Senate begins probe into letters between American woman and German
Washington May 24 The censorship office and a Senate investigating subcommittee pooled resources to trace how guarded letters between an American woman and a German in Buenos Aires were made public Broadcaster Drew Pearson and Rep Coffee used them in a House speech Price said the published excerpts likely came from a government source and six intercepts of the Zedlitz series were quoted only to certain agencies with sealed copies
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Washington
Office of Censorship
Senate
Buenos Aires
Byron Price
Drew Pearson
Rep. Coffee
D-Wash
Price
Pearson
State Department
Office of Strategic Services
Caldwell to be Florida's next governor after runoff
Millard Caldwell of Tallahassee, 47, a Tennessee native and longtime Florida Democrat, won the Democratic primary runoff over incumbent R A Lex Green. With unfinished precincts, Caldwell held a lead of about 39,959 votes totaling 200,547 to Green's 160,588, securing the party nomination.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Millard Caldwell
Tallahassee
Tennessee
Florida
Caldwell
R. A
Lex) Green
Starke
Green
German retreat toward Novo Nesto in Slovenia
London May 24 reports Marshal Tito’s forces have again driven Germans from fortified positions near Zuzemperk in Slovenia and the Germans retreat toward Novo Nesto in panic. Yugoslav communique says Tito’s troops press from Trebinje toward Mirna while holding the initiative on most battlefronts.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Zuzemperk
Slovenia
Novo Nesto
Trebinje
Dubrovnik
Mirna
Belly Landing Practice For Crabtree Bomber Pilot
Capt. Jean E. Crabtree son of Mrs. Ernest Crabtree of Ada demonstrated skill as a bomber pilot by guiding a B 27 Marauder named Mary Jane back to England after a Europe raid. The ship, though full of holes, survived a belly landing after a prior training accident at MacDill Field. Mrs. Mary Jane Crabtree and infant daughter Jan reside with the French family in Fort Worth while he serves overseas since February. The article also notes a Kentucky election conspiracy reference and federal legal interpretation issues.
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Jean E. Crabtree
Ernest Crabtree
Ada
England
Europe
8Th Air Force
Mary Jane
Crabtree
Mary Jane Crabtree
Fort Worth
Crab
Tree
MacDill Field
Fla
C. C. French
Capt. Crabtree
Farmers Eligible For Electricity Extension Reaches Oklahoma Farms
Washington reports the War Production Board amended rules to extend rural electrification, making hundreds of Oklahoma farm homes eligible. About 10 000 U.S. farmers may benefit, with 45 families in the eighth area covering Oklahoma Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana. Oklahoma cooperatives listed include Kiwash Electric Cordell Norfolk Electric Sayre Southwest Electric Tipton Harmon County Electric Hollis Cimarron Electric and Caddo Electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
War Production Board
Wickersham
D-Okla
United States
Rural Electrification Administration
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kiwash Electric
Cordell
Norfolk Electric
Sayre
Southwest Electric
Tipton
Harmon County Electric
Hollis
Cimarron Electric
Caddo Electric
English Quads Struggle After Birth at South End
The two youngest of quadruplets born to Mrs. Daisy Moxham were described as not so good today at South End hospital. Earlier improvement raised hope, but current condition is unsettled as the quadruplets, including three boys and a girl, remain in a heated ward with frequent feeds and occasional brandy drops during the night.
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London
Daisy Moxham
South End Hospital
Supreme Court Rules Ballot Box Stuffing Federal Offense
Supreme Court holds that stuffing ballot boxes violates federal law when tied to congressional elections. The ruling allows prosecutions in federal courts, with a maximum penalty of $5,000 fine and 10 years imprisonment. The decision marks the first time the court labeled this crime a federal offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Louisiiana
Supreme Court
New Radio Bill Moved to Senate
Washington May 24. A drastic new radio bill banning commercially sponsored news broadcasts and rewriting the Federal Communications Act moved to the Senate interstate commerce committee. Chairman Wheeler predicted a quick up or down vote within two or three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler
D-Mont
White
Maine
Commission
FCC
Local CAP Wing Reorganizes with New Leaders
The local Civil Air Patrol wing reorganizes with a new staff of officers and instructors chosen by a citizen board. Classes start Monday May 29 at 7 30 p m in the First Methodist church education rooms.
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CAP
First Methodist Church
A. R. Wallace
B Howard
Fred Oliver
C. Russell Smith
Anna Weaver Jones
B. D. Denton
Ralph Chiles
Clifford J. Smith
D. J. Nabors
Homer Bellew
Mr. Forman
Forman
Elliott Roosevelt Receives British CBE Honor
Col. Elliott Roosevelt commander of an Eighth air force photo reconnaissance wing is awarded the British CBE for distinguished work in the North African campaign. Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory pins the decoration as a symbol of allied bonds. His unit produced over 5.5 million reconnaissance photos, including those before the Sicily invasion.
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London
Elliott Roosevelt
Eighth Air Force
United States
Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
Roosevelt
Britain
Sicily
Spare-Time Farm Workers Get Gas
The office of price administration ruled that workers volunteering for spare-time farm and food processing jobs may receive special gasoline rations. OPA district directors will designate boards to consider applications for the special fuel allotments.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Sunset Crater Visit Count At Arizona Monument
Sunset Crater National Monument in Arizona recorded eleven thousand eight hundred eighty eight visitors in 1940, reflecting steady public interest in the site during that year.
