Nazis Complete Final Checkup Of West Wall Foreman
Berlin reports Rommel has finished what may be his final checkup of the Atlantic wall as Allied offensives loom. German radio notes uncertainty over timing and location of possible attacks with Rundstedt named supreme commander of anti invasion defenses and Rommel and Blaskowitz in leadership roles. See BERLIN Page 2.
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London
United Nations
Beijin
Hiwin Rommel
Atlantic Wall
Kurt Dittmar
Naz
Hitler
Stockholm
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Rommel
Johannes Blaskowite
Army Gro
Supreme Command
Dittmar
Berlin
Strike at Detroit war plants call off after Arnold warning
Detroit plant strikes ended as Foremen's association leaders conceded the need to protect war production. General Arnold called the walkout one of the Air Force's gravest setbacks, warning the stoppage could hinder invasion plans and aid German operations. WLB chair William H. Davis said wartime government decisions cannot win without unity. The six association chapters met in Washington to order meetings to ensure fighter plane protection and to oppose material shortages that threaten bomber and truck part output at Packard, Briggs, Murray, Hudson, and Gar Wood plants.
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Washington
Foremen’s Association of America
Detroit
H. H. Arnold
WLB
William H. Davis
Foreman
The
Foreman’s Association of America
Washington, D. C
Association
Doetyat
Packard Motor Car Company
Briggs, Murray, Hudson
Gar Wood
Salween river offensive aims to reopen Burma road
The War Today analyzes China's bid to break the Japanese hold in southwest China by a Salween river crossing offensive. General Chiang Kai-shek seeks ground transport to India for heavy equipment, with air supply already moving material. The plan enlists up to 20,000 troops to strike near the Salween crossing into northern Burma.
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Newitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
China
India
Burma Road
Yellow River
Chiang Kai- Shek
Great Salweeri
Burma
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Froy Kinter to theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Froy Kinter of West Boyd Street to attend tonight's screenings at the Strand and the Dixie theatres. It lists Three Russian Girls with Anna Sten and Kent Smith at the Strand and Jane Eyre with Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles at the Dixie.
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Grafton Sentinel
Froy Kinter
West Boyd Street
Anna Sten
Kent Smith
Strand Theatre
Joan Fontaine
Orson Welles
Dixie Theatre
Democrats Post Unrestrained For Fourth Term
The Democratic party presses toward a possible fourth term for Franklin D Roosevelt as delegates align for a Chicago convention. Oklahoma Democrats report sealed 22 convention votes, while South Carolina and Arkansas factions vie for influence and pledged support shapes the race. A Republican front moves differently as party dynamics unfold.
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Roosevelt
Johnson
Stigler
Oklahoma
White House
South Carolina
Arkansas
Democratic State Committee
Gandhi on Way to Recovering His Health
Bombay reports Gandhi, the ailing Indian nationalist leader recently released from interment, is resting well and showing signs his blood pressure is returning toward normal after a malaria attack. Medical advisers issued the bulletin today.
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Mohandas Gandhi
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Father Orlemanski Cheered by American Slovak Support
Springfield Mass May 17 With his pastoral authority restored after promising to cease nonchurch activities Fr Stanislaus Orlemanski was cheered by American Slav Congress of Connecticut. Ron Tutens executive secretary praised his Moscow visit and condemned critics while the priest remained in bed under doctor care after a mental and physical breakdown. The four day suspension was lifted by Bishop O Leary upon receipt of an apology letter.
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Springfield
Mass
Catholic Church
Stanislaus Orlemanski
American Slav Congress of
Connecticut
Ron Tutens
Fr. Orlemanski
Kremlin
Tutens
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Fr. Orlemansis
William C. Kotarski
Thomas H. O'Leary
Orlemanski
Bishop O'Leary
Idleness of 50 000 War Workers Shocks Detroit
Detroit May 11 1942 The Foreman Association of America presses to be recognized as a bargaining agent for supervisory plant workers as top union leaders duel with the War Labor Board over multiple strikes that idle nearly 50 000 workers in the Detroit area Hudson Motor Car Co shut down lines amid unexcused supervisor absences and Briggs Manufacturing Mack Avenue plant halt impacts about 10 000 workers The UAW CIO protests to WLB and War Department that 35 000 workers are idled with uncertain fallout for the union’s standing.
