Aleutian Islands Wartime Strategic View by Mackenzie
The author argues that the Aleutians Attu and Kiska, held by Japan, are strategically vital. He notes their harsh weather, rugged terrain, and potential as air and submarine bases. Development here could block Japanese operations and protect routes to Russia, with Attu near Paramushiru making the area a clear threat if unchecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Washington
Attu
Europe
Royal Air Force
Mohne
Eder
Rhineland
America
Fercely
Kiska
Northern Pacific
Aleutians
Alaskan
Unalaska
Alaska
Russia
United
Paramushiru
Kamchatka
Ship Sinking After Torpedo Strike Off Brisbane Coast
Survivors describe a torpedo hit at 4 10 am sinking a ship 40 miles off Brisbane. Sister Eleanor Savage of Sydney survived, aided by her cabinmate after leaping in life jackets. Frank Davidson, a boatswain from Sydney, witnessed frantic efforts to escape, a nurse lost, and all aboard rescued next day by an Allied ship amid sharks circling the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Eleanor Savage
Syding
Sister Savage
Frank Davidson
Bydhey
Centuury
Davidson
Food Parley Opens To Seek World Hunger Solutions
The United Nations opens a historic conference in Hot Springs Virginia with 45 delegations and a French representative to discuss using food as a postwar tool for peace and development. Delegates aim to address imbalances from hunger and poverty amid surplus. Judge Marvin Jones presides and is expected to become permanent chair as press access remains restricted. A State Liquor Control Board permit allows 300 gallons of liquor for the event, with Virginia residents limited to two quarts monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
United Nations
United States
Richard K. Law
Marvin Jones
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
AAA
Hhat
State Liquor Control Board
Virginia
War drive notes and community volunteers described
Defense column notes filtered raid information and local war effort details. E 74 Fohl, WAAC corporals Meeker and Kelly, and Rev. Br. Harry Burton Boyd participated in the proceedings as chairman Clark launched the Junior Commandos initiative collecting scrap, tin cans, silk hosiery, tires and other needed items for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trol Center
Fohl
Telephone Company
Meeker and
Kelly
WAACS
Harry Burton Boyd
Clark
Miners vote to continue strike at Indiana county mine
Miners at Jamestown Local 1318 of the UMW voted to keep the strike going after refusing entry to the first shift. Six men sought army deferments but were denied releases, while five returned to work. The union opposed deferments for young men and claimed some company officials received military exemptions. William Richardson, president, signed resolutions condemning employer actions tied to deferments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comepany
Stx
Indiana County
Jamestown Local
UMW
Lewis
Irge
Willian Richardson
Koppers Coal Division
Eastern Gas and Fuel Company
Motorboat Over Dam Drowns Two at Highland Park
Two men, Richard Kidston and Robert Walton from Turtle Creek, drowned when their outboard motorboat plunged over Highland Park dam on the Allegheny River. Kidston’s body was recovered. witnesses noted they ignored whistle warnings and left the Brilliant Boat Club dock around 2 PM after seeking permission to launch from Walton’s dry dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Highland Park
Allegheny River
Richard Kidston
Robert Walton
Turtle Creek
Kidston
William Conway
Brilliant Boat Club
Lloyd Belzer
Boat Club
Sunutay
Cibs Dry Cock
Walton's
Attu Ridge Victory Tightens Jap Hold on Attu
Allied forces reported capture of a key ridge on Attu Island signaling a turning point in the Aleutians campaign. Navy Secretary Knox said American troops advancing from north and south on the eastern neck closed in on the ridge, with casualties lighter than expected and substantial Japanese resistance continuing along rocky positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Attu Island
Knox
United States
Aleutians
Attu
U. S
Navy
Ths
Holtz Bay
Massacre Bay
Holly, Bay
World War II Fronts Report Stepped Up Across The World
Dispatches describe intensified action as Burma raid inflicts close combat casualties and Japanese losses. Russian and Red Army forces push through, Germans counter with tank waves near Novorossisk and on the Donets front. North Africa reports German casualties near 227,000 and Allied losses around 400,000 with British about 220,000. Duisburg riot rumors surface amid Mohne Dam floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hike
Burma
Maungday
Russia
Red Armies Cross
Asaults
Novorossisk
Donets
North Africa
Jaliane
Morocco
Duisburg
Mohne
Dortmund
Knox Names Hitler and Tojo in Unconditional Surrender Demand
Boston May 18 Navy Secretary Frank Knox vowed that Axis leaders and their accessories would face strict accounting for their crimes. He accused phony peace offensives and urged unconditional surrender, saying the hour to strike main fortifications in Europe and Asia draws near. He named Hitler and Tojo to a Massachusetts meeting of the conference of Christians and Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hitler
Tojo
Navy
Frank Knox
Europe
Asia
Knox
Massachusetts
Conference of Christians and Jews
Man Returns Napkin Containing $31 After Pie Purchase
In Richmond California William Ashe paid 70 cents for a pie then handed the cashier a 31 dollar roll of bills. He peeled off a dollar, discarded the rest, and slid his napkin into his pocket. He later realized the napkin held an error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Calif
