Federal Reserve tightens credit curbs on instalment buying
The Federal Reserve board, aligning with President Roosevelt's inflation plan, tightened restrictions on instalment buying and charge accounts. The amendment raises down payments, shortens payment terms, and extends control to durable and semidurable consumer goods, with a predicted 2 to 3 billion dollar cut in purchasing power next year.
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John Fisher
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Consumer Credit
Roosevelt
Congress
Reserve Board
Global War Update From Frontline to Pacific
The report outlines Soviet push toward Kharkov Kursk and Taganrog led by Marshal Timoshenko aided by British and American gear. RAF strikes hit Stuttgart Nantes and northern France while US forces report actions at Rabaul. Corregidor falls as Japan closes Manila Bay siege. Burma and India fronts see British Chinese withdrawal and Japanese encirclement efforts. Madagascar fighting pits French troops against British. Submarine and sloop loss reported for Vichy forces.
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Red Army
Hitler
Kharkov
Kursk
Taganrog
Russia
Semeon Timoshenko
Air Ministry
Stuttgart
Germany
Nantes
France
Burma
China
India
Madagascar
Navy Will Train Negro Recruits at Great Lakes
The Navy Department and the Ninth Naval District announced that Negro volunteers for naval service will receive training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. First contingents are expected to begin about June 15 when new barracks are commissioned. Recruiting will start as facilities become available. The recruits will learn seafaring fundamentals and military life before further schooling or sea service. About a month earlier, Negroes were being accepted for general service in the Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps.
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NAVY
Great Lakes
Navy Department
Washington
9Th Naval District
Naval Forces
Naval Station
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Weather notes and star positions for May 6 1642
The entry lists astronomical details for May 6 including Venus as the morning star and mentions Mercury Jupiter and the evening star. It notes Chicago area weather with intermittent rain likely ending by noon, a cool day with gusty winds, and 24 hour temperature and humidity figures.
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Chicago
Comelad
Lilacs Deliver Joy to Ill and Veterans in Chicago
Ireene Wicker urged parents to teach children the cost of war at a Chicago convention as 35,000 lilac bouquets were distributed to more than 90 hospitals and institutions. The annual Share Your Lilacs drive, organized by the Chicago Plant Flower and Fruit guild with Tribune support, sent blossoms via eight railroads to wards, orphanages, and veterans facilities, including Edward Hines Hospital.
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Gail Compton
Chicago
Edward Hines
Tribune Farm
Wheaton
Tribune Square
Sulla Oficials
Woman urges writers to include children in works at meeting
A speaker at a hotel ballroom gathering urged writers to craft for both children and adults. She addressed the crowd sobbing before leaving in tears. A man then revealed Treene Wicker learned her son had been killed in action with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Nancy
Walter Charles
Nanty
Charlie
Walter
Royal Canadian Air Force
Institute For Education
Radio
Treene Wicker
French Reject FD R Demand Battle For Madagascar
News from Vichy reports France rejects Roosevelt's warning and fights British forces to defend Madagascar. French units lose two small ships near Diego Suarez as an auxiliary cruiser is damaged while survivors reach shore. Laval announces France will resist Britain's seizure attempt despite US protest.
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Vichy
France
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
Bevesiers
Roosevelt
Pierra Laval
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Lape
Cape Amber
Diego Suarez Naval Base
Andrakaka
Washington
Hull
Martinique
Caribbean
Laval
Iland
Armand Annet
Iesiance
United States of America
Map of Madagascar in Tribune previews Vichy stand
Tomorrow's Tribune features a large color map of Madagascar showing Vichy France's overseas position in the Indian Ocean. Britain occupies the island with U.S. approval as a move to deter Japanese seizure and protect supply routes around the southern tip of Africa to Middle East ports.
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Tomorrow's Tribune
Vichy
France
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
United States
Acen
Africa
Middle East
Japs Drive Into China and Flank British Forces
Imperial headquarters and Chungking reports detail Japanese envelopment aims to trap British forces retreating along the Burma front. Japanese columns crossed into Yunnan, threaten Lashio and Chindwin routes toward India while air raids target Akyab and Mingaladon. Chinese guerrillas raid Nanchang as Japanese advance disrupts Burma road and rail links.
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Toro
Imperial Headquarters
Akyab
Burma-India
Calcutta
Burma
Kanda
Mapan
Chungking
China
India
Wanting
Yunnan
Lashio
Chukok
Burma Alde
Kutkal i
Chamo
Irrawaddy
Yungchang
Yunnan Province
Burma Road
Mekong
Chiang Kaishek
Free China
Paoshan
Kunming
New Delhi
United States
Air Ines
Mingatadon
Rangoon
United States Air Headquarters
Pan-American Airways
China Transport
Mandalay
Nanchang
Kiangs
Nanchang-Kiuklang
Corregidor Falls As Japanese Take Manila Bay Forts
Corregidor has fallen after 28 days of siege. American Filipino troops,greatly outgunned, surrendered to a Japanese landing attack. Forts Drum Hughes and Frank on Manila bay also reported to have fallen as Japan gains control of the bay and its strategic harbor. General Wainwright reportedly remained with his forces. MacArthur announced the capitulation from allied headquarters.
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Martin F. Scanlon
United States
Rabaul
New Britain
Corregidor
Philippines
Washington
Manila Bay
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
War Department
Chicago
Millson Corregidor
Drum
Hughes
Frank
Orient
Australia
India
Cebu
Mindanao
Panay Islands
Altho
Wainwright
Manila
Core Repidor
Fay
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
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