Miners Urged to Return as Roosevelt Seizes Coal Mines
President Roosevelt ordered government operation of the struck coal mines with troops prepared for protection and urged miners to return to work. He directed Fuels Administrator Ickes to run the mines and to provide protection, while War Secretary Stimson could deploy troops if needed. The move follows the United Mine Workers walkout, threatening wartime production.
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Associated Press
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Ickes
Stimson
White House
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Secre of the Interior
Army
Interior
War
UMW
Mr. Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Lewis
New York City
EWT
Stephen
Reds Repulse Nazi Crossing On Donets Front
Soviet dispatches report a Nazi automatic rifle unit crossing the Donets were destroyed or forced back by icy water. The action occurred south of Tzyum, about 70 miles southeast of Kharkov, as part of continued front fighting on the Kuban and Donets.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
Donet River
Tzyum
Kharkov
Red Army
Novorossisk
Taman
Crimea
Berlin
Yanks Gain Localities as British Withdraw in Tunisia
Allied communique reports the Second U. S. Army Corps seizing three localities and 200 prisoners in northern Tunisia while the British First Army pulls back slightly in Medjez El Bab during heavy fighting. May 1.
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North Africa
Second
U. S. Army
Tunisia
First Army
Medjez-El-Bab
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Medjez-E-Bab
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rome
Associated
Tax Paygo Plan Urges House Support Amid Debate
In Washington on May 14 the House Ways and Means Committee with a Democratic majority urged Congress to back its compromise pay-as-you-go tax plan. The Republican minority urged anew for passage of the Rumi skip-a-year plan as an alternative.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt urges youth service and preparedness in postwar plan
President Roosevelt discusses the value of preparedness for security and proposes youth service to military academies or camps after the war. He contrasts American ideals with Nazi training and notes public concern from parents about future dangers. The piece also covers wartime tax politics and Allied operations in North Africa and Europe.
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Roosevelt
America
Germany
Hitler
Landwehr
Airmen strike five Jap bases in Solomons campaign
A Navy communique details air blasts around the Solomons from April 29 to May 1. B 24 Liberators and B 17s hit Numa Numa Bougainville Kieta and Kahili Shortland Island while Grumman and Douglas aircraft attacked Rekata Bay Santa Isabel and other targets starting large fires and inflicting damage.
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Washington
Navy
Iican
Solomon Islands
Kieta
Ili
South Pacific
Bougainville Island
Rators
Wildcat
Grumman
War Loan Drive Expected To Top 16 Billion Dollars
The 13 billion dollar war loan drive is officially expected to exceed 16 billion with about 15.5 billion raised by last night. Under Secretary Daniel W. Bell said intensive bond buying should continue until midnight closing. The campaign is directed by the treasury with broad public promotion and all 12 Federal Reserve districts exceeding their quotas.
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Washington
Daniel Daniel W. Bell
The
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Comer Named Head Of Cotton Association
Hugh M. Comer executive vice president of Avondale Mills Syla cauga Alabama was elected president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association at the 47th annual convention. James Chapman Inman Mills Inman South Carolina became first vice president and W H Hightower Thomaston Cotton Mills Georgia was named second vice president with W M McLaurine of Charlotte North Carolina re elected secretary treasurer.
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Hugh M. Comer
Avondale Mills
Sylacauga
Ala
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
James Chapman
Inman Mills
Inman
S. C
W. H. Hightower
Thomaston
Cotton Mills
W. M McLaurine
Charlotte, N. C
Thieves Pry Safe After Warning Sign Ignored
In Winston-Salem several attackers forced entry to an office building, pried open a large safe, and fled empty handed after ignoring a sign that read safe not locked no money in it. Authorities report no injuries.
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Winston-Salem
Stalin calls for unconditional surrender of Germany May Day
Stalin declares in a May Day order that only the utter rout of Hitlerite Germany will bring peace to Europe. He praises Allied moves from Africa and Kharkov setbacks, condemns German propaganda and warns against peace talks with fascist bands.
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Stalin
Germany
Associated Press
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Europe
Hitler
Churchill
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Kharkov
Japanese Claim Coal Strike Underscores U.S. War Unity Rift
The Nippon Times editorial broadcast via Tokyo radio says the U.S. coal strike proves no unity in prosecuting the war. It cites Roosevelt’s vacillation and warns steel production would halt within two weeks if a general coal strike occurs, claiming Americans misunderstand wartime aims.
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Associated Press
Nippon Times
United States
Japan
Veraente
Tokyo Radio
Pourth
Roosevelt
Radio Tokyo
Brooke Named Premier of Northern Ireland
Sir Basil Brooke, deputy prime minister and commerce minister, was named prime minister of Northern Ireland to succeed John Miller Andrews who resigned yesterday. He is expected to announce his cabinet before the Northern Ireland parliament meets Tuesday and plans to discuss government formation with the Duke of Abercorn at Baron's Court.
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Basil Brooke
Northern Ireland
John Miller Andrews
Brooke
Britain
Alan Brooke
Baron's Court
Duke of Abercorn
Submarine Threat Expands in Pacific Waters East of Australia
Allied leaders report a growing Japanese submarine campaign east of Australia as air actions remain light. MacArthur’s command notes a coordinated undersea effort, with details withheld to avoid aiding the enemy. Airdromes at Gasmata, Callout New Britain, and Lae New Guinea were hit by reconnaissance planes, while Kaiveng off New Ireland and Mubo faced bomber strikes from Allied aircraft.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Command
Japan
MacArthur
Gasmata
Calloucester
New Britain
Lae
New Guinea
Kavieng
New Ireland
Mubo
Salamaua
Escapee from road gang shot by farmer near Cedar Grove
Fred Dunnigan a 13 year old prisoner from Durham escaped from an Orange County road gang yesterday morning. About 1 pm he tried to rob George Long at a Cedar Grove farm and Long shot him in the lip as Dunnigan fled in a car. Dunnigan died about twenty minutes later.
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Fred Dunnigan
Durham
Orange County
Oscar Pitts
Pitts
Dunnigan
George Long
J. L. Piel
Cedar Grove
Long
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