No New Tires Before 1944 Warned By Government Officials
Washington reports that the House Interstate Commerce Committee questioned rubber officials about supply and future plans as gas rationing looms. Predictions say no civilian tires before 1944 at earliest, possibly 1945, with substitutes under study. President Roosevelt urged conservation and noted potential non military synthetic rubber for civilian use.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Lea
Democrat
California
Roosevelt
Glider Pilots To Be Trained At Aberdeen School
Aberdeen army air corps contract school to train many men as glider pilots starting June 1. Trainees will learn in light airplanes without gliders, with prior aviation experience, under First Lieut. RB Voight and officers from Parks Air College. Temporary HQ in Alonzo Ward Hotel.
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Aberdeen
Army Air Corps
RB. W. Voight
Voight
K. T. Payne
H. KE. Stelling
Air Force Training Detachment
Parks Air College
East St. Louis
Ill
Alonzo Ward
Fascist Parade Broken Up in Beziers France
Allied sympathizers clashed with about 1506 French Fascists in Beziers near Marseille as anti British and anti Churchill placards provoked street fighting. Police intervened to end the quarrel amid ongoing Vichy talks over Italy's territorial demands.
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France
Bern
Switzerland
Beziers
Vichy
Italy
Boziers
Marseille
Huron to Close All Day Saturday for Memorial Day Observance
Officials announced Saturday closure across Huron with post office hours shortened to noon and all city carriers delivering once. Rural routes suspended. merchants to run weekend specials Thursday and Friday. Evening Huronite will not publish. courthouse and city hall closed all day. federal offices mostly closed.
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U.S. Post Office
Huron
Campbell Park
Huronite
Beadle County
Huron City Hall
Messina Bombing: Seven Killed in Two Night Raids
From Italian broadcasts British airstrikes hit Messina Sicily with two waves dropping high explosives and incendiaries last night. The cathedral and Royal University were damaged along with several dwellings. Seven killed and seven injured reported by high command.
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Rome
Messina
Sicily
Royal University
High Command
Revenue Problem Before Committee Revenue Debate Today
The House ways and means committee, finishing estate and gift tax revisions, prepared to decide whether to raise 1.34 billion dollars in new revenue via higher excise taxes or a sales tax. Morgenthau urged heavier rates to gain 330 million more, while opinions split on retail versus manufacturers taxes and exemptions like food and clothing. The panel planned to vote on estate and gift tax rates after voting on the revenue method.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Memorial Day Friday Delivery Notice from The Evening Huronite
Due to the Saturday Memorial Day holiday The Evening Huronite will suspend publication Carrier boys will collect on Friday this week instead of Saturday Cooperation of subscribers will be greatly appreciated by the newspaper
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Carrier Boys
Tojo Warns Allies Threatens Invasion Of India Australia
Japanese premier Tojo warned that India and Australia faced invasion as scouting parties moved from west Burma toward Chittagong. He claimed Axis unity with Germany and Italy and boasted of Japan’s strength, while Tokyo denied Soviet alliance changes and stressed continued hard line against Allied forces in India.
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Burma
India
Chittagong
Japan
Hideki Tajo
Australia
Noel Beresford- Paeirse
Ganges (India
Calcutta
Kinhwa
China
Chekiang
Tokyo
Tojo
T J Bylentiyia
Tojoe
Axis
Germany
Italy
Hirohito
Russia
Shigenoi Togo
Soviet Union
Greater East Asia
Coral Sea
Bee Tojo
Larsen named news editor at WNAX Yankton
Roy Whitey Larsen former Sioux City Tribune editor and later with the Journal-Tribune has been appointed news editor of radio station WNAX in Yankton according to station management.
