East Tightens Gasoline Use Amid Shortage Warnings
The Office of Defense Transportation ordered reduced east coast deliveries effective 11 01 P M Wednesday with strict limits on wholesale and retail shipments. Sunday deliveries of most items are banned, while meat dairy eggs fruits and other essentials face weekly caps. Officials warn the shortage could worsen in 60 days as East West petroleum flows feel flood disruptions, though some progress reported on a major pipeline breach.
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Tom Reedy
Washington
East
Atlantic Seaboard
Office of Defense Transportation
District of Columbia
ODT
W. Alton Jones
War Pipelines, Inc
New York
Arkansas River
Ickes
Disastrous Floods Sweep Wartime Midwest Crops
The Red Cross reports the greatest Midwest flood in 25 years inundating 2,756,200 acres across Illinois Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma and Kansas amidst rising Mississippi and Illinois rivers. About 154,248 people displaced with 1,392,600 acres of crops submerged and substantial farm losses.
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United Press
Midwest
Red Cross
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Wabash
Mississippi
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Ilinois
Illinois River
Peoria
Missippi
Beardstown
Ill
Soviet awards first female hero of war
In Moscow on May 25 the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union to a woman pilot, Junior Lieutenant Vkokiano sal, the first woman to receive the distinction this war, alongside 21 air force commanders.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet
Vkokianosal
Attitude of Halians Surprises Travelers
Stockholm dispatch reports travelers to Italy are surprised by Italians' calm stance toward invasion. The Rome correspondent notes Italy is nearer the war than Germany yet Italians appear less tense than their German counterparts.
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Stockholm
Rome
Stockholm Tidningen
Italy
Germany
Industry Opposes Government Grading Plan for Textiles
Washington representatives of the knitted underwear industry testified before a House subcommittee opposing OPA plans to substitute official grades for brands as buyer guidance. They argued the move would disrupt long-established American methods, add no war-supply savings, and harm business.
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House
OPA
Ernest L. Olrich
Munsingwear,Inc
Minneapolis
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