Allied air raids intensify Mediterranean campaign from North Africa
Allied planes from the North African front struck Alghero Sardinia targeting the port and airfield as part of raids over the western Mediterranean. Beaufighters destroyed two Junkers transports and downed a Heinkel aircraft amid broader operations including Malta and Sicily offenses. General Eisenhower announced Axis prisoner totals from Tunisia surpassing 200,000 with Allied naval units intercepting German fugitives near Cap Bon.
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North Africa
Alghero
Sardinia
Axisae
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cap Bon
Zembretta Island
Cape
Val
Sardinian
Malta
Italy
Augusta
Sicily
Porto
Marine dives grenade into mud to save life on Guadalcanal
Private First Class Nash W. Phillips of Fayetteville North Carolina staved off death when a live grenade seized in his paralyzed right hand exploded in mud along the Metapona River. A Jap mortar shrapnel wounded him but he survived and is recovering at a West Coast hospital.
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San Diego
Cal
Nash W. Phillips
Fayetteville
N. C
West
Japs Strike Hard at Wau Allied Raiders Hit New Guinea Bases
Allied reports say Wau, the airbase near Salamaua, was bombed and strafed by 25 Japanese planes in a raid and again in three more attacks over four days. No casualties were reported. Allied bombers hit Vunakanau and other New Britain targets, while a recon bomber damaged a float plane near Kavieng.
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Australia
Wau
Salamaua
New Guinea
Mubo
New Britain
Vunakanau
Rabaul
Arawe
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
New Ireland
Kavieng
Finschhafen
Lae
Wan
Panhandle Rain Reports and Weather Outlook
Panhandle yesterday saw rainfall across nearly all sections with the northeast and northwest areas hardest hit. Totals ranged from one half to three quarters of an inch with hail damaging wheat crops near Woodward and aerial strikes causing electrical damage in Amarillo. Scattered showers and warmer weather are forecast for the Panhandle and South Plains today.
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Oklahoma
Canadian
Woodward
Harper County
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Boise City
Clovis
Pampa
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Shattuck
Booker
Follette
Spearman
Perryton
Weather Bureau
G. C. Matthews
Fairmont Street
South Plains
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Warmer conditions and moderate winds across Amarillo and vicinity. Panhandle and South Plains see little temperature change with scattered showers. New Mexico reports scattered showers in the northeast and extreme east. Temperatures by hour show mild highs in the mid forties to low fifties with overnight lows around forty-two. Sunrise 6:41 AM, sunset 8:48 PM.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
SS. Mi
Major Address By Churchill
Prime Minister Churchill plans a 50 minute speech to Congress, to be broadcast by all four major American networks at 11:30 A M Central war time. Earlier forecasts cited a 20 minute address. The remarks are described as one of his era defining speeches.
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Washington
Churchill
Congress
London Vendor Sketches RAF Dam Destruction
A London news vendor on May 18 posted a caption on his notice board about the RAF destroying two German dams. The line reads How Wet Is My Valley Hitler as a wry take on the raid.
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London
Hitler
House Rejects Rums skip year tax plan in 202s vote
The House defeated the Senate modified Rums skip a year plan 202 to 194, killing the measure amid Roosevelt’s anticipated veto. The fight over pay as you go taxation deepens as conference talks may craft a bill with 75 percent tax abatements and a 20 percent withholding proposal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
George
Senate Finance Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Doughton
Tax Framing House
Ways and Means Committee
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
North Carolina
Congress
Coughton
Carlson
Kansas
Novorossisk Stands Up To Nazi Assaults In Pacific Front
Moscow reports heavy Soviet defense around Novorossisk as German counter attacks falter with at least 200 killed and several tanks lost. Fighting also rages on the Donets near Lishchansk and Kharkov while a Moscow front reports 300 German casualties northwest of Moscow and 27 German planes destroyed in the Kursk Voronezh region.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Reuters
London
Leningrad
Donets
Lishchansk
Kharkov
Schigry
Kursk
Voronezh
Battlefronts VYanks Capture Key Attu Position
Allied forces seize the main Japanese stronghold on Attu as battles unfold across the Pacific. Bombing and sabotage disrupt dam systems while Soviet pressure on Novorossisk grows and Churchill prepares a major address. Seventeen divisions mobilize for a Mediterranean offensive.
