China Fronts Move With Japanese Advance In War
Wide World War Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes Japan’s renewed onslaughts in China along a 2000 mile front from Inner Mongolia to the South China Sea. He cites Burma road pressures, river barriers, and Shunroku Hata’s warnings as the conflict reshapes the Allied war, with China’s fate tied to broader European theater.
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Mackenzie
China
United Nations
Crimean
Kharkov
Japan
Hankow
Australia
India
Siberia
Burma
Yunnan
Riage
T ‘Ree
Inner Mongolia
South China Sea
Suiyuan
Shansi
Honan
Hupeh
Hunan
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Red River
Mekong
Chungking
Shunroku Hata
Chiang
Hitler
Russia
Europe
Asia
Washington
Stilwelr
Roosevelt
Local Election Centers Listed Across Multiple Precincts
The notice lists election centers in Lucerne Mines Pennsylvania Armagh Indiana and nearby towns for a May 1 voting event. It names sites such as Cathalia Church Lucerne Mines and Old Stier Cur riation along with station addresses and a county board of elections clerk Jon McPhosau.
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Vetlug
Previnete
New County Bilestion House
Griveton Celiepany
Cathalia Church
Lucerne Mines
Pennsylvania
East Wheatfield
Iternins Hall
Armagh
Indiana
Tell Bush
Old Stier
Beth Bleventh Street
Indiana No
Campbel
Bredahark
the B. Robinson
Kdtang County Board of Elections
Jon McPhosau
Women Take Places On War Production Lines
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania women are joining war production lines at pace. More than 400 industries have gained permission since Pearl Harbor to operate 48-hour weeks and night shifts, with 1,000,000 employed in 1940 and expected to rise by year end. Women fill textile mills arsenals and airplane factories, providing needed goods for soldiers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
State Labor and Industry Department
Mary R. Morrow
Bureau of Women and Children
Chiang Kai-shek Faces Harsh Strains in China
The Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek commands global admiration yet fights grave stresses from Communist conflicts and warlords. Japanese aggression raises tensions as Chiang tackles a herculean domestic and battlefield task.
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Chiang
China
Stop and Think Why War Material Shortages Hit Home
A wartime primer lists dozens of common items and shows how shortages bite. It notes 100000 rounds of thirty cal cartridges, steel in tail assemblies of bombs, shoe materials, wool for uniforms, copper in cookware, and iron and steel in everyday objects. The message urges readers to pause and rethink consumption.
Farm Labor Program Aims to Match Workers and Jobs
Farm labor efforts push for a farm placement rep in every local office to tackle farm worker and employer needs. Employers should report labor needs early via questionnaires, while schoolchildren registration aids labor surveys. The plan covers women, older workers, handicapped, and minorities with safeguards for child health and welfare.
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Lewis
United States
Employment Service
The
United Nations
Fragmentary World War II Dispatches From The Front
An OCR fragment reports on military movements around Kerch and Kharkov with references to German actions, Soviet statements, and Marshal Timoshenko. The text mentions attempts at thrusts across the Kerch Strait, sea fleet activity, and ongoing Kharkov front operations, but many words are garbled and details are incomplete.
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Yeuiktale
Hurth
Keren Wuulel
Cimeanus All Delas
Kereh
Kerel Tu
Kew Strait
Kerch’s
Kharkov Front
Kerch
Red Army
Sutletin
Timoshenko
Red armies strike Kharkov fronts while Churchill eyes ridge
Massive World War II updates report Red Army offensives cracking Kharkov defenses and driving German forces on a 70 mile front with American tanks. Leningrad battles claim heavy German losses, while Churchill voices cautious optimism about nearing a ridge to victory. In Burma and China, Japan advances stall as Allied raids hit Lae and Rabaul, and Laval rejects US demands on Martinique.
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Fedor von Bock
Kharkov
Red Star
Timoshenko
Hitler
Leningrad
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Burna
Burma
India
Chindwin River
Shwegya
Lae
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Channel
RAF
Hudson
Frisian
North Sea
France
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Washington
United States
Martinique
Laval
West Indies
Mitter
French Caribbean
Induction Changes Offer Home Return Without Requalification
Selectees from page one and those inducted to loyalty boards will be sent to a designated reception center at government expense. The new procedure eliminates the need for local boards to reclassify, allows return home without retesting, and frees Reservists from active duty at the medical allocation center. Farewell ceremonies may be held at the reception center. Hershey predicts a U S draft army of 3,600,000 by next January in Montreal.
