Allies Deal A New Blow To Jap Navy
Allied bombers sunk or damaged two Japanese submarines off northeastern Australia in the Coral Sea theater as MacArthur reports another setback for Japan. Over the past seven days Allied actions have crippled 21 Japanese vessels in this region, with ongoing air patrols seeking remnants of the armada. The status of the Coral Sea engagement remains unclear, and reports of reinforcements from Paris lack independent confirmation.
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MacArthur
Quaraxs
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Cor&] Sea
Eisenmann House Damaged By Fire At 1053 West Maumee
Sparks from a chimney started a blaze that damaged the roof and attic of the Mrs Claire Eisenmann residence at 1053 West Maumee Street. The home is occupied by Prof and Mrs N F Hidden and Mr and Mrs Max Walkup. Adrian firemen ripped holes in the roof to reach the fire and used water from a rural truck to prevent spread. The second floor damage came from water seeping into the attic. A neighbor discovered the fire.
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Claire Eisenmann
West Maumee Street
Joe Weber dies at 74 end of Weber and Fields era
Hollywood May 21 Joseph M. Weber comedian dies at 74 after months of illness. His partner Lew Fields died last July. The Weber and Fields duo, famous on Broadway for six decades, lived in Beverly Hills after retiring in 1930. Surviving is widow Lillian Friedman Weber, married 1897. Funeral services private.
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Fay Templeton
Dewolf Hopper
Anna Held
David Warfield
Lilien Russell
Lillian Russell
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Lillian Friedman
May Term of Court Opened by Rathbun
The Lenawee circuit court opened with Judge G Arthur Rathbun calling the calendar. Eight matters await jury trial. Memorial services for John Michener were adjourned. Several civil and chancery actions listed for trial, with various divorces and titles quieted. An uncontested divorce was granted to Joseph S Lauffer on extreme cruelty grounds.
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Everett Cilley
Reva Conklin
Arthur Cox
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Jasper
U S Asks Guaranties From Martinique
The State Department said an American mission asked the local government of Martinique and other French Caribbean possessions not to aid Axis forces. Admiral Hoover and Samuel Reber represented the U S, proposing that the French flag remain and Admiral Robert be recognized as high commissioner with arrangements to protect French assets and economic life if assurances are given.
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Caribbean Sea Front
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Georges Robert
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France
Missing Marine Thomas Harvey in Philippines
U S Marine Corps inform Carl Beggs of Hudson that Pic Thomas E Harvey is missing since the fall of Corregidor in Manila Bay last week. Harvey, 20, joined the Marines at 17 after Demings Lake school. He served with the Ma ui xe detachment in Shanghai during the China Japanese war and was evacuated. He then went to the Philippines to help defend the islands. A brother, Pvt Michael Harvey, serves in the U S Pier Artillery.
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Hudson
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Thomas E. Harvey
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Demings Lake School
Pie. Harvey
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Philippines
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U. S. Pier Artillery
Fires and raids over Tokyo April raid details emerge
Washington reports U S Army bombers struck Tokyo and surrounding targets during a daylight raid on April 18. Casualties estimated in the thousands while fires raged for two days. Japanese officials cited no clear origin of the attack as Tokyo radio warnings interrupted a station program.
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Nagoya
Churchill Warns Germans We'll Use Gas If You Do
The Associated Press reports from London on May 11 that Prime Minister Churchill warned Germany that Britain could retaliate with gas and would strike back hard if poison gas is used against Britain or its Russian ally. He framed it as a deterrent and emphasized Britain’s air power and coalition strength. Churchill also announced heartening Allied progress and vowed perseverance toward ultimate victory.
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Ford backs wage freeze for war duration in Detroit
Detroit May 14 Ford Motor Co aligned with other war effort backers to freeze wages for the war's duration in anticipation of a wage demand from CIO United Auto Workers for a $1 daily raise. Personnel chief Harry Bennett said government controls justify no pay increases. The union’s National Ford Council opposed any freeze and urged wage disputes go to the War Labor Board if talks fail.
