Sides in Power Strike Eye Accord Talks
Nebraska public power district officials report operations intact on the third day of a complete union electrical workers strike. A Columbus sabotage claim and union charges of bad faith mark weekend developments as Gov. Griswold plans a Lincoln meeting with district and union leaders. General Managers Kramer and Gentleman note no change locally. a wire-throwing incident near Columbus prompts an investigation while unions deny involvement.
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Nebraska Public Power District
Lincoln
Griswold
Columbus
Supreme Court
Sam Insull
Harold Kramer
Loup Rover
Richland
Kramer
Drag Sioux River for Body of Drowned Boy
Plymouth county officials continued Monday morning to drag the Sioux river about 12 miles north of here for the body of William Hunter, 12, who lost his life in the river with his father, Vance Hunter, 48, when their rowboat overturned Saturday night as they sought to remove a net. The body of Mr. Hunter was recovered Sunday. About 500 persons aided Sheriff Frank Seholer in the search, with Sioux City Police furnishing equipment.
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Sioux City
Plymouth County
Sioux River
Here
William Hunter
Vance Hunter
Hunter
Frank Seholer
Cantor Praises American Actors At Purple Heart Circuit Dinner
Eddie Cantor lauded American theater calling it the Purple Heart circuit for its hospital service to wounded servicemen. The Sunday testimonial dinner marked his 35th anniversary in show business with about 150 attendees from stage, screen, radio, and public life.
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New York
UPI
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Oklahoma airman Johnson becomes U S ace in Europe
Capt Robert S Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma, a Thunderbolt pilot at an England fighter base, shot down two enemy planes over Germany to raise his total to 27 and become the first American ace in World War II Europe to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker’s 26 kills. He ties Major Bong’s total of 23 in the southwest Pacific, while Don Gentile holds a 30 kill European tally. Johnson sought 2 more hours of combat duty after his tour.
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Johnson
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Don Gentile
Piqua
Ster
Nippons Advance Toward Loyang Strain Chinese Front
Chinese dispatches report Japanese forces pushing toward Loyang from Chenghsien and Yengchen, with advances of about three and a half miles and six miles from Loyang. Fighting intensifies across Henan as Tokyo aims to clear the Lunghai line and threaten central China, with Loyang’s garrison largely evacuated.
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Chungking
UPI
Henan
Loyang
China
Bierce
Pieping- Hankow
Chenghsieng
Siping
Chumiatien
Yengchen
Chenghsein
Chenghsien
Lunghai
Coastal Forces Battle German Convoy
In the English Channel early Monday coastal forces manned by French crews clashed with a well escorted German convoy. The admiralty said a supply ship and a trawler were probably sunk while allied vessels damaged other enemy boats in close combat and returned to harbor with only minor superficial damage.
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London
English Channel
Vision of Jesus on cross seen over Ipswich town
Teswich vicar the Rev Harold Godfrey Green said he verified the accounts of hundreds of Ipswich residents who reported a vision of Jesus on a cross in the sky during an April 27 air raid alert. Nearly 800 townspeople packed St Nicholas church for a sermon where the vicar called the sign a good omen and described the cross shape and the figure of Jesus appearing before vanishing instantly.
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Teswich
England
Harold Godfrey Green
St Nicholas Church
Ipswich
Jesus
St. Nicholas Church
Ward Subsidiary Strike Continues at Ward Plant
Springfield AFL machinists press President Roosevelt to step in as 450 production and maintenance workers stay idle for a third straight day at Montgomery Ward’s Springfield subsidiary Hummer Manufacturing. Officials have issued no public statement.
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Springfield
Montgomery Ward and Company
Hummer Manufacturing Company
AFL
Roosevalt
Hammer and Ward
U S Produces Vast War Aircraft and Armaments
Sheffield dispatch quotes First Lord A V Alexander praising Allied war production. He claims the United States Britain and empire produced 127000 planes in 1843 or 1414 per hour and 9 army guns 106 rounds of gun ammunition and 3,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition per hour. The U S account covers 85,919 aircraft last year at nearly 10 per hour. Detailed U S gun and ammunition stats were not available. Also noted is the death of Dwight H Brown Missouri secretary of state who had sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and withdrew due to illness.
