Democrats Platform Endorses New Deal World Peace Plan
The 1944 Democratic platform renominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term and advocates continued New Deal policies. It seeks price guarantees for agriculture, rural electrification, broader farm markets, demobilization compensation, tax simplification, and promotion of risk capital. It calls for U.S. participation in a world peace organization and broadens trade policy aligned with the Atlantic Charter.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
World Organization
Democratic
U.S
Invasion of Guam Moves U S Forces Closer to Japan
U S marines push through Garapan streets on Saipan and Guam as Tojo is ousted and a new Japanese leadership promises civilian involvement while pursuing expansion southward. Allied forces enter Guam after 17 days of bombardment following Saipan’s capture.
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Pacific
Guam
Hediki Tojo
Tokio
Saipan Island
U. S
Garapan
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Farm Values and War News Reflect Mixed WWII Market Signals
wartime farm land values show steady rises with two thirds of 1943 farm purchases cash financed, averaging 87 percent value growth from 1920 peaks. Allied Normandy push faces stiff German resistance aided by hedgerows and heavy weather dampening air operations. Rommel counterattacks aimed to blunt the advance as Allied columns break through on open terrain.
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Farm Security Administration
Normandy
U.S
Marshall Rommel
Jines
Internal Revolt Threatens Hitler After Bomb Plot
Nazi leaders report a clique of army officers sought to seize control and force surrender. Hitler survived a bomb blast that wounded 13 aides as Himmler was named to quell the uprising. Rebels planned a military seizure, but the regime moved swiftly to execute leaders and rally the public.
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Hitler
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Russians Press East Front Drive and Polish Advances
Russian forces maintained strong pressure on the eastern front driving in East Prussia and deep into Poland. Allied troops attacked the Gothic Line in northern Italy while Livorno’s capture promises relief for supply. German resistance stiffens around East Prussia as Stoss maneuvers widen gaps and threaten Warsaw and Lwow from the south.
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East Prussia
Poland
Italy
Livorno
East Frussia
Lwow
Warsaw
American Dreyfuss dies after long fight to clear name
Obituaries report Oberlin YM garter formerly UV & army engineer known as the American Dreyfuss dies in Chicago at 88. Convicted of defrauding the government of two million dollars over a Savannah project, his notoriety stemmed from a protracted court martial fight. The Navajo council bans plural marriages across 60,000 tribal members in New Mexico Arizona and Utah. Cholera in India kills 34850 in three months, with most deaths in Muzzarfarpur and Champaran districts.
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Dreyfuss
Oberlin
YM. Garter
UV. &. Army
Dreyfuss” Becase
Chicago
Pover
Savannah
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
India
Muzzafarpur
Champaran
Bihar
World Bank Plans Stability Fund and Reconstruction Loan
Nations agreed to an 8.8 billion fund to stabilize currencies and balance trade while forming a 10 billion world bank to extend 2 billion in long term loans for reconstruction and development, with private investors backed guarantees of up to 8 billion. U S participation hinges on congressional approval, with a 2.75 billion and about 8 billion share respectively.
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World Bank
U. S
July High Beef Prices Hit Chicago Yards Record
Smaller shipments and stiff competition push prime long fed steers to $17.65 per cwt in Chicago, the highest July price since 1919, with July 1943 prices quoted as $17.10 from 1943, $15.85 in 1942 and $13 in 1941. Heifers reach $17.35, matching the July record set in 1920. top returns come on the heels of August 1920 highs.
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Chicago
GI Reading Politics Permitted Amid Army Circulation Expansion
Senate Republican Robert Taft urged broader Hatch Act relief as the army broadened the list of magazines allowed to circulate among GIs. He argued the amendment still blocks government material to soldiers but does not stop civilians, parties, or corporations from sending political literature at their own expense. The army based its move on soldiers reading habits abroad and post purchases at home.
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Army
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Legion of Merit
White
Africa
Eisenhower
Egypt
Algiers
Reader
Saturday Evening Post
General Surles
Army Public Relations
War Stimson
Roosevelt
Rome
Stars & Stripes
Normandy
Rome Stars & Stripes
Dewey and Bricker
New York
Hoover
Farley
Herald-Tribune
War era shortages hit tobacco and oil outputs
The report notes cigarette manufacturers face tight tobacco stocks under a War Food order limiting aging purchases to 70 percent of last year's processing. Iron ore use by Great Lakes blast furnaces rose in early 1944, with stockpiles on U S and Canadian docks up from 1943. U S oil production jumped to about 4.60 million barrels per day for the week ended July 15, while gan stocks reached 2.26 million barrels, versus 75.39 million in 1943.
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Tobacc
War Food Administration
Great Lakes
U. S
Canadian
Great Northern Raises Bond Call Plan In Major Financing
Great Northern contemplates calling in 119.89 million dollars of bonds and notes to trim annual fixed interest costs to about 10 million. Under the plan the company would issue 10 million in new general mortgage bonds to cover redemption, while the rest comes from treasury funds. About 4 million would pay premiums to retire old issues early, leaving outstanding bonded debt near 249 million plus equipment trust certificates and conditional sales obligations.
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Great Northern
Washington Du Behe Army Fears Political Snarl In Handling News
A service newspaper policy clash games the Stars and Stripes press freedom amid politics in World War II era. Col. White loses directorship in Algiers after attempts to broaden coverage. Taft and Lucas push for clarifying amendments before Congress. War officials warn against political propaganda while soldiers seek informed voting.
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WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Joe
Congress
New York Herald Tribune
Algiers
Stars & Stripes
Aera
Egbert White
Stare & Stripes
Paris
Washington
the Republic
War Department
Lst
White
Associated Prées Wire
Army News Service
New York
Mediterranean
Washington Army
Art
Henry Stimson
Colonel White
Chaumont
London
Casablanca
Oran
Naples
Cairo
Middle East
Army
Geome
Private Papers Of Cub Reporter In Wartime Tales
A collage of wartime anecdotes features Einstein joking with reporters, Jackie Coogan’s Burma exploits, a downcast sailor missing home, and a German smuggler in Sweden. It notes Russia's Black Market shift to government stores, and Marine Lt Mitchell Pelge, Medal of Honor recipient, being grounded after Guadalcanal amid New Guinea training.
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Cub Reporter
Albert Hine Hein
Manhattan
Mart
Einstein
Mitchell Pelge
Tust
Ithe
Facific
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Paige
Rabaul
Marsh Hares Named In Louisiana Musk Rat Bill
Gov James H Davis of Louisiana signs house bill 675 changing muskrats to marsh hares. The aim is to boost musk rat meat sales with a neutral, attractive name. Musk rat is a delicacy where the aquatic rodent is common.
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James H. Davis
Louisiana
Evacuations and Radio Cherbourg Openings Reported
The Japanese Dome agency says about 30,000 Tokyo schoolchildren have been evacuated to rural districts since July 6. Radio Cherbourg begins daily broadcasting with a French liberation message. A British Information Service document, “Liberating a Continent,” outlines maps used for Allied landings, noting a warehouse full of maps for North Africa.
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Dome! Agency
Tokyo
A&a
British Information Service
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Caen
Europe
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Haa
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Jackie Coogan
Burma
Coogan
Mayflower
South Pacific
Norway
Sweden
Stockholm
Kvinnor
Russia
Bankhage
Radio Cherbourg
France
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Begoodrich
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