Italians claim two biggest U S battleships thru Mediterranean
Berlin dispatch reports President Roosevelt announced U S naval units already at the Mediterranean. It cites battleships Washington and North Carolina, each 35 009 tons, entering at Gibraltar and exiting at Suez en route to the Indian Ocean to reinforce Anglo American lines after sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse.
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U.S
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Berili
Germran Wroaccantays
Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
Sk Popolo
Rama
Washington
North Carolina
Gibralar
Suez
Brktish
Northwest bomber crash toll rises with 16 pilots dead
An airfield disaster across the Pacific Northwest killed 16 Army pilots and injured three others when three bombers wrecked. Wreckage from eight medium bombers was found near Baker Maine and near Pendleton Oregon. A four motor Boeing fortress crashed on a ridge near Pendleton, killing six and injuring several. A separate crash at Methold Field western Washington killed one more, while others died in crashes near Pendleton and the Blue Mountains. Survivors and rescuers described the chaotic scene as they aided dazed service members and attempted to reach the wreck sites. Weather and local reports followed, detailing temperatures and conditions for the region.
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Pendleton
Baker
Gowen
Rotse
Idaho
Fylia Field
Spokane
Wash
Las Vegas
Ney
Pendleton Field
Te Bot. Ware
Poe
Methold Field
Washington
Pendletoy
Wesley
Av Wallace
Philadelphia
Robert L. Bowman
Gilio Ward
Wallugs
Tuy
Raddolph T. Correll
Perry Barhexas
Nazi Prisoner Hunted in Northern Colorado
Lt. Hang Peter Krug, a Nazi airman who escaped a Canadian camp, traveled across the United States after fleeing confinement. Federal investigators in Weld County Northern Colorado pursued tips suggesting he might be in the area. A joint Canada United States inquiry was planned to determine his fate amid reports of a forged mayoral signature connected to his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hata Petar Wray
Naatatrman
San Antonio, Texas
Colorado
Weld County
Montreal
Krup
U. S
Krug
United States
Merican
Mindanao Sunk Near Corregidor by Japanese Bombing
May 4 1942 reports U S S Mindanao a gunboat sunk by Japanese bombing near Corregidor in the Philippines. The naval announcement notes the loss in the area around the land fortress as U S forces engage in broader Pacific actions.
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Wabhington
Navy
Mindanas
Corregidor
Phippines
Drafting Begins for 36 to 45 Million Men in June
Washington May 3 Major General Lewis B Hershey national draft director says next month the army will call men aged 21 to 45. About 10 million men registered February 16 1942 are to be distributed among registrants with class 3-A remaining from prior calls. If the first age group is exhausted calls will proceed by the February 16 1942 registrants proportionately. Classes 2-A and 2-A with dependents are explained. call timing suggests 3-A unlikely before late summer or early fall. Youths aged 13 to 20 to be registered in next two months for possible compulsory training.
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Washington
Generad Lewis de Hershey
National Draft Direector
Saluriiny
Innnral Hershey
War Department
Hershey
Senate
Laska Denied Readmission To the Bar
Denver May 4 the Colorado supreme court denied Hen B Laska a petition for reinstatement to the bar He was disbarred after a 1936 federal sentence for taking a fea ransom money paid by Charles Ursehel Oklahoma City to kidnappers He acted as counsel for Albert Bates one of the kidnappers Justice Hilliards strong dissent criticized the denial and referenced a letter from Governor Carr urging reinstatement
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Denver
Benjamin C. Hilliard
Colorado Autreme Court
Hen B. Laska
Laska
Newl
Leavenworth
Fea
Charles Ursehel
Oklahoma City
Albert Bates
Justice Hilliard
Carr
Laske
Bar
Court of Colorado
Chinese Army Fights Fiercely Up Burma Road Near Mandalay
Chinese troops press along the Burma Road from Lashio toward Mandalay fighting hard against a hard pressing Japanese force. The battle centers on Monywe and Chindwin river areas as Chinese positions near Kutkai are shelled and the front grows thicker with bombardment and counter moves. American bombers strike Hangoon docks while Chinese forces, aided by the Flying Tigers, resist attempts to flank and press toward China from Rangoon.
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Burma
Mandalay
Chungking
Yuenan
Movinea
China
Chindwin River
Tevawetdy
Dlavatehem
Kewlehich
Miling
Lashio
Rangoon
Ching
United States Army
Hangoon
New Delhi
Bichard
Jozaph W. Stihwell
U.S.A
Auto Thieves Busy Saturday in Greeley and Fort Lupton
Police report a busy night with two stolen vehicles in Greeley and a fort Lupton theft later recovered near Denver. Cars belonging to Tack Leavere toh James Prather Homer Ridge wat and George W Hicks were stolen or tampered with, with several items taken and ignition switches disturbed.
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Greeley
Ctor
Fort Lawton
Tack Leavere Toh
Twenty-Flrat Street
Belle
James Prather
Sixth Avenue
Brush
Homer Ridgewat
Seventh Avenue
George W. Hicks
Thenly-Firet Street
Lupton
Fort Lupton
Denver
Dog Licenses Due May 1 Warns City Chief
Police Chief C. C. Hunter warns Grebleyites that dog licenses are due by May 1. Untagged dogs found at large may incur $1 per dog to be released and a $1 daily penalty. regular license fees of $3 or $4 apply, with amendments effective for these months.
