Germans Speed Fresh Reserves To Kuban Area
Soviet communique reports renewed Russian pressure in the Kuban bridgehead while repelling German counterattacks near Lishchansk and Donets Basin. The article notes heavy Luftwaffe losses, transport sunk in the Black Sea, and continued Allied advances in Tunisia and Sicily with large prisoner captures.
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Kuban
Russia
Moscow
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Donets
Lishchansk
Orel
Berlin
Associated Press
Transocean
Sea of Azov
Black Sea
Giraud Predicts Early Invasion In Europe
Gen Henri Giraud in a broadcast from Algiers told France that tomorrow Europe will be entered and the fight will be hard but not long He urged readiness to strike from east and west after Tunis and Bizerte falls He said the day of liberation will come and the German war machine must be smashed Allied advances continue in Tunisia with Zaghouan taken and Cap Bon approaches reported"}
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Balkans
Europe
Netherlands
Holland
Turkey
Mediterranean
Black Sea
London
Wilhelm Kruger
Gestapo
Poland
Krakow
Hitler
Cap Bon
Bizerte
Henri Giraud
France
Algiers
Associated Press
Tunis
Giraud
Tunisia
Kelibla
Palermo
Sicily
Sicilian
Big Spring Man Dies in Wreck Near Canyon
Roy L. Allen of Big Spring was killed and Clarence M. Hawkins injured when Hawkins’s southbound car hit the rear of a parked southbound cable truck three miles south of Canyon at 8:20 AM. Hawkins, with a broken arm and jaw, was treated at St. Anthony's Hospital.
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Canyon
Roy L. Allen
Big Spring
Clarence M. Hawkins
St. Anthony's Hospital
Hawkins
Allen
Mr. Hawkins
Amarillo
Oregon
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Dalhart Mother Claudia Cage Found Dead on Sideroad
Claudia Cage a 24 year old mother of three was found dead early this morning on a sideroad in East Dalhart. State Patrolman R C Johnson said Carrol Kirkpatrick and Dwight Hester found her while returning from a dance. An autopsy showed multiple internal injuries with no external wounds. Her estranged husband survives. Investigators pursued leads but no arrests were made by last night.
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Dalhart
Claudia Cagel
R. C. Johnson
Carrol Kirkpatrick
Dwight Hester
Conlon
Here
Victor Moore
Allied air raid blasts Palermo amid large war strike
On May 9 1943 400 Allied planes from African bases blasted Palermo in what was described as the biggest raid of the war. Allies also pressed operations in Bizerte Tunis region taking 60 000 Axis prisoners. Russians continued pressure on Novorossiysk Velikie Luki and bombed four Japanese destroyers while raiding air bases. Sweden readies armed forces for potential escalation.
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Palermo
Tunisia
Associated Press
Europe
Allied War Bulletin
Sicilian
Mediterranean
Oklahoma City Air Depot cargo plane crash claim 15 lives
A twin engine cargo plane crash near Oklahoma City killed all 15 aboard, including 12 military personnel from Alliance Nebraska and three civilian technicians. The crash occurred after takeoff from Tinker Field, with initial witnesses noting a possible in air fire but investigators citing exhaust flames.
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Richard L. Martin
Oklahoma City Air
Dick” Martin
Amarillo Giobeene
Oklahoma City
Here
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City Air Depot
Alliance
Neb
Army Air Field
Alliance Field
Martin
R. H. Pair
N. C. Keister
R. E. Bennett
I. S. Greenburg
Sweden Hones War Tools as War Swirls Around Borders
Sweden shows readiness across army navy and air force with emphasis on quality over numbers. Foreign Minister Guenther cites arming to the teeth as neutral policy while war in Africa and Tunisia adds urgency for defense planning. Washington reports AFL objections to food price rollback plan and subsidies, with labor backing broad goal of cost of living relief.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Christian Guenther
Washington
American Federation of Labor
George Meany
AFL
Admr
Prentiss M. Brown
RFC
Meany
America
Labor Policy Committee
OPA
AFL, Cio
Standard Railroad
Brown
German Troops Move South Through Hungary Toward Balkans
Ankara reports travelers say German forces are shifting southward through Hungary at a pace similar to pre Greece and Yugoslavia campaigns. Dispatches from Stockholm claim Germany supplies modern weapons to Bulgaria as Balkan invasion fears grow amid Allied North Africa wins.
