Waste Paper Campaign urged to meet monthly goal
Letter from H B Fairchild of the New York Sun praises local support for the U S Victory Waste Paper Campaign while warning of summer slumps and the need to sustain effort through June July and August. He notes 667000 tons monthly quota and explains newsprint origins and overseas shipping.
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U.S. Victory
H. B. Fairchild
The
New York Sun
Fairchild
War Production Board
Star
Hope
Hempstead
Chicago Tribune
New York Daily News
America
Mr. Fairchild
Wood stronger than steel in war supplies report
A circulation reports that plastic plywood now replaces strategic metals in many war materials with tensile strength greater than steel on a weight basis.
Surprise Task Force Raid Hits Soerabaja Base
Allied carrier planes from Nimitz MacArthur Mountbatten united for a first combined strike on Soerabaja Java dispatching 35 000 tons of shipping and wrecking an oil refinery and docks. Liberator bombers followed with rail yard strikes while Japanese defenses offered little resistance. The raid involved American British Australian Dutch and French fliers and marked a major Pacific operation behind enemy lines.
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Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Great
Java
Serbia
Chester W. Nimitz
Lord Lous Mountbatten
Gen. MacArthur
Mountbatten
Southwest
Pacific
Netherlands Indies
Java Sea
Soerabaja
Darwin
Australia
Fifth Air Force
Whitten Promoted to First Lieutenant Overseas
Dolphus Whitten Jr. of Park Hill North Little Rock, son of Dolphus Whitten Sr. of Hope, Arkansas, has been promoted to first lieutenant with the Ninth Air Force in England. He serves as station mess officer at an A-20 base under Col. Harold L. Mace, after graduating from the Administrative Officers' Candidate School in 1943 and a prior teaching career in Hope.
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U.S
Ninth Air Force
England
Dolphus Whitten Jr
Marie Whitten
West D Street
Park Hill
North Little Rock
Dolphus Whitten Sr
East Second Street
Hope
Whitten
Harold L. Mace
Jacksonville
Florida
Gainesville
Lt. Whitten
Arkansas
Gordon
Ouachita College
Arkadelphia
University of Texas At Austin
U. S
St. Whitten
Scout Troop 67 Seeks Scoutmaster and Leaders
Scout Troop No 67 needs a Scoutmaster to meet weekly. Interested men over 21 should contact James Embree at Fire Station or Lyman Armstrong. Charles Wylie named Cub Scout Master. Cubs meet Saturdays near the police station. Between June 1942 and April 1943 Brittan turned over to U S armed forces supplies that would have exceeded 1 360 000 ship tons if transported across the Atlantic.
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Hope
James Embree
Lyman Armstrong
Charles Wylie
U.S
England
Atlantic
Japanese Driven From Myitkyina Base as Allies Close In
Allied headquarters report Japanese forces retreating from besieged Myitkyina, north of the Burma road, as Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill’s Americans reach the Irrawaddy. British and Allied units push on near Kohima Imphal and Silchar while air combat intensifies with many aircraft losses on both sides.
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Charles A. Grumi
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
China
Frank Merrill
Mrauders
Irrawaddy River
Imphal-Kohima
India
Jessami
Kohima
Imphal
Silchar
Irrawaddy
Zigyun
Katkyo
Gharpate
Reuters
Daily Allied Communique
Mogaung
Kamaung Road
Maladawag
Russians Open New Attack in Vitebsk Sector
Moscow reports a new Red Army assault south east of Vitebsk advancing German defenses and capturing a fortified height after a two hour engagement. Western front lines saw continued German counter attacks near Stanislawow in south eastern Poland with 300 German soldiers killed. Soviet losses in other sectors included heavy damage to Kotka port facilities from naval air strikes.
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Harrison Salisbury
United Press
Moscow
Red
Vitebsk
Stanislawow
Poland
Red Army
Kolomyja
Dnestr
Kotka
Helsinki
Draft Means Pay Hike for Army Private Belton
High Point family notes a pay raise for Daniel Belton a father of nine who will earn 240 dollars a month as a private in the Army. Belton left his desk job at a local plant earning about 100 dollars monthly to serve.