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C. C. Hunter
Larry Allen Wins Pulitzer Prize for War Reporting
Larry Allen of the Associated Press was named winner of a Pulitzer prize for dramatic coverage of the British Mediterranean fleet. The Los Angeles Times notes the award honors a campaign securing press rights under the Constitution for American newspapers.
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Assor
Ated Press
New York
Larry Allen
Press War Core
Atorten
Mediterranean
Los Angeles
Calif
Researchers beaten as abductors steal rubber chemist tale
Two New Jersey men were charged with assault robbery and kidnapping after a Brooklyn chemist said a process for synthetic rubber production was stolen during a scuffle. Detective Kaneewid said the victim was lured into a car, struck, and later escaped as police traced the license plate. Suspects Samuel Paris 39 Brodley Haach Ned and Julius Suske 36 Paterson were booked on the three counts in New York.
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New York
New Jersey
Brooklyn
Inne Kaneewid
Yietin
Ramel B. Sklar
Hin Yeo
Hin
Lita
Skiar
Polles
Pasgeraby
W Luken
Tolley
Mad
Ane Drz Dock Company
Kearny
Moisture totals at Benedicts through May 3
Weather data from B Benedicts station in south Central Weld county shows 6.66 inches of moisture by May 3, higher than the entire 1930 year total of 6.76 inches. May high reached 51 degrees with five nights below freezing. Greeley sugar factory logged 0.72 inches after 5 am, storm total reaching 1.23 inches.
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Starn
Operations Continue on Mindanao Island
Allied Headquarters Austentia reports ongoing operations on Mindanao in the Parang Cotabato area on the west coast while Corregidor fortifications endure intermittent bombardment. The communique notes no change on Panay Island and mentions Japanese landings in the first week.
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Austentia
Dougie MacArthur
Philippines
Corregidor
Mindanas Island
Parang-Cotabato
Mare Pew
Pandy Island
Clerical Ability Tests Progress Update
Report notes no interest found in clerical ability tests and mentions transportation duties and early school closings affecting entrants. Civil service exams for stenographers typists and bookkeepers were offered last week by a college, with a plan to resume the tests next year.
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Wan
Wenause
Uy College
Platte River Flood Watches and Snow Weather Report
The Platte and nearby rivers rose and fell through the weekend with rain and snow. Heavy moisture on Friday left tributaries over bank, while Skies showed snow east of the plains. Fort St. Vrain to Platteville saw flood threats eased as flows receded. The report notes snow depth and ongoing flood concerns across multiple towns and bridges.
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South Platte
Evans-LaSalle Bridge
Bute
Fort Lupton
Platteville
St. Vrain
Phitteyle
Woulder Creek
Wheeler Bridge
Granvel
Thompson
Meike
Greeley
Plath
Ilse
Platteville Bridge
Union
Bulla
Platte
Fort St. Vrain
Sumlay
Japanese graduate slain by husband in Denver hotel lobby
Mary Akie Hata, 32, a Japanese graduate of Lupton High School, was killed in Denver when her husband George Masayoshi Honda attacked her with a breadknife in a hotel lobby. He admitted the killing, saying he was driven by a want to die and claimed he grieved for not following his race’s suicide tradition. Witnesses, including desk clerk Harry Thompson, narrowly avoided harm as Honda assaulted and restrained him after the attack before police arrived. The couple’s two young children slept in their apartment nearby as the incident unfolded.
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Lupton High School
Denver
Mary Akie Hata
Charles Je Burng Anid
Burns
George Masayoshi
Honda
Onda
Harry Thompson
Thomapean
Orient
Vonda
Vonia
Thompson Witt
Haras
Wis
Willy
Burna
Hart
Wry
Thompson
Thomas Tuama
Fort Lopson
Fort Taplon
Richard Onda
Erin
Honda, & Nova
Haonalulo
Japan
Washington
War Dept to Retain Quickie Commission Plan
Washington May 4 The War Department plans to press Congress to keep the quickie commission proposal amid officer shortages. An amendment by Ira Faddis would raise rates and broaden back pay for enlisted men advancing to second lieutenants. The House schedule includes debates on women’s branches and survivor pay for dependents of servicemen.
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War Dept
Quickie’ Commission
Washington
War Department
Ira
Faddis
R-Pa
Nascantean
Ara
Moses Smith Enters Colorado State Governor Race
Moses E Suit of Austlas announces candidacy for governor in the next general election. Smith, a 42 year Colorado General Assembly member and four term former mayor of Aubany, vows to cut state spending 7 to aid the war effort and urges curtailment of nonessential taxpayer expenditures. He previously supported the Colorado Big Thompson reclamation project and worked as a lumber dex er for 30 years.
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Presad
Denver
Moses E. Suit
Austlas Ane
Ucket
Leller
Byron G. Rogers
Smith
Colorado General Assembly
Catorata
Woverbor
Rationing votes amid Weld County school vacancies
Patrons vote on rationing as Weld County school district residents discuss vacancies in the board with members serving by appointment until the election. Readings note some county third grade schools have closed amid the turmoil and task force concerns.
