Attu Island Air Attack Fails as Japanese Countermove is Seen
Allied defense around Attu tightens as a Japanese air counterattack is repelled. navy communique says 12 of 26 bombers were destroyed or probably destroyed, with seven more probably wiped out and four retreating toward the Kurile islands. Forces ashore push through northeastern Attu terrain amid sleet, while gains abroad in the South Pacific are reported with limited details.
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John M. Hightowha
Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Iniletia
Kureles Islands
Attu
You Winoly
Sumlay
Chaat Phe
Mie
America
Mita
Retmiy Knox
Nisy
WN Socth
Pactek
North Paetic
South Pacific
Nearwestern
Solomons
Homlang
Oerift
Guadalcanal
Shortland Island
Munda
Italians Concentrate Troops at Ports To Defend Mainland
The Daily Mail dispatch reports strong Italian troop concentrations in mainland ports awaiting rapid transport to Sicily and Sardinia under Mussolini orders. The Fascist war council aims to defend the approaches to Italy to the utmost, awaiting ships and embarkation by sea.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Sicily
Sardinia
Mussolini
Fascist War Council
Free Roaming Male Swine Stirs Arkansas Debate
In Little Rock on May 25 a strange public note concerns a free ranging male hog and whether authorities may restrict it. Attorney Geal Gay Walang voices questions about prohibitions while officials insist the unregistered boar on a free range escapes various travel and regulatory mandates.
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Tittle Rock
Ark
Geal Gay Walang
Wilkes
Inege
Adil
Red Artillery Scatters Nazi Troops Across Kharkov Front
Soviet midnight communique says thundering artillery disrupted German concentrations northwest of Kharkov and defenses southeast of the base. Report notes Soviet cutters damaged enemy craft, sunk two, and forced others to withdraw while Finnish coastal batteries shell-fire aided.
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London
Kharkov
Finland
Damagine
Monitor
Ofeniny
Sevsk
Walkouts spread to Akron third plant in rubber industry
Akron Ohio May 5 Walkouts spread to a fourth rubber plant as United Rubber Workers leaders move to seek a war labor board ruling. More than 60 000 workers pledged not to strike and stay away from work while Goodyear Firestone and other shops reported varying idle counts. The WLB paused action until work resumes as UAW officials consider a rehearing after talks in Washington.
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Carter Ty Davidson
Akron
Ohio
Jeaders
CTO
United Rubber Workers Union
War Labor Board
General Tire & Robber Co
WLB
Sherman I. Dalrymple
UAW
Washington
WLR
Brbnr
Goonyear
Mirestone
Gaerrich
Trout Creek Child Fatally Burned
A Trout Creek child died from burns received when clothing was ignited by a machine fed flame. The incident occurred near the family home as the child and sister fled toward a store where bystanders helped extinguish the flames before hospital transfer.
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Trout Creek
Rhompson Falla
House Votes to Let South Ballot Without Poll Tax
Washington May 25. The House adopted a bill to allow southern states to ballot in national elections without poll taxes by 205 to 110, sending it to the Senate where filibusters have blocked similar measures. A sailor shouted from the visitors’ gallery against paying for the vote, saying Civil War era disputes persist. Debates centered on federal authority versus states rights and protecting voting rights for southern Black citizens.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Kenneth Romney
Monse Chamber
Substantial Air Reinforcements for Pacific War Effort
Cleveland dispatch May 25 reports Robert Patterson, undersecretary of war, pledging complete victory in the Pacific at the earliest time. He notes substantial air reinforcements to General MacArthur in Australia and says the president has moved bulk of army and navy forces to the Pacific. No area has been neglected as attention increases.
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MacArthur
Cleveland
Robert Pf. Patterson
Vic Tory
Pacific
Marc~ Arthur
Australia
Army
Auy
Jenin
Nool
Allied Bombers Raid Jap Bases Reported From Australia
Allied bombers struck four Japanese bases in adverse weather limiting operations in the southwest Pacific. The high command said the weather hindered attacks in New Britain and near Cape Gloucester where a four engine bomber hit the jetty and wharf area at night.
