Nazi Armies Fall Back in France and Balkans See Shifts
Allied forces push Nazis from France as Paris falls routes and Marseille repair hubs. Balkans hinge on Romania and Bulgaria with Russian pressure and potential armistice terms shaping the southeast front. Lend-Lease totals rise to 28 billion as supplies flow to Patton and de Gaulle units.
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Hitler
Balkans
Reich
U. S
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Paris
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
Balkan
Romania
Galati
Transylvanian Alps
Black Sea
Rumania
Ploesti
Postwar Peace Conference Opens at Dumbarton Oaks
Representatives from the United States Britain and Russia gather at the Dumbarton Oaks estate in Washington D C to discuss postwar peace plans. China to join after the Reds finish talks with Russia not at war with Japan and not discussing repressive measures. John Foster Dulles travels to advise Dewey and Hull invites broader input to safeguard smaller nations. Conferees agree force may be used only after peaceful measures fail.
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Dumbarton Oaks
Washington, D. C
U. S
Britain
Russia
China
Cordell Hull
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Hull
Dewey
Government files anti trust suit against railroads and financiers
The government sues the Association of American Railroads the Western Association of Railway Executives 47 railroads and financiers J P Morgan and Company Kuhn Loeb and Company over anti competitive practices delaying competition and hindering transport development while wartime lend lease totals and aircraft and vehicle shipments to allies are noted.
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Association of American Railroads
Western Association of Railway Executives
J. P. Morgan and Company
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
East
AFL seeks wage boost and union expansion
The AFL executive council urged abandoning the Little Steel formula and capping wage raises at 15 percent of January 1941 levels, arguing the president has authority under the stabilization act to balance the economy. William Green cited the cost of living as damaging workers peacetime standards. The council also chartered the International Office Workers union to organize white collar employees affected by rising costs.
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Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
International Office Workers Union
AFL
William Green
Survey Shows 74 Percent Drive Less During Peacetime
A recent survey finds 74 percent of car owners are driving less than half their peacetime mileage due to shorter trips, gas and tire rationing, and patriotic motives. Capt Joseph Hiestand of Hillsboro Ohio wins the North American clay target championship at Vandalia Ohio for the fourth time, breaking 200 straight targets to lead the field.
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Joseph Hiestand
Hillsboro
Ohio
Vandalia
War Food administration seeks to avoid postwar glut
The War Food Administration outlines a plan to prevent surplus food stocks after the war by buying only for anticipated demand and drawing relief needs from surplus military stocks first. It creates a surplus sales division to clear stocks when needed and proposes a permanent international agricultural organization to advise on research, information, nutrition, and global agricultural growth.
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War Food Administration
WFA
International Agricultural Organization
United Nations
Bombers Active in Pacific Fronts Striking Japan Lifelines
Gen Douglas MacArthur's air command targets shipping lanes to cut supplies to scattered Japanese garrisons from the Solomons to New Guinea. Adm Chester Nimitz reports navy planes hitting the Bonin Islands about 600 miles from Japan to soften Tokyo's stepping stones. MacArthur airmen also sweep Mindanao in the southern Philippines, a key enemy basing point for shipping.
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Solomons
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
Bonin Islands
U. S
Marianas
Prisoner of War Life and Escape in German Camps
U S War Prisoners Seek Escape in Camp Doings describes POWs in Germany using humor theater and sports as mental escape. It notes 41,234 Americans held, Red Cross reports on treatment, and detailed camp routines, mail from home, and food packages supporting morale.
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War Department
Red Cross
Reich
International
Kipling
Webster
Kriegie Times
Stalag Luft III
Sagan
Our Town
Tobacco Road
Stalingrad
Flieger
Kriegie
Army
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Switzerland
Lisbon
Special diet packs aid German POW hospital care
Bankhage reports briefings on Red Cross capture kits for POWs in Germany. Captured prisoners are sent to transit camps with basic grooming items. Normandy POWs in Britain are volunteering for harvest work. Youth groups mobilize school milkweed pod harvest to supply floss for life jackets.
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Normandy
Great Britain
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