Allies Shift Focus to Belgium Front as War Enters New Congress
Allies hammer the Nazi bulge in southeastern Belgium with First and Third armies and British Second Army joining in northern attacks. Von Rundstedt sets a new defensive line as U.S., British forces press, while Greece forms a liberal government and the Lublin committee asserts a provisional Polish regime. Congress faces foreign policy debates, manpower, inflation, and war production issues as Byrnes warns on farm labor and army expansion.
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Prospects for Civilian Goods in 1945 Under WPB Forecast
The War Production Board warns 1945 will see limited civilian goods. Stockpiles from 45,000 units remain, with reconversion lag of six months after the European conflict ends. Production of ice boxes, electric ranges, irons, vacuum cleaners, and furniture will be constrained by material shortages and manpower, with only small electrical appliances showing brighter prospects.
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Pattern No 8738 Sizes and Material Requirements
Pattern No 8738 comes in sizes 36 to 52 with size 38 slip and pantie requiring 414 yards of 35 or 39 inch material. Due to unusually large demand and current war conditions more time is needed to fill orders for popular pattern numbers.
Ingenious London Pillboxes Deceived Even the Natives
London begins demolishing pillboxes from 1940 designed to defend the city. Camouflaged as newsstands and information booths they fooled aerial recon and even pedestrians with signs like Closed on Sundays.
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