Allied submarines sink Japanese cruiser and ships
Allied submarines sank a 7,100 ton Japanese cruiser and two merchant ships totaling 35,000 tons in the southwest Pacific. Air raids damaged or destroyed 14 Japanese planes at New Guinea and Timor bases. Sixteen aircraft were listed as shot down or damaged in separate actions.
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Associated Press
Australia
Japan
Pacific
MacArthur
New Guinea
Timor
Aoba
Coral Sea
Lae
News
Gaines
Hoepang
Germans Conceal Bomb Damage Secret From RAF Raids
Lisbon dispatch notes how German policy masks wartime damage from air raids. After raids, authorities repair glass, clear debris, and restore façades while preventing outsiders from assessing true destruction. Propaganda tours may accompany foreign journalists to show no significant impact.
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Louis F. Lochner
Lisbon
Germany
Propaganda Ministry
Lochner
Italians Claim U S Battleship Sunk in War Quickline
Rome radio reports an Italian submarine Barbarigo attacked a U S naval formation off Fernando Noronha on May 20 and sunk a Maryland class battleship. The Maryland, Colorado, and West Virginia carry 16 inch guns and 1,407 crew. Barbarigo dodged destroyers before firing torpedoes.
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Rome
United States
Barbarigo
Fernando Noronha
Maryland
Colorado
West Virginia
Scrap drive urged Lenawee mills to send metal
Lenawee county manufacturers were urged to supply scrap metal to steel mills in a wartime drive led by Brewster Loud Jr of the WPB Industrial Salvage Section. Forty four plants across Adrian Tecumseh Hudson Morenci Blissfield and Cement City were cited as necessary to meet a 55 million ton scrap goal this year. A county committee chaired by Roy J. McPhail will coordinate collection with members from local firms and utilities.
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Lenawee County
Brewster Loud Jr
Bureau of Industrial Conservation of
WPB
Lenawee Hotel
Adrian
Tecumseh
Hudson
Morenci
Blissfield
Cementi City
Loud
Dr. Land
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Loud
Roy J. McPhail
Consumers Power Company
Simplex Paper Corp
Martin Epke
Brown Fence Company
Harold Smith
Adrian Municipal Water Board
Allen Goldsmith
Bohn Alumininum and Brass Corp
A. C. Larowe
Parker Rustproof Company
R. W., Gerrick
Tecumseh Products Company
Maynard Foltz
Great Lakes Sugar Company
J. T. Carpenter Sr
National Bundle Tyer
P. Lautzenheiser
Hardy Manufacturing Company of
I. G. Wittenberg
Peninsula/ Cement Company
Cement City
Robbert J. Bartlett
Wake up America to danger says press in wake of war
The piece criticizes White House publicity on shipping and shipyards during wartime. It questions the truth given to the public and urges Americans to know the facts to act and fight back. It notes Army Navy progress reports and references Churchill's comforting words amid growing danger at sea.
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New York
White House
Mexico on Verge of Declaring War on Axis Powers
Mexico faced a likely declaration of war after Berlin rejected protest over the sinking of a Mexican tanker. President Avila Camacho prepared a possible wartime manifesto for Congress as reports circulated of two more Mexican ships torpedoed. General Lazaro Cardenas sped to Mexico City to receive orders, while the army stood ready and senators debated a compromise. Berlin also declined to receive Mexico’s protest note, prompting the president to decide the next steps.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Berlin
Florida
Manuel Avila Camacho
Congress
Lazaro Cardenas
Nowce
Foreign Office
Germany
Potrero del Llano
Roosevelt Says War Likely to Be Long and Not To Overstate
President Roosevelt told reporters the war will be long and cautioned against over optimism or pessimism. He urged less sensationalism by the press and supported censorship only if it does not hinder military operations. He said official Army Navy statements should be trusted but not overread.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Invention promises 50 miles per gallon claim by Cannonball Baker
In a Detroit federal court patent case witness E C Baker known as Cannonball claimed a method to achieve 50 miles per gallon with heavy autos. Judge Lederle pressed for details while Baker said the device, perfected after years of Indianapolis research, will soon be available to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
E. C. Baker
Baker
Arthur F. Lederle
Universal Products, Inc
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Philadelphia
Lederle
Indianapolis
Italian Navy Still A Menace To United Nations
Italian naval experts say even weakened after two years of war the Italian fleet remains a threat to Allied shipping. Submarines from the French and Italian coast patrol the Atlantic while German crews serve on Italian ships. Fuel shortages and repair material limits keep battleships largely inactive. cruisers and destroyers have suffered heavy losses, and cooperation with the air arm remains weak.
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Italy
Associated Press
Rome
Lisbon
Richard G. Massock
United Nations
United States
Atlantic
Prenech
Bordeaux
Mediterranean
Mediterra
Taranto
Germany
WPB official explains building priorities in Adrian defense area
Earl W. Allen of the War Production Board outlined housing and construction rules to Adrian area builders at the Chamber of Commerce. He noted WPB allows materials for approved defense housing projects and target aims of 100 houses under construction by September 1, with permits for another 100 later. He stressed war conditions drive limits but suggested many rules could ease if the eastern front shifts favorably. special groups met him until 3 pm, with public Q and A until 5 pm.
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Earl W. Allen
War Production Board
Chamber of Commerce
Adrian
WPEB
WPB
Allen
WPA
Russia
United States
Mr. Allen
Two Year Old Trapped Fans Door. Firemen Respond
Adrian firemen rescued two year old Charles Reeves who locked himself in a second floor bathroom at 1134 College Avenue. A ladder was raised, helpers Krueger and Saylor loosened the window casing, Krieger entered to unlock the door, and the child remained unfazed saying Chuckie locked the door. The incident caused no injuries or fire.
