Allied Offensive Presses West Wall For Ruhr and Rhineland
Allied forces push an all out attack into the German west wall with intent to seize the Ruhr and Rhineland while weather hampers operations. British 2nd Army nears Duisburg, US 9th near Dusseldorf, US 1st near Cologne, US 3rd near Saar, and US 7th with French 1st within 40 miles of Bavaria as heavy bombardments target Metz.
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Ruhr
Rhineland
2Nd Army
Holland
Duisberg
U. S
Dusseldorf
Aachen
Cologne
Metz
Saar
Bavaria
War Wounds Show Greater Recovery With Medical Advances
Improved medical service in forward areas, use of sulfa drugs penicillin plasma and whole blood reduce mortality below 4 percent versus 7 percent in the first world war. Today 50 to 60 percent of wounded return to duty, up from 70 percent in prior wars, while infections stay around ten percent.
Cabinet Shakeup Rumors Sweep White House in 1941
Reported White House chatter says Roosevelt plans a cabinet reshuffle with aims to replace Hull and Jones. Possible picks include Marriner Eccles or Leon Henderson for Commerce, Dan Tobin or John Winant for Labor, and Harold Ickes with Francis Biddle staying at Interior and Attorney General respectively.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Jesse Jones
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Leon Henderson
Chester Bowles
OPA
Beardsley Rums
Dan Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
John Winant
London
International Labor Office
Winant
Tobin
AFL
CIO
Robert Hannegan
Frank Walker
Walker
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Moscow
International Food Organization
Hull
Senate
Jimmy Byrnes
Ambassador Winant
Byrnes
Sumner Welles
Tom Connally
Harold Ickes
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Ickes
Fdr
Willkie
Miss Perkins
Food production outlook for 1945 matches 1944 levels
The USDA and War Food Administration forecast 1945 food production to be substantially the same as 1944. Corn production is boosted to 61 million bushels, with a record 1944 crop of 3.258 billion bushels and wheat at 1.108 billion. A record sorghum crop of 160 million bushels accompanies the outlook.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
War Food Administration
USDA
Frugal Household Tips From A Vintage Page
A reader’s trimmed tips discuss lighting efficiency with a 100-watt bulb vs four 25-watt bulbs, preserving juice from spiced peaches for sausages, lemon to polish leather, starch for ceiling restoration, orange rind drying, and bacon reduction when seasoning baked beans.
Huge Underground Nazi City Unused in France
A Collier’s claim describes a vast underground Nazi complex built north of Soissons between 1940 and 1943. The secret city reportedly sits 50 feet underground, spans 25 square miles, and could house 100,000 men with electricity, lighting, showers, and bus service, though it was never used.
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France
Collier’s
Soissons
Elecoe
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Pomerania
Silesia
Breslau
Czechoslovakia
Europe
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Leyte
Philippines
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MacArthur
1St Cavalry
96Th
Ormoc
Manila Bay
Philippine
Washington, D. C
Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
Navy Dept
Navy
Forrestal
Wall Street
Struve Hensel
Sewing Circle Needlework
Wells St
Chicago
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