British Dam Raid Floods Ruhr and Weser Valleys
Surging waters from two destroyed German dams unleashed floods in the Ruhr and Weser valleys after a British air raid. United States heavy bombers followed with a 500 ton raid on submarine bases as Lancaster crews trained in isolation carried out the mission. Floods rise and damage is incalculable, with bridges power stations and docks swept away.
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London
U.P
United States
Germany
Ruhr and
Weser
Father Joyce Named Dean of Butte Conference
The Very Rev. William P. Joyce of Sacred Heart parish is appointed dean of the Butte conference by Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore. He will preside at Friday’s clergy meeting at 2 PM and fills a post vacant since Bishop Willying moved to Pueblo.
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William P. Joyce
Sacred Heart Parish
Butte
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Father Joyce
Joseph C. Willying
Pueblo
Swift conclusion in Battle for Attu Island forecast
Washington reports a swift conclusion may be possible to drive the Japanese from Attu, Aleutians, as weather delays ease and Tokyo claims reinforcement bombardment. Navy denies gas use and notes ongoing operations while plans turn toward Kiska and potential strikes on Paramushiro.
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Washington
Attu
Aleutians
North Pacific
Tokyo
Aleutian
Kiska
Navy
U.S
Nakao Yahagi
Col
R. Ernest Dupuy
War Department
News Division
Amchitka
Paramushiro
Kuriles Island
Japan
Threat of New Strike in Mines Averted
Washington May 17 A new coal mine strike was averted when John L Lewis extended the expiring truce until May 31 after a plea from Harold J Ickes Solid Fuels Administrator and amid pressure from the War Labor Board to have private operators negotiate only through the board The clash over wage dispute kept the coalition from breaking while Ickes urged a settlement and the WLB urged board authority continued to loom over the dispute.
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Washington
U.P
John L. Lewis
Solid Fuels
Harold J. Ickes
Ickes
Lewis
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
WLB
Government limits cold storage of eggs to May 20
The War Food Administration banned cold storage of eggs after May 20 except for government contracts and for accumulating working inventories. The move aims to discourage hoarding by dealers wholesalers and other distributors.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Montana Funeral Directors Re-elect Officers at One-Day Convention
Montana funeral directors re elected officers for the coming year at a one day convention in Butte led by Sam R. White Jr president C M Clayton vice president and Ralph Conrad secretary treasurer The Finlen hotel hosted sessions a banquet a keynote on merchandising by Larry F Smith and an opening welcome by Mayor Barry O Leary Emphasis was on war program streamlining the event reduced from three days to one with committees reports and discussions.
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Montana
Sam R. White, Jr
Butte
C. M. Clayton
Wolf Point
Ralph Conrad
Helena
Finlen Hotel
Maynard C. Weller
Chicago
National Funeral Directors Association
State Association
A. C. Caton
Bernard Bretherton
Larry F. Smith
Strain Brothers, Inc
Mr. White
Frank L. Harrington
Barry O’leary
H. M. Brundage
Dillon
Butte and Anaconda Set Food Price Ceilings
State OPA announces community wide price ceilings on canned fruits vegetables juices and similar products for all retail stores in Butte and Anaconda effective Monday. Retailers are classified into four groups by annual gross revenue with separate ceiling lists. Housewives can clip lists or demand sales slips to enforce ceilings.
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Butte and
Anaconda
OPA
Chromite Output by A. C. M. Listed
The Anaconda Copper Mining company produced in the last 12 months more than three times as much chromite as milled in the United States in the 20 years before the war. A. C. M. began milling in 1941 in Stillwater Montana with 2,500,000 tons of chromite for armor plate and war equipment. The company is finishing a second mill and runs a three year project.
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Washington
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
United States
Interior Department
Stillwater
Montana
Office of Production Management and Metals Reserve Corporation
German Attacks North of Novorossisk End in Heavy Losses
Soviet war bulletin reports German infantry and tanks struck Russian siege lines northeast of Novorossisk Monday. Moscow said the assaults ended with heavy losses to the enemy as Russian artillery blasted German batteries and nests. Fourteen German planes were destroyed on the Kuban battlefield.
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London
Novorossisk
Moscow
Monitor
Kuban
Publishers Ask Ban Removal From Food Conference Coverage
Thirty two publishers and editors from six New England states met in Boston and signed a resolution demanding immediate removal of reporting restrictions on the interstate food conference opening at Hot Springs Virginia so the press can inform the public as its duty.
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Boston
New England
Hot Springs
Merchant Vessel Sunk by Enemy Submarine
The Navy reports a small U S merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the north Atlantic work early in March. Survivors have been landed at New York.
