Eddy Donges Meets Duke Of Windsor
Eddy Donges of Meyersdale, on duty with the U S Army in the Bahamas, met Edward David Duke of Windsor and former king of England at a Nassau club. The private first class in the transportation corps recalled the royal encounter and spoke of his service, recent overseas duties, and plans to return to Meyersdale by May 15.
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Edward David
Duke of Windsor
England
Ebby” Donges
Meyersdale
United States Army
Bahamas
Ebby
Somerset American
Edward L. Donges
Nassau
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore
Army
The
Transportation Corps
United Services Club
Pfc
Donges
Ordnance and Signal Corps
Hawaiian Islands
Oahu
States
Midwest
Ordnance Department
South
Mad Dog Bites Grantsville Boy
A dog found to have rabies bit a Grantsville boy, tearing clothing in a blacksmith shop before being killed. Frank Zehner, of near Grantsville in Garrett County, Maryland, is undergoing Pasteur treatment by Dr. N. R. Davis of Grantsville. The dog’s head was tested by Dr. Shrop, county health officer, revealing rabies at the state health department.
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Frank Zehner
Grantsville
Garrett County
Maryland
N. R. Davis
Daniel Klotz
Bis Young Zehner
Shrop
Oakland
State Department of Health
Detrick Promoted To Deputy Secretary Post
Nevlin A. Detrick of Camp Hill was promoted from public information editor at the welfare department to deputy secretary to serve as liaison between institutions and the department in Harrisburg on May 5.
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Detrick
Harrisburg
Nevin A. Detrick
Camp Hill
Welfare Department
WEA Halts Canned Milk Distribution in 12-State Northeast
The War Food Administration suspended all evaporated milk distribution across 12 northeastern states including New England, New York, Pennsylvania and others after a New York City board of health report linked milk to a food poisoning incident at a city institution. Chester A. Hannan said the halt will last until further milk analysis is completed.
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New York
War Food Administration
Northeast
Chester A. Hannan
WFA
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
House approves probe into Ward seizure in 300 to 69 vote
The House voted 300 to 69 authorizing a seven member committee to probe President Roosevelt and the seizure of Montgomery Ward's Springfield Illinois plant amid a broader clash over war labor policy. Workers at Hummer Manufacturing idle pending a contract or government takeover as workforce restates demands and the plant role in war production.
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Tom Reedy
Washington
House
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Roosevelt
Senate
G cx
Rep
Dewey
R-Ii
War Labor Board
Biddle
Ward
Smith-Connally
Springfield, Ill
Hummer Manufacturing Co
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Joe Winoski
Snyder Votes For Ward Probe In Pennsylvania
Washington May 5 An as passed bill authorizes an investigation into government's seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company Chicago facilities. In Pennsylvania the vote split with Democrats and Republicans positioned for and against. Snyder and Walter supported the resolution while several listed Democrats opposed and Republicans varied.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
House
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Furlong
Hoch
Kelley
Myers
Roawn
Scanlon
Sheridan
Weiss
Wright
Bradley
Eberharter
Brumbaugh
Fenton
Gavin
Gerlach
Gillette
Graham
Gross
Kinzer
Kunkel
Miller
Scott
Simpson
Tibbett
Troutman
Wolfenden
Pratt
Snyder
Walter
G I Vote Bill Signed By Gov Martin In Brief Session
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania Governor Martin signs the G I vote program into law after a brief five day special session. Republicans and Democrats shelved partisan politics to pass the absentee ballot measure quickly as the legislature approves widespread soldier voting rights. The bill creates an eligibility affidavit and streamlined process for military voters with hopes for a July 4 Independence Day drive.
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Martuz
Senate House
Martin
Assembly
Senate
House
Legislative Branch
Miny
Pennsylvania
America
Admiral Koga Killed. Toyoda Assumes Navy Command
A Japanese fleet chief Admiral Manekcni Koga, age 9, was killed in action. He was succeeded by Admiral Soemu Toyoda who has taken over command. The cause and location of Koga's death were not disclosed.
