Pepper and Hill Lead in Fla and Ala Primaries
Senators Pepper and Hill led in Florida and Alabama primaries as results from late returns favored Hill 2 to 1 over James A. Simpson and Pepper with about 60,000 votes counted against four opponents in Florida. Pepper led a five-man field with Edmunds as strongest challenger in Jacksonville, while South Dakota and other races drew national attention over anti administration sentiment and a Byrd presidential delegation.
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Associated Press
Claude Pepper
Lister Hill
Florida
Alabama
Hill
James A. Simmpson
Simpson
Jefferson
Pepper
J. Ollie Edmunds
Jacksonville
South
James A. Simpson
New Deal
J. Olle Edmunds
Duval County
Edmunds
South Dakota
Gurney
Miller
Roosevelt
Indiana
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Pepper Leads But Returns Not Conclusive In Florida Primary
In Jacksonville on May 3 Senator Claude Pepper built a solid early lead in Florida's Democratic primary with 44,606 votes from 1496 precincts while four rivals totaled 39,526. Judge J Ollie Edmunds followed with 27,049 as the field narrows toward a potential May 23 runoff. Roosevelt and Byrd delegates compete for national convention slots amid ongoing tabulations.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Claude Pepper
Florida
Pepper
Roosevelt
J. Ollie Edmunds
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
J. Hardin Peterson
Lakeland
No Law for Roosevelt's Ward Action
In Chicago on May 2 a federal court heard Harold Smith challenge President Roosevelt’s authority to seize Montgomery Ward facilities after Sewell Avery refused CIO union directives. Officials argued the seizure lacked a constitutional basis, with Attorney General Biddle defending the action as wartime policy and the court expected to rule Monday on the president’s power.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
War Labor Board
CIO
William H. Holly
Smith
Open Hearings Set On Ward Seizure Probe Next Week
Senate Judiciary Chair McCarran will hear Biddle and Montgomery Ward chairman Sewell Avery as witnesses in the government seizure of Ward’s Chicago plant. House action on a second probe proceeds while NLRB schedules a seven day election among Ward workers. Discussions focus on wartime powers and potential use of troops.
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Warners
America
Congress
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Cox
Georgia
Smith
Virginia
War Production Board
Rues
Kilpatrick denies slot machines at Camp Patrick Henry
Brig. Gen. J. R. Kilpatrick, commanding officer of the Hampton Roads port of embarkation, said there are no slot machines or any other gambling devices available to enlisted men at Camp Patrick Henry.
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Newport News
J. R. Kilpatrick
Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation
Camp Patrick Henry
Task Forces Smash at Tauk Bases
Allied headquarters report intensified fighting along the Anzio beachhead south of Rome with German gains near Carroceto and raids on Cerreto Al to. The Adriatic front saw minor clashes as night patrols were driven off. RAF bombers hit Alessandria, Livorno, Genoa, La Spezia, and Florence rail yards, while Allied air forces flew over 1,300 sorties and destroyed two enemy planes with two Allied losses.
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Anzio
Rome
Carroceto
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Mediterranean Air Force
Italy
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Turin
Milan
Genoa
Livorno
la Spezia
Florence
Reds Destroy Six Trains in Old Poland Raid
Russian bombers hit the rail hub of Lwowmola Polana destroying six troop and ammunition trains and several warehouses, with 30 fires reported. Moscow said no essential land-front changes after 11 days of fighting. The air offensive continued across the eastern front, with German losses claimed including 13 planes and 20 tanks.
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London
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Moscow
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Monitor
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Tiraspol
Dniester
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Berlin
Murmansk
Arctic Circle
Sevastopol
Red Army
Kovel
Dniester River
Carpathian Mountains
Iasi
U S Bombing Surge in April Tops 43500 Tons
The U S strategic air force bases in Britain and Italy dropped more than 43500 tons of bombs on Germany and occupied Europe in April in a new daylight record. American losses reached 537 bombers and 191 fighters, with operations across 23 days and over 36000 offensive flights. German defenses suffered heavy losses, including 1282 aircraft destroyed in combat and extensive damage to the German air industry.
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London
U. S.S. Strategic Air Force
Britain
Italy
Germany
Europe
Ino
Mexican film head dies at 44 in Mexico City
Agus tin J. Fink, 44, Mexican motion picture producer and president of Films Mundiales, died today in Mexico City. The death ends his leadership of the studio noted for its global reach and produced titles across Latin America.
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Mexico City
Agustin J. Fink
Films Mundiales
World War II premiers vow united effort for victory
London May 3 Prime Ministers of empire meet at 10 Downing Street in a deadly climactic war moment. Churchill says no defeat but aims for early victory and table to exchange views. Australia New Zealand Canada South Africa India all pledge loyalty and cooperation with Britain and the United States in the common cause.
