Furious battle on Burma border roars into view
Chinese and Japanese forces clash along the Burma China boundary with a 50 mile Japanese retreat in Yunnan. Chinese and Allied units report encirclements, reinforcements, and renewed offensives as monsoon swamps lower Burma roads. American volunteers claim heavy Japanese losses and ongoing efforts to isolate enemy forces near Lashio and Myitkyina.
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Chungking
China
U.S
China-Burma
Yunnan
Yunnan Province
New Delhi
Burma
Lashio
Irrawaddy
Mandalay
Salween
Mangshih
United Press
Darrell Berrigan
Calcutta
India
Chefang-Mangshih
Myitkyina
Bhamo
Ghama
Lshio
Chefang
AVG
Loilem
Kongkum
Salween River
Italians Easy To Capture In Midlands Escape
An armed miner and a bus driver recaptured seven of ten Italian war prisoners who escaped from a Midlands camp Sunday night. The miner found three in an air raid shelter five miles from the camp, and they surrendered. The bus driver rounded up four more on a road ten miles away. The White House canceled President Roosevelt’s regular Tuesday press conference with no reason given.
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London
Midlands
Washington
The
White House
Roosevelt
News Tips Prize Won By E L Hunter And Sabotage In France
E L Hunter of Horace Mann School wins $5 first prize in the week’s news tip contest for tipping about Andres Ponce’s ration problem. John R Mayo nets $3 for tipping about a burned Victory Garden. Sam Hitch receives $2 for a tip about a war bond found in the street. list of other tipsters included local residents and businesses. Terrorist bombings hit six Paris requisitioned sites amid fresh actions in German-occupied zones.
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Paris
Bourges
Parthenay
Radio
Radio Mondial
E. L. Hunter
Horace Mann School
Andres Ponce
Amarillo
John R. Mayo
Hayden Street
Victory Garden
Sam Hitch
Milam Street
North Mirror Street
Junior Bowen
Johnson Street
J. G. Dowse
Maggie Earnest
West Seventh Avenue
Homer Davis
Travis Street
S. B. Maberry
Buchanan Street
F. L. Wilson
J. N. Rutherford
North
Mirror Street
Ethel Brewster
Postponed Delivery Restriction Reported by Washington
The Office of Defense Transportation postponed until June 1 a limit restricting to one daily local delivery by newspapers dairies foundries and other establishments.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
Wartime substitutes turn to plastic and plants for household goods
A New York display by major firms shows wartime substitutes for rubber metal and other scarce materials. Skim milk hats and milkweed pillows illustrate how cellulose and plant fibers replace kapok and wool. Vegetables, soybeans, fiberglass, and impregnated plastics yield belts, trims, and durable cookware while old iron skillets return. The effort highlights saving metals with new home products and the Navy using milkweed life preservers. For every thousand fans, three tons of metals are saved.
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John B. Lewis
New York
Papa
Little Jimmy
Mary
U. S. Navy
Victory
Jeep for Panhandle service men aims to boost home news
The Globe News launches the Jeep to reach every Panhandle in the service with news and homey notes mailed worldwide for 1 per year. Subscriptions rely on local canvassing led by Amarillo students and area supporters, with donors naming service members to receive copies.
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Panhandle
The
Globe News
Clay Thornton
Panhandle Laundry
Roy Greenhill
Amarillo High School
Glee Club
Globe-News
Masks Urged In the U S Amid Gas War Fears
Washington May 12 Congress urged speeding civilian mask supplies as gas warfare fears grow in Europe and concerns rise over rubber shortages. Senators Hill Barkley and O Mahoney push for civilian mask production and rapid distribution to protect war industries and coastal cities.
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Washington
Europe
Congress
Senator Hill
Alabama
Hill
Atlantic
United States
Barkley
Kentucky
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Potter County Falls Short of May Quota Each Day
Eleven days into May, Potter County has not met the daily quota any day. May sales total 91 991 50 with 185 808 50 lacking tied to Victory Bond and Stamp picture. Remaining quota and past daily figures imply consistent underperformance so far.
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Potter County
First Tin Sample From Texas Shown
The first tin sample at the government financed tin smelter at Texas City Texas was displayed by Rep Mansfield Democrat of Texas. He said the ore came from Bolivia and the Dutch East Indies. The Long Horn Smelter near Galveston produced tin for the first time on Easter.
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Washington
Texas City
Tex
Mansfield
Texas
Bolivia
Dutch East Indies
Galveston
Long Horn
British destroyers sunk by German planes in the eastern Mediterranean
London May 12. Three British destroyers, the Lively Kipling and Jackal, were sunk in air attacks north of the African Gulf of Sollum near the Egyptian Libyan border. Beaufighters damaged multiple Luftwaffe aircraft as RAF crews report efforts to recover the Jackal failed and its crew scuttled the ship.
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Macaarthcen
Australia
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Solomon Islands
MacArthur
Kessa
Solomons
Debouyne Island
Louisiade Island
New Guinea
London
U.P
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Rome
High Command
African
Gulf of Sollum
Lively
Jackal
Britain
RAF
Planes Roar to Battle in the Kerch Peninsula Fight
Soviet dispatches report German and Romanian forces attacking the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea. Berlin and London spokesmen describe heavy air bombardment and Russian counterattacks with mixed results as German offensive plans remain uncertain.
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Associated Press
Russia
Crimea
Great Caucasus
Adolf Hitler
Kerch
Hitler
Berlin
Kevel
London
Donets River
Ukraine
Kerch Peninsula
Taganrog
Rostov
Sea of Azo
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And West Texas
The forecast calls for continued mild conditions this afternoon and tonight with fresh to strong winds. Rain is expected this afternoon and tonight across West Texas and the Del Rio Eagle Pass area east of the Pecos Valley with similar temperatures to yesterday. Strong winds continue in the Panhandle and South Plains, New Mexico, with snow over northern mountain areas late tonight.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
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American Volunteer Group
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Repair Now
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