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Govene Selective Service
Sanyc
Medietion Alallok
Induelen Venta
Legal Board
Wey Nn
Reveplion Center
Hershey
Montreal
United States
French ships demobilizing and draft figures outlined
Washington May 18 Demobilization of French warships continues at Martinique with agreement on key military questions. Secretary Hull notes economic issues loom over idle French Caribbean shipping while other military topics remain under discussion. Major Hershey cites a 3 600 000 figure for selectees entering uniform by next year, aiming to minimize disruption to industry and agriculture as about 100 000 men reach draft age monthly.
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Washington
Martinique
Hull
Caribbean
Navy
Lewis B. Hershey
U. S
Selective Service
Hershey
Canadian Club
America
Joint Income Tax Opposed In Nine States
Washington May 18 A drive against joint income tax returns by husbands and wives began as the House Ways and Means Committee approved the plan 13 to 10. Treasury argues joint returns could add 300 million to the war chest while lawmakers in nine community property states predict defeat. The 242 to 160 House vote last year and Senate failure are noted.
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Yee
Washington
House
Ways, and Means
Congress
Treasury
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Oregon
Nevada
Oklahioma
West
D-Tex
Gearhart
R-Calif
Senate
House Committee
Morgenthau
Air Scouts first in nation for Chelsea group
Boston May 16 Chelsea group of 15 to 19 year olds in the Boston Council of the Boy Scouts of America has earned the nation’s first Air Scout charter. The Chelsea Group will begin with groundwork activities focusing on air-minded training and scouting principles.
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Boston
Boy Scouts
Air Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Chelsea
Candidates End Campaigns For May Primary
Pennsylvania faces a lukewarm May primary with few decisive fights for governor and Congress amid wartime concerns. The Democratic and Republican fields include James Davis and Edward Martin for governor with party tension, while the House slate features 32 districts with incumbents seeking renomination and several unopposed races across multiple counties.
Excess Salary Clause Saves Hirer's Millions
Harrisburg May 38-(7) Deductions under the excess salary clause of the unemployment compensation law saved Pennsylvania employers nearly $9,000,000 last year. William E. Colliar says about $322,720,000 in wages avoided the 2.7 percent tax due to a law change, while the unemployment fund neared $260,000,000. Secretary Lewis G. Hines cites quarterly totals of around $26,000,000 for January February March and notes $28,000,000 may be paid in the last 2041 period, with about 2 percent of employers not yet accounted for.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William E. Colliar
Joblens Insurance Division
Collier
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Lewis G. Hines
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Hines
Open Letter From Canada on Price Control Effects
An Ottawa dispatch explains to U S readers how Canada’s price control curbs inflation. It notes limited consumer choice, stripped packaging, boosted advertising for cost-saving, wage stabilizing bonuses, subsidies for essential imports, and removal of non essentials from the market.
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United States
Ottawa
Bill Boni
Associated Press
Canada
Bill Bone
Uncle Sam
Ladies and Gentlemen
Toronto
Local political race shapes up in Berks and beyond
Dembowski of Dickson City notes fierce opposition to Guy L. Moser in Berks County with Howard M. Moser Daniel K. Hoch C Ernest Driver and John E Esterly as Democratic hopefuls Reading. Thummert Sealon Pittsburgh Democrat secures nomination in the reformed 6th District while seven Republicans contend for the nomination. Youngest Justice of the Peace William Lenzner Jr of Sewickley seeks Congress. Jarrett faces seven Republican rivals for Congress At Large with three Democrats entering.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
House
Robert F. Rich
Woolrich
Congress
J. Harold Flannery
Common Pleas
Luzerne County
Joseph A. McCardie
Pittsburgh
Benjamin Jarrett
Farrell
Wilson D. Gillette
McCleanery
Phila
Myers ¢Dphilad
Scott
Garland
Eberharter
Wels
Patrick J. Bell
Nea- Maton
Hig Lackawanna
Patrick McLane
Ingress
Walter
William Lenzner, Jr
Sewickley
Jarrett
William M
Philadelphia
Inez D. Peel
Homestead
Democratic State Committee
Frank A. Coulahan
Allegheny County
WisNessor
Jayrett
Samuel K. Cunningham
Pittsburgh Security
Michael EB. Yurkuveky
Bloomsburg
Albert Dawson
Tarentum
R. B. Naugle
Landsdale
W. Clyde Hurer
Lycome Ing
Frank R. Truscott
William 3
Northumberland Coyimon Pleas Court
Roosevelt commutes Browder sentence and set for release
President Roosevelt commuted Earl Browder’s sentence in a four year term for passport fraud after about 14 months. Browder, former general secretary of the Communist Party in the United States, will be released from the Atlanta Penitentiary once arrangements are made. He paid fines of $2,000 at sentencing on March 27.
