Weekly News Analysis of Nazi Retreat and Allied Advances
Nazi forces retreat toward Romania as Russians regain rich farm lands and Allied troops drive a new wedge into Germany's main defense line in Italy. Western Newspaper Union features an editor's note and a report on OPA price controls with testimony by Chester Bowles. He seeks renewal and outlines subsidies and floor prices for cattle and hogs amid wartime cost stability and production adjustments.
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Romania
Italy
OPA
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
Bowles
Germany
Ukraine
Bug River
Rumania
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Farether
Cassina
Rome
U. S
Anzio
Soldier Vote Bill Faces Roosevelt Veto
The compromise soldier voting bill reached President Roosevelt after governors were asked to report on approving a short federal ballot. If allowed, servicemen may use it only where states lack absentee laws or have not received state ballots. Meanwhile, Allied and Soviet forces made gains in Italy and Eastern Europe as Cassino fell and the front lines shifted toward Rome, with heavy air raids and counterattacks shaping the war news.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Sp Spangler
Adigenus
Republican Party
Connecticut Avenue
Allied War Worries Rise In Pacific Theater
U S and naval forces press the Pacific offensive as Japan’s warlords face renewed bombings of Weewek New Guinea and Rabaul New Britain. MacArthur tightens Bougainville isolation while Truk faces bombardment as Allied strength targets 11.9 million total by July. Draft boards instructed to restrict deferments to essential workers, with farm workers and dependents considered carefully under Hershey rules. Only an estimated 11 percent of dependents and about one in ten without passable medicals will be accepted for service.
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U. S
Pacific
Japan
Weewek
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Admiralty Islands
General MacArthur
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Truk
South Pacific Empire
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
United States Armed Forces Institute
Southwest Pacific
South Pacific
Middle East
Madison
Wia
USAFI
Ronald J. Rossiter
Martyn
Argentina
Rossiter
Italy
Harold Hopper
WPR
Hopper
Copper pennies to regain metal ratio and high output
War Production Board allows more copper in pennies restoring the 95 copper to 5 zinc balance as production nears 150 million one cent pieces monthly and potential annual output tops a billion. Food processors anticipate 700000 seasonal workers this year with students women and part time workers the main labor sources.
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War Production Board
Paul McNutt
He Beieves
Ireland Faces Isolation as Axis Diplomats in Dublin Spark Tensions
Ireland grapples with possible isolation by Britain over Axis diplomats in Dublin. Ireland defends neutrality citing bomb risks and insists it cannot banish diplomats without war. U S embargo on ships and Britain travel ban worsen Eire’s economic strain amid scarce imports.
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Ireland
Great Britain
London
Dublin
United Kingdom
U. S
Britain
Eire
Cold Storage: Meat and Produce Stocks Reported
U S storage holdings on March 1 hit record levels with beef 276 300 000 pounds pork 792 700 000 pounds trimmings 151 300 000 pounds lard and rendered fat 354 300 000 with War Food 200 200 000 held. Cooler space 73 percent full frozen fruit stocks up 29 percent from a year ago frozen vegetables 107 percent creamery butter 702 percent cheese 85 percent frozen eggs 76 percent and poultry 117 percent.
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U. S
War Food Administration
Knitting Vet Aids War Effort Across Generations
Ninety two year old Christine Lorenzen of Clinton Iowa knits for Red Cross World War I heroes after years of making mittens for Civil War soldiers and other veterans. She recalls harsher times with no coffee and little to eat while war era deprivation contrasts with current comforts as workers push for wage reforms and public hearings on the War Labor Board.
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Christine Lorenzen
Clinton
Iowa
Lorenze
Red Cross
Lorenzen
Labor
War Labor Board
Congress
Seay Cert Pth Caer
United Nations money system gains support for gold role
The postwar international money plan, drafted by Harry D. White of the U S Treasury, would require each country to contribute gold and currency to a stabilization fund to prevent exchange fluctuations. Russia backs White’s plan over Britain’s trade-weighted approach, favoring nations with smaller prewar trade and tilting influence toward the United States.
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United Nations
Russia
U. S. Treasury
Harry D. White
White
Britain
U. S
Population growth in Russia and Europe in 1970 projection
A League of Nations committee survey projects Russia reaching about 250 million by 1970, surpassing all of northwestern and central Europe. It cites 1989 census figures near 170 million, with current estimates around 180 million, and notes Europe’s population as a whole is likely declining.
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Europe
League of Nations Committee
Faith in simple election formula guides GOP leader
Washington Digest reports on Republican National Committee chair Harrison Spangler and his organizing plan. He favors a 20-voter per worker squad method, states eight postwar policy areas for the platform, and notes 26 states already have working machines. Spangler travels the North, meets leaders, and engages farm groups for Chicago talks. USAFI expands overseas branches to provide courses to servicemembers with a $2 enrollment fee.
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WIU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Washington
Republican National Committee
Connecticut Avenue
Civilian Defense Administration
Harrison Spangler
Republican Party
National Recovery Administration
Iron Pants Johnson
Mr. Spangler
Republican Committee
Lafayette Square
White House
United States Chamber of Commerce
CIO
Democratic Electioneering Fund
Roosevelt
Spangler
Mark Hanna
Iowa
Blue Eagle
Sangler
Stratch
Cedar Rapids
Middle West
Chicago
Republican Postwar Advisory Council
Committee On Agriculture
Hickenlooper
McNary
Advisory Council
Neil Carothers
School of Business
Lehigh University
Etveimabatats Mipecionnes
Platform Committee
Railroads to fill 100000 vacancies via manpower mobilization effort
A new railroad manpower mobilization committee will coordinate government and railroad labor and management to fill 100000 job vacancies. The piece notes Australia contemplating income tax collections, U.S. servicemen consuming vast coffee and doughnut totals overseas, and Amsterdam reintroducing horse-drawn streetcars after four decades, highlighting efficiency and historic revival.
Wilson Lunch With FDR Sparks Vice President Speculation
The President hosted Charlie Wilson of WPB for a long lunch, probing his views on world trade. Wilson, a Republican, remained unsure why the meeting occurred, while politicos speculate FDR may seek a conservative running mate. Under secretary Ed Stettinius is among bidders for the job. The piece notes ordnance chief Maj. Gen. Levin Campbell’s efforts at Anzio and related war matters, plus other wartime notes.
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White House
WPB
Charlie Wilson
Wilson
Fdr
General Electric
Charlie
Ed Stettinius
Anzio
Italy
Navy
Levin Campbell
Ordnance
Annapolis
Coast Artillery
Army
Campbell
Ordnance Department
Pearl Harbor
St. Louis
Detroit
Chicago
Rock Island
Washington
Hap” Arnold
Air Forces
Arnold
Major Severaby
Fighting Services
McCloy
Two methods for making a chair slip cover explained
The article outlines pinning and cutting patterns directly on the chair or cutting from muslin or old sheets to create a pattern. It instructs to fit without stretching, allow a half inch seam and a four inch tuck at the spring seat, notch seams, arrow-mark pieces for grain direction, and place pattern pieces so Agured fabric designs center on the back and seat. It notes the illustration is from Hook and mentions the book price and address.
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Western Newspaper Union
Mount Soprano
President
Bill
Cassino
France
Gen. Hershey
Knitting
Walules
Washington Digest
Baukhage
Service Education
Bankhage
Australia
Amsterdam
Hook
Rutr Wyeth
Bedford Hills
New York
Ame
Caperresee
Amgress
Ccenerseeenses
United States
B. F. Goodrich
Bfgoodrich
Wile
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