Allied air raids sink 3000-ton Japanese ship Amboina
Allied bombers attacked Amboina near Dutch Island of Amboina sinking a 3,000-ton Japanese vessel and damaging two others. Rabaul was struck with 15 enemy bombers hit. Japanese losses and Allied aerial combat were reported with no Allied losses. Australian defense policy debate over overseas service for conscripts continued.
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Australia
Australis
Amboina
MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Coral Sea
New Guinea
Celebes
Darwin
Davao
Philippine Island
Mindanao
Imboina
Tab Wayd
Port Moresby
Francis Forde
Commonwealth
Australian
WPB to discuss Adrian defense housing building priorities
Officials from the War Production Board will detail material priorities for Adrian’s defense housing area on Friday May 22. Earl W. Allen of Detroit will visit to discuss provisions with contractors, plumbers, lumber dealers, and builders, followed by group conferences and individual Q&A. The aim is at least 100 new houses by September 1, with financing options for private and investment builders to support wartime housing growth.
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War E Production Board
Adrian
Earl W. Allen
Detroit
UWEB
Allen
Adrian Chamber
Cocane Eat
WPB
SQUIRE CHASE NAMED DEFENSE COMMANDER
Cayro Egypt May 14 RAF Middle East official report notes 13 Junkers transports shot down over the Mediterranean during a Tuesday sweep. German airliners diving low over sea were attacked by RAF fighters. 13 carriers fell, some pilots reporting no survivors. Squire Chase of Adrian named local defense commander, taking charge of county civilian defense units integrated with Adrian and Len county operations.
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Cayro
Egypt
Mediterranean
Ater Verday
RAF
Middle East
North African
Erwin Rommel
Squire Chase
Adrian
EU- Citizens
Im. Chase
Len
Olsen
Karl B. Hoch
Three Die In Texan Studio Hotel Fire In Wichita Falls
A morning blaze swept the two adjacent hotels, the Texan and the Studio Hotel, in Wichita Falls Texas. By 6 30 p m police reported at least three dead with portions of the Texan Hotel possibly spreading to nearby structures. Ambulances responded and casualty checks continued as flames raged.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Texan
Studio
Itel
Second Freighter Sent to Bottom of St. Lawrence
A German submarine that sank two freighters in the St Lawrence River reportedly trailed one ship for six miles before torpedoing it. Survivors traveling to Montreal said a third vessel might also have been sunk. Of the 46 aboard the first freighter, 12 were British and 34 others Dutch or unknown. One crewman died of exposure. 35 survivors reached shore. The second ship’s torpedoing left 33 unaccounted for. a rescue vessel saved 29, with one death. The stricken ships’ identities were not officially released.
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Levis
Quebec
St Lawrence River
Monttreal
The
St Lawrence
Governor withdraws horse racing threat at Detroit fairgrounds
May 14 Detroit governor retracts plan to ban horse racing at the Detroit fairgrounds track this year. He approves 1942 racing from May 23 to August 15 with conditions from a state racing study commission. The device for tabulating bets will be used under strict limits and accountants will verify accuracy and odds every two minutes. The commission headed by Charles T. Fisher found no reason to doubt mechanical operation, given safeguards.
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Lansing
van Wagner
Detrot Fair Grounds
State Racing Study Commission
Detroit
Charles T. Fisher
Army privates get pay boost to fifty dollars a month
Washington May 1. The House overwhelmingly favored at least 50 dollars a month for army privates and apprentice seamen as its military committee urged service heads to advise on dependents pay. May said officers from army navy and selective service would give views on the legislation to require service men to support dependents. The House approved 331 to 28 for the higher 50 dollar rate, up from 42 and 48 proposed by Senate and House committee. The compulsory allotment hinges on Senate figures and may go to conference if Senate objects.
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Washington
House
Army
May
D-Ry
Navy
House Acion
Senate
House Military Committee
House Hell
Rule to shield stool pigeons from court disclosure
Philadelphia May 14 Informers stool pigeons in under world parlante would be protected from disclosure of their identity in court under a new rule of evidence by the American Law Institute. The rule gives witnesses a privilege to refuse naming a person who furnished information that could reveal violations of state or federal law if the information was given to an officer enforcing the law. The Institute in its 20th annual session said the exception aims to prevent concealment of informers’ names from masking risk that false evidence could be used.
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Philadelphia
Underworld Parlante
American Law ‘Institute
Institute
Morgenthau proposes minimum tax on all filers
Secretary Morgenthau urged a minimum tax of several dollars for every income tax return, aimed at reimbursing the Treasury for the cost of examining non taxables. He cited many filers with exemptions and deductions exceeding income, paying little or nothing. He suggested $5 as a suitable minimum and noted potential $100 million yearly collection.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgen
Thau
Morgenthau
Capitol Hill
Congress
George D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Snathai
Nationwide gasoline rationing eyed as July 1 looms
Washington reports indicate Congress may extend eastern states gas rationing to the whole country after July 1. Eastern lines form for ration cards expiring June 30 as lawmakers foresee government control of rail and water movement and tighter fuel limits. Downey predicts continued fuel shortages. MaJoney doubts near-term transport improvements. Page 8.
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Washington
Downey
D-Calif
Texas
U S Bombers Hit Jap Bases in Burma and Indo China
American bombers from secret Indian airfields raided Myitkyina in northern Burma, burning grounded planes as part of the ninth Burma theater attack. The AVG Flying Tigers struck the air base at Ifanoi in Indo China, destroying fifteen Japanese aircraft and damaging many more facilities.
