Jungle plots lure Allison and Barry toward a perilous Guatemala quest
In a shipboard romance set in the Caribbean, Allison Topping pursues a Guatemala chicle plantation dream while Barry Fielding, a mining engineer, warns of danger as they encounter Quiche Indians and a secret quicksilver trade. A native attacker erupts from shadows as the plot reaches a tense cliffhanger.
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Allison Topping
Guatemala
Barry Fielding
Barry
Lila Har Frnnon
Santiago
Allison
New York
Lila
United Nations
Guatemala Highlands
Farry
Alvarado
Alpane
Jungle romance on a perilous voyage collides with a quicksilver mine
Allison aboard a ship faces danger as Barry Fielding explains a secret mission to locate a Quiche fast-claimed quicksilver mine. A native attacker seizes the deck, but Allison disrupts the threat with ferocity while Barry fights. The crew ensures safety and the pair, wary yet drawn, prepare for more jungle peril as the voyage continues.
Buffer States Exploited By Both Russians and Germans
The Baltic states Lithuania Latvia and Estonia resist both Nazi and Soviet control after two years of collaboration with Germany. An activist front reportedly embeds 100000+ fighters, with peasants smuggling food and reconditioning captured weapons. German occupation trims private property, control banking, and ration food while reviving German interests. Refugees describe a grim economy and a push for independence amid constant danger.
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Stockholm
Germany
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Russia
Hitler
Washington
Brest-Litovsk
France
Baltics
Teutonic Knights
Siberia
Baltic States
Congress fears peace talks bypass Congress in trade authority debate
Senator O Mahoney warned the Senate Finance Committee that extending reciprocal trade authority could bypass Congress and exclude lawmakers from postwar reconstruction decisions. He urged an amendment to restore congressional ratification parity with other nations. Chairman George expected extension without weakening changes.
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Washington
Congress
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Senate Finance Committee
United States
O'Mahoney
George
D-Ga
Pauls Valley Seeks Flood Control for Rush Creek
The Pauls Valley chamber of commerce calls for flood control on Rush Creek after repeated floods. Engineers warn the creek narrows to a 50 foot bed near the Paul Ave bridge where bridges act as dams. A committee will study straightening the channel and building a spillway to manage future floods.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ash Creek
Rush Creek
Pauls Valley
Paul Avenue Bridge
Walnut Street
Icebox shortage reshapes wartime refrigeration policy
Washington reports 225000 mechanical refrigerators remain from a stock of 700009 frozen last year. WPB plans to allocate 600000 ice boxes for civilians in 1943, with 225000 unfrozen units suggested for farmers to aid the food program while workers in cities rely on daily ice and store access.
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Washington
Army
Navy
National Housing Agency
Board of Economic Warfare
Lend-Lease
Maritime Commission
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
WPB
Clyde T. Ellis
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Ellis
Itis
Food Delegates Hear Message From FDR
At Hot Springs Virginia the United Nations Food Conference opened with a message from President Roosevelt urging that every person receive minimum adequate nutrition. Judge Marvin Jones led the U S delegation outlining aims for a world free from want and global cooperation to translate surplus into food.
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Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
Roosevelt
Marvin Jones
United States
Jones
Duke of Windsor Reflects on World War Progress
The Duke of Windsor said the United Nations have a long road ahead to defeat the Axis. He spoke after a half hour conference with Secretary of State Cordell Hull in Washington and cited success in the African campaign while urging caution and optimism.
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Washington
Duke of Windsor
United Nations
Cordell Hull
Early Canada brides given rewards for marriages at sixteen
In the opening days of Canada, women who wed at age sixteen or younger received monetary rewards. The program rewarded young brides as part of colonial social policies.
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Canada
Soviets Drive Deep Against German Air and Land Forces
Soviet front dispatches report heavy air and ground actions with substantial losses for Germany. Red Star notes German air forces shifting from Crimea to reinforce exhausted units. In the week ending May 28, Soviet claims 930 German planes destroyed or damaged. 25 German planes shot down over three days. Ground fighting subsides despite renewed Kuban and Donets activity, including a failed German attack near Novorossysk and a crossing attempt on the Kuban with loss of boats. Russians also seize trenches near Lishchansk after artillery, and establish a bridgehead on the west bank of the Donets.
