Americans Drive Toward Bizerte and Tebourba Front
Allied forces push along the Mediterranean coast nearing Bizerte with 10 miles to the fortress and Tebourba about four miles away. Eisenhower’s HQ says Axis counterattacks repulsed as British 1st Army reports 4 000 Germans and 1 000 Italians captured since April 21. French troops gain ground in the south.
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Associated Press
Mediterranean
Bizerte
U. S
Tebourba
Mateur
Ferryville
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunis
1St Army
Medjez-El-Bab
London War Air Raid Report on Dortmund and Antwerp
The four engined bombers dropped heavy tonnage on Dortmund as part of a major Ruhr Valley assault. Thirty bombers were lost but the raid was described as highly concentrated and the heaviest on Dortmund since the war began. American daylight raids hit Antwerp with vast bomb bursts, while escorts repelled German fighters.
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London
Germany
Dortmund
Ruhr
Essen
RAF
U.P
Britain
Antwerp
Air Ministry
Dortmund- Ems
Antewerp
Norman B. Bennett
Winston-Salem
N. C
Vegesack
Paris
Allied air and sea blows pound Japanese positions worldwide
The Navy reported nine bombing raids on Kiska with fires and heavy smoke at North Head. In the South Pacific Guadalcanal air attacks struck central and northwestern Solomons. Allied operations also hit Babo in Dutch New Guinea with a ship sinking tally of six Japanese vessels by submarines and plans by Liberators from Australia. In Burma, Wavell’s forces fought infiltrating Japanese troops near Maungdaw Buthedaung Road.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska
North Head
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Japan
Babo
Dutch New Guinea
U. S
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Arafura Sea
Australia
Kai Islands
Lolobau Island
New Britain
Kimbe Bay
Burma
Archibal P. Wavell
Maungdaw-Buthedaung Road
Supreme Court Shuws Pension Dispute
The Texas Supreme Court declined to rule on the disposition of 1 154 000 unexpended funds from the old age assistance program and rejected William J. Amyett’s bid to file for a writ of mandamus to force release for pension payments. The dispute centers on freezing the funds pending action by state fiscal officers.
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Austin
State Supreme Court
William J. Amyett
Tarrant County
Death of U. S. General May Delay Invasion
The crash in Iceland killed Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews and Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, with Maj. Gen. William H. Key taking acting European command. Notable officers considered for Andrews successor include Patton Clark Baker Spaatz Brett, as Allied invasion plans proceed amidst uncertainty.
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London
Frank M. Andrews
European
Iceland
Europe
U.P
European Command
William
Key
Adna Wright Leonard
Methodist Church
Washington, D. C
Andrews
United States
George S. Patton
United States Army Corps
Tunisia
Mark W. Clark
5Th
United States Army
North Africa
Ira C. Baker
Harry C. Ingles
U. S
Axis munitions ship blown up near Tunis by Allied forces
Allied headquarters in North Africa reported that a large Tunis-bound Axis munitions ship was destroyed and an escort torpedo boat sunk by light Allied naval forces Monday night in the Tunis area.
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North Africa
Mediterranean Front Feels Made-Energy Clash Near Tunis
Allied and Axis forces clash around Bizerte and Ferryville as American artillery presses toward Tebourba and Tunis while Italian and German units renew counterattacks. Paris dispatches claim a Gibraltar-to-Sardinia invasion convoy. observers note Long Tom guns in play.
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Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Sardinia
Sicily
Paris
la Linea
Spain
OPA Targets Nonessential Driving as Gas Ration Rules Tighten
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown announced a nationwide campaign to curb pleasure driving on B and C gasoline rations. Drivers will be interviewed and license numbers noted, with police cooperation to curb nonessential trips to racetracks and amusements. A book holders are unaffected and those with extra rations must prove burn rate aligns with A book. A second dispatch reports Joseph E. Davies to visit Moscow for Stalin invitation talks with Roosevelt.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
CPA
OPA
Stalin
New York
The
New York Times
Joseph E. Davies
U.S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Roosevelt
May Extend Coal Truce In Wartime Standoff
Washington May 5 The stalemated coal wage struggle fuels talk that the 15 day truce may be extended indefinitely with Harold Ickes guiding the coal fields possibly for the duration. Coal production stays high as mines run six days a week amid firm positions by the administration and the United Mine Workers.
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Washington
Harald L. Ickes
Uncle Sam
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Anthracite Operators Offer Partial Wage Concessions
New York May 5 Antha cite operators negotiating with the United Mine Workers signaled a final effort to reach a contract. They would concede in substance four of the miners 21 proposals while ruling out the $2 a day portal to portal pay increase and other large wage hikes as impossible. They urged further talks to obtain gains on major wage proposals.
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New York
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt and Lewis Agree War Labor Board Key to Coal Dispute
Both Roosevelt and the fuel administrator, now in charge of government mines, insist the war labor board remains the only path to a lasting truce in the coal dispute. Lewis maintains the board is biased and stands firm against it.
