Work or Fight Legislation Again Urged
Washington May 18 Undersecretary of War Patterson testified that any strike in wartime on war production is excusable only in meritless cases. He cited the Detroit foremen's strike as example and urged work or fight legislation with Forrestal and Nelson. The bill would draft workers from farms or essential industry if they quit without draft board permission, and support morale of soldiers.
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WASHINGTON
Patterson
Detroit
senate
Navy
James V. Forerstal
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Forrestal
Pearl Harbor
Brewster
R-Me
Bailey
D-NC
Calm Prevails At Sedition Trial
Washington May 18 In a calm session the presiding justice Edward C Eicher reserved decision on two motions for a mistrial after denying others The defense argued the opening statement by Chief Prosecutor O John Rogge was inflammatory Kunze Bund leader sentenced for espionage and evading the draft Klaus Schwinn and Hans Diebel Los Angeles faced related motions later in the day
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WASHINGTON
Edward C. Eicher
O. John Rogge
Eicher
P. Bateman Ennis
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Kunze
bund
Justice Eicher
William A. Gallagher
Herman M. Schwinn
Hans Diebel
Los Angeles
President Signs Lend Lease Bill
President Roosevelt signed the third extension of the lend-lease act in Washington. He stated that through lend-lease and reverse lend-lease the United Nations will pool material resources for their most effective use against common enemies, aiming for complete victory.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
United Nations
Nazi communications intact reports Allen from POW recant
Larry Allen describes Germanys intact communications network despite heavy Allied bombings as invasion nears. He notes busy rail hubs from Poznan to Marseille with up to fifty two passenger trains per day, flatly contradicting widespread destruction claims. He recounts eight months in German captivity and a year in Italian camps before crossing into freedom.
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Larry Allen
Associated Press
Allen
Tobruk
Libya
GRIPSHOLM
BARCELONA
Nazi Germany
Atlantic wall
France
Germany
greater Reich
Marseille
Poznan
Gorlitz
Dresden
Munich
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
upper Rhine
Indian Girl Found Near Hudson after Disappearance
The body of Valsa Matthai, 22 year old student from Bombay, was recovered from the Hudson River near New York. Medical examiner Edwin Huntington ruled drowning but offered no explanation of how she entered the water. Police conducted an extensive search and considered several theories, including suicide and foul play, amid a long mystery surrounding her disappearance from Columbia University campus.
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YONKERS
Hudson river
Valsa Matthai
Columbia university
Westchester county
Edwin M. Huntington
Bombay
India
Riverside drive
Huntington
New York
International house
Miss Matthai
John Matthai
Cuba Protects Liquor Business
Washington reports that a foreign economics official told senators the United States is morally obligated to inform Cuba before resuming domestic whiskey production. Sidney H. Scheuer of the FEA said under an exchange of notes all Cuban imports must be for industrial use, with Cuba agreeing shipments not to enable whiskey manufacture by American distillers.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Cuba
Sidney H. Scheuer
FEA
bureau of supplies
Government May Buy Coal for Summer and Winter Needs
The War Production Board approved a plan to have the government buy large soft coal stocks to keep mines running through summer and ensure home coal for winter. CPA price schedules and loading costs are being ironed out with the Defense Supplies Corporation. The aim is to cover man-hours and guarantee consumer coal supplies for cold weather.
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WASHINGTON
war production board
WPB
Donald 41son
solid fuels section
interior department
OPA
Calvin D. Johnson
R-N
CPA
Johnson
defense supplies corporation
Slain Woman Found in Pacific surf near Malibu
The nude body of Marian Berger, a 42 year old housewife, was recovered from the Pacific Ocean at Encina Beach fourteen miles north of Malibu. Police say Jan Francis Sarazzawski, 29, is charged with her murder as investigators identify the victim and tighten the case. Captain Thad Brown announced the identification after two women sighted the body and helped bring it ashore.
