Furious Tank Battles Rage in Russia Bulge Encirclement
Allied news analysis reports German offensives seeking to encircle the Red Army in the central front bulge near Belgorod with tanks and air power. Russians admit early gains as German forces concentrate strength and push toward cutting off divisions while new 60 ton tanks appear in action. Biased analysis notes extended bulge 85 miles west and persistent blitzkrieg tactics.
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Russia
Red Army
Bulge
Belgorod
Kreig
Congress Adjourns for Summer Recess Amid Reforms
The 78th Congress closed for a summer recess after civil reforms and wartime policy actions. Pay as you go budgeting was enacted, about 130 billion dollars was appropriated, lend lease and trade authority renewed, and 2 billion dollars authorized to stabilize currencies. Roosevelt's wartime salary cap was repealed amid coal miner strikes, with anti strike legislation passed over a veto. Crop policy moves included support for Commodity Credit Corporation while crop insurance was abolished.
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Roosevelt
78Th Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agricultural Department
Senate
Pacific Advance Continues in Southwest Pacific Warfront
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's offensive presses the Solomons and New Guinea as American forces threaten Munda on New Georgia and Salamaua from three sides. Eight Japanese warships were reported sunk in Kala gulf as U S naval fire cleared the area. Allied landings aimed to edge closer to Rabaul, while air campaigns bombarded Japanese troops south of Salamaua.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Munda
Solomons
Salamaua
New Guinea
Kala Gulf
U. S
New Georgia Island
Rabaul
Salaniaua
FARM INCOME UP BY 2 BILLION IN 1943 FIVE MONTHS
Farm income for the first five months of 1943 rose two billion dollars from a year earlier, totaling 6.788 billion. Marketing supplied 6.412 billion and government payments 376 million. The gain was led by oil crops, tobacco, poultry and eggs with across the board improvements in all commodity groups. The April to May rise lagged the usual seasonal pace amid strong year round food demand.
MUNITIONS: Need Great Quantities
Donald Nelson told the Canadian club that Allied output is sustaining massive war needs. Since the war began the U S and Canada have built 115000 aircraft, with capacity rising to 112000 yearly, and produced 175000 large caliber guns, 1500000 machine guns, 6000000 rifles, and about 25 billion rounds of small arms ammunition. They have built 6000 tanks, 1660000 trucks, and nearly 70000 scout and combat cars, with merchant shipping at 20 million tons and production at 22 million tons per year.
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U. S
Canada
Donald Nelson
Canadian Club
Nelson
Mediterranean Europe Tense Ahead of Allied Actions
Allied air activity grips the Mediterranean with raids on Axis bases near Athens and Crete probes while American and British forces mass over 1,000,000 tons of shipping in North Africa. Axis fighters appear to respond as Allied bombing of Sicily continues.
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Mediterranean
North Africa
Near East
Aegean
Grecian
Athens
Crete
Yaly
Highlights of this week’s news events
Mail order firms Montgomery Ward and Sears show larger June gales than 1942. ESIP BUILDERS union reps claim 1.1 million shipyard workers seek the biggest wage adjustment in War Labor board history. WWE CREAM shortages hit ice cream and candy this summer due to corn syrup and corn sugar limits. STRIKE 100 railroad workers walkout threatens Utah Copper Bingham Canyon mine operations.
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Montgomery Ward
Sears and Roebuck
Esip Builders
War Labor Board
Bingham Canyon
Utah Copper Company
Hog Marketing Heavy Despite Shifts in Slaughter
Hog slaughter rose 26 percent from last year as output kept pace with 1942 levels. Pork production gained 40 percent, while cattle slaughter and related products fell 40 percent. Calf butchering dropped 28 percent, lowering overall meat output by about 38 percent. sheep and lamb slaughter declined with sharper declines in production.
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War Meat Board
Cate
Giraud Welcomed in Capital as De Gaulle Backed
General Giraud was received by President Roosevelt in Washington signaling Allied backing of the French National Committee. Martinique reports 15,000 rioters show support for De Gaulle and Giraud, prompting talks of severing ties with Vichy and joining the provisional government. A military commander was appointed there, and a secret document was cited showing De Gaulle followers pledge to keep him in power after the war.
