Yankee Fliers Smash Hitler Fortress in Holland Raid
American heavy bombers struck a German air field in Holland for the twentieth consecutive day of pre invasion air attacks. Allied raids included dawn strikes on northern France and night missions against Bucharest from Italy and bases in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmear
London
Hitler
Holland
France
Bucharest
Italy
Reima
U. S
RAF
Bright
Air Ministry
Ludwigshafen
Montdidier
Amiens
Chateaudun
Orleans
Nurnberg
Rome
Yenumiglia
Roosevelt Delegates Win in Florida
In Florida the Roosevelt pledged delegates lead in 14 contests while Byrd supporters push four. Florida party rules may unit votes if two thirds agree, and the Roosevelt faction has two more than required. Claude Pepper appears renominated with about 373,393 votes to his rivals’ totals from nearly all precincts.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Roosevelt
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Claude Pepper
Pepper
J. Ollie Edmunds
Jacksonvie
Invasion Alert From Up-A Boyish Voice
A caller using the name Invasion ATLANTA phoned The Associated Press asking if the invasion had begun. The voice sounded anxious and said he had a siren ready to blow, signaling a tense wartime moment with improvised preparations.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Seek Farm Help From Town Men
An appeal issued by Doran L. Warren farm labor assistant asks business men in Council Bluffs and West Footwat-temie county to register if they can operate a tractor or work evenings to ease farmers during harvest and provide rest. Farmers should contact the county extension director at phone 8298 to join organized groups for efficient labor and gas saving. Community centers will form countywide, with help planned for harvest season and summer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
West Fottawattemie County
Doran L. Warren
Warren
Roosevelt seeks 800 million for UN relief program
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 800 million dollars for the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration UNRRA with 450 million cash for American participation. The request covers pre reef operations in liberated areas and authorizes transfer of 240 million worth of lend lease goods and services toward the total US contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations’ Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Frost Tonight Warns of Friday Morning Frost
Weather bulletin warns of a heavy frost Friday morning across the area. Temperatures are expected to dip to around 14 degrees, prompting gardeners to protect young plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Weather Areau
Ernie Pyle Says Goodbye to Italy After Naples Dispatch
Ernie Pyle, departing Naples for England, writes to American troops in Italy about the campaign. He notes hardship and misery, but also moments of respite and humor, admitting few fond memories of the Italian campaign and acknowledging the heavy burdens borne by soldiers in hard fighting and harsh weather.
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Naples
England
Ernie Pyle
Goodby
Italy
Army May Take Over Consumers Power Fight
A national army intervention scenario surfaced in Nebraska over the Consumers Public Power district dispute. Loup River district manager Harold Kramer said the army could step in to ensure power to war plants if settlement stalls. The strike affected many plants and depots across the state, with Hydro board chair George E. Johnson and Consumers director Charles B. Frickie noting widespread walkouts and potential wage talks.
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Associated Firess
Union Electrical Workers of
Nebraska
Consumers Pubic Power District
Columbus
Harold Kramer
Loup River Buble
Hydro Service
Marin-Nebraska
Omaha
Fort Crook
Hastings Naval
Sioux
Sidney
Nebraska Ordnance Plant
Mead
Cornhusker
Grand Island
McCook
Ainsworth
Scottsbluff
Scribner
Alliance
Kearney
Harvard
Fairmont
Atlanta
Indianola
George E. Johnson
Hydros Board of Managers
Hydros and Consumers
Lincoln
W. Thailis
Joint Strike Committee
Consumers Public Power District
Johnson
Hydros
Consumers
Charles 2B. Frickie
Strike Not Under WLB Jurisdiction in Nebraska
Gil Paul Nachtman, chairman of the regional war labor board in Kansas City, informed Governor Griswold of Nebraska that the public power strike there is not under WLB jurisdiction. He said the board lacks authority over labor disputes involving political subdivisions but offers assistance or advice aligned with national board policy if sought.
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Kansas City
Gil
Paul Nachtman
Regional
War Labor Board
Griswold
Nebraska
WLB
Nachtman
National Board
Hundred Guests Flee From Burning Hotel in Modesto
Modesto California fire destroys the 190 room five story Hotel Modesto as about hundred guests flee via fire escapes. An unidentified man died after missing his footing while attempting to step onto a ladder from the fifth floor. The blaze occurred Wednesday night and consumed a quarter block downtown.
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Modesto
Calif
More Relief in Rationing Seen as Likely
The government expects further easing of civilian food rationing with most meats except beef steaks and roasts becoming ration-free, and dairy and margarine limits possibly loosening in weeks. Officials warn future supplies may tighten next fall, and red point values will affect actual choices. Weather notes follow the wartime food discussion with forecasts for Council Bluffs and Nebraska, including frost risks and warmer periods.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Congress
War Food Administration
Bonanza
Air Raids Not Measured by Bomb Weight Says Observers
London dispatch by Gladwin Hill reports ex port air war observers including US officers argue the war’s bombing results are not tied to tonnage. They warn successes vary by aim, weather, and precision, noting Berlin studies show disruption beyond blunt tonnage metrics.
