In the News Week Letter by William Randolph Hearst
A 1942 letter cites American wartime resolve and industrial mobilization urging private initiative to convert the economy to peacetime production. It emphasizes housing, consumer goods, and a bold national plan to sustain freedom, urging courage and enterprise. An accompanying reader note recalls a Sacramento street ball game with a long hits anecdote.
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Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Garo Los Angeles Examiner
America
W. Noward Owask
General Mills, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
Phelan
San Francisco
Willian BR. Hearst
San Simeon
Catif
Hall
Young
Sacramento
Jones and Taylor Streets
Plane makes sudden parachute dump over city
Army Air Cadet Harold Z. Ohlmeyer bailed from an aircraft in an unscheduled parachute drop near Oklahoma City on May 3 1947. He recovered in time to regain control and safety as the incident unfolded with the aircraft momentarily loose from its course.
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Omlahoma City
Harold Z. Ohlmeyer
Mae
IS Fees
Holt Enine
U S Troops in North Africa Area
Cairo May 2 United States troops in the North African war theater were described as service personnel. Maxwell chief of the U S North African mission said their job is to support combat troops of allied forces engaged in active fighting.
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Cairo
United States
Gait
Russell L. Maxtwell
Maxwell
Nazis Help Red Prisoners to Escape in Norway
London reports by Moscow radio quoting Aflontidningen that German soldiers aided 800 Russian prisoners to escape from internment in the Oslo Chilétansund area of Norway. An additional 64 Russians were said to have escaped from a camp in Osifend province.
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London
Moscow Radio
Stockholm
Aflontidningen
Esc Epp
Osloland Chilétansund
Norway
Osifend
Ardmore Air Field Work to Start
Denison district army engineers disclosed that work on a 4.6 million dollar air force tactical school at Ardmore Oklahoma will begin soon. Engineers will supervise construction of barracks runways and other facilities for the 2000 man school.
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Denison
Air Force Tactical School
Ardmore
Okla
Begin Diune
Denison District Army Engineers
100000 Flock to Kentucky Derby
Nearly 100000 spectators converge on Churchill Downs for the 68th Kentucky Derby. An expected 17 horses may run at 6:30 p m with a purse around 87250 and 60235 to the winner. Greentree stable entries Devil Diver, Shutout, and Requested lead favorites, while Alsab remains the season’s big mystery after a slow winter run.
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Louisville
Churchil Dowls
Greentree Stable
Devil Diver
Alsab
May Day Marchers Touched by German Troops in Rouen
A British press report heard by CBS said German occupation troops intervened to break up a May Day demonstration in Rouen France injuring several protesters. The incident was reported from New York on May 2.
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New York
Rouen
France
Birthdays of Two Supreme Court Justices Noted Today
Two Supreme Court justices Owen J. Roberts and James F. Byrnes observe birthdays as early summer temperatures show little change. Roberts, the remaining Roosevelt appointee, is 67, Byrnes 63 and a key administration figure prior to his court appointment last summer. East Texas forecasts hint at modest temperature shifts by Saturday night with a 57 degree reading in some areas. A Tokyo broadcast notes Vice Admiral Mineichin promoted to full admiral amid naval movements in Chinese waters.
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Wachington
May
Urj
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
James FL Byrnes
Justice Roberts
Roosevelt
Jaslice Byrnes
Senate
San Antonio
Yey
Navyite
East Texas
Tokyo
Mineleht
Ilreth
Jin
Weather Bureau
Aussies Accuse Invasion Threats as Air Attacks Reported
The Australian defense network warned of invasion risks after anti-aircraft batteries at Townsville fired on two unidentified planes at 30 000 feet. Allied HQ said intercept attempts failed. Allied actions included bombing Jap bases in New Britain and New Guinea as Corregidor defences faced renewed Japanese aerial and artillery assaults. Mindanao hosts Japanese landings and Filipino resistance near the Rio Grande. Washington banned jute use in civilian rug and carpet manufacture.