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Sunset Crater National Monument
Arizona
Probing CIO Political Action Inquiries Move Forward
Washington reports that both House and Senate plan inquiries into the CIO political action committee and labor groups in campaigns. A Senate review of a Republican demand is set for next week, while the House considers a campaign expenditures panel with authority to probe potential violations of the Smith Connally anti strike law and related acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
CIO
Political Action Committee
Animal pictures and animalana hobby notes in Baltimore
Hazel W Frese of Baltimore curates about 15000 animal stories and pictures in a personal collection she calls animalana. She holds a philosophy master’s from the University of Chicago and aspires to be zoo personnel director.
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Baltimore
Hazel W. Frese
Animalana
Martin Aircraft
University of Chicago
Chinese Counter Offensive Opens in Henan and Burma Fronts
Field dispatches report a major Chinese counter offensive in Henan province capturing key points. Chinese forces on the Salween front cut the old Burma road at Chefang opening proximity to the Burma border and isolating Lungling by severing supply lines from Mandalay. The Chefang garrison was encircled and wiped out. Chinese units push westward toward Myitkyina within about 100 airline miles of allied forces in north Burma as fighting continues with Japanese troops.
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Henan
Burma
Salween
Chefang
Lungling
Mandalay
Yunnan Province
China
Myitkyina
Swedish Workers Arrested For Supplying Information
Three Ski ball bearing works employees in Goteborg were arrested on charges of giving order sizes and destinations to a foreign power. Two Swedes and a foreigner allegedly provided information for ideological reasons amid Allied pressure to curb Sweden’s ball bearing exports to Germany. An American expert, Stanton Griffis, is meeting Swedish businessmen as Russia, the United States, and Britain seek to halt the flow. Ski is not on the US blacklist of 426 firms aiding the German war effort.
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Stockholm
Goteborg
Aftonbladet
Sweden
Germany
Stanton Griffis
Russia
United States
Britain
Ski
Washington
Counsel Seeks Court Martial Acquittal For Lt Swancutt
In Campanza California on May 24 the defense argued Lt Beaufort Swancutt suffers epilepsy amnesia and insanity. They claim he was insane at the March 5 shooting that killed four and wounded four, and that he had memory lapses. The case seeks to spare him capital punishment if convicted by the general court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campanza
Calif
Beaufort Swancutt
Swancutt
la Crosse
Wis
Italians Fear Nazis May Defend Rome
A Vatican official quoted by La Suisse says Italians fear Germany may defend Rome turning it into a battle city. Hunger rising in the capital as rail traffic stops. all stations are smashed and Rome is cut off from the rest of Italy.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Vatican City
la Suisse
Geneva
Italy
Oklahoma Senators Vote Summary for Week Ended May 17
Washington report details how Oklahoma senators Moore and Thomas voted on three measures last week. The shelve poll tax motion passed 41 to 35 with Moore voting yes and Thomas not voting. A Panama Canal civilian pension amendment failed 28 to 32, with Moore and Thomas not voting. The Danaher Hatch Act amendment to bar political activity by agriculture department staff failed 24 to 42, with Thomas not voting.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Moore
Thomas
Panama Canal
Danaher
Agriculture Department
Allied advances threaten Cisterna and Vellettri sector
Far From Maddening Mutuels drove northeast, seizing a 2000 yard Appian Way sector and pushing toward Cisterna. Gains across the Vellettri rail line threaten a fortified enemy hub while a Bulgarian ultimatum looms in Ankara amid Balkan diplomacy. Churchill signals faltering Turkish participation may endure for now as UN aims for victory without Ankara.
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Rome
Cisterna
Vellettri
Balkans
Ankara
Russia
Bulgaria
Churchill
House of Commons
Turkey
United Nations
Europe
Allied Arms Advance in Italian Campaign Presses Rome Goal
Allied forces press the Italian front as the Anzio assault, led by General Clark, aims to sever German lines, trap Kesreal ing and Kes Siring s army, and hasten Rome's capture. The plan seeks to cut communications, trap German forces, and push toward Rome amid fierce fighting on both sides.
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Italy
Adolf Hitler
Anzio
Rome
Italian
Harold Alexander
Mark Clark
Kesselring
Fifth Army
Clark
Kesserling
Hitler
Iceland Votes to Sever Ties With Denmark
Iceland votes to end its 563 year union with Denmark in a referendum. Thor Thors in Washington says the result shatters existing links and Iceland plans to declare itself an independent republic on June 17, under the 1918 treaty.
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Washington
Iceland
Denmark
Thor Thors
North Atlantic
Christian Tenth
Atlantic
Hatcherymen Reach Peak Early In '44
Oklahoma hatcherymen hit the peak of the 1944 hatching season in March, one month earlier than 1948, per the bureau of agricultural economics. April output fell from last year, with 5,825,000 eggs set and 6,300,000 chicks hatched, 25 percent below 1943 levels. First four months saw 19,575,000 chicks, 19 percent below 1943. nationwide April chicks totaled 292,709,000, down 9 percent from 1943. Turkey poults in April rose 21 percent to 1,854,000. May 1 advance orders were 26 percent above last year.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Turkey
Leftover Meal Customs Split Hindu Household
A Hindu custom dictates the husband eats first and the wife may touch food only after him. The practice dictates he may leave first and the wife eats separately from the men even during festivals.
Hull Museums Trade Moths for Whale Skeleton
The director of Hull museums exchanged 12 rare moth specimens to the British Museum in return for a whale skeleton. The deal highlights a 19th century collection exchange between British institutions.
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Hull
England
British Museum
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Cpl
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Dewitt MacKenzie
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