William Ashe
Attu Invasion Details Revealed By Navy Communique
Navy communique No 376 describes U S landings on Attu island on May 11 1943 at Blind Cove Holtz Bay and Massacre Bay point to two landing sites. U S troops faced stubborn resistance from machine gun nests as Japanese forces entrenched along inland ridges. Air and naval bombardments supported landings with operations ongoing despite tough weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Holtz Bay
Massacre Bay
Navy
North Pacific
Attu Island
Blind Cove
Attu
Sinc
Florida Island
Solomons
Aleutians
Titu
Ats
Atlu
Chicago Harbor
All Truck Sales Covered by OPA Regulation 341
All used commercial vehicle sales are covered by OPA Regulation No 341 effective April 26, 1943. No sale may exceed the price set under the regulation. Ration Stamp envelopes are available for all commodities at local boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Aerial raid targets German dams and fires in Ruhr
Air operations report Kiel bombing results and a dramatic raid breaching the Mohne and Eder dams. Massive floods swept the Ruhr and Weser valleys while Lancaster crews faced heavy anti aircraft fire. casualties and bomb losses noted as the offensive continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiel
David W. Alexander
Hot Springs
Bordeaux
Germany
Ruhr
Adolf Hitler
Mohne
Eder
Air Ministry
Weser
Sorpe
Ruhr Basin
London
Lorient
Keroman
Europe
France
Rome
Berlin
Caen
Coxy-De Furnes
U. S
Kegomat
Alghero
Sardinia
Frances
Belgium
Cardiff
The
Reich
County Board Indicted in Gasoline Purchase Case
Fayette county commissioners John W. Rankin Arthur Midlwbotham and Michael Karolds plus Controller Albert Montgomery were convicted on four counts of misbehavior in office for buying over 190000 gallons of gasoline from Center Gas Company without written contracts or bids over four years. Higinbotham’s son had an interest in Center Gas. Each count carried up to 5 dollars fine. Special Deputy Attorney James I. March led the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Fayette County
John W. Rankin
Arthur Midlwbotham
Michael Karolds
Albert Montgomery
Center Gas Company
Higinbotham
Atorney
James I. March
Pittsburgh
Coal Miners Back Lewis as Work Row Extends to May 31
President John L. Lewis wired that the two week truce would extend to May 31 while the War Labor Board pressed its claim to handle the dispute. Ickes prepared a proposed formula to satisfy both sides but public official Wayne Moorse warned the Interior Department role did not affect the case. Miners, while relieved the extension holds, reiterated demands for $2 a day wage value, portal-to-portal pay, and broader contract concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Lewis
United States
Ickes
Wayne Moorse
Department of the Interior
WLB
Wire Tor
New York
Invasion Senate Debate Shapes In War Policy
Senate row over diverting US military power to the Pacific spurred talk of beating Japan first. Senator Chandler suggested a senatorial appeal to prioritize Japan, while Roosevelt cabled Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek about joint advances. Navy reports claimed six Japanese ships, including a destroyer, sunk by submarines as Attu operations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Japan
United States
Capitol Hill
Pacific
Chandler
D-Ky
Germany
Tittle
Britain
Russia
Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Denver girl’s stumble ends in hospital after playful kick
Jayce Mobley, 13, feared she would miss her school play as her father teased her. She laughed, kicked through a window, and sustained leg lacerations requiring hospital care. The incident occurred amid a lighthearted family moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Jayce Mobley
Dr Mahaffey Elected President of North American Health Body
Dr J Lynn Mahaffey New Jersey State Health Director and Hillsdale Pa native was elected president of the Conference of State and Provincial Health Authorities of North America announced at Trenton by Governor Edison He will confer with U S Surgeon General Thomas Parran on continental health issues on a periodic basis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lynn Mahaffey
New Jeresey
Hillsdale
Conference of
North America
Trenton
Edison
Mahaffey
U. S
Thomas Parran
North
Montague Love Dies at 63 Actor With Widow and Stepdaughter
Montague Love, 63, beloved British born actor, died at his Beverly Hills home after a short illness. He left widow Marjorie Hollis and stepdaughter Mrs. Carol Doherty. Born in Portsmouth, he moved to the United States in 1914 and later starred in World Film Co. productions before rising on stage and screen. Errol Flynn, meanwhile, remains hospitalized a week, under Dr. Thomas M. Hearm’s care for a recurrent respiratory disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Montague Love
Marjorie Hollis
Carol Doherty
Portsmouth
England
Love
Star of the World Film Co
Lee
N. J
Errol Flynn
Thomas M.hearm
Flynn
Market notes and obituaries mix in sparse column
A long list of stock symbols and prices appears amid obituary notices from the area, listing companies such as General Electric General Motors and Sears Roebuck alongside deaths including Richard Edwin Zener Charles Wetzel Chalmers Haskell and others with service details and burial plans in Indiana Pennsylvania and Baltimore. The page closes with a local classified reminder about Greenwich Conn to New York state travel.