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Martinique
Charles DeGaulle
Henri Giraud
Washington
Roosevelt
French National Committee
Vichy
DeGaulle
Fontana Kaiser steel mill opens on 1350 acre site
A giant Fontana California steel mill project by Henry J. Kaiser sprawls across 1350 acres with 60,000 hogs once grazing the plains. The plant features blue tinted concrete and steel structures, 314 miles of conveyors, two banks of 45 coke ovens feeding a 97 foot blast furnace, and a forthcoming 1100 by 200 foot rolling mill, built with RFC funds in cooperation with United States Bethlehem and Republic Steel.
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Calif
Rocky Mountains
Henry J. Kaiser
Utah
California
United States
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
RFC
Stockings and Salmon Prices in War Era Policy Move
War Production Board allows spinning of 100 dernier rayon yarn to keep full fashioned hosiery in production and increases stocking length by 114 inches for acetate rayon to improve wear. Office of Price Administration rolls back six cents on Alaska Chinook salmon and sets maximum price ceilings on Alaska King, Coho, Pink and Puget Sound sockeye salmon.
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America
War Production Board
WPB
Alaska
Office of Price Administration
Puget Sound
Britain Faces Heavy Tax Burden and War Debt
Sir Kingsley Wood said taxes claimed 40 percent of private England income last year with over 12 million on the tax rolls, 10 million in lower brackets. Britain’s debt now nears 70 billion dollars, and the government has lent 780 million to Allied governments, excluding lend-lease aid.
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House of Commons
Sir Kingsley Wood
Great Britain
England
Sir Kingsley
Alabama law requires syphilis blood tests for residents
Gov Chauncey Sparks signed a bill mandating blood tests for syphilis for every Alabama resident aged 14 to 50. The law allocates up to 75000 dollars annually and calls for county wide testing under the state health department.
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Alabama
United States
Chauncey Sparks
State Health Department
Gas-less auto race in Brazil excites American readers
Washington dispatch notes a Brazil race where 32 cars used charcoal gasogens instead of gasoline. Units sell for about 200 dollars, yielding up to a thousand horsepower, with Brazil nearly petroleum-free.
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Washington, D. C
Brazil
Santos
Sao Paulo
Peas and beans scare Ima Dodo in wartime satire
In a wartime style piece, Ima Dodo hysterically fears legal trouble after admitting she sprayed a pea and bean field with a chemical. The dialogue dramatizes regulatory detail on spray use tied to WPB orders, then shifts to lighter items about German meat cuts, an Axis prisoner song, Alaska gold panning, and home front commentary by Morgenthau and Luce.
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Ima
Dodo
OPA
WPB
Hollywood lifestyle and film era reflections
In a period voice the text muses on Hollywood life as a social ideal and movie portrayals of happiness. It contrasts modern work culture with nostalgic images of teamwork, past farming scenes, and summer worries about fashion and appearances.
Pictorial notes mix humor grim world war reflections
Margaret Bourke-White, back from photographing statesmen, notes autographed bill by torpedoed people. On a Mediterranean troop ship homeward from the colonies, about 200 British women are saved by warships. The column shares wartime vignettes and jokes from Fort Custer to Broadway, including Ingrid Bergman on Time cover and Hollywood gossip about lovers and secrecy.
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Margaret Bourke-White
Eisenhower
Marshall
Churchill
Margaret
la White
Mediterranean
England
Army finds smoking boosts mess table appetite for soldiers
The Quartermaster's Department reports meals improve with cigarette smoking at the mess. Food consumption rose about five percent when smoking allowed. Camel cigarettes emerge as the favorite across Army Navy and Marine branches. Service stores show Camels top selling brands for personnel gifts from home.
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Quartersmaster
Army
Johny
Quartermaster's Department
Uncle Sam
Saleg
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