OWI Praised As House Committee Votes Big Funds
Washington May 25 The House appropriations committee sent to the floor a 1 033 358 367 bill to finance 13 home front war agencies for the coming year praising the Office of War Information for aiding the war effort and recognizing its domestic branch. The bill totals 1 785 909 173 less than current appropriations and 37 955 058 below budget estimates with specific agency allocations for War Shipping Administration Selective Service Office of Strategic Services Civilian Defense Defense Transportation and others.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Capitol Hill
House Appropriations Committee
OWI
War Shipping Administration
Office of War Informeation
Committee
Office of Censorship
Petroleum Administration
Selective Service System
Office of Strategic Services
Office of Civilian Defense
Office of Defense Transportation
National War Labor Board
War Production Board
War Plants Corporation
Yank Subs Sink 15 Jap Vessels
American submarines in the Pacific have sunk 15 Japanese ships including a destroyer and a transport. The latest tally brings total Japanese ships sunk to 724, with 573 definitely sunk, 36 probably sunk, and 1415 damaged. The destroyer sinking raises warships destroyed to 47 as submarines operate near Japan. Also sunk were three tankers, three cargo transport ships and seven cargo vessels.
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Washington
Pacific
Japan
Ameritan
Farflung
Editorial doubts nine states quit Missouri River plans
An Evening Huronite editorial quotes engineer Tipton alleging the nine states governors led by Gov. Sharpe have abandoned coordinating northwest watershed development. It questions the lack of official word and asks Gov. Sharpe to clarify whether a joint conference was called or the effort continued.
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Huronite
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
R. J. Tipton
Denver
M. Q. Sharpe
South Dakota
Northwest
Sharpe
Omaha
Blake Fox clash sparks state inquiry and legal action
In Pierre Governor M Sharpe orders written reports after a physical encounter between State Historian Lawrence K Fox and Finance Secretary A B Blake. Attorney General Mickelson appeals court rulings on use of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building by the state free library amid mounting Blake Fox controversy.
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King Pierre
M. Sharpe
Lawrence K. Fox
A. B. Blake
Fox-Blake
George T. Mickelsontrom
Hughes County
Blake
State Free Library
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building
Sharpe
Fox
E. D. Barron
Hughes
Barron
Supreme Court
Memorial Building
Circuit Court
George B
Mabelle W. Patrick
Ethel C. Jacobsen
Pierre
State Free Library Commission
Shots Fired In Negro Army Camp at Brookley Field
Brig. Gen. James A. Morrison ordered all Negro troops confined to the military area at Brookley Field Mobile after an early morning exchange of gunfire with white military police. He said no one was killed or wounded and pledged impartial justice after investigation.
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Mobile
Ala
James A. Morrison
Mobile Air Service Command
Brookley Field
Mollison
Seeing-Eye Dogs For Blinded Vets Assured
President Roosevelt signed a law authorizing the Veterans Administration to provide seeing eye dogs to blinded veterans at no cost and approved an initial expenditure of 1 006 000 dollars for the program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Veterans Administration
Long Battle Foretold for GOP State Ticket Unveiling
At Watertown convention expected late night session may unveil a full state ticket after a contested lieutenant governor race with four candidates and an auditor contest featuring four contenders including the incumbent. Sioux K. Grigeby of Sioux Falls and other names are among the major players as delegates weigh the four-way fields.
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GOP
Pyerre
Watertown
State Auditor's Office
Sioux K. Grigeby
Sioux Falls
Withir
Getfee Long Battle
Pepe
MacArthur Hints At Next U S Pacific Invasion
General MacArthur signals possible invasion target with air raids on the Schouten Islands 300 miles west of Hollandia New Guinea. Air blitz on the Schoutens continues after May 1 with raids on airdromes bivouac and supply areas and grounded planes.
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Ralph H. Heppe
Associated Press
Gen
Dousilas
MacArthur
Philippines
Schouten Islands
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Ofapan
New Guinea
Schoutens
Wakde Islands
Biak
Palau Islands
William Cornelius Schouten
Japs Lash Back For Control Of Maffin Bay Area
Allied troops press toward Maffin Bay as Japanese airfields near the area face heavy fire from American forces. A five day stalemate ends with crossing the Tor River and advancing toward Sanar airstrip while MacArthur reports bombings against Truk and air losses for Japan.
