Allied Bombers Blast At Japs Across Timor Spotlighted
Allied bombers renewed assaults on Japanese bases in Timor. They hit the Koe airdrome and the Dili area, destroyed two planes at Koepang, and damaged four Japanese planes near Port Moresby. Koepang and Dili are Timor targets 600 and 400 miles from Darwin respectively.
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Koe
Dili
Koepang
MacArthur
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Dutch Timor
Darwin
Australia
Timor
Army To Recruit Doctors And Dentists In Virginia
An Army Medical Corps traveling examining board led by Major George D. Adamson will interview physicians and dentists across Virginia over the next four weeks. Qualifications are relaxed to age 55 for doctors and 37 for dentists, with duties in the field or at station hospitals. The tour begins in the Sixth District, then moves through all districts.
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Roanoke
Army Medical Corps
George D. Adamson
Virginia
Adamson
Joseph M. Dixon
Joseph Mitchell
Clement J. Falstick
Japanese Striving to Conserve Bomber Forces
Allied reports indicate Japan seeks to preserve bomber strength for a future broad attack. Meanwhile Australia drafts 35 000 men into civil construction to ready Port Moresby's base for a major offensive as air raids continue over New Guinea.
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Allied
Australia
Civil Construction Corps
Port Moresby
New Guinea
John Barrymore Hospitalized with Pneumonia
The actor John Barrymore was hospitalized at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital on Tuesday night. Dr. Hugo Kersten said he is suffering from an ailment described as an abnormal condition resulting from other illnesses and now treated as pneumonia.
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Oollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Hugo Kersten
World's Heaviest Man Smith Poti Dies in Africa
Johannesburg May 21. Smith Poti, 42, weighed 756 pounds and stood five feet six inches tall. The native of Johannesburg, long known across Africa as the world’s heaviest man, died of influenza. His height and weight were widely noted in reports.
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Johannesburg
South
Gist's Mistake Fatal To Clerk
Washington May 21 Goroner's jury ruled today that Very Rev Zebarney T Phil chaplain of the Senate and of the Washington Cathedral died May 10 from an overdose narcotics in a prescription that filled incorrectly by the pharmacist.
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Washington
Salvage Hope For Normandie From Navy Report
Secretary Knox told President Roosevelt that the former French liner Normandie could be salvaged. The ship was burned and tipped on its side at a New York pier after being taken for use as a troop carrier. Commander William A. Sullivan, who studied salvage prospects, accompanied Knox to the White House to report results.
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Washington
Knox
Roosevelt
New York
William A. Sullivan
White House
Ship Sunk Off South America
The Navy reports a medium sized U S merchant vessel torpedoed off the northern coast of South America several weeks ago. Survivors have been landed at an east Atlantic coast port.
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Washington
Navy
United States
South America
Atlantic
Exempt From Skirt Length Limits
The War Production Board ruled today that women at least 5 feet 8 2/3 inches tall in stocking feet are deemed unusually tall and exempt from skirt and coat length limits. Judges’ robes were also exempt.
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Washington
War Production Board
Five Training Planes Missing
Five HT-13 training planes are reported missing from last night’s training flights. The incident involves aircraft from Gunter Field and prompted a report for speedy recovery by Maxwell or Gunter air force officials. The disappearance traced a triangular route from Montgomery to Crestview Florida to Mobile Alabama. Names of students or personnel aboard the planes were not released.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gunter Field
Southeast Air Forces Training Center
Maxwell
Guneke
Montgome
Crestview
Fla
Mobile
Slayer of Mother Sentenced to Four and a Half Years
Corpus Christi Texas May 21 George Clyde Hengy Jr 16 was found guilty of juvenile delinquency the only charge possible and sentenced by County Judge Joe Browning to four and a half years in the state reformatory until he reaches majority Hengy fled to Roanoke Rapids North Carolina with his three year old sister Zina after slaying his mother.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
George Clyde Hengy, Jr
State Reformatory
Hengy
Texas
Joe Browning
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Zina
Four New Members Named to Virginia State Planning Board
Governor Darden appointed J. H. Bradford budget director H. G. Gilmer state comptroller L. M. Walker Jr agricultural commissioner and Vernon E. Kemp executive secretary of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce to fill board seats alongside Dr. Francis Pendleton at Washington and Lee University as head, completing a twelve member panel.
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Richmond
Darden
State Planning Board
Francis Pendleton
Washington and Lee University
J. H. Bradford
H. G. Gilmer
L. M. Walker, Jr
Vernon E. Kemp
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Nova and Savoid Get Weighing
Lou Nova weighed in at 203 1 2 pounds while Bee Moses 150 0! 0 Iowa scaled 189 3 4 pounds at the weigh in May 21 in Washington.
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Washington
Lou Nova
Ian Theveid
Iowa
War Manpower directs boards to consult with employment offices
The War Manpower Commission directed the Selective Service system to have local boards consult federal employment service offices before drafting individuals skilled in critical war occupations. The eight point program led by Paul V. McNutt seeks closer coordination to prevent loss of irreplaceable war industry workers.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service
Federal Employment Service
Paul V. McNutt
Manpower Commission
Women’s Day Observed at Mt Carnel Baptist Church
Mt Carnel Baptist Church will observe Women’s Day Sunday with a 11 30 a m sermon by the pastor and an 8 30 p m program featuring local and visiting talent. The public is invited.
