Ward's Defies Order of President
Montgomery Ward and Co defied President Roosevelt by not resuming full relations with the union at its Chicago plant and argued seizure of its properties would be unconstitutional. The company pledged to maintain wages and hours for workers who returned, while the fight over a labor contract continues amid government seizure speculation.
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Montgomery _Ward and Co
Roosevelt
Chicago
U. I
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ward
C. I. O. United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employees’ Union
White House
Montgomery Ward
Swedes Continue Axis Trade Amid Allied Pressure
Sweden rejects a U S demand to halt ball bearings and similar steel exports to Germany. Sweden cites neutrality safeguards and trade pacts while noting Germany provides 83 percent of imports. Allies warn of likely cutoff of 17 percent Allied imports unless Sweden shifts stance amid wartime reverses.
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Washington
Sweden
Germany
Europe
Stockholm
Yanks Raid Northern Rim of Marshalls
U S Pacific Fleet airmen bomb Taongi Atoll on the northern rim of the Marshalls, a likely springboard for Japan against Wake Island. Adm Chester W Nimitz said the strike occurred Sunday United States time.
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Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Taongi Atoll
Japan
Wake Island
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Thief Robs Coed On Crowded Fifth Avenue
On crowded Fifth Avenue near the Empire State Building early yesterday afternoon a thug pushed Mildred Baldassare 18 into a doorway robbed her of a 380 payroll and vanished among pedestrians.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Empire State Building
Mildred Baldassare
Seized Hollandia Airstrip In Use By U S Forces
American forces push closer to Hollandia's airfields with Tadji airfield now in use by Fifth Airforce bombers and fighters. Japanese resistance reduced as long range strikes hit targets from remote bases while Hollandia beachhead sustains limited shelling from a single bomber. MacArthur’s HQ notes Japanese forces around Tadji driven into jungles. Aitape operations continue with cautious advancement along the coast.
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New Guinea
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Fifth Airforce
Tadji
Aitape
Holandia
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Madang
Miles of Thread Create Nightmarish North Adams Scene
Worth Adams Mass. late last night miles of cotton thread hung from telephone poles and across streets, gathered by boys from hob bins in a junk yard. The stringing turned the city into a cobwebbed maze, trapping pedestrians and cars in darkness and alarm.
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Hobbins
British Launch Drive To Aid Imphal Of Foe
British and Indian troops launched a determined attack north of Imphal to clear a Japanese roadblock on the Imphal Kohima highway and repulse two enemy counterattacks. The campaign aims to clear Japanese forces from the sixty mile route while Imphal relies on air supplies, with stockpiles described as enormous.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Kohima
Manipur
Shoes to Be Stamp Free for Children Under 1.60
New York May 1 to May 20 will see no ration stamps needed for children’s shoes priced at 1.60 or less. Daniel P Woolrey regional OPA administrator announced the temporary measure yesterday and it covers the purchase period.
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New York
Daniel P. Wool‘rey
OPA
Massachusetts Democrats Favor Roosevelt Fourth Term
Massachusetts Democrats show support for a Roosevelt fourth term in a presidential primary. Delegates pledged to Roosevelt ran well ahead of anti fourth term candidate Joseph B. Ely in scattered returns, with Ely warning the result signals party division. In Westfield, Ely’s hometown, only ninety Democrats weighed in, despite the city’s larger population.
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Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Joseph B. Ely
Wil
Liam H. Burke
Ely
Burke
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Westfield
New Synthetic Tire Does Well In Road Tests
New York reports a new synthetic tire rubber that resists heat better than government rubber. G. W. Dolan of Mathieson Alkali Works announced the secret compound, with road tests showing the new material standing up well under severe conditions.
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New York
G. W. Dolan
Mathieson Alkalas
Mathieson
Light Naval Clash in Channel Off English Channel
British communique reports light naval action in the English Channel Monday. Two E boats were damaged while a torpedo boat was sunk in a separate action at about the same time.
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Channel
London
English Channel
Manhattan Moving Day to Be More Hectic Than Ever
New York City faces a May 1 moving rush with more people and goods but fewer workers and trucks. Teamsters Local 814 President Joseph Schor says about 2,300 union men can handle roughly 4,000 jobs, with private households likely steady or up slightly. To cope, the union will authorize around‑the‑clock shifts, and out‑of‑town moves may be postponed by days to ease the strain.
