Attu Operation Seen Clearing Weather For Final Sweep
American forces aim to clear Attu after landing in the Aleutians and may rapidly sweep the island once weather permits air sea and ground operations. Col Dupuy says Attu and Kiska are steps toward driving Japan from near Paramushiro with Amchitka and Adak already held.
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Washington
Kiska
Aleutians
Attu Island
R. Ernest Dupuy
Attu
Aleutian Chain
Paramushiro
Amchitka
Adak
Dupuy
Little
Navy
Knox
United States
New York
Tokyo Radio
Associated Press
Maj J
Balch On Elbert Hubbard And The Sent On Suspicion Books
David A Balch notes Hubbard mailed books to potential customers labeled Sent on Suspicion. If unpaid or unreturned a card read Please was sent. a second card said Please Damn You. Those silent after that faced a third message urging contact to settle and avoid litigation.
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David A. Balch
Elbert Hubbard
Hubbard
World At War Highlights From The Frontlines
World War II dispatches report seven day Attu Island landings with heavy fighting on the northern coast. Allied air power strikes Berlin Ruhr Rhine area and bomb groups hit Rome and Lido di Roma. Soviet forces claim Donets river breakthrough as fighting rages along the 1500 mile front. MacArthur’s pilots hit Lae, Burma bombers strike Mandalay rail hub as battles sweep the Pacific and Asia theaters.
Winchester praised for war savings efforts in Byrd letter
A letter to Wilbur M Krise relays Senator Byrds praise of Winchester in War Savings campaigns. He lauds employers for payroll saving plans and urges continued government aligned efforts to support the war effort and home front duties.
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Wilbur M. Krise
Byrd
Winchester
Brazilian Fliers Sink A Sub
Brazilian air force claimed to sink a U boat off Maceio near Recife. Official censorship released details of the action as of today.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Maceio
Brazil
Recife
Lewis Accused of Challenging U S Sovereignty in Labor Fight
War Labor Board declares John L Lewis defies law by not attending a meeting to renew coal wage talks. The board says negotiations must wait until both sides follow board instructions, risking a coal industry shutdown as a 15 day truce nears expiry. Lewis, contacted in New York, offered no comment.
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Washington
War Labor Board
UMW
John L. Lewis
WLB
Lewis
New York
Citzens
United States
United Mine Workers
No- National War Labor Board
National War Labor Board
Director of Economic Stabilization
Defiance
Act of Congress Board
Rabies Found In Stray Dogs Lead to Muzzled Patrols
Rabies in a stray dog that bit two people on May 14 confirmed by the Bureau of Animal Husbandry. Winchester authorities order police to kill on sight unmuzzled roaming dogs. At least five bite incidents reported, including Marshall Hockman near South Loudoun Street.
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L. T. Giltner
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Hollis
Winchester
Winchestr
Star
Marshall Hockman
Loudoun
Rome Seaplane Base Blasted By Allied Bombs
Allied bombers attacked the Lido Di Roma seaplane base at the mouth of the Tiber near Rome under bright moonlight. RAF Wellingtons bombed hangars moorings and aircraft with minimal opposition, setting two hangars aflame and marking the closest Allied approach to Rome’s outskirts.
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Italy
Morocco
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Moscow
Rado
Rome
London
Hitler
Lido di Roma
Italian High Command
North Africa
Tiber
RAF
Churchill
Roosevelt
Pius XII
United States
Britain
Vatican City
Holy See
Wellington
High Command
Trapani
American Subs Sink Six Japs in Pacific Action
U S Navy release reports American submarines sank six Japanese ships including a destroyer and damaged another vessel in Pacific waters. A separate torpedo bomber strike off Buin in the northern Solomons set fire to a cargo ship amid torpedo attacks on four Japanese vessels.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Buin
Solomons
South Pacific
Avenger
Navy Department
Five Deferred Four Requests Are Turned Down
Raymond Crouse 3 C Wilbur DeHaven 2 C William L Dod son 3 C Ernest F Hausenfinck Sd ag granted the following FR Renner John Robert Marple William H Orndorff James Theodore Russell
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Raymond Crouse
Wilbur DeHaven
William L. Dodson
Ernest F. Hausenfinck
Sd Ag
F R. Renner
John Robert Marple
William H. Orndorff
James ‘Theodore Russell
Dams Burst by RAF Flood Ruhr and Eder Valleys
London May 17 British bombers attacked Berlin and the Ruhr region last night breaking the Mohne and Eder dams. The floods swelled into the Ruhr and Eder valleys with vast waters injuring German industrial capacity. Sir Archibald Sinclair stated the two dams released 134 million and 202 million tons of water respectively.
