Coal Mine Operators Must Provide Six Days Of Work
Senate hearings reveal Rubber Director Jeffers defends synthetic rubber ramp up as boosting 100 octane gasoline and war production. He and Patterson back a jointly run effort to remove bottlenecks, denying personal motives while praising wartime collaboration. In Washington Ickes enforces a six day coal work week and says wage talks must go through the War Labor Board, with no bypass possible.
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Washington
Jeffers
Patterson
Senate
Truman Committee
Cat
Tam
Wim
Ickes
War Labor Board
WLB
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Tokes
Americans Capture Mateur A Key Tunisian Center
The War Today reports a U S victory at Mateur, a crucial communication hub in northern Tunisia. Allied operations aimed to break Axis defenses along the mountains guarding Bizerte and Tunis, with a drive to sever north south links and threaten the Lsola pass of Ri verte, eighteen miles northeast of Mateur. The capture could press Axis lines and tilt the balance in the Tunisian theater.
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Mateur
Strategic Railway
Center
Tunisia
Ton of the Great
Riverte
Bizerte
Tunis
High Command
Mackensie
Page
Roger Greene
Associated Press
U.S
O Mateur
Republicans Lose First Round On Pay-Go Tax Vote
In Washington, the House rejected the Republicans pay-go plan 206 to 202 after a prior tellers count of 197 to 166. Three major proposals faced the chamber as debate ended: skip-a-year income tax, abating about half of 1942 taxes using 1941 rates, and a bipartisan compromise to erase most 1942 liabilities for about 90 percent of taxpayers. All plans included a 200 percent withholding levy on wages.
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Washington
House
Carlson
Kansas
Robertson
Virginia
Forand
Rhode Island
Ways and Means Committee
Thios
Arms Production Up But Far Short Of Military Need
Washington May 4 The War Production Board reports March output hit record levels in aircraft ships and merchant vessels yet first quarter totals lag behind 1943 military goals. Aircraft rose 11 percent to 6200 planes heavy bombers over 500 monthly rate. Battleship and shipbuilding set a record while overall munitions rose 11 percent from February. Steel nearing peak, goals require faster pace.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Maritime Commission
Arrests Follow Wilson Strike in Sioux Falls
Joe Kinney Cliff Spicer and Maynard Hart former Wilson Storage workers freed on $100 bond after an intimidation complaint. Preliminary hearing set for Friday. Dockmen cited as still on strike while Wilson Forwarding reports most workers back. Local 749 spokesman counters union recovery figures.
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Sioux Falls
Joe Kinney
Cliff Spicer
Maynard Hart
William M. Holmes
Wilson Storage and Transfer Company
Holmes
Henman Thacker
Sioux City
Wilson Docks
Kinney
Spicer
Hart
Kenneth E. McCreery
General Drivers’ Union
William Wilson
Wilson Forwarding Company
McCreery
Jailed For Failing To Aid Tin Salvage
Newark May 4 Mrs Evelyn Jacques president of Italian Kitchen Inc was jailed by Police Judge Ernest Masini for failure to prepare discarded tin cans for salvage under a wartime ordinance. This was her third penalty in such cases. She received a 150 dollar fine for a blackout and bar violation charge.
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Newark
N. J
Evelyn’ Jacques
The
Italian Kitchen, Inc
Ernest Masini
Miss Jacques
Fulture
Invasion Talk Flares Off Gibraltar and Algerian Waters
Allied movements near Gibraltar and in Algerian waters spark German fears of a large invasion against Sicily and Sardinia. German commentators discuss sudden landings and a possible prepared push by major Allied forces from North Africa toward the European mainland. U-boat activity reportedly declines, fueling speculation of an impending invasion. Prime notes about Tebourba and Bizerte battles highlight renewed Allied pressure in Tunisia and northern Africa.
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E. Cc
Daniel London
Vichy
Gibraltar
Algerian
Sicily
Sardinia
North Africa
Reuters
Germany
Tunisia
Ludwig Sertorius
High Command
Tunisian
Sertorians
Fifth Army
Algeria
Morocco
Mark W. Clark
Kurt Dietmar
Europe
Car plunges into nursery injuring two children
In Los Angeles on May 4 1971 a driverless car rolled over a 50 foot embankment and crashed into a nursery at Mrs Daniel Lehrer’s home. George Lehrer six and his sister Seyma two were sleeping in the room when the collision toppled a dresser near their bed.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Lehrer
George Lehrer
Seyma
U S Forces Take Russell Islands Near Guadalcanal
American forces occupy the Russell Islands northwest of Guadalcanal as part of extending control in the Solomons. The two main islands lie about 14 miles from Guadalcanal and under 100 miles from Viru Harbor and Rekata Bay, with the move announced after Japanese resistance ceased. The Navy did not comment on the February operation, noting the bases likely support American positions on Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Russell Islands
Guadalcanal
Navy
Russell Group
Solomons
Viru Harbor
Rekata Bay
Guadalcsnal
Russell
Ellice Islands
South Central Pacific
Gilbert Island
Battle For Kuban Bridgehead Intensifies On Front
Soviet dispatches report the Kuban bridgehead battle in the Caucasus is in full swing with nearly 8,000 German deaths in recent fighting. Loss of the bridgehead would force a German retreat across the Kerch Strait to Crimea, threatening Hitler’s Caucasian oil aims. Soviet fliers claimed 54 German planes shot down while 21 were lost. Moscow radio noted record lend-lease aircraft deliveries to Russia.
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Associated Press
Kuban
Caucasus
Moscow
Russia
Northwest Beats Quota in War Bond Sales Milestone
The Northwest surpassed its April war bond target by 100 million, with the ninth district totaling about 269.06 million and daily receipts adding at least 6 million. Minnesota led states at 18.802 million or 63 percent over quota, while Michigan North Dakota South Dakota Montana and Wisconsin reported various overages and percentages of their goals.
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Quota
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Upper
Michigan
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Wisconsin
Push Threatens To Isolate Main Axis Naval Base
Allied forces report swift progress as U S troops push toward Mateur in Tunisia driving toward Bizerte and Tunis to sever Axis lines. Mateur fell at 11 30 am after a brief move, with Americans advancing north and south to tighten the encirclement. Other war updates note Soviet battles near Kuban, air losses near Darwin, US fliers downing Japanese planes in Kunnan Province, RAF bombing in Burma, and Japan warning of limited war material reserves.
Sioux Falls Hails Joe Foss World War II Ace
Sioux Falls marked Joe Foss as its own national symbol in the largest celebration for a native son. Foss recounted Guadalcanal exploits and claimed five planes shot down in one day while recalling being rescued after a downed flight. Governor Sharpe introduced the Siouxland WWII aviator during a nationwide radio address and parade.
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South Dakota
Joe
Joe Foss
Mike Fright
Guadalcanal
Foss
Jim
Bob
Frank
M.Q. Sharpe
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New Island Group
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