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Aled
Australia
High Command
Japan
South New Britain
Guamata
Cape Gloucester
WLB Decision Eases Path to $1 Miner Wage Boost
Washington May 2 44 The worker labor board handed down a decision opening the way for wage increases of about one dollar a day for miners and related concessions. The ruling could see operators and union leaders in talks to negotiate pay and travel compensation with added benefits for Trembes. Spokesmen said leaders would meet tomorrow to seek a settlement as EMA notes the provisions miners have pressed for.
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Washington
Pete Badey
Lewis
Doar
United Ming Workers
EMA
Interim Food Board Proposed by Americans and Chinese
United States and Chinese delegations at the United Nations food conference proposed an interim commission to carry forward conference work as it adjourns and to plan a permanent body to address food and agriculture problems. Chairman Marvin Jones stressed that governments present will be bound by conference action.
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Hot Springs
United States
United Natians Fned
Atm Tt
Marvin Jones
Kalispell Soldier Reported On Missing List
Kalispell May 7 A state Rat Ward W Kirkpatrick an air force bombardier is missing in the European theater according to the War Department Mr and Mrs Warren Kirkpatrick Kalispell Kirkpatrick enlisted December 1941 and was awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal last March for action in combat Washington May 39 The Petroleum Administration for War announced a deputy will be released to all producing areas by July to meet emergency fuel needs Daynes Ark a town of 940 with 220 on its farms reported a peacetime population and entertainment in armed services
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Kalispell
Ward W. Kirkpatrick
Alr
War Department
Parventa
Warren Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatek
Army Air Fore
Oluatoy
Aly
Eovert
Washington
Petroleum Administration For War
Edsel Ford Dies in Detroit at 49 from Fever Attack
Edsel Ford son of Henry Ford dies in Detroit at 49 after a fever illness. He was heir to the Ford Motor Company empire and led a life shaping the family's industrial legacy. His wife Clementine Ford and children Henry Ford II, Edith, and others survive. He grew up in Detroit, joined the family business, and later guided operations at the plant.
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Edsel Ford
Detroit
Great Motor Concern
Jord Mabir Company
Hirose Manite
Edsel
Onry Ford
Viet Mord Industrae Canplie
Edeet Hevant
Ose
Donyy
Lira
Bryant Ford
Newis
Ada Ford
Bagley
Jenry
Henson
Flemnor Clay Ford
William Glay Jord
Price Boss Orders 7 Per Cent Cut In Potato Prices
Washington May Price Administrator Prentins Hrawn caday ordered a seven percent cut in retail price of potatoes and a farmers pay increase of a penny per hundred pounds. He cited wholesalers controlling marks and noted wholesalers may apply one mark of the total price per hundred pounds. The reform aims to simplify the complex two markups previously used. A separate note mentions the Montana Congregational conference planning its first meeting at Red Lodge from June 9 to 11.
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Washington
Prentins M. Hrawn Caday
Panitals
Tautds
Polidloes
Phi Seeight
Red Lodge
Montana Congregational Conference
Italians Urged to Reject Fascist Leaders in War Ending Politics
AP dispatch summarizes Churchill telling Roosevelt that Italians should disown their fascist leaders and trust Allied justice. Reports claim Allies gain advantage as Soviet and Allied pressure mounts, while Axis efforts face setbacks and German leaders advocate intensified air strikes.
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Washington
Churchill
Roosevelt
Risbee
Weiner
Klete
Rupslins
Hiller
Levees on Winds Side Break For Ninety Miles
AP reports a flood emergency with 3,000,000 acres inundated and 160,000 homeless as levees on the Winds Side gave way along a ninety mile stretch. Engineers cite widespread breaches from Columbia to Gade near the Mississippi as authorities rush to aid refugees and restart food production. Governors and officials from Illinois Missouri Arkansas Kentucky and Oklahoma meet in St. Louis to coordinate relief and farm resumption efforts.
