Fire roars through Collins & Sons storage yard in Troy
A two alarm blaze at 2742 Sixth Avenue Troy destroyed a storage building and damaged adjacent lumber piles. Fire officials estimated losses in the thousands with appraisal and containment aided by ten hose lines. The blaze, seen up to a thousand feet high, was controlled within an hour and kept from neighboring structures.
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Troy
Charles Collins & Sons
Sixth Avenue
Cornelius A. Casey
Boston and Maine Railroad
Rensselaer Street
Pleasure Driving Ban Effective In East Traffic Decline
The Public Roads administration reported the non essential driving ban, effective May 20, reduced Sunday traffic below average weekday levels, a change noted amid predictions the ban would be relaxed soon. The measure is praised as highly effective though unpopular.
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Washington
East
Public Roads Administration
Turkey Pleased At Duce's Fall
Necem eddin Sadak, a Turkish diplomat and unofficial spokesman, writes in Istanbuler Aksham that Turkey is pleased by the fall of Fascism and the ouster of Mussolini, stating the breaking of Fascist imperialism pleases Turkey as it does Italy.
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Ankara
Necemeddin Sadak
Istanbuler Aksham
Turkey
Benito Mussolini
Aged Chinese President Lin Sen Dies in China
Chungking reports the death of Lin Sen after a long illness. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek is formally endorsed as acting President.
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Chungking
Lin Sen
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Spellman Returns Home From Extended World Tour
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York arrived by airplane at his home after an extensive tour of England the Mediterranean and Africa. He sent word from the Archbishopric that he was feeling well and happy to be home and that there would be no public state visit on his return.
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New York
Francis J. Spellman
England
Mediterranean
Africa
Ten Die in Demonstration Glider Crash in St Louis
Ten people including St Louis Mayor William Dee Becker and two Army officers died when a Army glider crashed during a public demonstration at Lambert Field. The list of dead includes Thomas N Dysart and Max H Deyne. the glider veered after two explosions, the wing separated, and the craft plunged near the administration building. Becker, 67, had been elected mayor in 1941 and led a reform against political machines tied to Kansas City interests.
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St. Louis
William Dee Becker
Lambert-St. Louis
Field
State Highway Patrol
Becker Thomas N. Dysart
Army Air Forces
Harold A. Breuger
Robertson Co
J. M. Davis
Becker
Dickmann-Hannegan
Pendergast
Kansas City
Missouri
Food Production to Rise but Civilians Share Drop
The Agriculture Department forecast 1943 total food production would rise about 4 percent over last year, while per capita consumption would fall roughly 3.7 percent due to war demands. Civilian share will drop as military and lend-lease needs rise. Meat dairy and poultry production are set to lift overall output, with a 10 percent rise in livestock production and pork and egg increases. Civilian meat rations are not expected to change much in the near term.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Federal Crop Reporting Board
United States
Department
Seek Zoot Suiters in Detroit Bus Attack
Police search for four young zoot suiters after a city bus driver was struck by a missile hurled by one of them, possibly fracturing his spine. Detective Sergt Delbert Raymond said the four Negroes were aboard and objected to the driver’s orders to move to the rear and make room for other passengers.
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Detroit
Sergt. Delbert Raymond
Navy Fund Boost Aimed At Tokyo
President Roosevelt moved 4 billion dollars of Army expenditures to the Navy to bolster Pacific striking forces against Japan. Senator Burton warned the shift signals growing naval outlays and could mean a larger Pacific fleet, while officials cautioned it does not indicate an overall Army downsizing. The budget revision leaves total current year outlays at 28 billion while Army spending remains substantial.
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Washington
Pacific
Roosevelt
Navy
Burton
Truman War Investigating Committee
Tokyo
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Congress
Rooevelt
National and American baseball scoreboard blitz
The standings show multiple games with sixteenths of a season feel. St Louis beats Brooklyn twice in long games. Chicago and Philadelphia clash while Cincinnati edges New York. Boston and Pittsburg split two games including a 13 inning affair. New York and Detroit split as did Washington and St Louis in a 20 run affair. Eastern league action features Wilkes Barre Albany Scranton Utica and Hartford Elmira with close results.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Burma declares war on United States and Britain
Tokyo radio reported yesterday that Japanese-occupied Burma had formally declared war against the United States and Britain, signaling widening hostilities in Asia during World War II.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Burma
United States
Britain
Army Air Force Growth Outpaces Axis Aircraft Output
The Army Air Forces said its monthly intake of about 4,500 airplanes now exceeds Germany, Japan and Italy combined. In 18 months ending last July 1 it accepted 73,132 planes, with U S production averaging over 7,000 monthly and a rising trajectory over the next 32 months.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Germany
Japan
Italy
Army
United States
Harlem Race Riot Flare After Police Shooting
One man was shot and at least thirty injured as tense crowds roamed Harlem after a white policeman wounded a Negro soldier during a hotel lobby altercation. Two people suffered stab wounds and a woman on a bus was hit by a flying bottle. Mayor LaGuardia urged residents to go home as cars and transit were blocked and police, with troops, converged on the area.