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New York
Manekcni Koga
Soemu ‘Toyoda
Yokio High Command
U. S
Koga
Tokio
F Leet
Isoroku Yamamoto
Tito's Troops Win Series of Yugoslav Victories
Yugoslav Partisans led by Marshal Tito reported a siege of Mrkonjigrad near Sarajevo and a chain of victories cutting off Split and surrounding Zagreb. Allied observers noted German forces pinned down, while Partisans damaged Uzice and disrupted the Sofia rail line.
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A. IL. Goldberg
London
Mrkonjigrad
Bosnia
Josip Broz
Tito
Split
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Mrkonjicgrad
Sarajevo
Army of Liberation
Free Yugoslav Radio
Adriatic
Italy
Korcula
Mijlet
Tiot
Hitler
Atlantic
Uzice
Sofia
Slavonia
Vocin
Zamberak
Sentence Court to Be Held Today
Sentence court will be held this Saturday morning with seven sentences to be imposed. Prosecutors in two cases will appear to pay costs in non true bills. Names include Arthur Henry Jenner Township morality Willard Phillipps Windber morality Harry Livengood Central City larceny Pearl Crissey Jerome morality Henry Karla Jenners larceny William F E Sebring Central City forgery and Frank Weinert Rockwood malicious mischief. May term of criminal court not held next week due to lack of cases.
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Arthur Henry
Jenner Township
Willard Phillipps
Windber
Harry Livengood
Central City
Pearl Crissey
Jerome
Henry Karla
Jenners
William FE. Sebring
Frank Weinert
Rockwood
Westinghouse Scholarships Awarded to Four Young Employees’ Kin
Four war memorial scholarships valued at 2000 dollars each and awarded annually by Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. were presented this year to Charles C. Brinton Jr Edgewood. Robert I. Hayford Wilkinsburg. Robert Louis Sauer Sharon. and Richard Lewis Hart Aldan.
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Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co
Sons of
Charles C. Brinton, Jr
Edgewood
Robert I. Hayford
Wilkinsburg
Robert Louis Sauer
Sharon
Richard Lewis Hart
Aldan
Stilwell drives Japanese from Inkangahtawng in Burma fighting
American trained Chinese troops under Lt Gen Stilwell pierced the Japanese garrison at Inkangahtawng in northern Burma trapping the enemy by a flanking move. British and Indian forces pressed the Kohima offensive as allied air forces blasted railway yards and depots across Burma, with heavy action centered near Mandalay.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Joseph W. Stilwell
Inkangahtawng
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kohima
India
Mogauns
Kamaing
Stilwell
Manpin
Ingkangahtawng
Kauri
Mandalay
Old Colonel Gets His Man At Anzio
In Italy at Anzio, a 39 year army veteran in an ordinance unit upends retirement by taking a front line assignment. He borrows a rifle, swaps for a Springfield ’03, guides to a line company, and in a dawn foxhole shoots a German. He then insists on one bombing mission before finally deciding to go home.
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Kenneth Dixon
AEF
Italy
Army
45Th Division
Anzio
No Man’s Land
Airforce
Boy Drowns in Lehigh River at Easton
A boy ten identified by police as Luigi Mazzuoli, 13, of Easton, drowned in the Lehigh River when a home made boat capsized during an afternoon attempt to row. Firemen were on the river to recover the body.
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Lehigh Easton
Luigi Mazzuoli
Easton
Lehigh River
Pescara Dam Cracked By Allies In Italy Offensive
Allied dive bombers cracked the Pescara dam near Torre di Passeri, releasing a wall of flood toward German positions along the Adriatic coast. American heavy bombers struck Ploesti and Turnu Severin in Romania while RAF bombers hit Rakos in Budapest, with Mustangs and Kittyhawks guiding the Pescara attack as 1,100 Mediterranean sorties pressed the air campaign.