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Associated Press
Mins River
Lanal
Colin. F. Lawlor
Uinots
Mississippi
Columbia
Gade
Alton
St Loms
Hiinola
Hyeptark
Arlangash
Little Rock
Streep
Roavernors
Agelmitare
Ilinois
Missouri
Arkin
Oktenra
Kamedk
Kudiana
St. Louis
Food Administration
Red Cross
Helena Dy Weather Report Predicts Showers and Cooling
Helena area forecast calls for showers and cooler temperatures through Wednesday. Strong winds from the west may accompany the unsettled weather as a cold front moves in. Weather officials urge residents to prepare for rapidly changing conditions and carry rain gear.
Belief Grows Latest Japanese Drive Aimed at Chungking
Belief grows that Japan is pressing a major offensive toward Chungking as forces push west from the upper Yangtze region. Chinese high command reports facing a main enemy base miles south of Tebumngs with additional units elsewhere.
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Chungking
Chunghug
Mapedi
Yampgtae River
New Progress
Ane Mouneet Tong
Belie Dey
Chives
Yongtze
Biren
Dapitad
Conferees Agree On Pay-Go Compromise Tax
Washington May 25 conferees from the Senate and House reached a five day deadlock compromise on a pay-go income tax plan. It would cancel a portion of taxes for individuals, with 20 percent of withholding fees and a residual 5 percent for one year taxes. The measure would go to the House then the Senate for approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Amieed Tate
Lesker
Chaipman Dowghton
Confercens
Werkt
War Hope
Praeid
Nenghtan
Doyelton
Italian Wounded Prisoners May Be Traded
Suva May 20 reports an Allied broadcast from Berlin indicating 4000 Italian wounded and prisoners could be exchanged for British war prisoners. The exact grouping and separation of wounded and captured Italians remained unclear, with tentative plans under discussion and no immediate confirmation.
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Suva
Bhada
Cabraltar
Genan
Toa
Traumetlapiay
Trahan
Armen
Pram Nath Ata
Berlin
Re Associated
Commercial Vehicles Get Enough Go to Keep Operating
Washington dispatch reports that the American Automobile Association states commercial vehicles can operate on a curtailed basis with adequate motor fuel and fuel shortages easing. A telegraphic survey indicates rail lines and long-range transport need fuel, but the shortage is not as severe as ten days ago. The War Department notes a successful helicopter landing on a merchant ship deck, calling it a new submarine weapon, though army and navy opinions on helicopters’ usefulness remain unsettled.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Lweses
S Tania
AAA
War Department
Army
Navy
RAF Planes Over Continent
RAF formations, including heavy bombers, were heard over parts of the English coast signaling resumption of major air offensives. American and British air units in Africa reportedly delivered strong blows on Axis forces in Europe, with RAF Spitfires engaging a German flight off Dunkirk and forcing most raiders back.
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Rick Warner Fonten
Royal Air Force
English
Britain
Planee
Aas Europs
Mediterranean
Africa
Mitchell Kombera
Dunk
Bariier
Same
Wet Interpreting The Wet By GUNS BARK
The Associated Press notes many false alarms about a Japanese offensive to knock China out of the war. A new western Hubei drive near Chungking could involve roughly 100000 Japanese troops, with Ichang reported as a transit point. Burma remains under Japanese control as they plan months of operation against Chiang Kai-shek’s weary forces.
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China
Hunei Province
Chungking
Tohang
Chiungking
Ichang
Ching
Chekians
Wiangsi
Doolittle
Thorg
Tokyo
Burma
Chiang Kai- Shek
Price Controls Sought at Source of Supply
New York May 25. Paul Wills president of the Gracery Manufacturers of America urged price controls at the source rather than retail levels. He argued retail controls are too complex to enforce and likened attempting them to damming the Mississippi River at New Orleans.
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New York
Paul. Wills
Gracery Manufacturers of America
Institution of Food Iprice
New Orleans
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Colfessile
Kain
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Interim Food Board
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Daynes
Armed Services
Helena
Continent
Yankee
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