Crucial Phase Of Struggle Is Beginning
War analyst outlines the next 90 days as potentially decisive in World War II. Fronts blaze in Russia, North Africa, China, Atlantic and Mediterranean. Uncertainty remains if these are merely preliminary skirmishes or pivotal battles shaping Allied strategy and the fate of the conflict.
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Germany
Reich
Orient
Russia
North
Africa
China
Atlantic
Mediterranean
England
Kharkov
Werch Isthmus
Caucasus
Timoshenko
Sitler
War Production Board freezes band instruments and parts
The War Production Board ordered a halt to production of nearly all musical instruments after June 30 and froze stocks of 27 band instrument types for army navy and marine bands. Critical materials rules limit new fabrication to pianos organs and certain parts. overall impact affects about 250 manufacturers and 12,000 workers with 40,000 to 400,000 annual output.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Armed Services
WPS
Bailey Renominated By Large Majority in North Carolina
Senator Josiah W. Bailey won re nomination for a third term by a sweeping margin over Richard T. Fountain as returns from 1 239 of 1 919 precincts showed Bailey with 134 789 votes to Fountain 62 130. Morrison led in the tenth district with 10 804 to 5 315 for John A. McRae. Bonner and Folger led their congressional and state races as partial counts favored incumbents in key districts.
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Raleigh
Josiah W. Bailey
Rocky Mountain
Richard T. Fountain
North Carolina
Cameron Morrison
U. S
Tenth
Bailey
Fountain
Morrison
John A. McRae
Charlotte
Washington
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Senate
Stoner L. Lutz
Salisbury
Sam J. Morris
Herbert E. Bonner
Congress
Bonner
Marvin K. Blount
Greenville
Jack Edwards
Folger
John H. Folger
P. C. Speas
Winston-Salem
Kinhwa Falls to Japanese After Heavy Fighting
Chinese high command said bombed Kinhwa was abandoned to Japan after brutal street fighting that wiped out more than 1000 enemy soldiers. The main Chinese force withdrew Thursday morning, while some units remained to attack from both sides as Japanese entered the city.
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Chungking
China
Kinhwa
Chekiang
High Command
Winhwa
Ten New Ships Launched On Memorial Day
Memorial Day saw at least five naval ships and five cargo vessels launched in U S shipyards. A submarine runner debuted in Portsmouth New Hampshire two sub chasers launched in Brooklyn and one in Houston. An ammunition lighter started at Erie Pennsylvania the first naval vessel built there in a century. Three tankers slid down at Chester Pennsylvania a liberty ship went down the ways at New Orleans and another in Baltimore ahead of schedule.
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Washington
Portsmouth
N. H
Brooklyn
Houston
Erie
Chester
New Orleans
Baltimore
Washington on BAY TUCKER FRONT A big threat to coastal shipping
American and British experts believe huge motor ships feed U-boats plaguing coastal traffic. Estimates place displacement at ten to twelve thousand tons, far larger than known submarines. Navy figures suggest storage capacity for months. Simon Lake argues ten thousand tons is feasible.
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Washington
Tucker
Simon Lake
St. Lawrence
Brazil
iMitler
J E Millis Doggett Hunt Win Guilford County Primary
J E Millis High Point industrialist James A Doggett Greensboro realtor and Charles J Hunt Pleasant Garden farmer topple the Stansbury machine in Guilford County Democratic primary. Doggett leads with 8 942 votes followed by Hunt 8 429 and Millis 8 138. High Point again solidifies two High Pointer seats on the board while Hudson Clapp and Parker also run strong contenders.
