Exodus Begins In Six State Flood Sector
As floodwaters push along the Mississippi six states face evacuations and rising river crests. About 28 000 people are homeless and damage exceeds 30 million dollars. More than 10 dead and 5 000 military personnel and civilians are aiding levee defense near Fort Chartres Stringtown Ivy Landing Grand Tower and Beards town Illinois and Missouri sites.
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Minols
Indiana
Oklahoma
Romélesa
J. A. Adams
Fort Chartres
Stringtown
Ivy Landing
Grand Tower
Illinois
Missouri
Missigsippi River
Jef Fenni Vere Mies
Prairie Pont
Mis
Claryville
Gasoline Shortage Cripples Eastern Farm Chores
Strong government pressure builds over fuel rations as eastern areas face critical gasoline shortages. Officials warn the crisis could spread to the Midwest, with the War Food Administration reporting thousands of tractor and farm operations halted from Virginia to New England due to the lack of fuel.
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Ams
East Comet
Ickes
Imbia
OPA
EWT
Iweline -Brekes
War Food Administration
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Virginia
New England
Maryland
Lone Island
Roosevelt Seeks Historic War Outlays for War Department
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a record War Department appropriation of 71.8 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year while Congress approved a navy budget of 26.5 billion dollars. The pair of bills totals over 101 billion with additional billions to come from lend lease shipbuilding and home front programs. A separate measure authorizes construction of 1 million small naval craft, including troop landing boats, at about 1.7 billion dollars. The White House said the sums cover all foreseeable military needs, exceeding earlier budget estimates by over 6 billion and reflecting aircraft production needs.
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War Department
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White House
Congress
Japanese flaunt stolen rubber at United Nations base
A May 20 INS dispatch from Australia reports Japan displaying captured rubber as a symbol of power while America awaits synthetic rubber. Officers describe Japanese troops wearing rubber poles two inches thick, a sign of flaunting one of their prized resources.
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United Nations
Australia
INS
America
Japan
Gas Masks Distribution for OCD Personnel in Charleston
The Charleston OCD reports receipt of 1,634 gas masks toward its 1,834 mask allotment. Director Frank N. Clark stated more masks will be needed if personnel are outfitted and no public distribution is planned. Of the total, 160 are extra large and 253 are children’s sizes to be issued during mobilizations to Boy Scouts and messengers. Fire Chief 3. L. McLane will coordinate equitable distribution among control centers and sector posts as county custodian of federal property.
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Charleston
OCD
Jes
Frank N. Clark
L. McLane
Tax Conferees Optimistic on PAYG Withholding Plan
Washington reports a conference between Senate and House tax committees aims to resolve differences on the pay as you go system. Treasury ordered 120 carloads of paper to prepare forms and install a 20 percent withholding on wages after final passage. Leaders from both parties express cautious optimism about a compromise and a possible agreement tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
House
George D.ga
Sigvs
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Vetill
Growth of Cancer Halted In Experiments With Mice
New York May 20 195? Mount Sinai hospital laboratories report a breakthrough in cancer research. Barley rice and soya bean grains contain a substance that inhibits tumor growth when fed to cancer afflicted animals and may cause regression after intravenous injection. Human impact remains undecided. no trials on people yet. Researchers Dr Richard Lewisohn and team note the finding could guide future cancer prevention and cure efforts.
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Mount Sinai Hospital Laboratories
Mary
Richard Lewisohn
Mount Sinai
Daniel Liszlo
Cecilie Leuchtenberger
Rudolph Leuchtenberger
Zacharias Dische
Society For Experimental Biology and Medicine
Mine Strikes Spread as War Labor Board Eyes Clean-Up
Strikes widen in coal mines while the War Labor Board seeks a clean-up decision due by Tuesday on wage talks. The United Mine Workers push for a flat $2 daily increase, with a majority of the WLB fact-finders reportedly favoring extra pay for underground time. Secretary Ickes insists any contract must have WLB approval amid tensions over the Little Steel formula and potential concessions beyond a straight raise. Lewis and UMW leadership warn they will not work without a contract as the May 31 truce extension remains in effect under government operation.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WYB
WLE
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Lewis
United States
Miners Vote to End Walkout in Central Pennsylvania
Ingh officials of the United Mine Workers win a return to work after more than 2,200 of about 6,700 idle miners vote to end the walkout over a wage contract. James Mark reports from District 2 that mines may reopen by Monday as John L. Lewis and Don Gingery ordered restart action. Local votes cover seven mines with more meetings planned to decide on seven additional mines employing about 2,500 workers.
