Bricker Emerges As Major GOP Challenger To Dewey
American forces blast waning Nazi air power as Bricker appears to be the single significant rival to Dewey for the Republican nomination. Stassen’s chances fade after South Dakota vote as Dewey gains delegates. Brewster sees Dewey on first ballot. Dewey slate wins SD primary boosting to 239 of 676 delegates chosen so far.
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Jack Bell
Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Thomas EB. Dewey
New Yorker
Ball
Rminn
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dewey
South Dakota
Brewster
Maine
Stassen
Yugoslav Leaders Say No Pact With King Peter Before War Ends
A dispatch from London reports Marshal Tito’s military mission stating there is no chance of an agreement between the Yugoslav liberation council and King Peter until the war concludes. The statement came as Allied headlines focus on postwar planning and regional stability.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Miil Liberation Council
Peter
Ford Windsor plant closes as foremen strike spreads
Detroit May 4 UPI A widespread foremen strike curbed production across 11 plants. Ford Windsor across the river remained shut for the 12th day in two weeks while Packard foremen left work affecting about 2 780 supervisory staff. Briges Manufacturing Hudson Motor Car Murray Corp units also see walkouts as the Foreman Association of America seeks recognition. The National War Labor Board urged immediate compliance with orders to return to work. A National Labor Relations Board decision on recognition was promised soon.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Windsor
Detroit River
Packard Motor Car Co
Ann
Foreman’s Association of America
Briges Manufacturing Co
Hudson Motor Car Co
Murray Corp. of America
Packard
National War Labor Board
Foreman's Association
National Labor Relations Board
Fateful May Days Hold Invasion Secret
An army bomber crashed near Westover field in Chicopee Massachusetts. Firemen and police estimated ten men died in the wreckage as the plane overturned on impact and exploded in flames, delaying rescue attempts.
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Ludlow
Mass
Westover Field
Chicopee
Senators Seek Answer on Whisky Shortage Holiday Plan
Washington May 4 Senators probing liquor shortage question Don ald M Nelson head of the War Production Board about a 30 day whiskey making holiday to ease dwindling supplies. Senator Ferguson said Nelson and Dr. Walter Whitman would be asked about industrial alcohol demand, expansion capacity, and building a surplus, plus alcohol distribution improvements.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board Today
Nelson
McCarran Judiciary Subcommittee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Walter Whitman
WPB Chemical Division
Theatre Ticket Admission Clipping for Strand or Dixie
A clipped note offers admission to theaters Strand or Dixie with a present ticket. Verification may be required. The item reads as a brief vintage theater instruction or offer. It preserves the line about verification and the theater names Strand and Dixie.
Three Enlisted Men Killed Three Missing After Ship Collision
The navy reports three enlisted men killed and three missing after the destroyer Parrott collided with the merchant ship John Morton in Hampton Roads near the Norfolk base Tuesday afternoon. The Grafton Sentinel notes the dead and their next of kin and lists missing as Herbert Weaver, Irvin Blenden, and Donald Weese, with details of kin. A large hole tore the destroyer’s starboard side and hours later she was towed to Norfolk navy yard for repairs.
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Norfolk
Navy
U. S
J Parrott
John Morton
Hampton Roads
Naval Operating Base
The
Grafton Sentinel
Dora Storm Warder
Marion Thomas Brady
Ann Miller
Mattie Brady
Greer
Joe Bessen
Jimmy Little
Strand Theatre
Fred Scott
Dead
Humphrey Bogart
Dixie Theatre
Norfolk Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Siamese Twins Clinging To Tiny Thread Of Life
Phoenixville Pa May 4 The temperature of the Stierly Siamese twins rose slightly above 104 for the first time today as they entered the fifth day of a struggle against death Nurses say the girls show brief improvements but otherwise remain precarious Doctors admit no forecast for how long the ordeal will continue.
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Phoenixville
Phoenixville Hospital
J. Elmer Gotwall
Accuracy Not Weight Of Attacks Is Best Allied Gage Of Effect
London May 4 expert observers including United States air force officers say Allied bombing has become a weight dropping contest. A single 100 pound bomb on target can outvalue 500 tons off mark, and many saturations vary in impact. Public disclosure risks warning enemy of follow up raids. See ACCURACY NOT Page 2.
