MacArthur Honored by King for Allied Command Role
General Douglas MacArthur receives the knight grand cross of the Order of the Bath from King George VI for services in commanding Allied forces. Eisenhower also awarded the same honor. The insignia will be presented, though Americans do not receive the knighthood title.
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Douglas MacArthur
Order of the Bath
Sealy
MacArtthur
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George ‘VI
United States
Con
AEF
George
Harold Tm
North Africa
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Flying Forts Strike Italian Air Base in Daylong Assault
The Middle East Air Command reported continued air sweeps against enemy shipping in the Aegean. A fuel-carrying vessel was sunk, another ship was last seen sinking, a third ablaze, and a fourth abandoned after RAF light bomber attacks.
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Middle East Air Command
Aegean
Cairo
Panic in Buy Limit Urged to Prevent Clothing Rationing
Harold Mittelstadt of Wilson Brothers and Alfred Decker of Alfred Decker & Cohn urged Chicago men’s wear retailers to curb panic buying to avert rationing. They warned shortages from labor and machinery and noted women textile workers leaving for higher wages in other war work could delay deliveries.
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Chicago
Harold Mittelstadt
Wilson Brothers
Alfred Decker
Alfred Decker & Cohn
Midwest
Clothing Company
Mittelstadt
Coal Conferees Resume Session
The United Mine Workers and soft coal operators meet in Washington to resolve portal-to-portal pay and wage dispute terms. John L. Lewis orders the policy committee to convene, signaling readiness to bargain on a 90 minute travel time basis and increase pay beyond $1 a day.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
WLB
Churchill claims Japan watching Soviet Union press release
Moscow reports quote Churchill at Washington conference saying Japan watches the Soviet Union and adds other methods besides air attacks will be used to defeat Germany. Russian outlets also carry details of Allied raids on Germany and Italy and the vast bomb weights dropped.
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Moscow
Churchill
Washington
Japan
Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
Gasoline Famine To Continue For Weeks In East
Washington reports no let up in the East oil and gasoline famine for weeks. Acting petroleum administrator Ralph K. Davies cites bans on pleasure driving and traffic restrictions plus Midwest flood recovery as needed to improve prospects. Civilian stocks are about a quarter of normal as floods push shortages. Daily deliveries to eastern terminals were down 16.5 percent from last week.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
Midwest
Davies
Office of Defense Transportation
War Updates From Across The Front And Far East
Secretary describes limited Russia fighting with local patrol actions. In central China Japanese forces gain ground amid resistance. In Burma raids by Allied air forces continue. A curious note mentions beavers in Estes Park, Colorado building a dam over a thousand feet long.
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Russia
China
Burma
Southwest
Asis
Estes Park
Colo
Claims Japs Seek Separate Peace With China
Testimony that Japan would seek a separate peace with China and attack the United States this summer was referred to the high command today. Dickstein said the testimony came from Kilsoo K. Haan, who warned of Pearl Harbor two months earlier. Haan claimed Tojo revealed plans to strike between June and October 1943 with Miyazaki commanding an invading fleet and Hata heading a landing force. He asserted 60 percent of the navy and 100000 Kwantung troops would be used, with submarines and air power key to the attack.
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Washington
Japan
China
United States
High Command
Dickstein
D-Ny
House Immigration Committee
Pearl M Harbor
Kilsoo K. Haan
Korean National Front Federation
Sino-Korean Peoples’ League
Haan
Tojo
Tokyo
Katsutaro Miyazaki
Shunroku Hata
Jiro Minami
Privy Council
Immigration Committee
State Department
New Yorker
Ee Haan
Byrd Says $50 Deduction Not Included in Tax Accord
Senate and House tax conferees decided against a $50 deduction in addition to a 75 percent abatement of one year's taxes. Earlier statements had suggested a $50 deduction plus the 75 percent abatement, but backers reviewed the compromise after disagreement over abatement details. Conference leaders George and Doughton oversaw the session.
