Bridegroom Of a Day Is death by own action
Dan W. Buck 62 longtime Lewis and Clark county sheriff and bridegroom of a day was found dead in his garage behind the county jail late yesterday. An inquest was ordered for tonight. Rosa Duncan deputy sheriff found the body and notified county officials. A pistol lay near the body and powder burns marked a close range shot. Buck previously served as coroner and leaves a widow and three children. (Continued on Page 4).
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Dan W. Buck
Lewis and Clark County
J. Milter Smith
Buck
Rosa Duncan
Duncan
Undersherif Wallace
Huck
Sheriffs Office
Sheriff Buck
Misses Yelty
Pauline Buck
Helena
Set
Dan Buck, Jr
Fort Riley
Kan
Mentanons Decorated For Flight Work
Eighteen members of two bomber crews who sank two large Japanese cargo ships and damaged a transport in Rabaul harbor New Britain last December 20 have been awarded the air medal by Lieut Gen George C Kenney commander of Allied air forces in the South West Pacific area. The crews included First Lieutenant Kenneth W Beckstrom Vaughn Mont and First Lieutenant James T Murphy Roundup Mont.
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Australia
Rabaul Harbor
New Britain
George C. Kenney
Aled
Southwest Pacific
Kenneth W. Beckstrom
Vaughn
Mont
James T. Murphy
Trapper Passes Eye Test With Rifle Quote
Detroit May 18. Pete Provost, a 43 year trapper, told examiners he cannot read the eyesight letters but can shoot out every one with a .22 rifle. He then joined a factory to aid the war effort.
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Detroit
Pete Provost
Trapper
Puch
Bomb Freed Floods Unchecked Across Ruhr Valley
Destructive flood waters released by RAF blastings of two large German dams surge through the Ruhr valley and beyond toward Duisburg and the Rhine, crippling industrial centers as Allied bombing continues. Kassel and other manufacturing towns are under water, with heavy casualties and widespread damage reported as the flood spreads.
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Rich Wainer Fondon
RAF
Germany
Ruhr
Havor
Hitler
Mehre
Eder Gams
Europe
Flandude
Duisburg
Rhine
Weser
Kastel
Aar Ministry
Foc
Kassel
Ederdam
Flood Waters Swell Wabash Break Near West Terre Haute
Indiana counties struggle as the Wabash and White rivers flood numerous towns including Kokomo Marion Noblesville and Indianapolis. Governor Schricker orders guards to shore levees and evacuate families while floodwaters threaten farm land and disrupted services.
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Indianapolis
West Terry Haute
Terre Haute
Henry F. Schricker
Indiana State Guard
Kokomo
Marion
Loganport
Noblesville
Wabaeh
Churchill to Deliver Major Speech to Congress Today
Prime Minister Churchill will address Congress for about 50 minutes as part of a major wartime speech. All four large American networks will broadcast the address starting at 10 30 a m mountain war time.
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Churchill
Congress
Washington
Apprenticeship Training System Favored by Officials
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt reported that state apprenticeship directors recommended creating apprenticeship training systems to run alongside high school education for 16 and 17 year olds. The plan would apply in all war production areas and allow teens to finish high school while training in war plant jobs. Directors Jo Dodge of Colorado and Henry A. Yeager of Montana attended the five day session among others.
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Okeh
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Jo Dodge
Colorado
Henry A. Yeager
Montana labor divi+ jlo
Ickes Says Miners Contract Needs WLB Approval
Secretary Ickes told John L. Lewis that any settlement contract must receive War Labor Board approval, a authority Lewis refuses to recognize. Ickes said he has no power to negotiate or to initiate collective bargaining conferences between miners and mine owners.
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Ickes
WLB
Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
United Mont Workers
U S Built Carriers Add To Anti Submarine Effort
British port dispatch reports speedy American built escort aircraft carriers disclosed as the newest United Nations counter to the U boat menace. Several are at sea and are expected to play a key role guarding convoys in mid Atlantic waters beyond shore patrols.
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United Nations
Barber Shop Raided Over Potato Heist Near Rockefeller Center
New York May 18 Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and a swarm of city officials raided a barber shop near Rockefeller Center after reports that three men were unloading 147 bags of potatoes from a truck and hiding them inside the shop.
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New York
Former Manila Newsman Declares Japan Master in Pacific
Col. Carlos P. Romulo, former Manila newspaper publisher and MacArthur aide, told about 2,000 delegates at the Western Hemisphere convention that the United States is defeated in the Pacific and Japan is master. He urged a realistic view of war after citing Bismaras sea battle and other Allied victories as part of an unchanged overall picture.
