Germans Drive Toward Rome After Marcus Wake Raid
From Pearl Harbor May 1 Allied dispatches report Japanese air power weakened in the Pacific. Marcus and Wake bombed heavily, with Marcus receiving 148 tons of bombs before the island fell, while Wake remained under air assault. The Tokyo radio later claimed Allied fleet sightings.
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Rome
Lief Erickson
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Pacific
America
Marcus
Wake
al E. Montgomery
Tokyo
Marcus Nations
Wake Island
Detroit Drivers Strike Delays Bread Deliveries Citywide
Detroit and surrounding area face bread shortages as 1,090 bakery drivers in 46 bakeries continue a walkout over wage demands. The union seeks $10 base pay weekly plus 12 percent commission, with current earnings ranging from under $50 to $150 weekly on major routes. The War Labor Board warned against interference with food distribution and paused action until deliveries resume.
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Detroit
Teamsters Union
AIL
James Hoffa
Sam Hurst
Tlaxer
Local 51
Hurst
Manpower Shortage Prompted By Nightlife Critique
Chicago May 26 The Ration's manpower problem as stated by J Gen Brehon Somervell calls for action to close night clubs poolrooms and bowling alleys if needed. He urged that entertainers out of work due to new taxes should find war industry jobs or roles on railroads and ships aiding troops. He warned families of fallen soldiers that sacrifices include foregoing luxuries to speed victory.
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Chicago
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Burma
Southwest Pacific
Italy
Germany
Tombstone at Strand Theatre Tonight With Star Casts
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Helen Mitchell of Knotts Avenue to attend tonight's Strand theatre presentation of Tombstone starring Richard Dix Kent Taylor and Edgar Buchanan. Also showing Jam Session with Ann Miller and six leading orchestras and The Ridin Fool at the Dixie theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Helen Mitchell Knotts Avenue
Richard Dix
Kent Taylor
Edgar Buchanan
Strand Theatre
Ann Miller
Bob Steele
Dixie Theatre
Balkan Flames Threaten Hitlers Balkan Fortress
The War Today analyzes Allied gains in Italy and rising peril for Bulgaria as Turkey reports Germany rushing divisions into Bulgaria to curb a potential blaze. Russia pressures Bulgaria toward severing ties with Germany, amid Bulgarian internal strife and a growing anti-German mood among Slavs, with revolt rumor among troops.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Italy
Hitler
Bulgaria
Turkey
Fuehrer
Fhe
Serbia
Europe
Russia
Balkans
Hitlers
Moscow
Rilaria
Germany
Election Committees To Fill Gaps At State Meet
Charleston May 26 A handful of returns remain to full strength the 64 member state executive committees for Democratic and Republican parties. Appointments will complete the lists for meetings in Parkersburg June 5 and Charleston June 3. Two men and two women from each of 16 districts were elected May 9. some slate gaps will be filled.
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Charleston
Parkersburg
Gordon P. Fought
Wheeling
D. J. Steiner
Follawsbee
Ruth Baxter
Chester
Ruth B. Poe
George C. Beneke
Samuel G. Weiss
Wellsburg
Virginia E. Brennan
B. O. Hall
Hollidays Cove
Robert E. Sellers
Middlebourne
Robert H. Wells
Moundsville
Lillian Stone
New Martinsville
Joe Yoho
M. C. Barker
Moundsille
Charles H. Kimball
Sistersville
Emma Milliken Kirkhart
Hundred
Dess L. Turner
Dewey Opposed GOP Seeks Votes From Unpledged Delegates
Washington May 26 with the convention a month away opposing Republican factions competed to gain support from 442 publicly uncommitted delegates to offset the 395 votes pledged for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Former President Herbert Hoover disavowed involvement in nominating a candidate and said he would not take part in the selection.
