Pierce 2nd Defenses of Tokyo Now
Associated Press reports Tokyo radio claims encirclement of 80,000 Chinese in Henan while Allied fronts show Japanese reverses. Loyang dispatches note counterattacks driving Japanese back across Yi River and a head 7 miles from Loyang. Chinese newsmen say most of trapped troops lie east of the Peiping Hankow line. Chungking cites reinforcements to seal a 14 mile road gap.
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Associated Press
China
Henan
Tokyo Radio
Loyang
Yi River
Chungking
Tokyo
Peiping Hankow
California in Dewey plan looms as key to 1944 vote
Washington Roundup reports Dewey advisers believe 17 electoral votes could suffice if California goes for Dewey, while Roosevelt would hold border states, the South, plus Washington and Utah. Democratic and Republican leaders see California as pivotal, with Warren a wild card. Frankfurter controversy hinted.
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Washington
Dewey
Fdr
California
Roosevelt
South
Utah
New England
Middle West
Pennsylvania
New York
Union
Hiram Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Warren
Marshall
Bob Kenny
Chicago
PDR
Military Fuel Reserves Grow Amid War Demands
Washington reports massive reserves of vital fuels being built for Army and Navy needs. Officials urge stopping black markets and counterfeit ration coupons to ease civilian supply, noting overbuying to meet emergencies while warning against false relief hopes.
Meeting of Admirals in California Signals Japan Distraction
In San Francisco, Admirals Halsey Nimitz and King met last week as observers see a strategic hint for Europe invasion. The Navy gave few details, but Nimitz receives a second Distinguished Service Medal for 1941 1942 actions, joining Halsey as a rare decorated figure now retired from the Marines.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Navy
Japan
W. Halsey
Chester W. Nimitz
E. J. King
Tokyo
Admiral Halsey
South Pacific ‘Biome
Marine Corps
Forrestal Nominated as Secretary of the Navy
President Roosevelt nominates James Forrestal to succeed the late Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy. A 4 term former investment banker and Democrat, Forrestal has served as Undersecretary since 1940. His nomination follows urging by many congressional leaders from both parties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Forrestal
Navy
Frank Knox
New York
Forrestal
Congress
Russians Repairing Sevastopol Under Fire
Moscow May 10 Russian engineers entered Sevastopol to repair the wrecked port as the Red Star correspondent described the task as unbelievably difficult amid German and Romanian long-range fire and ongoing combat near the city.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Red Star
Fear Floods in Dawson Area
Fears of flood conditions grew in the Dawson district as army planes tried to break an 18 mile jam into the Klondike river mouth. Jams moved down Coffee and Stewart Creeks toward the Klondike, threatening deeper floodwaters. Reconnaissance planes failed to break the jam on Monday and Tuesday.
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Dawson
Klondike River
Coffee
Stewart Creeks
Klondike
Alaska Airlines Busy Days List Passengers In and Out
Alaska Airlines tallies a steady flow of arrivals and departures with passengers linked to Fairbanks Anchorage Yakutat and Cordova. Names include Ernest Beard Walter Collier Paul Pleass Arthur Ozman J H Dowling Belford Minor R Gishier George Larson and others. Westward visitors W C Bingham of Graybar Electric and T R Curtis registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Airlines
H. L. Wood
V. G. Anderson
Alma Jackson
Wildey Kimball
K. K. Kent
Alene Demming
Yakutat
Anchorage
Belford Minor
R. Gishier
George Larson
A. K. Lyle
B. Goodfield
Alex Dunham
Ray Baker
B. M. Stewart
West
W. C. Bingham
Graybar Electric Company
T. R. Curtis
Gastineau Hotel
Eighth Army Presses Germans as War Board Slates Ward Plant
May 10 Chicago reports the Union seeks immediate extension of the Montgomery Ward contract after a union victory in bargaining. The plant, seized April 26, is to be returned to Sewell Avery who criticizes the closed shop. Federal judge dismisses seizure case as events unfold. Allied forces advance in Italy toward Sulmona, entering Palena with little resistance and demolitions noted by dispatches.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
Sewell Avery
WLB
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Eft
Avery
Holly
Montgomery, Ward
Naples
Eighth Army
Italy
Sulmona
Palena
Ward
Stock Quotations for May 10 at New York Markets