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National Ford Council
War Labor Board
Graham McNamee Dies in New York
New York May 11 Funeral services for Graham McNamee 53 veteran radio announcer who died Saturday night will be held tomorrow at 2 p m in the Frank E B Campbell funeral church Burial will be at Columbus Ohio A brain embolism ended a chronic heart ailment ending a resonant baritone voice known to millions as a pioneer sportscaster in the early 1920s and later a news and program announcer McNamee a Washington D C born announcer had been acclaimed as a singer before turning to announcing He is survived by his second wife former Ann Lee Siras whom he married in 1936 after divorcing Josephine Gerrett.
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Graham McNamee
EWT
Frank EB. Campbell
Columbus
Graham Me Namee
McNamee
Ann Lee Siras
Josephine Gerrett
Alma Head Quits Alma College President Resigns
Dr John W Dunning president of Alma College has submitted his resignation to take effect before September 2 subject to action by the board of trustees at a May 29 meeting in Alma.
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ALMA
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Alma College
Board of Trustees
Senate Chaplain Ze Barney Phillips Dies at 67
The Rev Ze Barney T Phillips 67 Senate chaplain since 1927 and rector of the Church of the Epiphany since 1924 died suddenly at home after a brief illness. He conducted funeral services Friday for a Senate employee and had been suffering a kidney ailment recently. Phillips was appointed Senate chaplain by President Coolidge and helped establish daily opening prayers for the Senate.
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Coolidge
Government resumes witness-credibility bid in McKay mail fraud retrial
Detroit May 11 government attorneys press pleadings to strike testimony as defense motions in the Frank D McKay mail fraud retrial. George A McNulty leads with claims of marked patterns among the 12 defendants. Grand jury indictment cites a 500000 graft shakedown as basis for eight counts of mail fraud. one count quashed, seven remain.
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Frank, D. McKay
George A. McNulty
Grand Jury
Mali
Winter Has Final Fling In Russia
Moscow dispatches report snow flurries and cold rains across the Kalinin front hampering Red Army offensives. Russians drive Germans from a key rail position with air and infantry assault, while German attempts to counter fail and heavy losses are noted. Guerrilla actions behind German lines grow, including a unit wrecking two trains west of Moscow.
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Mastow
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Soviet Information Bureau
College Nurse Is The Track Queen
Miss Jean Newell a sophomore at Adrian College was chosen campus track and field queen in a Student Union election. The college nurse from Coldwater will represent Adrian at the May 22 Kalamazoo track meet and will attend a Kalamazoo College dinner. She will crown track winners during the meet alongside other student delegates.
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Adrian College
Miss Newell
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AWA
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Kalamazoo College
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Betty Harrison
Mary-Ellen Neuroth
Dorothy Montrose
Jean Vos
Late Bulletins Describe 4500 Killed In Headlong Retreat
Radio Paris station damage reported with deaths at Marguerys in Paris and a French restaurant. British broadcast claimed Paris station aerial downed near Bourges. Burma front reports heavy fighting as Japanese forces face Chinese counteroffensive along Burma Road. Chinese and Allied operations push toward Rangoon and Mandalay with significant Japanese losses.
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Kinu
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China
Sawyer resigns as Young Republicans chairman in Michigan
Kalamazoo May 11 Rep Robert Sawyer of Monroe county resigns as chairman of the Young Republican Club of Michigan while in Washington D C on active Army duty. In his letter he urges unity and partisan loyalty, noting the Chicago resolution ending isolationism and calling Young Republicans to carry on for ultimate victory.
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Pearl Harbor
National Committee
Republican Party
Chicago
Volcanic Eruption Shakes Japan Amid Frost News
Asama-Yama, Japan's largest active volcano, erupted violently near Tokyo, described as a catastrophe by Brussels radio. Thick ash fell over miles, marking it as the worst eruption in years. past deadly events include 1783 and 1921. In Michigan, light frosts touched early crops while a Crescent Lake death was ruled a self-inflicted tragedy.
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Verna Knitter
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Leon F. Cobb
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