Veterans Break Up Nip Grip at Wakde Airfield
American invasion veterans shattered the Japanese grip on Wakde Airfield in New Guinea five hours after storming the shore. Gen Douglas MacArthur's spokesman said the coral runway will be ready for Allied planes very shortly. The advance followed bombardment by bombers strafing planes and naval destroyers that silenced enemy positions along the 4,700 foot strip. The drive pushed up the west side of the island before defenders could rally.
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New Guinea
Wakde
Douglas MacArthur
Sixth Army
Runnway
It Cant Happen Here cross out pid caption in GOP flyer
The Republican National Committee touts a crate of anti New Deal imagery showing Sewell Avery carried by soldiers and a Berlin street scene with a seized pushcart vendor. Roosevelt quote 1936 on public power appears. Martin Dies Jr withdraws from race, with context on his Texas district and Dies Committee scrutiny.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Montgomery Ward
Sewell Avery
Berlin
Roosevelt
Martin Dies
Texas
Congress
Dies
Woodrow Wilson
Martin
Junior
Cio-Afl
Walter Winchell
J. M. Combs
Sam Rayburn
Dies Committee
Halibut Fishing Starts Amid Ocean Labor Protest
Seattle reports say the first halibut vessels headed to the banks after a joint meeting of the Deepsea Fishermen's Union and the Fishing Vessel Owners' Association. The group abandoned the group as a protest to the OPA price ceiling with limited vessels proceeding to sea. Vancouver crews left for banks Thursday night.
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Seattle
Vancouver
Lokken
Japs Suffer Setbacks in India Fight
News from Southeast Asia reports Japanese forces under pressure in Myitkyina, Imphal, and Kohima. American Marauders crossed the Irrawaddy near Myitkyina while British forces disrupted lines near Jessami. In two days, 17 enemy aircraft are destroyed, six probable, with Allied losses of two planes.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Merril
Irrawaddy River
Oine
Imphal
Kohima
India
Jessami
German Guess Poor On Date Of Big Push
Allied headquarters in Naples reports a captured order indicating Germans planned to meet the Allied offensive at 11 p.m. on May 24, but the attack began at 11 p.m. May 11. The directive was directed to the German 14th Armored Corps.
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Naples
Italy
Reds Claim German Height Capture Near Vitebsk
London May 20 The Soviet high command reported the seizure of a German fortified height southeast of Vitebsk as Soviet forces pressed a long quiet front A two hour battle saw women snipers aiding the infantry defenders and attackers in the fight for the position
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London
Vitebsk
North Central Front
Berlin
Two U Boats Sent Down Off Norway
London May 20 The British force escorting a convoy outward and homeward bound sank two German submarines during several days of action off the northern tip of Norway. One destroyer Mahratta was torpedoed and sunk but the crew was rescued. The fleet damaged other U boats.
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London
Pavad
Norway
Lutheran Church To Be Scene of Wedding Tonight
Miss Katherine Torkelson will wed Corporal Joseph W. Alexander at Resurrection Lutherans Church with Rev. G H Hillerman officiating at & o'clock. Attendants include Ruth Torkelson as bridesmaid and Raymond Nevin as best man. ushers Bert McDowell and John Krugness. Music by Helen Johns and a quartet. Reception to follow at Governor's House.
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G. H. Hillerman
Katherine Torkelson
Joseph W. Alexander
USA
Resurrection Lutherans Church
Emil Samuelson
Ruth Torkelson
Raymond Nevin
Bert McDowell
John Krugness
Helen Johns
Love
Alaska ’ Church
Ne Yor
Governor's House
Handin Davis
Betty Jones
Stan Grummett
Grummett
Petersburg
Sitka
Mrs. Torgenson
Art Hedges
T. Batten
G. H
Simpcoe
Helen Hill
H. 4
Plortste
Teti
PAA
Fair
Alfred Gepner
Seattle
Airdromes in France Attacked by American Bombers
May 20 report says American heavy bombers about 260 strong hit three northern France airdromes and Reims rail yards within twelve hours, following RAF night raids on four French radar centers. The strikes targeted Orly and Villacoublay near Paris and Le Champagne at Reims, as part of renewed Allied air operations over occupied Europe.
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London
France
Reims
Royal Air Force
Orly
Villacoublay
Paris
le Champagne
Berlin
Brums Vivors
Straub Wikald
Spang
Alte Lo
Lieut. Moore
Small Business Finds New Champion
Maury Maverick, former Congress member and San Antonio mayor, now head of the Smaller War Plants Corp, is praised as a vigorous champion for small business. He argues reconversion should favor small firms to curb inflation, preserve jobs, and prevent a gap between war and peace production while opposing bureaucratic red tape.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Congress
San Antonio
War Plants Corp
Maury Maverick
SWPC
Ty ‘ Maverick
Maverick
Dewey sweeps Oregon GOP with all delegates
May 20 Portland Gov. Thomas E. Dewey captured Oregon's 15 GOP national convention delegates in a decisive win over Stassen and Bricker. Late returns widen his margin and backers claim a total of 1339 delegates nationally, signaling a nationwide trend. Wayne Morse leads the race for the Republican Senate nomination over incumbent Holman.
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Portland
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Stassen
Bricker
Major Felker
Dewey
Wayne Morse
The
War Labor Board
Holman
Arrivals From South Reach Juneau Vessel
A vessel arriving from the south yesterday afternoon brought the following passengers to Juneau: Margaret E Brown Corrine Greenhow Rosanne Schneider Maxine Wallender Frank R Clayton Charles R Wallace Edward J Fortier F Molitor R C White J D Scott Mrs Brown Alice Baker Dolores Lee A J St Claire Earl Payton Theodore Domke Ernest Giovanetti and S Whitman.
