German Posts Knocked Out by Red Forces
London reports on the Leningrad front where Russian guns knocked out 49 German defenses in a day of heavy artillery. Four German recon planes were shot down, with pillboxes dugouts and observation posts heavily damaged.
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London
U.P
Leningrad
Russia
Moscow
Ludwig Sertorius
Transocean
Tula-Kaluga
Orel
Kuban
Sertorius
Smolensk
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Red Army
Norovorossisk
Churchill to Address Congress in Major Speech Tomorrow
Prime Minister Churchill will speak about 50 minutes to a joint session of Congress observed by all four major networks at 10 30 a m mountain war time. He will confer with President Roosevelt and met the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at the White House before the talk.
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Washington
Churchill
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Duke
White House
Chile breaks relations with Vichy France Hungary and Romania
Santiago Chile May 18 Chile announces severing diplomatic and consular ties with the Vichy French government Hungary and Romania in a formal foreign office statement issued Tuesday night.
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Santiago
Chile
U.P
Hungary
Rumania
Foreign Office
Roosevelt warns food conference on global nutrition duties
President Roosevelt addressed 43 governments at the first United Nations postwar food conference in Hot Springs urging nations to remove hindrances to food distribution. He stressed the Atlantic Charter aims, the four freedoms, and that every country must ensure minimum nutrition for all people while pursuing victory in the war. Marvin Jones echoed the call for global cooperation to turn surpluses into aid and extend humane progress worldwide.
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Wade Werner
Hot Springs
Roosevelt
United Nations Food Conference
United States
Empire
Homestead
United Nations
Rio de Janeiro
Marvin Jones
Earth
Mine Leader Plans Blasted
Nanty Glo Pennsylvania May 18 The first break from the coal truce pledge of John L Lewis came when miners in three mines north of Johnstown voted to walk out. About 1 800 workers affected the midnight shift did not report. In Washington Ickes said WLB must be sole final arbiter in the coal wage dispute. Lewis had hoped to bypass the board by negotiating directly with Ickes.
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Nanty Glo
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Johnstown
Ickes
Lewis
War Labor Board
Washington
U.P
Solid Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
WLB
New York
William H. Davis
Davis
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt meets Duke of Windsor on farm worker welcomes
President Franklin D Roosevelt interrupts war talks with Winston Churchill to discuss the thousands of farm workers being brought to the United States from the Bahamas and Jamaica. The Duke of Windsor, governor of the Bahamas, and his Duchess were luncheon guests of Churchill at the British embassy.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Jamaica
Duke
Churchill
Warmer Wednesday With Scattered Showers Forecast
A weather forecast calls for warmer conditions on Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon showers. Tuesday’s high reaches 56 and the low 25 degrees.
May Waste Fats Drive Moved to Friday in Butte
Butte and Silver Bow residents will haul waste fats on May 21, the next to last Friday, instead of the last Friday as planned. Miss Gertrude Gilmore, head of the Butte Teachers Union, says the Friday pickup will be the last before summer vacation and urges housewives to have fats ready. One pound of fats yields one and a half pounds of gunpowder for war needs. glycerin demand is acute for Allied forces.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Gertrude Gilmore
Butte Teachers’ Union
Miss Gilmore
Potatoes Spoil as New Yorkers Go Without
Mayor LaGuardia reported that about 438000 pounds of government bound potatoes were near spoilage in a Brooklyn terminal market warehouse. The loss concerns lend-lease and Army supply plans, with Chester Davis to send a representative to investigate. If unsalvageable for original use, officials may redirect the potatoes to other markets.
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New York
LaGuardia
Daniel P. Woolley
Brooklyn Terminal
Chester Davis
Flooding From Dam Breaks Hits German War Industry
New aerial photos show floodwaters from Mohne and Eder dams surging through the Ruhr valley toward Duisburg and the Rhine, inundating Kassel and surrounding coal regions. The Air Ministry News Service notes widespread destruction of factories, rail links, and infrastructure as Allied bombing continues.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Hitler
Mohne
Eder
Europe
Duisburg
Rhine
Weser
Kassel
Air Ministry
Coblenz
Frankfurt
Munich
Leipzig
Dresden
Berlin
Wabern
Felsberg
Froendenberg
Berlin Radio
Associated Press
Attu Defenses Cracked as Forces Press Toward Pass
American invasion units breached the main Japanese defenses on Attu island and push toward a mountain pass that blocks final seizure of the northern Pacific outpost. Navy bombardment supports two columns aiming to trap the Japanese, signaling a near victory as Wake and Solomons actions continue.
