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New Frontt Front I t ( With WJth U S and French troopsstorminf troopsstorming troops tonnlne storminf storming : Inland 1n1and In outhern southern France Francethe , , the Allies were developing a huge hugepincer hugepincer hugepincer pincer In that embattled country tosqueeze tosqueeze to queeze squeeze In the Germans Germans1 GermansI Germanst I t Even as the new Allied AWed invasion invasionarmada invasionarmada Invasionarmada armada swept ashorg ashore ashor betweel betweelTou between ! Tou TouIon Touion TouIon Ion and Nice it tt ti S and British Britishtroops Britishtroops Britishtroops troops de cleared . red redhe \he he the \ , ( he Germans from fromthQ fromth0 fromIhe thQ th0 northeast corner eorner of Franl Frame Framewith Francewith ! with doughboys advancing within 40 40miles 40miles 40miles miles of 01 Paris Parll ParisAlthough ParisAltbobgh Altbobgh AUbobeh Although not Dot conducted on onthe onthe onthe the scale e of ' D-da D da D-day D day - - , . eperatlons perations operationsthe . , the iavacloa invasion of southern louthern France Francewall Francewas Francewas wall was a gigantic el'8ntlo el8ntlo ' undertakln undertaking undertakingwith . , with no DO Icsa leslI less than 800 warships warshipsfrom warshipsfrom warshipsfrom from the ( he U 8 S , British and andCanadian andCanadian andCanadian Canadian navies aopportlnr IIDpportin supporting . th the thelandings thelandings " landings Aa As U 8 S dODl'hbo.s dODlhbo.s dODlhbos doughboys dODl'hbo.sand doughboysand doDgbboysand ' , . and French Freneb polios poilus spilled onto ontothe ontothe ontothe the beaches , paratroopers and andelide andgilder andglider elide gilder . - borne troops were weredropped weredropped weredropped dropped far Inland to paralyae paralyse paralyaeenemy paralyseenemy paralyzeenemy enemy defenses delenses , and communi commnni communications commnnioattons communications cations oattons In the rear rearFirst rearFirst First sporadic enemy resistance resistancegradually resistancegradually resistancegradually gradually stiffened stillened stilTened as the Nazis Nazisovercame Nazisovercame Nazisovercame overcame the shock of the attack attackand attackand attackand and shifted shilted troops and artillery into intothe Intothe Intothe the endangered zones Because theterrain the theterrain theterrain terrain In this sector lector is II rugged andmountainous and andmountainous andmountainous mountainous the enemy was expected ex expected expected pected to base his defense delense on nat nat- natural na natural t- t - tural - ural uralobstacles obstacles obstaclesAlthough obstaclesAlthough obstaclesAlthough Although suffering suflering a major defeatin deleat defeat deleatin defeatIn in northeastern France Nazi General Gen Genera General era eral 1 von Kluge aucceeded succeeded in pullingthe pulling pullingthe pullingthe the blgge biggest . bulk of 01 his forces out ofthe 01 of 01the ofthe the huge trap tap ap the Allies AllJea had formedwith formed formedwith formedwith with the British and Canadiansbearing CanadJans Canadians CanadJansbearlna Canadiansbearing bearlna bearing southward from below Caenand Caen Caenand Caenand and the Americans AmericanJI Americana pressing preaslng east east- eastward eastward eastward - - ward from Mortain Mortaln and northwardfrom nortbward northward nortbwardffom northwardfrom ffom from Le ManaEven Mans Mana Man MansEven . Even though thouah von Kluge did extrlcute extrl extrlcate extrlcate cate cute : the built bulk ot 01 of his forces Allied Alliedannor Alliedarmor AUledarmor annor armor took a . bi big . toll toil of hi his hisdesperate hisdesperate . desperate rearguard rearauard unit unite unitt ! . wblle while wblleU whileU whileU U S and British airmen whose whoseroarm whoseroaring whoseroaring roarm roaring . aircraft dominated dOtnlnated the theakles theaides theskies akles aides shot up the Ion long . col columns m In mretreat Inretreat Inretreat InretreatRuss retreat . . Ru Russ & & Slowed SlowedAs As AI the Russian Rua.Jan RuaJan . advance rolled Ioto Into IotoEast IntoEast intoEast East Prussia Prossla and 01- 01 oM- oM oMq " o * - * ' 01t - _ M * q t toWM1 W to & t WM1 _ "MI MI " nto * # l ClQrm'Wlt ClQrmWlt $ Germany OtT11lity ' 16@t HseU if . @ 1f . , Maid NAAi ul ftlIist'mc petistItnC resist ftlIist petist resistnet ! 