Allies Lose Five Cargo Ships to Japanese Subs
Allied headquarters in Australia reports Japanese submarines sunk five Allied and American ships off Australia, with most crews rescued by naval units. The May first communique notes wolf pack submarine activity to the east of Australia and outlines concurrent Allied advances in New Guinea, including the seizure of the village of Dobdubi near Salamaua.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
High Command
Setot Tee
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Dobdubi
Salamaua
Mumo
Dutch New Guinea
U. S
Manokwari
New Ireland
Gasmata
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Madang
Mubo
Greens Hill
WLB Seeks Power to Relax Hold the Line Order
Washington May 6 The War Labor Board met with Stabilization Director James Byrnes for three hours and pressed for authority to raise wages to fix inequalities but left gloom lingering. Sources say Byrnes offered no counter proposals and appears unwilling to loosen the April 8 hold the line directive. The board previously could correct injustices within plants or between similar jobs but the order limits increases to the little steel formula and a few exceptions, risking about 10 000 applications being rejected.
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Washington
The
War Labor Board
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
National Board
Little Steel
Civilian Goods To Be Cut Across Home Front
Washington May 6 The War Production Board warns civilians face a 15 to 20 percent cut in goods and services despite ample farm manpower for 1943 goals. Food Administrator Chester C Davis notes farm labor will meet production needs while WPB outlines a six point plan to soften civilian shortages. It calls extending rationing, reducing civilian manufacturing, boosting retail productivity, curbing nonessential items, protecting minimum needs, and informing the public.
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Washington
Chester C. Davis
War Production Board
Davis
James F. Byrnes
WPB
15 Billion Dollar Road Program Proposed by Solon
Rep J W Robinson of Utah urged a 15 billion dollar road building program as key to postwar prosperity. As chairman of the House roads committee he cited prewar highway needs and said at least 3 billion dollars yearly for five years could fund extensive construction.
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Solon
Chicago
J. W. Robinson
Utah
Robinson
House Roads Committee
American Road Builders’ Association
Stillwell and Chennault to Return to China
Lieut. General Joseph W. Stillwell and Major General Clair L. Chennault will return to China soon, officials announced from Washington on May 6. The two senior Allied commanders are expected to rejoin the Chinese theater to oversee operations and coordinate air and ground campaigns.
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China
Washington
Joseph W. Stillwell
Clair L. Chennault
Lt Eso Naranche Killed in Action in North Africa
Lt. Eso Naranche, former Butte high and Montana State athlete, son of Mrs. Martha Salovich, was killed in action on the North African front March 28. Relatives in Butte received telegrams from his wife in Hollywood confirming his death. details were not released. Naranche starred in football and track at MSU and was commissioned in 1942. He was praised by his commander for courage during a Tunisian engagement and cited in Maj. Albert R. Moore's account of the escape from encirclement.
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Butte
Eso Naranche
Butte High School
Montana State University
Martha Salovich
East
Granite Street
U. S. Army Infantry
North Bronson Avenue
Hollywood
Calif
Naranche
War Department
Missoula
Navanche
Albert R. Moore
Moore
Narancie
Gridiron
Shark repellent drives sharks away from adrift men
A Navy report on a newly developed shark repellent describes a substance that repels hungry sharks in waters around Woods Hole Florida and Guayaquil harbor. Experiments show sharks refuse bait when a small amount of the repellent is suspended nearby, aiding sailors in shark-infested seas.
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Washington
Navy
Woods Hole
Mass
Florida
Guayaquel Harbor
Ecuador
McNutt Cites 8,300,000 in U S Armed Forces
War Manpower Chief Paul V McNutt told the House Military Affairs Committee that the current total strength of the U S Army Navy and Marine Corps stands about 8 300 000 This figure derives from simple mathematics using 1943 goals and monthly induction rates He said the year s objective is 10 700 000 with 300 000 inducted monthly and that 2 400 000 remain to be formed this year He argued the 1943 goals can be met without harming war industry and noted about 2 700 000 more workers will be needed in industry with 1 900 000 being women He added some 15 000 000 women already work in industry and vouched that voluntary recruitment remains effective against the Austin Wadsworth bill
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Washington
U.S
Paul V. McNutt
U. S. Army
Navy
Marine Corps
House
Allies Launch Pay-off Battle to Drive Axis From Tunisia
London dispatch reports Soviet forces repulsed five Axis counter-attacks near Novorossiysk in the Caucasus. Moscow says the Red Army killed about 9,000 Germans in two days and neared Novorossiysk while cutting routes to the Taman peninsula. Berlin notes coastal raids and continued fighting across the front with hundreds of German casualties.
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Allies
Axis
Tunisia
London
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Neberd- Jayevskaya
Taman
Crimea
Ges
Anapa
Berlin
Sevsk
Bryansk
Rostov
Balakleyaoutheast
Kharkov
Cap Bon
Tunis
Jurgen von Arnim
Feud blamed on confusing lines of authority in war effort
Washington May 6 The Truman committee faulted confusing lines of authority from the White House for wasteful feuding among war administrators. It urged stronger Nelson oversight and more frequent consultation with rubber and other czars while noting mixed directives left heads effectively uncoordinated. The panel cited Jeffers to enforce rubber directives and Ickes as petroleum chief reporting to the President yet subject to War Production Board direction.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
White House
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
D.mo
William M. Jeffers
Harold L. Ickes
War Production Board
Welles Rejected for Induction Into Armed Forces
Orson Welles, film actor director, was rejected for induction into the armed forces for physical reasons. The selection official announced the decision after Welles, already classified 2-B to permit deferment until November to finish a picture, took the examination.