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Joseph Schor
Teamsters Union
Schor
Chor
Dewey Heads Pennsylvania G. O. P. Vote
Pennsylvania Republicans backed Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in last night's primary returns. Roosevelt stayed unopposed for the Democrats, with Dewey leading the Republican field, followed by Martin and MacArthur. Roosevelt placed second in the GOP write-in tally after an initial surge.
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Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Roosevelt
Edward Martin
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Dewey
Martin
MacArthur
Bricker
Stassen
Willkie
Nazi Raiders Blast Southern England
German planes raided the southern England coast shortly after midnight. The London area issued a brief alert with no special incidents afterward. Ground defenses near the capital fired salvos and gunfire near the Thames. A heavy anti aircraft barrage accompanied the raid. Some residential quarters were damaged and six homes were destroyed in one area with reported casualties.
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London
England
Thames
Channel
Venereal Disease Instruction Proposed for Schools
Dr Norman R Ingraham chief of the venereal disease control division of the Philadelphia health department urged including venereal disease education in public health and communicable disease teaching within the normal school curriculum at the National War and Peace Fitness conference.
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New York
National War and Peace Fitness Conference
Norman R. Ingraham
Division of
Gold Slipper Found In Bowling Alley
In Elkhart Indiana actress Colleen Moore reports a missing $600 gold slipper found by a 19 year old girl whose father recovered it at a bowling alley. An 18 year old youth is held on grand larceny charges for stealing two slippers from a dollhouse owned by Miss Moore. The other shoe was returned earlier.
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Elkhart
Ind
Colleen Moore
Miss Moore
Dave Aga
Stimson Urges Unified Command During War
Secretary Henry L. Stimson urged Congress to adopt the principle of unified command for the armed forces to improve cohesion and efficiency. He cautioned that actual unification should wait until the war ends, and outlined a blueprint for a single department of the armed forces under a secretary, with undersecretaries for Army Navy and Air, a common supply service, and a joint board led by a chief of staff. He argued simplification is essential under modern war conditions.
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Washington
Joseph T. MacNarney
Stimson
Special
House Committee
Department of the Armed Forces
McNarney
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Patton Says British and Americans Destined to Rule the World
Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr spoke at a UK service club opening to welcome US soldiers. He declared it was the destiny of British and Americans to rule the world and remarked on his role in welcoming about 177,000 Germans and Italians into hell and his wish for a chance to kill Japanese.
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London
George S. Patton, Jr
Washington
George S. Patton
Johnson
Senate Military Committee
Senate Approves Largest Naval Bill in History
The Senate unanimously passed a $32.6 billion naval appropriation bill, with 61 voting yes and no opposition. Leaders promise a strong postwar fleet as a deterrent, pledging no scrapping of battleships seen after the last war.
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Washington
United Home Front
House
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
McKellar
D-Tenn
Overton
D-La
Gerry
D-R. I
Flounder Displayed With Rising Sun Insignia
A 15 pound flounder with the Imperial rising sun insignia glowed on its belly and was caught off Cape May New Jersey by the Mary Ellen crew. Dr William K Gregory of the American Museum of Natural History noted the fishs pigment is remarkable and unusual red markings have not been seen before. Spectators flocked to witness the unusual catch, drawing parallels to a previous bizarre catch three years ago.
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New York
UPI
Japan
Cape May
N. J
William K. Gregory
American Museum of Natural History
National and American baseball scores on heavy rain day
The scoreboard shows NATIONAL games with Philadelphia defeating New York 4 to 3 in 12 innings, Cincinnati over St Louis 10 to 3, Brooklyn 11 over Boston 3, and Chicago vs Pittsburg postponed by rain. AMERICAN results include Philadelphia 8 New York 4 and Boston 5 Washington 4 in 14 innings. Detroit at Chicago postponed by rain. only scheduled games listed.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington
Detroit
Reich Bombed For Twelfth Day
The 11 day assault on Hitler’s fortress costs 2,300 American and British airmen and 373 planes valued at about 50 million dollars. Losses, including crew educations and supplies, push the cost beyond 100 million. Allies say plane losses are about 1 percent of 33,000 attacking aircraft. enemy fighters destroyed exceed 700. the campaign damaged Axis air plants and coastal fortifications. Most missing airmen are thought prisoners of war in neutral Sweden or Switzerland.