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High Point
N Cc
Army
Daniel Belton
Belton
Purse Lost and Found at Service Station
Mrs CA Brumfeild of Gretna reported the loss of her purse containing 500 pounds in cash. A service station attendant named Dan Algood returned it to her. Tuberculosis stands as the seventh cause of death in the United States today.
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Danville
CA Brumfeild
Gretna
Dan Algood
U. S
Sergeant Frisby Wounded in Austria Awarded Purple Heart
Staff Sergeant John Junior Frisby son of John E. Frisby of 893 East Division Street was wounded by flak over Austria on April 23 while tail gunner aboard a Flying Fortress. He received the Purple Heart. his hip wound was slight, and after three weeks of hospitalization he was expected to recover fully. He wrote his father, I was in the right place at the wrong time.
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John Junior Frisby
John E. Frisby
East Division Street
Austria
War Department
Dewey Gains 15 Delegates in Northwest Push
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York gained 15 Republican delegates in the Northwest, boosting his pledged total to about 337 as Alabama Republicans cast 14 more for him. Oregon returns showed Dewey leading Stassen 12,331 to 1,770 with Bricker far behind. Roosevelt also picked up 14 Democratic delegates in Oregon as new liberal party backing formed in New York. Wayne Morser led Morse Holman race in Oregon. Sprague led in Oregon Senate results. Pennsylvania GOP delegates met in Philadelphia to caucus with no preconvention endorsement expected.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Northwest
Backers
Laeist
Oregon
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Stassen
Alabama
Alaska
Chicago
Roosevelt
American Labor Party
Wagner
Wayne L. Morser
War Labor Board
Rufus C. Holman
Morse
Holman
Edgar W. Smith
State Board of Education
Guy Ordon
Charles L. McNary
Charles A. Sprague
Willis Mahoney
Klamath Falls
Senate
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Stamps High School Graduates 23 Seniors
Twenty three graduates of Stamps High School will receive diplomas next Thursday at commencement on the open air campus. Honor graduates are Lucy Cannon and Elizabeth Burke. Baccalaureate services Sunday evening on the school campus will feature sermons by Reverend E. D. Brown and ministers Rowland Crowder and J. A. Wade. The class members include Frederick Baker Felix Johnson Edward Kennedy Robert Neill Hobson Oglesby J. L Oxford Roy Dwight Parker John Harold White Martha Jean Bell Elizabeth Burke Virginia Burton Lucy Cannon Hazel Clark Vera Gwen Graham Martha Jeanne Harper Mary V. Jones Nada Knighton Elise Malone Glenn Marrar Sibyl Jarvis and Helen Chastan.
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Stamps High School
Lucy Cannon
Elizabeth Burke
E. D. Brown
Rowland Crowder
J. A. Wade
Frederick Baker
L. C. Fields
Felix Johnson
Edward Kennedy
Robert Neill
Hobson Oglesby
J. L Oxford
Roy Dwight Parker
John Harold White
Martha Jean Bell
Virginia Burton
Hazel Clark
Vera Gwen Graham
Martha Jeanne Harper
Mary V. Jones
Nada Knighton
Elise Malone
Glenn Marlar
Sibyl Jarvis
Helen Chastan
Sun power bill would reach astronomical US outlay
A satirical claim calculates a theoretical U S annual cost if sun heat and light were charged at one and three fourths cents per kilowatt hour totaling 327 quadrillion dollars.