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Urdelest
Weld County
Seadale Belood Qiarlet Tenasfs Atetetels
Cfeelhays
Third
Vlasaistriets
Germans Claim Sinking Heavy British Cruiser in North
German high command reported the sinking of a large British cruiser in a North Sea action off a Norwegian coast. They also claimed two enemy ships damaged near Norway and losses among their coastal aircraft, while Allied convoys faced persistent attacks at sea. University of Colorado programs highlight journalism work by James Cummins.
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Jnjes
High Command
Negaliook
Kgsia
Plesk
Norway
Fle Coastal Command
Tentative Naval Aviation Training for 21 GSGE Cadets
Twenty one GSGE students were tentatively accepted for Naval Aviation Training after two days of preliminary physical exams conducted on campus by the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board. Listed were Donald W. Gerry Clarence S. Clark Henry B. Daniells Harold L. Johnson John H. Miller Roy Oscar Mosher Charles Nipko Lloyd Taylor Reynolds Robert E. Rush Warren William Wiggins Fred Dumler Lloyd Jensen William Main Donald Perler James J. Boren William B. Akers Howard E. Benall Reyes M. Harper Henry Newehwanger Alvin Stroh and Robert B. White.
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GSGE
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection
Sbuard
Donald W. Gerry
Clarence S. Clark
Henry
Daniells
Harold L. Johnson
John H. Miller
Roy Oscar Mosher
Charles Nipko
Lloyd Taylor Reynolds
Robert E. Rush
Warren William Wiggins
Fred Dumler
Lloyd $. Jensen
William Main
Donald Perler James J. Boren
Wiliam
Akers
Howard E. Benall
Reyes MM
Harper Henry Newehwanger
Alvin Stroh
Robert B. White
Registration of Ite Q Names At Local Schools
Wartime rationing efforts continue with registrations for sugar and food stamps at ten Greeley schools. Centers opened Monday, with totals by site and alphabetical scheduling through Wednesday, volunteers aiding and waiting periods noted.
Four State Tornado Toll Tops Twenty Four Dead
An achronized AP report notes tornadoes swept four midwestern states Saturday, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 100. Counties near Pawhuska Oklahoma and Pryor faced heavy damage with many missing or unaccounted for, while Mississippi and Illinois also reported casualties. The outbreak spanned about 103 miles by 50 miles, with earlier storms devastating Pryor and causing millions in property loss.
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Anachited Press
Actheast
Okiniwoma
Twister Ln
Waa
Pawhuska
Pryor
Eeepes
Red Leaflets Dropped Behind Nazi Lines
Undated report says Soviet air drops over occupied Ukraine urged resistance and to aid a summer offensive. Russian southern army command calls for detachment routes to be shown to Red forces advancing from the Don region and areas near Leningrad and Moscow.
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Semeon Thuashenko
Tolay
Ukraine
Russia
Red Army
Rivera
Don
London la
Lapland
Mare Wowsk
Dake
Leningrad
Central
Moscow
Frederick Man Faces Possible Eye Injury From Accident
A Frederick man, John Fiahee, was accidentally shot near a bridge and may lose an eye. Deputy Sheriff W E Hammond investigated but could not determine the bullet source. The shot came from a distance, pierced a fence, and a crack in the shelf seemed to mute its force. A theory suggests boys with a rifle caused the wound. Page 12.
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John Fiahee
Prederck
Nes
Suviday
Danley Beer
St. Vrain
W. E. Hammond
Fisher
United
Major Eads Friend Gen George Respected Soldier Dies
Major Harold Eads, longtime associate of Brigadier General Warell HH. George, dies after a plane crash in Australia last week. Eads, a 1910s Manila War comrade and engineer, left Beaver in 1941 for a Sacramento role. He and his wife Mabel Fads and two children resided in Denver.
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Harold Eads
Mra
Fells Eads
Seventh Street
Greeley
Australa
Warell HH. George
Australia
Eads
Cearge I
Manila
Mads
Beaver
J Mantha
Mabel Fads
Garfield Street
Denver
Major Eady
Colorado School of Mines
Greeley High School
Court Rejects Pueblo Recount Demand
Denver May 42 The state supreme court today rejected a bid by three Pueblo city employees to recount votes cast in the Nov 4 1941 Pueblo municipal election. They sought a proposed charter amendment that would have raised city employees salaries. The amendment was defeated by 29 votes.
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Denver
State Siepramd
Pueblo Clir
Puebla
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Associated Press
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Rubhex
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Mindanao Island
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Greeley Tribune
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Pugh Ranch
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Alautte
Lava Orade
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Cummins
C. UK
James Cummins
Fribine
University of Colorada
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Sumer Schent
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Waurgaré
Willy Felters Lom
Greeley Ayatem
Wentar High School
NL Bennett
Eleventh Street
Leon Henderson
London
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Germany
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Frank Heffecy
Ming
Han Fee Algred
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Dickinson
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Halph McKee
Houlder
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