The May 10 closing list shows Alaska Juneau at 5 percent, Anaconda 251, Beech Aircraft 8, Bethlehem Steel 58, Curtiss Wright 544, International Harvester 72, Kennecott 30K, New York Central 17, Northern Pacific 15, United States Steel 52. The Dow Jones averages stand at 138.73 for industrials, 30.19 for rails, and 22.68 for utilities.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
Anaconda
Beech Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Dow, Jones
Rails
Utilities
Passengers Enter Juneau This Morning From the Westward
Incoming travelers include Dr Evelyn Butler V Bingham L M Carrigan T R Curtis Peter Kesovia Martha Lawrence D A Noonan Arthur E Vienola Constance Noonan Lucians Cabegas T W Peterson A D West H A Wertz Mrs G W Alexander Mrs Sig Krogstad Jerome Krogstad Axsel Hill Dr George Dale and others. A returning party includes Mrs W J Walker Claus L Larsson Rose Schneider and several others. Nellie Morris paymaster of the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle arrived with her daughter and son in law Captain and Mrs John Hulberg to visit at the Russell Apartments
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Juneau
Evelyn Butler
V. ©. Bingham
L. M. Carrigan
T. R. Curtis
Peter Kesovia
Martha Lawrence
D. A. Noonan
Arthur E. Vienola
Constance Noonan
Lucians Cabegas
T. W. Peterson
A. D. West
H. A. Wertz
G. W. Alexander
Sig Krogstad
Jerome Krogstad
Axsel Hill
George Dale
W. J. Walker
Claus L. Larsson
Rose Schneider
Alma Lb
Clark
Philip Clerk
Charles Gamble
Andrew Jackson
Max 5. Rhodz
Paul A. Plass
J. Blass and
Infant
Weston B. Jacob
Sam Asp
Lazar Perisich
Lucille Stevens
George Wilson
Harvery & Welcome
Walter E. Lollier
Ernest R. Board
Originator of Poppy Day Dies in Athens Georgia
Miss Michaél, originator of Poppy Day in 1918 as a memorial to war dead, died after months of illness. She served on the University of Georgia faculty for 26 years and helped raise millions for disabled veterans through the remembrance custom.
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Athens
Tibia
Michel
Reno Divorce of Doris Duke Declared Void
In Elizabeth New Jersey May 10 Chancery Court Advisory Master Dougal Herr declared Doris Duke Cromwell’s Reno divorce void and ordered it set aside. He questioned her competence as a married woman and found the residence strategy outside New Jersey to be an element of fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Chancery Court
Dougal Herr
Doris Duke Cromwell
James
United States
Canada
Reno
Secret romance of Alaska governor's son revealed
Peter B Gruening 21, an AAF Aviation Cadet, gave his Governor's Mansion Juneau Alaska address to a routine questionnaire. Mira Loma Flight Academy officials learned he is the Alaska governor's son after his three weeks there.
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Glendale
Calif
Peter B. Gruening
AAF
Juneau
Alaska
Mira Loma
Hugh G. Nicholson
Sneak Thieves Steal Pennies Aiding Children’s Hospital
Mrs. George F. Alexander, chairing Juneau’s penny drive for the Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle, reports the third penny bottle has been stolen. Bottles in stores and public places invite pennies to aid Alaskan children, with police and federal authorities alerted and threats of severe penalties for thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
George F. Alexander
Seattle
Bette
Monagle
United Builes
Felix Gray
Allies Launch Three-Sided Drive in Burma Theater
In a May 10 dispatch from Kandyan SRY, Allied forces press a three front push around Mogaung Valley in northern Burma to reopen the land route to China. Mountbatten reports heavy Japanese casualties south of Mogaung and key blows near Mawla where airborne units have targeted the Mandalay Myitkyina railway since March.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Mogaung Valley
Burma
China
Mountbatten
Mogaung
Mawla
Mandalay-Myitkyina
49 Billions Is Requested For Military
Roosevelt asked Congress for Army appropriations totaling 15 676 652 000 dollars to bring military expenditures to 49 billion dollars for the next fiscal year. The White House said maintenance and operation would support an army of 7 700 000 officers and men and women on the offensive in a global war. An unobligated balance of 33 607 000 000 dollars would also be available for the year starting July 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Trunk murder confession from Texas arrest shocks readers
Layla Villegas aged 26 signed a confession admitting he killed his wife Louise in Chicago by striking her in the head during a dispute over divorce. He claimed the body was placed in a trunk bound for Los Angeles. He was arrested in Crystal City and will be sent back to Chicago to face charges. Also notes nurse Myrtle Salisbury transferred from Point Barrow to Juneau for duty at the Government Hospital.
