Byrnes Named Head of New War Mobilization Office
The Senate military affairs committee tabled the Kilday draft bill, while President Roosevelt created a new office of war mobilization to be led by James F Byrnes. The move gives Byrnes broad powers over home front war efforts and unifies federal agencies handling production procurement and distribution. Vinson will replace Byrnes as economic stabilization director.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
McNutt
Reynolds
North Carolina
Roosevelt
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
America
Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
United States Circuit of Appeals
District of Columbia
Vinson
Congress
Amarillo Hit-and-Run Victim John Sweeney Dies in Local Hospital
John Sweeney once said his home was anywhere and died after a hit-and-run on North East Eighth Avenue near the city limits. Police have few clues on the driver. A Mr. Smith found the victim who suffered a severe head injury a fractured leg and hip injury. The 1937 model car believed stolen in Dalhart matched details of the suspect vehicle. Body awaits at Wells chapel.
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John Sweeney
Amarilo
Eighth Avenue
Smith
Nen Lantern
H. H. Thomas
McDuffey
Amarillo
Oklahoma
George Williams
Williams
Cliffside
Dalhart
Boxwell Brothers
RAF Bombers Strike Japanese Village and Bridge South Burma
RAF bombers with fighter escort attacked a Japanese occupied village on Akyab Island and Hurricanes machine gunned a bridge and positions south of Buthedaung. All raiders returned safely. Ground action in Western Burma near Maung Buthedaung was limited to patrols.
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New Delhi
Akyab Island
Buthedaung
Burma
Maung-Buthedaung
Greek submarine sinks two German ships off Crete
A Greek government in exile communique reports Sub Papanicolis aiding the Royal Navy sunk a German flagged supply ship off Crete and later sunk a second vessel. Survivors were rescued from both ships.
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London
Crete
Mediterranean
Papanicolis
Royal Navy
Chinese Communist Party Endorses Moscow Action
The central executive committee of the Chinese Communist party issued a statement endorsing Moscow’s action dissolving the comintern. The move is seen as hastening the defeat of the Axis powers.
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Chinese Communist Party
Moscow Action
Chungking
Central Executive Committee
The
Moscow
Comintern
Allied raid targets Tunisian harbors at Bizerte and Sousse
Reports from Axis broadcasts say German and Italian warplanes hit ramp boats and landing craft in raids on Bizerte and Sousse, Tunisia. The attacks are seen as potential staging points for an invasion of Sardinia Sicily and Pantelleria. A Rome broadcast cited a tanker and landing means struck by explosives while another German radio dispatch named ramp boats as targets.
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Tunisian
Bizerte
Sousse
Italy
Sardinia
Sicily
Pantelleria
Rome
Associated Press
Soldier complains after wife answers his morning call
At Fort Knox a soldier in ARPP trainee unit used a Louisville number from a telephone booth and paid 30 cents after his wife answered. He joked that she wasn’t supposed to answer the phone and lamented the cost in the wake up call.
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Fort Knox
Armed Force Replacement Training Center
Louisville
Battle of Victory Garden Spurs Omaha Police Action
Police responded to reports of gunfire near 44th and S Streets in Omaha on May 28. Chief Deputy Sheriff Hugh Cutler and two deputies rushed to the scene after a caller warned of possible killings. They found a woman visiting gardener lighting small firecrackers and throwing them at dogs near her garden.
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Omaha, Neb
44Th
Hugh Cutler
Mississippi Flood Recedes Amid Rebuilding Hopes Across States
Mississippi River crested at Cape Girardeau and other rivers eased with floodwaters receding in Illinois and Arkansas. Army engineers warned some land would stay tilled for a month while Pine Bluff prepared for a steady water supply after emergency connections to the city’s water system. Red Cross teams aided evacuees and urged caution before returning home.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
Illinois
Arkansas
L. B. Feagin
United States Army Engineers
St. Louis
Cairo
Ill
Ohio
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Ark
125Th Engineers
Beardstown
Illinois River
Central Illinois Public Service
Red Cross
Grand Tower
Invasion Rehearsal Ends With Mock German Patrol
London on May 28 reported a training exercise at a United States bomber station where five men in German uniforms simulated a paratrooper raid. An American officer initially mistook them for actual foes, but within 30 minutes all five were rounded up after Cockney accents betrayed their real identity as British soldiers on maneuvers.
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London
United States
Chinese Fight Japanese Drive Near Yangtze Forts
Chinese forces battled a Japanese westward push through Hupeh Province to threaten Yangtze River forts. Tokyo radio reported 30,000 Chinese troops trapped south of Ichang as Chinese bombers targeted Ichang and Changyang. Chinese air force inflicted damage and claimed Japanese losses west of Ichang where about 1,000 Japanese were reported killed. Large quantities of war supplies were seized.
