Allied push broadens Caen siege and Cherbourg harbor repair
Allied forces hammer at Caen with Montgomery directing a western pincer while Cherbourg port is cleared to restore harbor facilities. In the east Soviet armies press toward Moscow and continue to push German footholds in White Russia and the Murmansk–Leningrad corridor as Italians yield ground along the peninsula.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Cherbourg
U. S
Montgomery
Russia
Moscow
Finland
Lake Country
Murmansk and
Leningrad
Barents Sea
Reconstruction Plan to Aid Reds in Postwar Russia
U S officials plan credit backed supply of equipment for Russian factory and power plant reconstruction. Russia would repay in strategic materials. Erle Johnston of the U S Chamber of Commerce says Soviet purchases from the United States could reach billions.
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Russia
U. S
Erle Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Republicans in 1944 platform stress tariffs and labor rights
The GOP in Chicago under Gov. Thomas E. Dewey adopts a 1944 platform advocating cooperative action with self determining nations for world peace, protective tariffs to curb cheap imports, and labor bargaining rights. It calls for reciprocal trade pacts, farmer price support, soil programs, two four year presidential terms, and a return to free enterprise after the war. Farm machinery output lags, but some equipment shows gains. war news notes Saipan bombardment and Pacific air operations against Japanese positions.
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Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
Chicago
U. S
Hayfield bayonet drill ends as landlady orders halt
Massachusetts National Guard 24th Infantry drills in a hayfield near Hingham when an officer announces the leaseholder’s demand to leave so she can begin haying before rain. Soldiers evacuate promptly. WPB whisky holiday may yield only about 15 million gallons due to bottle and container shortages.
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24Th Infantry Regiment
Massachusetts National Guard
Hingham
WPB
Agriculture outlook shows sharp pig drop and CCC wheat sales
Government forecasts 1944 pig crop at 87.9 million with spring 55.9 million and fall 32.0 million, a drop from 1943. CCC wheat sales rise to 83.7 million bushels while total CCC purchases reach 129.6 million bushels since July 1943. The CIO accuses War Labor Board limits of 15 percent and cites 45 percent rise in living costs since 1941, with detailed increases in food, clothing, rent, and other items.
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Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Canada
States
Argentina
War Labor Board
CIO
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
FHA Ends Tenth Year With $81 Million Reserves
The Federal Housing Administration wraps up its tenth year of operation on June 30 with $81 million in reserves after expenses. 1943 income reached $26.57 million, with $11.10 million paid in expenses. Congress funded $20 million in grants for potential losses, largely intact, while 1941 funds for wartime losses remain nearly unused. Insurance funds rose by $15.47 million, and FHA has insured loans on 1,055,000 homes with 4,047 foreclosures, nearly all of which were sold. only 26 foreclosures remain. About 6,000,000 other homeowners benefited from FHA and private loan assistance.
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Federal Housing Administration
Congress
FHA
Small Plants Plan Boosts Civilian Output
War Production board approves a plan pressed by Maury Maverick to let smaller plants under 100 employees produce civilian goods on the same basis as larger industries. The move aims to ease civilian production while using scarce resources efficiently.
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War Production Board
Maury Maverick
War Plants Corporation
FDR blueprint for postwar order outlined in Senate debate
President Roosev elt advances a skeleton postwar world plan announced by Hull as Wallaces Willkies and Welles trade criticisms. The blueprint, while controversial, is expected to pass as a treaty, with the four power top council likely led by the United States Britain Russia and China. Congress also revises proposed excise taxes while contemplating broader fiscal policy.
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Roosevelt
Wallaces
Willkies
Welles
Hull
Senator Ball
Vandenberg
Senate
Mackinac Island
Italy
Russia
Friends of
Great Britain
Bridges
Europe
France
United States
China
Assembly of All the Nations
Britain
Far East
Allied Show of Power Shapes German Morale
Washington analyst recounts a German morale shift as Allied attacks reach both Europe and the Pacific. He notes Berlin anxiety over secret weapons, the third man surveillance, and German propaganda efforts while highlighting B-29 strikes on Japan and ongoing front retreats.
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Hitler
Reich Air Ministry
London
Herr Goebbels
Japan
Germany
Berlin
Journal
de Geneve
Briefer World War II Notes From Various Fronts
The dispatches report Caesar would face a longer sea crossing to Britain as Dover cliffs shrink. In Italy Nazi slave labor conscription targets unmar ried women aged 18 to 30, sparking marriage rushes. Hungary and the Balkans see feather shortages so severe Nazis offer gas for feathers worth about 15 cents. Japan uses a regular seat changing signal in crowded trains, prompting passengers to swap places.
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Hungary
Balkan Countries
Japan
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