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Ingh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Cnol
James Mark
UMW
International
John L. Lewis
Don Gingery
Iby
French Captors Plan Forced Labor For Axis Prisoners
A Algiers report states the French administration in North Africa will employ about 40 000 German and Italian prisoners captured by 68 000 French troops. A Gen Henri Giraud staff official cited the two thirds ratio and warned of reprisal against Axis captives after victory.
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Sos Og
Algiers
North Africa
Robert Pelletier
Henri Giraud
Tunisia
France
Hyelf
Attu Battle Nears End as U S Seizes Airfield
American forces close to completing the Attu campaign with Maj. Gen. Eugene Landrum leading pincer maneuvers encircling Japanese troops. Airfield at Attu falls into American hands, enabling air support and distance from Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Aleutians
Kiska
Navy Department
Stimson
Eugene Landrum
Chicagos Harbor
Sarana Pass
Massacre
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Soviet Repel Four German Attacks Near Novorossisk Base
Soviet high command reports four German infantry assaults northeast of Novorossisk were repulsed after heavy artillery and trench-mortar barrages. American planes aided air battles in the Caucasus as Soviet tanks and ships supported counterattacks and sank six enemy troop barges in the Black Sea near Anapa.
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Anapa
U S Fliers Raid Along Irrawaddy
U S bombers dropped 125 tons on Japanese targets along the Irrawaddy in Burma including Yen ing Young Mogwe Padakan Monya Thayamyo and Langwa Singw Magwe. All American aircraft returned safely and Mitchell and Liberator formations supported raids.
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India
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Burma
Yening-Young
Mogwe
Padakan
Monya Thayamyo
Langwa
Chauk
Yangyat
Singw
Guak
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Ditve
Magwe
Three War Plants Idle After Strikes
Three Chrysler Corp war plants with about 14500 workers shut down as CIO UAW locals walked out at the Kercheval Jefferson and Dodge plants. The National War Labor Board urged immediate return to work as fear spread that all 85000 Chrysler workers could be affected.
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Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
CIO
United Automobile
Kercheval
Jefferson
Dodge
Carl Schecier
National War Labor Board
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Jefferson- Kercheval
Ed Corey
Uaw-Cio
Early Reynolds
Reynolds
Davies Delivers President's Note to Stalin in Moscow
Davies presents Roosevelt's secret message to Premier Stalin in Moscow after meeting Molotov. He travels aboard the same four-engine plane used for the Casa Blanca Allied conference and praises Soviet resistance while stating America and allies are strengthening human reserves and mechanized power. Soviet press highlights war news from Britain and the United States.
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Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
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Casablanca
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Germany
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Atta Island
Pacific War Council Meets with FDR Churchill on Japan Strategy
President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill met with the Pacific war council at the White House to discuss smashing Japan, while no immediate shift from the “beat Hitler first” plan was announced. Halifax cited shipping difficulties and global war scope as key factors in strategy.
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Japan
Pacific War Council
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Australia
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Lord Halifax
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Canada
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Britain
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Congress
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Atlantic
Ceaseless Air Attacks Pace War Effort Across Europe
London reports intensified Allied bombing as Eden pledges ceaseless day and night raids until victory. RAF sweeps strike Boulogne Dunkerque and targets in Belgium France while Mosquito bombers hit Berlin and rail and canal lines suffer heavy damage. Eden vows to keep bombing around the clock and around the map as Musillini is not forgotten.
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Conservative Party
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Ruhr
Sweden shifts to Allied side in war as exiled Norwegian govt recognized
Sweden announced it will recognize the Norwegian government in exile with Baron Johan Beck-Friis named minister to the court of King Haakon in London. The move marks Sweden's break with neutrality and signals support for the United Nations as Germany’s position weakens.
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INS
Sweden
Hitler
Norway
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Svenske Dagbladet
Baron Johan Beck-Friis
London
Haakon
Baron Beck-Friis
Portugal
Oslo
London Radio
United Nations
Germany
Extraterritorial Rights Relinquished in U S China Pact
United States relinquishment of extraterritorial rights in China took effect today after exchange of ratifications of the January 11 treaty. Secretary Hull and Chinese ambassador Wei Tao-ming signed the ratifications at the State Department in a brief ceremony. A similar British treaty will be ratified at Chungking.
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United States
China
Hull
Wei ‘Tao-ming
State Department
Chung King
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