War Labor Board attacks Lewis for defying laws and sovereignty
The War Labor Board denounced John L Lewis as defying federal law by seeking a wage rise without board approval. It condemned the UMW leader as challenging U S sovereignty while warning soft coal operators to halt negotiations without fresh orders. The dispute risks a new coal mine shutdown as a 15 day truce nears expiry and production factors resume under government control.
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Washington
War Labor Board
UMW
John L Lewis
United States
Lewis
New York
United Mine Workers
WLB
National War Labor Board
Director of Economic Stabilization
National War Board
Attu Battle Report Claims Steady U S Reinforcements
Tokyo radio reports heavy fighting as U S forces press a three pronged assault on Attu Island in the Aleutians. Japanese counterattacks, claims of annihilation and poison gas usage are disputed by Western observers and officials.
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Attu Island
Tokyo
Aleutians
U. S
Spupeta
Uceeteooeel
Nakao Yahagi
Army
Tokyo Radio
Distribution of Liquor Ration Cards Began in Ohio
Columbus AP says Ohio starts issuing liquor ration cards to purchasers today. Cards required to buy bottled pints after June 1, distributed alphabetically at 31 retail agencies and stores. Registrants must show War Ration Book No 2. no other ID accepted.
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Columbus
Onio
Don A. Fisher
Mate Liquor Monopoly
Italy Expects No Help From Hitler in War Stand
Italy faces a grave Allied position in the Mediterranean as Mussolini tightens defenses. Swiss reports say Italy does not expect German aid in an invasion and note Germany is preoccupied with its own defenses. London papers claim Hitler plans to withdraw troops via the Brenner Pass and abandon Italy, while Gestapo and officers may follow. Italy’s fleet remains potent with six to eight battleships, cruisers, and 50 to 60 destroyers.
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Bern
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Switzerland
Germany
London
Hitler
Ing
Brenner Pass
Possible Reopening of Point Pleasant Navy Yard
Rumors rise that the Federal government will build invasion boats at Point Pleasant and halt demolition, reviving hope the navy yard will be used for its original purpose. The 85 percent completed plant faced stoppage last November and recent demolition of a major building has left locals hopeful but uninformed.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Navy Yard
Washington
Navy Yard
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Skip a Year Tax Vote Heads To House Tuesday
House Republicans push a third try to pass the modified Ruml Plan in time for Roosevelt to sign. The bill would skip a year of income taxes and include a 20 percent wage withholding, with a possible veto seen as blocking both changes.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Treasury
Loss of Two Merchant Vessels Is Announced
Washington reports the loss of two merchant ships in April marking the 15th straight week of Allied and neutral sinkings below the prior weekly average. The two vessels were a medium sized U S merchant ship and a small Norwegian freighter, raising total Axis losses in Western Atlantic waters since Pearl Harbor to 655 ships.
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Washington
U. S
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Sherwood named to Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Gov. Bricker appointed Charles L. Sherwood director of the State Welfare Department as a member of the Pardon and Parole Commission for six years beginning June 15. The post pays $6,000 annually. Bricker said a welfare successor would be chosen before Sherwood assumes the new duties.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Charles L. Sherwood
State Welfare Department
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Bricker
Sherwood
Nelsonville Girl Is Runner-Up in Miss Armorette Contest
Miss Lenore Schultz of Nelsonville Ohio attained runner-up honors in a national contest among armored force soldiers to select a Miss Armorette. Miss Mary Oliver from Camp Campbell Kentucky won the title.
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Fort Knox
Lenore Schultz
Nelsonville
Ohio
Mary Oliver
Camp Campbell
Eighteen Die in Army Plane Crash on Gingercake Mountain
An army transport plane lost in fog crashed into Gingercake Mountain near Morgantown North Carolina killing eighteen enlisted men and officers. The incident occurred Saturday as rescue units searched the wreckage and identified the victims.
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Morgantown
N. C
Gingercake Mountain
Here
Six Ships Sunk By U S Subs in Pacific Raids
U S submarines in the Pacific have sunk six enemy vessels including a destroyer and damaged another ship. A Navy communique reports Avenger bombers attacked four Japanese cargo ships near Buin in the Solomons, setting one on fire.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Buin
Solomons
South Pacific
Avenger
Far East
U. S
Navy Department
Urge 60 Percent Cut In Funds for Ickes
The House appropriations committee recommended a 60 percent reduction in the Interior Department budget for the next fiscal year. They proposed a total of $72,861,316 for the department led by Secretary Ickes, who had called for economies himself.
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Washington
Interior Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Department
Ickes
Ohio Knights of Columbus name McHugh deputy
Edward P. McHugh of Cleveland was named deputy of the Ohio Knights of Columbus during a weekend war conference in Columbus. The office is the highest in the state organization.
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Columbus
Edward P. McHugh
Cleveland
Ohio Knights of Columbus
Bitter Battle Near Salamaua in New Guinea
Allied forces in Australia report Australians and Americans clashing with Japanese five miles below Salamaua as combat for control of Huon Gulf and Bobdubi village intensifies. Japanese air assault on Bobdubi and Wau yields limited results per MacArthur spokesman.
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Australia
Salamaua
New Guinea
Japan
Huon Gulf
Bobdubi
Mubo
Rubber Plants To Be Ready By Next Year
Rubber Director William M Jeffers says the synthetic rubber program will finish this year with 12 million tires for essential drivers and 30 60 000 tires in 1944 while non essential drivers face long waits for tires. A warning from Ickes and Brown cited drastic steps if East Coast motorists overuse gasoline.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Ickes
Price
Prentiss Brown
Brown
End of Canton City Workers' Strike Forecast
Canton officials and union leaders predicted an end to a six day strike of 250 municipal workers after agreeing to mediation by the U S Conciliation Service. Union leaders planned to urge members to return to work Tuesday while wage dispute remains unsettled.
