkshire miners idle over wage deductions and 20,000 Belfast shipyard workers strike against jailed air aft shop stewards. Trades Union Congress warns that ongoing stoppages threaten Allied victory.
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Yorkshire
Belfast
Airaft
Trades Union Congress
Italy Faces New Government as Anti-Fascists Seek King’s Departure
Italian political observers report six anti-Fascist parties ready to join a coalition with King Victor Emmanuel, who reportedly plans to retire and name his son Humbert as lieutenant to preserve the monarchy. Communists seek defense and police control, while others demand the king’s removal for a durable democratic administration.
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Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Prince Humbert
Treasury reports record receipts and war spending in March
U S Treasury receipts reached 5 161 billion from quarterly income tax and total March receipts 6 573 billion while outlays hit 8 525 billion leaving a 1 952 billion deficit. War outlays totaled 7 726 billion surpassing prior peaks as 268 million in war bonds were redeemed. The Fifth War Loan drive begins June 12 aiming 16 billion with individuals asked to buy 6 billion.
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Treasury
Train Bandits Strike in Sinaloa Steal $100000
Fifty to sixty armed bandits attacked a train in Sinaloa, Mexico, targeting 600 farm workers returning from six months of labor in the United States. They seized about $100,000 before escaping, marking a bold intrusion on the migrant labor flow.
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Mexico
U.S
Sinaloa
Hollywood Whine on Screen Romance Shapes and Stars
Hollywood embraces older leading men for romance as wartime service reshapes casting. Stars like Stewart Reagan Ford and Bogart spark love scenes with younger heroines while aging dames and fresh writers adapt to a postwar studio landscape.
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Tojo
Janet Blair
Susan Peters
Ronald Colman
William Powell
Spencer Tracy
Humphrey Bogart
Greer Garsot
Claudette Colbert
Bette Davis
Irene
Dunne
Restyle a Felt Hat with Crochet Edge Detail
A reader suggests reviving a felt hat by blanket stitching the brim edge with contrasting crochet thread. An alternative is adding a narrow crocheted edging to refresh the hat’s look.
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