Drastic Cuts In Retail Deliveries Under 0.D.1 Order
Roosevelt orders conference with Harold Ickes as east coast gasoline shortage worsens. Office of Defense Transportation bans retail deliveries of 15 commodities and slashes wholesale deliveries in 13 eastern states and DC, with Sunday deliveries halted except for essential items. Newspapers still receive some protections. 40 percent mileage cut applies to commercial trucks, buses, and taxis. Delivery routes must be rearranged to avoid overlap while limits per week per origin-destination are set by commodity.
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Williane FE. Zimmerman
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Office of Defense Transportation
Columbia
ODT
Prisit
Beaver Falls Passes Curfew Ordinance For Minors
A curfew ordinance was approved in Beaver Falls amid debate over 11 pm curfews for minors after a second show. An objector argued youths are too sophisticated for early theater times, but the measure passed, reflecting wartime social controls. Local serviceman First Lieutenant Howard Gates reports on a pottery pastime among troops, noting a Shenango Pottery discovery in his Middle East station.
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Beaver Falls
Panivone
Howard Gates
J. G. Gates
Euclid Avenue
Crates
Middle East
Shenango Pottery
Daily Weather Report Summary Nineteen Twenty Five
United States weather data for the 24 hour period ending at nine am shows a maximum temperature of 65 and a minimum of 58 with 0.36 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 7.3 feet. Compare this with the same date last year when the high was 63, the low 43, and no precipitation.
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United States
Five Point World Strategy Plan Seen By Roosevelt and Churchill
Washington reports Roosevelt and Churchill nearing completion of a five point grand strategy plan for Axis offense this year. The program emphasizes beat Hitler first, intensified European air warfare, a limited summer invasion and next spring land drive, a strong air assault on Japan, and tentative plans to retake Burma and open a land route to China.
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Kingsbury Smith
I.n.s Suez
Washington
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
White House
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Japan
Burma
China
Mediterranean
Knox Reports Japs Corraled On Attu Peninsula
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox said American forces on Attu have corraled the Japanese on a peninsula and fighting on the Aleutian outpost is ongoing. He noted the two waves of Jap bombers could be from Kurile bases and revealed seabees are aiding on Attu by delivering supplies ashore as amphibious operations continue.
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Joseph A. Bors
SON. S. Starf
Washington
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Attu Island
Aleutians
Knox
Attu
Kiska
Pacific
Navy
Kuriles
Plans complete for dedication of memorial plaque
Fred C Duff chairman of the committee announces all arrangements for the memorial plaque dedication to armed forces members killed in the present war are complete Judge W Walter Braham will deliver the dedicatory address from a platform at Court and East Washington streets The plaque is in place at the courthouse lawn corner The idea originated with the county commissioners and a committee of World War veterans led by Commander Duff of the Perry S Gaston post American Legion The program follows the veterans return from Greenwood cemetery around 3 o clock Sunday afternoon Details will be announced later in the week
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Fred C. Duff
George H. Bolinger
William R. Wallon
Joseph F. Travers
W. Walter Braham
Court
East
Washington
Court House Lawn
World War Veterans Organizations
Duff
Perry S. Gaston Post
American Legion
Greenwood Cemetery
Bombings Cut Production of Nazi Industry
Allied aerial bombardments of Germany have reduced German heavy industries and armament works by at least twenty percent since May 1941. Damages in the Ruhr, including Dortmund and floods from Moehne and Eder dam blasts, amplify the impact, supporting Churchill’s wartime bombing strategy.
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William ‘Wade
U.S
London
Germany
Reich War Industries
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Economic Warfare Ministry
Ruhr
Dortmund
Moehne
Eder
Winston Churchill
Washington
Chungking May Be Jap Objective
China braces for a renewed Japanese push toward Chungking as Yaangtze river threats grow. Chinese forces resist west of Yuyangkwan while guerrillas harry Nipponese supply lines and a recent communique notes defense works destroyed east of Ichang on the Yangtze’s right flank.
