Passes Quota Drive in Houston County Campaign
The Wet Rantage Staff reported that Houston Quanry raised over 120000 for the drive, surpassing the 21000 quota and funding two workers. Cochairs said 9100000 has been raised countywide, though the campaign ends Friday and more bonds will be sold to reach the grand total. Local volunteers endorsed extending efforts to meet the goal.
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Famiiien
Circle Lovern
Houston Quanry
Xeente
Gerieg
Houston
Escaped Georgia prison ringleaders threaten kidnapping
Gov says convict Har is posing as Harvey Maddamall and telephoned wife of Arnall to warn of moving child. FBI head Mammack to send investigator as patrols tightened. Recaptured escapees from Reidsville attacked Arnall family after jail breakout, with money rewards offered for capture. Governor orders state patrol to guard child and escort to Brunswick, while the manhunt continues.
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Leland Harconvict
Arnall
Aban
Waz
Harvey Madarnall
Fx Wales
Tes
Francis F. Mammack
Federal
Burea of Investigation
Hammack
Fute
Geni Alvan
Arnastad
Mitchall Street
Atlante
D. C
Arrall
Smune
Newnan
Brunswick
State Patrol
MacArthur Airmen Destroy Jap Radio Base At New Britain
Allied and air force units under General MacArthur attacked Japanese positions across New Britain and adjacent areas. Liberator reconnaissance hit two 4,000-ton merchant ships in the Arafura Sea near Dobo, damaging one bow and causing near misses on the other. A Flying Fortress wrecked the Gasmata wireless station, and A-20s conducted strafing runs along New Guinea’s north coast from Wewak to Green's Hill.
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MacArthur
New Britain
Allied Headquarters
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Arafura Sea
Dobo
Aroa Talands
Gasmata
New Guinea
Wewak
Mubo
Green's Hill
Ration Violation Charged To Case At Keith's Restaurant
Andrew P Blateros operator of Keith’s Restaurant is charged with ration violation under general orders five. Bond fixed at 500 dollars. Indictment by Federal Grand Jury at Montgomery noted by J W Poughtry deputy clerk. Charges brought by RFE OPA enforcement attorney at Montgomery. Details of charges not disclosed.
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Andrew P. Blateros
Keith
J. W. Poughtry
United States Court For
Southern Division
Middle District
Alabama
Pederal Grand Jury
Montgomery
Daughtry
RFE
Papa
OPA
Daughtry Exid
General Ordee Ne
Req Aires
UN food conference to draft world plan at Hot Springs
Washington AP reports postwar planners outline a preliminary global agenda for a United Nations food conference opening May 18 at Hot Springs Virginia. State Department says no commitments or agreements will be made, agenda purely exploratory and nonbinding.
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Wade Weenee
Washington
State Department
Hot Springs
Ickes Score WPB Hearing On Military Plane Gas
Petroleum Administrator Ickes testified before the Truman Committee on conflicts between rubber and 100 octane aviation fuel programs. He blamed officials for misunderstanding the gasoline supply and said new materials are needed in Washington to expand production. He noted Army demand would be met and cited increased refinery output from 29 to 42 units since 1941, with potential growth if more resources were available.
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Washington (Ap
Ickes
Washington
War Production Board
Truman Committee
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Eight Die As Navy Transport Crashes in California
An early morning Navy twin-engined transport planel nosed into a hill ten miles east of Oakland airport. Eight of the ten aboard were killed and the other two were seriously injured. Naval guards at the scene reported the burned wreckage scattered across the hill with both wings torn off.
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Pakland
Calif
Oakland
Newamen
Navy
Ames
Des
58000 Stay Away From Jobs As Talk Of Troops Grows
In a widening coal miners dispute about wage and working conditions, more than 58000 soft coal workers stayed home across Pennsylvania Kentucky Alabama and West Virginia. The War Labor Board hearings proceeded as United Mine Workers warned of a midnight Friday strike unless demands were met, while authorities debated whether to treat it as defiance or ignore it until actual shutdowns occur.
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Washington
Pennayvane
Kentucky
Alabama
West Virginia
War Labor Board
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
WLE
Churchill Talks to Settle Red Polish Rift
London AP report on Churchill Eden talks with US help to mend the rift between the Polish government in exile and Soviet Russia. Russian pressure and exiled Polish leadership in London influence debates on a possible purge or rival regime in the Soviet-ruled area.
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London
Hitler
Ruawan
Churchill
Eden
United States
Russia
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Edward Reczynski
No. 10
Downing Street
U S Job Control May Be Extended Nationwide
Washington AP reports a nationwide extension of local job control programs is being prepared. The War Manpower Commission and its national management-labor committee will draft an employment stabilization plan enabling transfers for higher pay across regions. The system would allow workers to shift between essential employers when releases occur or as directed by authorities, expanding beyond the current 70 local areas.
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Washington
Entre
War Manpower Comminmen’s National Management-Labor Committee
Paul V. McNutt
Management, Labor and Agriculture
Aresa
McNutt
UMC
U. S. Employment Service
Arrest of Gandhi upheld despite court ruling
New Delhi reports say Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India, declared the arrest of Mohandas K Gandhi and other Indian leaders valid even after a court found the arrest ordinance invalid. US bombers hit Hangoon and central railway station. Berlin dispatch says Chilean diplomats and US citizens may be exchanged for Japanese internees at Lourenco Marques.