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Jack Bell Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Herbert Hoover
Dewey
Hoover
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
Owancutt May Be Given Decision At Court In Slaying
Campanza California May 26 A military court was to decide if Lieut Beaufort Swancutt should be executed for killing four people in a March 5 shooting at an officers club dance Swancutt testified for over two hours and twenty minutes offering no motive or memory of the event He claimed a mental blackout and said he was sane previously He admitted marriage to his wife Gertrude and having two children while courting Dorothy Douglas and said remarriage was not valid in the See SWANCUTT Page 6 BAKE SALE sponsored By Women's Missionary Society of U. B. church
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Frank Frawley Campanza
Calif
Beaufort G. Swancutt
la Crosse
Wisc
Swancutt
Dorothy Douglas
Lourdine Livermore
Aubrey G. Serfling
Gertrude
Camp Anza
Capture Of Ninth Japanese Air Base Near Philippines
Advanced Allied forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur push along the north New Guinea coast toward the Philippines. Yanks reach an edge of an uncompleted airfield at Maffin Bay as heavy fighting continues. Since May 17 near Toem, Japanese deaths reach 971 with 5 captured, while Americans suffer 61 killed, 182 wounded, 3 missing. In Hollandia Aitape sector 151 Japanese slain and 29 prisoners taken. See CAPTURE OF Page 2.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
North New Guinea
Maffin Bay
MacArthur
Fine Wakde Island
Hollandia
Aitape
British New Guinea
Wakde-Maffin Bay
Toem
Wakde
Hollandia-Aitape
Rais
West Virginia Wesleyan to hear Dr Paul Hutchinson May 29
West Virginia Wesleyan college will hold its 54th commencement on May 29 with Dr Paul Hutchinson editor of the Christian Century Chicago delivering the address. In other notes John Franklin Hibbert 42 chief machinist for the Chesapeake and Ohio railway shop Rainelle died of a heart attack. Investigations into alleged violations by businesses and workers of the employment stabilization program were begun by state manpower director Andrew Edmiston following employer complaints about lost workers and non observance of regulations. Ceilings on prices for ladies ready to wear sparking inquiries by OPA with one Fairmont retailer paying 652.83 in back charges. Mrs Mary Gathers 40 was sentenced to prison for second degree murder in Logan after shooting Charles Bradley 42. West Virginia Page 4.
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Associated Press
Buckhannon
Paul Hutchinson
The
Christian Century
Chicago
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Rainelle
John Franklin Hibbert
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Charleston
West Virginia
Andrew Edmiston
Edmiston
War Manpower Commission
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fairmont
Federal Treasury
Allied Capture Cisterna Aquino and Piedmonte in sharp advances
Allied forces broke the Hitler line at Cisterna, Aquino, and Piedmonte after fierce fighting. Fifth Army widened the front from Anzio toward the coast, while the Eighth Army seized Aquino and Piedmonte. Canadian troops established a Melfa river bridgehead in the Liri valley as Cassino remains contested. The Cisterna stronghold fell after a four hour battle with heavy casualties on the defenders.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Anzio
Fifth Army
Cisterna
Hart
Eighth Army
Aquino
Piedmonte
Melfa
Liri
Cassino Cisterna
Montgomery Ward Overseen by House Panel in Troop Case
The Montgomery Ward company drew censure from a House committee studying its troop seizure. Senate findings criticized government tactics. Chairman Ramspeck said the company defied the government during wartime. Hearings adjourned until June. Sewell Avery to be questioned about being carried from the plant by troops. Wayne Chatfield Taylor testified Ward officials took possession for the government.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward
House
Senate
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Bive Reto Grant Mony
Judiciary
Mearren de Nev
General Biddle
Dpiinion
Mall
WLB
Sewell Avery
Ward's
Avery
Wayne Chatfield Taylor
Commerce
Ward
Montgomery
Death Penalty Carried Out For Virginia Attack
Howard R. Walker 27, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at the Virginia Penitentiary at 8 41 a m after a reprieve delayed his death from April 26. Walker confessed to attacking Mrs Jessie H Glaize in her Winchester home on March 27 and waived grand jury action under a new slave statute. His body will go to the anatomical board. no visitors were reported the day prior.
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Richmond
Howard R. Walker
Winchester
Virginia Penitentiary
W. Franklin Smyth
Walker
Major Smyth
Anatomical Board
Darden
Burr P. Harrison
Corporation Court of
City of
Jessie H. Glaize
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Night at the Opera House Adds Maltese Falcon Night
West Main street theatre presents the Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor along with Night in New Orleans featuring Preston Foster and Patricia Morrison current attractions at the Opera House.
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Grafton Sentinel
K. M. Orr
West Main Street
Humphrey, Bogart
Mary Astor
Ind
New Orleans
Preston Foster
Patricia Morrison
Opera House Theatre
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A.C. Herold
Virginia L. Loudin
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Pacer
N. D. Marsh
Sairo
Talbott’ “Bullock
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Women’s Missionary Society of
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Sawar Airstrip
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St. John Street
Haislip
Mackin Street
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