Commerce Department Predicts Postwar Building Boom
The Commerce Department forecasts a postwar demand of 4.0 to 4.5 million family dwellings as private wartime housing ends. Eric A Johnston of the U S Chamber of Commerce outlines a plan to unite construction sectors for postwar planning while studies by business groups support coordinated industry input.
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Commerce Department
Washington
Department
Eric A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Johnston
United States
Ing
NHA
Funeral Rites Held For Rev L Siske At Wesleyan Church
Funeral services for Rev. L Siske will be conducted Sunday at 4 30 p.m. at Wesleyan Methodist Church by Rev B H Phaup and others. A short home service precedes the church rites. Siske resided on High Point Route One near Oakview Church for years.
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L. Siske
Wesleyan Methodist Church
B. H. Phaup
M. C. Connor
Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
M. R. Harvey
Grove Wesleyan
Siske
High Point
Route One
Oakview Church
Coal unions eye new truce terms amid holiday work talks
A union spokesman indicated the policy committee could convene on two hours notice to review the coal industry truce in effect since April 1. Mine operations Monday would depend on operators and miners in states observing Memorial Day, with time and a half pay for holiday work under the current agreement.
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Sion
RAF Bombers Hit Augusta Oil Installations
Enemys big bombers from the desert pounded Augusta's oil facilities and railway station Thursday night while American Marauders Mitchells Lightnings and Warhawks kept Sicilian and Sardinian airfields under cover. They attacked Castelvetrano Borizzo Milo and Sciacca airfields and pressed waves of Warhawks and A-20 bombers against Pantelleria near Cap Bon.
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RAF
Augusta
Sardinian
Castelvetrano
Borizzo
Milo
Sciacca
Pantelleria
Little Island
Cap Bon
Mussolini
Mediterranean air war reports and Italian casualty toll
RAF Wellington night raids hit Sardinian targets while US bombers engage over Sicily. Fortresses suffered no losses over Leg horn and shot down one hostile craft. Aegean air patrols damaged an enemy sailing vessel. Italian communique lists Leghorn damages with 51 dead and 349 injured, plus six dead and nine injured at Lucera near Foggia.
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Malta
RAF
Sicily
Leghorn
Mediterranean
Middle East
Aegean
Lucera
Foggia
Allied Air Forces Hit Western France as Bombers Return Unescorted
Air reports say 15 bombers missing after operations at Caen and Maupertus in Northern France. Large American formations crossed the channel, with additional heavy bombers reaching the South Coast of England en route to St Nazaire and Lorient. RAF bombers and fighters backed by fierce attacks on Northern France air fields as RAF raids on the Ruhr valley escalate.
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Caen
Maupertus
France
Channel
Folkestone Sea
England
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Sth Air Force
Hitler
European
RAF
Germany
Ruhr
Cologne
Italy
Tongland
North Africa
Arthur T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
Mediterranean
Bombing Record Tops 100000 Tons in Europe War Effort
The article notes a May surge in aerial bombardment totaling over 1 000 tons on Essen on May 27 and large raids on Dortmund Duisburg and Duesseldorf May 4 12 23 25 with targets in the Ruhr and Berlin. It cites RAF and U S air power leaders predicting heavier raids on Germany and Italy and warns Italy of intensified air attacks while stressing air power as decisive in Allied victory.
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Europe
Dortmund
Duisburg
Ruhr
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Duesseldorf
Essen
Italy
Lord Sherwood
Dumfries
Scotland
Germany
Sicily
Sardinia
Rome
Harris
U. S. Army Air Forces
RAF
Britain
Channel
French
Cherbourg
ICKES Remarks On Unusual Fish Names And Traits
Ickes remarks on odd fish names and descriptions. He notes a shark that is rippier or lightly smoked in analogy to smoked salmon and compares fresh flesh to halibut. He also mentions a fish called the angler, distinct from the fisherman, with a curious outgrowth.
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Ickes
Italian Navy’s Cesare class ships and carrier strength
Italian battle fleet includes four Cesare class battleships Giulio Cesare Caio Duilio Andrea Doria and Cavour built before WWI. Cavour damaged at Taranto. refloated but viewed as combat ineffective. Italy may have one carrier and three auxiliary carriers underway amid broader cruiser destroyer submarine force. aircraft carrier weakness noted.
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Cesare
Giulio Cesare
Caio Duilio
Andrea Doria
Cavour
Taranto
Duilio
Doria
Jones
Destroyers Launched at Charleston Yard Record Pace
Two destroyers slid down the ways at the Charleston Navy Yard late today three-fourths complete on the fifty-ninth day after assembly began. The shipyard set a new speed record by beating the previous mark by eighteen days, established just last month.
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Charleston
S. C
Charleston Navy Yard
Charleston Yard
Weather outlook for Carolina and Georgia tonight
Little change in temperature tonight and Sunday across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia with dry conditions and mild overnight lows. No significant precipitation or storms expected as the weekend approaches.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Bairds of Puppets Put on Show Behind Studio Walls
Bil and Cora Baird of the Ziegfeld Follies live with 400 wooden puppets in a Hudson River studio. They run a full time operation crafting, dressing, and guiding marionettes that mimic stage personalities like Clark Gable and Stokowski. The couple emphasize puppets are ideas not children and recount creating a dramatic new figure after Bil’s surgery.
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New York
Bil
Cora Baird
Hudson River
Bairds
Broadway
Cora
Wood
Lance
Baird
South America
Baird's
Tony Sarg
Clark Gable
Stokowski
Japanese Troops Renew Attacks In Hupeh Province
Chungking May 29 Japanese troops with aerial support renewed their attack in central Hupeh Province and severe fighting continued along the entire line a Chinese high command communique said. An assault by reinforced Japanese units southwest of Ichang on the Yangtze River was checked and Chinese forces heavily engaged elsewhere.
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Chungking
Hupeh
Ichang
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Yuyangkwan
Hunan
Lihsien
National Herald
Chinese Foreign Office
Suenot
Pep Willing To Settle Ring Muddle
Abe Greene signals a boxing muddle with Willie Pep ready to settle disputes over featherweight championships. Pep, the world 126-pound champ, offers to meet Jackie Callura or defend vs Sal Barola and favors a 50 50 purse to clear the title. Pep also plans a Boston title defense on June 8 as he trains in Worcester.
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Conn
Abe Greene
Willie Pep
Pep
National Boxing Association
Greene
Willie
New York
Jackie Callura
Chal- Garden
Callura
Wright
Madison Square
Boston
Sal Barola
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