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Mt. Carnel Baptist
War Labor Board seeks impartial citizens for on the spot settlements
The War Labor Board calls for patriotic and public spirited volunteers to assist in rapid labor dispute settlements. Davis announced volunteers will receive 22.50 dollars and 5 dollars for subsistence per day, with about 1,000 letters sent and field staff aiding outreach.
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Washington
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
Davis
Office of Emergency Management
Telephone Line Reopened After Brief Interruption
London dispatch reports a Vichy broadcast via Reuters stating the telephone link between Berlin and Stockholm was broken last night with no explanation and resumed at 6 a.m. today. It marks the second such break in ten days, part of Germany is using wire cuts as a nerve tactic against neutrals.
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London
Reuters
Berlin
Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Reports From Teacher Colleges Considered by Board
Richmond May 21 Dabney S Lancaster state superintendent said the State Board of Education will meet in Fredericksburg to review reports from four state teachers colleges and two state supported Negro institutions. Reports to be examined include Farmville and Radford state colleges as well as Madison College Washington College Fredericksburg and reviews of the Junior School for Colored Deaf and Blind at Newport News and Virginia State College for Negroes at Richmond.
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Richmond
Dabney S. Lancaster
State Superitendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Fredericksburg
Farmville
Radford
Madison Col- Washington College
Junior School For
Newport News
Virginia Aceing College
Wheeler First On His Draft List
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana is ranked No. 1 among 45 to 64 year old men registered with Bow County draft board No. 2. His draft card was the first drawn to set the order for nonmilitary service calls.
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Butte
Mont
Burton K. Wheeler
D.mont
Bow County
School Boardmen Are Impeached in Logan West Virginia
Circuit Judge C. C. Chambers impeached three Logan school board members Ronald L. Shelton Louden H. White and Charles L. Williams for conspiracy and official misconduct. The ruling followed a taxpayers suit after a hearing that began last Thursday and ended today with the judge denouncing the defendants’ “unholy alliance.”
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Logan
W. Va
C. C. Chambers
Logan School Board
Ronald L. Shelton
Louden H. White
Charles Ll. Williams
Spitfires Hit Dieppe Le Havre Shipping Corridor
London reports air ministry news that Spitfires attacked shipping in the Dieppe Le Havre area. They raked two German steamers with gunfire and badly damaged an E boat, signaling ongoing aerial operations.
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London
Air Ministry
Dieppe
le Havre
Germans Told of Victories as Kharkov Battle Develops
Berlin radio reports May 21 that the Kharkov battle is developing in favor of German and Romanian forces. Soviet armored and cavalry divisions allegedly attempted mass attacks but were annihilated by German tank fire.
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Berlin
Axis Planes Active In Malta Area
Italian high command reports Axis reconnaissance planes and bombers were very active over Malta and North Africa yesterday with no Libyan land front activity. British Cairo headquarters noted a minor Libyan flank clash as Axis armored cars withdrew after engagement. one British plane was shot down and a British merchant ship in the eastern Mediterranean was badly damaged by bomb hits.
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Rome
Malta
North Africa
Italian High Command
Cairo
Mediterranean
Daily Bulletin
U S Troops Reported Arriving at Gibraltar In May
Reports from Axis sources claim United States troops reached Gibraltar with variations. Vichy reports a convoy of 5,000 troops entered aboard a aircraft carrier and two cruisers, escorted by British destroyers. The DNB and Transocean agencies give alternate counts and timing, with no independent confirmation.
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New York
United States
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Spain
Vichy
DNB
Transocan
Netherlands names Van Mook as colonies minister
London May 21 Dr H J Van Mook appointed minister of colonies. He previously served as lieutenant governor of the Netherlands East Indies, which is currently overrun by Japanese forces.
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London
H. J. van Mook
Netherlands
Netherlands East Indies
Witness Testimony Links Knife Buyer to Slaying
May 21 witness Feila, described as an eight year old sister, testified at Welsh’s preliminary hearing on a murder charge. Thomas B. Parley, former head of the Police Homicide squad, said the defendant asked for a lie detector test over a month after the March 1941 crime. Parley testified under cross examination but details of questions were not disclosed.
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Setestar
Ac d Jr
Samensos
Feila
Welsh
Thomas B. Parley
Farley
John T. Barker
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore on May 21 reports Wheat No 2 Red Winter Gar licky spot domestic at 1.18 3-4 May price and 1.18 3-4 for spot. Corn quoted at 96-96 cents per bushel. Winchester Market lists Wheat at 1.14 per bushel and Corn at 90 cents per bushel. Prices apply to deliveries at mill.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Rubber Capacity May Be Raised to 1 Million Tons
Secretary Jones told a Senate agriculture subcommittee that the nation’s synthetic rubber production should rise from 800000 to 1000000 tons annually. He said government financed plants converting grains into rubber would grow from 80000 to 200000 tons and that WPB allocations of 650 million dollars favored petroleum based facilities. He noted no alcohol or plant-building materials were available. He declined to comment on PM’s claim that allocations favored Mellon Dupont Rockefeller interests and major oil groups.
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Jones
Senate Agriculture
War Production Board
WPB
Wheeler
D.mont
New York
RFC
Mellon-Dupont
Rockefeller
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U.S
New Post
Winchester Evening Star
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