First clue in trunk mystery as Mora questioned
Chicago police uncover the first lead in the trunk case linking a missing woman to Ricardo Mora. A hotel clerk ties the victim to Miss Lopez, sister of Mora’s common law wife, with the trunk shipped from Dearborn Station and found in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Angeles
Ricardo Mora
Everett Cousland
Anparo Lopez
Mora
Fleetwood Hotel
Moras
Dearborn Station
Lopez
Charles R. Heniff
Heniff
Philip Breitzke
British Force Back Japanese Near Kohima
Allied forces report clearing Japanese from several posts around Kohima as part of a general offensive to remove the threat near the encircled city. Air support aided ground troops in a drive aimed at clearing the Kohima area before the monsoon season. Substantial fighting continued west of Imphal and near Kanglatani as Indian troops inflicted casualties. Chinese troops advanced in the Mogaung valley pushing toward the Lahkram river from northern Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
Imphal
India
Manipur
Kanglatani
Bishenpur
Mogaung
Lahkram River
Ingangahtawng
Burma
Mrs Tenney Slashes Head At Home
Mrs James B Tenney wife of a mining engineer residing at 1070 North Mountain Avenue slashed her throat at her home shortly before 2 p m and died almost immediately according to the physician summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Tenney
B. Tenney
North Mountain Avenue
Durand Proposal Excites Officials
Durand & Co submits an unsigned draft proposal to act as agent for the city in acquiring Tucson Gas Electric Light Power Co. The mayor and council wrestle with the filing, bid process, and the implications of Durand’s unsolicited offer. Durand claims long experience and prior city ties justify his firm’s qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Latimore
Durand & Co
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
Niemann
Eugene Durand
Durand
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Cities Service Company
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
Council
Dacemak
Tucson
Collins Replies To Charges Of Dr L C Marsh
Tom Collins spokesman for the county board denied that Dr L Cody Marsh sought rooms to house insane persons prior to commitment to the state hospital. Collins said Marsh warned against arrest on an insanity charge and stated the only place for insane inmates was jail. He noted the board met with doctors seeking an isolation ward and care facilities and proposed using the new medical center for indigent patients if needed. Further meeting planned but no date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Collins
County Board of Supervisors
L. Cody Marsh
State Hospital
Phoenix
Marsh
Collins
Board of Supervisors
R. H. Martin
Senator Seeks Clear Policy on Lend-Lease Future
Sen. Ellender urged that the United States set a national policy on final lend-lease settlements now to avoid owing Allies after the war. He cited a report showing roughly 21.8 billion dollars in lend-lease aid given and about 2.13 billion received in reverse lend-lease by Mar 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Great Britain
Russia
Senate
Truman Committee
Britain
Japanese Surrender Grows as Allied Press Tightens
Allied forces report record Japanese surrenders in northern New Guinea as Hollandia Aitape area casualties reach 697 killed and 150 captured. Air and naval units destroy or damage multiple barges while bombers hit Wewak and Hansa Bay targets to block escape routes.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
New Guinea
Hollandia
Aitape
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Two Tucsonans Among War Wounded
War Department list named Arizona servicemen wounded in the Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific theaters. Pvt. Miguel L. Obregon and his Tucson wife Lupe C. reside at 42 Macias Street. Corp. Armando V. Valencia of Tucson and Mrs. Dolores Valencia listed for 205 West McCormick, with Dan H. Taylor’s son A. Taylor from Douglas also noted. Mrs. Robert M. Wells and Welborn L. Wells of Phoenix are linked to the wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Arizona
Mediterranean
Miguel L. Obregon
Lupe C
Macias Street
Tucson
Southwest
Government Erred In Seizing Plants Poll Reveals
Gallup poll results show 61 percent of those with opinions think the government wrongfully seized the Montgomery Ward plants in Chicago. The survey asked if taking over the plants was a right action or a mistake. 39 percent said it was right, 61 percent viewed it as a mistake, with one in eight undecided.