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Yankton
Roy (Whitey) Larsen
The
Sioux City Tribune
Journal-Tribune
WNAX
Mediterranean tensions and potential outcomes analyzed
A concise feature by DeWitt MacKenzie through Fred Vanderachmidt examines current German Italian and Vichy actions and their possible military consequences. The piece separates facts from rumors amid wartime smoke and outlines likely realities in the Mediterranean arena.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Fred. Vanderachmidt
Roosevelt asks for war housing funds expansion
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate an additional 600.9 million dollars for war housing to shelter about 1.6 million workers migrating to war centers next fiscal year. Congress had already approved 1.02 billion for living quarters. He noted millions will work in war industries and some 1.606 million must move to centers of action, with housing from existing structures, private construction, and new public builds largely temporary for low income workers. Yesterday he signed legislation raising FHA loan insurance for defense housing from 300 million to 800 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Housing Authority
U S Warship Sinks Reported Sub Off Brazil Coast
An unconfirmed Recife report said a United States warship answered a May 18 call for help from the Brazilian freighter Commandante Lyra and sunk the enemy submarine. It follows two prior sinkings in nine days near Fernando Noronha and Recife as Brazil faces German attacks amid media pressure.
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Hid DE Janeiro
Recife
United States
Brazil
Fernando Noronha
Germany
Hitler Lieutenant Wounded In Assassination Bid
Berlin broadcasts report Reich protector for Bohemia and Moravia Reinhard Heydrich was wounded by a bullet in an assassination attempt. Prague dispatch says the wound is not expected to be fatal. A reward of 10,000,000 crowns is offered for the capture of the culprit.
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Rlin
Berlin
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia J and Moravia
DNB
Prague
Heydrich
Russian Claims Bring Denial From German Command
Soviet front lines report Marshal Timoshenko’s forces halted a German wedge near Kharkov as Red Army gains in the area. Nazi high command says Russian resistance broken. In North Africa Rommel advances toward British lines as Allied and Axis forces renew desert fighting. Red Star notes tank battles and encirclements, while London hints at a Mediterranean push from Crete Greece and the Dodecanese.
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Sermon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Izyum-Barvenkaya
North African
Erwin Rommel
Red Star
Khad
Moscow
Stockholm
Hitler
London
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Middle East
Crimea
Rostov-on- Don
Caucasus
North Africa
Egypt
Crete
Greece
Dodecanese Islands
Irwin Rommel
Hich
Libyan Desert Batila
France
Pierre Laval
Man From China Ends Life To Embarrass Japan
In Los Angeles last week Chinese man Kim Woo Wong, 33, hanged himself in a gesture to embarrass Japan amid the war with the United States. Detective Lt. Cliff Gillen confirmed the case after an investigation and fingerprint match from a past gambling raid. Wong left a note signed Syamma Satos pleading for burial and stating his country erred and he could not face America any longer. Wong hoped to return to China to fight Japan but could not.
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Los Angeles
United States
Cliff Gillen
Kim Woo Wong
Jef
Syamma Satos
America
China
Chinese Report Jap Slaughter 4500 Japans in Chekiang Fight
Chungking reports from May 27 that 4500 Japanese soldiers died in a single day of fighting for Kinhwa, the provisional capital of Chekiang, as renewed assaults were repelled. Japanese troops penetrated Kwangitow briefly before being ejected in hand to hand clashes. Earlier incursions Monday killed 1500 and 3000 on prior attacks, all thrown back.
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Chungking
Kinhwi
Chekiang
Kwangitow
Kinhwa
Trial Order Set as Officials Face Bond Fraud Charges
Aberdeen May 27 Circuit Judge Van Buren Perry denied continuances and let Elmer Thurow move to trial the bond fraud cases against four officials in any order. William G. Douglas state treasurer Earl Hammerquist school and public lands member Arthur J Moodie rural credits secretary. Attorneys Ager and Fletcher preserved rights to appeal. The judge ruled Thurow may decide the sequence, with Douglas facing a four count charge alleging two illegal payoffs and two other violations tied to an expense account.
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Aberdeen
Douglas
van Buren Perry
Elmer Thurow
William G. Douglas
Earl Hammerquist
School and Public Lands
Arthur J. Moodie
Rural Credits
Perry
Wise Red
Thurowugh Agor
Dougre Agar
Brown County
Ager
George H. Fletcher
Hammerquist
Supreme Court
Circuit Jugee
Philley
Burns
Thal
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Burma Road
Tokic
Associated Press
Bunny
MacKenzie
J. F. Shafroth, Jr
U. S.S
Southeast Pacific
South America
FDR
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U.S
Roger D. Greene
Khareov
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