Alchemy myths and postwar labor mood in review
An essay on the origins of alchemy and Hermes legends contrasts medieval mysticism with modern science, tracing how alchemists pursued metal transmutation and elixirs of life. It shifts to a look at the War Labor Disputes Act of 1943, noting congressional reactions, amendments rarity, and lawmakers’ scepticism two years after enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Feather
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
Europe
Rosicrucians
Illuminati
Raymond Lully
Edward I
England
Lully
Science
Egypt
Hermes Trismagistus
Hermes
Apollo
Herman
James Thrasher
New York Times
Truck Line Strike Called Off Ends Week of Paralyzing Action
Chicago truck drivers end a week long strike returning to work after Truman authorizes government seizure of trucking lines. Officials of the Independent Chicago Truck Drivers Union ordered 6,500 strikers back to duties as of 12:01 today. A line about a Japan divorce law is noted as a separate item without detail.
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Chicago
Chicago Truck Divers Union
Truman
Office of Defense Transporation
Japan
50 Percent Gasoline Increase for A Cards in War Ration Plan
Washington reports a 50 percent rise in the basic A gas ration effective June 22, with B ration ceilings raised to 650 miles monthly. OPA chief Bowles notes many B holders still lack need, while others may appeal to local boards starting June 11. A coupons remain valid in sixes for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Uncle Sam
Midwest
OPA
Petroleum Administration For War
Chester Bowles
Bowles
PAW
Ralph K. Davies
Pacific
Owner of Dog Pack to Face Trial in Miami
Joseph Munn, 43, will be tried by the criminal court of record next session on charges of manslaughter in connection with the death of Mrs. Coretta M. Zinke caused by a pack of his pit terriers. Munn was bound over to the higher court yesterday on a $5,000 bond after a five hour hearing before Peace Justice Henry L. Oppenborn who ruled against Munn on all counts, finding he knew the dogs were vicious, at large, and not properly enclosed.
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Miami Fla
ULP
Joseph Munn
Criminal Court of Record
Coretta M. Zinke
Munn
Henry L. Oppenborn
Oppenborn
Justice of the Peace
Tough Mop-Up Fighting in South Pacific
Manila reports slow progress in a yard by yard cleanup against Japanese in the Philippines with Sixth Division Australians pursuing Nippon forces on north Borneo’s Tarakan island. Australian troops battle Japanese in Wewak New Guinea and along the Buin trail on South Bougainville in the Solomons as campaigns near two years and six months in length continue. In Luzon, Doughboys face mud and rain while the 35th Regiment of the 25th Division under Col Stanley R. Larson advances toward Santa Fe in the Cagayan valley aided by 300 tons of bombs. Maj Gen Mullin’s Tropic Lightning division secures high ground near Santa Fe with other units driving on the town.
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Fred Hampson
Manila
Philippines
North Borneo
Tarakan
Wewak
British New Guinea
Buin’ Trail
Bougainville
Solomons
Luzon
Baguio
Balete Pass
25Th Division
Stanley R. Larson
Talladega
Ala
Balete
Cagayan Valley
Santa Fe
20 Pipelines Under English Channel Fed Gasoline to Allied Tanks
A wartime feat named Pluto supplied over 1,000,000 gallons of fuel daily to Allied forces in Europe through 20 undersea pipelines. British and American teams linked Cherbourg and Boulogne terminals to a vast coastal line, using 90 foot by 50 foot drums to string 70 miles of pipe per drum from Southampton and Tilbury. The operation, guarded by camouflaged pumping stations and strict warning signs, formed a key supply artery as Allied advance continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Channel
Dougald Werner
London
Europe
Cherbourg
Boulogne
Britain
Thousand Mile Line
France
Geoffrey Lloyd
British Petroleum Department
Louis Mountbatten
American Army Engineer Corps
A. K. Easton
New York
U. S
Southampton
Tilbury
Germany
Meeting of Big Three Is Scheduled
Washington reports that the White House says an early meeting of the Big Three is in the works. Press Secretary Ross notes Hopkins and Davies lead up to the projected conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, with time and place still undecided.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Harry L. Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
London
Ross
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Hopkins
Davies
San Francisco
Minesweeper YMS 481 Lost Off Philippines In War Action
The motor minesweeper YMS 481 was lost in the Philippines due to enemy action. Casualties are described as moderate among about 30 crew, with Lt. (jg) Leon O. Anglin wounded in action and next of kin notified. The loss raises U S naval vessels lost to 309 since the war began. YMS 481 was built in Bellingham Washington, launched January 1 1944, and commissioned April 21 1944. Lt Anglin commanded the vessel from commissioning.
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Washington
Philippines
Navy
Leon O. Anglin
H. E. Anglin
Wadley
U. S. Naval
Bellingham Iron Works, Inc
Bellingham
Wash
Anglin
Truman reshuffles cabinet with four new faces
President Truman named new secretaries of agriculture and labor and a new attorney general, adding four newcomers to six holdovers from the Roosevelt era. The changes shift focus westward, lower average age, and remove Miss Frances Perkins as first woman cabinet member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harol D
Oliver Washington
Truman
Roosevelt
Agriculture
Labor
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
West
Texas
Tom C. Clark
Dalas
Francis Biddle
Frances Perkins
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Washington State
Rep
Clinton P. Anderson
Special House
Schnellenbach
Claude Wickard
Anderson
War Food Administration
Marvin Jones
U. S. Court of Claims Bench
Ronce
Mississippi
Johnson
Dcole
Hudson River
Biddle
Clark
Miss Perkins
Wickard
Jones
War Foods
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate
REA
Governor to Make Good on His Boast
Little Rock May 24 The Arkansas governor Ben Laney plans a victory garden contest with six neighboring states and Arkansas turkey as the prize He says he is not worried about other governors eating his turkey and is seeking a mule and a garden plot to begin a sizable project for the contest He vows to prove the boast with a major garden effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Ellows
Laney
Cruiser Houston Severely Damaged by Torpedo Hits
Washington May 24 The cruiser Houston was severely damaged by two torpedoes off Borneo and is being repaired at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Rep Thomas disclosed The torpedoes struck below the water line ripping off 50 feet of the stern crippling the ship so she had to be towed to dry dock Repair is estimated at 6 000 000 The Navy declined comment.
