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" with w1th hot h t cofTee coffee cofTeeaerved coffeeserved ( ( Tecaerveel aerved served by Kathcrlne Katherine White ef 01 of the Reel Red lIed Cross Cr Meter Motor corps corp'l corpl ' An eatlmateel elltlmated estimated eatlmateels 4,500 4500 , of the town s 8 a 6500 8 ( 510 500 jieraeas persons already had ha beea been evacuateel evacuated aa as the Jill liii liiiois JillDais 1111aels Dais ois river riveI ' reae rose te to a helfht height 01 of f 29 2 6 ( feet Fleeda Floods rariar raging through thr uh { the ( he Mid Midwest Midwest MIaweat west made 40000 40 < 000 fan f * > > Illea lIIe8 liles with 160 1C * 000 e niembcra members henielen homeless * and aae thousaaaa thousandl thousands thousandsof thousaaaaf of f fertile farm tarm landa lands lay under uaaer cover ef 01 of water FLOODThousands FLOOD Tllo11sand'J Tllo11sandJ Thousands ' Homeless llom'less llomless Ilortieless HomelessMore IlortielessMore ( ' More thar than thas 40 000 f i miles 0 or ; 160 ISO HO000 000 persons were n ie 1e le homeless by byraging byraging byraging raging flood water walers waters * that surged surgedthrough surgedthrough aurgedthrough through the Midwest pouring over overinto overInto overInto into towns and cover ng thousands thouaandaof thousandsof of acrea acres of ot fertile fdrrn farm land Manycommunities Many Manycommunities Manycommunities communities joined jomed with * . the Red RedCrou RedCross RedCro Crou Cross a In aheltcring sheltering the victims and andproviding andproviding andproviding providing 1m Irnrrnii immut mill zation zatlOn to diseaseAs diseaseAs disease diseaseAs As Food Adrr Adn Adri Inistrator Inlstrator Chester Cheater CDavis C CDavis CDavis Davis called a cor cot ference of gover governors goverflora governora nors flora and agriculture commissioners commissionersfrom commissionersfrom commissionersfrom from six states stutes to f rmulate rmulote a pro pro- program program program - - gram for farm production In the rain rainand rainand rainand and flood soaked areas levees along alongthe alongthe alongthe the Mississippi tottered as the dark darkand darkand darkand and muddy Father of Waters Watersreached Watersreached Watersreached reached record crestsAt crestsAt crests crestsAt At St 5t Louis the Missisilppi Mississippi stood stoodat stoodat stoodat at 3S 38 94 4 feet highest In W 99 PP years and anddownstream anddownstream anddownstream downstream at Cape Girardeau Glrardeau It Itreached itreached Itreached reached 405 40 5 ffcet tt-et tt et het - tops in 100 yers yersEven ye rs rsEven rsEven Even as these stages were being re recorded recorded recorded corded rollInK rolIlnR rolling torrenta torrents moved movedtoward movedtoward movedtoward toward the Mississippi Mississtppi from trom the swol swollen swollen awolten len Illinois and Missouri rivers All Alt Allalong Altalong Allalong along the Illinois tidf side sid ! ' ot of the MIs MIsslsslppl MIsslssippi Misaissippi slsslppl slssippi levees crackedAdding crackedAdding cracked crackedAdding Adding to the flood ood persistent persistentrains persistentrains persistentrains rains continued to hamper tarmers farmers tarmerswork farmerswork farmerswork work in the fleloLS fleld.s flelds flel4s . According to ex cx cxPerle experts exports perts Perle planting will be delayed till tilllate tilllate tilllate late in June with harvests then de depending depending depending pending upon the time frosts trosts will willappear willappear willappear appear In early fallBOMBERS