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ROOSEVELT IS
BACK ON JOB
AFTER REST
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WASHINGTON D C.. May 8.'
—President Roosevelt is back in'
Washington after a month's vaca-l
tion at a langorous plantation oni
the coast of South Carolina.
Tanned and rested he was des- ;
cribed by his physician as in “ex-j
cellent shape", and he, himself,!
told reporters before leaving the
Bernard Baruch estate, he was
feeling a great deal better.
The doctors are convinced that
he is once more in fine phys; ~al j
trim.
Secre’ary of State Cordell Hull!
met the chief at his special train.;
and rode with him to the White
House.
Officials said the President
planned early conferences with
congressional leaders.
#The President’s doctor, Ross
McIntyre, said, "The President
has gained every'hing we could
expect during his four-weeks’ rest
We are truly satisfied with his
.. physical condition."’
U. SJNOWHOLDS
183,618 WAR
PRISONERS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 8.
—The United States hold 183.618
prisoners, the army reported in a
statement regarding the "de-Nazi
fying” processes, re^intly.
Captured soldiers of the Axis
total by far the largest number
of Hitler’s legions, 133,135 Ger
'mans, 50,136 Italians 347 Japan
ese.
.\ The army statement added:
j, "It is believed the best indoc
trination of democracy would be
observations made by the enemy
prisoners in the work of various
American communities, and ab
sorb material in newspapers,
books, periodicals, motion pic
tures, radio, correspondence cour
ses, they will acquire many
changes.”
PAINLESS TAX’
BILL PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 8.
—<AP)—In the face of loud com
plaints against the perplexity in
volved in the computation and
paying of taxes, the House unan
• imously passed the “painless tax"
bill. A measure designed to sim
plify procedures for fifty million
taxpayers.
The legislation has now moved
to the senate, where it is expcted
to receive speedy approval.
JAP TROOP SAID
ADVANCING ON
ClTYOFLOYANC
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CHUNGKING, May 8.—fAP)—
Misgivings about the military sit
uation in northwestern Honan;
Province grew more pronounced;
today as field dispatches declared
that Japanese troops had advanced
another three and a half miles to
ward Loyang, and are now only
six miles south of the ancient city,
which is the gateway for a possi
ble thrust- to the very heart of
China.
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CANADIANS IN ITALIAN STORM —A Canadian tank crew on the Italian front dls
' mounts from its vehicle in a blinding snow storm. They are lighting with the Eighth Army.
51 WINNERS IN
NENANA ICE
CLASSIC
Aoo'Jt T5‘l.oOO wili be paid to
each of ll winning ticke t on
the Nenana ice pool, it was an
nounced Saturday.
The names on the tickets total
51, including 32 persons on the
ticket held in th ename of the
Anchorage School Faculty, each
of whom will ge* over S300 apiece.
Tickets held individually were
in the names of John Penovitch
o Fairbanks, James Vouras of
Browne, John Nedson of Indepen
dence Mine, Joseph Hartman of
Hyder, Adriano Lucchesi of An
chorage and Alexander Wilson of
Seward, Two family tickets were
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Sherwin of
Fairbanks, and Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace MacDonald of Bethel.
One with three names was Alex
Grison and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mc
Henry of Galena.
One ticket with six names was
held by Ralph Norris, Mrs. Alma
Norris, Mrs. Agnes Maplton, Vic
tor Johnson, Robert Clark. Le
land Martin, all of Fairbanks.
BOMBERS HIT
HUGE DAM IN
NORTH ITALY
NAPLES. Italy, May 8.—<AP»—
Allied fighter-bombers hit a huge
dam in northern Italy. Kittyhawks,
Mustangs and dive-bomber bomb
ed and broke the Pescara dam,
12 miles southwest of Chieti, on
a tactical air force mission.
The announcement said: “Twen
ty minutes after the first Mustang
cracked the iron sluice gates, the
wall of water was moving down
stream toward Pescara, with the
dam cracking and heaving, with
the huge waves carrying every
thing before it.
PARAMUSHIRO
AGAIN BOMBED
WASHINGTTN, D. C„ May 8.
—(AP)—Navy bombers hit Para
mushiro, setting large fires and
causing terrific explosions while
other planes struck Nauru Island
far to the south, hitting barracks
and runways.
Returning planes reported only
meagre resistance.
