President Roosevelt mourns Navy Secretary Knox death
President Roosevelt, resting after weeks in the south, expresses deep sorrow over the sudden death of Navy Secretary Frank Knox. He notes Knox’s vital role in defense and in turning toward victory, calling Knox a “heavy loss” to the country and to him personally.
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Roosevelt
South
Navy
Frank Knox
Southland
Cloep
France
Knox
White House
Knox death shades Washington as nation mourns Navy secretary
Washington observes a national day of mourning for Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. President Roosevelt leads official grief as Knox is laid to rest at Arlington. Acting Secretary James V. Forrestal eyed to succeed. Congress will hold off on filling the post until after the funeral.
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International News Service
Washington
Navy
Frank Knox
Tractors and Horses On Lawrence County Farms
PA NEWC notes spring plowing with tractors and some farms still using horses. Monday will be Muay Day. City crews urge residents to keep streets clean and use proper waste receptacles. Temperature nears freezing with frost predicted tonight and warmer weather expected tomorrow. Out at Harlansburg on Sunday, another Lawrence county community honor roll will be on.
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Lawrence County
Harlansburg
Forrestal Seen as Navy Secretary Pick After Knox Death
Congressional leaders expect Acting Secretary James V. Forrestal to be Roosevelt’s wartime Navy Secretary choice after the death of Frank Knox. No immediate move will be made until Knox’s funeral with full military honors at Arlington.
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Army
Navy
Knox
Armed Forces
Forrestal
Washington
James V. Forrestal
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Arlington National Cemetery
Senate
Forrestal Urged as Top Navy Leader for Power Push
The article argues that Forrestal, a seasoned businessman who helped spearhead the vast effort to build the nation’s naval strength, should be appointed to lead. Now 52, he arrived in Washington in 1940 as the first under secretary of the Navy, with plans continuing on page two.
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Forrestal
Washington
Navy
Sen. Ferguson
R. Michigan
Toulon Again Bomber Target Toulon Again Bomber Target NAPLES
Allied air forces attacked Toulon with 250 to 500 Fortresses and Liberators hitting supply docks submarine pens and other military sites in southern France. Fire and explosions were reported by returning crews as Lightnings and Mustangs joined heavy bombers. This was the Mediterranean command's fifth raid on Toulon following a RAF assault on Italian west coast ports the night before.
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Naples
Toulon
Mediterranean Air Force
Mediterranean Command
Piombino
Orbetello
San Stefano
Phone connections to Copenhagen cut by Nazis
Stockholm reports Nazi authorities sever all telephonic links with Copenhagen amid invasion fear. German Gestapo arrests rise as about 800 young Danes are rounded up in a crackdown on underground resistance.
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Copenhagen
Stockholm
Jutland
Daily Weather Report United States Summary
Daily weather report for the 24 hours ending 9 a m notes maximum 58 degrees and minimum 27 with frost and river stage at 7 feet. Figures for the same date last year show a maximum 54 and a minimum 30.
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United States
Pacific Advance Plans Shaping From High Command
CAPT. JOHN H. CRAIGE reports on a pivotal Pacific war conference between General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. The talks, possibly at MacArthur’s Australia HQ, signal moves toward a unified Allied command in the Pacific and a broader joint effort with hints of Halsey’s task force involvement.
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Chester W. Nimitz
MacArthur
New Guinea
U. S. Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Uncle Sam
Washington
Pacific
Australia
William F. Halsey
West Coast of Italy Bombed by Allied Air Attacks
Allied air forces bombed Italian west coast ports Piombino Orbetello and San Stefano along with Genoa. Tremendous fires and explosions hit harbor installations aiding German forces at Anzio. Five Nazi planes were shot down. nine bombers and two others failed to return.
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International News Service
Naples
RAF Wellington
Liberator
Piombino
Orbetello
San Stefano
Anzio
Henry Maitland Wilson
Genoa
Italy
Allied
Launch of New Essex Class Carrier Bon Homme Richard
The 27100 ton aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard of the Essex class was to be launched at the New York Navy Yard. It was named after the Revolutionary War frigate famed by John Paul Jones and sponsored by Mrs. John S. McCain. The ship completed 15 months after keel laying on February 1, 1942.
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New York
U. S. Bon Homme Richard
John Paul Jones
New York Navy Yard
John S. McCain
McCain
First City Men Leave For Camp
Men summoned for induction into the U S Army by City Board depart for New Cumberland by train to be sworn in and assigned. The first group examined a month ago consists mainly of men under 26, with volunteers from over 26 days leaving amid a large farewell crowd and gifts.
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U. S. Army
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Cumberland
German News Agency Shaken By Big Raid
The German DNB news agency staff were shaken by a Berlin raid. When DNB’s European broadcast resumed after an hour’s silence, the first message was a German communique that appeared to be yesterday’s.
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London
INS
DNB
Berlin
Wewak Again Bomb Blasted In New Guinea Raids
American airmen pounded Wewak and nearby bases in New Guinea and New Britain, preventing Japanese reinforcement plans. Liberators and bombers dropped 188 tons on Wewak airfields and 125 tons on Rabaul, with additional raids on Sorong and Babo as Gen. MacArthur directs further offensives.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
Wewak
New Britain
Bismarck Sea
British New Guinea
Kairiru
Muschu
Rabauls
U. S
Sorong
Babo
Western New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Land Based U S Planes Hit Guam
Land-based army and navy bombers struck Guam for the first time, targeting Japanese installations on the island. Four Liberators of fleet air wing two and the Seventh Army Air Force carried out the raid, with no enemy interceptions despite many planes observed on the ground.