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Edward Kennedy
Allied
Naples
Pescara
Italy
Adriatic
Ploesti
Turnu-Severin
Romania
Eighth Army
Orion
Ortona
Anzio
Cassino
U. S
Mediterranean
Russian naval and air forces claim five axis ships sunk
Russian high command says naval and air units sunk five axis ships near Sevastopol as Berlin reports the Red Army massing near Kiel, Kowal, Kolomyja and Stanislawow areas for a major push toward Berlin. Casualties cited include 300 Germans killed and 600 Hungarians surrendered.
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London
Sevastopol
Crimea
Red Army
Poland
Berlin
Stockholm
Kowel
Warsaw
Kolomyja
Stanislawow
Rush Orders For Secret New Rockets
Washington report says military plans push for rush production of secret rocket weapons with congressional backing. House naval committee urges 65 million dollars for naval ordnance, plus 15 million from navy and 20 million from army for rocket weapons. Navy and army officials provide little detail beyond acknowledgement of rocket guns and the bazooka.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Navy
Army
Navy Department
George F. Hussey, Jr
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
British to Free Gandhi This Morn
Mohandas K Gandhi will be released from internment tomorrow morning due to medical grounds. The Indian government announced Gandhi, aged 75, has been held at Poona since August 1942 for resistance to Japan. He fell ill last month after his wife’s death and his condition prompted the decision to grant unconditional release at 8 a m tomorrow May 6. Gandhi, a dominant figure in Indian life for four decades, is regarded by millions as a godlike authority and a nationalist leader with various political labels.
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London
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Gandhi
Poona
Japan
Planes Start Large Fires In Kuriles
Pearl Harbor May 5. Navy bombers pounded Paramushiro in the Kuriles starting fires and causing explosions at that base. Other planes hit Nauru south of Gilbert Islands, barracks and runways. Ventura search planes faced light anti aircraft and returned. This marked the 46th raid on Paramushiro, the base's 27th attack. Ponape and the eastern Carolines also faced air attacks as forces continued pounding isolated positions in the Marshalls.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Paramushiro
North Pacific
Kurile Islands
Nauru Island
Gilbert Island
mid-Pacific
Kuriles
Kurile Chain
Ponape Island
Caroline Island
Marshall Islands
Bedford Man Repairs Plane Reaches 100th Mission
Bedford native Technical Sergeant Kenneth L. Smith, a former Bedford machine tool operator, helped rejuvenate B 26 Marauder Belle the Second after a crash and led it on its 100th bombing mission over the Calefaria rail viaduct in northern Italy with Smith aboard. The aircraft was saved from retirement by Smith and his mechanics after earlier tail damage.
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Mediterranean
Allied Air Force Headquarters
Kenneth L. Smith
Bedford
Calefaria
Italy
Smith
Sgt. Smith
Freak Weather Still Prevails in U S
Midsummer heat persisted in New York state with Albany reaching 91 degrees while the Midwest chilled with a drop of 18 degrees at Chadron Nebraska. Heavy snow fell in Kansas City midafternoon, marking the latest snowfall on record for the city.
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New York State
Midwest
Albany
N. Y
Chadron
Neb
Kansas City
Bombers Hit Oil Centers in Romania and Yugoslavia
American heavy bombers struck Ploesti oil yards and Turnu-Severin near the Danube in Romania, and Podgorica in Yugoslavia, on the 21st day of the Allied air offensive. Italy-based fleets joined raids, radios cut to signal resumed night activity, while British planes pounded German coastal fortifications. Canadian Mosquitos damaged several parked enemy aircraft over northern France.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Romania
Ploesti
Turnu-Severin
Danube
Iron Gate
Atlantic Wall
Red Army
Podgorica
Yugoslavia
Paris
Luxembourg
Germany
France
RCAF
Maryland and region forecast Saturday showers, cooler
Maryland and Eastern Pennsylvania expect Saturday showers and cooler conditions. Western Pennsylvania will be mostly cloudy and cooler with occasional rain. West Virginia remains mostly cloudy and cool.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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WEA
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GOP
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Tom Yarbrough
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