Passes Record Set
By Capt. Eddie
Rickenbaclier
U. 3 'TIGHTER BASE IN ENC»
LAND. May 5.—<>• P'—Captafh
Robert Johnson, 24 of Lawtrfi
Oklahoma, a Thunderbolt pilot,
shot down two enemy planse to
day to boost his total to 27, all
of which were bagged in the ail
He became the first American
based in the European theater to
break Rickenbacher’s combat rec
ord of 26, in the First World War,
and tied the Southwest Pacific
record of Major Richard Bong ol
Poplar, Wisconsin.
Captain John GenMle bagged
30 but seven of them were des
troyed on the ground.
AIR OFFENSIVE
NOW IN FOURTH
STRAIGHT DAY
HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES.
May 8.—<AP>—RAF Halifaxes and
Liberators were today carrying
into the fourth straight day the
terrific air offensive which is
aimed at wiping out Rumanian
communications and industries
and encou.tered “strong’’ fighter
I opposition.
Bucharest factories and refinery
areas were blasted and five rail
centers were splintered and torn
apart. Other heavies hit Bigrade,
Panceavo bridge and Yugoslavia
in an effort to sever the only rail
line on the recently opened Orient
Express route.
Air battles cost the Germans
20 planes destroyed in dogfights
and 12 others on other operations
while the allies lost two heavies
in 1500 sorties.
Lt. Eaker announced: “Ruman
ian oil production has been cut
to one-fourth normal output and
vital war materials have been
brought to a virtual standstill by
bombing every important supply
rou'e open to the Germans.”
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FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED I
OUT SATURDAY NOON
The fire department was called;
to put out a blaze at a cabin just
north of the Hammond building,
owned by Fred Adorns, a soldier.
The fire, comm* through the roof,
was quickly extinguished by the
firemen, who chopped a hole in
the roof *nd flooded the place
with wpter.
ANNUAL DERBY
FINDS PENSIVE*
WINNER SAT.
CHURCHILL DOWNS. Louis
ville, Ky., May 8.—'AP>—“Pen
sive'’ was the winner in the 70th
running of the Kentucky Derby
for a purse of $65,200, the rich
est in derby history.
“Pensive” is from the Calumet
Farm, which is owned by Warren
Wright.
“Broadcloth”, a black colt, own
ed by Mrs. George Poulson, win
ner of second place, while "Stir
Up", the entry from Mrs. P. T.
Whitney’s stable nosed out “Shut
Up" from the Erlanger stable, for
a photo finish third place.
Before a crowd of 65,000, "Pen
sive", the winner, masterfully rid
den by Jockey Conn McCreary,
ran the mile a.d a quarter in two
minutes, 4 1-5 seconds, to win by
four lengths.
AIRMEN AGAIN
VISIT JAP-HELD
KURILES ISLES
PEARL HARBOR, T. H., May 8.
—(AP>—American airmen again
visited the Japanese-held Kur
iles Friday, unloading their ex
plosives and flying through in
tense anti-aircraft fire.
The navy reported in the an
nouncement also that there were
continued operations against Po
nape Island in the central Pacific,
and said that 62 tons of explosives
were unloaded on positions still
retained by the Japanese in the
Marshalls.
COURT DENIES
REHEARING
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 8.
—(AP>—The Supreme Court re
jected two requests for rehearing
on a recent decision whether ne
groes have the right to vote in
Texas democratic pifolftary elec
tions. . ,
Grover Sellers, Texas attorney
general, and t|vo Houston election
judges are involved in the case.
They filed separate requests for
rehearing.
The court cqade no comment in
the denying of the rehearing peti
tions.
LATE ELECTION
RETURNS
With no changes in the Repub
lican ticket nominations, or the
democratic nominations except
that the standing ror democratic ,
representatives are as follows: i
M. J. Walsh 351; Wallace Porter '
326; Edward Anderson 241; Bess
Cross 231; W. E. McDonald 230; !
George Madsen 189; and Aarnaut ,
Castel 175; in the order named.
Only Utica precinct has yet to
be heard from, aside from the ab- ,
sentee ballots which might possi- ■
bly come in.
CATALINAS ARE
USED FOR
INTERCEPTION
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA,
May 8.—<AP>—Navy Catalina
flying boats, on a routine patrol
of the island-dotted Dutch East
Indies, damaged a 5,000-ton Jap
freighter while intercepting an
eight-ship convoy off the Celebes
Friday.