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Adrian
Elsie Reeves
College Avenue
Charles Reeves
Clarence, Krueger
Henry Saylor
Krieger
Chuckie
Registration for 18 to 20 year olds set for June 30
Washington May 22 President Hoover set June 30 as the registration day for young men between 18 and 20. This completes the nations manpower registration for both fighting and non combatant war duty and marks the fifth registration under existing law. Males 20 to 45 are now subject to military service and about 40 million people ages 20 to 65 have already been registered in four earlier drafts.
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Washington
Hoosevelt
Betwen
Torpedoed Vessel Sinks After 90 Seconds
New Orleans May 22 United States cargo ship sunk in the Gulf of Mexico on May 16 after two torpedoes struck within 30 seconds. At least 21 crew members died and 19 survivors drifted on liferafts for about 20 hours before rescue. Five hospitalized in Galveston. Captain A Henry Rowe guided survivors for hours before shoreward course.
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New Orleans
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Galveston
Tex
Entitled to Aid While State Troops Called to Duty
Michigan attorney general rules dependents of state troopers on active duty qualify for state aid, similar to guardsmen. The war fund may grant $20 monthly to a dependent wife and $7.50 monthly per child. Separate note describes a double suicide in New York and a Kiel arrival of a damaged cruiser. A canceled Upper Peninsula State Fair and Barrymore illness update follow.
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Lansing
Herbert J. Rushton
Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
State Administrative Board
Eee
Theodore I. Fry
Vernon J.ing
Saik Aed
United States
Jerant- Heatran
William Litzrodt
New York City
Busiance Company
New York
Ness
Government eyes mass seizure of privately owned cars
Washington May 22 Government study by Brookings warns that several million private cars may be requisitioned in 1943 to preserve automotive transport for war needs. The report urges nationwide gasoline rationing and outlines selective mileage limits to keep civilian economy moving while immobilizing millions of cars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Brookings Institution
Charles L. Dearing
Brookings Survey
Ford's Rouge Plant Turns Out Army Tanks in Mass Production
Detroit May 22 The Ford Motor Companys River Rouge plant, long a major auto complex employing about 90 000 workers, has been converted to tank production. The facility will manufacture 30 ton tanks using a Ford V eight type motor variation. Ford was awarded the tank order eight months ago and will also continue producing Pratt and Whitney aircraft engines, jeeps, trucks, and related army equipment alongside auto output.
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Detroit
Hiver Rouge
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Ford
Pratt & Whitney Motors
Ithe Army
Attempt to Wreck Train Revealed in New Jersey
Police chief Thomas Thorpe disclosed two deliberate attempts to wreck a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train on the sole western line to Fort Dix New Jersey. FBI agents joined the inquiry. Seven 60 pound splice bars were found along the tracks near Morning Grove and a bridge. The train carried 224 passengers, but a miracle kept it from plunging into the stream.
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Pennsauken
N. J
Thomas Thorpe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Dix
Thorpe
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Morning Grove
Government weighs requisition of mutomobiles for war plant workers
May 22 dispatches report Roosevelt seeking to curb unwarranted private plant wage hikes while four Washington New York bus lines are pooled to cut duplication and regulate schedules. Brazilian and U S sources dispute Italian sinking claims and deny naval engagement in Brazilian waters. In Chicago a 17 year old, Clarence McDonald, is convicted of killing his flight school sweetheart Dorothy Bion and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Washington
Arthur B. Newhall
New York City
Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Brazil
Unii
Obicago
Clarence McDonald
Dorothy Bion
Ako
Russians Declare German Offense Failing at Kharkov
May 22 Moscow reports German tank counterattacks in Kharkov failed to seize initiative as Red Star cited new tactics but Russian forces repulsed the thrust. Soviet briefings said Germans suffered heavy losses and claims of progress were tempered by ongoing fighting along the Kerch peninsula and Kalinin front. An earlier item notes a Lake Michigan Beach shooting where Oscar Erickson killed his son and then himself.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Kharkov
Red Star
Soviet Information Bureau
Kerch’ Peniinsula
Information Bureau
Kalinin
Timoshenko
Crimea
Kerch
Izyum
White Russia
Communist Party
Pravda
Scotland
Russia
Taganrog
Leningrad
Hilis
Benton Harbor
Lake Michigan Beach
Here
Arl J. Hastings
Oscar Erickson
Chicago
John
Spies Said to Land on Coast of Maine
Augusta Maine May 22 state defense director Francis H Farnum says foreign agents have recently landed on the Maine coast and others have entered from Canada or other parts of the United States They are here to plot damage destroy Farnum warned of possible parachutist landings and fifth column activity and urged instant public vigilance from Boston to New England coast
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Augusta
P— Ffrancis H. Farnum
Maine
Canadian
United States
Farnum
Volunteer Defense Corps
Boston
New England
Hfth
Tide Is Turning Says Wilhelmina in Radio Address
Queen Wilhelmina declared the tide is turning in occupied and free Netherlands lands. She urged Dutch listeners to stay resolute yet cautious, warning that careless words could endanger them and the wartime effort. She voiced sympathy for captive peoples in the East Indies and saluted West Indies subjects where the flag still blows.
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London
Wilhelmina
Netherlands Empire
Great Britain
United States
Radio Orange
Netherlands East Indies
West Indies
Netherlands
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U. S
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Hear Salvage
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Avila Camacho
A. Henry Rowe
Texas
RCA
Rockefeller Plaza
Jean Haskell
Bronxville
N. Y
Kiel
Escanaba
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