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Gladwin Hill
London
United States Air Force
RAF
West Virginia News Briefs From Spencer to Elkins
Spencer reports the death of Herbert Brown Thompson 69 district manager at Imonongahela West Penn at the power plant. Flagstaff headlines the death of Joseph Daniels Dalesio 26 radioman third class from Pollansbee W Va the Navy crash near here April 28. West Virginians Walter Oxford and James Atkins receive air medals. Elkins notes a $500 Pulitzer prize donated by Dewey Fleming Baltimore Sun to the Forward at Forty fund at Davis and Elkins College.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Joseph Daniels Dalesio
Pollansbee
W. Va
Here
Dalesio
General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Walter E. Oxford
War
James E. Atkins
Caretta
McDowell County
George C. Kenney
Elkins
Dewey K. Fleming
Washington
Baltimore Sun
Davis and Elkins College
Fleming
West Virginia
Japanese push to seize Imphal and Kohima before monsoon
The war analysis notes a critical Japanese drive from Burma toward Imphal and Kohima to weather a looming monsoon. An Imphal capture would give the invaders a base to threaten Allied India China routes, potentially altering the campaign if autumn storms subside. The force may be cut off if the operation stalls, risking supply lines and survival. New Delhi reports British Indian troops hold strong positions in the Imphal area.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
India
Burma
Imphal
Kohima
China
New Delhi
Meats Ration Free Likely Further Easing in Food Supply
Washington reports indicate civilian food supplies will further ease as pork veal and all rationed meats are declared ration free with possible loosening of dairy products margarine and other items in the coming weeks. A War Food Administration spokesman warns against undue optimism and notes future tightening may occur next fall and winter.
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Ovid
A. Martin Washington
Congress
War Food Administration
Bonanza
Parachute expert shifted to Atlantic Wall by Hitler
May 4 The German radio reported that Lt Gen Kurt Student a parachute and airborne troop expert, was moved from Italy to the Atlantic wall. It said battle hardened forces are stationed in danger zones and have inspected Atlantic defenses awaiting Allied attack. The broadcast predicted landings behind fortified positions and Germans prepared to stop an invasion.
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Tondon
Alvit Hitler
Kurt Student
Italy
Prange
Hase
Atlantic Wall
Student
Atlantic
London
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Berlin
Tov
AFL View Of Montgomery Ward Case By War Labor Board
The AFL executive council regarded the Montgomery Ward issue as upholding the War Labor Board as wartime substitute for strikes and lockouts, with narrow dissent from Hutcheson and Bugni zet and no vote by Vice President Woii. The statement avoided direct comment on the Chicago plant seizure.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Philadelphia
AFL Executive Council
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
Chicago
William L. Hutcheson
The
Carpenters
G. M. Bugnia
Zet
Electrical Workers
Matthew Woii
Albert ‘Wel
Executive Council
Northern France bombed on 20th day of raids
American Flying Fortresses attacked a German airfield in Holland as part of the 20th day of pre invasion aerial assaults. RAF bombers faced stiff German opposition with 49 aircraft not returning. Other targets included Ludwigshafen, Montdidier aircraft stores, and a Chateaudun munition dump in France and nearby areas.
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London
Hitler
Holland
France
U. S. Thunderbolt
RAF Spitfire
RAF
Air Ministry
Ludwigshafen
Montdidier
Amiens
Chateaudun
Orleans
Demmymy Picks For Broughton In NC Today
North Carolina Democrats moved to endorse Gov. J. M. Broughton for the vice presidential nomination at the state convention while Florida returns showed Senator Harry F. Byrd placed in the presidential race. NC delegates totaling 30 were reportedly pledged to Broughton, aiming for a Roosevelt headed ticket. Byrd’s name appeared among four delegates pledged to support him, despite his non-commitment.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
Florida
Harry F. Byrd
D.-Va
Roosevelt
Broighton
South
Oklahoma League of Young Democrats
Wallace
Byrd
Demmys
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Cherbourg
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Lansdowne
Herbert M. Weaver
Watertender
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Route 1
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Frank Blenden
Cedarvale
Kans
Donald Leroy Weese
Dorothy Marie Weese
Reading
Mich
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City, Commission
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AFL
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Elks
Bartlett Funeral Home
Grayson
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