tall fall tallBOMBERSPound BOMBER BOMBERS ' ; BOMBERSPound Pound Pound,4xic Axfi AXl'J AXlJ ,4xic 4xic , ' Europe Furope FuropeAllied EuropeAllied Allied bombers struckat struck at both ends endsot endsof endsof ot of Europe w th Axis industnea Industries and ahd anddefenses ahddefenses ahddefenses defenses standing out as the targetsHit targetsHit targets targetsHit Hit hardest by the raids was the themetal themetal themetal metal coal and communication cenicr cen centel center tel icr ' of Dortmund in northwestern northwesternGermany northwesternGermany northwesternGermany Germany More than 2 000 tons of ofhigh ofsigh ofhigh high sigh explosives fell feU on the city with withcucl1ng withJurling withcurling cucl1ng Jurling palls paIls ofIomoke ofsmoke of Iomoke smoke moke rising fromraging from fromraging fromraging raging fires often obscuring vlsJbl1 visibil vlsJbl1ity visibilty vislbility vislbilityThirtyeight ity ty ityThlrtyelght tyThirtyeight Thirty-eight Thirty eight Thlrty-elght Thlrty elght - - - of the bombers failed failedto failedto to 0 return from the attack which whichbrought whichrought whichbrought brought rought ) to 100 000 tons the amount amountot amountif amountof ot if explosives dropped by the RAF RAFover RAFver RAFover over , ver Germany s ncc nce the start of ot the thewar thet'ar thewar thewarWhile war t'ar tar ' warWhile t'arWhile While the All e ' e-t e t t'I tI ' - were busy In the thenorth thetorUs thenorth north torUs their squadrons were equalIy equally equalIyactive equallyctive equallyactive active ctive In the Mediterranean area areawhere areaehere areawhere where ehere American Amencan and British bomb bombers bombra bombers ers ra continued to plaster important importantenemy Importantnemy Importantenemy enemy nemy outposts of the Italian Ital1an main mainland maina mainland mainlandAirdrome land a rid landAlrdrome ridAirdromes Airdrome Alrdrome Airdromes ; , harbors and shl shiping shipingnstaliati shippinginstallati pIng pIngInstallatl Installatl nstaliati ns ne nsvcre \vcre vcre were \ ere pounded on the the1'11ands theclands theislands 1'11ands 111ands clands ' ot of I Ii 1 ' i tellena lellena telleria Sird S'1rd S1rd ' nia nla nra ai al as d dicily dSicily ilclly < icily The f f rry link ng ug n < Scity S cily city wllh with wllhItaly withtnly withItaly Italy tnly was 11 I t I Isttd 1 slid sttd tl d v i , tt U the enen eners y yadn ydO yadn adn dO tti tt ! g he i v dan dart Clbe ne neOAI n , e ( OAT OAI 1 'IR1 IR1 ' IKIK HU ( Itargijz 1 I 1Barftnin BJr Barftnin targijz ( mll ( , ( ollectit Olleetil Olltlll'lv Olltllllv ( ' , Cl ' ply plyThe ' ( The Un tr te IC I IT I 1 M 1\1 1 \T T \ \ nc ne W IV rkcrs rker4 rker and theVoal the thecoal thecoal coal Voal 01 o ( ' er E'r t I t rs ra res rt's rts ' I i pd cd ed collective collectiveL'1rj.uinlDg collectiveiraining collectivel'irfalning collectivelirfalning L'1rj.uinlDg L1rj.uinlDg L1rjuinlDg iraining ) ' ' . , C e PI 1 i as It tI tie e War labor laborbOd I laborboard abor aborroard bOd roard rd hI hr It i t l 1 I J t I I I 1 ewis ewls de den den n ) ai II as < til (16 16 tI ( . t f r $2i $2IllY $2 2 $ IllY IllY.age i 1 I ly iy v.ase vase \\.age .age tege \ . . Incrt'ase Incrtase increase increaseH Incrt'aseH increaseI ' H I wever tl tI e V Vr . < 1 I I B lI which must roust ap- ap apI aproc ap-iroiean ap iroiean - - - I TO\ TO TOe roc ' \ e an } 3 ar otr , r rn en ers cnt ent recommended recommendedthat recommendedhat recommendedthat that hat the dl disi dis 1 ( t I t ts ta come to terms on ocr