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New York
Harlem
Sydenham Hospital
F. H. LaGuardia
Fifth
Eighth Avenues
110Th
155Th Streets
123Rd Street
Allies Seize Nine Towns In Sicily
Allied forces in northern Sicily report capturing nine key towns as American and British units press a broad north coast advance. Patton s Seventh Army seized Castel di Tusa Motta Petineo Castel di Lucia and three other towns while San Mauro Castelverdi and Sperlinga were confirmed taken. The push comes amid heavy German artillery fire and a general withdrawal to high ground along the San Fratello Troina road.
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North Africa
Sicily
San Stefano
Mt. Etna
San Fratello Troina
Catania
George S. Patton Jr
Seventh Army
Castel
Castel di Tuso
United States
George S. Patton
San Mauro Castelverdi
Sperlinga
Workhorses Raid Munda Airbase Attacked
Allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific bombed the Japanese airbase at Munda New Georgia dropping 27 tons of bombs on gun emplacements and supply dumps with many direct hits. A night patrol attacked Kolombangara Island while weather slowed the central Solomons ground offensive. Mitchell bombers targeted New Britain coast destroying government buildings and small craft as reports claim multiple enemy barges sunk.
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Southwest Pacific
Munda
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
Kolombangara Island
Kula Gulf
New Guinea
Coral Sea
Solomons
Fifth Air Force
New Britain
Gasmata
Nazis Said To Disarm Badoglio's Garrisons
Allied reports claim German forces disarmed Italian units in Crete while some Italian troops resisted. British talks urge civilians to avoid targets as bombings mount. Italian towns see peace demonstrations and flights as Ike urges citizens to seek safety amid advancing Allied air power.
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Bern
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Middle East
Cairo
Crete
Pietro Badoglio
Crotone
Italy
Reuters
Mediterranean
Badogli Tion
London
Algiers
Eisenhower
Trieste
Pola
Fiume
Ministry of Information
Rome
Evacuation Ordered for Berlin by Goebbels
NBC reporter David Anderson in Stockholm reports German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels ordered the immediate evacuation of all Berlin residents. The message gave few details, noting his role as gauleiter, with Stockholm sources noting a large exodus fearing saturation bombing like Hamburg’s.
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New York
Goebbels
Berlin
David Anderson
Stockholm
Hamburg
Mead Wagner Meet in London During US Senate Tour
United States senators on an inspection tour of Europe attended church services in London yesterday and toured Eighth Air Force stations as governor. Maj. Gen. Ira C. Baker, commander, and Sen. James M. Mead spoke with Capt. Robert F. L. Warner Jr. of New York, son of Mead's senior colleague.
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London
UPI
United States
Eighth United States Air Force
Ira C. Baker
Eighth Air Force
James M. Mead
Robert FL. Warner, Jr
New York
Mead
American Planes Fire Romanian Oil Fields
An American Liberator bomber force of nearly 200 planes blasted the Ploesti oil fields north of Bucharest Romania causing massive fires. Brig. Gen. Vierce H. Strahm said the raid likely affected the war, as bombs hit refineries storage tanks distilleries and cracking plants and delayed action bombs continued to explode in the region.
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Cairo
Ploesti Ail
Rumania
Germany
Vierce H. Strahm
9Th United States Air Force
America
Bucharest
Strahm
Italy
Greece
Bulgaria
Romnia
United States
Sofia
Ploestis
Reds Gain Five Miles In Warfront Push Across Orel Area
Moscow announced that Soviet forces advanced five miles to 744 miles from the start, as heavy fighting in the Orel region yielded over 100 German settlements captured and more than 4,600 Nazi officers and men killed. German counterattacks near Orel were repulsed, with about 3,000 enemy casualties. In Belgorod and the Donets basin, Soviet reports claimed German attacks were thwarted and heavy losses inflicted. Air and ground losses favored the Soviets with dozens of German planes and tanks accounted for. On the Leningrad front, reconnaissance detachments and snipers killed around 50 Germans.
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London
Orel
Theme
Voroshilovgrad
Moscow
Belgorod
Donets
Leningrad
Sicily Invaders Had Cash on Hand
Allied Headquarters in North Africa disclosed that US and British forces in Sicily carried military currency. The American note, called a yellowhead for its yellow tint, was prepared in advance, printed and delivered under tight security to be ready for immediate use.
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North Africa
United States
Sicily
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