Allies Map New Blows Against Japs and Axis in Africa
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill map new blows against Japan and the European Axis. Top Allied leaders in Washington include Wavell, Somerville, and Reirse, with Stilwell and Chennault in China. Two aims loom: decisive campaigns against Japan and checks on plans for invading Hitler's Europe. The Africa victory and Mediterranean reopening shift Pacific strategy and long range planning.
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Washington
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
India
Archibald P. Wavell
James Somerville
Ceylon
Sir Richard Reirse
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Claire Chennault
Hitler
European
Casablanca
Europe
Africa
Britain
America
Middle East
Byrnes Defines Wage Power of Labor Board
Economic Director James F. Byrnes issued a directive empowering the War Labor Board to adjust wages to aid wartime prosecution or correct inequities within the price structure and production levels. Adjustments must not raise wages above local going rates in similar plants and require his approval if they could raise price ceilings or costs.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
War Labor Board
Byrnes
WLB
Nursing School Graduates Ready to Serve on Battlefield and Homefront
Sixteen graduates of St James hospital school of nursing received diplomas at the thirty fourth annual commencement in St Patrick church. The ceremony honored women who completed three years of training and will serve in wartime hospitals or in military service with a watchword of Service. Father James R White urged the graduates to place their skills at the service of country, noting nursing has long linked women to war relief and comfort for the wounded.
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Angels of Mercy
St. James Hospital School
James R. White
St. Joseph Church
Father White
Sisters of Mercy
Florence Nightingale
Crimea
Hospitas
Bataan
Corrigedor
Girl Gang Beats Enlistee Miss Carver in Butte Assault
Miss Charlotte M. Carver a Marine corps women reserve enlistee from Butte was attacked by five teen girls on North Montana street near a rooming house. She was dragged inside, beaten, and pushed through a window suffering bruises and medical treatment. Five suspects detained in county jail. authorities note motives unclear.
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Charlotte M. Carver
Butte
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Women’s Department
Mary Kelly
Miss Carver
West Park Street
Montana Street
Daly Returns to Butte for Summer Mining Work
W B Daly consulting mining engineer for Anaconda company is back in Butte for the summer after wintering in Hollywood. He is recovering from a severe cold but greets many old friends and expresses happiness to be back among the mining industry circle he has served for years.
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W. B. Daly
Anaconda Company
Butte
Hollywood
Daly
Weather forecast warmer Thursday with scattered showers
The forecast calls for warmer conditions on Thursday with scattered light showers in the afternoon. Wednesday’s temperatures reach a high of 41 and a low of 19 as a cooler trend begins.
Russians Roll Germans Back
London reports a new Red Army thrust on the lower Donets front near Lishchansk driving back German armor between Kharkov and Rostov. Soviet combat claims 600 Germans killed in Lishchansk, 400 more in Kuban fighting, plus large aerial raids behind lines and air battles with 18 German planes destroyed.
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London
Donets
Kharkov
Rostov
Moscow
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Kuban
Lishchansk
Slavyansk
Red Army
Conductor Albert Stroessel Dies After Stage Collapse
Albert Stroessel, renowned choral and symphony conductor, died Wednesday after collapsing on stage while conducting an orchestra at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences auditorium in New York. The incident occurred during a performance on May 12.
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New York
Albert Stroessel
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Nazis U Boats Lose Raging Convoy Battle
London reports a major Allied victory as escort ships from Britain and air units from Canada sunk or probably sunk ten German submarines during an eight day Atlantic convoy battle. Four sunk, four probably sunk, two more likely lost, with 25 subs in action at times.
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London
U.P
Atlantic
Admiralty
Royal Canadian Air Force
Laurel Men Die in Truck Crash on MacDonald Pass
A heavy truck left the MacDonald pass highway 15 miles west of Helena, plunged 160 feet, killing occupants Henry Near and Lyman Foot of Laurel. Both men burned. Patrol supervisor says vehicle was likely traveling too fast on a curve. Montana traffic deaths for the year rise to 28.
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Helena
MacDonald Pass
Highway Patrol
Henry Near
Lyman Foot
Laurel
Charles L. Sheridan
Montana
King to join Churchill Roosevelt talks in Washington
Ottawa May 12 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in the House of Commons that he will travel to Washington next week to take part in the discussions between Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Ottawa
MacKenzie King
House of Commons
Churchill
Roosevelt
Senate panel calls for War Mobilization Board led by super czar
A Senate military subcommittee urged creating a War Mobilization Board headed by a presidentially appointed super czar with authority over 12 top officials and key agencies. The plan aims to unify production and allocation of materials and manpower, addressing fragmented authority blamed for shortfalls in 1943 and conflicting lines of command.
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Senate Military
War Mobilization Board
Super Czar
James F. Byrnes
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Senate
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Roosevelt
Truman Committee
White House
Byrnes
Nelson
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
War and Navy
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Petroleum, Food and Lend-Lease
Defense Transportation
Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Poultry Ceiling Prices Announced by Price Panel
Stanley Babcock, chairman of Silver Bow county price panel, posted maximum ceiling prices for farmers wholesalers and retailers for Anaconda Helena Butte and Great Falls. The scale sets live fryers and broilers under four pounds at .2757 per lb, dressed fryers and broilers under 3.5 pounds at .3407, live hens at .2407 and dressed hens at .3003, with grade B one and a half cents under wholesale. Retail and wholesale limits vary by store size and whether purchases are from farmers or wholesalers, with markups of one and two tenths of a cent for retailers under 250 000 and 1.18 cents over 250 000.