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Maffin Bay Area
New Guinea
Maffin Bay
Sixth Army
Tor River
Dates New Guinea
Sanar
Hollandia
Douglas MacArthur
Truk
Carolines
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
New ‘Guinea
Tungles
Huron Soil Receives Heavier Moisture After Night Drizzle
Huron's soil remains saturated after a .20 inch nighttime shower followed by an additional 10 inches of moisture in the late morning. The area saw light rains in eastern South Dakota with heavier totals in Mobridge 2.83 inches Pierre 1.93 Rapid City 1.23 Philip 0.88 and Vivian 1.71. The May rainfall totals bring Huron to 3.34 inches for the month and 10.36 inches for the year, above normal levels.
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Huron
South Dakota
Mobridge
Pierre
Rapid City
Philip
Vivien
Allied Air Assaults Across Europe Command Mass War Effort
London reports more than 6,000 Allied planes from west and south bombed rail centers and airfields in Germany and occupied territories in a seventh day of pre invasion strikes. American bombers led assaults with British forces targeting Aachen Toulon and Berlin as German resistance and flak rose.
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London
Italy
Berlin
Aroas
France
Belgium
Vo VV
Europe
U. S
Aachen
Toulon
Lyon
Rhone
Germany
Reich
Muhlhausen
Occupied
Vienna
Paris
Foy Sinclair
Muskogee
Okla
Britain
Beadle County Ends First Common Law Marriage Divorce
Beadle County officials declare the first action of its kind as a common law union is terminated by divorce. Circuit Judge Frank R Fisher signs the decree granting Stella Oberg of Beadle County a divorce from Eve land Oberg of Emery County Utah. The couple wed in Hand County on March 6 1926 and were divorced there September 2 1937 before reuniting as common law spouses on September 12 1938. They have eight children.
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Beadle County
Frank R. Fisher Sf Miller
Stella Oberg
Eveland Oberg
Emery County
Utah
Hand County
Chinese forces tighten Burma front with Tatangtzy fall
Field dispatches report Chinese troops purged Tatangtzy village 29 miles northeast of Teng Chung after wiping out more than 1,000 encircled Japanese who held out for 15 days along the Burma Road. Allied troops besieging Myitkyina in northern Burma push street by street. Chinese 22nd division advances five miles along the Mogaung River as Stilwell headquarters call progress satisfactory.
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Chungeing
Tatangtzy
Tengchung
Burma Road
Henan
China
Loying
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
Testifies No Troops Intended At Ward's Plant Seizure
Wayne G. Taylor under-secretary of commerce testified to a House committee that troops were requested only on instructions from higher officials and not to seize the Montgom ery Ward and Company's plant. He said the use had been cleared by telephone with Jones Patterson and Biddle to firmly establish government possession.
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Washington
Wayne GC. Taylor
Commerce
Montgomery Ward and Company
Taylor
House
Ugo Carusi
Biddle
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Patterson
Farmers Urged To Donate Waste Paper For Scout Drive
Sponsors of the Boy Scout waste paper drive urged farmers to support the project. The next collection is Saturday May 27 in Huron. Collection cars at the C N W freight depot will be on duty until 8 p.m. Residents should place waste paper in accessible locations for the scouts.
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Huron
Peter Mintener Lumber Company
Dover Straits Weather Fine After Morning Mist
Invasion weather report from London notes an early calm followed by freshening winds in the Strait of Dover. Whitecapped waves appear at sea as sun shines on a nearly cloudless sky. Temperature near 70 at 9 a m. Visibility good after mist dissipated. Barometer unchanged.
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London
Strait of Dover
Allied Forces Merge For Rome Advance On Italian Front
Allied fronts in Italy joined today as American Fifth Army linked with U S troops on the Anzio beachhead for a 14 day 60 mile offensive. The bridgehead force breached German defenses and the two fronts began a unified push toward Rome threatening Cassino and Formia.
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Naples
Wie
Maly
Rome
Fifth Army
U. 8
Anzio
Terracina
Fifth
Cisterna
Hnes
Terra¢ina
Beadhhead
Priverno
Valmontome
Pontine
Cassino
Formia
Stockholm
Pontecorvo
Piedimpante
War Too Today- Germans in Italy face thinning reserve strength
The current Italian front shows Nazi forces under Keeselring retreating along the coast to dodge an encircling Allied advance from Anzio and the southern battle line. The Berlin claim of evacuation underscores the Allied offensive momentum and strategic pressure on Hitler's forces.
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Berlin
Anzio
MacKenzie, Page
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