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London
Berlin
Rome
Rhineland
Germany
Ruhr
Eder
Archibald Sinclair
Mohne
Sinclair
Albert Hall
Hershey Warns Induction Of Fathers May Be Needed
Selective Service head Major General Lewis B. Hershey testified before the Senate Military Committee that shortages may force induction of fathers and others in the near future. He cited about 2.6 million men in 4-F and warned the four-category bill would be impractical as it moves toward broader conscription.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Senate Military Committee
Selective Service
Hershey
War and Navy Departments
Poe
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Committee
Herhe
Navy
Navy Department
Il Duce May Flee as LaGuardia Predicts
Mayor LaGuardia, in a radio address, predicts Mussolini will slip out of Italy in the dark of night as Fascist rule collapses and Italy nears withdrawal from the war. He suggests a future Italy will form its own government under a United Nations framework.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Italy
U. S
Mussolini
United Nations
Alps
Grave Position Of Italy Being Hammered Home
Reports from neutral Switzerland say Mussolini is tightening defenses as Italy faces Allied pressure in the Mediterranean. Rumors of King Victor Emmanuel abdication circulated, but London skeptical. Swiss analysis notes Italy cannot rely on Germany for help and cites reinforced northern and southern defense lines.
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Bern
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Switzerland
Morocco
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
London
King Emanuele
Rome
Tunisia
Dakar
Moscow
Die Nation
Germany
Duce
High Command
Genoa
Venice
Ambrosio Resigns as Italian General Staff Chief Reported
A Bern dispatch quoted Milan sources saying General Vittorio Ambrosio presented his resignation to Premier Mussolini. The report comes after the Libyan campaign and the Axis setback in North Africa.
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Associated Press
Bern
Mosco Radio Today
Milan
Vettorio Ambrosio
Mussolini
Associated Ter
Axis
North Africa
Reds Use Planes and Artillery in Latest Soviet Tactics
Moscow reports the Red Army used aircraft and heavy artillery to harass German preparations across the front as a new week begins with no sign of a major summer campaign. Soviet air forces claim 1,300 German planes destroyed in two weeks, while losses equal 339. Battles span Bryansk, Dnieperopetrovsk, Krementchug and Novorossiysk area actions with continued Donets river engagements and incursions along the Black Sea.
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Russia
Donets River
Novorossisk
William McGaffin
Moscow
Red Army
Red
Bryansk
Dnieperopetrovsk
Kremenchug
Kuban
Baltic Sea
London
Lishchansk
Donets
Black Sea
Kalinin
Mogilev
Labor Problems Are Discussed By Farm Group
Frederick County agricultural workers met to outline a proposed farm labor program. County Agent Stine and W R Legge described the plan, with the Extension Service in charge of recruiting training transport and placement of workers. The U S Employment Service will recruit year around.
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Frederick County
Stine
W. R. Legge
Fite Oy Kina
Rabbit Show Set for May 30 at Sarah Zane Fire Hall
The Virginia Rabbit and Davy Breed ers Association hosts the first Spring show in the state on May 30 at Sarah Zane Fire Hall. Rabbits need not be registered to enter with prizes in each class. Maryland breeders join local efforts with about 300 entries across 15 breeds. Lawrence Ritter of Baltimore judges, George Wedell of Bartonsville is superintendent, E. D. Startzman show secretary.
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Virginia Rabbit and Davy Breeders Association
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
American Rabbit and Davy Breders’ Association
Maryland State Rabbit Breeders Association
Lawrence Ritter
Baltimore
George Wedell
Bartonsville
E. D. Startzman
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Tokyo
Toyota Radio
Continent
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Mandalay
U.S
Labor Board
Joseph A. Loftus
William B. King
Il Duce
Hodge
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