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New Deshe
Burma
Yunnan
Indo-China
India
United States Army
Myitkyina
Lewis H. Brereton
Chungking
Tigers
Ifanoi
AVG
Draft Office Visited by State Inspector in Adrian
Col George E L Olsen coordinator of Michigan's state selective service system visits Adrian for an inspection of Lenawee county draft board offices. He explains new 3 A and 3 B classifications prioritizing essential war work and notes the June call for Lenawee county men is set for Tuesday June 23.
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Col
George EL. Olsen
State-Selective Service System
Michigan
Adrian Dday
Col. Olsen
Draft Board
Selective Service
Selective Service Boards
Lenawee County
Quezon Arrives in Washington to Set Philippine Government
President Manuel Quezon of the Philippines lands in Washington with his wife and three children to establish a temporary government in exile in the U S capital. He is welcomed at Union Station by Franklin D Roosevelt and top officials amid an informal reception marking a historic shift from London to Washington.
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Washington
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
London
United States
Quezon
Australia
San Francisco
Union Station
Roosevelt
Hull
Ickes
Manuel Prado
Peru
Congress
Islands
Admirals Face Grand-Scale Assault As Coral Sea Losses Mount
American experts say Tokyo may press toward Australia with a large force to salvage claims of victory. They note Japanese fleet losses at Coral Sea, including two carriers, suggest a major battle is looming near the Australian approaches.
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Australia
Associated Press
Washington
Tokyo
Coral Sea
Yamamoto
Turf grass funding tied to military airfields
Washington reports a $50,000 boost in the farm bill for turf grass investigations amid expanding airpower. Senators Nye and Holman argued that dust on a single military airfield increased engine wear and motor overhaul costs by over $320,000, reducing aircraft efficiency.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nye
Holman
Army Field
NLRB Election Proceeds Smoothly at Simplex
The NLRB election at the Adrian and Palmyra plants of Simplex Paper Corp proceeds under NLRB supervision to determine union representation by United Automobile Workers CIO or Lenawee Paper Workers Union or by neither. About 200 workers are eligible to vote. Balloting occurred from 6 to 10 this morning and 2 to 4 this afternoon. Ballots will be counted after 5 this afternoon.
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NLRB
Adrian
Palmyra
Simplex Paper Corp
United Automobile Workers—Ci0
Lenawee Paper Workers Union
Earl H. Greenlee
National Labor Relations Board
French Warships Immobile at Martinique Under Cooperation
French warships at Martinique are immobilized in a move arranged with American naval and other officials on the spot. Admiral Georges Robert coordinates, while the United States disavows any handling of the Vichy government in this matter. The Beearn aircraft carrier and the Emile Bertin and Jeanne d Arc cruisers are among those affected as Paris presses a broader solution to Caribbean possessions. The Berlin radio cites US demand to immobilize vessels and for surrender of merchant ships, a point disputed by Vichy amid armistice terms. The Daily Mail notes Germany forbidding surrender of merchant ships and threatening to scuttle if needed, with an estimated 140,000 tons in Martinique harbor.
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Washington
Martinique
Carthaere
Georges Robert
United States
Vichy
Paris
Bartinique
Beearn
Emile Bertin
Jeanne’ Dt Arc
Berlin
France
Caribbean
Germany
London Daily Mail
Early End Likely To Pipeline Strike
Detroit May 14 Brady business manager for the Detroit local of the International Hod Carriers Building and Common Laborers Union AFL predicted an early end tax strike halting a 20 inch natural gas pipeline east of Adrian. He said he was negotiating with the contractor in charge of the Panhandle Eastern project and described the strike as unauthorized as far as local and International unions were concerned.
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Detroit
Brady
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union
AFL
Adrian
Panhandle
Expansion of gas line rationing areas questioned by Ickes
Washington May reports quotation from Ickes says any expansion of gas line rationing should depend on whether the government decides to use this method as a rubber saving measure. Melbourne dispatch notes Professor William John Young of Melbourne University, famed for alcohol fermentation research, died at 63 after a long foray.
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Washington
Ickes
Melbourne
William John Young
Executions Reported in Hamsburg for Antiwar Views
Soviet Tass reports 19 people executed in Hamsburg on May 7 for antiwar defeatist views. The agency notes numerous others were arrested in Hannover and at Vichy’s Atlantic outposts. the full map details appear on page seventeen.
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Moscow
Tass
Hamsburg
Hannover
Vichy
Atlantic
Schwerin
Braunschweig
S. Tele
Dgram
Lware
Red army fires massive Kharkov offensive across Ukrainian plains
The May 14 dispatch reports a full scale Soviet spring drive aimed at Kharkov, with reserves entering action, tanks and artillery in use, and heavy losses on the German side. The operation seeks to relieve pressure on Kerch and Leningrad while German forces attempt to hold Kharkov. The Kerch peninsula remains contested as Red Star details a fierce battle and new Russian lines.
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Assoc Fhs
Henry C. Cassidy Beoscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Ukraine
Kerch Peninsula
Jessen
Kerch
Leningrad
Red Star
Timoshenko
Kerck
Parpatsch
Russian Information Bureau
Thousands of Canadian forces land in southern England
Thousands of fresh Canadian troops arrived from an Atlantic convoy and began advanced training in southern England. The Canadian army, including Maj. Gen. F. F. Worthingtons armored division and the largest air force group yet, aims to become a spearhead of Britains invasion forces. U.S. and British warships guarded transports. the voyage was described as uneventful.
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England
Atlantic
Canadian First Army
F. F. Worthington
Britain
United States
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WPEB
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Navystee
Junkers
St. Lawrence
Aera
California
Ma| Joney
Jean
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Crimea
NAVAL
Great Britain
Denver
Fatriots. Ism
Colorado Department of Vital Statistics
Slater
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