Invasion Talk Tops London Papers May 29
London headlines speculate an Allied invasion of Europe following Roosevelt Churchill talks. Reports cite landing craft in North Africa and the Rome radio claiming plans to invade Italy with vast barges under an air umbrella. Navy officials say the greatest naval operation is imminent with mass production of invasion craft and ample merchant shipping. The Daily Express highlights a combined Allied air assault and hints at Pantelleria as the next move.
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Washington
Axis
Rome
Italy
Rome Radio
Associated Press
Navy
News Chronicle
Europe
America
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Daily Express
Germany
Pantelleria
Acquitted Rockingham Station Owner Denies Murder Charge
Dan Morgan, an elderly filling station proprietor, was acquitted by a superior court jury of second degree murder in the January death of Milbur Horton. Morgan testified the shooting was in self defense.
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Rockingham
Dan Morgan
Milbur Horton
Morgan
Edsel Ford's Body Placed In Mausoleum
Edsel Bryant Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, rests in a Woodlawn cemetery mausoleum after a chapel service at Christ Episcopal Church in Grosse Pointe. A future vault will replace the temporary tomb. Ford died at 49 from a stomach ailment aggravated by undulant fever. The Ford family, staff, and hundreds joined in the service as Ford factories worldwide paused for five minutes in tribute.
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Detroit
Edsel Bryant Ford
Ford Motor Company
Woodlawn
Christ Episcopal Church
Grosse Pointe
Henry Ford
Ford
Edsel Ford
Great
Ford Industrial Organization
Police leaflet promotes ride share program in San Jose
Police in San Jose distribute stickers urging drivers and riders to share the ride under the DDT program. One sticker was found on a police station wagon. The article notes that when voltage is excessive breaker points in a car may burn.
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San Jose
Calif
Giraud Presents Cross to Eisenhower in Algeria
Gen. Henri Giraud placed his Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Algiers. Eisenhower pledged to wear no decoration until France is liberated and kissed Giraud in a traditional French greeting. The ceremony occurred at the government palace before mixed French British and American regiments with Spahis on white horses.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Eisenhower
Peachy new canning method causes blast in Kansas City
A friend advised Mrs Para Werdahl to oven can asparagus tips at 275 for three hours. When she was away, the oven exploded, shattering walls and a window and rattling a neighbor’s house. Mrs Werdahl later said four hours is too long for a canning recipe.
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Kansas City
Para Werdahl
Mrs. Werdahl
Home Intrusion Apparently Snooped Guests Dine At Stanford Eckert Home
Leland Stanford Eckert told police that unknown intruders broke into his San Mateo residence while the family was away. The guests allegedly set a five-place table dined, used a shower, and then left.
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San Mateo
Calif
Leland Stanford Eckert
Employment Stabilization Plan Details in North Carolina
Raleigh May 29 Special explains how the national employment stabilization plan affects employers and workers in North Carolina. It outlines transfers within and between essential and nonessential activities, statements of availability, migrant rules, and aims to stabilize employment to boost war production and reduce labor turnover.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. S. Dorton
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
U. S
USES
Rubber Plant To Resume Work Next Tuesday
La Crosse Rubber Mills Co will restart operations next Tuesday after union Local 14 members voted to end their work holiday. The walkout began last Tuesday and was followed by a union meeting where workers cited the war effort as motivation to return. Maj. J P Holmes of the Milwaukee Labor Conciliation Service was assigned to mediate grievances.
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LA Crosse
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la Crosse Rubber Mills Co
United Rubber Workers
CIO
J. P. Holmes
Milwaukee
Labor Conciliation Service
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