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Pearl Harbor
Guam
mid-Pacific
Fleet Air Wing Two
Seventh Army Air Force
Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Truk
Last of the groups sent to Pittsburgh for pre-induction exams
The final group is sent to Pittsburgh for pre induction physicals. Men from County Board Two and City Boards One and Two were examined this week. Those who pass will receive at least a three week deferment before induction. Most examinees are under 26.
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Pittsburgh
County Board
City Board
Babi
Highland Avenue Resurfacing Planned Next Month
City official Joseph D. Alexander reported that contractor Roy Furman will begin resurfacing North Mill Street and Highland Avenue next month, weather permitting. The work depends on favorable weather conditions and will proceed as soon as conditions are suitable.
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Joseph D. Alexander
City Council
Roy Furman
Waynesburg
Alexander
North Mill Street
Highland Avenue
Montgomery Ward stockholders back chairman amid seizure row
Stockholders of Montgomery Ward reaffirmed support for chairman Sewell Avery after his ouster from offices for defying a government seizure. Wayne C. Taylor said the Treasury will resume relations with the United Retail and Department Store Employes, CIO, and a grievance officer will be appointed. Federal Judge Holly to rule on Ward’s bid to lift a restraining order barring interference with government operations.
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Chicago
Wayne C. Taylor
the Treasury
Montgomery Ward and Company
United Retail
CIO
Sewell Avery
United Retail Union
Ward
Taylor
Samuel Wolchok
War Labor Board
William H. Holly
Nineteen Naval Flyers Dead in Plane Crash Near Flagstaff
A Douglas Navy transport crashed 60 miles southwest of Flagstaff killing 19 of 23 aboard. The craft was en route from the West Coast to Gallup, Kansas, as authorities investigated the disaster in rugged mountain terrain near Soldier Lake.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
INS
Plaestaff Sheriff's Office
Soldier Lake
West Coats
Oalthe
Kans
Burma War Delay Hints Major Operations in Monsoon
Adm Lord Louis Mountbatten said a strong allied counter offensive is mopping up Jop s trans points around Kohima, indicating large-scale land operations in Burma may be delayed until next autumn. Monsoons will curb major actions as the Burma-India situation is reviewed by the supreme allied commander.
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Ceylon
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Kohima
Burma
Burma-India
Vast Orders for Shells and Guns Target Pittsburgh Region
Pittsburgh April 29 Lt Col Robert C Downie head of ordnance in the area says orders for millions of dollars worth of heavy guns and large caliber shells are promised. Production will start as quickly as facilities and equipment can be installed in plants at New Castle Pittsburgh Oil City Homestead McKeesport Carnegie Ambridge Butler Steubenville O Midland Weirton Cumberland. He calls the demand a challenge to the Pittsburgh area and to its people, noting Pittsburgh’s role in steel and armaments.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
Robert C. Downie
New Castle
Oil City
Homestead
McKeesport
Carnegie
Ambridge
Butler
Steubenville
O. Midland
Weirton
Cumberland
Roosevelt Promise Of 1940 Is Assailed
Rep Clare Booth Luce accuses President Roosevelt of deceiving the public about staying out of foreign wars despite his 1940 pledge. She spoke to the Fairfield County Women's Republican Association in Putnam Connecticut outlining concerns over intervention and Japan.
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Putnam, Conn
INS
Roosevelt
Clare Booth Luce
Fairfield County Women's Republican Association
Japan
Military police withdraw from Ward plant in Chicago
Military police were called Wednesday to enforce a government seizure order on Montgomery Ward & Company properties in Chicago. The order, issued by Under Secretary Warne Chatfield Taylor, directed seizure and management of the assets, and police were withdrawn today.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Congress
Montgomery Ward and Company
Mr. Roosevelt
International News Service
Chicago
INS
Montgomery Ward & Company
Warne Chatfield Taylor
Von Papen to Seek Peace Through Ankara Mediation
Reuters reported from Zurich that Franz von Papen, former Reich chancellor, will begin peace negotiations with the Allies via Ankara intermediaries after a visit to Hitler headquarters. The German ambassador to Turkey is expected at Hitler's base and to return to Ankara promptly.
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London
INS
Adolf Hitler
Franz von Papen
Ankara
Reuters
Zurich
Turkey
Madrid
Heavy U S Bombers Strike Berlin In Major Raid
U S heavy bombers in very great strength dropped more than 2 500 tons of bombs on Berlin. About 750 to 1 000 bombers with an equal number of fighters hit military targets in the Reich areas near the capital. Allies reported strong fighter escort and extensive fires and damage in central Berlin as the raid continued.
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London
U. S
Berlin
Reich
Nazidom
Axis Sources Forecast Drive Toward Warsaw and Baltic States
Axis sources say bitter fighting rages in Romania with an imminent Soviet offensive toward Warsaw and the Baltic states. The Moscow bulletin reports no changes on the Russian front as German and Rumanian communists claim fierce battles north of last. A Romanian notice admits local penetrations by Ko net’s tank troops while dispatches note a Prut crossing south of Isa.
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London
Romania
Warsaw
Baltic States
Lwow
Moscow War Bulletin
Ivan S. Konet
Moscow
Prut
Isa
Summer Heat Lifts Spirits in Warm Weather Note
The scene describes a warm day with temperatures near eighty degrees. Trees burst with foliage, hedges bustle, skies are blue, and the world feels good as summer arrives and the air turns hot.
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