Crippled Jap plane strikes allied ship saving 100
Allied headquarters in Australia reports a Japanese plane crippled by anti aircraft fire struck an Allied ship off Australia. The vessel sank after destroyers removed 100 survivors. Three Allied planes were lost in weekend raids as MacArthur’s forces continued heavy strikes on Japanese targets. Vunakanau Airdrome near New Britain was bombed with about 30 bombs hitting grounded planes and causing fires.
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Associated Press
Australia
Ambeina
Dutch East Indies
MacArthur
Vunakanau
Blanche Bay
Ra- Baul
New Britain
Britton Man Hurt In Ditch Car Crash
Elmer Payne aged 19 son of O B Payne of northeast Britton suffered cuts to head and hands when his car hit loose gravel and struck a bridge east of Britton. He walked to a nearby farm and was taken to hospital. The Payne car was badly damaged. A second crash occurred when an automobile driven by Martin Fischer collided with a Driggs Dairy Farms truck at West Maumee Street in the business district. Police investigated.
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Elmer Payne
O. EB. Payne
Britton
Payne
Harold
Osterhout Works Nigits
Tecumseh
Cyrus Smith
Martin Fischer
Maple Avenue
Driggs Dairy Farms
Sidney B. Gillian Jr
Palmyra
West Maumee Street
Fischer
Aptoa
Tae Telegram
Riga
Richard West
Herman Xastel
Samurasy
Monroe
Marquette
West
Army Transport Crash Kills Six in Swamp Near Houston
Army transport plane crashed in a fog shrouded swamp near Houston Me killing six soldiers. The twin motor aircraft disintegrated scattering wreckage over 200 yards and did not burn. Names listed include Lt Col Louis S Gimbel and Lt C A Wright among the dead. A forest fire watcher heard sputtering engines before the terrible crash.
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Houston
George W. Shean
Houston Air Base
Shean
War Department
Washington
Louis S. Gimbel
C. A. Wright
J. Franciscus and
Herback
E. R Wilkinson
Howe's Brook
Gimbel
New York
Philadelphia
Fasally
Cleveland Streetcar Strike Halts City Transit
Dozens of street cars and buses were halted in a broad city transit strike in Cleveland as many department store workers headed downtown for the usual Monday noon opening. The stoppage disrupted service across multiple lines and left shoppers and workers awaiting updates.
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Cleveland
State Troop Captain Resigns Over Administrative Costs
Captain Ormond K. Eldredge submitted resignation to the Michigan Adjutant General due to no provision for administrative and travel expenses for Company 117. He cited increasing administrative duties, guard details at Adrian armory, and lack of funds, saying he cannot continue without support and that a replacement should take over.
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Michigan State Troops
Ormond K. Eldredge
Michigan Adjutant General
Eldredge
Air Astoms
Reso
Mexico Moves Toward War Decree After Naval Tragedy
Mexico consolidates steps toward a formal Axis war declaration after a somber memorial for 21 sailors killed in two torpedoed Mexican merchant ships. President Avila Camacho seeks an extraordinary session of Congress to set up a war session amid nationwide demonstrations with flag desecration and celebrations for Allied leaders.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Congressional Commission
Manuel Avila Camalho
Congress
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
United Nations
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Pampire
Urdapen
Michoacan
Sailor Reports Jap Atrocities In Philippines
Samuel Roberts a 26 year old Navy machinist mate described Japanese brutality in the Philippines. He witnessed doctors killed and nurses abused, spoke of captured camp torture including burning fingernails with rice straws and glass in shoes. He escaped and joined American forces. officials released the account from the eighth naval district.
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Sailor
Philippines
Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Samuel Roberts
Navy
Roberts
United States
Eighth Naval District
Air Raid Wardens to See Training Pictures at Adrian High
Air raid wardens in Adrian and surrounding areas are urged to attend a 8 PM showing of civilian defense moving pictures at Adrian High School. The session, part of an 18 hour instruction course, will include demonstrations by Adrian fire department on extinguishing magnesium ore bombs.
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Adrian
County Village
Adrian High School
L. B. Kaney
Masonic Temple
Croswell and
Siena Heights College
Adrian Fire Department
Board of Review Meets This Week at City Hall
The annual city board of review began this morning with few property owners appearing. The session will run at least five days in the city assessor's office at city hall. Adrian property owners may inspect the assessment rolls and file appeals. The board includes Worthy G. Smith Malcolm J. Linehan City Assessor S Howard Swift Mayor B W Lundahl and City Attorney Clarke W Baldwin.
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City ‘Board of Review
Adrian Property Ownions
Worthy G. Smith
Malcolm J. Linehan
S. Howard Swift
B. W. Lundahl
Clarke W. Baldwin
Ring Found After 24 Years At Waldron High School
C. E. Zimmerman of near Hudson, a Waldron High School graduate in 1919, had her class signet ring lost after commencement. Rev. J. Franklin Baxter located the ring in a garden soil plot once owned by Zimmerman's father, returning it last week in near pristine condition after 23 years buried.
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Waldron
C. E. Zimmerman
Near
Hudson
Waldron High
Disease Menaces Flooded Pennsylvania Town Faces Toll
Honesdale Pennsylvania on May 25 endures a grim flood disaster killing 13 residents and leaving many missing. Red Cross feeds 3,000 homeless in improvised canteens while officials direct cleanup and tests confirm drinking water safety. Volunteer aid arrives as evacuations and property damage mount across Lackawaxen and nearby rivers.