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Washington
Houston
Borneo
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Rep
Thomas
Dex
Navy
War Bond Message From Vice Admiral Kirk
Washington May 24 a War Bond statement from Vice Admiral Alan G Kirk Commander U S Naval Forces France says a war bond has a double power to buy another bond is to strike another blow at the enemy war machine today and drive another rivet in the rising structure of America tomorrow Present success and future security demand a response from us all.
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Washington
Alan G. Kirk
U. S. Naval Forces
France
America
Seventh War Loan sales reach 25 percent of quota
Hempstead county reports 7th War Loan progress with 25 percent of the $624,000 quota raised, totaling $157,422.50. E Bond sales stand at $126,812.50, 41.5 percent of the $305,000 target. Township standings unchanged. Hope civic club lists Rotary, Kiwanis, B. and P. W., American Legion totals.
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Hempstead
Syd McMath
Hope Civic Club
Rotary Eed
Kiwanis
American Legion
Wagner Seeks 4 Per Cent Social Security Tax
Senator Wagner and Representative Dingell proposed a broad social security plan with a 4 percent payroll tax for both employers and employees. The measure would include health insurance, a 10 year federal program funding hospitals and rural health centers, permanent employment service, extended coverage to 15 million more people, and nationalized unemployment and old age benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Reedy
Washington
Congress
Wagner
D-Ny
Dingell
D-Mich
Senate
U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Social Security Board
Gov Laney to Send State Police If Gamblers Continue
Governor Laney warned he would deploy state police to stop illegal gambling in Arkansas if local officers cannot or will not act. He cited ongoing issues at Black Fish Lake where Memphis authorities charged gamblers for playing openly.
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Laney
Little Rock
Arkansas
Black Fish Lake
Memphis
Fire losses in United ac for 1934 totaled 380 dollars
The report states that fire losses in the United States for 1934 amounted to 380 dollars. It notes the total figure and hints at distribution across sectors, with emphasis on the overall fire loss burden for the year.
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United Ac
Tenth Turns Flanks of Japs on Okinawa
The Tenth Army pressed the Okinawa campaign with a double flank assault on Shuri, encircling aims as Sixth Marine Division fighters crossed the Asato river and Seventh Infantry Division moved toward Kamizato. Naha and Shuri faced encirclement threats as 30,000 Japanese defenders fought to the death, while U S forces widened bridgeheads and prepared further advances across Yonabaru and nearby routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Tyree
Guam
Tenth Army
Shuri
Okinawa
Naha-to-Yonabaru
Naha
10Th
Sixth Marine
Asato
Yonabaru
Japan
Er Fuller Curtis
Garrison
N. Y
Curtis
Sixth Marines
Yonabaru-Naha
Kokuba River
Fred Capp
San Anselmo Calif
Kamizato
Ozato Mura
Tarai
Chocolate Drop
Magic Name of Goethe to Draw Tourists Again
Weimar Germany reporter Louis P. Lochner describes how the name of Goethe may continue to attract liberal-minded visitors once peace returns. The Goethehaus sustained minor damage. its library and instruments survived, and restoration can proceed. The Goethe and Schiller archives were moved safely to Jena, and Schiller’s home also escaped major loss.
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Goethe
Louis P. Lochner
Hal Boyle
Weimar
Germany
Wolfgang von Goethe
Hans Julius Wahl
Johann von Schiller
Goethehaus
Wahl
Urbino
Schiller
Jena
Weimar National Theater
Wittumspalais
Anna Amalia
St. Peter and St. Aul
Demand for Emperor Hirohito's Indictment Grows
London reports say Australia seeks indictment and execution of Emperor Hirohito as head of state for systemic barbarities. China backs the move before the War Crimes Commission, while Britain signals support for U S positions but aims to halt emperor worship. Some U S advisers favor sparing Hirohito.
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Edward V. Roberts
Harold Guard
London
Australia
Hirohito
Japan
China
United Nations War Crimes Commission
United States
State Department
Chungking
War Crimes Commission
Hirhito
Britain
Truman asks reorganizing of executive
President Truman asked Congress for permanent authority to reorganize the executive branch to be more business like and efficient. He urged peacetime legislation to replace the wartime powers act and cited RF C subsidiaries as needing continuous adjustment under presidential oversight.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Army Engineer Walter K Monroe Dies in Helena
Walter K Monroe 62 head of Helena U S Army Engineers office died suddenly from a heart ailment. He served as a government engineer 43 years and was a Tipton Missouri native. The notice notes the topaz hardness nearly equals emerald but is unrelated to Monroe.
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ARMY
Helena
Walter K. Monroe
U.S. Army Engineers
Monroe
Tipton
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