Churchill audio game of hints hurts gloom with cheer
British Premier Churchill’s nationwide broadcast exuded optimistic resolve about Allied victory while warning of potential German gas use. He cited Russian concerns, pledged airpower in gas warfare if needed, and recalled WWI gas history. The Coral Sea pause may precede a larger Southwest Pacific clash involving MacArthur and naval and air forces.
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Churchill
Russia
Hitler
Germany
Coral Sea
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
New Guinea
Rabaul
Australia
Markets Report From Pittsburgh May Markets Summary
Markets show moderate demand for produce with apples and potatoes listed by car, basket, and sack sizes across Maine, West Virginia, Idaho, Texas, Florida, and Katahdine. Hog, cattle, calf, sheep, and lamb quotations move mixed, with steady to higher tone on salable hogs and active cattle at steady prices across weight classes and sexes.
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Pittsburgh
May
Maine
Gasoline Registration Rules Continue in State
Officials estimate about one third of the states 2,000,000 car owners may skip registration under new rules. The article notes the continued effort to enroll motorists at local schools and outlines hours and general arrangement for compliance.
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Omceger Production Administration
Washington
Davis
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Florida
West Virginia
OPA
Bedford
Altoona
Williamsport
Robert M. Reed
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Astaglia
Turone
Wallidaysburg
State College
Bellefonte
Lock Haves
Wellsboro
Allegheny Mountain
Clearfield County
Cameron
Poulter
Rochester
N.Y
Cumberhard Mel
Appalachia
West Virgina
Marsland
Baltimore
Seaboard
Auto Club of Pittsburgh
Turnpike
Allegheny Tunnel
Somerset
Middlesex
Mioturata
Primary Candidates In Final Drive To Interest War Minded Voters
Harrisburg May 11 Candidates for important state offices in the May 19 primary push a final effort to win war minded voters. With the war dominant, observers expect a light turnout. Davis pledged to push old age assistance to 40 dollars monthly in Pennsylvania if governor. Smith and Harr urged steady leadership postwar while Democrats split over endorsements. Republican contest for lieutenant governor narrowed to Hamilton and Bell as Turner exited.
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Harrisburg
Pennsyvania
Philadelphia
Davis
Povernor
Bart Collins
Ross
Sare Clark
Luther A. Harr
Pennsylvania
Heutenany
Willian J. Hamilton
John C. Bell
Ford Demands Wage Ceiling In War Time
Ford Motor Company backs wage freezes for the war duration as CIO United Auto Workers plans a $1 a day raise. Personnel chief Harry Bennett says government freezes justify no raise now and Ford will seek a wartime wage freeze. The union council opposes wage freezes and seeks wage dispute adjudication by the War Labor Board.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Harry H. Bennett
Bennett
Ford
National Ford Council
War Labor Board
World War II Battle Summaries Across Theatres
Reports from Asia Europe and Africa detail shifting fronts as Japanese forces fall back toward Burma and Assam while British and Chinese resist. Churchill warns of poison gas use and a potential Allied bombing offensive on Germany amid tense Russian fronts and renewed Axis air activity over Malta and the Murmansk region.
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Yunnan
Burma
Tokyo
Chungking
Assam
Europe
Churchill
RAF
Germany
Kerch Strait
Black Sea
Murmansk
Arctic
Postwar Auto Plan Aims Early Orders In New Orleans
May 11 report from New Orleans states plan to sell postwar automobiles now for delivery. Rolf Nugent of Washington, head of the price administration automobile rationing branch, proposes salesmen take orders while finance firms handle deals and advertising agencies push public purchases.
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New Orleans
Rolf Nugent
Washington
Treasury balance and deficits update from Washington
May 11 report shows Treasury receipts of 34.93 million and expenditures of 123.53 million, leaving a net balance of 2.8728 billion. Total debt stands at 71.6401 billion with a daily increase of 100 million approximately.
