Nazis Weakened Myth of Counter Blow and Warfront Shifts
The analysis reports a looming German counter offensive next year as Allied advances press the Ruhr Rhineland and Saar while Russian advances reach Austria. It notes heightened German weapon production including V1 V2 and a possible underwater weapon amid stretched supply lines and Allied bombing.
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Germany
London
U. S
Ruhr
Rhineland
Saar
Hungary
Austria
Reich
U S B-29 raids hit Nagoya plant as Pacific advance widens
A force of over 100 B-29s blasted the Mitsubishi twin engine bomber and fighter plant at Nagoya near Tokyo while U S. forces in the Philippines pressed their advance on Leyte. Japanese officials warned the attacks threaten wide damage and civilian evacuations as MacArthur's troops tighten the noose in the island's northwest.
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Asiatic
Nagoya
Tokyo
Japan
Asiatic Empire
U. S
Indies
Leyte
MacArthur
Congress approves large flood control and navigation bills
Congress authorizes a 1.0 billion flood control program plus 0.5 billion for additional projects to develop waterway resources including flood control navigation reclamation and hydro electricity. Senate rejects a St Lawrence seaway executive agreement approach. War Food Administration outlines 1945 egg price supports and stock plans with millions of cases needed for services and allied aid.
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U. S
Congress
Missouri River
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Senate
Aiken
St. Lawrence Seaway
Rehabilitation Therapy Aids Disabled Vets at Walter Reed
At Walter Reed Army Hospital Pfc William L Harris trains dexterity with an artificial right arm by playing checkers under Occupational Therapist Susan Pohland as part of rehabilitation for disabled U S war veterans. The article notes manpower shortages hinder facility expansion and cigarette production limits affect wartime distribution and front line supply chains.
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Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Pfc
William L. Harris
Susan Pohland
Fred C. Foy
Washington Digest: Planning Plan for 60 Million Jobs
Washington readers are introduced to a National Planning association plan titled Americas New Opportunities in World Trade. A 10 billion dollar trade budget aims to boost imports and foreign investment with tariff reductions and coordinated long term trade and investment programs led by business and academic leaders.
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WNU Service
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
National Planning Association
Congress
Washington
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
Business Week
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Old City Club
New York
Donald Nelson
Board of Trustees
The
NPA
Committee On International Policy
William Batt
America
War Production Board
Stacy May
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
21St Street
V-Girl’s Day Belongs to Uncle Sam in Wartime Labor
Genevieve Delcioppo of Syracuse New York a 27 year old wife of a tank driver in Italy works six days a week from 7 30 am to 3 30 pm three machines and a sander at Mohican bakery frosting cakes shipping clerking. From 4 30 pm to 10 30 pm Monday to Friday she dons a second shift at the bakery and on Saturdays and Sundays she is a counter waitress at McCarthy’s Seafood restaurant. She donates blood and sends 85 percent of her earnings to war bonds.
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Comely
Genevieve Delcioppo
Syracuse
N. Y
Italy
Genevieve
Mohican Bakery
McCarthy's Seafood
Draft Rule Expands War Work Push for 26 to 37 Aged Registrants
Draft boards move to require those 26 to 37 not in essential production to choose work or combat. Deferments for over 30 drop, with possible return to prior jobs or induction. Gen Hershey cites rising military needs and predicts a 10 to 20 percent rise in inductions. October production up 6 percent but several programs lag, including aircraft and ships. Tire and cotton duck production labeled particularly critical due to front-line use and desert-wide shelter losses.
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Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
War Production Board
WPB
Western Front
OPA Boosts Wheat Ceilings and Hog Top at $14.75
The OPA raised cash wheat ceilings by four cents and increased all hog tops except sows stags and boars to 14.75. The wheat rise affects all distribution levels but won t raise bread costs. The flour subsidy of 19 cents per bushel remains until year s end. Hog demand rises as corn feeding grows, with Chicago prices strong due to bad weather and farm hog supplies.
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R. W. Olmstead
War Food Administration
Chicago
Olmstead
WFA
Russia
Britain
Belgium
Holland
France
OPA
Survey highlights regional farm patterns and gardens
A recent survey shows 18 percent of Victory gardens were grown this year. It notes that more than half of U S farm people live in 13 Southern states, cultivate less than one third of the nation's cropland, and receive about one fourth of the nation's farm income.
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U.S
Briefs from the paper with clipped witticisms
A jumble of quips and lines reflects light mockery and social musings. The piece includes miscoded phrases about Christmas gifts and habits, plus aphorisms on cigarettes, nails, sleep, and voting. It captures a carefree, wary tone of a community bulletin.
History questions on explorers myths and legends
1. The Columbus fleet crew consisted of sailors and mariners. 2. The greatest molybdenum mine lies in Chile. 3. Baucis and Philemon turned into two trees. 4. A mayfly only lives one day. 5. The Wandering Jew is named as Akbar or other traditional legend varies. the name is not consistently recorded.
Adventurers and Convicts in Colorado
A compact note lists figures labeled Adventurers and Convicts in Colorado. The text mentions Baucis and Philemon and references The maystry and Ahasucrus in a fragmentary historical context.
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Colorado
Baucis
Philemon
the Maystry
Ahasucrus
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