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Associated Press
Honesdale
Pennsylvania
Chester County
Wayne County
Lackawaxen
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Delaware
Red Cross
Laval Confers With German Leaders Amid Collaboration Tension
In Bern Laval meets with German military and political leaders as pressure grows for France to fully collaborate with the Axis. Rumors of Doriot entering or forming a collaboration government in Paris surface, amid Laval’s hesitancy tied to U S discussions on Martinique and Italian pressure over Nice and Corsica. Germany’s approval remains unclear.
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Bern
Switzerland
Pierre Laval
Fagin
France
Axis
Vichy
Jacques Doriot
Paris
Doriot
Laval
United States
Martinique
Russia
Nice
Corsica
Italy
Armistice Commission
Germany
Sub Hoists Nazi Flag After Attack Near Kinhwa
Chinese forces in Chekiang battle to hold Kinhwa against reinforced Japanese troops near 100000 strong. Japanese near Kinhwa reported as flames engulf parts of the town. Yunnan drive stalls west of Salween. Flying Tigers bomb Japanese positions. China appeals to United Nations for aid, declaring Allies’ cause.
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Kinhwa Chungking
Chekiang
Kinhwa
LA Fukyo
Rome
Berlin
Kinkwa
China
Yunnan
Salween River
Burma
Flying Tigers
Argentine ship rescue of 53 seamen off South America
Buenos Aires May 25 53 seamen rescued at sea aboard the Argentine merchant ship Rio Iguazu. It was unclear if they came from a United States vessel a merchantman or a warship. Axis reports claimed Maryland class battleship status, but no confirmation has been provided.
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Ekey West
Fila
Ithe
Leonart Shearer
Newcastle
Cuba
John H. Benson
New Orleans
Shearer
Shorts
Key West
Charles D. Bryant
Houston
Texas
Buenos Aires
South America
Rio Iguazu
United States
Noticias Graficas
High Command
Atlantic
Bulge
Brazil
President could grant draft revision power in wartime
The Associated Press reports Congress weighs giving President Roosevelt authority to overhaul the selective service by classifying men with dependents for later call up. Senate leaders expect amendments to a family allowance bill to empower the president, with debate on extending draft eligibility to younger men and clarifying status for older men and those with dependents.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Selective Service
Johnson
D-Cole
Senate Military Raffairs Committee
Taft
Ohio
Relief Measures Debate Over Selective Service Classifications
President Roosevelt seeks $260 million for work relief and proposes broader social security remedies. Johnson urges clarified rules to guide local boards without automatic deferments, while war risk insurance would become compulsory. Congress to decide WPA funding, labor recruitment, and relief administration for 1943 amid shortages and discrimination concerns.
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Congress
Works Projects Administration
Roosevelt
WPA
General Accounting Office
Treasury Department
Blissfield Doctors Defy Army Enlistment Claims
Lenawee physicians Dr. Ray V. Tubbs and Dr. M. R. McGarvey say they have not enlisted in the army medical corps. The Telegram cites 15 Lenawee doctors enlisting, while the two physicians maintain they did not join, amid reports of broader enlistments and wartime casualties.
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Billfield
Ray V. Tubbs
M. R. McGarvey
Lenawee
Navy
Army
America
Act
U.S
Caribbean
McGarvey
Doolittle vows more raids on Japan after April strike
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle, visiting with Gen. George Marshall, declares the April 18 air raid on Japan will be followed by further, vigorous assaults on Axis targets. He praises the B-25 bombers, says Japanese ships had no chance, and states the raid was successful and will be repeated against other objectives.
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San Diego
Calif
America
James H. Doolittle
Japan
Tokyo
George Marshall
Inf
Detroit blackout deemed a success in second drill
Detroit conducted its second test blackout with downtown lights off while outer areas remained lit. The exercise lasted 15 minutes from 10 to 10 15 PM with Civil Air Patrol observers noting the dramatic darkness and preparations for a surprise alert. One robbery was reported as two men grabbed Clayton Hill’s $50 before fleeing before lights returned.
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Detroit
Jonty
Civil Air Patrol
Glenn C. Richards
Metropolitan Defense Area
Richards
Detroit River
Clayton Hill
Red Army drives Nazis from Kharkov stronghold in latest push
May 25 reports say Marshal Timoshenko renewed the Kharkov offensive, driving Germans from another important center. Soviet forces hoist ground, repulse counterattacks, and hold entrenched positions as tank battles rage in Kharkov and Izyum-Barvenkova sectors. Kerch Peninsula withdrawal noted as forces leave in order.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Timoshenko
Kharkov
Ukraine
Red Army
Germere
Izyuwin-Barvenkova
Izyuin-Barvenkova
Leningrad
Information Bureau
Igyum-Barvenkova
Hierch
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Huri
Belgorod
Volchansk
MiLes
Kremenchug
Barvenkovay
Dniepero
Petrovsk
Sovee
Gower
Izyum-Barven J
Kava
Board OF Review
Riga Township
Marshall
Tost
Edwin B. Callaway
Honesdale Associated Press
Pontiac
Edwin Wethy
Peer Pontiac
Gry
Wallace Murphy
Paul ‘Becking
Becking
Wethy
Senate House Conference Committee
Blissfield
North Atlantic
Flint
Ponemah Lake
Here
William’ Kleinkicht
Axel Axelson
Axelson
Black Landing
Sayueee
U.S. Basil 1
Pearl Harbor
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
U. S
Re Ues Cui
Kerch Peninsula
Kerch
Crimean
Caucasus
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