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Sheffield
England
A. V. Alexander
United States
Britain
British Empire
Planta
Popular Bluff
Dwight H. Brown
Missouri
Churchmen Protest Hershey Action At Iowa Falls Meeting
At the annual Congregational Christian conference in Iowa Falls the ministers passed a resolution denouncing Gen Charles B Hershey for canceling deferments of pretheological students after July. The measure, offered by Rev Sulley Lessly and Rev David Arnold, asks state superintendent Rev Royal J Montgomery to seek a modification to guarantee a continuing supply of trained chaplains for army and navy and a proper civilian minister quota.
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Iowa Falls
Ufi
Louth
Congregational-Christian Conference
Charles B. Hershey
Suilley Lessly
Osage
Yayid Arnold
Baxter
Royal J. Montgomery
Grinnell
Army
Navy
Sevastopol Siege Nearing Crisis
Soviet bombers and fighters pounded Sevastopol in a weekend assault as Moscow and Axis broadcasts claimed heavy Russian pressure against the German Romanian garrison. A Soviet communique said warplanes hit dumps batteries and ships, while the Axis warned of a fluctuating battle around the fortress. The garrison, about 25,000 strong, has held Sevastopol since mid April under siege fire from heights overlooking the city. The Soviet Black Sea Fleet reported sinking several escape vessels trying to reach Romania. German analysts suggested the push aims to annihilate the garrison to free divisions for a wider summer offensive. Minor land activity was reported elsewhere, with 200 Germans slain south of Tiraspol.
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London
Lpi
Sevastopol
Moscow
Red Army
Crimean
Black Sea
Alt Arm
Romania
Iasi
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Germans Driven Back After Making Gains
Allied headquarters in Naples report German patrols advanced into Allied positions in the upper Garigliano valley near Santa Andrea three miles south of Cassino. After heavy shelling the Germans were driven off two hours later. Additional harassing fire near Cassino and in the Garigliano valley followed by comparisons of activity in the Anzio beachhead, which remained extremely quiet aside from near Carano.
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Naples
Gavigliano
5Th Army
Santa Andrea
Cassino
Garigliano
Anzio
Carano
Fateful Hour for German Decision About Week After Invasion
Washington reports looming Nazi choice as Allied invasion begins in Western Europe. Germany faces whether to gamble all on eroding the beachhead or to stabilize lines for stalemate. Intelligence notes 54 to 67 German divisions poised to counter and Luftwaffe likely to contest air and rail targets.
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Washington
Europe
Dwight D Eit|enhower
London
President Roosevelt Ends Four Week Rest at Hobcaw Plantation
President Roosevelt returns to work after a four week rest on Bernard M. Baruch's Hobcaw plantation in Georgetown South Carolina. He attends a White House briefing with congressional leaders and faces possible investigations while undergoing a planned medical checkup.
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Douglas B. Corel
Washington
Roosevelt
South Carolina
White House
Hobcaw
Bernard M. Baruch
Georgetown
S.C
Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Hull
Ross
J T. McIntire
Georgetown County
Hobeaw
Waccamaw
Atlantic
Coast Guard
U S Public Debt Ceiling Boosted by House Action
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill raising the public debt ceiling from 210 000 000 000 to 240 000 000 000 amid Republican opposition. Treasury Under Secretary Daniel W Bell said a future request for a higher ceiling could come in January, with the administration having cut back from a 260 billion target to 240 billion.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Daniel W. Bell
Dewey
Belt
Congress
Treasury
Tree Top Dweller Seeks Voting Consent In Montclair
West Orange rug dealer Coffing Arslanian, living 50 feet up in a tree bungalow since 1837, faces a legal issue over voting in Montclair. Essex County elections chief Anthony Mille said a ruling would be issued on whether Arslanian can obtain a consent order to vote in the town’s commission election Tuesday and the primary May 16.