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Moscow
Red Star
Army
Crimean
Sevsk Front
Kuban
Lishchansk
Novorossisk
Kerch
Donets
Kharkov
PA Allows Present Grading To Stay
Washington May 19 The government will let Mrs America continue buying canned goods under familiar labels. The Office of Price Administration says grade labeling for the 1943 pack is abandoned. OPA will set price maximums from wholesale invoices and provide a way for shoppers to determine grade. Producers argued grade labeling would add labor and cost, reducing production.
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Washington
America
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture Department
OPA
Harrel Has Nice Ride Goes Nowhere
Lowrey H. Harrell, Ada attorney and civic worker, returned home after a fruitless attempt to reach the Rotary International convention in St Louis. He boarded in Tulsa, train stalled near Chelsea, then reversed to Tulsa, before continuing to Oklahoma City and Ada by bus.
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Lowrey H. Harrell
Rotary Clubs
St. Louis
Tulsa
Chelsea
Harrell
Oklahoma City
Ada
Noted Clubwoman Dead
Tulsa May 15. Mrs Finley Bowls 62 a prominent Oklahoma clubwoman died at her home yesterday after several years of ill health.
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Tulsa
Finley Bowls
Oklahoma
Cox Georgia Rep Attacks Rogers on House Floor
Rep. Gene Cox of Georgia and Rep. Will Rogers Jr. clashed on the house floor amid accusations of bribery. Colleagues separated them as Cox said Rogers claimed he took a bribe. Rogers called it a tempest in a teapot and denied any bribery.
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Cox
Georgia
Rogers Jn
Washington
Gene Cox
Will Rogers
Rogers
California
Clifford J. Durr
Federal Communications Commission
House
FCC
Durr
Albany, Ga
Skull In Closet Bared By Yank
Lieut. John Tait of Fairmount West Virginia discovers a tunnel behind a closet in an old English manor used by his American unit in England. He explores walls and panels hoping for secret passages and uncovers an unexpected subterranean passage.
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England
John Tait
Fairmount
West Virginia
John
Soldiers At Tishomingo Present Comedy Saturday
An all-soldier musical comedy, Off Limits, will be staged in Tishomingo high school auditorium Saturday at 8. The show, featuring boogie-woogie and a top-hat quartet, includes former Broadway actors now in the army. Cast includes Private John Marino and others. written by Julius Horwitz of New York.
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Tishomingo High School
Tishomingo
John Marino
John Mills
Martin Snooper
Robert Hiatt
Walter Roth
John Carnassotis
Edward Mager
William Frye
Pfe
Julius Horwitz
New York
Ada
Othe
Dams Not Key to Flood Control Says Oklahoma Power Chief
George A. Davis of Oklahoma Gas & Electric challenged a Grand River Dam official’s claim that the northeast Oklahoma project aids flood control. He argued evacuees returning to leveled Grand River valley will see huge dams do not prevent flood devastation and that no practical dam can control floods.
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Oklahoma City
George A. Davis
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Grand River
Oklahoma
Grand River Valley
Davis
Douglas G. Wright
Tulsa
Oklahoma Ordnance Works
Chateau
Davis highlights flood control vs power needs for dam
Davis states that flood control requires low water or empty basins while power production needs a nearly full basin with heavy headwaters behind the dam. He argues the floods of the lower Grand river prove this point and appeals to valley residents.
Deposed Tunis Bey Sent To Madagascar In Exile
Gen Henri Giraud ousted Sidi Mohammed Al Mounsaf the Bey of Tunis age 71 and exiled him with his harem of 25 wives to Madagascar. Interim resident general Gen Alphonse Juin announced the transfer as investigations into Axis collaboration concluded. Sidi Lamine, a distant relative, was named as successor.
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Algiers
Sidi Mohammed al Mounsaf
Tunis
Henri Giraud
Tunisia
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Axis
Roosevelt
Alphonse Juin
Charles Mast
Juin
Sidi Lamine
Ada Fishermen Report Open Season On Small Catches
Ada fishermen report poor fishing south of the Rock Island boundary in the first two open season days. After a 45 day closed season, most catches were small with muddy or high waters limiting activity. some strings of small fish were reported.
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Rock Island
Ada
Tomato Plants Donated To Flood Areas In Oklahoma
Osage county air raid wardens donate 50 000 tomato plants to flood stricken areas. W Harry Miller chief warden announced the offer to Bert Craig Muskogee county head. Muskogee wardens will survey to determine the impact.
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Pawhuska
Osage County
W Harry Miller
Miller
Bert Craig
Muskogee County
Muskogee
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