Small world prayers from home and skywriting notes
A Florida column recalls a potted flower gift sent from serviceman Ramon to his mother Alice Smith with help from the Army Exchange Service of the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association of Detroit. Readers debate a cirrus cloud rumor as aviation exhaust sparked by a plane is suggested, while a letter from Ansel Summers in Australia jokes about avoiding military secrets and hints at war-time misdirection.
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Alice Smith
E. Bowers Street
Ramon
India
Army Exchange Service
Florists Telegraph Delivery
Detroit
Lloyd Whisler
Laurelville
Whisler
John Herron
Logan
Ansel Summers
Millie Summers
Gore
Australia
Ansel
FDR Says Russia Receives Most Lend Lease Aid
President Roosevelt disclosed that Russia got the largest share of lend lease items, totaling $11.1 billion in aid over just over two years. Through March the Soviet Union received $1.041 billion in planes tanks motor vehicles ammunition ordnance and water craft to help defeat Nazi forces.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Soviet Union
del Hork
Rispral
Congress
Akron rubber strike halts production across three firms
Three major rubber plants in Akron suspend output as CIO workers idle climbs to 49,000 amid a War Labor Board wage dispute. Pickets barrier gates at Goodyear No. 1 plant, some ejected. Goodyear says 19,000 CIO URW idle, 14,000 at Goodrich, 17,000 at Firestone. Army urges resumed work. Mitchell warns stoppage endangers armed forces.
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Akron
CIO
War Labor Board
War Department
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
United Rubber
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
B. F. Goodrich Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Mitchell
Sherman H. Dalrymple
International Urw
Washington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Cio-United Rubber Workers Union
International
Nations rationing may revive food distribution plan
Hot Springs Va May 25 The U S delegation to an international food conference suggested possible government sponsored increases in food for workers beyond their ration cards The memorandum noted revival of the food stamp program and similar distribution measures As conference advisers from the Agriculture Department said thought had been given to reviving government distribution to supplement consumer rationing
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Hot Springs
U. S
International Food Conference
Agriculture Department
Catholic Leader Dies in Cleveland at 78
Msgr. Joseph F. Smith pastor of St. John's cathedral and vicar general of the Cleveland Catholic diocese dies at age 78 in Cleveland on May 25.
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Cleveland
Msgr
Joseph F. Smith
St. John’s Cathedral
Cleveland Catholic Diocese
Faint Hope For Pay Go Plan At U S Capitol
Washington May 25 A Democratic push to resolve House Senate tax pay as you go talks offers faint hope as conferees struggle to unite on a plan. Senator Byrd urged continued effort while Senator Walsh warned the deadlock may be hopeless as a revised compromise to abate the first 100 of taxes and tax 25 percent of the remainder for 1942 or 1943 loomed before the group.
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Washington
House
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Walsh
Dmass
Critics Lou Dopa Stands Pat on OPA in Capitol Test
Washington May 25 The Office of Price Administration chief Prentiss M Brown defended the 400 million dollar federal subsidy program to cut meat butter and coffee prices by 10 percent at a closed House Appropriations Committee hearing Brown backed the price ceiling system and sought 1 400 new inspectors to combat black markets He denied mass resignations in the OPA food price division noting two resignations due to policy differences and four others leaving for other reasons
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
House Appropriations Committee
Brown
OPA
Capitol Hill
Edsel Ford III Reported Still in Critical Condition
Detroit May 25 reports Edsel Ford III, 49 year old president of Ford Motor Company and son of Henry Ford, remains in critical condition with undulant fever.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Henry Ford
Foul play suspected in mysterious woman death near Wauseon
A badly mutilated unidentified woman, dressed in a Muller & Bluett suit and dark fur, was found on New York Central tracks near Wauseon Ohio. Coroner Warner believed she died before a freight train struck her, weighing about 120 pounds, five feet four inches, with no purse found. Sheriff Irwin said no clues to her identity.