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International News Service
Chungking
China
Yangtze
Yuyangkwan
Wufeng
Enshih
Uits
Ichang
Navy official calls Atlantic anti submarine warfare encouraging
Under secretary of Navy Frank Knox declared that American anti submarine warfare in the Atlantic is making very encouraging progress. He cautioned that this type of warfare moves in fits and starts with ups and downs.
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Iiternational News Service
Washington
Frank Knox
Atlantic
Edsel Ford Ill. Detroit reports serious condition
Suffering from undulant fever and recurring stomach trouble, Edsel Ford, 49, president of Ford Motor Company and son of Henry Ford, was reported seriously ill in Detroit on May 25. The illness includes a recurrence of a stomach disorder for which he was operated on in 1942.
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Edsel Ford
International News Service
Detroit
Easel Ford
Ford Motor ‘Company
Henry Ford
Dortmund Is Said To Be Dead City After Bomb Raids
Allied aircraft swept the Dover Straits toward the continent at night striking at Axis war industry. Observers said radios along occupied western Europe went silent, suggesting RAF attacks possibly hitting southern Germany or northern Italy. Vichy stations also stopped during a late news broadcast. Continued on Page Two.
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Leo V. Dolan
Cndn
S. Starr Correspomdle
London
Dover Straits
Folkestone
Dumeness
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Europe
Germany
Italy
Vichy
Nice
Toulouse
Marseilles
Fire damages East Side home at 819 Pearl street
A blaze at Clarence Campbell's East Side home caused about 3000 dollars in damage this morning. Mrs Campbell and two young children escaped upstairs residents via porch roof with ladders as Fourth Ward firefighters arrived to douse the flames. Fire officials believe an extension cord short caused the fire used to heat a chick brood under the kitchen stove. Two alarms summoned three fire companies and crews wrestled the flames before gaining control.
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Clarence Campbell
Pearl Street
Fourth Ward
Frank Cochran
City Garbage Department
Campbell
Earl &, Dart
Louis W. McCreary
Grandson in Missouri Called Home by Grandmother’s Death
Pvt. John D. Harlan, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Harlan of Edgewood Avenue, Jeffer son Barracks, Mo., is recalled home due to the death of his grandmother Mrs. John DeNormandie.
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John D. Harlan
H. D. Harlan
Edgewood Avenue
Jefferson Barracks, Mo
John DeNormandie
Death notices list several residents and addresses
A fragmented death record lists Miss Wizale D. Morehead aged 82 at 122% East Street with Mrs. John Oprea 47 at 1014 South Jefferson Street, Mine Anna Million at 2% Moravia Street Extension and RE. D. 7, Miss Mary M. McGeehan at 2 Grove City, Miss Myrtle Allen Barber at 19 RE. Op. 1 Grove City and Undercoffer 78 Grove.
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Wizale D. Morehead
East Street
John Oprea
Jefferson Street
Anna Million
Moravia Street
Mary M. McGeehan
Grove City
Harvey City
Myrtle Allen Barber
Grove
Nazi Thrusts Repulsed By Red Defenders
Soviet high command reported three Nazi thrusts repulsed on separate fronts including the Donets basin west of Rostov and the Sevsk area. Attacks south of Izytnn on the Donets front and west of Rostov were thrown back, with German losses. Smolensk raids killed about 200 Germans and destroyed pillboxes and artillery. other sectors saw artillery duels and minor German advances defeated. Russian navy and air force sank six German barges and set fire to a transport in the Black Sea near Novorossisk. Batnisk raid by German forces was repelled with 13 killed by Russian fliers.
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Natalia Rene
Ho On
Sy Sarre
Moscow
sSoviet High Command
Donets
Rostov
Sevsk
Izytnn
Sevsk Ares
Yeursk
Rostov-on-Don
Smolensk
Lisiehansk
Kuban
West Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Batnisk
Moscow Radio
Pittsburgh Plant Follows War Needs No Holiday This Weekend
May 26 report from Pittsburgh states Aluminum Company of America workers will not observe Memorial Day in Pittsburgh area plants to maintain vital war production.Union and plant managers agreed to skip holiday at New Kensington Arnold and Logan Ferry sites to sustain output.