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Guilford County
J. Ed Millis
High Point Industralist
James A. Doggett
Greensboro
Charles J. Hunt
Pleasant Garden
Stansbury
R. Flake Shaw
Center Grove
J. W. Burke
Gibsonville
Doggett
Hunt
Millis
High Point
Board of Commissioners
Winni ~ Trio
A. Frank Hudson
Burke
Shaw
Robert Parker
Tich Point Jaborite
Clapp
Henderson Not Very Popular With Senators
Washington May 30 AP President Roosevelt faced protests from several New Deal Senators claiming Price Administrator Leon Henderson ignored the wishes of administration supporters by filling key price control posts with political rivals. Critics said the lack of Senate approval power over appointments threatens harga subsidy bills and a broader understanding with Henderson is needed as the administration plans to revive subsidy legislation in a separate banking committee measure within two weeks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New Deal
Leon Henderson
Administration
Price Control Agency
OPA
Henderson
Senate
House
Senate A
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Greece Starved by Nazi Pillage Report Declared
The office of facts and figures quoted a confidential yet authenticated report stating that a year of systematic Nazi pillage has reduced Greece to a nation of starving people.
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Washington
Office of Facts and Figures
Greece
Carruthers Trips Pickens In Guilford County Senate Race Upset
Former Representative Joseph Carruthers Jr. of Greensboro defeated Rupert T. Pickens for the State Senate seat being vacated by Thomas J. Gold. Carruthers carried a strong Greensboro vote and rural Guilford helped erase Pickens’ slim edge, ending Pickens’s long legislative run begun in 1935. Carruthers will take his first Senate term after serving one term in the House.
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Joseph Carruthers, Jr
Greensboro
Rupert T. Pickens
Hamue
Thomas J. Gold
High Point
Carruthers
Picken Pickens
Pickens
Guilford
House
Senate
Plane Crash Kills Officer Near Iron Station School
Second Lieutenant Leon Marcel Zele Jr., 22, of Morris Field fighter squadron, was killed when his P-40 crashed during a routine training mission near the Iron Station School in Lincoln County. The plane burned, the pilot’s body recovered, and a board of inquiry named to investigate. The body will be sent to Torrington, Connecticut, tomorrow with an honor guard.
Attack Drew Nazis From Rostov Area
Allied war report from the Rostov vicinity details intense combat as Soviet and German forces clash near Kharkov and Roustov front lines. Claims of victories and losses from both sides are disputed, with heavy tank and aircraft battles reported amid shifting fronts and strategic aims toward Kharkov, Rostov, and North Africa.
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Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Kharkov
Rostov
President Avila Camacho Granted War Powers by Senate
The Mexican Senate unanimously authorized President Avila Camacho to declare war on Germany Italy and Japan and approved a bill to suspend constitutional guarantees and grant him extraordinary powers to mobilize the nation. The joint votes were 53 to 0, clearing the path to formal hostilities.
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Mexico City
Mexican Senate
Avil Camacho
Germany
Italy
Japan
Senate
Chamber
Deputies
Avila Camacho
Boy Drowns in Small Creek Near Tabernacle Church
In Greensboro on May 30 a nine year old, Luther Dale Smith, died after stepping into a deep hole while boy seining along Little Alamance Creek in the Tabernacle Church area. Sheriff J S Phipps ruled no inquest was needed after interviewing companions.
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Greensboro
Little Alamance Creek
Tabernacle Church
Greensoro
Luther Dale Smith
W. C. Smith
J. S. Phipps
Lucian Smith
Leon
Dale Reynolds
Reynolds
Lend-Lease Aid Helps U S Maintain Expeditionary Forces
Washington reports Lend-Lease aid from Allies sustains United States expeditionary forces abroad. Nations share food supplies labor and facilities offset by Lend-Lease costs. Britain and Australia provide aid with reciprocal terms while Russia China and others receive U S supplies. Resources of the United Nations pooled under joint boards in Washington and London to allocate weapons and materials where most needed.
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Washington
United States
Edward R. Sicttinius, Jr
United Nations
Stettinius
Northern
Ireland
Britain
Australia
England
British Commonwealth of Nations
Russia
China
Japan
Stefanius
London
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