Sharpe Outlines Four Point Peace Plan After War
Sioux Falls June 1 Governor Sharpe outlines a four point postwar plan in a Memorial Day address. He calls for homeland safety first a strong military force punishment for the defeated enemy and then gradual humanitarian world involvement under international law with no rush to global governance. He advocates universal military training and warns against dictating terms to a world victor.
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Sioux Falls
Sharpe
Army
United States of America
Farm Machinery Easier To Buy
Washington reports the War Production Board issued an order to speed farm equipment deliveries. Starting next Monday farmers may buy up to 25 dollars of 178 named items by certifying they are farmers in need. Purchases above the limit require certification by the county farm rationing committee.
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Washington
War Production Board
Congress
Coal Miners Strike Over Wages Halts Production Nationwide
The United Mine Workers walk out as the wage dispute remains unsettled after the truce expired. John L. Lewis and operators plan more talks while thousands of miners refuse to work in both soft and hard coal fields, threatening war factory output.
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United Mine Workers
Washington
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UMW
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White House
Roosevelt
United States
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Rainfall Provides Ample Moisture For Crops Statewide
Weather Bureau meteorologist B B Laskowski reports ample moisture across South Dakota after weekend rainfall. Totals ranged from .23 inch at Mitchell to 5.81 inches at Ardmore, with Huron recording 1.58 inches and May total at 2.70. Forecaster predicts more showers and only slight temperature changes.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Induction Of Family Heads Planned For August Start
Washington announces that induction of family heads including fathers will begin August 2 with a plan to eliminate deferments by year end 1943. Manpower Chief Paul V Metutt says only about 22 of every 100 able bodied fathers will be deferred in 1943 due to family needs.
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Washington
Paul V. Metutt
China claims greatest victory against invaders in six years
Spurred by General Hsueh Yueh and aided by Allied air support, Chinese troops reportedly routed five Japanese divisions along the Yangtze front near Ichang. The multi pronged drive, encirclement reports, and heavy Japanese losses mark a turning point as Chinese forces halt the Japanese push toward Chungking with renewed morale and air supremacy.
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Little Tiger
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Galbraith Quits OPA After Tiff
J Kenneth Galbraith the 34 year old Princeton economist and deputy price administrator resigns after a clash with Lou R Maxon Detroit advertising executive in charge of public relations. President Brown said he will decide who stays if the two cannot work together.
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Washington
J. Kenneth Galbraith
Princeton Economics
Price
Galbraith
Lou R. Maxon
Chunky
Detroit
OPA
Maxon
Brown
President Lin Sen Shows Slight Improvement
Physicians attending Lin Sen aged 81 said he is getting slightly better but remains critically ill since May 12. The update comes from Chungking where the Chinese president has been confined to his rooms amid fever and weakness officials report.
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Chungking
Lin Sen
War on the Eastern Front Seethes in Furious Standoff
The Russo German battlefront lies in explosive tension as both armies probe positions to uncover weak spots. Hitler trims his war machine for a potential final gamble against the Bolshevists while avoiding a major Allied invasion.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Nazia
Hitler
Leo MacKenzie
Page Twalre
Allied air and sea pressure intensifies across Europe
Allied fleets gathered over Gibraltar with more than 100 ships as bombers hit northern and southern Europe. Doolittle’s forces attacked Foggia and Italian bases, while long range raids targeted Aegean ships and French coast targets. Nazi broadcasts warned of Der Tag as London endured its first air alert in a week.
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War Developments At A Glance
Moscow mission returns as Davies delivers secret Roosevelt message to Stalin. Chiang Kai-shek proclaims a major Chinese victory routing five Japanese divisions to ease pressure on Nanking. Allied bombers strike Lae New Guinea in a major raid. Red Army repels two German attacks on the Donets River front. U S engineers say Japanese airfield on Attu could be ready in five days after months of opposition.
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Farmers Union Terminal Head Invites Senate Probe
M W Thatcher general manager of the Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association testified before a Senate subcommittee denying charges of fund misuse. He said the FCA and FSA loans were repaid and urged restoring funds in the agricultural appropriations bill.
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Washington
M. W. Thatcher
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
St. Paul
Minn
Senate
Parm Security
Farm Credit Administration
Senate Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee
Ray P. Chase
Anoka
Minneapolis
Chase
Thatcher
Russell
Georgia
A. G. Black
FCA
Governor Black
Farm Security Administration
Ut Thatcher
FSA
House Appropriations
Belgian saboteurs executed by German authorities
The Belgian news agency reports eight Belgians were executed by German occupation forces. They were charged with secretly organizing incidents along the Nazi path and sabotaging Nazi military activity.
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London
War losses estimated at 514993 in first three years
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the Commons that imperial forces suffered 514,993 casualties in the first three years of war. He listed 92,089 killed 296,719 missing 107,891 prisoners and 88,294 wounded across United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa India and other dominions.
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Commons
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New Zealand
South Africa
India
Aalonied
House Approves Pay-Go Tax Bill Sent To Senate
The House passed a pay-go income tax bill by 256 to 114 to shift 40 million taxpayers to a current basis with a 20 percent withholding tax. Payments start in June with quarterly installments for nonwage income and reduced cancellation credits up to 75 percent for large liability. The measure awaits Senate action and retains no separate Victory tax.
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Senate
Francis M. LE May
Washington
Congress
New York Socialite Plunges To Death At Savoy Plaza
Janet Snowden Gill 20, daughter of the late oil magnate James Snowden, wife of Capt William Sherman Gill, plunged from the 16th floor of the Savoy Plaza Hotel. Her nude body was found on a fourth floor extension as Gill, an army intelligence officer, planned to depart for Washington. Police say he was napping when she disappeared and he cited a nervous breakdown.
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Janet Snowden Gill
James Snowden
Savoy Plaza Hotel
William Sherman Gill
Washington
Gill
Hollywood
Thomas Leshy
Gasoline Rations Cut In Northeast
The Office of Price Administration cut B and C gas coupons in northeastern states from three gallons to two and a half gallons, effective at midnight. Basic A coupons stay at three gallons, with a stretched validity giving motorists about one and a half gallons per week on average.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
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