FDR Forces Defeat Critics In Primaries
Administration backed senators Lister Hill in Alabama and Claude Pepper in Florida won renomination amid tight races. Pepper led five way Florida contest as Byrd movement rose in the state. Dewey gained South Dakota convention votes and held 239 pledged delegates toward the Chicago nomination. Alabama results showed Hill defeating James A. Simpson by wide margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Deal
Alabama
Florida
Lister Hill
Claude Pepper
Deep South
Roosevelt
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Aee
Eo Sey
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
Dewey
Comdr
Hargs
Chicago
Senate
Sen
Hill
James A. Simpson
Birmingham
Cambridge Men Claim Quinine Substitute Found
Two 26 year old Cambridge scientists, Dr William van Eggers Doering and Dr Robert Burns Woodward, announced a synthetic material identical with natural quinine after 14 months work. Military sources hope it can replace the quinine grown in cinchona plantations in the East Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
East Indies
William van Eggers Doering
Fort Worth
Tex
Harvard
Robert Burns Woodward
Quincy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Woodward
Polaroid Corp
1944 Spring Fiesta Opens Tomorrow in Nogales
Nogales Sonora prepares for a four day Spring Fiesta opening tomorrow with Queen Celia Lamadrid coronation at the bull ring. May 5 celebrates Cinco de Mayo linking with a parade of Mexican troops in new dress. Top event is a bullfight by matador Juan Estrada while Ft. Huachuca troops join the May 5 program. Horse racing, cockfights, and a street dance complete the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Sonora
Méx
Celia Lamadrid
Cinco de Mayo
Pueblo
Ignacio Zaragoza
Juan Estrada
Mexico City
U. S. Army
Ft. Huachuca
CIO Denounces Seven Day Election Notice at Ward’s
A CIO union spokesman denounces the NLRB seven day election order at Montgomery Ward as a dirty deal. Miss Myrna Siegendorf cites a reign of terror at the plant, appeals to postpone the vote, and notes government seizure of Ward properties. The lawsuit over presidential seizure continues with a federal court ruling expected next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CIO
United Mail Order
National Labor Relations
Montgomery Ward and Company
NLRB
Myrna Siegendorf
Local 20
Ward's
Sewell L. Avery
Army
Associated Press
Miss Siegendorf
George J. Bott
Chicago Industrial Union Council
William H. Holly
Congress To Discuss Customs Wage Dispute
The overtime pay dispute for customs collectors at border bridges and tunnels will be aired in congress. Nine Mexican border bridges may close next Sunday as operators refuse Sunday pay. Sen. Wagner has introduced a bill to fund overtime from the treasury. A finance subcommittee holds a hearing. the issue traces to a January Supreme Court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Sen. Wagner
D-Ny
Treasury
Supreme Court
U S Navajo Launched In Honor Of Indians
Wilmington Calif May 3 Navajo Ariz an Indian reservation trading post in Apache county has been honored by the christening of the U S Navajo a 10 500 ton high speed victory ship launched last night at the California shipbuilding corporation yard. The ship was on the ways 58 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Calif
Navajo
Ariz
Apache County
U. S
Germans Gamble In Shifting Troops In Wartime Gamble
London dispatches report Germany shifting 50 divisions from the Russian front to reinforce western Europe as Allied invasion looms. Rommel advises readiness for daily Allied landings while Berlin and Vichy warn of decisive battles and strengthened preparations across fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
W.P
Germany
Transocean
London Daily Telegraph
Stockholm
Lone
Europe
Erwin Rommel
Berlin
Rommel
Atlantic
Ludwig Sertorious
Kurt Dittmar
Methodists Plan Crusade for Christ Postwar Rebuilding
Kansas City May 3 Methodist leaders unveiled a 25 million postwar plan titled Crusade for Christ. The program aims to establish an international peace organization, rebuild churches and aid war-affected peoples, mount a church wide evangelistic drive, cultivate Christian stews, and boost Sunday school enrollments across the denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Committee of 21
Rancher Cleared of Sabotage Plot Charge
In San Diego on May 3 Harold Nathan head of the local FBI said Andres C. Sanchez was cleared of sabotage charges. A witness’s vivid imagination led to the arrest of 47 year old Heber Sancher jailed April 12 in an alleged plan to wreck a train as part of a Boulder investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Harold Nathan
FBI
Andres C. Sanchez
Heber Sancher
Boulder
Nathan
Nazi Industry Must Taper Off Its Production
Washington reports Germany faces a production choice as Allied moves constrain chrome and wolfram. If the war continues Germany must curb alloy steel output or risk losing essential metals. Britain and the United States plan to choke neutral supply lines, targeting Portugal Sweden and Turkey while Finland remains the major source of remaining alloys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Britain
United States
Portugal
Turkey
United Nations
Sweden
Stockholm
Europe
Balkans
Finland
Phoenix Detective Held On Shooting Charge
Phoenix detective Leonce T. Navarre a 18 year veteran of the force is jailed after patrolman David Johnson was fatally shot following an argument over a traffic violation citation Witnesses say the detective fired after Johnson allegedly insulted him and reached for a weapon. Police Chief James T. Duane suspended Navarre as the county attorney advised no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Leonce T. (Frenchy
Navarre
David Johnson
Johnson
James T. Duane
Navarre Today
James A. Walsh
Lynn Laney
Hollandia is Hit Staggering Blows By Fleet