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St. Louis
Col
Carlos P. Romulo
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Pacific
United States
Japan
Bismares
Romulo
Western Hemisphere
Etary Luter- National
London Antiaircraft Batteries Open Up Over London
Antiaircraft batteries opened fire on enemy planes over London for a second time tonight. One bomb fell in a district but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
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London
Weanesany
Antaircraft
Axis troops in Africa exceed 200000 captured
Report from AMMer Headquarters in North Africa claims more than 200000 Axis troops have been taken in Africa. The item references Eisenhower and a wider campaign, though the text is garbled and partially unreadable.
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Africa
Ammer
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President Outlines Food Conference Aims in People's Century Vision
President Roosevelt in Hot Springs outlines the conference purpose to remove hindrances to distributing food. He says the aim is to improve consumption, production and distribution of food postwar. Marvin Jones, U. S. delegate, urges cooperative effort to make the next 100 years "the people's century."
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U. S
Wade Wintil
Roosevelt
United Nations Food Conference
Marvin Jones
United States
Chaiman
Conferen
Plohal Cconmmne
Politeat
Japs Stage Third Raid in Four Days on Wan Airdrome
Japanese air attack on Wan Airdrome near Salamaua New Guinea marked the third raid in four days. Allied reports say 25 Japanese planes bombed and strafed the area causing slight damage. Earlier raids involved 43 planes on Monday and 34 on the previous Saturday at Wau.
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Wan Amwed
Augtralla
Wan
Salamaua
New Guinea
Wau
House withholds funds from Farm Bureau and Planning Board
Washington May 18. The House sent to the Senate a 1404,000,000 deficiency bill with amendments denying salaries for three government employees and barring use of any of the president's emergency funds for the Farm Security Administration or the National Resources Planning Board. An amendment reducing expenses for Dr Goodwit Watson and William B. Dodd Jr of the Communications Commission and Secretary Robert Moiss Lovett of the Virgin Islands government was adopted 217 to 62. The matter faced committee review over alleged subversive affiliations. The amendment restricting use of the president's funds passed 155 to 101.
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Washington
House
Senate
Farm Security Administration
National Resources Planing Board
Goodwit Watson
Willam B. Dodd, Jr
Communications Commission
Robert Moiss Lovett
Virgin Islands
Trie Wadern
Pantte
Revised figures show 268 perished on hospital ship Centaur
Early reports placed 268 aboard with 64 saved when the Australian hospital ship Centaur was sunk by a Japanese submarine off Australia. General MacArthur called the attack an unnecessary act of cruelty and savagery amid a pattern of barbarity.
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Australia
Centaur
MacArthur
British Subs Sink Five More Ships In Mediterranean
London May 18. British submarines roaming the Mediterranean to attack enemy shipping and shore targets have sunk five more ships, including an Italian destroyer, and damaged several others with torpedo and deck-gunfire. A railway port terminal in Greece was shelled. Washington May War bonds may be halved in size while preserving value as Treasury eyes paper and shipping savings.
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London
Thoeddichindly
Mediterranean
Feast
Greece
Washington
NAMIC
Troabury
Allies Hit Sardinia Port and Airfield in North Africa Action
From their North African springboard Aled planes dealt a heavy blow to the port and airfield of Alghero in Sardinia. RAF Wellington bombers attacked the town and port then continued with ground bursts and gunfire. British forces reported forcing 23 Germans to retreat to Zambretta Island after Cap Non, but the group faced shortages and sent an SOS from the island.
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Aled Heulawakers
North Africa
Alghero
Sardinia
Cap Non
Zambretta Island
Cape
Slide on Gore Hill Near Great Falls Closes Road
Large slide of dirt from Gore Hill near the municipal airport and seventh ferrying grounds threatens the Heelera Great Falls highway. Engineers including City One Rincey Ed Heenan cite water seepage from a cesspool as a possible start and warn the road may soon be buried. In Alberta a U S Army Air Force plane dived into a lake near Lochbridge with the fate of the pilot unknown.
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Great Falls
Gore Hill
Une
Groun
Rincey Ed Heenan
Gare Hill
Heelera
Lake Hdmanston
Alta
United States Army Air Force
Loethbridge
House Drops Rums Skip a Year Plan Third Time
Washington May 13 The House voted 202 to 194 against accepting the Senate's modified tax plan. Supporters declared the pay as you go plan defeated after a four month fight. Leaders predicted a Senate House conference could still craft a bill Roosevelt would approve.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
George
Senate Finance Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Charman Daughton
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
German Try At Caucasus Ring Fails Again
London reports on May 18 that German forces failed to breach Red Army siege lines around Novorossisk and suffered heavy losses. Russian troops repelled counterattacks at Novorossisk during the night, marking a second day of failed German breakout attempts on the eastern front.
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London
Operator Dutifully Places Phone Call for Cannady
Kansas City business tone describes Frank J. Engleman asking an operator to reach Charles Cannady, his Lake City general manager. A voice answers with a Canadian Edmonton inquiry, creating a puzzling misrouted call and a brief, odd exchange in the record.
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Cannady
Kansas City
Frank J. Engleman
Lake City
Here
Charles Cannady
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
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