Hedgerow Fighting in Normandy and Global War Updates
The report surveys hedgerow battles in Normandy with German defenses slowing Allied advance. It notes Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Sr. dying on the Normandy front and highlights Allied air strikes on German supply lines, plus Soviet and Allied pressure on Axis forces from the Baltic to northern Italy as battles shift across Europe.
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Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Strong Concentraten Ee
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Sr
Teddy
Normandy Battlefront
4Th Infantry Division
Caen
France
U. S
Russia
Germany
Italy
East Prussian
Reich
Fourth Term FDR Willing If People Demand
One week before the Democratic convention in Chicago, Franklin D Roosevelt told about 200 newspaper men he would accept a fourth term as president if the people decree it. He framed the move as serving a speedy war end, a durable peace, and a strong economy, saying he would be a "good soldier" at the helm if called again. British and Russian papers carried the front page news, while Berlin dismissed it as not changing wartime issues.
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Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S
Berlin
United States
Diplomacy Good Neighbors Hull Padilla Meet in 1943 Program
Secretary Hull and Mexican Foreign Minister Padilla led discussions on transport facilities for goods movement to Mexico and close economic cooperation in peace and war. The U.S. pledged to sustain shipments, provide technicians, and bolster Mexico’s railway system while discouraging trade barriers. Oil talks between the United States and Britain will focus on an international agency to market and develop world oil resources amid expected pipeline developments.
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Mexico
U. S
Cordell Hull
Ezequiel Padilla
Roosevelt
Camacho
Hull
Padilla
Britain
Beaverbrook
Arabia
Mediterranean
Cordel Hull
Lord Beaverbrook
Fashion Returns to Grandmothers Day Bustle Revival
A faint nod to old fashioned bustle reappears in New York fashion shows as subtle bulges and ruffles move center back on after mid gown and cocktail suits. Cocoa bean imports from Africa and a Brazilian crop boost cocoa product makers who can resume full production after scaling back.
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New York
Qcocoa
Africa
Bumper Crops Expected Across U S Farms in 1944
Agriculture department reports bolstered by overcoming machinery and power issues. US farmers predicted bumper yields with wheat at 1 128 000 000 bushels, up 119 000 000 from 1915, corn near 2 080 000 000 bushels, hay fruits vegetables and soybeans near record levels. Acreage for 52 principal crops set at 265 000 000, largest since 1932, up 2 percent from last year.
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Department ‘of Agriculture
U. S
Unloading Trouble Hits Wheat Shipment Network
War time manpower problems hinder grain car unloading and wheat shipments from 11 southwest points. Some 22,000,000 bushels lie in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas with Colorado, delaying moves to about six months instead of 0 to 90 days. Bad weather spares fields from spoilage though large crops strain rail capacity.
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Southwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Draft Depends on War Induction of Over 80 Group
Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey said future inductions hinge on the war’s course. He cited plans to draft all able bodied men under 26 and those 20 to 28 not vital to essential industries, noting 4 4 2 7 0 0 four 4 F s and that one third of Americans are unfit. He urged public clinics with private doctors to boost civilian health while keeping current army size.
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Selective Service
Lewis Hershey
U. S
Hershey
Population: Big Shifts Across U S Regions
The War Food administration reserves turkeys for army and navy needs as migrations from 1840 to 1843 shift population, with the south and west gaining over 4 million while the north central and northeast lose about 3 million. Arizona Florida Nevada California see 20 percent rises. New York has the largest numerical drop.
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U. S
South and West
North-Central
Arizona
Florida
Nevada
California
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
New York
War Food Administration
Army
Navy
Cooperation With Mexico Boost to Agriculture
Washington column reviews the United States Mexico cooperative program in agriculture. It cites the US Mexico commission and Inter American Conference on Agriculture, noting pest control projects against the pink bollworm and Mexican fruit fly, training of Mexican agronomists, and shared funding without new appropriations, underscoring durable peace time cooperation.
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WNDU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Washington
Mexico City
United States- Mexican Commission
Department of Agriculture
United States
Mexico
Senor Marte Gomez
Wickard
Americas
Messerschmidt
Congress
Egypt
Atlantic
Nile
Rio Grande
Laguna
Texas
Monterey
Panama
Gomez
California
P. M. Amlee
Bureau of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Reconversion Senate snarls delay peacetime work plan
The piece discusses the reconversion struggle in Congress, criticizing Baruch Hancock and the Baruch plan as favoring capital over jobs, and praising Kilgore's bill for full production and employment within private enterprise. It notes maneuvers by Murray, George, Hancock, and Baruch, plus a race to move the bill to the education and labor committee. It also adds wartime intelligence notes on Hitler and a political piece on Costigan and Randelpy launching campaigns.
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Washington
D. C
ENARL
Senate
America
Harley Kilgore
West Virginia
Kilgore
Progressive Committee On Education and Labor
Sen
Ebbert Thomas
Utah
Jimemy Byrnes
Bernie Baruch
Wall Street
John Hancock
Military Affairs Committee
Robert R. Heynolds
North Carolina
Lehman Brothers
Montana
Murray
George
Hancock
Baruch
Public Health Act launches tuberculosis control effort
Brief items report the Public Health Service act signing on July 3 launching a national tuberculosis control program. The Vichy radio seeks English proficient applicants. In East Asia, the Japanese Dome agency notes Germany’s weakness in Europe as mysterious. Romania plans 500 delousing stations to combat typhus.
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Public Health Service Act
East Asia
Germany
Europe
Romania
Knit Rag Rug Step by Step From Sewing Book 4
Quick method to transform garments into decorative rugs using rag strips three quarters inch wide. Start with an oval center, cast on four stitches, increase to four inches deep, knit ten more inches, then bind to four stitches. Add color bands, crochet around edges, and follow dimensions in the diagram. Send 16 cents for Book 4 copies.
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Pacific
New Guinea
Guam
Saipan
Frederick D. Smith
East Port Chester
Capan
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Great Britain
England
Ministry of Labor
London
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Howard Costigan
Washington Commonwealth Federation
West Coast
Party For the Pacific
Jennings Randelpy
Bankhage
Vichy
Lon
ARK Rose AE Dium
Ruth Wyeth Spears Bedford Wille
Iivesee
Amazon Valley
Toa
Begoodrich
Lydia
Fegan Pius
Inkham
Lydia E.pinkham
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