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy carrier air strikes and battleship bombardments hitting Truk and surrounding Carolines. The Hollandia invasion task forces destroyed 126 enemy aircraft at Truk and 101 planes in prior softenings as MacArthur advances into Hollandia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollandia
Fleet
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Carolines
Satawan
J. B. Oldendorf
W. A. Lee
Ponape
Nimitz
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur
Lie-Detector Inventor On Special Duty For U S
Leonardo Keeler of Chicago, famed for the lie detector, is in Phoenix on secret Army business. He previously tested Alfred de Marigny in the Bahamas case related to Sir Harry Oakes’s murder and was acquitted. Keeler, born in Berkeley, once studied at Stanford and once milled rattlesnakes for venom while a student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Leonardo Keeler
Chicago
Keeler
Alfred de Marigny
Bahamas
Harry Oakes
Berkeley
Calif
Arizona
Stanford University
Meats All But Beef Steaks and Roasts Eliminate Rationing
Price Administrator Bowles announced all pork veal lamb and mutton and many meat products will become point free after midnight including flank steaks hamburgers stew meat and canned meats while choice beef steaks and roasts keep current points. He also cut the monthly red point allotment from 60 to 30 per person effective May 7 to maintain ration value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Yanks Destroy 1 727 Japanese Barges In Year
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS New Guinea May 3 Gen Douglas MacArthur's HQ says 1 727 Japanese coastal vessels barges and schooners have been sunk and 3 548 damaged since April 1942 A review notes this destruction paralyzes enemy efforts to supply reinforce or evacuate the 17th and 18th Japanese armies in New Guinea New Britain New Ireland and the Solomons The loss of cargo ships forced use of small craft capable of carrying soldiers or supplies The 1 727 boats destroyed could move a 50 000 man army
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
New Ireland
Solomons
Japan
Philippines
China
Invasion Of Western Europe Planned To Details
Allied invasion plans outline a precise D-day target with caution over weather and timing. British officials note that while an exact moment may be known, dates could shift for emergencies as in Sicily. Weather risks, such as a 33 knot wind, show how conditions influence timing and operations.
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Associated Press
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Adm
H. K. Hewett
U. S
North African
Richard C. Steere
Foods Show Point Values For Post Midnight Rationing
The list details meat items and their per pound point values that will still require red ration points after midnight. Beef steaks include Porterhouse 12, T-bone 12, Club 12, various rib and round cuts ranging from 7 to 13 points. Rib standing roasts are listed as 7 points for an 10 inch cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Porterhouse
Heineman Resigns to Join Tucson Brokerage
Robert E. Heineman, longtime mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines at the University of Arizona, resigns after 16 years on the staff to join the Dahlberg, Durand & Co. brokerage in Tucson. He helped develop ultraviolet mineral work and invented the Willemite screen for mercury detection.
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Robert E. Heineman
Arizona Bureau of Mines
University of Arizona
Dahlberg, Durand & Co
Tucson
Heineman
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
State Bureau of Mines
Men Under 26 To Be Called Says Costello
Rep Costello predicts induction of up to half a million men under 26 with occupational deferments this year. He says selective service will need few if any fathers over 26, noting 1.1 million under 26 are deferred for farm or industrial work and 750,000 nonfathers are 1-A ready for induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Rep. Costello
D-Calif
Selective Service
Costello
House
Armed Services
Navy
Italy-Based Planes Hammer Genoa Piacenza
London reports western Europe air strikes have crippled rail lines for two months. Freight yards between Cologne and the Bay of Biscay can carry only military and coal traffic now. Germans used 14 year olds, women, and a one-armed former soldier to operate trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
France
Belgium
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Cologne
Bay of Biscay
Mosquitoes Bomb Leverkusen and Genoa in Allied Air Strikes
RAF Mosquitoes attacked Leverkusen for 30 minutes dropping 4,000 pound bombs on a major chemical works north of Cologne. Italian based bombers hit Genoa and Piacenza as Mediterranean air raids continued. Heavy bombers also targeted Acheres rail yards near Paris and La Spezia naval base.
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London
RAF
Leverkusen
Genoa
Italy
Cologne
Europe
Acheres
France
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Piacenza
Reich
Federal Communications Commission
Germany
Munich
Air Ministry
Paris
RAF Heavies
Turin
Venice
Milan
la Spezia
Mosquito
Mesa Girl Becomes Army Nurse Officer
Josephine P. Sheets of Mesa was appointed second lieutenant in the Army nurses corps by the war department. Henry George Williams of Phoenix was ordered to active duty as first lieutenant with the medical corps.
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Washington
Josephine P. Sheets
Mesa
Army Nurses Corps
War Department
Henry George Williams
Phoenix
Medical Corps
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FDR
Pepper
U. S. Navajo
By Robert Dowson
Fritz Theil
Bucharest
Christ
By John M. Hightower
New Guinea Coast
Sixth Army
Shell Islands
South Pacific
R. E. Heineman
University
Dahlberg, Durand Co
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