Savage Japanese Punish Chinese After Tokyo Raid
Photographs from Kiangsi Province taken in October 1942 by Vincentian missionaries show villages burned and Chinese tortured as retaliation for the Tokyo raid. Three priests and five American Sisters of Charity sheltered in the hills while Japs targeted an airfield and railroad at Ying-tan. The eight missionaries fled China, reaching the United States five months later after witnessing the raid.
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China
Tokyo
Kiangsi
Sisters of Charity
Ying-tan
Jimmy Doolittle
United States
Paul Lloyd
Vincentian Foreign Missionary Society
Father Yager
Governments Urged To Be Responsible For Adequate Diets
A United Nations food conference urged governments to accept responsibility for improving diets of low income and undernourished people. The committee recommended social security, affordable protective foods, and targeted measures for pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and low wage groups. It warned postwar food problems must be solved before raising nutrition standards.
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Ovid A. Martin
Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
Youth Killed Near Old 101 Ranch
An unidentified youth about 18 was killed early Memorial Day near the Old 101 Ranch one mile north of the ranch on U S Highway 77. Ernest G Wiltse of Marland, the driver, said the youth appeared asleep in the road and he swerved to straddle what he first thought was a box.
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Ponca City
10 Ranch
U. S. Highway 77
Memorial Ay
Ernest G. Wiltse
Marland
Wiltse
Youth Found Dead After Vehicle Collision Mystery
A body found after a collision was dragged about 120 feet as the driver reported failing to stop. The unidentified victim had no papers on arrival. Police continue investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal incident.
Pen Has Sure Nuf Garden at Oklahoma Prison
P Warden Fred Hunt of the Oklahoma penitentiary reports the 450 acre Victory Garden is worth about 100000 for the state. He cites crops including English peas, green beans, cabbage, sweet corn, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, beets, onions, tomatoes and cucumbers. The garden has produced 23 tons of spinach and about 8000 cans of English peas. Rent it with a News Want Ad.
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Mcalester
Okla
Fred Hunt
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Victory Garden
Hunt
G I Shower At Camp Gruber
Camp Gruber Oklahoma soldiers celebrate a rare bath with the new G I Shower after floods cut water and power. A strict four step rule governs the rinse: wet body, turn off water, apply soap, and rinse quickly.
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Gruber
Okla
G. I
Errors Of The OWI Faults in War Information Office cited
Washington exposes failings in the Office of War Information with criticism of its red tape and copy desk control. Report notes editors cannot correct errors without agency permission and single-sourcing creates delays and bias in government wartime communications. Seventy three nations were represented among Boston University students in one term.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Dat Ol’ Debbil
Boston University
Wells Outlines World Peace Blueprint in Commencement
In Durham on May 31 Under Secretary Sumner Welles proposed a phased plan for a postwar international organization. He listed cardinal principles including armed regional forces, an international tribunal, arms control, technical bodies for economic matters, and equal sovereignty for all states, ending the use of the term racial or religious minority.
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Durham
N. C
Sumner Welles
Welles
North Carolina College For
United Nations
Western Hemisphere
Federal Aid To Be Used For Repairs
President Roosevelt ordered release of federal aid road funds to repair flood damaged highways and bridges in eight states. Maj. Gen. Fleming advised approval. funds, matched 50 50 by states, had been impounded since 1941. Illinois, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Indiana receive listed amounts. more states likely to apply.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philip Fleming
Federal Works
Stephen Early
Illinois
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Mississipi
Early
Fleming
North
South Dakota
Works
Middle Western
War Production Board
Public Roads Administration
Flying Inferno and a Cool Head in Escape from Fire
First enlisted man in the European theater to be recommended for the Medal of Honor, Staff Sgt. Maynard H. Smith of Caro Michigan, recounts his first mission over St Nazaire. Despite a blazing radio room and thick enemy attacks, he extinguished fires, aided a wounded tail gunner, and jettisoned gear to save the bomber and crew before a forced return to base.
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Maynard H. Smith
Caro
Mich
St. Nazaire
Smith
United States
Sergeaat Maynard H. Smith
NEA
London
Focke-Wulfs
Internal Revenue
World War II War Production Board pledge on essential work and materials
A 1941 WPB letter quotes Early ordering Future Ferry Pilots to award contracts and issue orders for critical materials for replacement and construction. It was described as prioritizing essential work and shelving nonessential projects to reduce unemployment, with Fleming assured that priority for needed materials would be granted.
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Arly
WPB
Early
Fleming
Stock market climbs to new three year peak last week
New York May 31. The stock market rose to three year highs on strong trading volume as blue chip shares led gains. Penny stocks slid from attention as investors chased quality issues and money circulating hit a record 16.902 billion dollars. The pace followed earlier gains in consumer incomes and spending.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
International Statistical Bureau
A. W. Zelemek
Plans for feeding and clothing liberated peoples
Relief Director Herbert H. Lehman told Swarthmore College that United Nations relief work must begin immediately after the war. He said resources would cover the effort with minimal strain on U S stocks and noted progress toward a UN relief and rehabilitation organization to mobilize producers’ resources for starving and displaced populations.
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Swarthmore
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
United States
United Nations
Swarthmore College
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Organization
Be Soto Crossing Georgia in Gold Search Claim
A historical note states Be Soto was the first white man to traverse the land of Georgia during a gold hunt in 294¢, marking a pioneering early exploration in the region.
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Be Soto
Georgia
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Muldrow
Ark
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Red Cross
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Warden Hunt
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Treasury
Paradise Avenue
Wells
Focke-Wulf
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GUT
SNP
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Sweetwater
Texas
Flying Training Command
NEA Telephoto
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Colo
William Gilbert
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