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Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Lewis
So You Want To Employ a New Maid
Newark story about Mrs. Burns seeking a new maid after an advertisement for a white girl general house work with own room and radio. Applicants called seeking use of a mink coat and size of pay envelope, showing motives beyond wages. Mrs. Burns at 133 Keer Avenue lists WA3-2361 and notes calls continued past 11 p.m.
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Newark
N. J
Senate Approves Chiropractor Licensing Bill in Texas
Lt Gov John Lee Smith broke a tie vote to pass a bill licensing chiropractors in Texas. Amendments send the measure back to the House for consideration after House passage earlier in the session by four votes.
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Austin
U.P
John Lee Smith
Texas Senate
Texas
Senate
House
Jester Attacks Brown Crude Boost Denial
In Austin on May 5 Chairman Beauford H. Jester of the Texas Railroad Commission said Price Administrator Prentiss Brown's reasons for denying a crude oil price increase are as unsound as the government subsidy proposal to encourage wildcat drilling.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Texas Railroad Commission
Prentiss Brown
New Trial Ordered For Juanita Barr
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a rehearing and ordered a new trial for Mrs. Juanita Barr who had been sentenced to four years in Dallas for the fatal shooting of Blanche Woodall.
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Austin
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Juanita Barr
Dallas
Blanche Woodall
Mystery man defends lavish R Street parties as innocent gatherings
John P. Monroe testifies before the House military committee denying any orgies or lewd women at his 2101 R Street residence. He calls himself a manufacturers' representative and says parties were for the capital’s best and most intelligent people. Mrs. Eula Smith appears with him as an employee.
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Washington
John P. Monroe
Red House
R Street
House Military Committee
Monroe
Manufacturers
Backers of Rums Plan Take Fight to Senate
Washington May 5 AP backers of the Rums plan press their bid in the Senate after two House defeats and a 313 to 95 vote approving a pay as you go bill. The Robertson Forand measure would wipe out 1942 liabilities for about 33 million people and impose a 20 percent withholding on wages starting July 1.
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Senate
Washington
House
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Robertson
Virginia
Forand
Rhode Island
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And West Texas
The forecast calls for cooler conditions tonight and Thursday with widely scattered storms late afternoon and evening and winds that will be fresh to strong then diminish. Scattered showers are possible in the eastern Panhandle this afternoon with warm conditions, followed by cooler temperatures for the Panhandle and South Plains with strong winds. New Mexico sees cooler conditions east and north in the afternoon and night with little temperature change otherwise. Yesterday’s 24 hour totals show a high of 87 and low of 62 with a noon reading of 82 and 0.04 inch precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
New Mexico
Russell Stationery Company
Soviet Offense Intensifies Near Novorossisk Front
Soviet artillery wiped out nearly 1000 enemy troops and destroyed four tanks and 21 guns in one sector as Red Army pushes northeast of Novorossisk. Germans report Krymskaya evacuation and 80 to 100 tanks in Caucasus defense. Soviet landing craft reported near Axis bridgehead amid heavy air bombardment. Fierce battles continue with heavy losses to both sides.
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Moscow
U.P
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Krymskaya
Novorrossisk
Red Army
Caucasian
Caucasus
Nazis claim sixteen Allied ships sunk in North Atlantic action
The German high command announced in Berlin that 16 Allied ships totaling 120000 tons were sunk by U boats during two North Atlantic convoys, and four more vessels were torpedoed.
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Berlin
Associated Press
North Atlantic
Hainan Island Raid Strikes Japanese Hold on Hainan
The heavy American air raid from the 14th Air Force hit Hainan Island in the South China Sea and Haiphong in French Indochina. Liberator bombers arriving from the U S Augment Maj Gen Claire M Chennault command. The strike targets sea and air routes from Japan toward the South Pacific.
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U. S. Army Air Force
China
14Th
United States Army Air Force
Hainan Island
South China Sea
Haiphong
Indo-China
Hainan
Tokyo
United States
Claire M. Chennault
Japan
South Pacific
Shakeup in U S Food Program Predicted by Davis
War Food Administrator Ghester Davis is expected to announce a new field organization to run federal food production programs. State war food administrators would report to Davis and county administrators to states, giving county leaders full control of local crop programs, loans, rationing, and marketing. The former local committees would stay as advisors.
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Washington
Ghester
Davis
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural War Boards
Plan Aims to Curb Food Prices with New Ceilings
The May 5 report from Washington states new price ceilings on poultry milk bread eggs butter cheese sugar cereals evaporated and condensed milk oils and more will take effect next Monday in 150 cities. The Office of Price Administration plans to announce the ceilings Sunday as a first step toward reducing rising prices and fighting black markets.
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Washington
U.P
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Office of Price Administration
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