Dewitt Mackenzie Calls for Air Aid to China and Burma Road Reopen
In Washington Dewitt Mackenzie argues that speeding Allied war materials to China via air over the India China mountains is essential to bolster China’s defense against Japan and to reopen the Burma Road. He notes China’s dire supply situation, inflation, and need for arms to seize Ichang and halt Japanese advances toward Hunan. Monsoon weather will delay Burma operations until late fall, making airlift crucial.
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HY Dewitt MacKenzie
Washington
China
India
Burma
Eivery
Chungking
Hunan
Ichang
Yangtze
Hankow
Hunan Province
Strikes Spread as Mill Walkout Expands Across Departments
A walkout of 150 workers in a rolling mill expanded to three additional departments. General Manager Frank A. Robbins said at the conference that overall conditions were better than the previous day but declined to comment on when the stoppage might end.
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Frank A. Robbins
Gasoline rationing poster urges motorists to cooperate
H. E. Raymond, chairman of the Indiana War Price and Rationing Board, commends gas station attendants for checking mileage books, windshield stickers, and license plates to guard gasoline rationing. He says the measures help prevent black market use and ensure motorists receive their due allotments.
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Lotal
H. E. Raymond
Indiana War Price and Rationing Board
Careyg Wat
Raymond
Tim
Brice Agiuitstrastion
Mississippi flood guards brace 100 mile river front
An army of 4,250 troops engineers and civilian defense volunteers patrol a 100 mile Mississippi front from Alton Illinois to Cape Girardeau Missouri as floodwaters rise. The area is a key center in the six state Mid West flood zone with thousands homeless and damages in the millions. Fourteen dead across Indiana Missouri Oklahoma and Illinois.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Alton
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
Indiana
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Minneis
Tlinois
J. A. Adams
Service News Highlights New Air Force Graduates
Flexible Gunner Sergt Louis J Koren and Pecos Aviation Cadet John E Mission graduate from Fort Myers and Pecos Army Field. WAAC cook graduates at Daytona Beach while Will Rogers Field personnel serve in ordnance. Other notes mention former Blairsville resident Joseph W Kelly and a Pennsylvania Railroad worker, with local ties.
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Pecos
John E. Mission
Edward 4. Mission
South Sixth Street
Pecos Army Field
Tex
AEF
Will Rogers Field
Joseph W. Kelly
Blairsville
Ie Air Force
Oklo
Ordnance Department
Kelly
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Mir
Virginia Swarts
Sample Alin
WAAC Recruiting Push Aims 90,000 Enrollees By July
The local WAAC Recruiting Staff in the Post Office building will open 6:00 to 8:00 p m each evening except Saturday to enroll women. President Roosevelt praises WAACs on their first birthday and urges continued enlistment. WAAC expansion targets 150,000 with broader Army needs for 375,000 to 500,000 overall. specialists schools now number 140, with five training centers and eighty companies deployed, including positions in Africa and South America.
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WAAC
Army
Roosevelt
Cseen
Africa
War Department
Quiy
South America
Tiffany
Albana
Baker
Altoona
Comintern On Russian Front Signals Looming German Move
A fragmented radio dispatch reports in Russian and German fronts a tense buildup amid signs of a coming German offensive on the Eastern Front. Observers note concentrated troop movements and ammunition shipments as the Soviet monitor and news agencies relay cautious interpretations of potential battles ahead.
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Staes
Muscow
Samon
Geentahian
Red Army
Lendua
Associited
Rabon
Harrekget
Pennsylvania arms drive donates leather vests in war effort
Harrisburg May 2. The State Game Commission announced that 3,500 leather vests were donated in response to a War Production Board plea for skins. The 6,000 feather vests were for the armed forces as part of wartime support efforts.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Finke
War Production Board
Corie Clum
Official Notice to Gasoline Consumers Displayed at Stations
A new Service Station poster issued by the Price Administration urges motorists to follow posted regulations. The red, white and blue notice emphasizes proper fueling practices and consumer rights as part of a broad regulatory campaign.