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Richard R. Kasischke
London
Churchill
Downing Street
Commonwealth
Russia
United States
John Curtin
Australia
Britain
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Pacific
W. Y. MacKenzie King
Canada
Great Britain
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Firoz Khan Noon
India
Allied Subs Sink 17 Jap Ships
Allied submarines report 17 Japanese ships sunk or damaged, including four war vessels. American total reaches 695 ships sunk or damaged, with 69 warships, while British subs add several supply ships and a destroyer sunk near the Andaman Islands and Malacca Strait.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Washington
Navy Headquarters
Admiralty
London
United States
Orp
U.S. Navy
Andaman Islands
Indian Ocean
Malacca Strait
Malaya
Sumatra
Port Blair
Sayre City to Welcome Sgt Cain Home From Bataan
Borough council forms a welcoming committee after learning Sgt. J Francis Cain wired his mother from San Francisco saying he would be home soon. He may receive a key to the city when he returns.
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Sayre
J. Francis Cain
Bataan
San Francisco
Allied air campaign smashes key junctions from dawn to dusk
Sky filling allied armadas led by hundreds of U S Liberator bombers hammered German coast defenses and rail feeders from dawn to dusk, smashing more than 35 rail junctions and key targets across France Belgium and Germany. RAF and Italian targets followed in a sustained 18 day pre invasion bombardment with heavy losses on both sides.
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William Smith White
London
Germany
RAF
Belgium
France
Italy
Atlantic Wall
Maginot
Britain
Lyon
Tours
Toulouse
Chambly
Paris
St. Ghislain
Mechelen
Marines
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
Mediterranean Command
Livorno
Allessandria
la Spezia
Genoa
Pas-de-Calais
Pacific Fleet cripples Truk and strikes Ponape Satawan
Navy reports 126 Japanese planes destroyed at Truk over two days by carrier task forces under Vice Adm. Mitscher, with light U S losses. Wake Island bombed heavily. 95 tons of explosives dropped by Seventh Air Force Liberators. Ponape and Satawan bombarded. minimal enemy air resistance noted. Operations linked to Hollandia invasion and Dutch New Guinea air support.
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Ponape
Stawan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Seventh Army Air Force
Wake Island
Here
Navy
Satawan
Marck Mitscher
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Douglas A. MacArthur
Pacific Fleet
Marshalls
Satawan Satawan
Nomoi Atoll
J. B. Oldendorf
A. Lee
Torn Atoll
Seventh American Army Air Force
Marshall Islands
Nimitz
Plans Boats Smash Barges off Wewak in New Guinea
Allied planes and PT boats report destroying 20 supply barges fleeing the Wewak base and marooned Japanese forces near Aitape. The action targets inland escape routes as 60,000 Japanese are believed trapped between Madang and Hollandia. Other raids hit Schouten islands, Wewak, Rabaul, and Woleai. six enemy planes were shot down and a freighter damaged. Australians advancing near Madang push beyond Alexishafen with minor opposition. Noemfoor airfield cratered, bomber destroyed.
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New Guinea
Wewak
Aitape
Madang
Hollandia
Schouten Islands
Alexishafen
Rabaul
New Britain
Woleai
Carolines
Japanese Attack Presses Palel Area Near Imphal
日本 invasion forces launch strong assault in the Palel region 26 miles south of Imphal India with clashes north of Palel and heavy Allied defenses reported. Airborne units claim 1,000 Japanese killed as Chindit operations protect the Mandalay to Myitkyina rail line near Mawlu.
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Thoburn Wyant
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Palel
Imphal
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Falels
Palet
Lake Lok- Lak
Tokio
Berlin Radio
Mountoatten
Burma
Mogaung
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Mawlu
Philip Cochran
Bombers Pound Wake Island In Heavy Raid
Army bombers dropped 95 tons of bombs on Wake Island amid moderate anti aircraft fire. Enemy planes engaged but did not intercept. all American planes returned to base. The navy also noted other Army bombers hit Ponape in the eastern Caroline Islands, causing explosions and fires at a Japanese air field.
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Washington
Wake Island
Navy
Ponape
Caroline Island
Britain presses Portugal to halt wolfram shipments
London reports stiff Anglo American pressure on Portugal to stop wolfram exports to Germany. Allies fear dwindling stockpiles will hinder war material production. Spain cuts its exports, Portugal likely to push back or reassess. Estimated Portuguese exports exceed 1,200 tons and may reach around 2,000 tons.
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Alex Singleton
London
Portugal
Germany
Spain
Somerest Weather Report From David Grove
Daily weather note from Somerest shows 24 hour temperature span 5 30 Monday to 5 30 Tuesday with a maximum and a minimum recorded. The report includes place identifiers and a reference to a prior year’s temperatures for comparison.
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Somerest
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Deghera
Deseris
Maryland and PA forecast shows fair warm weather
Weather forecast reports Wednesday as fair and warm for Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia are expected to stay warm with considerable cloudiness and little or no rain.
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Pennsylvania
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