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Gallup Poll
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Gallup
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Election Can't Be Valid Says Ward Counsel
Montgomery Ward & Co. contends the National Labor Relations Board cannot hold a valid collective bargaining election among Chicago employees while the plant remains government controlled. The argument arose amid discussions with government attorneys and Federal Judge William H. Holly over injunctions in federal court. The company asserts government seizure made workers federal employees, barred from such elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
National Labor Relations Board
Ward
William H. Holly
Holly
Montgomery Ward
WARDS
Italian Supply Lines Of Nazis Cut Sharply
Allied air forces have sharply reduced German supply lines in Italy by destroying railways and freight yards up to Florence. Leaders announce paralysis of railway communications 210 miles behind fronts. RAF and Australian pilots bombed Pescara dam and Romanian oil targets, signaling preparations for a broader offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Packard
Naples
U.P
Florence
Ira C. Baker
Mediterranean
John K. Cannon
U. S. Air Force
Italy
Europe
Fifth Army
Adriatic
Pescara
Chieti
Campina
Ploesti
Commission Busy On Final Highway Budget
The Arizona highway commission began the final budget for administration construction and maintenance of highways. Law changes shift budgeting to the legislature after July 1. Chairman J M Smith said drafting may take four to five days with future adjustments under legislative supervision. State auditor Ann Frohmiller attended sessions with all commissioners except Kenneth Hoopes. Milton Ray urged adding the Aguila Kingman route to the state system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona Highway Commission
J. M. Smith
Ann Frohmiller
Kenneth Hoopes
Miami
Milton Ray
Aguila
Aguila-Kingman
Freeing Of Gandhi Aimed At Preventing Martyrdom
The release of Mahatma Gandhi from internment in India on grounds of illness is seen as a strategic move to avoid making him a martyr. Gandhi’s influence stems from spiritual leadership and dominance of the All India Congress, with millions viewing him as divine. The piece notes Gandhi’s resilience and unlikely concern over his own mortality.
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Gandhi
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Mahatma Gandhi
Government of
India
Mahatma
All India Congress
the Great
Cluster adapter boosts US bomber bomb load 75 percent
Captain Leo H. Vanderhoven of Taylorsville California unveils a cluster adapter gadget that increases bomb carrying capacity by 75 percent without enlarging aircraft tonnage. It allows multiple bombs to be loaded on racks formerly holding one, effectively letting a single plane perform the work of two and has been ordered in multi million lots by bomber commands worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leo H. Vanderhoven
Taylorsville
Calif
Air Service
Vanderhoven
Rommel Voicing Bold Warnings On Imminent Invasion
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel declared the invasion must be regarded as imminent and said German troops armed with new weapons are ready for the utmost. He warned the Allies will face many surprises, including parachute and glider landings, in broadcasts monitored by British authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Erwin Rommel
Ministry of Information
Rommel
Mediterranean
Africa
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
el Alamein
Montgomery
H. H. Balfour
Air
Europe
Berlin
Bus Crash Kills One Driver And Passengers Treated
A bus and truck collision on the Tamigmi trail about 25 miles west of Miami killed a canal bank fisherman and dumped 28 bus passengers into the water. Bus driver David Lewis and three passengers Mrs Eyre of Tampa, Mr Eyre of Tampa, and Lt. G Whitney were treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Calvin Corn of Miami was in critical condition.
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Miami
Fla
David Lewis
Everett Eyre
Tampa
G. Whitney
Coast Guard
Port Everglades
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Calvin Corn
RAF Night Raid Targets Romania Rail Yards
RAF Halifaxes and Wellingtons attacked railway yards and oil storage tanks at Campina near Ploesti in Romania in pre dawn darkness. The raid followed daylight strikes by American planes on Turin Severin and other rail targets in the region. Weather hampered raids across western Europe with heavy Dover gales and reduced flight activity in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cronkite
London
U.P
Germany
France
Eighth Air Force
Pas de Calais
Straits of Dover
England
USAAF
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Channel
Mediterranean
Campina
Ploesti
Romania
RAF
Pot
Turin-Severin
Iron Gate
Europe
Mont-le-Marsan
Bordeaux
Dover Straits
AFL And UMW Deadlocked In Jurisdiction
Philadelphia May 6 The American Federation of Labor remains willing to readmit John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers but only on terms. The AFL executive council reaffirmed its January decision to limit UMW to its preexisting jurisdiction, rejecting Lewis’s bid to expand into chemicals and to absorb District 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus
Philadelphia
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
William Green
Executive Council
UMW
AFL
District 50
William L. Hutcheson
The
Carpenters
Hutcheson
Cou
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Los Angeles
Railway Express Co
L. C. Marsh
Charles Darnell
By Don Hyndman
Madnd
Northern New Guinea
William B. Dickinson
Tucsonians
U. S
Steaga
Commission
London Daily Herald
European Advisory Commission
Green
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