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Usec Olive of Price Administration
Coal wage dispute at coal miners board hearing
The report shows miners have earned average increases above 150 percent in straight-time wages since 1941, blocking a further basic raise under the Little Steel formula. Miners seek a 24 cent daily rise to raise basic wages from 7 dollars, while industry and policy notes weigh rights under wage rules and cost-of-living considerations. The panel notes that 1941 raises tied to productivity and contract limits complicate new increases, with broader industry wage trends cited.
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Department of Commerce
South
Sant Oininery
Sfiaudiy
Mare
Pacific Roundup on American conquest of the West and Japanese supply lines
The article discusses American actions in the North Pacific amid the Aleutians campaign. Authorities warn the push could strike at Japan's fishery supply, with patrol ships and planes supporting efforts. Reports mention disrupted fishing grounds and increased naval pressure, signaling a serious strategic pause for Japan.
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Pacific
Washington Round-up on War Labor Board and taxes
In Washington on May 22 the War Labor Board weighed a voluminous coal wage dispute panel report while labor unrest grew. The UMW head Lewis faced possible court action to resume talks as 3,800 miners idle and production delays spread, with Detroit area walkouts and Chrysler halted. Capitol Hill officials weighed tax conferees and a tentative administration stance. Navy Secretary Knox announced near complete Allied resistance on Ath island as American troops cleared remaining gunners.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
Dd L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Wouhel
UMW
Agi
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Chrysler Paints
Capitol Hill
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Ars
Wonse
Navy
Micah Knox
Athi Island
Knox
Attacks on Attu and Pacific Command Move Reported
Reports from wartime briefings describe plans to close large fishing grounds to hinder Japan as Allied forces push toward Attu Island where resistance has largely collapsed. Secretary Knox says Japanese remnants are trapped and facing surrender while air and naval units intensify the ground assault on the tip of a mountain peninsula.
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Attu Islands
Knox
Attu
Toho Radio
War Office
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Old Knox
Att Zane
Tokyo
Kiska Island
Knok
Athi
Kishi
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Russia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Komandorski Islands
Byrnes Takes Hand In Tax Impasse
Washington May 22 AP Stabilization Director James F Byrnes was reported taking a hand today in efforts to break a deadlock between Senate and House conferees over a pay as you go tax plan. With Roosevelt’s position unclear, Byrnes was asked to advise on administration stance as conferees weigh whether to abandon talks or push the Senate approved Rum Plan and possible fourth vote on it.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Senate
House
Byrnes
Roosevelt
George
D-Ga
Congress
Allied air raids batter Italy and Sicily coast towns
Allied bombardment across the Mediterranean targets San Giovanni and Reggio Calabria on the Italian mainland while raids hit Pantelleria, Sicily, and Sardinia. U S forces claim 10 Axis planes down with 19 shot down at Castelvetrano airfields. Seven Allied planes lost.
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China
Vice Baw
Burma
Bengal
Europe
Mediterranean
Italy
San Giovanni
Reggio Calabria
Sicily
U. S
Sardinia
Pantelleria Island
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Sebieca Ated Castelvetrano
Mystery over idle RAF four engine bombers grows
London reports Britain's four engined bomber fleet idle since May 13 despite favorable weather fueling speculation the force may be held for a major assault on Europe or an allied invasion. Mosquito bombers again hit Berlin and raids extended to French coast targets as U.S. heavy bombers supported the offensive against Wilhelmshaven and Emden with mixed German reports of losses.
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Germany
London
RAE
Europe
Britain
Berlin
Reich
Irance
French
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Hitler
High Command
Cherbourg
Air Ministry
U. S
North Sea
Churchill
Washington
RAF
Frank M. Andrews
Jacob L. Devers
Andrews
Archibald Linclaw
Harold Balfour
State For All
Norwich
Judge McCann's Son Wounded in North Africa
President Judge John H. McCann of Cambria County learned his son Pvt. Patrick H. McCann 21 was seriously wounded in action in North Africa on April 30. A Cresgon High School graduate and Indiana State Teachers College freshman, he enlisted last year and was taking art. Another son, Set John H. McCann Jr., is with the Army at Fort Benning, Ga. Both brothers serve in infantry units.