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Jan Francis Sarazzawski
Marian Berger
Pacific ocean
Encina Beach
Malibu
Sarazzawski
Berger
Thad Brown
Los Angeles
General Craig Hospitalized at Walter Reed in Washington
General Malin Craig, 69, former Army chief of staff, is a patient at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Hospital officials declined to discuss diagnosis but said his condition is favorable.
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WASHINGTON
Malin Craig
army
Walter Reed army hospital
Craig
Woman in Railroad Shops Expects Postwar Job Growth
EAST HARTFORD Conn May 18 UP Mrs Myrtle Cleveland who washes locomotive cab windows at the New Haven railroad roundhouse here was asked about her postwar plans Well she said Diesel engines will be taking the place of these locomotives after the war and there's a lot more window space to be cleaned in them
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EAST HARTFORD
Conn
Myrtle Cleveland
New Haven railroad
Campaign Funds and Negro Voting Shape 1944 Politics
A 1944 campaign roundup notes labor, race, and party strategies as Roosevelt builds Democratic votes while Dewey gains in the Republican race. Congress examines campaign funding. labor foremen unions face proposed bans. regional battles over Negro voting surface in South Carolina. Vermont and Arkansas delegate actions reflect party positions on unity, terms, and labor rights.
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south
Roosevelt
Dewey
New York
Washington
Smith
D-Va
house of repy
Biddle
CIO
political action committee
Shafer
RMich
Detroit
May
D-Ky
military committee
LABOR
Starnes
Alabama
Costello
California
South Carolina
Progressive
Progressive party
Democrats
VERMONT
Arkansas
Railways Blasted by Reds in White Russia and Poland
Soviet long range bombers hit rail centers in Minsk Baranowicze and Chelm, targeting facilities and trains. Moscow said 500 Germans killed and 150 captured near Stanislawow after Soviet attacks repelled two counter assaults. Berlin claimed two Soviet divisions isolated near Grigoripol on the Dnestr.
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LONDON
White Russia
old Poland
Moscow
Minsk
Baranowicze
Chelm
Warsaw
Kowel
Stanislawow
Berlin
Grigoripol
Dnestr
Bombers Hit Ploesti and Belgrade in Balkans Strike
Allied headquarters in Naples reports U S heavy bombers struck the Balkans today, hitting Ploesti in Romania and targets around Belgrade and Nis in Yugoslavia amid a sudden incident in the region.
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ALLIED
Naples
Balkans
Ploesti
Romania
Belgrade
Nis
Yugoslavia
Allies Strike Major Jap Base at Myitkyina Airdrome
Allied forces led by Merrill capture the Myitkyina airfield in northern Burma after a 20 day forced march, bringing gliders and engineers to the airdrome and signaling a push toward linking the Ledo and Burma roads. Myitkyina city surrounded as Japanese defenses stiffen. Mogaung base threatened from the Mogaung valley as Stilwell advances toward a Chinese army linkage across the Salween.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Frank D. Merrill
Asiatic
Stilwell
Mogaung
Battle front
Salween river
Yunnan
Merrill
Hillman Assailed In House Debate
Washington May 18 29 A brief but spirited House debate over Sidney Hillman and the CIO political action committee ends with a statement labor will stay in the political field Rep Marcantonio and others attack Hillman as foreign born and a racketeer prompting warnings that Hillman and CIO influence won t dominate Congress or the Democratic party The exchange cites Hoffman Rankin and the CIO PAC leaders as targets in a political clash over labor involvement in government policy.
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WASHINGTON
Sidney Hillman
CIO
political action committee
house
Marcantonio LAL
congress
Hoffman
Democratic party
Rankin
Weather Halts Air Offensive Across Balkans
US heavy bombers of the Mediterranean command raided the Balkans including Romania and Serbia but weather restricted the aerial offensive from the west. Berlin says US squadrons entered over the Balkans after a lull. Mediterranean bombers have targeted Bucharest and Budapest since May 10. No major RAF activity due to overcast skies and rain.