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Detroit
Foreman’s Association of America
War Labor Board
Hudson Motor Car Co
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Macks Avenue
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Briggs
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Uaw-Cio
WLB
War Department
Yank Planes Strike Jaluit in Pacific Front Push
U S Pacific Fleet reports a sledgehammer blow by army navy and marine air units at Jaluit in the Marshalls over 24 hours. The 240 ton bombing followed by heavy raids on Dutch New Guinea as Nimitz hints at clearing bypassed Japanese garrisons. The Jaluit assault involved 284 sorties and low level attacks.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Jaluit
Washington
Marshalls
Dutch New Guinea
Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
Congress cheers FDRs promise of cut back in war expenditures
Washington May 17 President Roosevelts announce ment that next fiscal years war outlays would drop by 4 806 000 up to January brought cheer to a congress anxious about high taxes and debt. The president cited better procurement coordination and lower losses as factors in the reduction while Republicans urged deeper cuts. Roosevelt said January estimates pegged war outlays at 90 500 000 000 with 8 400 000 000 trimmed so far by the war department navy and war See CONGRESS Page 4
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Navy and
War
Naval Academy to graduate 915 on June 7
Annapolis Md May 17 Rear Admiral John R Beardall superintendent of the U S naval academy listed today as members of the class of 915 midshipmen to be graduated June 7 nine from South Carolina 14 from North Carolina 25 from Virginia eight from West Virginia 24 from the District of Columbia and 32 from Maryland
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Annapolis
John R. Bearda i
U. S. Naval Academy
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
Chinese widen railway positions in Henan counter-attack
Chinese forces, expanding their breach of the Peiping Hankow railway in Henan, seize another station the third since attacking. Loyang battles reported inside and outside as Suiping actions shift the front, while China rejects lagging war claims in Western Yunnan.
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Spencer Moosa Chungeing
Peiping - Hankow
Henan
Central
Loyang
Peiping-Hankow
Chumatien
Suiping
K. C. Wu
Yunnan
China
George Ade Dies at 78 Famed Hoosier Humorist Passes
George Ade renowned author and humorist died last night at age 78 in Brook Indiana after a yearlong ailment and prior strokes. The Purdue graduate famed for Fables in Slang built a prolific career across newspapers magazines books plays and films. Ade influenced American humor and left a lasting imprint on literature and popular culture.
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George Ade
Brook
Ind
Ade
Purdue University
Ross - Ace
Lafayette
Chicago
The
Morning News
John T. McCutcheon
Allies Poised for Big Drive Into Liri Valley Post Today
Allied forces press north toward the Liri valley and Cassino, with German parachute troops retreating from pillboxes and gun emplacements. The Gustav Line south of that corridor is said to be overrun as the fifth and eighth armies push toward the Adolf Hitler line and Rome.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Liri
Cassino
Rome
Gaeta
West Virginia brief notes on mining deaths and awards
Logan County miner Joe Jones, 50, died in a state fall at Lorado Coal Mining No 2 mine, the 21st fatality of the year. In Pont Pleasant, 1200 people witnessed the Army Navy E Award presentation to General Chemical Defense, with Colonel Gerbel urging workforces to keep victory in mind. Huntington reports WV State Dental Society officers installed, Capt. Wells predicting 8000 dentists in service will stay postwar and refresher courses planned. Morgantown notes search for Frank Robinette’s body after January 8 1943 explosion. mine production resumes in one section. Pittsburgh stockholders reelected Walter L Williams as Plymouth Oil president for 21st term. Big Lake Oil named head of Plymouth subsidiary.
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Logan
Joe Jones
Logan County
Lorado Coal Mining Company
Pont Pleasant
Army and Navy
Army-Navy
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Theodore C. Gerbel
Ordance
Louis
Gerber
Ile
Huntington
West Virginia State Dental Society
C. Raymond Wells
U. Navy
Wells
Morgantown
Pursgrove No. 15
Frank Robinette
Pittsburgh
Plymouth Oi Company
Walter 8. Lanan
Charleston
W. Va
Big Lake Oil Company
Plymouth
West Virginia
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Germany
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Dolores Moran
Strand
Jack Bell
Democratic Party
Father Orlemanski
Amiearican
Pacific Front
FDR
Bridges
Appropriations Committee
U.S. Naval Academy
Hoosier
Florida
Indiana
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Dr Lord
LER Valley Post
Leri Hold
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