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Chiternational News Service
Pittsburgh
Aluminuimn Company of America
Canning sugar registration for New Castle residents announced
Registration of New Castle residents who want extra sugar for canning beyond the 10 pounds allowed by coupons 16 and 18 in ration book No 1 will take place at New Castle schools on Wednesday and Thursday. Page 7 prints a blank to be filled out by registrants to present at the registration.
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New Castle
New Castile
Rabaul Jap Base Heavily Bombed In New Guinea and Timor
Allied headquarters report massive air strikes on Rabaul New Britain hitting three airdromes and a seaplane port with sixteen tons of explosives. Attacks also hit Gasmata and Penfoei in Timor, with fires visible miles away. Further strikes targeted Finschhafen and Lae.
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United Nations
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Pires
Vunakanen
Lalunas
Rapopo
Rapaul
Gasmata
Penfoei
Kupang
Timor
Penfoel
Pinschhafen
New Guinea
Battle Snow and Rain Hamper Attu Front Assaults
Navy reports American land forces pressed the attack on Attu island amid snow sleet and rain while U S Army bombers struck the Jap main camp at nearby Kiska For three days favorable northern Pacific weather allowed cautious operations as forces advanced despite freezing conditions and weather hampering the front lines.
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Joseph A. Horsin
S. Stall
Washington
Phe Navy
Attu Island
Aleutians
United States Army
Kiska
North Pacific
Atlas
Navy
Midwest Floods Widen Across Six States
Floodwaters sweep across Illinois Indiana Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas destroying crops. In Illinois 1 257 698 acres flooded and 368 474 acres of wheat corn and oats destroyed. Delays in planting pasturing and pollination hinder wartime crop pools. Governors and officials report widespread agricultural damage.
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International News Service
Midwest
Ilinois
Mississippi
Illinois
Dean H. B. Rusk
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Taft's Grove Speech Sparks Capital Interest
Washington May 25 A speech by Sen Robert A Taft of Ohio denouncing postwar super state visions and the four freedoms aroused strong interest in Washington He urged cooperation under the League of Nations framework while noting the war aimed to preserve U S liberty and punish aggression He argued the war was fought to protect American safety rather than to spread broader freedoms or liberty worldwide.
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International News Service
Washington
Sen
Robert A.taft
Ohio
Talh
Grove City College
League of Nations
Taft
United States
Tate
Japan
China
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Sardinia Bombed Heavily by U S Bombers
Allied reports say over 300 American bombers pounded Sardinia in a day long strike aimed at immobilizing Axis bases. The raids damaged nine target areas, sunk and destroyed several ships, and left multiple enemy planes shot down or destroyed on the ground. The operation involved Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle's air force with Flying Fortresses Marauders Mitchells and fighters.
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Pierre J. Huss
NOS
Allied
North Africa
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James H. Doolittle
Strategic Air Force
Eraft
Pantelleria Alsa
Berlin
Send In Ration Book Cards At Once
Postmaster William R Hanna announced today that residents who received application forms for Ration Book 3 from mail carriers may send them to the Philadelphia OPA office immediately. The OPA has secured 59,000 Philadelphia high school students to sort and classify the cards, ready to handle the avalanche of forms expected by June 10.
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William R. Hanna
Philadelphia O.P.A
Philadelphia
Osp.a
Jaume
Surgical Dressing Workers Urgently Sought for Armed Forces Quota
The Red Cross chapter seeks volunteers to produce 203000 surgical dressings in two months for men in the armed forces and field hospitals. Mrs. Marcin stressed the urgent quota and urged women to contact the chapter house for eligibility information.
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Aour
Marcin
Red Gross
Fragmentary OCR note with unclear meaning
An unclear, garbled text fragment references names and random phrases. It mentions garden tasks like onion sets and lettuce and notes a date-like phrase seven today. No coherent event or person facts emerge from the readable material.
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C International News Service
Harold J. Ickes
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Churchill
Aleutian Island
U. S
Tunis
U. S.‘Army
Tunisia
United Nations Forces
Africa
Henri H. Giraud
Signal Corps
International Sousdphotos
Rabaul Jap
Philadelphia High School
Arthur Memeter
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