RAF Bombers Strike Budapest Amid Night Fighter Screen
Allied dispatch from Naples reports Royal Air Force heavy bombers based in Italy attacked Budapest to aid Russian ground forces. The Halifaxes and Wellingtons broke through German night fighters, dropping bombs on the city and its rail yards along the Vienna to Romania front. Two large explosions and widespread fires were observed.
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Royal Air Force
Italy
Budapest
Hungary
RAF
Germany
Vienna
AFL Leaders Face Backlash Over Political Endorsements
Washington coverage notes AFL head Bill Green faces internal revolt for political activity, endorsing conservative Congressmen and clashing with CIO allies. Unions in Texas and Chicago repudiate Green after his Dies endorsement, while Fargo council rebuffs cooperation with CIO. Other items cite Dan Tobin backing Burdick and Carter support in Oakland amid broader partisan pressure.
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Washington
AFL
Bill Green
Bill
CIO
Martin
Green
Dies
Texas
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Asher Burdick
Dan Tobin
International ‘Teamsters’ Union
Burdick
AFL Central Council
Fargo
Political Action Committee
Nye
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Chicago Tribune
Fred Busbey
Stephen A. Day
Illinois
Chicago Afl
ALF
Oakland
California
Albert £. Carter
George P. Miller
American Invasionists To Receive Superior Armament
Brigadier General Henry Sayler, chief ordnance officer in the European Theatre, says American troops storming Europe will be equipped with the finest artillery and small arms, superior ammunition, and better tanks and vehicles than the enemy. The Stars and Stripes published his report, stressing this is not morale boosting but a factual claim of superiority.
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London
Europe
Henry Sayler
United States Army
Sayler
Stars and Stripes
Woman to Face Trial as Jap Spy
Mrs Vel yalee Dickenson of New York, 50, a Dollar Shop operator, indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for acting as a spy for Japan. Bond date June 5. maximum penalty death. She allegedly sent letters to Argentina with information on battleship movement and repairs after Pearl Harbor and routed coded information to a mail drop in South America.
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New York
Velyalee Dickenson
Japan
Williams Bondy
United States
McNally
Argentina
Pearl Harbor
South America
Allied and Nazi forces trade blows near Cassino and Naples
Naples May 5 The Italian battle line reports renewed fighting at the Adriatic end. A German raiding party penetrated Eighth Army lines at Ortona and was repelled in a sharp skirmish. Allied and German artillery exchanged punches in Cassino and on the Fifth Army front.
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Naples
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Ortona
Cassino
Fifth Army
Oozing Trunk Reveals Body In Luggage Scheme
Los Angeles police found a woman’s body in a trunk shipped from Chicago to the Railway Express office. The trunk, sent April 30 by a man using the name John Lopez, contained clothing and a severed leg. The body was wrapped in a salt-like substance and taken to the morgue for examination. Investigators have not yet determined the sender or identify the victim.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Railway Express
John Lopez
Eugene Bilodeau
Huge Jap base hit 27th raid hits Paramushiro
Washington reports a major air offensive with navy bombers setting fires and explosions at Paramushiro during a Wednesday night raid the 27th attack on the strongest northern Pacific Japanese base. Additional strikes hit Nauru Island racks and runways while Ventura scouts faced light anti aircraft fire.
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Washington
Navy
Nauru Island
Gilberts
mid-Pacific
Kuriles
Parimushiro
North Pacific
Early morn hits scored over Pas de Calais by Liberators
London May 5 American liberators bombed German military installations in Pas de Calais before breakfast starting the twenty first Allied preinvasion raid. Four engined Liberators crossed the channel with Thunderbolts and US Ninth Air Force bombers hitting Valenciennes and Soma in northern France, meeting little resistance as flak stayed moderate. Returning pilots reported no enemy fighters in the overcast skies. The Middle East Communique noted attacks on German shipping and airdromes in Crete and Monemvasia with two supply ships set afire.
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London
Pas de Calais
France
Italy
Budapest
English Channel
United States Airforce
Valenciennes
Soma
Middle East
Crete
Monemvasia
Romance Ends In Jail for Young Couple In Denver
A 14-year-old husband Blixworth Wisecarver and 21-year-old Elaine Monfredi were jailed in Denver after seeking telegraphed money at a hotel claiming they were married at Yuma on April 29. Elaine denied marriage to James Monfredi and said she lived with him while his other wife existed. They face Los Angeles child stealing charges filed by Mildred Wisecarver, mother of the groom, amid a Radium cost note of nearly $30,000.
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Denver
Blixworth Wisecarver
Elaine Monfredi
Yuma
James Monfredi
Will Rogers Jr to Quit Congress and Return to Army
Washington dispatch reports Will Rogers Jr of California’s 16th district will resign from Congress to rejoin the Army. He cites frustration with House rules and red tape and says he can serve best in uniform, with or without rank. The piece also recounts satirical notes about Smithsonian scorpion fish, a 96 year old White House policeman applicant, and Arkansas Senator Hattie Caraway’s Easter bonnet campaign image.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Will Rogers
California
Army
Rogers
Congress
House
Senate
Bere Mit
Chambers of Commerce
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
White House
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Huey Long
Jap invasion of Pacific Coast deemed zero threat
Fort Lewis Washington May 5 Lieutenant General Delos Emmons head of Western Defense Command said the chance of a Japanese invasion force landing on the Pacific Coast is zero at this moment. He noted the situation could change and warned that attackers might raid from a carrier to create confusion but would risk losing carrier and ships.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Pacific
Delos G& Emmons
Western Defense Command
Nenana Ice Goes Out At 2 08 P M May Fourth
The Nenana ice went out at 2 08 P M yesterday afternoon May 4 as observed by Empire observers. The movement was smooth with no jam. Residents gathered on the riverbanks as the tripod on the ice tightened the shore clock line. Officials estimate the Tanana River will be ice free within 24 hours enabling summer traffic to begin.
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Nenana
Tanana River
Yugoslav Funds Frozen as Brazil Refuses Demand
London May 5 The National Bank of Brazil rejected the Yugoslav Government in Exile led by King Peter's demands to surrender nine million five hundred thousand dollars on deposit as Yugoslav funds. This marks an early success in Tito's campaign to recover Yugoslav assets abroad.
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London
Nationa Bank of Brazil
Peter
Marshal Joseph Tito
Gardening program to be established by Office of Indian Affairs
Donald Poster, General Superintendent, states a concrete plan with Ted Carter to lead an intensified gardening education program at Wrangell starting in fall. Carter will prepare the sail and teach, returning in spring to boost food production for Alaska Indians. Plans aim to extend to Eklaine and White Pass schools.
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Donald
Office of Indian Affairs
Ted Carter
Department of Agriculture
Wrangel
Carter
Wrangell
Foster
Eklaine
White Pass
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Will Rogers, Jr
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Smilar
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