Chinese Beat Off One Jap Landing Near Foochow
Chinese forces claimed to annihilate more than half of a sea borne Japanese invasion at Chuan shi island near Foochow Fukien coast. They said the remainder retreated to ships after heavy bombardment and captured Japanese equipment amid fierce coastal battles.
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Min River
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Thekiang
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Lanchi
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Agreements to Be Tried to Halt Wage Increases
Washington reports that wage restraint is a key policy option promoted by President Roosevelt to curb unwarranted pay raises. A government backed industry wide wage pact with 19 AFL building trades unions covers the entire government construction field for wartime duration, channeling justified adjustments to a federal board rather than individual companies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
F.L
Perkins
Grocer Voices Protest On Ceiling Prices
A San Francisco grocer appealed to the Office of Price Administration about posting ceiling prices on the ceiling as his current ladder is too short. He complained that customers get stiff necks, while officials said maximum price rules do not cover ceiling postings.
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San Francisco
Office of Price Administration
O.P.A
Spectators See High School Floats Revive Gold Rush History
Spectators cheered as Helena high school students won prizes in the 1942 Vigilante Parade for life in the gold rush era. Float No. 130 Heading for the Last Roundup won the grand sweepstakes with an angel, cowboy, and mourning companions. Judges picked Float No. 42 Indian Arts and Crafts as a special prize for portraying native life. First prizes went to Inside scene of a tepee, Sick Indian and Medicine Man, and Blackfoot Indian Home Life. Pioneer floats awarded for They Wouldn’t Talk, Left Behind, and Preparing for an Old-Fashioned Home Raising.
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Helena
Melena
Pat Templeton
Helen Merrill
Peggy Anderson
Jean Heinecke
Barbara Lovegren
Dana Brinton
Colleen Moore
Katherine Blacker
Wayne Cummings
Evelyn Des Rosier
Pioneer
Keith Herrin
Leo St. Clair
Josephine Wilson
Induction Center for Montana To Be Transferred Soon
The Army will relocate its Montana recruiting and induction center from Missoula to Butte on or after July 1. Maj. John F. Nelson conducts surveys for housing and office space as three tentative headquarters sites are considered per a war department order reported by the Montana Standard.
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Butte
Army
Montana
Missoula
War Department
John F. Nelson
Montana Standard
Helena Vigilante Parade Inspires With Old West Themes
Inspiration keynotes lead Helena High School’s 19th Vigilante parade drawing thousands of residents and visitors. Entries featured Old West scenes and obstacle conquering themes, including a sweepstake winner showing a fallen cowboy nearing heaven. Some urged buying war stamps and bonds while others praised pioneer trailblazing and Victory gardens for MacArthur.
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Helena High School
Helena
Uncle Sam
MacArthur
Allies Cripple Jap Vessels and Planes in Ra- Danl Lae Raids
Allied headquarters report heavy strikes against Japanese targets at Ra- Danl and Lae in New Britain and New Guinea. Bombers crippled two ships and destroyed seven planes, with six more bombers damaged. A transport at Tababar and airfield losses noted, all Allied planes returned safely.
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Australia
Ra- Danl
New Britain
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New Crimea
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Adtanker
Mexico considers war act after second tanker sunk
Mexico City May 22 The surprise sinking of a second Mexican tanker within a week prompted President Manuel Avila Camacho to plan a national emergency declaration. A cabinet emergency session was set for 6 pm to review the international crisis and possible seizure of Axis properties.
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Manuel Avila Camacho
Congress
Cardenas
Mexico
Congressional Group May Confer With Parliament on War
Washington May 22. Congressional leaders discuss forming a bipartisan group of 100 senators and representatives to confer in Great Britain with parliament members on wartime conduct and future peace plans. Five Democrats and five Republicans would travel to London in July as guests of Parliament, subject to acceptance.
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Washington
Great Britain
Capitol
House
Senate
Bigland
Thousands Smile at Sidelights of Vigilante Parade
Thousands lined Main Street to view the Vigilante parade presented by Melons high select students. The event showcased pioneer costumes, amid wartime spirit, with comments on hats and head coverings provoking smiles. A San Francisco mining man recalled a 1994 conference break to see Helena’s parade, underscoring the parade’s enduring appeal.
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Melons High
Ben Kent
Melenat
Central
San Francisco
Helena
Richard
Lewis and Clark Draft Board Selectees Named
The Lewis and Clark county selective service board released the list of men who will soon be drafted. The names include Harold Gordon Moline, Bernard Ralph Zimmerman, Melvitt Abel, Walter Landquist, Russell Lockhart, Raymond Beaver, Melvin Larson, Lawrence Swaringer, Clareton Jones, Richard Sherwood Jr, Irvin Burger, James JM, Karl Warfield, William Austin, James Nelson, David Mann, Anthony Pope, Sidney Robertson, James Masa, Norman Pfeiffer, Donald Chisholm, Walter Hanson, Karl Cowley, Marl Smith, Thomas Nichol, Robert Amann, Donald Waugh, Alvin Kelly, Lee Kelley, Charles Greenfield, Thomas Regan, Edward Lanning, Ola Bartholomaus, Jian Baugh, Raimbers Wong, Joseph Gausin, James Stephens, Paul Deigh, Ewell Martin Weber, John Keagy, George Murgel, Louis Flack, Warren Patrick, Julius Yools, James Sullivan, Thomas Mathews Tresedder, Edward Welsh, Alfred Wooley, Aage Teglesen, Oscar Wallberg, Robert Hunter, Ralph Brachert, Richard Gray, Glen Ditton, James Barnes, Robert Dorner, James Johnson, Jane Sehingt, Conner Malatare, Arthur Milly, Maurice Shogren, James Lee, George Christian, Ray Wilton, John Crowley, Vincent Murl Bellow, Bernard Borgestede, Richard Hantey, James Bore sum, Jeromeno Rikema, plus transfers from Roselung and Miles City and Stanton arrivals.