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United States
Ace Gets Shakes
Allied Fifth and Eighth Armies broke German lines in Italy forcing a retreat to a new Terracina anchor. Itri and Gaeta fell to American forces while Allied warships hit Aterracina and La Spezia, Genoa, and Livorno. French units captured Sant Oliva and Monte Mandrone as British tanks pushed toward Aquino, raising the prisoner tally past 5500.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Tyrrhenian
Terracina
Itri
Appian Way
Gaeta
Italy
Aterracina
la Spezia
Genoa
Livorno
Adolf Hitler
Liri
Fifth Army
Pico
Eighth Army
Tenth Army
Rome
Gaeta Point
Alphonse Juin
Sant’ Oliva
Monte Mandrone
Pontecorvo
Aquino
Tito Seeks Recognition as Yugoslav Government
Marshal Tito in his first press interview says the Yugoslav people and the National Liberation Army want recognition from the Allies for the National Committee of Liberation as Yugoslavia's government. He adds that formal demand was not made but recognition would strengthen the united struggle.
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le Petit Fleur
New York City Board of Estimate
Coty, Inc
Perfume People
Associated Press
Marshal Josip Broz
Tito
Mediterranean Command
Washington
London
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Marshal Tito
Algiers
Joseph Morton Bari
Italy
Josip Broz
National Liberation Army
National Committee of Liberation
Yugoslavia
Walter Bernstein
Yank Magazine
United States
Britain
Russia
United Struggle
Canary Breeder's Bird Recovers to Win Second Prize
Mrs Mary P. Mitchell of Knoxville displayed her canary at the Cincinnati Roller Canary Breeders' annual show. The aristocrat fainted from cage fright due to lights and heat, then revived, perched again, and earned second prize in the event.
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Knoville, Tenn
Mary P. Mitchell
Knoxville
Cincinnati
Expert Says Children Forget How to Play
San Diego police juvenile bureau head Sergeant Charles Dibb warns that children forget how to play, blaming rising juvenile delinquency. He urges parents to revive childish interests with simple activities and make their own toys like kites.
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San Diego
Calif
Charles Dibb
Willow Lake Soldier Assigned as Private Civilian
Private Civilian Willow Lake from Willow Lake South Carolina is stationed at Fort Lewis Washington amid Army jokes about ranks like Sergeant Sargents and Corporal Generals. The item notes his unique title within military humor.
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Willow Lake
S. C
Sargents
Fort Lewis, Wash
Yanks Renew Heavier Allied Bombing Over Europe
London reports American heavy bombers possibly 250 strong attacked three northern France air dromes and Reims railroad yards within 12 hours of RAF rail strikes. Escort forces of 750 to 1,000 aircraft joined the raid on Paris and Reims areas as Western Europe faced continued Allied air pressure.
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W.W. Hercher
London
France
Reims
Oily
Villacoublay
Paris
Air Ministry
Germany
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Italy
Hitler Line
RAF
Berlin
Brunswick
Dewey Maintains Sweep In Oregon Delegates
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey wins Oregon’s 15 Republican delegates with a wide margin in yesterday’s preferential primary. Backers claim he is beyond stopping now as results from 787 of 1828 precincts show Dewey leading Stassen and Bricker. Wayne L. Morse leads Rufus C. Holman in the GOP Senate race, while Edgar W. Smith appears set for the Democratic nomination. Willis Mahoney runs unopposed for the Democratic Senate nomination in the McNary term race and Charles Sprague trails Guy Cordon in the GOP contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Miller
Washington Associated Press Bureau
Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Harold E. Stassen
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Stassen
Bricker
Luther Felker
Wayne L. Morse
War Labor Board
Rufus C. Holman
Holman
Morse
Edgar W. Smith
State Board of Higher Education
Morse-Holman
Charles L. McNary
Guy Cordon
Charles A. Sprague
Willis Mahoney
Klamath Falls
Pepper Ransom Averts Gothic Plunder For Rome
Ancient Rome paid 4000 pounds of pepper to the Gothic conquerors to secure the city’s safety. Spices then valued higher than gold, making the unusual ransom a notable episode in the siege.
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Rome
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C. Yates McDaniel
Nimitz- MacArthur -Mountbatten
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Southeast Asia Command
Central Pacific
Sumatra
Sabang
D. Whitten
Scout Troop No
Sgt
J. J. Frisby
Purple Heart
Stamps
Europe
Richard R. Bong
Army Air Forces
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Poplar
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