Allied Planes Attack Japs At Amboina Naval Base
Allied aircraft broke through a heavy anti aircraft screen to attack Japanese battalions at Amboina Bay north of Australia. Composed of U.S. and Dutch planes the strike reportedly shot down several ships and returned safely. British forces on the Burma front reported sharp fighting along the Bengal coast with no strategic change.
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Tanimbar Islands
New Guinea
Burma
Bengal
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What Do Miners Want in War Time Pay Clash
In Washington on April 30 James Marlow and George Zielke report on United Mine Workers wage demands led by John L. Lewis. They detail proposed new pay scales, the 1941-42 contract extension, and the dispute over whether a $2 daily increase and an $8 minimum apply to time underground or travel time. The piece notes rising living costs, questions over take-home pay, and the broader impact on about 550,000 miners across anthracite and bituminous mines as wartime production hinges on the dispute.
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War Labor Board
Yecores
Roosevelt
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Oberon Out Of Role In Cry Havoc
Merle Oberon will miss the starting week of Cry Havoc due to an impacted wisdom tooth in New York. The studio plans to cast Lady Korda to star, with guesses that Jeanne Day may take Oberon’s place as the Smithie.
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Pansons
Matton
Metora Buiter
Bollywood
Merle Oberon
New York
Lady Korda
Merle
Smithie
Casablanca at the Palace stars Bergman and Bogart
Bergman leads with Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca opening Friday at the Palace theater. Inerid Bergmann, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and others fill the cast in a tale of European refugees seeking safety and passports to freedom in democratic lands.
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Casablanca
Palace Theater
Humphrey Bogart
Inerid Bergmann
Pail
Claude Rains
Conrad Voldt
Sydney Greenstreet
Peter Lorre
Sakall
Doaley Wilson
Hopalong Gassidy
William Boyd
State Theater
Andy Clyde
Jay Kirby
Victor Jory
Douglas Aircraft to build war plane modification plants
H Williams, a manager, announced that modification plants will be constructed at Douglas plants in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The facilities will cost about 6.1 million dollars each, under the oversight of F J Wilson, head of the Tulsa district office of theory engineers. The modification scope ranges from installing a few items to a near rebuild of the aircraft for action on special fronts.
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Oklahoma City
H. ©. Williams
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F. J. Wilson
Office of Theory Engineers
Douglas
Dies to Probe Houston Group Dies to Probe Houston Group
A Dies subcommittee co operating with the justice department will meet May 10 in Houston to inspect records of Kyffhauserbund members. Robert Stripling, chief committee investigator, says the subcommittee headed by Dies will question naturalized Americans who were members. Representative Dies was expected to arrive at his home in Idaspor.
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Ue Dies Committee
Justice Department
Houston
Kyffhauserbund
Robert Stripling
Dies
jDies
Representative Dies
Idaspor
Garden Flower Show Scheduled at Edison High School
A Victory garden flower and vegetable table show will be held at Thomas Edison High School on Monday May 3. Entries must be at the school by 10:20 p.m. Monday. Registration is led by Mrs. Lester Agnew and Mrs. G. F. Stovall with cooperation from all Los Angeles Heights district schools.
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Thomas Tdison High School
Benjamin Franklin, PT
Los Angele, Heighta
Lester Agnew
G. F. Stovall
Bethlehem Steel Chief Takes Large Salary Cut
New York April 30 Eugene G Grace president of Bethlehem Steel Corp to take voluntary 38 percent cut in pay from 537724 to 221645 The total reduction for all other executives amounts to 237629 The move follows company policy to run with fair profits and no special gains for war era.
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New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Grace
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