onthe ocrhe onthe the he quest Quesl t f flaying laying eying miners tor for torthe forhe forthe the he time 51 ci stit [ u tr I n ii traveling to and andfrt andrm andtrt frt rm m the n is ne fdle'l fdlel futes fdle'lAI'io futesAlso f ces cesAlso ' Also AI'io AIio ' the WLB lnclcated intlcated ind lncl intl rated cated It favored favoredthe favoredhe favoredthe the he six day week y.eek yeek . tor for ( or the mine.s mines miness mine.swith minessvith minerswith . with vith vage ( cor (01 01 cot cess ons fr f ( r the extra extraday extralay extraday day lay It ordered the vaca vacati t ! n pay payn payi payn n i ' er-l er l t'rt trt ert - boosted bODsted fr tr in m $20 20 $ to $ $50 50 $ O All Allid Allt t Id ld these payrnei paymel paymer ts would repre repre- repro- repro represent reprocot represent - - sent cot an 8 to 15 cents a day wage wageincrease wageucrease wageincrease increase ucrease III HIGHLIGHTS I G II L I G H T S . . . i . ' 'a a .n n " ' , the ehe h . ueek'i ueeki u . . ek'l ekl .k k . ' ' , n news nef . . . OPA orA In protest over revisions revisionsin in price ceilings several high of officin offlcials offlclals ficin flcials Is of o ( 01 A tenderel tendNe i thetr their resig resignatIOns resignations resitnations natIOns to I r ce cc Adm n strator slrator stretor PrentlSS PrenLisa Pren Prenlisa lisa tlSS BrownFOOD Brown . . . FOOD Nt1W N NOW W Russia Is In need needof needof needot of greater ahiprncnts shipments of ot food for Ita its Itaarmy itsarmy Itaarmy army and an4 arid population OpUlation Rea Red delegates delegatesto to the United Natlona Nations Food conte corileJ corileJeiice conference ! ence eiice declared de-dare de dare deesre - ? ' " ATTU ATTURemnants Remnants Re ResistEntrapped Resist ResistEntrapped < ; I fit Entrapped In the m intains mtalns on the thenortheast thenortheast thenortheast northeast tip of ot Attu Japanese rem remnants remnants remnants nants bitterly resisted the advance advanceof advanceof of American troops sl 81 sI gged by sleet sleetand sleetand sleetand and ra rainAs rain rainAs in inAs As the Americar Amerlcar s 8 5 pressure In to tocreased Increased Increased creased a format formatl formati formatlof formatiof ! of 1C 16 IS Japanese Japanesebombers Japanesebombers Japanesebombers bombers flew In to ra d ground posl p051 posltions p051tions positions tions and shipping shlppln ! , A half halt dozen dozenAmerican dozenAmerican dozenAmerican American Lightning fighters rose up upto upto upto to intercept the attackers and ond the thearmy thearmy thearmy army reported that two thirds of the theenemy theenemy theenemy enemy squadron was shatteredThe shattered shatteredThe The Japanese remnants madegood made madegood madegood good use of the hih hl/.h hl.h hl .h h / . ( , , ground both bothnorth bothnorth bothnorth north and south of the village of ofAttu ofAttu ofAttu Attu their main supply base which whichhad whichhad whichhad had been razed by bombers Amerl Amer-i Amer i Amerlcan American American - can troops bucked ' strong 'Itrong Itrong positions positionswhich positionswhich positionswhich which the enemy had carved Into the themountainsIde themountainside themountainside mountainsIde and n either tide side of ofthe ofthe ofthe the towering passesMeanwhile passesMeanwhile passes passesMeanwhile Meanwhile Amer AmH can bombers bomberscontinued bomberscontinued bomberscontinued continued to pound the main Jap JapAleutian JapAleutian JapAleutian Aleutian base at K ka 172 miles to tothe tothe tothe the east of ot AttuFOOL Attu AttuFOOD