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Roosevelt
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Atlanta
Browder
Pai
Market roundup of New York stocks with wide price listings
May 16 stock report from New York shows numerous issues with varied gains and losses across industries. Major names include Air Reduction, American Tobacco, Anaconda, Boeing, Chrysler, Colgate, Consolidated Oil, Curtiss-Wright, Douglas Aircraft, Du Pont, General Motors, Hoffmann, Johns Manville, Kennecott, Lehigh Valley, Mix, Packard, Penn, Radio Corp of America, Studebaker, Texas Co, United Aircraft, US Steel, Warner Bros, Woolworth, and Westinghouse. Prices quoted with fractional changes but many entries appear truncated or garbled in OCR.
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New York
Bald Loco Ct
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Case
Johns Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Val RR
Liggett and Myers
Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
North Ameria
Northern Pacific Packard Motor Param Pictures
Penney (Jc) G
Grand Juries to Probe Fraud in War Production
Washington May 18 A federal push expands war production fraud probes with grand juries nationwide. The Justice Department unit will handle ration and price ceiling cases, pursue indictments, and target faulty materials conspiracies and inflated costs in war materiel and Army Navy food and supplies. Tom C Clark will head the effort with 75 attorneys.
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Saint Washington
Biddle
Justice Department
Office of Price Administration
Army
Navy
Tom C. Clark
Morris Gest Theatre Producer Dies in New York
Morris Gest, noted theatrical producer, died after a ten day illness in New York. He immigrated from Russia at age nine, rising to fame with lavish productions including The Miracle. The exact cause of death was not immediately learned, hospital staff said.
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New York
Morris Gest
Midlawn Hospital
Gest
Cme
America
Russia
Obituary Stella Charlotte Haire Killen 44 of New Florence
Stella Charlotte Haire Killen 44 wife of Francis Killen died at home in New Florence at 7 30 p m Friday days after the death of her father Clyde C Haire Surviving are her mother husband and children Emma Charlotte Dorothy Bessie Earl Anna and Neil all at home She was sister of Clyde E Haire Funeral services will be at 2 00 p m Monday in the home of her mother Mrs Emma Haire United Brethren pastor Rev Wissinger officiating interment in Gaurel Hill Cemetery Also note: about 31000 fires in New York City during 1931 caused 122 deaths including six firefighters.
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Stella Charlotte (Haire) Killen
Frankis Killen
New Florence
Clyde C. Haire
Emma
Charlotte
Dorothy
Bessie
Earl
Anna
Neil
Clyde E. Haire
Emma Haire
Mr. Wissinger
United Brethren Church
Gaurel Hill Cemetery
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Julius Mari
Elaima Aguinet
Hhem
Aetticove
Vermers Bank & Trust Company
EDSON
Moorhead
Indiana Evening Gazette
CGO
James J. Davis
Edward Martin
Ralph Fl Smith
Joseph F. Guffey
Clair Ross
Suite Committee
Luther A. Harr
U. S. Bituminous Coal Consumer’s Counsel
Harmony
Parts Organization
Republicas
Commonwealth
Wddbag
Martin
Davis
Ciety
Dinixe
Liquor Control Board
Demos
Open Letter
Pec
Culinary Arty Institute
Phila. St. Indians
Theatre
DIES
New York City
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