Allied forces encircle German retreat in Normandy and south
U S armored thrusts pin the German army in the Falaise pocket as columns push toward Paris. Allied forces trap and threaten the retreating foe while Maj Gen Alexander Patch’s Seventh Army advances inland and links with paratroopers cutting enemy lines.
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U. S
Paris
Falaise-Argentan
Normandy
Vurmag
France
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Eastern Front: Nazi Counterattacks in East Prussia Reported
News recounts German forces countering the Soviet invasion in East Prussia for the first time in 30 years. Reports mention fresh reserves from Himmler's home guard joining counterattacks as fighting spreads along the 1,000 mile front including the Baltic regions.
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East Prussia
Himmler
Baltic States
Reconversion Step Aims Civilian Goods Rise
The War Production Board expects a 39 percent rise in civilian goods output to prewar levels after Germany is defeated. Donald Nelson, WPB chief, notes surplus labor and factory facilities will be used for civilian production including machinery except tractors and water storage tanks for agriculture.
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War Production Board
Germany
WPB
Donald Nelson
Pacific: Step Up Bombing Presses Japan in South Pacific
U S bombers push west of New Guinea and strike Bonin islands and coastal approaches to Japan as 150000 Japanese troops in American lines in the South Pacific face deteriorating positions. Ground forces gain in the Marianas while Adm Nimitz hints Japan invasion may not be needed for a lasting peace. Meanwhile drought tightens crops across the Ohio Valley with Missouri and Illinois reporting below normal rainfall and corn and soybean risks intensifying.
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U. S
New Guinea
Philippines
Celebes Islands
South Pacific
Bonin Islands
Marianas
Chester Nimitz
Japan
Reformed Golfer Hosts Backyard Nature Walk
A narrated field outing features a visitor labeled the Wizard of Infoplease guiding companions through plants and birds. They discuss rooks of wartime memory, observe wildlife like robins and night herons, and note flowers such as snapdragon while sampling wild edibles.
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Ea Kieran
Hitler
Germany
Buttons
John
Hoover's Children and War Talk in Wartime Dispatch
In a frontier of conflict and intrigue, the article surveys U.S. crime fighter J Edgar Hoover's fondness for children and his views on parenting. It also notes shifting alliances among wartime leaders Stalin and Churchill, contrasting Teheran and earlier Teheran era dynamics with present diplomatic rapport and Churchill's health.
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Hoover
Edgar Hoover
FBI
Boy Scouts and
Boys’ Clubs
Stalin
Churchill
Teheran
Roosevelt
France
Marshal
Berlin
The Telegraph and Radio to Television Evolution
A reminiscence traces communication advances from telegraph to telephone to wireless to television. It notes American free enterprise spurred innovation and questions government ownership. The piece also considers postwar Russia under Stalin, predicting a powerful, possibly threatening rise.
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Iowa
Chicago Press Club
Lake Michigan
Roosevelt
Russia
Family of Nations
Stalin
Dutatenie
Germany
England
Blurbs Shape Moral Conceptions in Newsroom Lore
A compact note on blurbs filling small spaces in newspapers. The piece humorously claims blurbs from the civilized world offer moral concepts more effectively than lengthy discourses by great minds.
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Tennessee
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Kentucky
Ohio
Wizard of Infoplease
Far East
Dewey
Robin
Wren
Meadowlark
Kieran
Truman
Miami
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Tokyo
Asia
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Western Newspaper Union
America
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Census Bureau
CIO
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