Allies Triumph In Three Key WWII Fronts
Analysis notes Cassino evacuation in Italy as a solid Allied victory amid Gustav line retreat. Myitkyina airfield captured in Burma by American Chinese forces. links to Ledo Road and China land lifeline. Detroit foremen strike ends after General Arnold says it jeopardized invasion plans, praised as timely war effort discipline.
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Cassino
Gustav Line
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Gustrn
Hitler
Anzio
Myitkyina
Burma
Ledo
China
Frank Merrill
Joe
Joe) Stilwell Is Driving Down From the Northwest On Myitkyina
Detroit
H. H. Arnold
Air Force
Arnold
Allied Tide at Cassino Deepens German Defenses
The report details a German defense network at Cassino with wire obstacles and demolished houses to clear lines of fire. The Fifth Army advanced up to 15 miles toward Monte Rosario while the Gustav and Adolf Hitler Lines edge toward conflict. Allied air power supported ground troops with 2,500 sorties, targeting Rome to the front, ports, and German positions along the Adriatic.
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Gaeta
Formia
U.S
Monte Ruazzo
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Mt. Maio
Clark
Gustav
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Piombino
Santa Stefano
Adriatic
Bihac
Zagreb
Croatia
Flood Control Policy Adopted at Meeting Hot Springs
Delegates to the Arkansas Flood Commission meeting at the Arlington hotel endorsed post war flood control by U S Army engineers using dams sold to private utilities. They backed including Blakeley Dam in McClellan’s omnibus bill and opening a Vicksburg office branch. Discussions linked dam plans to wartime gains and private power interests.
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Hot Springs
U. S. Army Engineers
Arkansas Flood Control Commission
Arlington Hotel
Senator McClellan
D-Ark
Blakely
Senate
U. S Engineers
Reece Caudle
Russellville
Commission
Frank Wilkis
Shreveport
Louisiana Gas and Electric Company
Caudle
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Blakeley Dam
Wilkies
Public Power Trust
Dallas Dalton
Arkadelphia
Ouachita River
John T. Morror
Batesville
Arkansas Flood Commission
Max C. Tyler
Vicksburg
Mississippi River Commission
Raymo
W Sauer
Vicksburg Engineers Office
W. C
Blakeley
Ouachita Valley
Congress
Tyler
United States Engineers
Army
Navy
Soldiers Learn to Cook by Numbers at Camp Van Dorn
Strange sounds echo from a camp kitchen as the new division mess sergeants and cooks school standardize field cooking. A class of 30 trains to prepare meals, with about ten percent of mess personnel previously employed as civilian cooks. the note adds there are about 200 species of ducks in the area.
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Camp van Dorn
Miss
Hitlerite morale shaken by warnings of renewed Allied offensives
The piece notes Lt General Kurt Dittmar admitting possible German retreats in Russia and Western Europe. It describes Nazi radio commentators as nervous and fearful, arguing that German unity may fracture as Allied pressure mounts and threats of renewed offensives loom.
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Kurt Dittmar
Russia
Europe
Deer Wrestled From Erie Roundhouse by Cowhand
Erie Railroad shop workers wrestled a 160 pound buck that wandered into the roundhouse. Tom Fucci earned the nickname roundhouse cowboy for lassoing the animal and hogtying it with a 20 foot rope before game protector George W. Keppler released it unharmed aside from its tail being removed at the turntable.
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Erie
Erie Railroad
Tom Fucci
George W. Keppler
Wheat aid for Buenos Aires residents amid price rise
Argentina will distribute up to 100000 tons of 1942-43 crop surplus wheat to needy citizens. The measure aims to ease higher living costs and uses grain not needed for export.
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Buenos Aires
Market Report from St Louis Livestock and Grain Week
Market slow and mostly steady at National Stockyards with 2000 head holdovers. Cattle and calves show broad price ranges across weight classes while hogs and sheep receipts appear limited. grains including rye, oats, barley, and wheat move with minor shifts and futures finish variously mixed or unchanged.
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ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
Ill
New York Cotton and Rail Stocks Move on Hedge Selling
Persistent hedge selling and liquidation dampened cotton with traders sidelined amid foreign developments and uncertain domestic outlook. Spot demand was light and higher textile ceilings awaited. Cotton futures closed down from 25 to 40 cents a bale with May to Dec contracts shown. Rails led a brisk stock advance aided by Southern Pacific's 25-cent extra dividend and a 50-cent quarterly, boosting late trading.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Wheat futures rise on rain delaying Northwest seeding
Chicago May 18 wheat futures moved higher after a slow start as gains topped a cent at times. Traders cited reports of heavy rains in the northwest delaying seeding, a process already behind schedule in that region.
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Chicago
Poultry and Produce Market Report Chicago May 18
Live poultry steady on young stock and weak on fowl with 18 truck receipts and no rail cars. Butter firm with 636 434 receipts and unchanged market. Eggs 31471 receipts unsettled with price activity unclear.
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Chicago
Cotton futures slip on favorable war news and weather
New Orleans trading reports show cotton futures down 30 to 50 cents a bale as war news and weather boosts selling. The market closed steady with lower highs and mixed closes across several futures dates, including Oct, Dec, and May contracts.
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New Orleans
Southwest Conference Sees Enduring Industrial Demand
Ticknor predicts dammed demand for existing products will sustain U S production for years. If research workers stay employed, new springs of production will flow and create more jobs than priming the pump. Delegates will join scientific work affecting Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
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Ticknor
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Arnold Wants WASP Training Continued
General H. H. Arnold faced a congressional inquiry and was described as upset over whether to continue the Women Airforce Service Pilots training. Chairman Ramspeck indicated Arnold would explain why continued funding is needed despite 12,000 trained male instructors available.
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Washington
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Ramspeck
D-Ga
House Civil Service Committee
Arnold
Military Affairs Committee
Rules Committee
House
Two Arkansans Promoted and Ordered to Active Duty
Washington May 18 The War Department announced the temporary promotion of Earl Thornton Ricks of Hot Springs from lieutenant colonel to colonel. Two Arkansans were ordered to active duty: 2nd Lieut. Charles Arthur Henshaw of Blytheville and 1st Lieut. Jack Wright of Hot Springs in the medical corps.
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Washington
Earl Thornton Ricks
Hot Springs
War Department
Arkansans
Charles Arthur Henshaw
Blytheville
Army
Jack Wright
Workers Return as Michigan Strike Settled
Detroit May 18 The war production labor dispute eased as 52,000 idle workers began returning to jobs after foremen of the Foreman's Association of America voted to end the three week strike. The action followed War Labor Board pressure and warnings from Gen. Arnold that production delays could affect invasion operations. Total Michigan unemployment estimated at 72,000 with Chrysler Graham Paige and smaller plants contributing. Oldest tortoise on record, Marion's tortoise, lived 152 years in Mauritius.
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Detroit
Michigan
Foreman’s Association of America
Robert H. Keys
The
Independent Union
Wiliam Vallance
National Faa
Keys
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
United States
Davis
Air Force
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
WLB
Chrysler Corp
Graham-Paige
Missionaries Die as Allied Strafe Japanese Prison Ship
Allied planes strafed a Japanese prison ship off the New Guinea coast killing 60 missionaries including a Roman Catholic bishop and 59 others who died from injuries. Dutch priest Father Willem Van Baar in Australia cited the report released by the Netherlands Indies news bulletin.
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Allied
Australia
New Guinea
Willem van Baar
Society of the Divine Word
Netherlands and Netherlands Indies
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