Our Daily Bread From Moscow Ends Soviet Revolution Era
A Soviet stance declares dissolution of world communist units, signaling a shift away from Moscow's earlier drive. The piece argues Stalin-era reforms redefined private property and wartime cash prints, portraying the Comintern as obsolete and the utopian project gravitating toward self-preservation amid global conflict.
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Moscow
Russian Communist Party
United Nations
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Lenin
Troteky
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Iive Stors
Associated Press
Comintern
Germany
Thussia
Joe Stalin
Troops Patrol Mississippi as Flood Rises
Army forces guard a 100 mile flood front from Alton to Cape Girardeau as Mississippi floodwaters threaten the Midwest. Engineers at St. Louis coordinate defenses with 4 250 troops and 25 000 Civilian Defense Volunteers aiding efforts. Death toll totals 21 across Indiana Missouri and Oklahoma, with damage in the millions of dollars. The St. Louis river stage nears 97.3 feet as crews reinforce levees and seawalls along Illinois and Missouri banks.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Adlon
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
Indiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Harvis
J. A. Adams
Rem. Desisters
U. S. Engineer Corps
Ration Water in Ft. Smith under flood orders
Flood bound Ft Smith restricts water use to drinking and cooking under threat of arrest. Army pontoon bridge carries three emergency lines but one end loosened as Arkansas river crest nears record height. City with 40 000 population has eight to nine million gallons stored. five days needed to lay new lines. Food supplies restricted pending health inspections.
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Port Smith
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Hself
Camp Chaffee
Chester Halland
No Clue Yet to Decision on Mine Pay
Washington May 22 The War Labor Board weighs a long panel report in the coal wage controversy. The report settles none of the disputed points and offers no clear guidance for the final decision. Panel members cannot vote. the panel chairman is Morris L. Cooke and labor is represented by David B. Roberson. The industry member is Walter White. The miners have had a 14 percent rise since January 2041, which may affect any further increases under the steel formula. Continued on Page Four.
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War Labor Board
Libor
Morris L. Cooke
Philadelhia
Labor
David B. Roberson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Piremen
Uction
Walter White
Business Advisory Council
Department of Commerce
Four Injured in Double Crash Early Today
Four men were hurt when a Missouri Pacific train hit a brick company truck at the Walker street crossing at 7:10 am. The injured include Bill Osborne, Bruce Jackson, Denver Dixon, and Arthur Slayton, with serious injuries for Dixon and Slayton. An ambulance transported victims to Josephine hospital after the downtown crash at Third street.
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Missouri Pacific
Lope
Bill Osborne
Hope Brick Works
Bruce Jackson
Osborne
Denver Dixon
Arthur Slayton
Brick Company
Walker Street
Turner
Brown
McGibboney
Ead
Bey
Jackson
Herndon
Third Street
US 67
Dlerndon
Dixon
Josephine Hospital
U S Victory on Attu Hits Jap Food Line
American conquest of the western Aleutians likely harms Japan's food supply by opening North Pacific fishing grounds to U S patrols and planes. Analysts say sinking fishing boats and forcing scuttles could strangle Japan’s seafood and rice diet as forward bases form on Attu Island.
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Aleutians
Japan
North Pacific
Aml
American North Pacific Command
Alttr Island
Knox
Attu
Tokyo Radio
Japanese War Office
Refrigerator Fire Damages Home on South Walker
A refrigerator fire swept the residence of Mrs. Ted Miriam at 605 South Walker this morning. Hope Fire Department reported about 150 dollars in losses including damaged walls and the refrigerator. The article also notes local context about forestry and fawns in western North Carolina.
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Ted Miriam
South Walker
Hope
Pigust National
North Carolina
Allies Down 86 More Axis Planes in North Africa Raid
Allied air forces destroyed 86 enemy planes yesterday in sky battles and raids on Axis airfields in Sardinia and Sicily. Ninety fighters were lost in combat with 67 shot on the ground. Fortresses hit Castelvetrano and Sciacca fields, setting Merseburger transports ablaze and hitting gun positions as Luftwaffe and Italian fighters attacked. Mexican observer Col. A C Rodriguez praised the bombing and precision, promising to share insights back home.