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Wauseon, O
New York Central
Here
H. M. Warner
Lester Irwin
Muller & Bluett
Los Angeles
Ohio House takes up ride share driver liability bill
Ohio legislators consider a bill exempting share a ride automobile drivers from responsibility for passenger safety after Senate approval. Debate centers on whether the measure can reach final passage before the week ends amid a broad legislative push to finish work.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Senate
New Gasoline Crisis Dominates Washington Outlook
The Associated Press report from Washington on May 25 notes a new gasoline crisis along the industrial Atlantic seaboard causing broad government concern. The Office of Defense Transportation ordered sharp cuts in east delivery services and halted home luxury deliveries, while truck routes were realigned. Officials warn the six-day pipeline halt from the West worsens the situation as Congress wrestles with tax, foreign trade, labor, and war-related issues.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Congress
Senate
U S Pressures Japanese on Attu Island Stronghold
American forces tightened pressure on trapped Japanese remnants on Attu, fighting from caves and ridges as U S fighter planes repelled potential air support. Navy reports say several enemy positions were liquidated and a few U S planes were lost with one rescued pilot.
War Production Board freezes fashion for women
Washington May 25 The War Production Board announces a decree halting production of several women's garments to preserve wardrobes and curb non essential purchases. It bans double breasted suits jackets culottes skating skirts reversible or quilted skirts dresses with vent backs and epaulets. The rule splits fabric use into body basic and trimming allowance with specific size limits and trimming quantities.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
May seen promising anti-submarine efforts says Knox
Navy Secretary Knox reported that May has been a very encouraging month for anti-submarine warfare though he cautioned against drawing conclusions for the future as shipping loss rates vary.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Rome Receiving Refugees from Southern Boot
Thousands of bomb dazed refugees flee north from southern Italy and from Mediterranean islands as American warplanes strike Sardinia Sicily Pantelleria and the Italian mainland. Rome reports thousands arriving to escape Allied bombardment and Cagliari district abandonments amid the aerial offensive. Invasions jitters and Russia updates follow as Nazi and Soviet forces brace for potential major actions.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Sicily
Pantelleria
Switzerland
Rome
Cagliari
Sardinia Island
Navy Says Attu Bombers Likely Destroyed
The Navy reported that seven of sixteen Japanese twin engine bombers entering the Attu battle area Sunday were probably destroyed, adding to five already listed as definitely destroyed.
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Washington
Navy
Attu
Allied air blitz and ground pressure drive Pacific and Europe
Bombers from Gen. MacArthur strike a major Japanese base at Rabaul dropping 16 tons of bombs and starting fires visible from 100 miles. Allied raiders hit four more enemy strongholds while American troops force tighter pressure on Attu and reveal miles of new trenches at Kiska. In Europe, Allied planes increase attacks along the invasion trail toward Italy where Crown Prince Umberto is quoted by the British.
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Attu Island
U. S
Navy
Attu
Douglas MacArthur
Rabauk
New Britain
Rabaul
United Nations
Gasmata
Koepang
Timor Island
Lae
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Southwest
Pacific
MacArthur
Kiska
Europe
Italy
Crown Prince
Umberto
Midwest flood threat unabated in six-state area
The Mississippi and Illinois rivers continue a relentless surge across Illinois and Missouri. A 125 mile Mississippi front from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau and 100 miles of Illinois from Peoria to its junction with the Father of Waters threaten more damage. Crops, property, livestock suffer as hundreds are driven from homes. homelessness is about 160000 with 17 dead confirmed.
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Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
Midwest
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Peoria
Ill
Red
WLB Moves Toward Quick Action in Miners Wage Case
The War Labor Board may issue a decision today in the soft coal wage dispute. Some members favor granting miners higher vacation pay and removing charges for electric cap lamps and tool purchases. Provisions for a full six day week are discussed, while operators seek oral argument but the board shows little delay tolerance.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Eleven Ohio Counties to Blackout Tuesday
Eleven northern Ohio counties with major war industries will blackout Tuesday night during an air raid defense rehearsal. The exact alert time is secret but expected between 9 and 11 PM Eastern War Time, with tests ending by 11. Counties listed include Lorain Medina Geauga Trumbull and others.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Lorain
Medina
Petagell Geauga
Trumbull
Seed
Biana
Bellefontaine Adopts Fast Time Change
Bellefontaine, Ohio moves away from the state official slow time policy on May 25, adopting a fast time standard per local reports. The decision shifts public clocks and schedules to align with a quicker timekeeping approach.
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Bellefontaine
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