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Gladwin Hill
London
United States Air Force
RAF
Berlin
Germany
Judgment Against Walters in OPA Overcharge Case
A federal court in Des Moines on Thursday awarded $761.61 against Harlan Rendering Company for OPA ceiling violations tied to corn sales from January 3 to February 10, 1944. Walters, partner with R. B. Walters, co operated with investigators. Bowles recommended the amount, and the action was filed by OPA Administrator Chester Bowles. Walters’ co partners are Marine Heilman and Lenore Haskell of Harlan.
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OPA
Harlan Rendering Company
GPA
R. B. Walters
Charles K. Dewey
Des Moines
Walters
Dewey
Bowles
Walters’ Company
Chester Bowles
Housewives Lose Two Million Quarts of Canned Foods
A Des Moines survey shows Iowa households wasted about two million quarts of canned foods due to spoilage last year. About 92 to 98 percent of families canned, with total canned output estimated between 140 and 160 million quarts. Farm, town, and city families reported spoilage averages ranging from 2.22 to 5.08 quarts per family. An estimated 140,000 to 168,000 acres were planted to gardens.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Strtion Council
Towa Agricultural Service
Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Hawaiian Islands
Looks Like Dewey on First Ballot
News on the Republican convention race shows Guy Dewey leading with a strong first ballot push. Bricker is the main challenger, while Stassen Ball and other governors hold scattered pledged votes as Dewey seeks a decisive initial tally.
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Dewey
Jack Bell
Washington
John. W. Bricker
Ohio
Guy Thomas E. Dewey
Ball
R.minn
Harold ©. Stassen
Minnesota
South Dakota
Brewster
Maine
Bricker
Alf M. Landon
Roy D. Moore
Stassen
Simeon
Willis
Kenucky
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Douglas MacArthur
California
Gov. Warren
Brickerbackers
Ward manager charged as FBI raids Montgomery Ward plant
FBI agents seized Montgomery Ward assistant operating manager Lowell Sowell at the Illinois plant and charged him with stealing or injuring U S government property. He was released on $260 bond awaiting a May hearing after declaring innocence. The case centers on a government posted notice about plant seizures and employee dismissals.
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Chicago
Paul D. Sowell
Montgomery Ward and Company
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S
William J. Connor
U. S
Edwin K. Walker
Lowell
Connor
John D. Goodles
CIO
United
Goodloe
Sowell
Walker
Condor
James C. Leston
Welker
Leston
Marabal
Richard Hosteng
FBI
Ward
Francis Biddle
Montgomery Ward
William H. Holly
Nazi Parachute Expert Shifts to France
London reports Adolf Hitler has moved Lt. Gen Kurt Student the parachute troop expert from Italy to France and redeployed hardened parachute and airborne troops to the Atlantic wall. The radio says Nazi airborne forces are in danger zones and Student has inspected the Atlantic fortifications as Allied invasion is anticipated.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Kurt Student
Italy
Frrance
Aire Horne
Whisky Production Must Wait Awhile
Washington UPI Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board said there is no prospect for resuming whisky making for at least three or four months. Testifying before the Senate Special Liquor Shortage Investigating Committee, he told Senator Ferguson there is no possibility of a holiday from Industrial alcohol manufacture in the immediate future. Ferguson pressed on whether the delay would last three to four months. Nelson replied that it would unless industrial alcohol requirements are reduced.
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Washington
UPI
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate
Nelson
Ferguson
Michigan
Maj Jimmy Stewart DFC Awarded for Brunswick Raid
Maj James Stewart of U S Liberator Base England received the Distinguished Flying Cross for leadership in the February 20 raid on Nazi aircraft factories at Brunswick Germany. He piloted the first bomber over the target and spoke modestly of the honor during a ceremony in an empty hangar.
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England
James Stewart
Brunswick
Germany
Hollywood Dam Star
Stewart
Britain and U S tighten war sanction list against firms
The United States and Britain expanded economic warfare against about 15 000 firms aiding Germany and Japan. The move, announced by a state department official, will continue into the postwar period to pressure those who traded with the Axis, even as nations move to peacetime. The policy marks a precedent by targeting individuals and organizations beyond neutral governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Germany
Japan
State Department
Britain
Francis H. Russell
Division of World Trade Intelligence
American Drug Manufacturers Association
Hot Springs
Russell
Europe
Iowa VFW Joins National Drive to Aid Returning Soldiers
Des Moines Iowa veterans of foreign wars join a nationwide campaign to raise 1500000 for rehabilitating returning soldiers and sailors. Iowa’s quota is 75000 and state adjutant Max W Van Horn notes this is the VFW’s first public appeal in 46 years.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Meme Bera
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Max W. van Horn
War salvage collection dates for local schools listed
Schools in the district announce paper collection on specific Fridays withFriday May 5 for several schools including Roonevelt Eighth Street Avenue B Franklin Walnut Grove and Holy Family also Tin is collected on the third Thursday for pickup the call to the school principal for noncollected paper and fats are bought at four tents per pound with two theater stamps per pound for waste fats
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Roonevelt
Eighth, Street
Avenue B
Franklin
Walnut Grove
Holy Family
Pata
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Hitler Fortress
Oman
Robert B. Woodward
Wiliam EB. Doering
Polaroid Corporation
Cambridge
Mass
Army Baa
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Blafia
USAAF
Honolulu, Um
Pearl Harbor
Robert C. ©. Richardson, Jr
Richardson
Pier 4
Maj
Jimmy Stewart
U. Britain
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