Wheat storage pinch shifts as rail cars scarce in drought year
Wheat farmers in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas face storage and transport squeeze as rail boxcars are scarce for moving the harvest. Last year the Santa Fe had 1000 cars. this year officials say only a few are available. With a crop around 150 million bushels, space is tight though not as acute as last harvest, and farmers may rely on abandoned buildings for temporary storage in spots, while urging readers to donate boxcars.
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Texas
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Sama Fe
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Reich View Of War Now Is Defensive
Syracuse Herald Journal outlines a defensive German war stance as of June 2 1943 citing high command plans to resist invasions while expecting Italian collapse and a possible Russian campaign. It notes German public mood darkening yet rejecting belief in an Allied decisive victory and mentions oil shortages and defense along European coasts.
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Leningrad
Tsee
Amer
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Italy
Zchang
Germany
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Russa
Stockholm
Russia
30 000 Jap Casualties in Hupeh Rout
Chungking June 2 The National Military Council said Western Hupeh saw heavy Japanese losses totaling about 30 000 as Chinese forces push toward Ichang. It reported 40th and 58th divisions driven south of the Yangtze amid encirclement risks while 10 000 wounded were sent home and 2300 enemy bodies left at Peiouchang forts. American Chinese air forces also raided river crossings toward Ichang.
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Hupeh Province
Ichang
Yangtze Iver
National Military Council
Yangtze
Council
Iehang
Peiouchang
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Davies in Hurry To Report To Roosevelt From Moscow
Former Ambassador Joseph E. Davies returned from Moscow and rushed to brief President Roosevelt. He carried a personal message from the President to Joseph Stalin and arrived in Seattle after a long flight that nearly circled the globe. Davies said he would report to the President promptly, with travel plans unsettled due to weather.
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Josef Stalin
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Army Transport Command
Alaska
Edmonton
Alta
New Jersey Citizens Gift 10,000 Bond for Battleship
A $10,000 war bond was presented in Trenton on behalf of New Jersey's 4,000,000 residents to Captain Carl F. Holden of the U S S New Jersey. Proceeds will fund postwar completion of the ship's silver service, currently in storage. The ceremony was led by Governor Charles Edison.
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B. S.S. S. New Jersey
New Jersey
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Carl F. Holden
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