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LONDON
Mediterranean command
Balkans
Romania
Serbia
Berlin
Bucharest
Wiener Neustadt
Budapest
French
Britain
RAF
Drive in Italy Growing Difficult
Secretary of War Stimson said Allied forces in Italy are meeting the heavily fortified Hitler line after breaking the Gustav line at Cassino. He warned the next campaign phase would be exceedingly difficult as German engineers reinforce mountain positions with civilian labor along a 110 to 15 mile stretch to the sea.
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WASHINGTON
Stimson
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Cassino
Hitler
Stimson Warns of Nazi Propaganda on D-Day Dates
Secretary of War Stimson warned the public that Nazi propaganda aims to confuse Allied nations by setting invasion dates. He told reporters that when those dates pass without action the Nazis claim the Allies fear to invade. He urged patience and calm while awaiting D-day.
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WASHINGTON
Stimson
Europe
Nazi West Wall Tough Barrier
London dispatch reports Allied aerial photographs reveal the German west wall as a maze of concrete embedded minefields barbed wire and camouflaged gun emplacements. Recon photos map fortifications mile by mile with underground defenses and canvas masking to thwart air reconnaissance ahead of invasion.
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LONDON
Dwight D. Eisenhower
channel
Chinese Advance West of Salween River in Burma Road Conflict
Chinese forces press west of the Salween in a pincer against Japanese lines along the Burma road in Yunnan. New positions north and south of the road reported taken. Guerrillas seize Supinan pass. In Henan, Loyang thrust halted and pushed back. fighting around Loyang city extends beyond the suburbs.
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CHUNGKING
Salween river
Burma
China
Yunnan
Chinese high command
Supinan pass
Henan
Loyang
Lunghai
German torpedo boats clash with British ships off English coast
London radio said Nazi motor torpedo boats attacked British shipping along the southern coast and in the Thames estuary last night. They reported repeated fighting contact with destroyers and speed boats but did not claim sinkings. The action suggests invasion prep efforts.
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LONDON
Berlin
English
Thames estuary
Mother Robin Roosts Under Bright Chicago Lights
In Morton Grove a robin nests in an ornamental lamp on a flower trellis at the Bit and Bridle club. Four eggs sit two inches below an electric bulb that shines nightly. Club owner Deil Bixter notes the lamp serves as a warm incubator for the bird.
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CHICAGO
Morton Grove
robin
Deil Bixter
Double Victory Is Recorded on Front in Italy
In Italy the British 8th army captured Cassino fortress ruins and the Benedictine monastery while American troops seized Formia. The Gustav line was said to be broken as Poles took Monastery hill and the allies extended a decisive pincer in the Libyan valley. The 5th and French divisions breached the Gustav line, with highways cut to Rome, forcing Nazi retreat routes near Formia and Gaeta.
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Naples
Cassino
Formia
Italy
Casesino
Monastery hill
green devils
5th army
Gustav line
5th
the
Lib valey
durinng
Romej
Patrols Clash In New Guinea Advance
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS reports ongoing fighting in New Guinea as American scouting forces drive along a coastal corridor 34 miles southeast of Aitape. The clash extends into a sixth day with Japanese forces, while Australian troops push toward Wewak from Madang, creating a widening Allied frontline.
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New Guinea
UPi
Aitape
Wewak
Madang
Bunabun
Tree Killing Charges Shocks Shrub Oak Tavern Owner and Chauffeur
In Shrub Oak New York on May 18 police charged tavern owner Frank Dietrick and chauffeur Elmer Lozier with malicious mischief for injecting saltpeter into two maples and an elm on state land to slow leaf growth and obscure the roadhouse. Bail set at 200 dollars pending action.
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SHRUB OAK
N. Y
Frank Dietrick
Eastern parkway
Elmer
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GEN. CRAIG
Campaign Fund Of Labor Unions
TAL
AETA
Spigno
Monte Fammera
San Giorgio
Hillman
West Wall
Salween
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