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Washington
May
Byrd
D-Va
Jeanhas
Senate House
George
Dga
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
House Ways and Means Committee
Leningrad Marks 240th Anniversary Amid Siege Preparations
Moscow reports that Leningrad observes its 240th founding anniversary but residents focus on defense against a potential new German advance. Civil guard patrols fill streets as city faced fresh wartime pressure.
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Moscow
All
Russia
Leningrad
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore market closes with Wheat No 2 red winter at 1.57 1 2 May and Winchester Wheat at 1.55 per bushel. Corn trades at 1.10 per bushel. Prices reflect deliveries fat mill.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Rites Held For Mr. Baecher
Funeral services for James Pius Baecher 72 longtime Winchester Woolen Company employee were held at Sacred Heart Church with Fr Bulock officiating. Interment followed at Catholic Cemetery. Surviving are his two wives two of his children and ten grandchildren.
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James Pius Baecher
Winchester Woolen Company
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bulock
O. L.jamison
William Nicholson
John Shine
Irvin Carper
Dorsey Hottle
William M. Carpenter
Beacher
Ida Kerns
Bessie Penn
Audrey Baecher
Winchester
Cletus Beacher
Los Angeles
Calif
Cecil Bone
James Hart
Richard Keffer
Strasburg
Harry Teets
Upperville
Liberian President Edwin Barclay Invited to Speak in Washington
Congress invites Edwin Barclay first African leader to address Congress in an unprecedented tribute. Roosevelt extended the invitation after stopping in Liberia on the Casablanca trip. Barclay dined at the White House with officials and stays at Blair House for visiting dignitaries.
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Washington
Congress
Edwin Barclay
Liberia
House
Senate
Barclay
White House
Roosevelt
Blair House
State Department
Soviets rout assault near Lishchansk as river crossing fails
Soviet forces repelled a violent river crossing attempt on the Donets near Lishchansk with many drowning during the retreat. Artillery on the western front and Rostov front also hit German positions as Col Nikolai Akimov warned of signs Germany plans a renewed summer 1943 campaign.
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Donets
Lishchansk
Rostov
Nikolai Akimov
Moscow
CIO Unionists End Strikes
President Roosevelt telegraphed rubber workers leaders denouncing the strikes as inexusable and a flagrant no strike pledge violation. He urged return to work and warned such actions hinder wartime production and national sacrifice.
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International Executive
WLB
Roosevelt
Rubber Workers
War Labor Board
Island battle crews push through Japanese defenses
Soldiers fought through heavy Japanese traps using bayonets and grenades. With combat reports still unclear, authorities warned the final cleanup on the island could take a few additional days.
German War Effort Pushed For Full Strength Before Allied Attacks
Reports from Das Schwarze Korps claim Germany can restore combat power rapidly while preparations for Allied invasions rise. Berlin neutralists suggest Stalin avoids offense until Allied forces are ready. Dispatches note emphasis on armament cuts and extra workers from occupied lands. The Brusseler Zeitung cites 168 million Axis workers from occupied zones and allies.
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Das Schwarze Korps
Elite Guard
Germany
Berlin
Stockholm
Tidningen
Stalin
Europe
Brusseler Zeitung
Belgium
Finland
Spain
Bulgaria
Medical Specialist Is Fined For U S Tax Evasion
Dr. James W. Tipton an eye ear nose and throat specialist in Danville was convicted in U S District Court Richmond of six counts of income tax evasion and fined 20000. He pleaded nolo contendere to evading taxes from 1936 to 1941. Tax due totaled 22511.20 with 1386.98 paid and 21124.22 unpaid. Agent Lester L. Farr testified. penalties could raise liability to 41067.13 and interest to 12000-13000.
