Allied Forces Press Normandy Front as U S and British Advance
Allied forces throw full weight at German lines in Normandy as U S and British troops push at Cherbourg and Caen, while Red Army gains on the Baltic front. Robots feared but debated. Rome area sees investment activity and industrial news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
OPA
U. S
Red
Baltic States
East Prussia
Old Poland
Cherbourg
Caen
Germany
No Rest for Wicked as U S Forces Press Saipan and Noemfoor
U S troops harass Japanese defenses on Saipan in the Marianas as Garapan falls and 20 000 enemy troops retreat to a corner of the island. Paras join amphibious assaults on Noemfoor while U S naval forces shell the Bonin islands and destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
East Asia
Saipan Island
Marianas
Tokyo
Garapan
Saipan
Douglas MacArthur
Noemfoor Island
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
East Indies
Bonin Islands
Hay Shortage and Sea Serpent Reported in Idaho
The Middle West Soil Improvement committee warns farmers face a 10 percent hay shortfall this year and urges pasture improvement with nitrogen phosphorus and potash. In Idaho near McCall at Payette Lake a 35 foot sea serpent with yellow humps on a shell like back is reported seen for a decade, drawing a skeptic observer among onshore witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Payette's Lake
McCall
Idaho
Walter Bowling
Higbee Navy Cross Heroine Honored With Ship Name
Portrait of Lenah Higbee celebrated as first Navy Nurse Corps superintendent and only woman to earn a Navy Cross while alive. A destroyer to be named Higbee is under construction in Bath, Maine, with details by officials. A separate note mentions a Chicago woman Phil lipp Frontzak giving birth to a 14 lb 9 oz girl, and a Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire debating a multi nation fund for postwar currency stabilization and loans, with U S contributions around two billion dollars per project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Illinois
United Mine Workers
Ray Edmundson
Edmundson
UMW
Cincinnati
Lewis
U.S. Navy Nurse Corps
Lenah S. Higbee
Naval Service
Phillip Frontzak
Chicago
Ill
Mrs. Frontzak
Bretton Woods
N. H
U. S
Congress
Du Pont Sells Neoprene Patents to Russia for War Use
Du Ponts provides Russia full technical details to build neoprene plants and operate synthetic rubber production for military needs during the war. The agreement avoids immediate payment and ties postwar compensation to Russian output. Neoprene's adaptability for civilian and military uses stems from flame and abrasion resistance and stability under sun light, heat, and oils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Pont’s
Russia
Germany
du Pont
Julius Nieuwland
Notre Dame University
Public lands urged opened to state exploitation for oil
Warwick Downing chairman of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission public lands committee and Senator Hatch chairman of the Senate public lands committee urged opening public lands to state exploitation to relieve gasoline shortages. They called for rewriting the act to clarify points and to encourage exploratory oil and gas operations on the public domain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick Downing
Public Lands Committee
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Senator Hatch
Senate Public Lands Committee
Words and sovereignty clash in postwar Europe debate
A Dutch minister rejects domination by major powers and Hull defends equal sovereignty as words warp understanding. The piece critiques rhetoric, notes De Gaulle and Francoist Spain as examples, and urges moving from talk to concrete facts while highlighting the G I Bill of Rights and the need to restore work and production.
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Washington
Netherlands
Hull
Stuart Chase
New Deal
Holland
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Europe
Spain
French Committee of Liberation
New York
de Gaulle
France
London
North
Africa
Bees Signal Start of Small Business Reconversion
Maury Maverick’s bee installation in the Smaller War Plants office sparked a shift toward reconverting war production to civilian goods. WPB moves loosen restrictions on aluminum and magnesium use, easing idle steel surpluses to help small plants churn out needed consumer items and curb unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Plants Corporation
Congress
San Antonio
Texas
Maury Maverick
Maury
Congressional
Maverick
Congressional Committees
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
WPB
Nelson
War ‘Plants Corporation
Bicycles To China For Army Use In Air Transport
Brief items note over 6 000 bicycles sent to China by air for use by the Chinese army where roads are blocked. Youths 16 to 17 years may enlist with parental consent for merchant marine training. A farmer’s hazard year may come from breath floods disease or low prices, and wise farmers insure via war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
U. S. Merchant Marine
Weekend chair project with simple cuts and storage
A how-to on building a comfortable removable-back chair using three stock lumber widths. No full workshop needed, can be built in a yard or on a porch, with straight cuts and nailed or screwed joints. Design 208 by Mrs Spears includes diagrams materials list and step-by-step directions for cutting and assembling.
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Jesterr
Newspaper Union
Maey
Normandy Drive
Italy
Po Valley
Rome
American Express
Otis Elevator
International Business Machines
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Paramount
Warner Brothers
Singer Sewing Machine
National Radiator
Helena Rubenstein
England
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Buck Lewis
Pacific
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Women In the News
Russ
G. I
Washington Digest
Baukhage
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Bankhage
Aries
Into All
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New Yu
Willys
Jeep
Ted
Post
Adv
Saidor
New Guinea
Australia
Bfgoodrich
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