Japs Mass Ships To Block Sea Lanes In Pacific Handle
Reports of a concentration of Japanese warships and transports around the Marshall Islands sparked Allied talk of a major strike on the Australia supply route. Jaluit island centers the buildup, 1,500 miles north of New Caledonia and 2,100 miles from Hawaii, with strategic options seen in three directions or feints to test American strength.
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Washington
Marshall Islands
Australia
Mandated Islands
Bay of Bengal
India
Japan
High Command
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Robert L. Ghormley
Singapore
Indies
Philippines
Hitler Mussolini meet at Salzburg amid war talk
The article reports a two day Salzburg conference between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini with speculation about Axis unity. It notes possible talks on the Russian offensive, Italian unrest, and a joint Axis peace offer while British officials promise continued raids.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Salzburg
Austria
London Daily Mail
Germany
England
RAF
Europe
Russia
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Fuehrer
Il Duce
United States
Reformatory Trustee Drowns in Scioto River
CHILLICOTHE William Thomas Wolfe 18 of Neffs Belmont County drowned in the Scioto River yesterday. He was a trustee at the Federal Reformatory here and broke institution rules by swimming in the river.
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Chillicothe
William Thomas Wolfe
Neffs
Belmont County
Scioto
Federal Reformatory
House Set to Act Tuesday on Army Pay Boost Bill
The military committee sent a bill to the House boosting lower paid service members. It doubles back private pay to 42 dollars a month and raises base pay for officers through second lieutenants. total annual cost put at 282 million dollars. The measure aims to aid drafted personnel with dependents and may precede broader family payments and possible induction policy relaxations. Chairman May indicated House action next Tuesday.
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Washington
Armed Services
Senate
May
D-Ky
House
War Plant Aligns With Federal Union Order
International Harvester Co will maintain union membership as ordered by the War Labor Board affecting about 25 000 organized workers in eight midwestern plants. The policy freezes membership in the majority union for the contract duration while allowing those who wish to leave before the contract to do so. Non union workers or minority unionists are not forced to join the majority union. The CIO Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee and two AFL unions sought a union shop rule requiring union membership as a condition of employment and agreed minority members would join the majority.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
First Concern
War Labor Board
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
AFL
Railroads to Hire 320,000 Men in 1942
Defense Transportation Director A B Eastman reported that the nation’s railroads must hire 320,000 men in the remaining eight months of 1942 to handle rising freight activity replace drafted workers and cover normal turnover and vacation schedules.
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Washington
Defense Transportation
A B. Eastman
Grads to Conserve Columbus Wardrobe Change Signals War Spirit
The article notes a shift from traditional white flannel graduation trousers to standard issue garb as part of wartime austerity. It mentions Columbus area high schools adopting conservative attire to support broader war materiel conservation efforts, reflecting homefront spirit and youth participation.
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GRADS
Columbus
Regulr
Laws Covering Children Studied by Commission
The Ohio Children's Code Commission announced eight advisory committees to review state laws affecting thousands of children. Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood, who appointed the panel, said many laws are obsolete or confusing and gaps must be corrected to advance child welfare programs.
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Columbus
Ohio Children's Code Commission
Charles L. Sherwood
Dealers To Be Checked By Trained Shoppers
The Office of Price Administration will use trained professional shoppers to inspect sellers for compliance with upcoming ceiling prices on living cost items. Dexter Keezer deputy price administrator and Robert E Sessions director of the Consumers Division announced this at a press conference.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Dexter Keezer
Robert E. Sessions
Consumers Division
Wing Commander Max Aitken shoots down German bomber over England
London report says Wing Commander Max Aitken son of Lord Beaverbrook led his squadron against German raiders and shot down a Dornier 217 last night. The action adds to Royal Air Force efforts over England.
