Allied Pushes Across Cherbourg Front in World War II
U S Doughboys near Cherbourg press through German defenses as harbor facilities are destroyed. Allied bombers hit Nazi positions while Calais rocket sites endure heavy air raids. In the east, Soviet forces strike the northern bulge as Italians and other Allies advance, aiming toward Warsaw and Berlin while German forces retreat to new lines.
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U. S
Cherbourge
Cotentin
Britain
von Rundstedt
Cherbourg
Calais
England
London
Une
Finland
Warsaw
Berlin
Italy
Bill of Rights for World War II veterans outlined
The bill guarantees unemployment pay of 20 dollars a week for 52 weeks in the first two postwar years, tuition and subsistence aid, loan guarantees up to 2000 dollars at 4 percent interest with 20 year terms, and up to half a billion dollars for veterans hospital facilities. It also details education aid, farm and home loan support, and dependents’ assistance as part of postwar relief.
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Veterans' Administration
War Prisoners Strike Over Beet Field Pay Change
German war prisoners near Scotts Bluff Nebraska refused to work in beet fields after pay was altered from 80 cents per day to 80 cents per quarter acre. Lt Col Clyde Dempster warned disciplinary action if they continued. Employment: Commerce reports a monthly decline of 100,000 war plant workers since year start with overall factory employment downward and nonwar jobs holding steady.
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O.W
Scotts Blut
Neb
Clyde Dempster
Euilee
Department of Commerce
Congress budget trims below one hundred billion
For the first time since wartime began, congressional appropriations drop under 100 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1. Chairman Cannon estimates about 60 billion for the year, including roughly 54 billion for debt financing and war needs. Surplus army trucks will aid farmers, allocated by county AAA offices, sold at or below OPA ceilings through regional procurement after certification.
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Congressional
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Pearl Harbor
Congress
AAA
U. S. Treasury
Surplus Goods Overseas Disposal Policy Debated
A government advisory committee urges disposing surplus overseas in foreign markets to realize higher profits while aiding postwar recovery. It favors sales with conditions that foreign buyers purchase new U S equipment and argues restoration of devastated countries speeds relief. The War Production Board splits over restoring civilian output and the impact on war contractor profits. Distillers face possible use of alternative grains for whisky due to War Food administration limits on corn use, even as farmers have supplied nearly 95 million bushels to the government with no diversion to alcohol.
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M. Lee Marshall
War Food
Administration
WEA
Marshall
Europe
U. S
War Production Board
WPSB
Donald Nelson
Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson Nelson
Wilson
War Food Administration
WFA
Robot Planes and German Morale in Wartime News
A wartime column reflects on a German remote controlled dirigible demonstration and the broader morale battle as Allied advances unfold in Europe and Pacific theaters. It notes German propaganda, fears of a third man spy, and reports from Berlin about rubble and morale, while highlighting concurrent Allied air actions against Japan.
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WNU Services
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Germany
Washington
Hitler
West Wall
Kuriles
Bénins
Hironito
Gestapo
Reich Air Ministry
London
Ita
Herr Goebbels
Japan
Court ruling limits patents aimed at past the future
The U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that patent rights should not be granted solely to handicap future inventors. A concurring judge warned the decision will prompt reexamination and readjustment of patent office practices, particularly in sub combination dating.
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Oma
U. S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Brief notes on wartime shortages and rumors
Briefs report 69 percent bankage unlikely to cross to Britain with Dover cliffs cited. A Nazi slave labor recruitment in occupied northern Italy targets unmarried women 18 to 80. Hungary and Balkans face feather shortages, Nazi bribes gas for feathers. A Japan train signal prompts regular seat changes as crowds move.
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Haly
Japan
Letter to a Lonely Mother in Wartime
A wartime letter to Mrs Ru from a journalist discusses sacrifice on Normandy beaches and in the Aleutians. It reflects on Kellogg’s peace pact and the slow path to preventing future wars, praising Kellogg, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Henry Stimson for pioneering peace efforts while noting isolationist and imperial pressures. It also shares reader mail about code names for intelligence offices and secrecy culture.
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Washington, D. C
Normandy
Aleutians
Kellogg
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Coolidge
Europe
Quai d'Orsay
Paris
le Havre
Count Uchida
Japan
League of Nations
United States
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Stimson
Henry L. Siimson
Undler Hoover
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Siberia
Russia
China
Manchuria
Hoover
Mr. Stimson
Dan T. Moore
Gordon Lange
Camp Grant
Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Cloak and Dagger Club
Cultivating Confidences and Electric Bills
A collection of quirky dialogue fragments and gossipy exchanges. A houseowner questions exorbitant electricity charges after a cook explains the fridge cools the entire kitchen, revealing small domestic anecdotes and conversational riffs.
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Last
Huria
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Tye
Yore
Aare
Pacific
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Marianas
Philippine Islands
U. S. Marine
Saipan Island
Adm
Raymond Spruance
Saipan
Senate
House
Spruance
Journal
de Geneve
Lokal An- Zeiger
High Command
National Geographic Society
Tokkio
National Geographic Bulletin
Tokio
Imperial Palace
Marunouchi
National Geographic
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Julius Caesar
Dover
Toa
Hungary
Balkan Countries
Lode
Jasper
Dad
Mr. Horner
Mrs. T
Mrs. Langly
Fannie
Sue
Cartie
PRM
Eeu Val Sistem
Ota Blin
King’s Heralds
ERNT
WMT
KMA
Hos
KGLO
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