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West Orange
N. J
Coffing Bf
Arsianian
Montclair
Essex County
Anthony P. Mille
Arslanian
Romanian Oil Production Cut Amid Allied Bombing Report
Allied air forces disrupted German logistics by bombing key supply routes, cutting Romanian oil output to one quarter of normal. Weather data from the U S Weather Bureau covers Council Bluffs to Nebraska and Iowa, detailing cloudy to partly cloudy conditions, cooler nights, warmer afternoons, and temperature ranges with hourly readings and precipitation figures.
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Allied
Naples
Get. Ira C. Esker
Mediterranean
Eaker
Amerlean
RAF
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Towa
Nebraska
Great Fleet of U S Bombers Bombard Berlin for Second Day
Nearly 2,000 U S bombers and fighters hit Berlin and Brunswick as a large force of Flying Fortresses attacked Berlin for the second straight day. Liberators struck Brunswick, while Romanian Bucharest faced renewed co ordinated raids from Britain and the Mediterranean. The day saw intense German fighter replies as Allied air power pressed the invasion offensive into its twenty fourth straight day with about 6,000 planes in 24 hours dropping around 10,000 tons of explosives on targets in Germany France and the Balkans.
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Austin Bealmear
London
UPI
Berlin
Brunswick
Berla
France
Germany
Bucharest
Britain
Mediterranean
Balkans
Romania
Sth Air Force
Rouen
Italy
Hitler
RAF
Rennes
Nantes
Tours
Salbris
Orleany
Normandy
Great War Chemical Center
Leverkusen
Cologne
Brittany
Hitler forms new Gestapo for invasion
Edward D Ball reports Germany plans a vast western European police network with marked hostages to be seized and executed if hostility erupts. Gen Von Woyrsch commands. Oslo base, with stronger lines on Jutland. Holland closed areas and flooded zones restricted. Paris radio marks May 10 as a new German began, not end.
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Edward D. Ball
London
Europe
Informa
Germany
Hitler
von Woyrseh
Norway
Stockholm
Jutland
South Holland
Huge
Holland
Channel
Paris
France
Allied Demands and Unconditional Surrender Debate
MOSCOW based trade union journal argues for further study of unconditional surrender demands. Prof Bosil Stein, former head of the foreign commmisariat press, calls for concrete conditions to gauge adherence to the principle or its adaptations for various countries. The piece notes the 1941 Atlantic Charter outlined peace principles but should remain open to changes.
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Moscow
Bosil Stein
Foreign Commmisrariat
Paper collection dates set for area schools
Schools in the district will collect paper on designated days. If residents have uncollected paper, call the local school principal. Friday collections include Dodge, Longfellow, McMillen, Second Avenue, Rue, Bloomer, and 8th Francia. Tin is collected on the third Friday for third Thursday pickups. Call the district principal for missed tin. Residents are urged to bring waste cooking fats to grocery stores where dealers will pay four cents per pound.
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Dodge
Longfellow
McMillen
Second Avenue
Rue
Bloomer
8Th Francia
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C. W. Thanos
Joint Union Strike Committee
Robert Johnson
Oklahoma
Bays
Waterloo
Town Association of Small Loan Companies
M. W. Bilis
Des Moines
Iowa
Department of Banking
Vicar
Jesus On Cross
Ward
U.S
Hershey
Luftwaffe
Cherb
Scotland
Burgh
Berge
Stavanger
Sweden
Leipzig
Denmark
Flanders
Calais-Nieuport
U. S
Tin Cave
Gestapo
OPA
Rae Watters
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
OFA
Mondey
Watters
Walters
Bowles
Arkadar Rapids
Oscar Page
Central City
Cedar Rapids
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