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Chungking
Hupeh
Yangtze River
Tokyo Radio
Iichang
Changyang
Ichang
Central
High Command
Lihsien
Tehang
Weather Update for Amarillo and West Texas
The report notes little temperature change tonight with scattered thunderstorms and fresh to strong winds. It forecasts warmer Panhandle conditions in the afternoon with scattered showers in Rio Grande Valley and widely scattered storms in New Mexico. Temperatures over 24 hours reached a high of 82 and a low of 65 with noon at 79.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Northwest
Bombs Hit Essen as RAF Strikes Renewed
Giant RAF bombers blasted Essen again targeting the Krupp Works amid ongoing Allied moves to cripple German war industry. Twenty three aircraft failed to return from the raid, part of a sequence that included the Dortmund and Duesseldorf attacks and followed Allied staff talks in Washington.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
RAF
Essen
Krupp Works
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Reward offered for information on purchase of rare roast
In Dallas on May 28 an ad by F. T. Ainspaugh in the Dallas News offered a reward for information leading to the purchase of a medium slice of rare prime roast. A New York woman replied she had an 18 year old cow to sacrifice, adding I feel sorry for you and If you are unmarried I will send you a picture.
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Dallas
F. T. Ainspaugh
Dallas News
New York
Mussolini to press on in Sicily and Sardinia to end
Premier Mussolini held a secret meeting with Fascist leaders and vowed continued resistance in Sicily and Sardinia to the end, the Morocco radio reported in a broadcast captured by The Associated Press.
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London
Prerier
Mussolini
Fascist
Sicily
Sardinia
Morocco
Associated Press
Japs Wild Kiska Raids Stepped Up
United States troops press Attu and Kiska, gaining points along Fish Hook Ridge and in the ridge south of Chicago Harbor. Heavy air support accompanies ground fighting as Japan’s resistance fragments into small groups. Tokyo radio claims seven American ships sunk and U S losses near 6 000. U S figures show 127 killed, 359 wounded, 118 missing.
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Kiska
Washington
United States
Attu Island
Lake Kories
Navy
Chicago
United States Army
Fish Hook Ridge
Chicago Harbor
Lake Cories
Attu
Tokyo
U. S S
Ashi Shimbun
Aleutian Islands
U. S
Henry L. Stimpson
Stimson
Panhandle Weather: Scattered Showers and Warmer Trend
The Panhandle may see more scattered showers with a few thunder storms later today. Last night showers were widely scattered and light, with winds increasing. This morning’s low reached 65 degrees, the warmest so far this year, and yesterday’s high was 82. Weather soon turns warmer as rain-soaked earth dries.
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Bureau
Victory Gardens
Woman Indicted for Pistol Slaying at Fort Worth
Kathleen Latham an aircraft worker and former reporter was indicted by the county grand jury for the pistol slaying of Jack Disney in Fort Worth. She told police Disney ordered her to stay away from his wife, Mrs Ber n ie Disney, and said she had been attracted to the elder woman.
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Fort Worth
Kathleen Latham
County Grand Jury
Jack Disney
Disney
Promises Renewed Fight On Rising Living Costs
Price Administrator Prentiss M Brown says the cost of living has risen from wartime levels but pledges a vigorous campaign to regain ground on the home front. He notes the issue as a continuing public concern with efforts aimed at stabilizing prices and protecting consumer purchasing power.
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Washington
Price
Prentiss M. Brown
Amarillo Prowler Strikes Twice Denied Entry Last Night
Police report that the so called front door flashlight burglar attempted entry on Alabama Street after a prior break in the night before. Victims awakened by a flashlight to threat of violence and multiple wallets taken from homes.
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Amarillo
A. S
Sid” Harper
Alabama Street
Output Returns to Normal in Akron Rubber Industry
Akron officials report the rubber industry returning to normal as four major companies resume shifts after a shutdown triggered by a wage dispute. Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone, and General Tire workers are back to near normal production with war material orders rolling out by day’s end.
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Akron, O
Akron
United Rubber Workers
CIO
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
B. F. Goodrich
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
General Tire and Rubber Co
Coffee Seizure in Tulsa Black Market Raid
Tulsa police seized about 506 pounds of coffee mixed with broken glass in a raid on an alleged coffee black market. Officers Leo Granger and Les Applegate arrested two men after discovering broken glass in three pound glass containers and attempts to sift the shards from the coffee in a downtown hotel. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Tulsa
Okla
Leo Granger
Les Applegate
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East China
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