Anti-Barge Campaign Advances in New Guinea
Allied forces strike near Altape destroying 20 supply barges as Japanese flee Wewak and surrounding marooned areas. About 80,000 Japanese are believed trapped between Madang and Hollandia after inland routes were erased. A Schouten Islands raid challenged by six enemy planes, with two Liberators damaged, yet returned safely. An enemy freighter off New Guinea was damaged.
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New Guinea
Wewak
Altape
Madang
Hollandia
Schouten Islands
Tydings Says President Calls Me Daily In Maryland Row
In a Baltimore rally, Senator Millard Tydings claimed the President calls him daily and that they talk openly. He displayed a letter from the President praising a Philippine Commonwealth continuation vote, while Republicans and Democrats weigh implications for Roosevelt’s potential fourth-term bid.
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Washington
Maryland
Millard Tydings
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Fdr
Tydings
Philippine Commonwealth
Quezon
White House
Wes
Willis
Baloney
Tydinga
Cannery and Fishermen Protest Liberty Ship Use
Seattle May 3 Cannery workers join fishermen in opposing using Liberty ships to move workers to Alaska salmon run. Union demands at least two ships and reduced crowding, opposing last year s conditions. WSA replies the vessel is a strengthened new type for troops and fishermen alike. Andrew Vigen cites bunking improvements while warning against overconfidence in safety.
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Seattle
Alaska
War Shipping Administration
United Cannery, Agriculture and Processing Workers Union
Alaska Fishermen’s Union
Admiral E. 8
Land
WSA
Andrew Vigen
Union
Naturalization Agent Arrives in Juneau for Week
Edwin C. Stevens of the Ketchikan office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service arrived in Juneau last evening for about one week. Anyone seeking help on immigration naturalization or citizenship problems can contact him at the Baranof Hotel.
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Edwin C. Stevens
Ketchikan
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Juneau
Stevens
Baranof Hotel
Hull Drafts Democratic Foreign Policy Plank
Secretary of State Cordell Hull spoke for 42 minutes in a radio address from the Columbiane studio with a small audience and aides noting his strong foreign policy outline. Observers say he may have written the Democratic convention plank on foreign policy for Chicago in July, should Roosevelt be renominated.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Cordell Hull
U. S
Aeeuopaeoe
Columbiane
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
Cnt
Breckinridge Long
Mr. Hull
Hull
Othet Fords
Chicago
Roosevelt
Allied Raids Hit Cities in Northern Italy
Allied forces conducted day and night raids across Northern Italy with targets including Laspezia harbor rail yards Milan Alessia Genoa Livorno and Piacenza. NBA Swiss broadcast reports major damage. Six Allied planes missing from 1800 sorties.
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Naples
Laspezia
Italy
Royal Air Force
Milan
Alexis
Genoa
Livorno
Piacenza
Guy
Florence
DeGaulie
Committee For National Liberation
France
Challenge to Ward plants under Federal control in Chicago
May 3 Montgomery Ward fights Federal seizure of Chicago plants. Attorney Harold Smith argues the action violates Fourth and Fifth Amendments, claiming it is an unreasonable taking without due process. Judge William Holly will rule next Monday after final arguments on the injunction.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Velt
Harold Smith
William Holly
Lberty
Biddle
Holly
Dirty Deal by Government Seizure of Montgomery Ward Plant
A CIO United Mall Order Warehouse Retail Employees spokesman calls the National Labor Relations Board move to hold a seven day election at the government controlled Montgomery Ward plant a dirty deal. Local 20 claims the board dished out a reign of terror and protests the short notice. The plant was seized after a contract lapse led to a strike and non renewal of the pact.
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Chicago
CIO United Mall
National Labor Relations Board
Montgomery Ward
Myrfin Siegendorf
Truk Smashed by Planes and Battleships in Mid Pacific Attacks
Pacific Fleet reports two day assault on Truk with heavy carrier plane strikes and shore bombardment of Ponape and Satawan. 126 Japanese planes destroyed, 800 tons of bombs dropped, multiple island bases shelled. no American losses. Two day campaign ended with light aircraft losses and significant Japanese aircraft downed.
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Pacific Fleet
Fear Harbor
Truk
Ponape
Satawan Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Currier
W. A. Lee
Satawan
J. B. Oldendorf
Yask
Marc Mitscher
Mitscher
Alaska farmers to get benefits in 1944 program
Washington May 3 The War Food Administration announces approval of the 1944 agricultural conservation program for insular areas offering $1,000,000 in benefit payments to farmers in Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska. Alaska’s allotment is $8,000.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Insular
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Arends Confirmed As U S Attorney in Alaska
The Senate confirmed Harry Arend as United States attorney for the Fourth Division of Alaska with headquarters in Fairbanks.
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Arends
Washington
Senate
Harry Arend
U. S
Alubke
Fairbanks
Bombing Trails Block Western Europe Rail Lines
London reports that western Europe targets have been hit for two months, crippling rail lines in northern France and Belgium. Only military and coal traffic remains as air raids shift toward Mediterranean moves and Allied air fleets set records for April. German broadcasts note a large Allied troop movement in Southern Italy and suggest an Eisenhower invasion timing with a new Russian drive.
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London
Europe
France
Belgium
Germany
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Lever‘hat Uo
Cxl
Enn Tomee
Cape
Britain
Italy
Occupied
Erritory
Mediterranean
Dalmatian
Balkans
Berlin
Eisenhower
Resistance to Invasion Estimate
London May 3. German forces and satellites near invasion total 319 divisions with 366 more on the eastern front. Observers say division sizes vary, originally 15 000 to 16 000 men, though many are weakened. Russia front strength around 375 000, likely overstated. Several divisions in France and others in Denmark and Norway with limited armor.
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London
Germany
France
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Paramiashiro Island
Kuriles
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Plager
Diane Penderton
Sky
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