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Washington
Navy
United States
North Atlantic
New York
Roosevelt signals veto over modified war income tax plan
President Roosevelt warned he would veto the Senate modified Ruml tax plan if approved, saying it would unfairly tax the war effort by highly favoring upper income groups. He contrasted the House bill which would abate about 75 percent of last year’s tax bill with the Senate measure that shifts the burden. He noted the Senate plan would cancel a larger share of taxes for high earners, while a $2,000 income would see less than four weeks of after tax take home. The President reiterated opposition as Congress pressed for a 20 percent withholding tax to start by July 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
D.-N.c
House
Way and Means Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Treasury
Tulsa woman pleads innocent in manslaughter case
Mrs. Ella B. Howard, 44, divorced, appeared at arraignment in Tulsa on a manslaughter charge in the March 25 hotel room death of Mrs. T Karl Simmons wife of a Tulsa oil operator.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ella B. Howard
T. Karl Simmons
Maj. Gen. Gillem Takes New Armored Command
The War Department announced on May 17 that Major General Alvin C. Gillem of Nogales Arizona becomes acting chief of the armored force and commander of the second armored corps. He arrives at Fort Knox to succeed Lt General Jacob L. Devers, reassigned to London after Lt General Frank M. Andrews died in an Icelandic crash.
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Washington
Alvin C. Gillem
Nogales
Ariz
Second Armored Corps
War Department
Gillem
Fort Knox
Jacob L. Devers
London
Frank M. Andrews
Iceland
House Committee Seeks New Probe On Western Irrigation Projects
The House appropriations committee urged a reinvestigation of 23 reclamation and irrigation projects in western states halted by the War Production Board to conserve materials. It approved 72.86 million dollars of an 82.19 million request for Interior Department funding, urging project completion to avert shortages of meat fish milk beans and potatoes for large populations on the Pacific coast.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
War Production Board
Interior Department
Pacific
WPB
Ickes
Government lifts garlic export restrictions
Mexico City May 17 The government announced in the official Gazette that garlic exports may resume as there is no shortage.
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Mexico City
U.P
Actress Ann Sothern Wins Final Divorce Decree
Hollywood reports actress Ann Sothern has won her final divorce from actor Roger Pryor son of late bandleader Arthur Pryor.
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Hollywood
Ann Sothern
Roger Pryor
Arthur Pryor
Hull Opposed to G. O. P. Proposals
Secretary of State Hull testifies against a Republican plan to keep a congressional string on reciprocal trade agreements. He warns that congressional repeal ambitions could signal doubt about U S policy and provoke international unease. Senator Vandenberg presses options to nullify treaties after the war with a joint resolution. Hull argues such steps imply repeal intent and are dangerous.
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Washington
Hull
Senate Finance Committee
House
Congress
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Michigan
Officials oppose Connally-Smith anti strike bill
A group of high ranking government officials led by War Labor Board Chairman William H. Davis announced opposition Monday night to the Connally-Smith anti strike bill. The measure has Senate approval and awaits House action this week.
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Washington
U.P
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
Connally-Smith
Senate
House
Allied Air Force Warns Italy Rome Within Reach of Bombers
Allied air forces over North Africa raid Rome’s approaches and Lido di Roma after blasting the seaplane base. Bombing highlights include Marsala and Palermo targets in Sicily with extensive damage and large prisoner totals in Tunisia as Axis collapses accelerate.
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Allied Air Force
Italy
Rome
Allied
North Africa
Tiber
Mussolini
Marsala
Sicily
Palermo
Molo di Ponete
Centaur Sunk by Submarine Off Australia. 299 Lost
Allied communique reports the Australian hospital ship Centaur, 3222 tons, torpedoed and sunk 42 miles east of Brisbane by an enemy submarine. The attack left 299 dead, 64 survivors drifted at sea after the vessel went down in minutes with all patients aboard ashore.
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General MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Centaur
Douglas MacArthur
Brisbane
MacArthur Decries Sinking of Centaur Hospital Ship
Gen Douglas MacArthur denounces the sinking of the Australian hospital ship Centaur as a cruel act and a brutal, calculated attempt to spread fear. He says Allied resolve is strong not just in force but in spirit, and the Red Cross will continue to shine as the war advances toward victory.
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MacArthur
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Papua
Red Cross
Ship of mercy fights sharks amid clear seas
A vessel described as a ship of mercy repelled sharks with planks, some bearing red cross paint. A headquarters spokesman said it complied with all provisions of international law, weather was clear and visibility excellent, and the submarine enemy was presumably Japanese.
Interior budget slashed for 1944 by 60 percent
Secretary Ickes and the Budget Bureau along with the House appropriations committee cut 60 percent of the Interior Department budget for 1944. The panel approved 72.86 million dollars, down 119.99 million from the current year, after Ickes urged drastic reductions and pledged the department’s expected income at 63.43 million.
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Washington
Interior Department
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Budget Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Weather Forecast Hint of Warmer Tuesday and Showers
The forecast calls for warmer Tuesday with scattered afternoon showers. Monday temperatures ranged from a high near 49 to a low around 26 degrees.
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Nasi
South Pacific
Hunt
Edwards
Martin
Gibson
Ruiz
Classen
Nichols
Turnbull
Dorwart
Berlin
Gilmore
W. P. Joyce
By Hamilton W. Faron
Buttes
House Committee
Borizzo
Milo
Civitavecchia
Axis
Tunisia
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