Germans Counterattack Slows Allied Rhine Breakthrough
German forces launch extensive counterattacks along the Siegfried line as Allied armies push toward the Rhine industrial belt. British General Miles Dempsey and American General Patton lead forces in Holland and the Saar basin, with Hodges near Cologne and Clark advancing in Italy. OWI notes Japan could require 1½ to 2 years after Germany’s defeat to win, despite overwhelming U.S. air power and naval pressure.
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Europe
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Miles Dempsey
Holland
George S. Patton
Patton
Saar
Courtney Hodges
Aachen
Cologne
Italy
Great
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Germany
Latvia
East Prussia
Hungary
Allied Plans and Wartime Controls Postwar Germany
Allied postwar plans aimed to preserve Germanys industrial base under supervision while Morgenthau proposed stripping Germany to an agricultural base. Hull and Stimson argued Germany remains essential for European industry and trade. Plans sought control of strategic materials and possible factory eliminations to curb arms production. Butter shortages tighten supplies as OPA raises point value and digits warn of months ahead. Ford officials envision large scale affordable car production, with details pending and aimed at wartime family use.
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Morgenthau
Germany
Allied
Reich
Hull
Stimson
Europe
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Henry Ford
Tavarigan
Price Control: Byrnes Calls for Stay Until Victory in Pacific
War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes defended price and wage controls to prevent inflation and shortages. He cited BLS data showing 26 percent overall rise since January 1941, with farm income up 81 percent and average weekly pay up 61 percent. Labor unions pressed to revise the stabilization formula, while CIO and AFL leaders urged a quick wage settlement.
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Pacific
James F. Byres
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Byynes
Byrnes
Organized Labor
War Labor Board
CIO
Philip Murray
WLB
Lying Costa
AFL
Early Start Delights Los Angeles Parents
Six week old Evelyn Walls astonishes her parents by standing, lifting herself on her tummy, and taking three steps with her mother’s help in a remarkable early milestone. Evelyn’s progress brings joy to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walls of Los Angeles California.
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Joseph Walls
Los Angeles
Calif
Evelyn
Army to Release 1,000,000 Surplus Radio Tubes
Surplus 12SA7 and 1248 tubes fetch high black market prices with up to ten requests noted. The army plans to reassign and test the 1,000,000 surplus tubes for civilian use on an equitable basis, but production in July reached 1,754,000 units and the supply remains tight. Civilian availability hinges on Germany’s defeat and a potential cutback in military orders as front line communications demand persists.
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Germany
Food stocks to be disposed orderly after war ends
War Food Administration officials said surpluses will be sold first to suppliers who provided products to the government, with other firms given second choice. Lee Marshall emphasized maintaining war reserves and no separate postwar stockpile. Meanwhile a Northwestern National Life survey found seven of ten women war workers plan to stay in industry after hostilities cease, with two-thirds of married and four-fifths of single women intending to continue work.
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War Food Administration
U. S
WFA
Lee’ Marshall
Marshal
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
White House
Europe
Roosevelt
China
Donald Nelson
WFB
Nelson
Nou
War Production Board
WPB
British Flier Hero Survives Eight Days in Wrecked Plane
Ernie Pyle recounts RAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Gordon Pallis Lee's eight days trapped in a wrecked plane in France. Rescued, he endured gangrene, leg injuries, and burns, then evacuated to England for long hospital care. He shows optimism, hopes to walk with a limp, and longs to return home for Christmas to Clare Margaret and family.
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London
Clothes rationing averted by WPB plan and postwar outlook
A Washington report credits Irwin Wolf and WPB head Donald Nelson with steering a simple order that limited retailers to previous year stock, averting clothes rationing. The piece also surveys postwar spending, savings, and economic adjustments after V-Day, noting wage cuts, bond cashing, and policy shifts under Nelson, Jones, Maverick, and Roosevelt.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Irwin Wolf
Wolf
WPB
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Joseph Weiner
John Davidson
Hart Reed
U. S
Quick Home Tips and Odd Kitchen Uses
The piece lists improvised uses for common items from a funnel as an apple cover to turning a bread sack for reheating bread. It suggests turning strips of raw turnips with salt, adding ginger snaps to pan juices for roast flavor, and using a goldfish bowl to reduce splatter. It also offers a quirky tip about encouraging a child to wash by giving an old shaving brush, and urges wax coating on a metal wastebasket to stop rust.
Rescue of Flier 4s Recalled During Air Mission
Pyle recalls events on the stretcher as metal splint is secured to a wounded leg. A canteen bath cools the pilot’s head while a soldier lights a cigarette. The morphine keeps him groggy but awake as the cigarette burns toward his fingers and an officer fears a burn. The pilot finally takes another puff.
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Leutenant
America
States
Clewiston
Fln
América
Pyle
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Robert Gordon Pallis Lee
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Surrey
Ernle Pyle
Jesse Jones
Maury Maverick
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Sonny Boy
John J. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Co
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