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London
Max Aitken
Lord Beaverbrook
Germany
England
Japs Advance In Burma Front As Lashio Falls
British forces pull back 80 miles to a new defense line near Mandalay amid the Japanese push toward Lashio and the Burma Road. Chinese dispatches say fall of Lashio won’t stop Chinese reinforcements or Indian supply routes. In the Pacific, Japanese ships mass near the Marshall Islands, Blamey warns of renewed attack in the Anzac zone, while Corregidor shells Japanese positions and Lae airfield sees pilots downed.
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Burma
Mandalay
Lashio
India
China
Lashiio
Pacific
Marshall Islands
South Central Pacific
Corregidor
Mindanao
Panay Islands
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Torpedoed Freighter Sinks in Five Minutes
A small freighter was sunk by a single submarine torpedo off the Atlantic coast Tuesday in minutes. Six men are believed dead while thirty seven crew members, including the master, were rescued after drifting two hours in a lifeboat. Survivors landed at Lewes Del.
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Lewel
Del
Atlantic
Fourth Naval District
Logan editor Clinton Webb dies at 48 in hospital
Clinton Webb longtime Logan newspaper man and Hocking County representative of The Athens Messenger since 1919 died in Cherrington Hospital from coronary thrombosis while aiding civilian defense firemen. A World War I veteran, he mentored civic groups, reported county news for The Messenger and The Logan Republican, and left behind his wife Margaret Toerner and two sons Ralph and Ned.
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Logan
Clinton Webb
Hocking County
Athens Messenger
Cherrington
Mr. Webb
Webb Summit
Ralph
Hannah Webb
Democrat-Sentinel Publishing Co
The
Messenger
Webb
Logan Republican
Espoo
Lights of New York Test Darkens Broadway Miracle
New York officials report a staged blackout on Broadway lasting 20 minutes from 9 30 p m to 9 50 p m EWT. Police Commissioner Valen tine called it the greatest show New York has ever had while Mayor LaGuardia praised the effort and civilian defense officers said it was at least 95 percent effective.
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New York
Broadway
EWT
Valentine
F. H. LaQuardia
Senate trims non defense agency costs in spending bill
Senate economy advocates pushed a drop in the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill cutting 12.3 million from non defense agency funds for the coming year. The vote 53 to 20 supported travel allowance reductions amid some protest with increases offsetting some cuts. Senator Tydings urged saving money now as the international situation unfolds.
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Washington
Senate
Independent Offices
Appropriations Committee
Chamber
Tydings
D.-Md
Legion Drops Annual Parade
The American Legion convention moves from New Orleans to the Midwest due to wartime, shortening from a week to three days. The national executive committee, meeting at national headquarters, votes for a sober, businesslike event September 19 to 21, with no music contests.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
World War Veterans’ Organization
Legion
National
New Orleans
Midwest
Hitler Mussolini meeting lacks the power to unsettle Allies
The Mackenzie column notes the Hitler Mussolini talk shows little threat to Allied resolve. It argues Nazi Italy remains weak, while Japan pursues its own aims. Stalin’s May Day pledge to defeat German forces is cited, but the summer will prove the true balance of strength.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Messrs
Hitler
Mussolini
Olympus
Fuehrer
Italy
Despond
Germany
Japan
Iomeean
Axis
Local Defense Councils Study Housing Problem in Ohio
Ohio local defense councils will form housing committees to study war worker shelter needs. The State Defense Council and State Housing Board order surveys, with the U S Employment Service, to find houses for workers and assess if dwelling shortages hinder war production. Burton cites potential designation of Ohio as a defense area to control rents and expand housing.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Defense Council
State Housing Board
Courtney Burton
State Council
U.S. Employment Service
Leon Henderson
Burton
Breckenridge Rites In New Straitsville
Mrs. Elizabeth Breckenridge age 74 widow of Thomas Breckenridge and formerly of New Straitsville died Wednesday night from a cerebral hemorrhage at the Granville home of her son William. Funeral services set for Saturday at two o clock at the home of brother Samuel Wallace. She is survived by William, two grandchildren, and brothers Samuel Wallace of New Straitsville and Robert Wallace of Roseville. The funeral party arrived at the Wallace home today.
