Flashes Of Life and odd local notes from across the nation
A Salisbury tale reports a former air raft warning tower collapsing on Bert Clark as he frees the structure, followed by his self-repair and casual farming tasks. Other briefs include Navy Ensign James S. McKelvy’s service across services and a Tucson protest over a bathing-suit bus image. A Chicago car squeak incident ends with a humane cat rescue, and a Chicago family notes a 20-foot apricot tree likely grown from a dropped stone years ago.
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Associated Press
Spirit of Pioneers
Salisbury
Conn
Airraft Warning Service
Bert Clark
Clark
Chicago
W. A. Herbster
Herbster
Louisiana Press Association Opens 64th Convention in Bastrop
Delegates head to Bastrop for the Louisiana Press Association 64th annual convention with a banquet at Louisiana Hotel hosted by Nathan Bolton. Sessions cover postwar planning and wartime editorial issues with Governor Sam H. Jones and Governor-elect Jimmie Davis among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Louisiana Press Association
Louisiana Hotel
Nathan Bolton
Morehouse Enterprise
Marvin N. Lipp
Oak Grove
Association
J. H. Fore
Bunkie
Louisiana
Sam H. Jones
Morehouse Country Club
Jimmie Davis
Albert S Hartly
National Editorial Association
Floyd Hockenhull
Circulation Management
Chicago
C. R. F. Smith
Office of War Information
Washington, D. C
Campbell B. Hodges
Louisiana State University
Press Association
Inter National Paper Company
Mer Rouge
Three Louisiana Men Are Killed in Unspecified Incident
Three men from Louisiana were killed in a recent incident as authorities investigated the circumstances. The victims’ names and exact location were not disclosed in the available text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Pacific Fleet Crushes Truk and Hollandia Garrison Forces
The United States Pacific Fleet reports heavy blows against Truk and Hollandia. Carrier aircraft destroyed numerous enemy planes, while battleships and cruisers shelled targets in the Carolines and Dutch New Guinea area. Losses were light and no warships damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Hollandia
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Carolines
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Sixth Army
Lane
Guos
Tig
Satawar
J. B
Labor Federation Criticizes Draft Policy And Army Statements
The American Federation of Labor denounces inconsistent draft guidance from Army and Navy officials as harming public morale. The council condemns haphazard enlistment policies and calls for clearer national service direction amid wartime tensions. A separate Shreveport restraining order seeks to bar certain rent actions by Mew J A Walker on two Mourtree properties under OPA limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Federation of Labor
Army
Navy
Executive Council
Shrevefort. Ls
Mew
J. A. Walker
Rat Mourtree
United States
Itn
Miss Marie Amman Dies After Short Illness at 55
Miss Marie Evelina Amman 55 daughter of Mrs M B Amman and the late Joseph C Amman died after a short illness in a local hospital Tuesday night. Funeral from 602 Jackson street Thursday at 9 45 am to St Matthew church for 10 am services. Interment in Catholic Cemetery directed by Peters Funeral Service. Survived by mother two sisters Mrs RR Wool Moriree and Mrs William Lavin Gulfport plus nephews and nieces. Pallbearers named: Mayor H H Beenot Theo Keller Philip Bernhardt A D Berbhard David Silverstern Ulysse Rivoire.
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Marie Evelina Amman
M. B. Amman
Joseph C. Amman
Jackson Street
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Peters
Miss Amman
William Lavin
Gulfport
Miss
Fred Amman
Joe Amman
Charles Amman
Magdalen Amiman
Robert
Elizabeth Ann Wood
Evelyn Amman
Chase-Amiman
DeSiard Street
H. H Beenot
Theo Keller
Philip Bernhardt
A. D. Berbhard
David Silverstern
Ulysse Rivoire
Soviet Air Force Sinks Five Axis Ships
Soviet air forces claim five Axis vessels were sunk on the eastern front near Crimea and Transnistria. Moscow says bombing raids destroyed rail hub Lwow and damaged enemy forces, with 36 Axis planes and two German tanks reported destroyed across fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Air Force
Crimea
Lwow
Old Poland
Moscow
Berlin
NBC
Red Army
Kowel
Kowel-Lain Radeout
Sala
Transpal
Dower Dnestr
Stanislawow
Asts
Tiraspal
Europe
Eins Aid Sone
Axis
Hill Wins Nomination in Alabama and Pepper Gains in Florida
In Alabama Senator Lister Hill secured renomination over James A. Simpson with 106,608 votes to 85,928 as returns from 21 percent of boxes showed Hill backed by Roosevelt policies. In Florida Senator Claude Pepper extended his lead over four opponents in the Democratic primary with 190,824 votes from 1,007 precincts as late returns indicated a potential outright win.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lister Hill
Alabama
James A. Simpson
Roosevelt
House
Joe Starnes
Guntersville
Dies
Carter Manasco
Jasper
John Newsome
Starnes
Albert Rains
Gadsden
Simpson
Hill
Jacksonville
Fla
Claude Pepper
Florida
Pepper
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Washington
Lex Green
Commandos strike new blow in Burma
British air borne commandos struck at Japanese communications in Burma and knocked out 40 miles of the Mandalay to Myitkyina railway near Indaw. It is the second Chindit sortie on the Indian front with hopes of aiding General Stilwell’s forces advancing on Myitkyina. The Allied review noted heavy air strikes on the Gokteik viaduct and the Shweli bridge, with bombs hitting towers and piers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Burma
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Indaw
Southeast Asia Command
Joseph W
Gokkteik
Mandalay
Shweli Bridge
Bhamo
Lashio
Gokteik
Meat Ration Free For Most Cuts As OPA Lowers Points
The Office of Price Administration announced a broad lift of meat rationing effective at midnight. Most pork veal lamb and mutton and most beef cuts except steaks and roasts become ration free. Households must stretch red points over four weeks instead of two due to supply shifts and policy changes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bowles
Draft plan: costello predicts many under 26 to be drafted
Representative Costello says selective service will induct many men under 26 this year with 1,10,900 under 26 deferred for farm or essential industry work. He notes about 750,000 non fathers were in class 1-A ready for induction and that the navy and army will need roughly 1,385,000 men for 1944.