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Canton
Canton Municipal Service Department
U. S. Conciliation Service
WLB
State
County and Municipal Workers
CIO
1000 Dutch Students Deported to Germany
German authorities have deported 4,000 Dutch students to Germany for forced labor after 90 percent refused to sign a declaration of obedience to Nazi regulations. The Netherlands agency Aneta cited Goering’s Essener National Zeitung in reporting the action.
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London
Germany
Aneta
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Essener National Zeitung
Labor Brokers Active Report
Regional Manpower Director Robert C. Goodwin said the U. S. government investigates labor brokers urging skilled workers in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky to quit with promises of higher pay elsewhere. He noted workers earning 100 weekly could be offered 200 to 250 weekly and that 150 mechanics in one plant threatened to quit. Goodwin vowed action to stop such disruption to war work and to monitor brokers operating in other cities.
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Cleveland
U. S
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Robert C. Goodwin
Goodwin
Cleveland pilot among nine dead in B-17 crash near Shreveport
George C. Harsa of Cleveland served as flight officer on a B-17 Flying Fortress based at Lockbourne Air Base. The aircraft crashed Saturday near Shreveport Louisiana, killing all nine crew members aboard.
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Columbus
George C. Harsa
Cleveland
Shreveport
Lockbourne Air Base
Allies Food Conference Opens in Hot Springs Va
The United Nations food conference gathers 43 governments to tackle postwar needs and ways to feed 2 billion people on 4 billion acres. U S delegates push expanded domestic farming and nutrition emphasis including milk eggs poultry vegetables and fruits.
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Hot Springs
United States
Agriculture Department
Shake Up in OPA Urged to Speed Relief and Coordination
A House Naval subcommittee urged a drastic shake-up of OPA personnel and changes in how food is allotted in war production centers. It said relief to congested war areas depends on federal action and criticized a lack of coordination among war agencies and shortages of qualified staff in Washington, citing the San Francisco Bay area as a key example.
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Washington
House Naval
OPA
San Francisco Bay Area
Ironton Garage Operator Found Murdered Near Otlay
PORTSMOUTH APAuthorities sought a 30 year old man last seen with Charles C Addis 37 Ironton garage operator whose body was found near Otlay with a bullet wound in the head Sheriff Earl Brander believes Addis was killed in the farm outbuilding where found Saturday No weapon found Addis had been missing since Wednesday when he left his garage with an overall clad man seeking to sell him farm machinery
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Portsmouth
Charles C. Addis
Ironton
Otlay
Earl Brander
Addis
Newark housing plan wins national approval
Cleveland AP reports the National Housing Agency approved a privately financed project to build 100 family units and 75 temporary dormitories for war workers in Newark Ohio.
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Cleveland
Newark
National Housing Agency
Allied Air Offensive Rages From Aleutians To Rome
Allied air forces flew sustained offensives across the globe. U S commanders avoided detailed reports from the Aleutians while Britain bombed Berlin and Rome. Ruhr and Rhineland targets were hit as Mohne and Eder dams were reported breached. In Tunisia, 27 generals among about 175000 prisoners were captured. Palermo endured Wellington bombing after May 9 strikes.
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Washington
U. S
Little
Tokyo
Europe
Britain
Berlin
Middle East
Rome
Lido di Roma
Ruhr
Rhineland
Archibald Sinclair
Mohne
Eder
Germany
United Nations
London
Tunisia
Red Artillery Planes Active Against German Front
The Red Army used planes and artillery to harass German preparations as a new week began. Soviet air forces claimed 1300 German planes destroyed in two weeks with 339 losses. Artillery fire extended from the Kuban to the Baltic Sea destroying German pillboxes.
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Moscow
Red Army
Red
Kuban
Baltic Sea
Alexander Named Likely European Supreme Commander
The Daily Mail dispatch from New York says Roosevelt and Churchill may appoint Gen. Sir Harold Alexander as supreme commander for European operations. Alexander is viewed as the leading Allied strategist and the logical choice for overall command.
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London
The
Daily Mail
New York
Roosevelt
Churchill
Harold Alexander
Ohio salvage drive targets farms for metal quota
Ohio salvage chief Robert O Weibel says rural districts must intensify metal collection to hit a six month target of 430000 tons by July 1. He blamed public apathy and winter disruptions and urged rural salvage committees to continue gathering tin cans fats silk and nylon hosiery along with iron steel and copper.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert O. Weibel
State War Production Board
Weibel
Danger of Nazi Aerial Raids on East Warned by General Royce
In Chicago General Royce warns Nazi air raids on the United States are far from impossible and could be desirable from Hitler's view despite high costs. He spoke at an If Am An American Day rally in Soldier Field about potential attacks and American resilience.
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Chicago
United States
Ralph Royce
Eastern Seaboard
Hitler
Royce
Soldier Field
Half Million Women In Vital Industries
Cleveland report notes about 500000 women employed in vital industries across Ohio Michigan and Kentucky with expectations of more Housewives entering factory work soon. Col Elliot Roosevelt narrowly escaped serious injury when his plane collided with a transport near Algiers.
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Allied
North
Africa
Col
Elliot Roosevelt
Algiers
Motorcycle Crash Claims Life in Bellefontaine
Harvey Carpenter 25 of Middleburg died yesterday after a head on collision with an automobile on Route 47.
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Harvey Carpenter
Middleburg
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