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Stanley Babcock
Silver Bow County
Anaconda
Helena
Butte
Great Falls
Final House Vote on Trade Act Is Expected Today
The House tentatively adopted a GOP amendment cutting the proposed extension of the reciprocal trade agreements act from three to two years while failing to insert a veto power over specific agreements. The moves occurred during committee of the whole proceedings and could be reversed on final action, with a final vote expected Thursday.
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Washington
U.P
House
Congress
Uruguay Breaks Relations With Vichy After Dupuy Arrival
Montevideo May 12 reports Uruguay has severed diplomatic ties with Vichy France following the arrival of Luis Dupuy, who had served as Uruguay’s charge d affaires in France.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Vichy
Luis Dupuy
France
American Submarine Torpedoes 10 Ships in 6 Attacks
The Navy reported that an American submarine torpedoed 10 Japanese ships in six attacks near Washington on May 12. One ship was missed, then two victims followed in a single salvo. The record cited is “Ten ships shot at, 10 hit.” Lt. Comdr. William S. Stovall earned a Navy Cross and Lt. Robert E. Dorning received the Silver Star.
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Washington
U.p
Navy
William S. Stovall
Robert E. Dorning
17Th Avenue
San Francisco
Dutch Ordered to Defy Nazis
London May 12 Dutch ex servicemen numbering about 400000 were instructed by the Dutch government in exile to defy a new German registration order and to defend themselves against Nazi arrests. The order signals the exile government's first openly violent resistance and comes as Allied victories and invasion threats loom. Five more Dutchmen were executed, bringing executions to 43 since May 1, after martial law enabled summary courts. The broadcast via Radio Orange and Aneta News Agency conveyed the defiance directive to army and navy personnel.
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London
Holland
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Africa
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Netherlands
South Holland
Eidhove
Free Netherlands
Radio Orange
Aneta
Churchill Will Speak Friday
Prime Minister Churchill will broadcast at 9 p m Friday during mountain war time announced officially Thursday.
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Churchill
London
Allies Raid Five Japanese Bases in New Guinea and Nearby Isles
Allied planes raided five Japanese bases on New Guinea New Britain and the Tanimbar islands in a light strike. In Mubo area near Salamaua ground clashes continued with a small Japanese patrol ambushed. Bombers set fires at Saumlaki port while raiding Gasmata Cape Gloucester airfields and Finschhafen. A four engine bomber attacked Salamaua as patrol clashes persisted around Dobdubi and south of there.
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Australia
New Guinea
New Britain
Tanimbar Islands
Mubo
Salamaua
Saumlaki
Darwin
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
Finschhafen
Huon
Dobdubi
French Cruiser Georges Leygues Sinks Submarine Supply Ship
The French cruiser Georges Leygues, based at Dakar, torpedoed a submarine supply ship near the Equator in mid April during South Atlantic patrols. The action returned her to action after 18 days away from Dakar, with 90 prisoners taken, and news released a month later as Axis forces learned of the loss.
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Dakar
French West Africa
Georges Leygues
Germany
Equator
Japan
Russia Seeks More Food and Materials in Lend Lease Pact
Washington reports Russia asks increased quantities of food and industrial materials and equipment. Lend-lease officials disclosed after President Roosevelt said a new protocol is being negotiated with the Soviets. The new pact extends a 12 month lend-lease program. the second agreement will expire July 1.
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Washington
Russia
Roosevelt
Buck Honored by Montana Power Engineers in Butte
Engineers and friends from across Montana honored M. E. Buck a pioneer in the electric power industry. A 75-seat dinner at the Finlen hotel preceded a Montana section meeting at the Montana Power auditorium where Buck spoke. D. K. Brake lauded Buck’s impact on industrial growth and noted a 900 horsepower electric shovel moving as much dirt as 75,000 workers by hand.
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Montana
Butte
M. E. Buck
Finlen Hotel
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Buck
Montana Power Company
Mr. Buck
D. K. Brake
Institute
United States
Nazi General Von Arnim Taken Prisoner
Allied forces in North Africa report a decisive victory in Tunisia with about 150,000 German and Italian troops captured, including Gen Juergen von Arnim. The Axis suffered a near-total collapse as pockets resisted only in isolated areas. Also taken were Maj. Gen. Graf von Sponeck and Maj. Gen. P Reich, with French and British forces sealing the rout.
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Allied
North Africa
U.P
Tunisia
Juergen von Arnim
von Arnim
Cap Bon
Erwin Rommel
Graf von Sponeck
P. Reich
von Sponeck
Floods Inundate Four-State Area
Flood waters from several rivers inundated a four state region causing extensive farm damage and displacing residents. Army engineers retreated from levees as flood crest nears Fort Smith and the lower Missouri River area. Soldiers aided rescues amid water rescues near Camp Chaffee and Poteau.
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Fort Smith
Ark
U.P
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri River
Little Rock
U. S. Army
Arkansas River
Lake Fort Smith
van Buren
Moffett
Oklahoma Line
Camp Chaffee
Poteau
Okla
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F.D.R
William T. Peacock
Wage Power of Labor Board
Aleutians
U. S
Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Girl Gang
Marine Reserve Woman
Engineering Associates
Friends
Virgil Pinkley
Mediterranean
Tunis
Bizerte
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