Churchill Promises Relentless War to Crush Japan
Prime Minister Churchill told Congress Britain will fight alongside the United States in an unrelenting air war against Japan. He described the Allied effort as the greatest military experiment in history to see if air bombardment can force Germany and Italy to surrender. He hinted at possible early invasion plans for Europe and urged continued joint action with Roosevelt, Stalin, and Chiang Kai-shek.
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Washington
Churchill
Britain
United States
Japan
Germany
Italy
Senate
House
Uintains Way
Theroe
Congress
Aol
Churchyi
Iitler
Russia
Colapen
Thaly
Roosevelt
Stalin
Xelmo Chiang Kai-shek
Chureniy
Senate panel backs two year trade pact extension
The Senate finance committee approved a two year extension of the reciprocal trade agreement law but added an amendment that chairman George warned would emasculate the act. The amendment would allow termination six months after the war of any agreements made now by joint resolution or presidential proclamation. The House had already voted for a two year extension. the law lets the president cut U S tariffs up to 54 percent in exchange for reciprocal concessions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee Today
George
Congress
House
Mailman to Deliver Applications For Books Today
The allman Thursday morning will deliver 40,000,000 applications on blanks for ration book No 3. Ration book 3 is intended merely as replacement for books 1 and 2 when they run out of stamps. Householders are not to mail the cards back to OFA until June, because machinery to handle them won't be ready until then.
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Mailman
Washington
May
Allman
Rice Administration
OFA
Flying Fortress Units Bomb U-Boat Yards
Allied air forces attacked submarine yards at Kiel and Bremen in northwestern Germany, delivering strikes despite heavy fighter opposition. The two-hour raid left both targets ablaze and six bombers missing. US and Allied fighters conducted diversionary sweeps as floods from breached dams in the Ruhr region devastated infrastructure, inundating towns including Kassel and causing widespread damage to industry and transport. Several large towns faced evacuations and power shortages as rivers and reservoirs overflowed.
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London
Armerican Flying Fortress
Fleiburg
Germany
Eturn
Farcane
Thie Seneing
Air Ministry
Kassel
Maehne
Ruhr
der Bund
Bern
Switzerland
Morline
Protoge
Nelderense Nesheim
Flood Threat Spreads Across Five States As Floods Rise
Troops and workers defend levers and plants as rivers swell across five states. Engineers police and volunteers bag sand along the Wabash, Missouri, and Mississippi basins. About 15,000 homes homeless. nine deaths reported. 60 mines closed. roads, bridges, and rail service disrupted.
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Srea
Indiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Vordigris
Wansag
Peru
Terre Maute
Vincennes
Anderson
Wabash
White Rivers
Red Cross
Mjinois
Big
Mt. He Wabush
Kaskaskia
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
Peoria
Tlinois
Oast
Missouri River
St. Ciarles
Charles County
Kansas
Problem of Guiding Youth Left With Communities
At Horse Idaho May 19 a federal official warned that juvenile delinquency is rising nationwide due to wartime conditions. Kenneth Logan of the FBI urged communities to guide youths locally rather than rely on law enforcement, stressing control within individual communities.
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Horse
Idaho
America
Kenneth Logan
Butte
Moni
Cral
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mnuas FN
Keemuan
Almerica
Rotary Is Told U S Could Lose Some of Freedom
HLWIS May 9 1948 delegates at the annual convention of Rotary International hear Cloyd Wampler of Syracuse N Y president of Carrier Corp warn postwar redesign risks eroding democracy. He urges high postwar standards with independent confident citizens not relying on paternalistic government to solve all problems. He fears the American system could be unintentionally destroyed as many fail to grasp that welfare relies on wealth and profits cannot be taxed away without harming jobs.
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HLWIS
Stotarry International Today
Cloyd Wampter
Syracuse
Carrier Corporation
United States
Wampler
Second Husband Must Provide Room For Predecessor
Winnipeg reports Mrs. Mary Warrie left a house to her second husband Robert Barcle but required his former spouse Tolbert Nichol to have a heated room for life. The will probated today also states Nichol must be given heroin for the remainder of his life.
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Winnipeg
Mary Warrie
Robert Barcle
Borris
Tolbert Nichol
Nichol
North Africa losses tally and new raids report
Allied HQ in North Africa says German and Italian losses in Tunisia total 224000, with 27000 killed and 267000 captured, as Axis resistance ends. The same day U S air forces bomb Pantelleria near Cap Bon, Sicily, sinking ships and destroying docks, yards, and airfields while western forces raid Trapani.
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Noland Norgsakd
North Africa
Pantalleria
Cap Bon
Tan
U. S
Trapani
Warhawka
Panteleria
American Air Force Drops 100 Tons of Bombs in Burma Campaign
The 10th U S Air Force pounded targets in eastern Burma including a fuel supply center at Mibu northwest of Magwe and railroad facilities at Prome Thayelmyo Langwa and Chauk. Heavy and medium bombers led a daylong assault delivering over 100 tons of ordnance amid coordinated strikes.
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Burma
Peli
Ady
U.S
Forre
Potibe
Mibu
Magwe
Prome
Thayelmyo
Langwa
Trriwatdy River
Chauk
Virtually Continuous Gunfire Hits Raiders in London
London amid fourth straight night of bombardment. Gunfire persisted after midnight as raiders attacked the city. During a second alert bombs were dropped near the Thames estuary, with persons reported trapped under debris after one raid. Additional bombs struck a southeast England area.