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Crystal City
Texas
Barnes
Layla Villegas
Louise
Chicago
Los Angeles
Villieus
Villegas
Hoe
Sdian Apeams
Juneau
Point Barrow
Myrtle Salisbury
Office of Indian Affairs
Government Hospital
De Valera Government Defeated in Dail Vote May Election
Dublin May 10 It is officially announced that a general election will be held likely on May 30 after the defeat of Prime Minister Eamon de Valera's government on the transport bill by 64 to 63 in the Dail. The move signals rough politics ahead as most ministers plan to resign and seek re election.
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Robinia de le
OPA
Dublin
Ble
Eamon de Valera
Dail
Eireann
Plante Dail
Acata
de Valera
Erie
de Velera
Vod Stend
Alaska Coastal Operates Three Flights Today
Alaska Coastal aircraft conducted three trips, carrying passengers to Sitka with Jack Garrett and others, to Skyway with A G Webb and companions, and to Ketchikan and Wrangell. Additional legs included routes to Petersburg and Thresoy, with several named travelers aboard.
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Alaska
Sitka
Jack Garrett
Howard Stabler
John Watton
Max Swiz
Skyeway
A. G. Webb
Mae Stephenson
Mavis Selden
Webster &. Carter
Bill Lawrence
Arnold Amundsen
Baines
Joe Green
Thresoy
Ketchikan
Rhia
Glsen
Wrangell
Stanley Reid
Petersburg
Charles Tuckett
Ben Benecke
Day and Night Raids Report Allied Bombing Blitz
Day and night raids continue as Royal Air Force bombers strike Paris and Berlin while Italy based aircraft target the Messerschmitt factory at Wiener Neustadt Austria. An Ankara broadcast claimed Bucharest also bombed. Allied action includes French Italian border area targets near Annecy and railyards in France and Belgium.
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London
Italy
Alps
Messerschmitt
Weiner -Neustadt
Austria
Jer
Ankara
Bucharest
Romania
Wen
Royal Air Forces
Paris
Berlin
Pegernigg
Parks
Funclita Alukka
RAP
Annecy
France
Belgium
East Alps
Roosevelt Keeps Mum on Second Term Talk
President Roosevelt returns from a month in South Carolina and declines to discuss plans for a second term. Reporters note his silence while Democratic critics in New York urge clarity. Spontaneous responses from Busfield and South Dakota deputies mirror public interest in potential reelection.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Julie
Utes
Fernapeea
Roser & Hannegan
New York
South Carolina
Finnpean
Horton
Busfield
South
Dakota
Kidder
Olaus Larsson Southbound for Medical Leave
Olaus Larsson, longtime machinist with the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co, noted fisherman and salmon derby conductor, is en route south for medical treatment after a weeks stay at St. Ann's Hospital. A. R. Lyle arrives from Anchorage and checks in at Baranof.
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Olaus Larsson
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
St. Ann's Hegilt
Anchorage
A. R. Lyle
Baranof
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Nippon
Drew Pearson
Col
Robert 8. Allen
Frankefurter
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Stone
Jack Stinnett
Army
Tam
Dawson Area
Mrs. Morris
Peter Gruening
Jim Keeley
Bates and Rogers Company
Whitehorse
Stines
Norman C. Stinea
Wir Production Board
PAA
Gustavus
Devalera
Europe
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