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Richmond
James W. Tipton
Danville
U. S. District Court
Robert N. Pollard
Tipton
Alexander the Great credited with early camouflage use
New York reports that in 330 B C Alexander the Great used camouflage by dyeing fighters clothes with red spots to mislead the enemy. The dye may have come from madder or kermes insects, and the tactic aimed to trick Persian minds rather than eyes. Alexander reportedly won the battle.
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New York
Alexander the Great
New York Botanical Garen
Alexander
Persia
B. C
Attacks on British Hospital Ships Reported
In London on May 27, Admiral A V Alexander told Parliament that German and Italian aircraft and coastal batteries had staged 58 attacks on British hospital ships since the war began. Nineteen hospital ships were targeted and four were sunk.
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London
Pi—A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Japs Concentrate Forces Along Yangtze and River Route
A Chinese spokesman says Japan has massed infantry tanks and air power along the upper Yangtze and is using the river toward Ichang as a supply channel. Ichang, 1000 miles from the river mouth, serves as a base for campaigns into western Hupeh with Japanese gunboats moving artillery and small craft upriver.
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Chungking
Yangtze
Great River
Ichang
Hupeh
Another Japanese Admiral Dead
A Tokyo broadcast reported the death in action of Rear Admiral Rysaku Yanagimoto who died with his crew when his ship was sunk after a heroic fight. He is listed among 75 naval officers killed during navy day celebrations and distinguished in operations against Wake Island and in the Indian Ocean.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Tokyo
Rysaku Yanagimoto
Yanagimoto
Wake Island
Indian Ocean
Whacky Week in Tennessee Baffles Knox County Officials
A Chattanooga chick hatched with three legs. a Knox County couple learns their marriage license was stolen the night before the wedding, leaving them unwed at last. A Willson Ranch mare near Athens bore twin colts, an event noted as rare.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Knox County
Willson Ranch
Athens
Busses and Taxis Ordered to Cut Mileage Now
The Office of Defense Transportation ordered bus and taxicab operators in the eastern shortage area to reduce mileage by 20 percent immediately to reach a 40 percent overall gasoline ration cut. It warned that delaying action risks loss of essential service in July and stressed no relaxation of the total mileage reduction.
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Washington
ODT
Office of Defense Transportation
OPA
Nazi Medal For Jop Admiral
A Berlin radio broadcast said Adolf Hitler posthumously awarded Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves and swords in appreciation of his merit in the common fight. The Tokyo broadcast noted Yamamoto died in air combat on the Pacific front in April.
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Associated Press
DNB
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Isoroku Yamamoto
Japan
Hitler
Hirohito
Yamamoto
Tokyo
General Atkinson Celebrates 95th Birthday in Virginia
General Homer Atkinson longtime commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans and current leader marks his 95th birthday at his home in Petersburg Virginia. Though aged he remains in good health and received numerous greetings from admirers.
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Ppetersburg
Homer Atkinson
United Confederate Veterans
From all over the Confederate States as well as from friends
The fragment notes a wide gathering from Confederate States and friends in the north, indicating a broad, cross-regional outreach or support network referenced in the readable text.
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Confederate States
Friends
North
Fire destroys portion of historic Saratoga mansion
Fire crews report most contents removed from the first and second floors. The old mansion, said to be built near the Battle of Saratoga era, suffered extensive damage with losses likely in the thousands. Insurance coverage noted, while stones from the Opequon and Hessian prisoners’ work era are referenced. An armadillo note appears in the report.
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Saratoga
Morgan
Opequon
Rainfall Totals and Monthly Averages from 1913 to 1941
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hours ending 8 am with none. May to date 3.94 inches, year to date 15.56 inches. Average annual rainfall for 36.11 inches. Monthly averages from 1913-41 include January 2.49, February 1.98, March 2.89, April 3.14, May 3.88, June 3.83, July 3.62, August 3.79, September 2.38, October 3.48, November 2.46, December 2.47 inches. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Inche
Winchester Research Laboratory
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