RAF Bombers Sweep Across Channel in Major Strike
London reports hundreds of British planes flocked over the English Channel toward Nazi held France in a massive twilight raid. Anti aircraft bursts over Boulogne and Calais marked the assault as observers described a near solid bank of aircraft from 20 000 to 8 000 feet.
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Callais
France
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Calais
Dover Strait
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Britain
MacDuff
Air Ministry
St. Omer
Berlin
Journal de Geneve
London Daily Mail
England
Tne
Herbert Morrison
Shoreditch
Hitler
Allies Act To Guard Supply Line In War Effort
War Department officials outline recruiting targets to pull 80 percent of voluntary fills from ages 18 to 19 and use 1-B registrants for limited duty, plus a bill to raise pay for lower-ranked service members and provide dependents support, as Navy and land actions loom in the Pacific theater protecting the Australia supply route amid rising amphibious expectations.
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Virginia
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Hawaii
Australia
South Central Pacific
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New Caledonia
New Zealand
Gilbert Islands
U. S
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Powder Plant Blast Kills 8 at McKeesport
A Central Railways Signal Co plant in Versailles borough exploded at 2 40 PM killing eight women and injuring about a dozen more. Five bodies were located and two victims Bertha Kossuth 36 and Anna Rosak 30 died at McKeesport Hospital. About 40 women worked in the one story building where flares torpedoes and other railroad signals were made. The blast ripped the roof shattered windows and shook homes two miles away.
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Mckeesport
Central Railways Signal Company
Versailles
Bertha Kossuth
Anna Rosak
FDR seeks big farm aid hike for low income farmers
President Roosevelt asked Congress to raise the aid pool from 125 million to 245 million dollars for low income farmers under the food for freedom program. The Farm Security Administration would issue loans and grants through the agriculture department supply bill pending in a Senate appropriations subcommittee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Farm Security Administration
Agriculture Department
Senate
Malta Gunners Bay Repels Nazi Planes in 24 Hours
British headquarters communique reports six enemy planes destroyed and eight damaged during raids on Malta over the last 24 hours. The strikes targeted Gunner’s Bay area near Valletta in May 1944.
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Malta
Valletta
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Washington May 1 The heroism of 101 Americans and Filipinos in the defense of the Philippines was officially recognized in a War Department communique announcing a list of Distinguished Service Cross awards. The roll includes Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright Brig Gen Spencer B. Akin and Lieut John B. Bulkeley plus other Americans and Filipinos noted for Pacific war exploits. Bona of Wong headhunter chieftain has declared war on Japan in Assam British India.
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Philippines
War Department
Islands
Jonathan M Wainwright
Spencer B. Akin
Charlottesville
Navy
John B. Bulkeley
Army
Bulkeley
San Antonio
Tex
Charles H. Hollingsworth
Christopher C. Hollingsworth
Claude
Bona of Wona
New Delhi
India
Bong of Wong
Assam
Japan
Massive German Factory Blast in Belgium Kills Many
A huge explosion wiped out the German controlled Tessenderloo chemical plant in Belgian North Limburg. Casualties exceed 250 dead and 1,000 injured with rescue ongoing. Berlin blamed undisclosed causes while Free Belgian sources described modern equipment at the site and a large wartime impact on the local area.
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Tessenderloo
Belgium
White Brigade
Low Countries
Berlin
Societe Anonyme Des Produits Chimiques
Kempenland
Belgian Limbourg
Antwerp
Maastricht
France
Netherlands
Limburg
Chungking in Japanese Burma push nears border
Japanese back door thrust advances from Lashio toward Hsenwi and the Yunnan border, threatening Chungking. China’s defenses hold in Hsenwi as reinforcements arrive. United States bombers strike Rangoon to disrupt Japanese supply lines while British Indian troops retreat across the Irrawaddy and Gurkha forces fight near Kyaukse.
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China
Burma
Mandalay
Hsenwi
Lashio
Yunnan
India
India-China
Assam-Sikang
Shan State
Tatinggy
Loilem
Kyaukse
New Delhi
Irrawaddy
United States
Maj. Kaiser
Brereton Command
Bay of Bengal
Rangoon
Sashio
Harold Alexander
Mandalay - Irrawaddy
No Bach Pop Concert Two-Bit Price in Amarillo
The Phil harmonic Orchestra offers a pop style concert next Tuesday with admission at 25 cents or season card. Conductor Barron curates light classics and some light opera, avoiding Bach. Senior High School A Capella choir, directed by Julia Dean, performs Tchaikowsky style arrangement and Elgars Land of Hope and Glory with the orchestra.
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Philharmonic Orchestra
Barron
Julia Dean
Tchaikowski
Freddie Martin
Elgar
Philharmonic
Robert Louis Barron
Symphony
Battlefronts Snapshot May Day 1942 Summary
A quick view of the front lines reports Japan probing Burma Road toward Chungking, Allied bombers hitting Lae and Corregidor targets, Axis discipline issues in Europe, Belgium explosives plant destruction, RAF daylight raids across the Channel, and Russia marking May Day with a string of victories.
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Belgium
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Amarillo Daily News
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