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New Straitsville
Elizabeth Breckenridge
Thomas Breckenridge
William
Granville
Samuel Wallace
Forest Fires Sweep Rhode Island Under Martial Law
Three Rhode Island towns Coventry West Greenwich and Scituate placed under martial law as fires scorched more than 50 square miles burning timber and destroying government lumber. Governor J Howard McGrath visited the scene to order the measures.
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Boston
Rhode Island
New England
Coventry
West Greenwich
Scituate
J. Howard McGrath
Tire Men Meeting Cleveland
Nearly 200 representatives from Ohio Michigan Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia tire makers gathered in Cleveland for discussions on tire rationing progress. In Chillicothe Earl Senff 38 died when his car overturned on a curve on the Scioto Trail south of the city.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Scioto Trail
Chillicothe
Earl Senff
Here
Stalin Warns War Power Rise Amid Allied Aid
Stalin in a May Day manifesto claims war has strained Germany with hunger and shortages as the Soviet Union receives increasing military aid from the United States and Britain. He vows to smash Hitler’s invasion forces on a surrender or death basis to force 1942 as a year of final defeat. In Belgium a chemical plant explosion near Tessenderlo kills 250 and wounds 1,000 amid alleged sabotage. Britain presses Russia aid and air offensives wane as Nazi bombers clash with RAF. Soviet reports say heavy pressure around Staraya Rus, Smolensk, Orel, Kursk with German defenses under strain as mud eases.
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Hitler
Japan
Germany
Italy
Stalin
Russia
Red
America
Britain
Berlin
Axis
Joseph Stalin
Belgium
Tessenderioo
Antwerp
Free Belgian
London
England
France
Sunderland
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Smolensk
Moscow
Orel
Kursk
M. Zakharov
Central
Registration Plan Dropped in Wartime Women
President Roosevelt announced the plan for voluntary wartime registration of women was dropped after Paul V. McNutt consulted women on the Social Security Board advisory council and found more women seeking jobs than openings. He said the decision may not be permanent and such a listing could be needed in the future.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Social Security Board
Federal Advisory Council
Woman Repays State For Old Age Pension
A Canton woman in her 70s repaid the State $602 received as old age pension assistance over six years. Half of the amount will go back to the Federal Government, which shares pension costs. Welfare Director Charles Sherwood said she reported $800 from property sales and wished to repay. Sherwood refused to identify her.
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Columbus
Canton
Charles Sherwood
Sherwood
New Heat Records Marked Up in Ohio
The weather bureau reported new heat records for April 30 in Ohio. Columbus reached 98 degrees and Cleveland 88, the highest on record for the date.
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Ohio
Columbus
Cleveland
Weather Bureau
American staffed canteens to serve all Australian camps
Allied headquarters announced that every United States Army camp in Australia will soon have its own canteen operated under American staff control. The move aims to provide standardized services for troops across all Australian bases.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
United States Army
Loan Rate on Wheat Raised
The Agriculture Department set the basic loan rate on 1942 grown wheat at 1.14 dollars per bushel at the farm, with 1941 wheat at 93 cents. Loans depend on grower approval of marketing quotas in a referendum tomorrow, and quotas rejection would halt loans. The rate equals 85 percent of the parity price of 1.335 dollars as of April 15.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Married Men With Dependents Likely Exempt From Draft
Representative Young of Ohio predicts the Selective Service will not call many married men with dependents this year. He says there is no immediate need for rapid acceleration of the training program and that very few such married men will be drafted for military service.
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Washington
Young
D-Obie
Ohioan
U S Planes Raid Rangoon Dock Area in Burma Night
United States planes conducted a night raid on Rangoon in Burma on the night of April 29. The attack targeted the dock area causing damage observed in U S reports.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Rangoon
Burma
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