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Australia
Townsville
Cape York
Brisbane
Aled
Gasmata
New Britain
New Guinea
Philippines
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Mindanao
Manila
Tinland
Rio Grande
Mandalay Falls to Japanese Forces in Burma Battles
The city of Mandalay is reported fallen to Japanese troops as Burma battles intensified. Tokyo claimed the advance from Rangoon began March 8, with British forces retreating and destroying bridges below Mandalay. Allied lines warn of heavy civilian toll amid systematic bombing while Stilwell’s American forces face a precarious position northeast of Mandalay as Japanese columns threaten China via Haenwi Lashio corridor.
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Kyne
Reeferdyard
Kipling
Mandalay
Ita Polden
Burma
Tokyo
Rangooa
New
Tiras
Irrawaddy
Durneae
Joseph We. Stilwell
Amy
St News
Japan
China
India
Chungking
Chiang Kai.Shek
Stiiwen
Hatlis
Haenwi
Lashio
Plane Hits Ridge in Sleet Storm Near Salt Lake City
A United Airlines sleeper transport crashed on a ridge near Salt Lake City airport during a sleet storm killing 14 passengers and three crew. The wreckage burned, bodies scattered, and investigators were ordered to the scene as officials noted the difficult route and prior perfect safety record of the airline. Passenger and crew list includes Capt. Donald W. Brown and Neva Cantwell among many others.
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Salt Lake City
George Henton Gearhart
United Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Pirline
M. Lynnn Patterson
Eastern Airlines
Anited Airlines
Donald W. Brown
Harold Miner
Kanny Kerabisnik
Cheyenne
J. A. Lloyd
J. A. Lloyd Jy Burningame
Calif
R. Drenk
Pruitgale
Carl Armond Berg
Massachusetts
Tech
Cambridge
M. L. Patterson
New Jersey
F. B. ‘Voss
Brooklyn
Spaty
R Barrett
St Pitre
D. Palermo
Cleveland
M. Cole
San Francisco
International Business Marchines
John G. Burrow
U8. N
Cinire Tucker
Albary papers raise single copy price and delivery rate
Albary New York May 2 Two daily newspapers announced higher prices for single copies from 3 to 4 cents and weekly carrier delivery from 18 to 24 cents. The Times Union Sunday paper remains at 5 cents. The changes affect the Morning Times Union and Knickerbocker News.
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Albary
N.Y
rmes-Union
Knickerbocker News
Times- Union
Alice Worker Dies After Field Accident
Roy Stowe, 36, of Alice, died Friday night at Medical and Surgical Hospital from a fractured skull after a heavy beam struck his head at a field accident near Alice on April 27. Attendants reported he suffered critical injuries and died later.
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Alice Oi
Mear
Alice
Roy Stowe
Medical and Surghal Hospital
Tip Leads to Peter Krug at Hotel
Peter Krug age 22 was seized by FBI agents and city detectives after a tip placed him at a hotel while posing under forged identities. He admitted his identity and revealed plans to obtain information useful to the Axis, traveling nearly 3000 miles via bus toward the Mexican border. Officers found forged documents, a revolver, and provisions in his room as Krug disputed initial alias claims.
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Ralph Peter Krug
F.bi
Mexico
Axis
M. W. Acers
Focal
Jean Fite
Brooklyn
Normandie
Krug
Oto
Jeichmann
Bob Robhison
Was
Blige
Salon
Jean Ette
Aséaith
Cafe Mad Krug
New York Lift Strike Ends After City-Wide Walkout
Thousands of New Yorkers returned to work as elevator operators and maintenance staff resumed duties after a citywide strike in 800 apartment buildings. The walkout, the largest since wartime labor tensions, ended last night at the request of the War Labor Board which promised a hearing in Washington soon to review conditions before the dispute arose.
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New York
National War Labor Board
Manhattan
West Side
Washington
Pemetiaigh Ups Board
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Great Lakes
Wisconsin
U.S
Pelo
Sonad
N. Africa
Supreme
Bors
Tip
Peter Krug
U. S
Plank
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