Miners Return to Work as UMW Truce Begins
UMW President John L. Lewis announced a 15 day truce and miners in Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Illinois Kentucky Indiana and Alabama began returning to the pits. Illinois Ohio and West Virginia show sizable returns while Kentucky districts hold back and Ohio reports large streaming back to the seams.
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United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Illinois
Alabama
Kentucky
UMW District 30
Pikeville
Harlan
UMW District 19
UMW
Progressive Mine Workers of America
AFL
Clay City
Ind
J. M. Luther
Luther
Powhatan
Darwin Faces Heavy Japanese Air and Submarine Assault
United Press reports a new Japanese raid on Darwin with heavy Allied losses claimed by MacArthur's communique though figures were not disclosed. Japanese subs claim 32,000 tons sunk recently as Australia braces for possible offensive. experts see long, careful preparation and risk to Allied supply lines.
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Darwin
United Press
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Japan
MacArthur
Atlantic
F. M. Forde
Yang Chieh
China
U. S
New Delhi
Burma
Taihang
Louis F. Keemle
Keemle
New Zealand
Samoa
Fiji Islands
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Allied and Axis Combat In Tunisia and Caucasus Fronts
American Second Corps neared Kef Adjal Touila and Bald Hill in Tunisia as fog limited action while Red Army shelling hit German positions in the Kuban. Reports note prisoner captures near Bizerte Mateur road and ongoing air and ground operations across Tunisia and the Caucasus with heavy casualties on both sides.
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North Africa
Kefdjal Touila
Coffin Corner
Second Corps
Bald Hill
Jeffna
Kef Adjal Touila
Mateur Junction
Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Caucasus
United Press
C. R. Cunningham
Sedjenane
Bizerte-Mateur
Lake Achkel
Eighth Army
Pont du Fahs
la Linea
Gibraltar
Tunis
Mateur
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Mersa Douiba
First Army
Enfidaville
Gulf of Hammamet
Weather Update for Amarillo and West Texas
Slightly cooler tonight with mild Tuesday morning in. winds moderate to fresh. West Texas shows little temperature change. New Mexico similar. Temperatures past 24 hours: high 86, low 54, noon 78.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Coal Miners Await Resumption Amid Nationwide Shutdown
The report states operations to gradually resume after shutdowns dating to last Wednesday. Pennsylvania's 80,000 anthracite miners stayed away, obeying Lewis's order to resume work tomorrow. All hard coal collieries were ready for immediate return as negotiations for new contracts for about 530,000 miners begin tomorrow in New York or Washington.
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Pennsylvania
Lewis
New York
Washington
Sharp Fighting Breaks in Burma
British communique reports sharp ground clashes on the Mayu ridge east side and renewed RAF action in Burma. A patrol killed seven enemy soldiers. Indaw town oil facilities were hit. RAF fighters damaged targets near Buthidaung. a British aircraft was lost.
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New Delhi
Mayu Ridge
Burma
RAF Blenheims
Indaw
Chindwon
Buthidaung
Bengal
RAF
No Moisture Is in Sight For Spring Weather
The forecast shows no moisture soon with cooler air tonight and mild Tuesday morning. Yesterday reached 86 degrees, this morning 54, April cold snaps avoided for the third time since 1920s, Easter late, ground dry and hot, spring freeze unlikely per observer H. C. Winburn.
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Bureau
H. C. Winburn
Japs Concentrate Electric Power for Vital Industries
Tokyo radio reports the Japanese planning board led by Lieut. Gen. Teichi Suzuki will concentrate electric power for key industries. The plan aims to boost output in steel, iron, coal, light metals, ships, aircraft and other defense sectors.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Planning Board
Teichi Suzuki
Bulgarian Officer Is Assassinated
London dispatch reports Col. Athenas Panteff former Bulgarian police chief was shot dead by a man and woman at his home. They waited for him and escaped after firing two shots.
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London
Athenas Panteff
Farmer Bill Caldwell Bets War Bond Rally Wager
Plainview May 3. Farmer Bill Caldwell wagered a Hart War Bond rally during a reporter visit. He claimed he could blow out the car lights. The reporter lost. Caldwell drives a 1909 kerosene lamp car, long in the family and in good running condition.
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Plainview
Bill Caldwell
Caldwell
Register for Canning Sugar This Week
The Potter County rationing board prepares canning sugar registration on Thursday and Friday at room 111 of the county courthouse. A six pound limit per person applies, with any 18 year old in a family group eligible to register. Registrants must bring all No 1 ration books and declare that fruit or vegetables are available for immediate canning.
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Potter County
Aviation Gasoline Shortage Seen May Cut Training
Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson told the Senate Truman Committee that petroleum administration figures show a 44 000 barrel per day shortage of aviation gasoline for the Army Air Forces during May forcing a reduction in training of combat air crews.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Truman Committee
Petroleum Administration
Army Air Forces
RAF Bombers Hit Dutch Coast and St Nazaire Base
RAF bombers and fighters engaged German opposition to hit industrial targets in Ijmuiden on the Dutch coast. Mosquito bombers raided Thionville in Lorraine rail and coal network. Seven American bombers were lost in the St Nazaire raid amid heavy weather and German fighter resistance. Berlin claimed 11 bombers destroyed.
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London
Royal Air Force
Ijmuiden
St. Nazaire
France
Thionville
Lorraine
Paris
Brussels-Saarbruesken
U. S
England
Bremen
Another German Submarine Sunk
New York May 3 Naval announcement over the weekend reports the sinking of a German submarine off Carolina's coast. The tally brings AP's total U-boat losses in the Atlantic since Pearl Harbor to 42 and 103 since June 30, 1940, though many subs remain unconfirmed.
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New York
Carolina
Associated Press
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Gladiolus
H Horne Wins News Tip Award for Postman Tale
H H Horne of 2115 Pierce Street won first prize five dollars for a tip about a postman who walked his beat ten days with a broken leg. Second prize went to M W Andis for a filling station accident report and a blown tire injury. Third prize awarded to Mrs. Leonard Barton for rooms for rent only to soldiers with children.
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H. H. Horne
Pierce Street
M. W. Andis
Georgia Street
Leonard Barton
Western Avenue
Curtis Gilbert
Dave Blackburn
North Tyler Street
BR. W. Bryan
C. A. Pinkley
Mississippi Strait
Hurshelens
Crockett Street
Charles Blackwell
L. BH. Bierot
North Rusk Street
Barclanders
Kgnomitter
BH. L
Eighth Avenue
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