'mc mc ItnC ' net ! sliftenjed aUfttU1.ld aUfttU1ld tti1Yened . with the Reds tteds punch punchIng punchtag punchIng Ing tag hard bard for tot .Ml'1er .Ml1er Ml1er shtlrter . kh ) ' rter cainsTo gainsTo gains cains gainsTo To the north fiortb turth ( 200,006 200006 100.000 100000 200,000 200000 . , , Gettti Gertllau Gertllautroops Germantroops " trooptJ troops lh hi " ' Estonia Lrstonia stonia end 8JJd and Latvia Latvl LstvIA , - = cut rut ut ttl ott ttlfrom ottfrom ) pttfrom from Nail Nul toroea foroes forms In East E6at Iprussiaought p tUs&la tUsla tUs&lafought seta setafought & fought ( bitterly to ward war'c warc ' bff hll bH Russian Russianattempts Russianattempts Russianattempts attempts to outflank Q\JUlank Q JUlank \ them Uiem . and corn cornpel cornpal cornpel pel pal their surrender or push them theminto theminto themInto into the Baltic seaIn seaIn sea seaIn In the hard fighting around East EastPrussia EastPrussia EastPrussia Prussia the Russ were pressing on onthe onthe onthe the province trontally frontally from the east eastand eastand eastand and on the flank from the southeast southeastWith southeastWith southeastWith With the Russians 75 miles away awayfrom awayfrom awayfrom from central Germany to the south southr southrthe souththe . ' , ? the Nazis threw In strong tank and andinfantry andInfantry andInfantry infantry counter attacks in an at attempt attempt attempt tempt to atop stop the Red steam rollerGERMANY roller rollerGERMANYDrain GERMANY GERMANYDrain Drum Drain Manpouer Man/wHer Man wHer 1tlanpouer ManpouerWith 1tlanpouerWith / With German propagandists crying cry cryIng crying Ing tor for three more months time tobuild to tobwld tobuild bwld build up the r sagging armiesReichs armies armiesRelchs armiesReich Relchs Reich . Mobll Mobil zer Paul Goebbel Goebbels * pro pro- proceeded proceeded proseeded - ceeded seeded to drain the last drop ofavailable of ofavailable ofavailable available manp mane wer nnd and bolstercivilian bolster bolstercivilian bolstercivilian civilian economy by hy extensive use ofwomen 01 of 01women ofwomen women li 11 ii i i industry mdustry industryAccording industryAccording According Accordin < to rrllable rt'liable rtliable reliable ' Swissreport Swiss 8wlss Swissreporta 8wlssreports reporta reports * about 80 110 Nazi Nad : divisionsor divisions or roughly roucbly 1 200 ZOO Yoe 000 men trillcomplete wID will wIDcomplete willcomplete complete training iralnln & , &ad ad and & be readyfor ready readyfor readyfor for action by the end endof of Octo Octo- Otto- Otto Ottoher October October - - ber her while another 30 divisionsor divisions divlsfon . or . 450,000 450000 .50,000 .50000 50000 , men from this year II s sdraft IIdraft sdraft draft . , will not nol be available availablebefore availablebefore availablebefore before 1945 1&15 115 1&15In 1945In 1945In & In moblllzinK mobilizing mobiUzln every available availableman availableman availableman man man . , , technicalworkers technical workers railway and andpo.tal andpostal andpostal po.tal potal postal . emplayees empi cmpl empl yees 'fees fees ayees > ' movie picture picturepeople picturepeople picturepeople people were among those called FEWEB FEWER FFEUER8 FFEDERS FFEDEItS The number numberof of cattle on feed in II 11 midwesterntaws midwesternstates midwestern states _ tates taws as 81 of August 1 declined 41 41per 41per 41per per cent cenl ; from the same date 01 of of1843 1943 There were ' 700 100 000 fewf'f fewff fewer ( ewer ' reed feed reedera feeden teeders era en one of 01 the sharpest reductions reductionsIn In the history ol 01 of the corn toro belt TheWreau TheEureau The Thebureau -bureau bureau Wreau Eureau - of agriculturaleconomics agricultural conomics 'conomlcs conomlcs economics 'conomlcswhicb economicswhich ' conomicswhich which whicb released the tbe repirt rep.rt reprt report ( . addedthat addedthat added ' that tne tile the number of 01 feeder lel-der lel der - co cattleIs cattle cattlelj ttle ttleII lj II Is tbaimallest Uur'Smal1est UurSmal1est ibamallest ' cince dnce since August , . , 1037 1937 CIVILIAN GOODS : Permit Production ProductionWith ' With objections of ot the mUitary military mUitarycbJeltall1s militarychieftain militarychieftains cbJeltall1s chieftain . overcome , the War Pro Pro- Production Production Production - duction board pennltt permitted d the out output outputof outputof ut 01 of hundreds of 01 It items m . at of clvl civilian civiliangoods : civiliangoods an anIfooda Ifooda goods by manufacturers manufactut'ers manufactuters manufacturer ' ! With sur surpJu surplus surplus pJu plus . taclUtles