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Ankara
Hungary
Greece
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Europe
Stockholm
Berlin
Germany
Balkan
North Africa
Tidningen
Black Sea
Dittmar
Tenth Army
Cypress
Mediterranean
Bucharest
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Panhandle Pilot Routs Zeros In New Guinea Action
In New Guinea May 8 a Panhandle pilot and crew fought a carrier attack. Mitchell bombers destroyed a transport and a small escort ship. Lt Gordon McCaun of New York and Lt Phil Hawkins of Panhandle, Texas, engagement with 12 Zeros ended with two returners.
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New Guinea
Gordon McCaun
New York
Phil Hawkins
Panhandle
Tex
McCoun
Marines train band for Northern Ireland debut
Scottish bagpipers join the United States Marines as a 30 member marching band. First Lieutenant Doyle R. Walker of Claude Texas leads the band in its May 12 public appearance marking the Marines arrival anniversary in Londonderry Northern Ireland.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
United States
Doyle R. Walker
Claude
Texas
Victory Gardens Benefit From Soaked Skies Across Panhandle
Rain fell across the Panhandle and Plains, lifting moisture for crops. Northeast Oklahoma and the Panhandle saw the heaviest downpours from one to one and a half inches, with lighter drizzles elsewhere. Amarillo measured about a half inch, while Dalhart and Lubbock saw varied totals and improving soil conditions.
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Plains
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Waynoka
Pampa
Clovis
Fort Worth & Denver
Texline
Estelline
Childress
Clarendon
Goodnight
Denver
South Plains
Sterley
Plainview
Lubbock
Slaton
British Withdraw From Burma Front On Eve Of Monsoon
British troops garrisoning Buthedaung in western Burma moved northwest and west to avoid encirclement as Japanese forces foothold the Maungdaw Buthedaung road four miles west of Buthedaung. US and British bombers continued heavy raids on Japanese rail and water supply lines in Burma with no losses.
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New Delhi
Buthedaung
Arakan
Maungdaw
Mayo Ridge
Sir Archibald P. Wave
United States
Burma
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Weather outlook shows warmer conditions Monday with forenoon cool to warm in the Panhandle and South Plains, cooler in Del Rio and Pecos region, moderate winds. New Mexico also warmer through Monday and Monday night with occasional showers.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio
le Pass
Pecos
New Mexico
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Mary K. Frailey
Will Fritz
Dallas
Fritz
Louise Beaumont Martin
Watt Martin
Watt Martin, Jr
Miami Beach
Fla
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Poltava
Kharkov
Lozovayya
Illovinskaya
Barvenkovo
Mzensk
Novgorod
Superior
Wis
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Lake Superior
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carthage
Tebourba
Djedeida
Second
United States Army Corps
Bizerte Canal
el Azib
Lake Bizerte
el Alia
Mateur
Sidi Bou Said
Hamman Lie
CBS
Hamman Lif
Creteville
Hammam Lif
Marie Louis Koeltz
Zaghouan
Pont du Fahs
Hammamet
Depienne
Pont-Du- Fahs
Eighth Army
Enfidaville
Dzebel Zaghouan
Eighth
Big Spring Man E
Wreck
Biserte-Tunis
Velikie Luki
By Edwin Shanke
Congress
Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Taber
Labor
Claude Officer
Victory Gardens
Woodward
Okla
Vernon
India
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Mone-Globe
Sulit
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