Farm Bloc Battles Over Agriculture Appropriations
Washington senators clashed over a 5650 a billion agriculture appropriations bill. The farm bloc disputed the price support for wheat and corn, proposing a compromise to allow up to 125 009 000 bushels of stored wheat for feed at or above two dollars per bushel. Cotton states urged removing all sale restrictions on surplus grain, leaving the outcome uncertain with Senator McNary predicting the floor may decide the issue.
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Agriculture
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Oregon
Libyan Front Sees Fresh Life Amid Tank Corps Clashes
The Libyan front showed renewed activity with small axis tanks and vehicles dispersed in a sector. Brisk patrols continue in other sectors as Italy reports normal patrol and artillery activity. Malta air operations described. British diversions include new Mediterranean fleet leadership with Rear Admiral Sir Henry Hightonwood and Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham named to key posts.
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Italy
Libya
Isle
Malta
Siclly
Mediterranean
Henry Higintwood
Andrew Browne Cunningham Oe
Washington
Earwood
Souths American
Deadline Set On CPT Piles In Navy Or Army Air
Civilian pilots under the LPT program who wish to enlist in the Navy or Army Air Forces must apply by June 3. Chief Runion of the Navy Recruiting Station said CPT pilots are eligible for training under the Navy training center in Atlanta Georgia. In St Louis two hundred naturalized citizens attended an American Day program outdoors amid poor weather, as plans were canceled and cashiers were notified.
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Ipants
U Boats Sink 16 Ships in Past Week
U Boat activity last week credited with sinking 18 Allied vessels in the western Atlantic, raising total Allied sinkings to 191 in the area. Navy report lists 3 dead, 115 missing, 470 survivors, plus two damaged but afloat and one burning ship after May 11 to May 17 incidents.
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United Nationg
Atlantic Ocean
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Horses Return to Harness Trade Driven by Gas Rationing
Peter J. McCarten, who left harness racing years ago for radio, returns to his first love as gas rationing boosts demand for horses. He now crafts harnesses and saddles, finding the modern industry fading while his old trade gains traction.
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New York
Peter J. McCarten
McCarten
U S and Panama Sign Defense Areas Treaty
The United States and Panama signed a defense pact allowing U S armed forces to use Panamanian areas for gun emplacements detector stations and bombing. Rin Hat o air base 89 miles southwest of the canal is among sites. The agreement follows U S negotiations with Panama and requires approval by Panama's National Assembly.
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United States
Republic of Panama
Panama
Republic
State Department
Panama Canal
Martinique
Panamenian
Arnulfo Arias
Edwin ©. Wilson
Octavio Pabrega
National Assembly of
30 Ships To Be Launched Friday
Wellington 2 A great mass launching of merchant vessels Friday will inaugurate the new two ships a day production program of the Maritime Commission. While the large number of ships will go into the water as part of the national maritime day ceremonies none had been delayed to group them on that day. The previous record was set last October 27 when 14 ships went down the ways. The program now calls for the building of some 2,300 vessels of 23,000,000 deadweight ton this year and next.
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Maritime Commission
Emory
Land
Burma Burma Burma War Reports From Burma and India Front
China says enemy curbed in Burma sector while Tokyo claims Japanese forces near India's border. British and Chinese forces in Burma face difficult drives toward Yunnan and the Salween river area. Allied air power bombs targets in Burma and near Mandalay, Lae, and Chindwin. Naval actions loom near the Coral Sea as Murdoch warns Australia needs more ships. Curtin stresses continued aid.
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Mandalay
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Chindwin River
Australia
New Guinea
Lorissads Islands
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Coral Sea
United States
Solomon Islands
Keith Murdoch
Melbourne Herald
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Curtin
Bomber with Crew of Five Missing Since May 10
An A zy medium bomber with a crew of five, missing since May 10 after leaving on a routine patrol, was reported by Air Force Eastern Defense Command. Searchers combed the area as aviation teams continued the hunt for crew members Sevand Lilet, Kenneth A. Woodle id, J. W. Myers, Adam B. Kalmanawicz, William Rutherford, Curtis Bausher. Separate Wichita crash killed three: Cecil J. Lucas, Ben H. Miller, and William Knorr.