Voice identified as Joe Louis in nationwide Mother’s Day broadcast
A Voice identified as Joe Louis delivered greetings to all mothers of U S soldiers yesterday in a nationwide broadcast. The speaker, described as Joe Louis, the heavyweight boxing champion, was identified by the AP report as Private Joe Louis Barrow.
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New York
AP the Voice
Joe
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Joe. Louis Barrow
Joe Louis
Obituary notices from Indiana and Plumville area
Obituary continues with details of Burton Boyd D D pastor officiating and burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Indiana Post No 141 and Indiana Chapter Order of the Eastern Star to conduct memorial rites at the grave and home. Jacob Francs Runyan, long-time Indiana resident and former Plumville resident, died at Indiana Hospital after illnesses. Born 1856 in Sagamore, he leaves a son and brother with several grandchildren. Bowser Funeral Home handling arrangements. interment at St John Cemetery Sagamore. Also death of Mrs Ella Chapman Meanor born 1856 in Allegheny City. married John Mesanor, died at Marion Center. six children, sixteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren survive. Civil War veteran father and sons served in World War II. grandson Robert Meanor serving in Dutch Crumea.
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Burton Boyd
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Indiana
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana Post
American Legion
Order of the Eastern Star
Jacob Francs Runyan
Plumville
Phineas and
Lavina (Delancey) Runyan
Sagamore
Methodist Church
Elizabeth (Potts) Runyan
J.A. Runyan
Delmur Runyan
Pittsburgh
Bowser Funeral
Ella © (Chapman) Meanor
Allegheny City
Joseph W
Jane McClintons Chapman
Marion Center
John Mesanor
Florence
T. J. Brown
Colvey
Harper
Schnertady
Nora Albert
Wesley, Marion Center
June
T. DB. Rosser
Davis
W. Va
Ralph
Wasley
U. S. Army
France
Robert Meanorn
Dutch Crumea
Hanna Elizabeth Kessler Goodlin
Isaiah
Caroline 'Glass
Kessler
Commodore
Charles F. Good
Murray S. Wilkinsburg
Blair
Clymer
Zemena Gibson
Staryford
Malay L
Turtle Creek
Karlic
Steward
Royden E
Seward
Matt Kessler
Wilkinsburg
Margaret Brown
Barnesboro
Raleigh
Hillsdale
Lutheran Church
Cockport
Coalsport Methodist Cemetery
Porter Blaine M’clarren
Robert A. McClarren
Alliance, O
City Cemetery
Josephine
Ruth Anne
Shirley
Robert
J. W. McClarren
Anna Staddtmiller
Blairsville
Harry McGaughey
Ellan Coulter
West Lebanon
Senate proposal to reverse westward oil flow to defense zones
May eleven Washington report notes a Senate plan to reverse Pittsburgh oil and fuel flow. Senator Danaher proposes twenty million dollars for barges and unlined-waterway transport to move Gulf coast supplies to the East and New England war theaters. Officials cite pipe and canal routes via Pittsburgh to Chicago and beyond as feasible for redirecting oil eastward.
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Pittsburgh
New England
Senate
Danaher
R-Conw
Shipstead
Ur-Minn
Maritinne Commission
Gulf Intracoastal Canal
Corpus, Christi
Tex
Mississippi
Cumberland River
Tennessee
Missouri River
Sioux City
Twin Cities
Ohio River
Illinois River
Chicago
War Production Board
Wire Plant Strike Ends At Bethlehem Steel Williamsport
Williamsport May 11. Capacity operation resumed at the Bethlehem Steel Company wire plant after a three day strike halted war material output. All 1,200 employees returned to work. National War Labor Board set a hearing for Tuesday in Washington to mediate grievances including pay differentials and wage increases for skilled workers.
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Williamsport
Bethlehem Steal Company
J. W. Ferguson
National War Labor Bord
Washington
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Fer-gusan
SIM Anc ¢Osia
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