Steady Allied Advance and CIO Wage Talks Reported
Steady progress marks the Italian campaign as Allied forces repulse Nazi counter blows while steel producers open wage negotiations. The CIO calls for a 17 cent an hour pay boost, signaling broader labor action amid ongoing war coverage. Editor note from Western Newspaper Union clarifies opinion content.
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Italy
CIO
United States Steel Company
Tunion
National Steel Company
Congress Debates Surplus Funds and Wage Proposals
Senate adoption of an amendment would require agencies to surrender unspent appropriations to the U.S. treasury amid a $308 million deficiency bill, while Congress fights over budget control and army transfer limits. Separate actions include feed import relief, steel wage talks, eight cent rail raises, and battleship Wisconsin's launch. The war front covers Cassino advances, Rome approaches, and Yugoslav leadership debates amid Allied efforts.
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Congress
U. S. Treasury
U. S. Senate
Kenneth McKeller
Tenn
Senate-House
Budget Bureau
McKeller
War Production Plans For 1944 Involves Big Increases
War Production Board executive vice chairman Charles E Wilson outlines 1944 targets to raise output by up to 30 percent, with aircraft at 100 percent above 1943 and naval construction near 75 percent of 1942 levels. Inductions rise as Selective Service expands drafts while home-front manpower is trimmed. See-saw fighting grinds on in Russia, with Reds pushing toward Krivoi Rog and Leningrad rail lines disrupted. Stockpiles of strategic metals appear sufficient as recovery corporations dissolve and metal stocks are reported ready for use.
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War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
Germany
Japan
Wilson
Siy
Pacific Theater
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Navy
Marines
Hershey
War Manpower Commission
Russia
Ukraine
Kiev
Krivoi Rog
Kilev
Leningrad
Steel Recovery Corporation
Copper Recovery Corporation
Aluminum Organization
Secret Service
Casablanca
Brazil
West Africa
Atlantic
War rhetoric and unity amid global conflict
A wartime column contrasts pro and antiwar voices while praising Allied resolve. It flags fascist danger, highlights Pacific battles, and urges unity across races and nations. It condemns isolationists and extols postwar planning, rationing defense, and international cooperation as paths to lasting peace.
Big Nations Look to Include Small States in UN Council
The article notes President Roosevelt supports greater participation for small nations in UN councils and shifting council meetings to Washington. It cites Brazil and Mexico as strategically vital, and discusses plans to involve smaller nations in a future organizational setup with a Washington headquarters.
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United Nations
Roosevelt
London
Washington
Germany
Brazil
Mexico
North Africa
Moscow
Sumner Welles
Churchill
Great Britain
Russia
United States
China
Hull
Stalin
Suitor who seeks wife at 95 vows again in St Louis
A 95-year-old war worker in St. Louis says he will marry again after the war, having already been married five times. A human-interest note highlights his plan for a new life despite age.
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St. Louis
Navy pounds Gilbert Marshalls in Pacific campaign
Southwest Pacific operations press the Marshalls with carrier air strikes and heavy gunfire from offshore ships. The action targets air bases on the Gilberts and Marshalls, key to Allied supply lines and movement toward the South Pacific theater. The Navy mourns the loss of No. 1 ace Edward O'Hare, missing in action after his Coral Sea heroics.
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Rome
Doughboys
Mark Clark
Fifth
Cassino
Adriatic
Hernard Montgomery
Pescara
Clark
Gilbert Islands
U.S. Navy
Marshalls
Australasia
Gilberts
U. S
Navy
Meat Supplies: More to Civilians in Wartime Plan
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics outlines a plan to boost civilian meat supplies amid shortages. Pigsheds face a smaller 1944 spring crop outside the corn belt, while western cattle inventories remain stable but with fewer long term stock. The OPA cuts ration values for meat and the War Food Administration eases farm slaughtered pork deliveries as services gain a larger share of beef production through utility grades.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
BAE
Bar
OPA
War Food Administration
General Quiz prompts on history and places
The questions cover a gold alloy with nickel and zinc, a mutineers island from the Bounty, a native of Ireland, Odysseus, Venice as the Bride of the Sea, and the chief justice at Andrew Johnsons impeachment trial.
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Bounty
Penelope
Italy
Andrew Johnson
Answers Quiz Pack Prompt Questions
A list of quiz items including White gold Pitcairn Ireland Odysseus Venice and Salmon P. Chase. The sequence names figures and places span geography history and literature with diverse associations.
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Pitcairn
Ireland
Odysseus
Ulysses
Venice
Salmon P. Chase
X Males and Marines Aged Tales of Camel Cards
Story traces the Marine cap X badge origin from 150 years ago signaling not to shoot at Marines in rigging. It notes Camel cigarettes as preferred by Marines Navy and Army, praised for staying fresh in jungle and desert campaigns. Christmas Camel gift cartons marketed for mailing.
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Uncle Sam
U. S
Sore
Marines
Navy
Guadalcanal
Adv
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Wisconsin
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Broz
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Drago Mihailovitch
Tito Broz
King Peter
Peter
Britain
Mihailowitch
Pacific
Tarawa
America
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Argentina
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Berlin
Hitler
Wendell Willkie
Mr. W
H. F. Armstrong
Ieee
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State Department
Foreign Service
Howland Shaw
Alexander Schnee
Commerce Department
Buenos Aires
Fred H. Awalt
Sidney Baron
Julia Bull
Red Cross
Switzerland
Holland
Southwest Pacific
Pound Marshalls
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Nandolph St
Chicago U
Nam Arie
Fred Allen
Angaies
Werner
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