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New Delhi
Loerd Lin- Uthgow
India
Mohsndas K. Gandhi
Associated Parosa
Transocean
Berlin Radio Today
Associated Press
Japan
Chile
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Tuscaloosa Escape Caught At Meridian
Sheriff Phil Green of Barbour County said Huey F. Lee Jr escaped from Bryce mental hospital in Tuscaloosa and was captured in Meridian Mississippi. Lee had been at Bryce for observation after being indicted for murder of his father Huey R. Lee, former Barbour County probate judge, last summer.
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Lee
Tuscaloosa Institution
Huey R. Lee
Barbour County
Sheriff Green
Canadians Join In Kiska Raids
Washington reports that Canadians and Americans raided Japanese positions on Kiska Island in the western Aleutians 13 times Monday and destroyed several buildings. It is the first time Canadians have been active in the Aleutians since last September.
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Washington
APA
Klaka Island
Aleutians
Navy
Irow
Aleutians Campaig
Latest Pay-As-You-Go Tax Scheme Questioned
AP reports on the House Ways and Means Committee idea for a pay go tax plan. It would deduct a portion from paychecks, applying four years of rates over three years to lower overall tax rates. The plan aims to fund federal revenue without taxing all income each year. It envisions 20 percent of earnings over exemptions plus a 10 percent wage-allowance, with phased collection over time.
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James Marlow
George Zielee Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gentaz
Awa
Congress
Anilia Tha Rua
Tornadoes damage Northeastern Ohio kill two children
Nationwide damage estimate tops 1 million as four tornadoes hit Cleveland Akron Norwalk and Tiffin areas. Two Akron orphans aged 13 and not yet identified, died in Medina County. Over 140 injured and about 2,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Civilian defense activated as power and telephone lines were knocked out.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Akron
Fremont
Richard Paternoster
Anthony Fernbach
Barnover Medina
Andrus
Lfe
William Carl Aunt
American Red Cross
Washington
Tiffin
Norwalk
Nca
Barmace
Meinly
Barne
Speeders Warned On Gas Rations
Ald Wilkemon and the county War Price and Rationing Board warned that strict enforcement of wartime gasoline rules will continue. More than 74 speeding convictions were reported to the board, and violators risk ration revocation and surrender of coupons upon certified court convictions.
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Ald
Wilkemaon
Chatrmen
County War Price and Rational Board
Wilkerson
County War Price and Rationing Board
OPA
Wileron
Red Army Warned For Another Phase In Decisive War
Moscow dispatch reports Izvestia, the Soviet union official organ, urging the Red Army to prepare for decisive battles to come as air forces strike German lines and rear areas. Heavy shelling spans from Kuban to Leningrad front corridors while Soviet supply bases and coast defenses face bombing. German radio claims several Russian planes were shot down in the southern sector.
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Red Army
Gilmore
Moscow
Izventia
Soviet Union
Red Air Force
Kuban
Caucasus
Red al
Kubandalia
Novorosatsk
Volkhuy
Laningrad
See of Anov Coastliao
King Says Japanese Expansion Checked
Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the US fleet, says Japanese expansion in the Pacific has been checked and that naval threat in the Atlantic should be under control within four to six months. He spoke at a United States Chamber of Commerce dinner, noting prior fears of invasion are now lessened and citing evidence that Japan is short of ships.
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New Tork
Ernest J. King
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
United States Chamber of Commerce
King
Store Half Holidays Begin Tomorrow in Derhan
Most Derhan stores will close at noon tomorrow to observe the half holiday as summer months begin. The half holiday continues weekly, with closures through the last Thursday in August. Downtown businesses and many suburban shops will shut. a few retailers expect to stay open all day.
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Derhan
Busineas
Farmers Assured Of Enough Labor
Washington dispatch says the government promised to provide help to harvest the vital crop. Food Administrator Chester C Davia announced efforts to mobilize labor and resources to ensure timely farming operations and prevent shortages amid wartime pressures.
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Washington
Chester C. Davia
Formars
Allied Forces Press Advance in Tunis Offensive
Allied headquarters report fierce fighting along the Medjerda and Goubellat sectors as Axis positions weaken. American, British, and French units push toward Tunis with several high points captured or threatened, while air forces concentrate on troop concentrations and supply routes.
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Y William FR. King
Allied
North Africa
Mateur
Bizerte
Medfords Village
Tuenis
Tuna
U. S. Army Corps
Medjaz- Ki Hab
George 8. Ration, Jr
Couten Jurger von Arnim
Djebel Darcyes
Imporant
Jefne
Djebel el Azzog
Jefna
Djebal el Ajred
Azis Cromrcade 11 Milue
Jenna
First
Téeut Gon
K. A
N. Anderson
Djebel Bou Auokag
Medjex-Eland
Corman
Medjes-Eil- Bab
Birat
Tunis
Masshauit
Tebourbe
Abbailou
Germany
Gaoubellxt
Pont du Fabs
Eutpost
Hile
Grand Dorag
Onout
Pont du Faha
Tinie
Geo
Sir Barnard
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Djehel Medskor Oohia
Iise
Villacidro
Sardini
Bipwerta
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Pen ‘Qo
Georgia
Africa
Leslie Jd. McNair
U. S
War Department
Free Poland
United States Liberator
Hangoon
United States Army Air Force
Tuscaloosa
Meridian
Kiska
Mnea Telephoto
Vy. 3
Patton
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