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Eastern Defense Command
Sevand Lilet
Kenneth A. Woodleid
Iselin
J. W. Myers
Adam B. Kalmanawicz
Wiliam FL Rutherford
Gatesville
Tex
Curtis Bausher
Canton
Ohio
Democratic House Whip Boland Dies in Scranton
Democratic House Whip Patrick J. Boland died of a heart attack at his Scranton home on the eve of Pennsylvania primary voting. The longtime congressman from Pennsylvania's 11th district had sought renomination for a seventh term and was active in campaign events the previous night.
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Patrick J. Boland
House
Pennsylvania
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Scranton
Washington
Boland
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Congress
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Bankhead
Rayburn
Rep
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Massachusetts
Meredith H. Myers
Democratic State Committee
Clock Of Rising Prices Moved To March By US Price Rules
The clock of rising prices was moved back to March today and halted. Retailers may not charge more than their March highest price for any consumer product. The Office of Price Administration issued a guide for about 2 million retailers detailing five tests to set maximum prices. The guide explains delivery timing, March sales, and similar articles to determine ceilings.
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Office of Price Administration
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Ship Losses Surpass 1917 18 Levels in War Cost Fund Approved
Washington report says the House Appropriations Committee approved a 210 million dollar marine and war risk fund as losses of American flag vessels rise beyond totals of the last war. The committee warns shipping is the war’s great problem and notes losses now exceed wartime peaks. In the Philippines Mindanao reports claim 1200 additional Filipino and American troops surrender after Major General Bearon’s forces collapse on May 13.
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Ferguson Stresses Jury Duties.
Judge Ferguson in Blountville at the May term of Sullivan county circuit court compared grand and petit juries to soldiers drafted for duty. He urged citizens to vote and serve on juries, noting Tennessee and national crime figures while highlighting Sullivan county’s comparatively low prison sentries and urging vigilance in upholding law and government.
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Sullivan County
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United States
Jnnge Ferguson
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FBI
Tennessee
Tudge Fergus
Swilivan
Negro on bond charged again in fatal attack at Hazard
James L Wildman Robertson, 25, a Black man freed on bond for a March 1941 murder, was arrested after the body of Bertha Lehman, 27, was found near Hazard. Police say a fountain pen and bloodstains link him. he previously received a life sentence for Sam Raynor’s death and was granted a new trial. Lehman, native of Kingsport and church educator, will be buried at Hazard City Cemetery after services at First Presbyterian Church.
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Sam Raynor
Cornett
Kaynor
Bartha Lehman
First Presbyterian Church
W. H. McCorkle
Robert King
Johnson City
Alton B. Glasure
Georgia
Miss Lehman
Hazard
City
L. P. Gregory
Clarence Bryan
S. W. Williams
J. 5. Roper
James E. Wright
Henry Collins
Wiliam Highsmith
Temes T. Duncan
Model Sobs As Witness Talks In Slaying Trial
New York reports Madeline Webb, a dark haired model, sobbed as the state's star witness described a nervous encounter with her soon after the alleged slaying of Mrs. Susan Reich. The trial in general sessions court includes Shonbrun, Cullen, and Webb among those present at the Sutton Hotel suite on March 4, with Hirschl testifying and noting Webb's involvement.
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New York
Madeline Webb
Susan Flore Reich
Miss Webb
Stillswater
Okla
Hli Shonbrun
John D. Cullen
General Sessions
Hotel Sudow
Murray Hirsehl
Shonbrun
Timony
Hirsehl
Sutton
Reich
Hirschl
Jacob Grumet
Eli Shonbrun
Sutton Hotel
John Cullen
Misa Webb
German Warship Torpedoed and Kharkov Drive Intensifies
The Associated Press reports a major Red Army push toward Kharkov with heavy German losses and a rising Russian toll. Britain hints at a second European front as RAF torpedoes Prinz Eugen near Norway, while Kerch and Kharkov fronts show shifting battle lines and high casualties. Cripps presses for an offensive in the war’s decisive stage.
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