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Washington
U.P
Attu Island
North Pacific
Navy
Vichy
Exchange
London
Tokyo
United States
Pacific Front
Wake Island
Solomons
Wake
Attu
Aleutians
Frank Knox
U. S
Holtz Bay
Chicago Harbor
Knox
Deficiency Bill Sent to Senate Advances in Senate
The House approved a 134 million dollar deficiency appropriation bill with amendments. It denies funds for three government employees and bars use of any of the President's emergency funds for the Farm Security Administration or the National Resources Planning Board. An amendment bars salary or expenses for Dr. Goodwin Watson William E. Dodd Jr and Secretary Robert M Lovett.
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Washington
House
Senate
Farm Security Administration
National Resources Planning Board
Goodwin Watson
William E. Dodd, Jr
Communications Commission
Robert M. Lovett
Virgin Islands
Meatless Tuesdays to Start Next Week in Butte
Butte chefs plan Meatless Tuesdays to conserve meat under the OPA program. Restaurants will feature fish and vegetable dishes and poultry preparations as menus drop meat next Tuesday. The Silver Bow Restaurant association, with 38 members, aims to offer varied dishes while recalling earlier wartime shortages and previous meatless efforts.
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Butte
OPA
Silver Bow Restaurant Association
Future of Pay-as-You-Go Taxation Defeated in House
The Rum plan to skip an income tax year failed as the House voted 202 to 194 against the Senate modified measure. Democrats secured a decisive victory after a four month fight, with Roosevelt signaling a veto and tax framing chairmen optimistic a revised bill could win approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
George
Senate Finance Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Doughton
Tax Framing House
Ways and Means Committee
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Coughton
D.-N.c
Congress
Allied air blitz hits Alghero port and air field in Sardinia
Allied planes from North Africa struck Alghero on the Sardinian coast with bomb and strafing raids under bright moonlight. Beaufighters destroyed two transports off Sardinia while another shot down a Heinkel-111 and a Junkers-88, with routine patrols yielding minor successes. British navy reports 23 Germans captured on Zembretta island after fleeing Cap Bon.
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Allied
North Africa
Alghero
Sardinia
Cap Bon
Zembretta Island
Cape
Sardinian
Axis Prisoners Surpass 200000 in Tunisian Campaign
Allied headquarters in North Africa announced on May 18 that the final tally shows well over 200000 Axis troops taken prisoner in the Tunisian campaign. Eisenhower disclosed the figure, updating previous counts around 150000 with higher estimates.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon Becomes Ontario Premier After Conant Resigns
Toronto May 13 Harry Corwin Nixon aged 52 of St George farmer became Ontario's 13th premier since confederation after Gordon Conant resigned and recommended Nixon be asked to form government. Conant had succeeded Mitchell Hepburn as liberal premier when he resigned October 21.
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Toronto
Harry Corwin Nixon
St. George Farmer
Ontario
Gordon Conant
Albert Matthews
Nixon
Conant
Mitchell Hepburn
Japanese air raid hits Wau New Guinea. Allied response
Thirty hours after dawn on Tuesday twenty five Japanese fighter planes bombed and strafed Wau New Guinea causing minor damage and no Allied casualties. The raid occurred as planes attacked Kavieng Rabaul Arawe and other targets with Liberators Fortresses Beaufighters and Catalinas. No results were disclosed for several strikes.
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M’arthur
Australia
U.P
Wau
New Guinea
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabaul
New Britain
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
Lorengau
Finschhafen
Lae
New Guina
Catalina
British escort carriers join battle against U boat threat
May 18. Speedy American built escort aircraft carriers are officially announced as the newest UN counter measure to the U boat menace. HMS Battler, shown after maneuvers, is among the first of these ships, built under lend lease by Ingalls at Pascagoula and commissioned last October. The carriers will guard convoys, especially in mid Atlantic gaps beyond shore based patrols.
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United Nations
HMS Battler
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Pascagoula
Miss
mid-Atlantic
Kathleen Latham Remains In Jail In Slaying Case
Kathleen Latham, accused of killing Jack Disney, a 43 year old aircraft worker, remained jailed after a preliminary hearing in Fort Worth Texas. She was granted bond of 5000 dollars despite admitting she was attracted to Disney, who was the husband of a friend.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Kathleen Latham
Jack Disney
Resistance to Axis Overlords in Occupied Europe Rises
In Holland a new death penalty for public service strikes was decreed affecting physicians and workers as retaliation for output slow downs. France reports an underground invasion day plan and widespread resistance as women block transports to halt deportations, with most conscripts failing to report for German factory work.
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Occupied
Europe
London
Holland
France
Yugoslavia
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Aneta
Fernand Grenier
Grenier
Vichy
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Gulf of Huon
Morobe
Kumi
Buna
Salamaua
Huon Gulf
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Wake Isle
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