Weekly World War Analysis Signals Axis Weapons Fail Against Allied Advance
The article reports on Allied progress in the West as Nazi secret weapons fall short of halting advances. V-2 rockets surge in trials while Patton’s Third Army pushes toward the Saar. fighting also rages around Budapest as Japan resists on Leyte and Manila. For agriculture, the USDA forecasts record wheat and corn crops with strong yields across multiple staples.
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Opini
Union
George S. Patton
Saar Basin
Metzith
Art
Oping
Reich
Bor Aer
Patton
Saar
Siegfried Line
Budapest
Hungary
Broad Plains
Austria
Germany
RAF
Tromsofjord
Orway
Arctic
Russia
U. S
Ormoc
Leyte
Philippines
Tomoyuki Yamashita
MacArthur
Ormoco
Carigara Bay
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Oit
Yanks face shell shortage as warfront pace quickens
U S troops in Europe outpace supply lines forcing the War Department to admit a heavier ammunition shortage. Advances from the Siegfried line and ongoing Philippine operations under MacArthur increase artillery demand and vehicle losses. Cotton duck tenting also rises with Allied maneuvers.
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U. S
War Department
Siegfried Line
U.S
Philippines
General MacArthur
Peleliu and Nearby Islands List from Captain Wilson
Marine captain Earl J. Wilson notes Umurbrogol and many nearby islands with names such as Anguar Peleliu Ngesebus Kongauru Garcay Hil Malk Ga mudoko Urukthapel Arakabesan Koror Babelthuap Arutoerruru and villages including Nga rekeuki Omaok Ngardololok Gare karu Goikul Mizuho Arumonogol Garumisukan Melekeiok Airai Ngardmau. Cape names Pkul Mlagalo Phulanglul Ngaramudal Ngatpokul Ngariois are cited along with passages bearing Kupamadaoru Tongel Mlungui Gorakibad Name laki Aiwokako Ngangai and Ngaru angl.
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Umurbrogol Cuntain
Earl J. Wilson
Umurbrogol Mountain
Anguar
Peleliu
Ngesebus
Kongauru
Garcay
Hil Malk
Gamudoko
Urukthapel
Arakabesan
Koror
Babelthuap
Arutoerruru
Ngarekeuki
Omaok
Ngardololok
Garekaru
Goikul
Mizuho
Arumonogol
Garumisukan
Melekeiok
Airai
Ngardmau
Pkul
Mlagalo
Phulanglul
Ngaramudal
Ngatpokul
Ngariois
Reconstruction of France begins with Allied aid plan
First concrete postwar reconstruction case in Europe centers on France. Allied authorities plan US supply of 2 billion dollars of materials to France with lending terms to recover industrial capacity. France would repay except for military needs met by lend lease. France requires locomotives rolling stock track gear trucks cotton fertilizer and other inputs. Most financing expected long term to rebuild industry.
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Europe
France
U. S
UNION VICTORY: Royalties for recording musicians
The American Federation of Musicians led by James C. Petrillo secures a deal with major record companies to pay about one cent per record into a fund for idle musicians. Total contributions approach four million dollars annually benefiting roughly 20,000 of 135,000 union members. The plan may enable new city symphonies where none exist.
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Phonograph
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
Dapper
Little Jimmy
Taxes to Stick in 1945 as Doughton Rules Out Tax Cuts
Rep. Robert Doughton said there will be no change in 1945 tax rates, arguing revenue needs of the war remain. He rejected proposals to relieve corporations from income taxes via dividend levies and warned against cutting corporate or stockholder taxes. Distillers will gain January flexibility due to alcohol rule cuts and extra war production holidays for 1945, with bourbon potential from the bumper corn crop.
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Robert Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
War Production Board
Krug
Cigarette Shortages Persist Across Nation
The article reports nationwide cigarette shortages with the OPA stepping in Chicago to curb mispricing at night clubs and the black market reaching $2.50 per carton near a major war plant. Distributors blamed consumer hoarding and rapid depletion of retailer stocks despite near doubling shipments to servicemen. war theater demand and delivery lags worsen scarcity.
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OPA
Chicago
Ill
October sardine landings boost 1944 fish production outlook
Landings of sardines rose sharply during the October dark of the moon, reaching nearly 300 million pounds in three weeks. The October catch reshapes the production picture and the 1944 total is now estimated at 4.169 billion pounds, increasing the odds of surpassing 1943 fishery output.
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U. S
Summerside and Mt Carmel Family and Army Notes
Cpl William Schneider Jr enjoyed a short furlough with his folks at Summerside Pvt Virgil Bickel of Summerside is now stationed at Kessler Field Miss Misses Mary and Edna Schneider entertained the office force with a wiener roast on November 11 The Mt Carmel Glen Estes T A minstrel show was a grand success yielding a neat sum Mr and Mrs A F Kaiser of Detroit Mich spent last week with sister Mrs A H Theis of
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Cpl
William Schneider Jr
Summerside
Pvt
Virgil Bickel
Kessler Field
Miss
Mary
Edna Schneider
Office
Mt. Carmel- Glen Estes, T. A
A. F. Kaiser
Detroit, Mich
Mr. Kaiser
A. H. Theis
Crossword puzzle clues in mixed syntax list
A readable OCR style puzzle with horizontal and vertical clue entries spanning sacred image to maiden loved by Zeus. Includes clues for 1 across through 69 across and 10 down through 66 down with several partial entries and crowded formatting.
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WAR
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THE
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Council On Physical Medicine
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Alma Roark
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