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Vyanks
Attu
Destructive Ruhr flood aided by dam blasts expands through Germany
New aerial photos show flood waters from the Mohne and Eder dams surging along the Ruhr toward Duisburg and the Rhine, as Allied bombardment continues. The flood has inundated at least 54 towns, leaving about 50 000 families homeless, while sappers work on defense and rescue.
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RAF
Germany
Ruhr
Hitler
Mohne
Eder
Europe
Middle
Duisburg
Rhine
Weser Valley
Kassel
Berlin
Associated Press
CBS
Howard K Smith
Bern
Switzerland
Robertson to Leave Pantex as Personnel Chief Change Takes Effect
Groverman B. Payne, former chief of wages and hours at Pantex, named director of the plant's personnel division to succeed George H. Robertson effective May 18. The former department headed by Payne will merge with the personnel division under his direction as part of a broader staffing reduction at Pantex and Consolidated's manpower policy. Robertson had served as personnel director since March 30, 1942, overseeing industrial relations and staffing during construction and early operations.
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Groverman B. Payne
Pantex
George H. Robertson
Howard G. Philbrook
Payne
Teed
Robertson
Germans Tighten Dutch Control Decree Threatens Death for Strikes
London reports a German decree by occupied Holland chief Arthur Seyss-Inquart imposes severe penalties including death for strikes or slow downs in public services and related professions. The move follows a push to re inter 400000 Dutch soldiers and signals tightening Axis control across occupied Netherlands.
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London
Holland
France
Yugoslavia
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Aneta
Guerrilas
Veronix
Liberators Raid Wake Island and Attu Island Battles Update
United States forces raid Wake Island with Liberator bombers from Midway shooting down two Japanese fighters. On Attu Island, main Japanese positions south of Holtz Bay are toppled after stubborn ridge defense. northern and southern American forces converge to seal off coastal camp as weather limits observation.
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Washington
Attu Island
Holtz Bay
United States
Amchitka Island
Attu
Knox
Central
South Pacific
Midway
Wake Island
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Marine
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Solomons
Holts Bay
Massacre Bay
Sol Cdiers
Axis Destruction Remains at Top in Allied Plans
Washington May 18 Allied strategy remains focused on destroying the European Axis before shifting forces to Japan despite calls from Senator Chandler for a faster Pacific push. Observers cite six months of detailed planning, shared by leaders with Asiatic theater commanders, and emphasize sustaining supply chains, training, and port facilities to press the European invasion.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
Chandler
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Britain
Europe
United States
Far East
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
British Planes Warn Halians Over Surrender Leaflets
Berlin radio quoted Messaggero as saying Italy would respond with trumpets to British leaflets calling for a surrender. The Mohne and Eder dam breaches caused widespread flooding in Kassel and Ruhr regions, with heavy losses, damaged bridges, and disrupted rail and industrial sites across a broad area.
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London
Berlin Radio Today
Rome
DNB
Messaggero
Kassel
Eder
RAF
Coblenz
Frankfurt
Munich
Leipzig
Dresden
Berlin
Wabern
Felsberg
Ruhr
Mohne
Froendenberg
Fracas on House Floor Involving Cox and Rogers
In a heated exchange on the House floor Rep Gene Cox of Georgia and Rep Will Rogers of California were restrained by colleagues after a clash during debate on an appropriations bill. Cox claimed Rogers provoked him and hinted at bribery while Rogers described only verbal exchange. Cox chairs a committee examining the Federal Communications Commission amid controversy over Cox's financial ties to an Albany radio station and a $2,500 stock-related check منتشر.
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Washington
Gene Cox
Georgia
Will Rogers
California
Cox
Rogers
Anrthin Ae
Federal Communications Commission
Clifford J. Durr
Fec
Rayburn
Durr
Albany
Gia
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