FOOD rOOD FOOL ) CONFLUENCE CONFLRENCE CONFLUENCEf CONFLRENCEb CONFLRENCEor It b Itor or Normalranary Normal Granary GranaryWorld ranary ranaryWorld World wide application app1icaUon of the prln prin principle prlnclple principle clple ciple of o ( the ever noriml norm'll normll noruril ' granary granarywas granarywas e oarywas was suggested sugge.sted suggeated . by Richard K Law Lawchairman Lawchairman Lawchairman chairman of the British BrJhsh delegation delegationto to the United Nations food confer conference conference conference ence at Hot Springs VaDeclanng VaDeclaring Va Vavlie Declanng Declaring that the world must de devl'le devise vlie vl'le vlle vise ' a system of ot international trade tradewhich tradewhich tradewhich which will assure the passage of food foodfrorn foodfrom foodfrom frorn from the pn prt ducer to the consumer consumerat at fair and stable prices Law rec recommended recomniended recommended ommended omniended bu Iding Idmg lding buffer bufrer butler stocks stockswhich stockswhich stockswhich which would be Increased when sup supply supply aupply ply outran demand and drawn uponwhen upon uponwhen uponwhen when outi out { ut droppedLaw droppedLaw dropped droppedLaw Law hit the system of at regulating regulatingagricultural regulatingagricultural regulatingagricultural agricultural trade by allotting allott1Og 1m Im 1mporters Importers lmporters porters spec flc fic fir quotas say on wheat wheatetc wheatetc wheatetc etc Instead he advocated the cre crc creatlOn crcation ereatlon atlOn ation of an auth rity rJty that would be berepresentative berepresentative berepresentative representative f the consumer as asweU aswell aswell weU well as the producerLaw producerLaw producer producerLaw Law s staternei statemer t was followed by bya bya bya a suggestion of the American dele delegatlon delegation delegation gatlon gation that resettlement of m Ilions llions Ilionsof llionsof llionsof of people may be necessary to pro promote promote promote mote adequate food production Thedelegati The Thedelt'ga Thedelegati delt'ga deltga delegati ' tl n said that only one flfth fitth fifth fifthof of ofthe ofthe ofthe the world s populitlon popuhtlon popul-rtlon popul rtlon - lived l1ved in those thoseareas thoseareas thoseareas areas 11the in 11\ 11 \ the ten perate peTate zone in which whichfood whichfood whichfood food s pr duced cluced l ly y highly developed developedtechnology developedtechnology developedtechnology developedtechnologyCOMIINH technology technologyCOMIP COMIINH C01\lI C01 lI COMIP \ n Fl UN RN RN'SiLcjCTiI RN'SMsprn// RN'SMsprn RNSMsprn RN'SMsprnReiolution 'SiLcjCTiI SiLcjCTiI ' ; ll < ; fwrul ) / ( ' / ' Ret Reiolution Ulolutum ReiolutionSt ( , Ol1LtiOfl Ol1LtiOflSt St t I t b t t , tt U e v is \ . ir had made madl ' It 1m Im 1mposs Imposs imposs poss I 1 If Ic le I t r linate imate its art act v ty tythe tythe tythe the C mi mT nit st ct t i rty s organlzat organizat n nf nr nf f r r l I r T g world revolut n nk nw nk nk k k w a ns as t I C ( mintem mmtern mintern torm'1lly torm1lly formtlly formtllydss torrmllyd torm'1llyd ' d dss ' ss 1'1 11 ' ic-l ic l Ivc he - 1 I t t f I fThe IThe fThe The act acl t ! t with mixed emo emotlon emolion emotlon tlon lion n ci Al AI e I 1 r les While someuteri some someInteq someinteri Inteq uteri I i ! led ted E'd Ed ' It tI love i r ove as a step to toard totard toward \\ard ard tard \ cl rJ cI er cr or relit r'l1t rl1t rettt ( ' ons between Rus Russ s S I\ I \ . 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