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Washington
Representative Costello
California
Selective Service
Costello
House
Armed Services
Navy
Big Little Guy Hate K P Duty In New Guinea Camp
United States Fifth Air Force quarters recount two privates, Bryan Bitsy Geant of Atlanta and Harry Glass Jr. of Grand Rapids, plotting to become corporals while opposing K P duty. They boast past fame in tennis and politics as they joke about Congress speeches to end the duty.
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United States
Fifth Air Force
New Guinea
Mveas
Oie
K. P
Sweden
Gross
Congress
Mane
Bryan Bitsy Geant
Avlanta
Harry Glass, Jr
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Young Democrats
Ford Plant in Canada Is Idle
Windsor Ontario May 3 The giant Ford plants in Canada are idle after a mass meeting where United Automobile Workers voted to halt work over grievance procedure disputes. Picket lines returned as workers learned of the decision. The stoppage follows a previous 19 day halt, tied to National War Labor Board proposals and union resistance to its grievance rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
United Automobile Workers Union
National Wartime Labor Relations Board
Ottawa
Roy England
George Burt
Chicago
International Board
Burt
Union 18
Thomas MacLean
Chrysler
General Motors
High Water Threat Grows Across Mississippi Basin
May 3. Weather Bureau forecasts crest stages along the Mississippi below Natches and Atchafalaya delayed to May 14. Flood waters recede south to Cape Girardeau as Texas and Missouri face heavy rains, high rivers, and livestock losses. East Texas Neches three miles wide. Trinity Sabine rivers under warning. 1,679 families to require rehabilitation this year.
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New Orleans
United State Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Natches
Atchafalaya
Red River
Atehafalaya
Cape Girardeau
Texas
Trinity
Bravos
Sabine
Missouri
Kansas
Theatel Cenex
St Louis
Allied Report Details Japanese Coastal Vessel Losses
General MacArthur’s headquarters says 1,727 Japanese coastal vessels have been sunk and 3,548 damaged since 1942, paralyzing efforts to supply and evacuate the 17th and 18th armies in New Guinea and nearby areas. Small craft losses threaten thousands of troops with dwindling rations and medical supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advanced Allied
New Guinea
Iup
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
New Ireland
Solomons
Sbmarrnes
Japan
Philippines
China
Empire Leaders Rally in London Unity Speech at No 10
Churchill opens talks with empire premiers urging unity to solve common problems and keep the British Empire solid. Smuts Curtin Fraser Noon and King stress cooperation and shared purpose in wartime.
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London
Churchill
Empire
No. 10 Downing Street
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
Great Britain
John Curtin
Australia
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Pacific
Indias
Firoz Khan Noon
India
Manship to Head Overseas Censorship Duties
Charles P. Manship, Baton Rouge publisher and London director of censorship, says he will serve in the war effort in any capacity. He plans to leave for Washington then join duties abroad with British postal censorship and information on press censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Charles P. Manship
London
Office of Censorship
Manship
Washington
Postal and Telegraph
Ministry of Information
Air Offensive Expands Across Western Europe On Day 19
Allied air operations stretch into the 19th day with American Liberators bombing Pas de Calais for the fourth straight day while Italy based Mosquitos hit Genoa and Leverkusen. British raids hit Acheres yards near Paris as RAF heavies target rail lines and ports in northern Italy.
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Pas de Calais
France
Genoa
Italy
Britain
Leverkusen
Cologne
Bay of Biscay
Reich
Federal Communications Commission
Germany
Continent
Munich
Air Ministry
Acheres
Paris
RAF Heavies
Piacenza
Turin
Venice
Milan
la Spezia
Lieutenant Hanes flies damaged bomber home after raid
First Lieutenant Eugene C. Hanes of Birmingham piloted the Flying Fortress Dearly Beloved back to England on two engines after two were shot out over Huls Germany. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for the feat and spoke of a tail gunner’s plea helping him reach home. Hanes, instructor at Alexandria army air field, is married to Wilma Nell Clifton of Millsaps College. West Monroe man Richard Pringle, motor mate second class, US Navy, is listed as killed.
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Alexandria
Eugene C. Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
England
Huls
Germany
Alexandria Army Air Field
Hees
Hanes
J.C. Hanes
Sixth Aveniue
West
Wilma Nell. Clifton
Ethel
Miss
Millsaps College
Jackson
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Bt al
Gar Wood
Miami Beach
A. P. Wirephoto
State College
Penn State
James S. McKelvy
Ardmore
Marines
Fort Bragg
N C
Tucson
Ariz
Purving Motor Chicago
L. B. Schwartz
Anti-Cruelty Society
Labor Federation
Monroe
Poursh Paey
Guy
K. P. Duty
FORD
British Empire
Belgium
Ministry of Economic Warfare
West Monroe
Navy Department
Naval Force
Richard Pringle
United States Navy
Luther Pringle
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