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Juneau
Margaret E. Brown
Corrine Greenhow
Rosanne Schneider
Maxine Wallender
Frank R. Clayton
Charles R. Wallace
Edward J. Fortier
F. Molitor
R. C. White
J. D. Scott
Ie Brown
Louise Glockie
Jink K. Peterson
Sherman L. Edwards
Alice Baker
Dolores Lee
A. J. St. Claire
Earl Payton
Theodore Domke
Ernest Giovanetti
Whitman
Coast Guard Auxiliary outing planned for tomorrow
Flotilla No. 2100 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary will hold an outing tomorrow at Youngs Bay. All vessels depart Small Boat Harbor at 9 o'clock in formation. Participants should bring lunch and report aboard Commander J B Burford's boat between 8 and 8 45 for last minute instructions. Lt. Earle Watterworth will be aboard with an official U S C G photographer.
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Coast Guard Auxiliary
Youngs Bay
J. B. Burford
Earle Watterworth
Coast Guard Auxilary
Howard Simmons Joins Alaska Fisheries Staff
Howard Simmons has joined the Fish and Wildlife Service as fisheries management agent for the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Island districts with headquarters at False Pass. He will depart around May 23 aboard the Fisheries vessel Crane and return to Juneau for winter duty. Will Rogers body to be interred beside the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore Oklahoma after processing at Glendale California cemetery.
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The
Fish and Wildlife Service
Howard Simmons
Alaska Peninsula
Aleutian
Simmons
Juneau
Claremore
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Glendale
Calif
Brown Bear Warning on Eagle and Herbert River Trails
Forest Service trail crews report signs of brown bear presence in the Eagle and Herbert River valleys. They note signs are torn and used for kindling two to three times yearly. Trails are not patrolled frequently, so authorities urge hikers to carry a standard bear rifle when traveling this area this season.
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Forest Service
Eagle
Herbert River
Furest
Sides On Inspection Trip To Southeast Ports
Deputy Collector of Customs M. H. Sides departed on an inspection trip to Southeast Alaska ports including Prince Rupert. He is expected to return within the next ten days.
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M. H. Sides
Alaska
Prince Rupert
Allied attack damages Soerabaja oil dock and ships
Southwest Pacific report confirms a joint Nimita MacArthur and Mountbatten force strike on Soerabaja, damaging an oil dock and installations and sinking or damaging at least 10 vessels totaling 35 000 tons. Liberators hit rail yards in a 3500 mile round trip from northwest Australia. Three Allied planes were lost.
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Southwest Pacific
Nimita
MacArthur
Mountbatten
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Soerbaja
Alance
Plas
Bet
Sawmill Walkout Hits Seattle Plants Across Northwest
About 700 of Seattle's 3000 sawmill workers joined a walkout in protest of the National War Labor Board's denial of wage increases for 130000 workers in the Pacific Northwest pine and Douglas fir sectors. Four mills closed as John Christensen, president of the Northwest Council Lumber and Sawmill Workers, urged workers to stay. He recalled officials telling him to "go places" after 16 months of similar bargaining.
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Seattle
National War Labor Board
Pacific Northwest
John Christensen
Northwest Countil Lumber
Christensen
Mullarkey
Turkish Entry in War Feared by Nazi Party
Simferopol May 20. Russians report 246 enemy officers captured in Crimea. A captured artillery colonel Hans Meaxinger aged 47 says Hitler ordered holding the Crimea to prevent neutral Turkey from joining the war on the Allied side. The order arrived early May before Sevastopol fell.
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Nazi Party
Simperopol
Crimean
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Hans Meaxinger
Sevastopol
Stock Quotations New York May 20 Closing Values
May 20 closing quotations show Anaconda at 23 percent Bethlehem Steel 844 Curtiss Wright 5 percent Kennecott 314 North American Aviation 8 New York Central 18 percent Northern Pacific 16 percent United States Steel 51 percent Dow Jones averages Industrials 138.97 Rails 120.54 Utilities 32.92
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Curtiss "Wright
Kennecott
North American Aviation
Allies in vigorous advances drive Nazis back on Italian front
Allied forces seize key fortifications along the Hitler line in Italy and push the German defense onto a switch line southwest from Pico Terracina. American, French, and Eighth Army units report breakthroughs at Gaeta, Pontecorvo, and surrounding strongholds, with more than 5500 POWs captured as the attack widens along the lower front.
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Naples
Pica
Terracina
Campodimele
Ine
Pico
Tert
Gaetz
Eighth Army
Lit Valley & Inne
Pontecorvo
Iowa Storms Kill Five in Two Days Across Town
Des Moines reports at least five dead and more than 20 injured as tornadoes floods and heavy rains lash the area over the past two days. Thousands of acres of farmland submerged and property damage exceeds a million dollars.
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Desmoines
Senator Langer threatens delay in tax bill reading
Senator William Langer of North Dakota threatened to delay Senate action on the House approved tax simplification bill. He demanded postponement until Monday, saying he had no time to study the measure due to heavy committee work. He began reading the 56 page printed bill, a tactic common in filibusters.
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Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Langer
William Langer
North Dakota
Woman accused of dropping baby into Colorado River
Mildred Mell, 18, was booked on murder investigation after authorities say she told them she dropped her ten month old daughter from a bridge into the Colorado River near Yuma and watched her drown.
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EL Centro
Calif
Mildred Mell
Yuma
Arisons
Colorado River
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