Tito Interview Story Held Up By Mediterranean Censors
An Associated Press interview with Yugoslav leader Tito was blocked by Allied Mediterranean command censors in Algiers despite assurances of no political censorship. The delay followed telegrams from Kent Cooper and reports that Tito's questions submitted by AP were barred, fueling tensions over press access in the theater.
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Associated Press
Josip Broz
Tito
Mediterranean
Algiers
Washington
War Department
Wilson
Dwight D
New York
Cooper
Morton
Bari
Italy
Kennedy
de Luce
Yugoslavia
al de Luce
Intead
Nhile
Bong Picked as Gunnery Instructor Faces Mixed Feelings
Maj. Richard Bong will train fighter pilots in gunnery but voices reluctance about the assignment. He just returned from the southwest Pacific after breaking no official record, and attends a war department gunnery course before heading home to Poplar Wisconsin for Mothers Day.
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Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Southwest Pacific
Pentagon
War Department
Washington
Gen
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Hollandia
New Guinea
Bong
Eddie Rickenbacker
Marge Vattendahl
Marge
Judge Drops Ward Injunction Petition Without Prejudice
Federal Judge William H. Holly dismissed the government petition to restrain Montgomery Ward and Company officials from interfering with federal operation of the Chicago plants. The dismissal was without prejudice, leaving open the possibility of a future action. The court had previously signaled the case was dismissed after Tuesday actions returning properties to the firm.
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Chicago
William H. Holly
County Parks Open Sunday In Wisconsin County
The county park commission announces Wat erloo Onalaska and Holmen parks open Sunday. Additions include three fireplaces at Waterloo and Onalaska plus a shelter house at Waterloo and Onalaska. Equipment repainted and parks prepared for summer. Commission invites public use and preservation. Members Briggs secretary Nic He Henge and Frank Kaul.
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County Park Commission
Waterloo
Onalaska
Holmen
Waterloo Park
Onaa
Publc
Briggs
Nic He Henge
Frank Kaul
Blue Eagle Air Force members in RAF night raids on Berlin
The British air service command disclosed that American air force personnel on detached service with the RAF flew in Berlin night bombing missions months before the first U.S. raid. The unit known as the Blue Eagle Air Force included RAF trained pilots and crew who later returned to the AAF after the United States entered the war.
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Berlin
United States
British Air Service Command
RAF
Blue Eagle Air Force
Blue Eagles
Craftsmen ee enn ued ade okt eee bossed L
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Wife Wins Divorce from Joe DiMaggio
Mrs. Joe DiMaggio, formerly Dorothy Arnold, obtains a divorce from Joe DiMaggio after alleging cruel indifference. Superior Judge Stanley Mosk grants child custody of Joseph Paul DiMaggio Jr., age two, approves a $14,400 property settlement, and assigns Mrs. DiMaggio rights to a trust fund. DiMaggio serves as a sergeant in the army air forces at Hamilton Field.
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Los Angeles
Joe DiMaggio
Dorothy Arnold
New York Yankee
A. Stanley Mosk
di Maggio
Joseph Paul di Maggio Jr
Army Air Forces
Hamilton Field
Labor Vote Set at Allis-Chalmers Plants Springfield IL
A national labor relations board election is scheduled for May 23 to decide which bargaining group will represent about 3,000 workers at two Allis-Chalmers plants in Springfield. The CIO affiliated United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America Local 120 District 50 of the United Mine Workers compete after a contract with the CIO group expired April 15 and an extension covers current operations.
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Springfield
Lll
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
Local 120
District 50
United Mine Workers
Allis-Chalmers
CIO Group
Cheese grading plan sought in Wisconsin
Mil ton H. Button, head of the Wisconsin department of agriculture, said he asked Fred M. Vinson, head of the Office of Economic Stabilization, to grant the War Food Administration authority to immediately establish federal grades for Swiss cheese.
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Madison
Wis
Milton H. Button
State Department of Agriculture
Fred M. Vinson
Office of Economic Stabilization
War Food Administration
Gold first found in Alaska by a Russian settler
A fragmentary note recalls earliest gold discovery in Alaska attributed to a Russian settler, indicating initial exploration activities and rough historical context of the Klondike era origins.
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Alaska
Cottler
Plan Full Program Of Activities Here In War Recruiting Campaign
Celebration of the second anniversary of the Women’s Army Corps is under way in La Crosse with a weekend schedule of events for Wac age women. An aviation cadet group will visit Saturday for an air demonstration at French Island airport under Civil Air Patrol, with 2 pm show led by Lieut. C. L. McCall. Sunday features Army film screenings at Vocational auditorium. Monday offers a Camp McCoy tour, barracks inspection, and Wac mess activities with 1 pm departure from the Federal Building. Reservations for free transport available at the Wac recruiting office.