faclUtleIJ facijitle4 ind,1l9l ind1l9l hn5 ( and . . .labor labor . ! pt41 , ; ai as ci Ul the thefourth thafourth . fourth ttep step In th Ih t ! Its tg pr pxofiftim glaanf m Dt of Dtgradl ofgradual mgradit&l mgraditl gradual gradl & & hconvers teconvers reconvers : Qn gn . n . Previous PreviousI previoustt : PreviousatSpa I tt ' pa s Included IDcluded use ofttueh of such Iuch ttueh $ tormer former tormercrUical formercritical formercritical crUical critical material a as , $ magnesiuml magnesium magnesiumlcon.truction magnesiumconstruction ) I tormerI con.truction contruction construction . of postwar working workingmodels workingmodel workingmodels models model . and permission permisslor4 permlssl , to ordermach1ne ordermachlffe order , machine mach1ne machlffe tools ordert t Under the latest lateAt atep 8te91 step , manufac manufsc manufacturers manufscturera manufacturers turers turera In position poalUon to lo resume civilian civilianproduction civilianproduction civilianproduction production willobtain will obtain priority rat- rat ratIng ratings rat-tngn rat tngn - - - Ing ings . tot for mateclal mateialrr matetlal { > It If the they " turn out outsuch outsuch outsuch such essential sstntlDl : goods as aa vacuum vacuumleaners vacuumtteaners vacuumtTcaners \-leaners leaners tteaners \ - electric ranges , heatlna heating heatlnastoves heatingstoves heatingstoves stoves pails palls and buckets InBecU insects InBecUclde insectselde ineecticide clde elde spray guns electric flat ftat Irons Ironsstorage ironsstorage ironsstorage storage batteries farm machinery machineryexcept machineryexcept machineryexcept except tractors tire jacks jacka , . gauges gaugesand gaugesand gaugesand and pumps alarm clock clocks . , copper copperanimal copperanimal copperanimal animal traps and cages , and water waterstorage waterstorage waterstorage storage tanks tor for agricultural usesDespite uses usesDespite Despite the WPB WPit order , how however however however ever . , Production Czar DODald Donald DODaldNelsoD DonaldNelson DonaldNelson NelsoD Nelson warped warned For the time timebe timebeing timebeing be being IDe It la Is le not anticipated that thataDY thatany thatany aDY any large larare Increases In produc produc- produo- produo production production produolion - - tion lion will be possible . " " DROUTHHeavy DROUTH Heavy Rains RamlfJ NeededWith J\ J Jceded Needed \ ceded cededWith With the prolongation prulonga tlon of thedrouth thedrouth the thedrouth drouth and hot burning weather weatherheavy weatherheavy heavy rainfall rainlall was needed throughout througb through througbout throughout out wide areas areaa east of the Mississippi Mlasis Missis Mlasisslppl Mississippi slppl sippi stretching clear to the Atlanticocean Atlantic Atlanticocean Atlanticocean ocean to save corn soybean andgarden and andgarden andgarden garden acreage and andnourish nourish searedpasturage searedpasturageWhile seared searedpasturage searedpasturage pasturage pasturageWhile While areas areos west of 01 the Missis Mississlppl Mississippf Mississippi slppl sippf river riverand river and in the soutft south bene beneftted beneSited beneflted ftted Sited from tram adequa adequate te gam , rainfall.drouth rainfalldrouth , iQtall all . . , drouth stricken Illinois Indl8tQa Indloyna Indl8tQaand Indloynaand Indlo naand and Ohio reportedly suffered sufefed a 10s loss lossof lossof . of 83,000000 83000000 83,000 83000 , 000 bushels of corn com , with withObJo withOhio withOhio ObJo Ohio stagwith 011 one one $ of 01 the hardest hardppt hardQ t hit stag ' staticwith G ' ' with yields 71elda of the grain giViin g ln su suofT sumMfoff " , 011 ofT 60 50 per cent al\ al althe and and ' \ " the PQ Pa Padly PQulyalmost ? -ulyalmost ulyalmost - d17 dly dlyalmost almost a total ta tw.s tws tpps . t a a ilcl Be Be0 r - . -0 0 ) 0 ' crop CmD croptng CmDing " " 'P P 'PneaKdlp ' tng ing tat'nYIIJ tatnYIIJ } " se ot of wilt4i.R@d wilt pasturiJ pastuur0 ? _ artttyr ' " ' " comttotf neaKdlp to 1 " " ' dip tplii tpliia "V V thelr a . were com coo -ttotf ttotf 4i.R@d 4i.Rd , - . @ to their dwlndllna dwindling lndirgeed teed dwlndllnateed dwindlingteed ( reserved reservedto reserve . . , LO to supply livestock livestockIn In New " " 'ork ork ' ork o only y a ? half an ? ? inch inchof incho1 of o1 raU.u raUu rainP rainPin ralar . ; . u m in jyiy July retarded growth growthAnd growthalt growth"O growthO growth"O.azed And alt " , . 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