French Unity Moves Forward in Liberation Committee Formation
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes that De Gaulle and Giraud form a seven member French liberation committee to pursue the Allied war effort until victory. The body replaces officials tied to Vichy and signals intent for post war governance. Roosevelt orders 500000 striking miners back to work, backed by the War Labor Board. In Argentina, observers watch for shifts away from Axis neutrality as a key political convention looms.
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Giraud
DeGaulle
Algiers
Africa
London
Committee of National Liberation
de Gaulle
Liberation Committee
France
de- Gaulle
Alphonse George
Jean Monnet
Rene Massigli
Andre Philip
Georges Catroux
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Argentina
Axis
South America
Senate
Robustiano Patron Costas
Costas
Ramon Castillo
Chinese Drive in Central China Inflicts Major Jap Losses
General Chiang Kai shek’s headquarters reported more than 30 000 Japanese casualties in a two week drive in Central China toward Chungking. Tokyo radio acknowledged Japanese reverses as forces retreated to prepared positions along the Yangtze in Hupeh and Hunan. Chinese gains focused on the Yangtze river area with Ichang approach recaptured and Changyang hinges secured.
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Yangtze Valley
Chiang Kaishek
China
Chungking
Tokyo Radio
Yangtze River
Hupeh Province
Hunan
Chiang
Ichang
Changyang
Mussolini at Bay In Mediterranean Strikes
Allied forces bomb Pantelleria near Africa as the island proves a soft target. Italian defenses fail to engage the attackers while bombers hit Sicily and Sardinia. Allied ships sink two merchant vessels and an escort torpedo boat and drive a destroyer ashore.
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Mussolini
Italy
Pantelleria
Africa
Tunisia
Cap Bon
Sicily
Sardinia
Mediterranean
Trade Pacts Extended Two Years Through 1945
The senate approved a two year extension of Roosevelt reciprocal trade agreements after defeating five restrictive amendments. The house had already passed the measure. The plan will keep the current trade policy in force until June 12 1945, extending into the next administration.
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Senate
Roosevelt
House
United Nations
Pay as You Go tax plan advances with July 1 start
After five months of wrangling the pay as you go tax bill sped through the Senate and house. Treasury officials initiate the collection at source system beginning July 1 taxing 20 percent above personal exemptions for 40 million workers. The package projects about 16 billion dollars in new federal revenue for the coming fiscal year. 1942 taxes under $50 forgiven with a 75 percent cut on the remainder above $50. Allied air forces intensify operations from the Aleutians to Burma with attacks on Kiska WeWak and Shweli lines as 44 nations vow a postwar world under a permanent international agricultural authority. Paul H. Appleby calls the conference highly successful.
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Senate
House
Treasury
Machiner
Aleutians
Burma
Attu
Kiska
Navy Department
New Guinea
WeWak
Lakekamu River
Wau
China
Shweli
Mandalay
Victory Outlook Despite Undefeated Foe Warns of Sacrifices
Washington digest explains a military briefing on the enemy's vast reserves and capabilities, noting land sea and air power, plus the need for civilian patience and postwar education reform to ready veterans for peacetime. It highlights the role of reforms in liberal education and the shift in college entrance needs for returning servicemen.
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Commission On Liberal Education
The
Association of American Colleges
Coonskin Collegian
War bond guidance and wartime measures across sectors
The Treasury Secretary urges every American to invest 25 cents of every dollar in war bonds. Canada freezes all anthracite coal stocks per a war munitions order. In Clarksdale Mississippi a farmer reveals a draft process that exhausted 12 sons aged 19 to 39. Seventy two oil executives spent a day with soldiers at Fort Belvoir to experience war powered by oil.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Canada
J. McG. Stewart
War Munitions Department
Sherman Jenkins
Clarksdale, Miss
Fort Belvoir
Nazis clash in Kursk air battle amid Caucasus drive
Moscow said 500 Nazi planes attacked Kursk, about 120 miles above Kharkov, with 123 German planes downed and 30 Soviet planes lost. Germany reported Russian offensives near Novorossisk in the Kuban valley as both sides fight for control from the Caucasus to the Arctic.
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Moscow
Kursk
Kharkov
Kuban
Caucasus
Red Tank
Novorossisk
Arctic Sea
Beef Ration Points Rise As Supply Dwindles
The Office of Price Administration cites dwindling beef as the reason for higher ration point values. Porterhouse, sirloin and T bone lead gains by three points, roasts up two on average, and dried beef jumps four from 12 to 16 points per pound. Households may substitute veal lamb mutton pork and variety meats where cuts fall.
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Office of Price Administration
War Finance Committee Formed to Unite War Bonds Drives
Secretary Henry Morgenthau announced the merger of the victory fund committee and the war savings staff into a single organization named the war finance committee. The group will oversee all future war financing drives and operate on state lines under state chairmen reporting to the treasury.
Bankhage Briefs on home canned foods and Swedish concessions
Bankhage notes home canned foods may qualify if canned in a kitchen mainly used for meals or in a separate building with ration board approval. Christian Guenther said Sweden makes concessions to Germany beyond those to the western powers, per Hoerby radio via OWI.
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OPA
Christian E. Guenther
Eskilstuna
Sweden
Germany
Hoerby Radio
Office of War Information
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Washington Digest
Baukhage
WNU Service
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N. Broadway
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Grand
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J. A. Lehman Horton
Kansas
Louis Browning
Lowry City
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Pioneer Photo CO
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Thresher
Red River
Chester Wible
Baldwin
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