General MacArthur announced
that Liberator bombers struck
the Schouten Islands. One of the
attacking planes was shot down.
Fifteen enemy planes rose to the
interception.
Heavy and medium bombers hit
Timor, southeast of the Celebes,
with 30 tons of bombs, concentrat
ing on Koepang and Penfoes. Two
parked enemy aircraft were des
troyed.
The areas of Wewak and Han
sa Bay and areas in northeastern
Newr Guinea were sprayed by at
tack planes with 50 tons of bombs
and machine-gun fire to supply
and bivouac areas.
Rabaul took a 52-ton bombing,
Four enemy barges were sunk and
others damaged off Bougainville
Island.
On the ground front in northern
New Guinea American forces
have advanced 20 miles east of
captured Hollandia.
BOMBERS IN
ATTACKS ON
NAZI AREAS
LONDON, May 8.—iAP*—
Nearly 2,000 United States bomb
ers blasted the Berlin and Bruns
wick areas today, the great fleet1
pounding the capital for the sec-j
ond straight day.
Another armada, composed en
tirely of Liberators, hammered j
Brunswick 125 miles west, in al
force almost equal to that which
pounded Berlin at daylight, fol
lowing the night attacks to the
west and south upon France,!
Germany and Rumanian centers,
including the capital, Bucharest.
Perhaps 2,000 tons of bombs hit
Berlin today, while Bucharest was
hit last night for the third time
in 24 hours, a Stockholm dispatch
said.
Thousands Were killed in Ber
lin yesterday, as targets are get
ting ‘‘scircer and scarcer”, a Ber
lin correspondent for a Stockholm
newspaper continued. He added:
The “ctty is condemned to death”,'
Our losses yesterday v/ere eight
bombers and five fighters.
During the past 24 hours over
6,000 planes, based in Britain and
Italy, rained 10000 tons of bombs
on the enemy.
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DEMOS AGREE
TO CUT BACK
OF 20 BILLIONS
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May «.
—(AP)—In the face of strong re
publican opposition in the in
crease of SO bili.on dollars in the
public debt limit the administra
tion agreed to a cut-back re
quest for the new debt ceiling
from 280 billions to 240 billions*
it was reported today.
The undersecretary of the treas
ury, Daniel Bell, told the House
Ways and Means Committee: “It
will be all right with us to make
the cutback with the understand
ing that the administration will
make the request for a still high
er celling early next year."
Represen'ative Knutson said:
"On every side we see waste and
extravagance which runs into
hundreds of millions of doLlars if
not billions, and even if we would
set the limit at 500 billions the
Roosevelt admin s.iation. would
reach it if g;vc • a little time.”
He added:
"The debt is still some 19 bil
lion below the i:m:t at the present
which was set at 210 billions.
J APANESE GONE
OVER STRONG
TO OFFENSIVE
KANDY. Ceylon, May 8.—(AP) —
Japanese forces have gone over
strongly to the otfensive in all
sectors on the Manipur and in
northeastern India, trying to re
gain recently lost forward posi
tions but are suffering extremely
heavy losses.
Allied forces are pushing for
ward on Kohima Road and have
advanced 28 miles north of Im
phal.
Allied troops have again with
drawn from Buthedaung in the
upper Malay Peninsula. Buthe
daung was retaken last March
after a previous withdrawal one
year ago.
ROOSVELT IS
LIKELY FOURTH
TERM NOMINEE
UNDATED — With the Demo
crats in six states, the selection
of delegates, Roosevelt may re
ceive enough publicly claimed
of convention votes before the
week is out, to clinch a fourth
term nomination if he wants it,
as today 415 out of 510 delegates
are already lined up.
The Missouri democrats meet
today and are expected to name
32, and Wyoming 8 tomorrow,
Ohio 52 and West Virginia 18 on
Wednesday, wifh Nufth Dakota
naming eight Saturday and Wash
ington 18.
Gov. Bricker will receive Ohio’s
50 GOP votes.
VESSELS ARK ,
DAMAGED 1
LONDON. England. JVtay 8. —
(AP)—Light coastal vessels man
ned by French crews, battled
strongly with gn escorted German
convoy in the Channel egrly today
and probably sank a supply ship.
A trawler and other small boats
were damaged ia the close range
battle.
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