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London
Nanther
Thames Estuary
England
Senate panel backs planning board funding and oversight
The Senate appropriations committee voted to fund the national planning board with 200000 to 1200000 for the coming fiscal year under budget estimates. The panel also strapped the group to cooperate with local and state agencies on future efforts, while approving 12142000 to continue the Home Owners League orderly program.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Cmittee
National
Recenrees Planning Board
Inky
Pasthwar
Mckellar
Dtenn
Ulan
Lown Corporation
Weather in Helena Promises Light Change Thursday
Helena area forecast calls for little temperature movement with only small adjustments expected on Thursday as conditions stay largely steady across the region. Local sources forecast minor swings in daytime highs and evening lows without precipitation or major storms.
Americans Drive Japs Into Attu Pocket
American forces press Attu island, driving Japanese troops toward a pocket near Chichagof harbor. Two American landing forces connected from north and south, with forward patrols meeting near Wally Bay. Japanese positions on the bay’s southeast area weakened as U.S. advance forces push toward the harbor, while coastal defenses fall back or withdraw.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Attu Island
Chi¢hagof Harbor
Ati
Hreseloard
Tig Twa Wits
Wally Bay
Moehagar
President Hoosewelt Letter to Stalin Reaches Moscow
A distorted report states President Hoosewelt sent a personal letter to Premier Stalin carried by former Ambassador Joseph Davies. The missive arrived in Moscow and is expected to receive a reply from Stalin via Davies, who travels briefly back to Washington with a possible Roosevelt response.
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Stalin
Moscow
Hoosewelt
Miarshal Stalin
Joseph Davies
Masensy
Davies
Washinnguun
Stality
Droosevelt
Gowrenes
Altornee
Kuibystev
Four From Montana Listed Missing In War Theaters
Four Montana residents are listed as missing in action in European and South Pacific theaters. Second Lieut George L Lewis of Glendive is missing in Europe alongside PFC William M Woolridge, also listed missing in the South Pacific. Roy Ta Jameson and Robert W Seelos are reported missing in Europe with families noted.
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Washington
War Department
Goldlors
Montana
George L. Lewis
George J. Lewis
Glendive
Tigit
Robert W. Seelos
Mather
Marfon
Seetos
Phillysburg
Stall Sei
Roy Ta Jameson
Rom
Mra
Esther Dameron
Varndica
PFC
William M. Woolridge
South Pacific
Ile Schart
Glondive
Lewis Leads UMW Back to Fold Of Federation
United Mine Workers leader Lewis moves to reintegrate the union with the American Federation of Labor after years of separation. AFL President Wiet Crenn says formal application for readmission is underway and a sympathetic path is being considered. Grom and others urged a return while AML officials pledge adherence to AFL labor policies.
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Lewis
UMW
Washington, Mary
John de Lewis
United Mine Workers
Americans Federation of Labor
AFL
Wiet Crenn
Alice Grom
Green
Lalor
Pay-as-You-Go Tax Reform Faces Deadlock
Wablington confronts a deadlock as Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts opposes compromise on the ten year pay as you go tax plan. Democrats resist the Senate approved Carlson proposal through a House Senate conference. The war information agency spread propagandistic claims as debates persist.
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Wablington
Martin
Maspichusetts
Tan
Tim Stil
Carlson Hamili
Bill Tiny
Wep
Carlsan R-Kant
Howse Senate
Fontorrew
Mivine
Ep. Trelleck
Office of War Information
Mercury Purchase Depots Authorized in State
The Metala Reserve Co led by Lemuor Wheeler announced designated depots in Butte and Philipsburg for mercury purchases. The program runs through December 81, 1944, at 192 dollars per flask, aimed at supporting New York shipments from producers who in April 1943 produced no more than 90 tons.
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Washington
Metala Reserve Company
Lemuor Wheeler
D-Mort
Butte and Philips
Brrg
Mont
Asaft
Dcc
New York
Gasoline Tax Doubled Under Act
The Montana supreme court granted an injunction to Burgan and Walker preventing a July 8 special election on an $8,000,000 highway debenture bond. The court found the 1943 act did not authorize the higher tax as read by the state and upheld the injunction barring further funding and the election. The decision, written by Chief Justice Howard A. Johnson, held the act says what it says and cannot be read to raise the current tax. it contends the levy creates new indebtedness and taxes for interest and principal. The defendants include state highway commissioners and top state officials. The injunction delays the election and spending under the act pending further action.
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Montana Supreme Court
Burgan and Walker
Helena
State Highway Commission
Durson & Walker
Flva
Opinien
Leff Erickson
Howard A. Johnson
State Highway Commissioners
Board of Equalization
O. O. Toomey
Miners Halt Walkouts Amid UMW Spread in Penna
Organizers of the United Mine Workers ordered to stop spreading walkouts in central Pennsylvania. Three more mines shut down, bringing total losses to over 4 000 workers. The stoppages violate the extended truce order issued by President John K. Lewis, while wage contract negotiations continue. Captain Martha Raye, U S military film and radio star, checked into LaGuardia General Hospital for observation for appendicitis.
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Johnstown
Dorganizers
United Mine Workers
Penneylvaniean
John K. Lewis
UMW
M. Artha Ray Raye
ILY
New Orleans
Martha Raye
United States
Apecial Serryica Corps
Lagardo General Hospital
W. H. Smith
Miles Raye
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