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Sweden
Switzerland
Let God Rule Statement Sparks Bipartisan Reply
Senate Military Committee Acting Chairman Johnson labels Patton claim nonsensical talk while House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Bloom quips Let God rule the world and we’ll be all right in a sharp exchange over wartime aims and global leadership.
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Bloom
D-N
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt Hosts Curtin and Picado at White House Lunch
The White House announced President Roosevelt entertained Australian Prime Minister John Curtin and Costa Rican President-elect Teodoro Picado at a luncheon at the presidential retreat in the South. The Curtins and Picados attended with their spouses, joined by Mrs. Roosevelt. Afterward, the visitors and their wives returned to Washington. The First Lady hosted a White House dinner for the Curtins.
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White House
Roosevelt
John Curtin
Australia
Teodoro Picado
Costa Rica
South
Many New York Cabarets Fail to Renew Licenses
New York cabarets face license renewals as 86 of the city's 38 cabaret operators failed to renew police department licenses that expired March 31. The licenses cover only entertainment and do not affect restaurant operation or bar maintenance, which require separate permits.
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New York
New York City
Police Department
Soviets Kill 500000 Axis Troops On Russian Front
Moscow radio broadcast claims the Red Army killed or captured over 500000 Axis troops in under two months on the lower Russian Front. The review cites March 1 to April 15 losses of about 5000 tanks and self propelled guns, 10000 guns, and 130000 motor vehicles, praising Allied cooperation and urging a drive to Berlin.
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London
Moscow
Red Army
Berlin
Alles
Jury Selected for Sedition Trial of Nazi Plot
Twelve jurors and two alternates were seated in the sedition trial of 28 men and two women accused of plotting a Nazi style government in the United States. Prosecution leaders Rogge and Burns hope the panel will be completed soon. Chief Justice Eicher faced numerous defense objections as more than fifty jurors were dismissed for cause.
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Washington
United States
Q. John Rogge
Joseph W. Burns
Edward C. Eicher
Federal District Court
Eicher
New Electric Irons Expected in August
Washington based War Production Board sources say electric irons should reach retail shelves by August. The report notes production and distribution alignment as factories ramp up to meet anticipated consumer demand.
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Washington
War Production Board
Pearson Denies Knife Claim in Senate Fight Report
In a heated Senate exchange recalled from 1938, Senator McKellar faced claims he pulled a knife. Drew Pearson, defending his charges, insists a knife was involved and cites actions by Copeland and McKellar. McKellar and Copeland clashed on the floor. witnesses restrained them.
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Washington
Nia
Senate
Pearson
Troy Record
McKellar
Senator Copeland
New York
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Senator McKellar
Copeland
Night and Day Raids Continue Across Europe
Allied air offensive on day eleven strikes three French airfields, German industrial targets at Karlsruhe Munich and Ploesti rail yards in Bucharest, with heavy fires reported. American formations include Flying Fortresses Liberators escorted by Lightnings Mustangs and Thunderbolts hitting Nancy Metz Dijon and other targets near Paris as the twelfth-day phase begins.
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London
France
Germany
Axis
Europe
Atlantic
Black Sea
Karlsruhe
Munich
Mediterranean Command
Ploesti
Bucharest
Romania
Nancy
Metz
Paris
Dijon
Nazis Curb Danish Threat To Defenses
Adolf Hitler reportedly inspected the Atlantic Wall defenses at the eleventh hour as Allied invasion looms. Werner Best warned of wholesale executions of imprisoned saboteurs unless underground activity ends, vowing swift, merciless action. Denmark faced isolation as travel and communication with Sweden ceased in a broader Nazi security move.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Denmark
Werner Best
Hitler
Sweden
Chenghsien Believed Captured by Japanese
Japanese offensive in North Honan inched toward Chenghsien rail junction with reports that invaders overrunned the city outskirts and fought west of the city. The communique suggested Chenghsien’s fall had occurred after days of anticipation.
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Chenghsien
Chungking
North Honan
Chengasien
The Voice Buys Wife Clothes She His Ties
Mrs Frank Sinatra disclosed yesterday that her husband selects most of her clothes while she buys most of his ties and socks. A mink coat bought as a “surprise” by Frank Sinatra’s wife was shown as she traveled through town. She planned to furnish the new Sinatra home in North Hollywood, with the couple to be joined by their two babies.
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Frank Sinatra
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Sinatra
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