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Welles
Los Angeles
Orson Welles
Mines School of Montana commencement program announced
The 41st annual commencement at Montana School of Mines is announced by Dr. Francis A. Thomson. Exercises are set for 8 o'clock Friday night in Museum hall on campus. Capt. James G. Atkins of the U S Naval Training station Farragut Idaho will deliver the address titled A Naval Officer's Practical Admonitions. Atkins arrived in Butte Thursday. Thirty four seniors will receive bachelor of science degrees in mining engineering metallurgical engineering and geological engineering and two graduate students will...
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Montana School of Mines
Francis A. Thomson
Museum Hall
James G. Atkins
U. S. Naval Training Station
Farragut
Idaho
Atkins
Butte Postmaster Candidates
Sixteen candidates including Osborne Ashford James Cadigan William Corbitt and Mrs Susan Freund seek the Butte postmaster job The U S Civil Service Commission led by Cornelius Bateson arrived to review their qualifications The exam will follow the 1938 act with a $4200 salary and the rating rests with the Washington commission
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Butte
Cornelius Bateson
Civil Service
Washington, D. C
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Bateson
Osborne R. Ashford
James T. Cadigan
William J. Corbitt
Charles C. Davis
Karl I. Deshler
Arthur
Commission
Washington
Congress
Survivors Land After Merchant Vessel Sinks in Atlantic
New York reports 13 survivors out of a 44 crew after a medium sized merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in mid February in the north Atlantic. The Navy announced the landing on Thursday.
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New York
U.P
North Atlantic
Navy
Montana School of Mines 41st Commencement Announcement
Citizens of Butte and Montana invited to the 41st annual Montana School of Mines commencement on Friday May 7 at 8 pm in Museem hall. General admission is free with reserved seats for the graduating class family faculty alumni. Doors close at 8 and guests should arrive by 7:45. Francis A. Thomson president.
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Butte
Montana School of Mines
Museem
Francis A. Thomson
Honorary Engineering Degree to Captain Atkins Highlight
Be awarded master's degrees in metallurgy and geological engineering during the exercises. One of the evening’s highlights will be the presentation of an honorary degree in engineering to Captain Atkins, a naval officer.
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Atkins
Former Montana Congressman Addresses California Assembly
Washington Jay McCormick, once a Montana congressman and Missoula legislator, spoke to the California assembly on May 6. McCormick is studying modern languages at the University of California and working in the shipyards.
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Sacramento
Washington
Jay McCormick
Montana
Missoula
Mont
California Assembly
McCormick
University of California
Tojo vows annihilating blow against Allies in Pacific
Japanese premier Hideki Tojo told a Manila audience that Japan is ready to crush the United States and the British empire in the Pacific war. He spoke during a mass meeting before about 400,000 Filipinos and said Germany and Italy are expanding cooperation with Japan to form a new world order. He emphasized Philippines independence once it cooperates and that East Asia will build a new future under Japanese leadership.
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Hideki Tojo
Manila
Japan
United States
United Press
London
Chungking
New York
Tojo
Philippines
New Asia
Greater East Asia
Germany
Italy
Allied Break Through Near Tunis and Massicault Capture
Allied forces led by American and British troops smashed enemy lines before Bizerte and Tunis and captured Massicault, 15 miles from Tunis, as air power crushed Axis air activity in North Africa. The push toward Bizerte continued despite strong opposition, with Germans and Italians retreating under heavy artillery and air bombardment.
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North Africa
Tunisian
Bizerte
Tunis
Massicault
Associated Press
Ferryville
Henri Giraud
Algiers
Africa
Australian crew earns distinguished Flying Cross for air action
All 10 crew members of a B-24 bomber awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney for extraordinary achievement after helping to shoot down five of eight Japanese Zeros off New Britain on February 24.
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Australia
New Britain
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Businessmen to Hear Talk Tonight on Stabilization of Wages
L. A. Hill of Minneapolis, regional wage director of the U S Department of Labor, will discuss Stabilization of Wages and Salaries before Butte businessmen at the Chamber of Commerce tonight at 8. The talk covers War Labor Board authority, recent executive order changes, and hold the line measures to prevent inflation with guidance for employers and employees.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
West Broadway
L. A. Hill
Minneapolis
United States Department of Labor
Hill
Great Falls
Helena
Silver Bow Employers’ Association
George L. Martin
W. G. Maloney
Montana
War Labor Board
Hh&s
New Fight Opens on Tax Bill
Washington May 6 The Treasury argued that middle and lower income taxpayers will bear most of any new war taxes and deserve larger abatements of 1942 taxes. Randolph Paul said it would be unfair to grant high earners an inequitable break if a $16 billion tax rise is imposed while Congress debates pay as you go proposals.
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Washington
Treasury
Randolph Paul
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means
Paul
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