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John H. McCann
Cambria County Court of Common Pleas
Patrick H. McCann
North Africa
Cresgon High School
Indiana State Teachers College
McCann
United States Army
Set
John H. McCann Jr
Benning
Army
Mrs Colin Kelly Homeless in War Housing Shortage
Hollywood, May 22. Mrs Colin P Kelly widow of Navy pilot who died after Pearl Harbor says she cannot find housing that allows children for Corky, 3, while relocating from Seattle to a war plant. She asks what she should do amidst crowded wartime housing.
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Hollywood
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
Pearl Harbor
United States
Japan
Cher
Treasury balance and debt update from Washington May 20
The Treasury reported May 20 receipts of 48.93 million dollars and expenditures of 274.54 million, leaving a balance of 13.86 billion. Total debt stood at 190.05 billion, with a day change of 35.08 million.
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Washington
the Treasury
Fayette County Officials Face Malfeasance Verdict
In Uniontown on May 22 a second malfeasance trial for three Fayette County commissioners neared its end. Defendants John W. Rankin Arthur Higinbotham and Michael Karolcik face up to six months jail or $500 fines or both if convicted over alleged gasoline purchases from Center Gas Co without bids or a contract. Earlier the group and County Controller J Montgomery were convicted of misbehavior in office for related purchases. A motion for a new trial citing prejudicial instructions by Judge Dumbauld was set for later argument.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Horatio
Dumbauld
John W. Rankin
Arthur Higinbotham
Michael Karolcik
Center Gas Company
J. Albert Montegomery
J. L. Williams
Auto crash verdict in Pittsburgh grants 45000 damage
A Common Pleas Court jury awarded 45 000 in damages to two women injured in a Pittsburgh bridge collision on March 9 1942 blamed on smoke obscuring the span. Helen M Hudson of 28 000 and Mary R Lavelle 17 000 were awarded totals. Hudson’s husband Arthur a plant superintendent and director of a local brewing firm died from the crash.
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Pittsburgh
Aeommon Pleas
Crucible Steel Company
Helen M. Hudson
Mary R.lavelle
Hudson
Arthur Hudson
Pittsburgh Brewing Company
Frank Grace
George Ficht
Miss Lavelle
Women Win 48 Hour Work Week Ruling in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg May 22 Permission for women transport employees to work 48 hours a week at regular rates, instead of 44, opens the way for intrastate bus and trolley firms to hire them on the same basis as men. Secretary William H Chestnut of the Labor and Industry Department announced approval of a State Industrial Board decision placing the longer week in effect for intrastate companies, noting conformity with federal regulations now affecting intrastate transportation firms.
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Harrisburg
Regilar
Cates
Intrastate Bus
Treley
William H. Chestnut
Labor and Industry Department
State Industrial Board
Salute Denver triplets birth for Sgt Levine
Denver observers praise Buckley Field for extraordinary service to Sgt. Robert C. Levine of Chicago a staff car took him to Denver to attend his wife giving birth to triplets on Thursday the story notes.
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Denver
Robert C. Levine
Chicago
Buckley Field
Soda pop helps save car blaze in Idaho Falls
A bystander rushed into a nearby confectionery and grabbed soda pop to extinguish a blaze when Mrs. Donald Jones’ car caught fire. The quick action stopped the fire with the bottle of soda, preventing further damage.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Donald Jones
Market items and plant notes from Pittsburgh May 21
Markets report slow produce demand with apples and potatoes steady, no sales on potato cars, and 200 bags receipts with 50 calves and 50 sheep in livestock. Plant diabetics warns of sugar excess harming plant growth, Q Jan Masaryk comments on Czechs and RAF attack in Skoda arms area, and a bridge bidding note explains redouble rule as forty times the original value.
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Pittsburgh
Appies
Baskets
New York Baldwins
Pototous
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