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Lewis and Clark County Selective Service Board
By AK
Harold Gordon Moline
Bernard Ralph Zimmerman
Ichig
Melvitt Abel
Walter Howard Landquist
Russell Eismore Lockhart
Raymond Leonard Beaver
Melvin Larson
Lawrence Richard Swaringer
Clareéy Huston Jones
Richard Kat Sherwood, Jr
Irvin BurgerLource
James Stanley JM
Karl Bert Warfield
William John Austin
James Irwin Nelson
David Marton Mann
Anthony Pope
Jussaye Wiege
Sidney Woodrow Robertson
James Keane Masa
Norman Joseph Pfeiffer
Donald Edwin Chisholm
Walter Lewis Hanson
Karl Edwin Cowley
Marl Smith Steven
Thomas Ernest
Nichol
Robert Joseph Amann
Donald Richard Waugh
Alvin Edward Killion
Lee Emore Kelly
Charles Franklin Greenfied
Thomas Patrech Regan
Dward
Artur Lanning
Ola Mar Bartholomaus
Jian Ken
Roosevelt warns of long hard fight in war
President Roosevelt told reporters that the war could be lengthy and difficult. He cautioned against both pessimism and overoptimism as observers note recent Allied and Soviet gains, naval action, and industrial shifts shaping expectations of a short war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tim
Meatless Days Loom For U S In Coming Months
Omaha dispatch reports a new national livestock advisory council aims to cooperate with the federal government on future meat regulations. Secretary WooAL Kelloway of the Gingha livestock division says the government needs feed and that meatless days may arrive in the next six months.
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National Livestock Advisory Council
Wooal Kelloway
Rome
Japanese Beet Laborers To Be Imported Under Local Option
Governor Ford outlined a local option plan to import Japanese evacuees from the Pacific coast to work in Montana sugar beet fields. The plan allows voluntary workers, with transport costs borne by growers, wages at federal rates, guarded reception centers, and worker protection under county authorities. Japanese would be housed, returned to camps, and only allowed with federal labor board certification. the move aims to avert a looming labor shortage and prevent reliance on Mexican workers.
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Sam CL Ford
Montana
Pacific
Cnast
Oregon
Tdith
Ford
V. Dermequiral War Board Cerfification
Ook Arlinw
Matasery
Stegar
Mexico to declare war on Germany Japan and Italy
Mexico City reports congress will convene near Thursday to formally declare war on Germany Italy and Japan. President Avila Camacho to seek special session to authorize the state of war for the nation in constitutional process. In Washington a treason case is opened against May Stephan for aiding a German pilot, with penalties ranging to death. Tokyo notes 150 American prisoners will be moved from Zentauiji camp to Osaka port to work as stevedores.
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Mevico
Congress
Geremany
Haly
Japan
Avila Camacho
Permanet Commission of Congress
Washington
Stephan
Detroit
Tokyo
Zentauiji
Osaka
Domei
Youths of 18 and 19 to Register for War Duty
President Roosevelt called 2,000 young Americans to register today as the nation completes a manpower survey for war effort. Registrants will be aged 18 to 19 plus those who turned 20 since the start of the year. Existing law bars 18 and 19 from draft, but many may be mobilized for war plants. US figures show about 2,483,000 in the 18–19 bracket as of April 1, with 600,000 more who turned 20 expected to register by June 30.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Shane
America
Bureau of Research and Statistics
Federal Security Agency
Russians claim massive German losses in Kharkov fighting
Soviet dispatches from Moscow say on the eleventh day of Marshal Timoshenko’s offensive in Kharkov the Red Army killed more than 15,000 Germans in the last three days amid heavy fighting. The Red Star report notes German forces flew in large airborne contingents while Russian airmen destroyed or damaged 85 tanks. The communique also mentions continued resistance on Kerch peninsula and a push to recapture a northern Kalinin front area.
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Timoshenko
Kharkov
New York
Red Star
Kerch
Izyum
Pianetar
Kalinin Front
Interpreting The War Through Soviet Fronts Near Pskov
Wide World War Analyst Korkel presents a London sourced summary of Nazi broadcasts about a rumored Soviet thrust south of Lake Peipus. It outlines strategic stakes at Pskov, the gateway to Leningrad, and potential German withdrawal routes via Narva if Red forces seize the area.
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