Brushvalley High School Plans In Absentia Graduation
Four senior class members of Brushvalley High School will graduate in absentia at the eighteenth annual exercises in Community Hall on Friday May 21 at 8 00 p m A star marks the names in the list The program includes music by the High School orchestra speeches by Rev G W Sprinkle Judge E E Crepry and County Supt D D Patterson plus a benediction by Rev G B Lambert The baccalaureate service was held last Sunday with Rev Dr Arthur J Pfohl delivering the sermon The class roll lists Thomas E Bilbury Ruth G Dearmy Edward Foster Richard Fyock John H Gray Jr Robert C Green Andree E Gress Edna Harrison Betty June Hiner Thomas E Jones Irwin Liggett John B Meehan William D Meehan Dorothy M Mitchell Mildred Lucille Moose Mary Ruth Moose Alan W Overdorff Twila E Penrod Hester Jean Poole Gladys L Reeger Harold Guy Sprankle Richard K Stutzman A Roy Underwood Calvin R Wagner and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley ‘High School
G. W. Sprinkle
Harold Guy Sprankle
Alan Overdorft
Sole Milo
Ruth DeArmy
Edna Harrison
Betty June Hiner
Twila Penrod
Richard Stutzman
William Meehan
Edward Foster
Irwin
Liggett
Richard K. Stutzman
Harold Sprankle
E. E. Crepry
D. D. Patterson
G. B. Lambert
Arthur J. Pfohl
Zion Lutheran Church of Indiana
Thomas E. Bilbyuy
Ruth G. Dearmy
Richard Fyock
John H. Gray, Jr
Robert C. Green
Andree E. Gress
Jey
Thomas E. Jones
Irwin Liggett
John B.meehan
William D. Meehan
Dorothy M. Mitchell
Mildred Lucille Moose
Mary Ruth Moose
Alan W. Overdorff
Twila E. Penrod
Hester Jean Poole
Gladys L. Reeger
A. Roy Underwood
Calvin R. Wagner
Thomas E. Bilby
William Zelko
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Ruhr Valley
Cays
Red
Black Sea
Red Army
Kharkov
Moscow
Caucasus
Fayette
Blasco Ibanez
DR. Mahaffey
Montagu Love
al Chem & Dye
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & el Va
Cons Edison
Curtiss Wright
del Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
General Elec
General Foods
General Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hard Walker
Hercules
Ilinois Central
Int Harvester
Tel & Tel
Kennecott Corag
Lehigh Val Coal
Val RR
Libby McN & L
Liegett & Myers
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
Central RR
North Ameria
Pickard Motor
Param Pictures
Penney (Jc
Penn RR
Sve NJ
Pullman
Pure Qil
Radio Corp of Am
Reading Co
Repub. Steel
1748 Reynolds
Sears Roebuck Tms
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand
Gas & Electa
Cal
Ind
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft Db
Ye United Corp
United Gas Imp
U. S. Rubber Bba
US Smeltr &M
US Steel
Warner Bros. Piet Va West Union Telco West el & Mig
Woolworth
Yellow Tr & C
Youngst Sh & T
Curbe
Aero Supply
Penmoad Corp
Navy, Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Windber Presbyterian Church
Richard Edwin, Zener
Harold and
Olive (Minser) Zener
Homer City
David Lowrie Zener
Clara Zener
Martha Minser
Intiana
C. R. Wick
Homer City Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Indiana
Charles Wetzel
Leila
Fromuth) Wetzel
Baltimore
Pickner Funeral Home
Wetzels
William W. Taylor
North Sixth Street
Chalmers Haskell
South Street
W. D
Susan (McClue) Hyskell
Alexandria
Rachel M. Bloom
Gramvian
Hyskell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clearfield
Clementine
Evan Hitchings
Constance
Gloria
Cora McClure
Petersburg
Ings Robinson Funeral Home
Harry B. Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Greenwich
Conn
New Yor State
Read Gazette
Armed Services
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