Allied Forces Deliver Heavy Pacific Strikes Across Wide Front
At Pearl Harbor on May 7 reports describe a major Allied air and sea assault across a 4000 mile arc. Japanese targets in the Marshalls Dutch New Guinea and Kuriles face intensified bombing and naval activity. Nimitz notes heavy raiding with 284 sorties while MacArthur reports 200 additional tons dropped on Wake Island and Dutch New Guinea.
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U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Marshalls
Dutch New Guinea
Kuriles
Punch
Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific
Jaluit
Washington
Marshall Islands
Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Wake Island
Hollandia
Schouten Islands
Shimushu
Adm
W. D. Baker
Polish Priest Is Cheered By Slav Congress Support
Springfield Mass May 17 Fr Stanislaus Orlemanski, whose pastoral authority was restored, drew praise from the American Slav Congress of Connecticut and its executive secretary Ben Tutens for his Kremlin visit and talks with Stalin. Tutens called the group a broad representation of American Slavs. The priest, described as near a physical and mental breakdown, remains in bed under Dr William Kotarski care.
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Springfield
Mass
Catholic Church
Stanislaus Orlemanski
American Slav Congress of
Connecticut
Ben Tutens
Fr. Orlemanski
Kremlin
Tutens
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Market Quotations Stock Market Report New York May 17
A moderate pickup in buying today nudged the market leaders fractionally higher and several specialties up one to two points. Early dealings ran ahead of yesterday but activity remained restricted. Key issues hovered near best levels by midday as U S Steel Republic U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Johns Manville Philip Morris Southern Railway Gulf Mobile Ohio Standard Oil NJ and Masonite attracted higher bids while bonds held steady and commodities lagged. curb-listed Cities Service American Gas Carrier and Aluminum of America advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Steel
Republic
U. S
Sears Roebuck
Johns Manville
Philip Morris
Southern Railway
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
Standard Oil (Nj
Masonite
Cities Service
American Gas
Carrier Corp
Aluminum of America
Trial Justice Court Disposes Case of Run At Large Dog
Wilson Sirbaugh of 25 Glaize Avenue fined five dollars and four dollars and twenty five cents in costs after warning by game warden for permitting a dog to run at large.
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Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Wilson Sirbaugh
Glaize Avenue
Local Livestock Steers and Cattle Prices Report
Regional auction notes list prices by class. Steers from 15.25 to 16.00, fat heifers 14.00 to 15.50, fat cows 6.00 to 12.50, bulls 12.50, veal calves 17.00 to 18.00, fresh cows 65.00 to 210.00 per head, lambs 14.50 to 17.00, hogs around 13, feeder cattle 12.50 to 14.50 per cwt.
Let's ALL Back The Attack Buy War Bonds
A wartime appeal urges citizens to purchase war bonds to support the military effort. The message emphasizes collective action and financial backing to sustain troops and national security.
Baltimore May 17 Produce and Livestock Quotations
Produce prices show apples unchanged and poultry steady for young chickens while fowls are dull. Cattle and calves active and steady with a wide range of dairy and beef cows, veal, and bulls. hogs steady with good and choice classes around 14.30 per cwt, sheep trading with lambs strong. Chicago market notes slower hogs and varied cattle, calves, and sheep values for comparison.
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Baltimore
W.f.a—Office of Distribution
Ewe Lot Prices Footnotes From Market Sale
Small lots offer shorn ewes No 1 pelts at 7.50. A few Tots shorn ewes at 7.00. Very thin light cull eligible down to 3.00.
Mrs Shade Dies At Bunker Hill
Almira McKeever Shade aged 70 died yesterday at 5 PM at her niece Mrs D W Busey home in Bunker Hill West Virginia from complications. Born June 14 1873 in Hampshire County she was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs William McKeever. Survived by sister Mrs Meredith Anderson of Clear Brook VA brother Elias McKeever of New York City stepson Ernest Shade of Winchester and many nieces and nephews Funeral services at Brown funeral home Martinsburg tomorrow at 2 30 PM with burial Mt Hebron Cemetery pastor Rev Rogers officiating pallbearers listed.
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Almira McKeever Shade
D. W. Busey
Bunker Hill
W. Va
William McKeever
Hampshire County
Shade
Sedition Trial Verbal Battle Continues Amid Disruptions
In a tense session, motions to exclude witnesses were denied and Lois De Lafayette Washburn screamed in court. A mistrial request failed as Rogge described the defendants' alleged propaganda acts and claimed they aimed to destroy democracy, drawing loud reactions.
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Laughlin
Rogge
United States
Germany
Mint
Nazis Admit May Fall Back
In Britain, German dispatches hint at a possible Allied main assault on the Cherbourg Peninsula near Normandy. Three Polish escapees say a trained underground army is ready to act on a signal from the London exile government as American soldiers undergo a mass security check in Britain.
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Normandy
Cherbourg
England
Sweden
Britain
Europe
London
United States Army
DAR Adds Ft Loudoun Chapter to Minute Men Cite List
Ft Loudoun Chapter Dar, with W R Barney as Vigilance Committee chair, announced today it has been added to the city and county Minute Men citation roster.
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Minute Men
Ft. Loudoun Dar
W. R. Barney
Veriiance Committee
Capitol Hill Sees War Spending Trim Affects Postwar Debt
Senator McCarran notes a gradual curtailment of war outlays as the War Department Navy and war shipping administration trim $8.4 billion from the total with borrowings and lend lease estimates adding $3.5 billion and other activities $100 million. Net tax signals are foreseen as spending declines reduce postwar debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department, Navy
War Shipping Administration
McCarran
Appropriations Committee
M*cCarran
Jury Panel Excused After Beekeeper's Confession
Superior Judge Leon R Yank asked Venice panelists to reveal any reason to avoid jury service. Paul J McDonald, an engineer, told of box beer and missing bees after a swarm. The judge excused him, noting the explanation provided a painfully clear conflict.
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Los Anggeles
Leon R. Yankwich
Venicemen
Paul J. McDonald
McDonald
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McCormick Vanitt
McCormick
Stock Market Report
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North Kent St
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Chicago
W. F.A
Colorado
California
Montgome
Mer
Montgomery Ward
S. Loudoun ST
Lois de Lafayette Washburn
Rose
DAR
Capitol Hill
Loudoun St
T Ward
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