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Women’s Army Corps
la Crosse
Uncle Sam
Wac
Donald A. Vetter
Army Air Corps
Milwaukee
Civil Air Patrol
French Island
C. L. McCall
ACP
Federal Building
Army
Vocational
McCoy
Wacs
Camp McCoy
Mitchell to Speak at Wisconsin Education-Labor Meet
President Rexford S. Mitchell of the La Crosse State Teachers College will speak at 1 pm on The View point of Education at the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor and Wisconsin Education Association conference in Milwaukee. The afternoon topics include Common Problems of Education and Labor and a labor Viewpoints presentation by Jack Friedrick before a group discussion. George A. Haberman will preside. Detective mention of Mitchell attending a Madison board of normal school regents meeting follows.
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Mitchell
Wisconsin
Labor
Rexford S. Mitchell
la Crosse State Teachers College
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Wisconsin Education Association
Hotel Schroeder
Milwaukee
Jack Friedrick
Milwaukee Federated Trades Council
George A. Haberman
State Federation of J
Board of Normal School Regents
Madison
Allied Invasion Push Opens With Massive Bombardment
Allied forces launched a major assault along the Italian front with a heavy artillery barrage as Hitler line defenses were fortified with steel and concrete. The operation proceeded under continuous air and patrol cover, despite difficult terrain and weather, with regrouping completed smoothly and minimal enemy interference reported.
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Hitler Line
Eles Miele
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
8Th Army
Europe
Washington
War Department
Pean
Wisconsin Central Airlines to link Clintonville and Chicago
Plan to operate commercial air service between Clintonville Wisconsin and Chicago announced by Walter A Olen president of Four Wheel Drive Auto Co noting airline incorporation by organizers.
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PLAN
Clintonville
Wis
Wisconsin Central Airlines
Chicago
Walter A. Olen
Four Wheel Drive Auto Co
Night club operator killed in Wisconsin crash
Jefferson Davis Singleton aged 53 who ran a Land O Lakes night club died when his car veered off highway 10 near Fremont Wisconsin into a ditch. He was alone. Coroner Kyle Anderson of Waupaca county ordered an inquest.
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Freemont
Wis
Jefferson Davis Singleton
Land O'Lakes
Highway 10
Singleton
Kyle Anderson
Waupaca County
Brazil's Catholic Core Meets Freedom of Worship
A fragmented report notes Brazil's strong Catholic heritage while pointing to tensions around freedom of worship and potential conflicts between church influence and religious liberty in a diverse society.
No Midwesterners On GOP Speaking Program
Col Robert R McCormick publisher of the Chicago Tribune said he will urge Republican leaders to add Midwest voices to the nominating convention program in Chicago set for June 26. The announced roster lists Earl Warren Jo Martin Hoover and Clare Boothe Luce with Warren as temporary chair and keynoter and Martin as permanent chair. He notes two speakers from the far west and two from the east, highlighting Midwestern underrepresentation.
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Washington
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Midwest
Chicago
Earl Warren
California
Joseph Martin
Mass
House
Hoover
Clare Boothe Luce
Conn
Far West
McCormick
Firm's Employees To Receive $16,000 Bonus At Dinner
Ed Phillips and Sons Distributing Corp in Crosse announces bonuses totaling 16000 dollars for eleven employees. Individual awards range from 126 to 1200 dollars, approved by the National War Labor Board. Officers include Louis Ebin, Irving Levy, Lewis Phillips, and Leonard Brinkman. Jules Ebin and Levy hold army posts in the quartermaster corps. The firm started in 1931 and incorporated in 1936. Additional benefits include yearly Christmas bonuses, group insurance and hospitalization.
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Ed Phillips and Sons Distributing Corp
Crosse
Walt’s
3Rd
Mississippi
National War Labor Board
Jay Phillips
Jules Ebin
Louis Ebin
Wisconsin
Irving Levy
Lewis Phillips
Leonard Brinkman
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Jeffersonville
Ind
Levy
Fort Dix
N. J
England Secures Dutch Colonies for Six Million Pounds
England obtained the Dutch Colonies of Guinea and the Cape of Good Hope for six million pounds in an apparently decisive transfer. The sale marks a major shift in colonial holdings and commercial strategy between rival powers.
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England
Guinea
Cape of Good Hope
Stalin seen as advocate of freedom of conscience by priest
Springfield priest Father Stanislaus Orlemanski, after a Moscow visit, quotes Stalin as deeming persecution of the Catholic church inadmissible and says cooperation with Pope Pius XII in opposing coercion is possible. He describes Stalin as democratic and open, stressing he acted as a private American citizen on a mission to help Poland.
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Chicago
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Stanislaus Orjemanski
Springfield
Mass
Pius I
Father Orlemanski
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Holy Father
Pius XII
State Department
New York
Kremlin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Catholic Church
United States State Department
Poland
Stalin
James M. Lawler
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Newsweek
Father Lawler
Michael J. Ready
Midwest corn freeze order may be lifted
Washington said Marvin Jones war food administrator stated the Midwest corn sales ban to non government industrial use could be lifted if conditions remain undistributed for the next days.
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Midwest
Washington
Marvin Jones
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