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North Africa
Sardinia
Sicily
U. 8
Middle East
San Giovanni
Reggio Calabria
Camaira
Sciacen
Castelvetrana
Castelvetrano
Fortraesses
Germany
Pacific
Sicacca
James H. Doulittie
Villacidra
Decimomunnu
Pantelleria Island
A. Cardenas Rodriguez
Mexico City
Castelvetranu
Rodriguez
Mexico
Nazi Prisoner Escapes at Fort Smith
The FBI reports a 28 year old German war prisoner named Karl Schningerngeur escaped from a camp near Fort Smith Arkansas. He is five feet nine inches, 143 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair. He may be in worn German Army or khaki prison garb with PW stencils on back and trousers.
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Little Rock
Fort Smith Ark
FBI
Fred Hallford
Karl Schningerngeur
Hallford
Hall Faye
Berlin Bombed Again by Allied Mosquito Raids
British Mosquito bombers struck Berlin for the third night, targeting hospitals and rail links. American Fortresses hit Wilhelmshaven and Eden, while Whirlwinds sank two ships off Cherbourg. raids extended to France, with naval and air threats continuing along the coast.
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London
Britain
Berlin
Reichospital
France
French
Wlhelmshaven
Eden
Hiller
Europe
High Command
Welhelmshaven
Cherbourg
Mosquinos
Beaufighters
Boston
Air Ministry
Russia braces for expected German drive
Moscow reports an ominous front quiet as German forces rush stores of ammunition tanks and men for a summer push. Soviet and Berlin broadcasts note both sides preparing major offensives around Kuban, Moscow, and Orel sectors, with Berlin assuming a joint timing for Kuban and a southern Moscow strike.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
London
Red Army
Caucasus
Orel
Berlin
Associated Press
Kuban
Texarkanian Wing Airmen Receive Distinguished Flying Cross
Allied Headquarters in Australia May 22 The United States Army transport crew who flew ammunition supplies and troops to forward areas were awarded the Distinguished Flying Crosses by Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney. 21 airmen earned the decoration for 50 transport flights each and for operating under hostile contact while delivering supplies and evacuating wounded. The group flew low over jungles and mountains and landed on improvised strips near the front. Among recipients are First Lieutenant Albert Steiner jr of Webster Groves Missouri and Staff Sergeant Coleman Robinson of Texarkana Arkansas.
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Allied
Australia
United States Army
George ,C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Aly
Albert Steiner
Catalina
Ave
Webster Groves
Coleman Robinson
Texarkana
Ark
Draft Board Warns Joe Cline to Report for Exam
The Hempstead County Local Selective Service Board warned Joe Cline to report immediately for a physical examination. It ordered him to appear by 10 a.m. May 27, with noncompliance leading to punishment under the Selective Service Act.
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Hempstead County
Comintern Dissolves Its World Centers Amid War
Moscow reports the Comintern Executive Committee calls for dissolving its world centers as obsolete for wartime unity against Hitler. The move urges workers to act within national regimes, focusing on armed struggle in occupied countries and independent mass mobilization for victory.
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Moscow
Russia
Communist Interntional
Comintern
Germany
Comtern
Adit Hitler
Soviet Monitor
London
Communist International
Hitler
Even Labor Is Sport At Navy School
Athens Georgia cadets at the U S Navy Pre-Flight School view labor as sport among nine activities. With 2400 cadets, the station runs a year round program featuring waxing wrestling man to man gombal swimming basketball soccer gymnastics football and labor. The physical program consumes about one third of time with academics and military training filling the rest. Rhode Island has long had an automobile drivers license law.
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U. S. Navy
Navy
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