RAF Dams Break Ruhr and Eder Power Supply
London May 17 The Royal Air Force mounted a daring raid against two German dams flooding the Ruhr and Eder regions. Eight Lancaster bombers and crews were sacrificed in the attack described as superbly daring and skilled. Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair called the strike a trenchment blow against the Axis powers.
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Robert Vermillion
London
Royal Air Force
Ruhr
Eder
Europe
Air
Archibald Sinclair
Arthur T. Harris
Bomber Command
Norway
Rhenish
Prussia
Coblenz
Fulda
Cassel
Westphalia
Thhe
Dortmund Duesseldorf-Duisburg
Submarine Commands Sink Japanese Ships in Pacific Raids
American submarines report sinking six enemy ships in Pacific waters including one destroyer and a large cargo ship with damage to another vessel. A separate naval communique notes a May 15 attack by Avenger torpedo bombers on four Japanese cargo ships near the Bain Sea, with one ship set afire.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Buin
Solomons
South Pacific
Avenger
Bain Sea
U. S
Navy Department
Rome Area Bombed as Axis Base Hit Near Ostia
Allied bombers attacked the sea plane base at Lido Ri Roma near Ostia and tribes of Trapani Sicily, pushing operations toward Rome in a new phase of heavy aerial onslaught. Sixteen Wellingtons hit Trapani, while patrols claimed two enemy planes down and three Allied planes lost. The French Provisional government sentenced six Tunisian quislings to death, including Guilbeaud and Cherbe.
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Europe
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France
Belgian
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Ruhr
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DNB
Germany
Reich
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Belgium
Holland
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North Africa
Lido Ri Roma
Arthur Tedder
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Lido di Roma
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Greece
Weather Update for Amarillo and Vicinity
Cooler tonight and Tuesday with fresh to strong winds diminishing Tuesday. Panhandle and South Plains see cooler periods with winds, light rain or drizzle in extreme northeast this afternoon ending tonight, otherwise little temperature change. Temperatures 24 hours ending 6:30 AM show high 78, low 50, noon 56.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Attu fighting continues as Japanese deny gas charges
Japanese spokesman Maj. Gen. Nakao Yahagi says Americans launch three pronged attacks on Attu with heavy fighting on the northern coast. Navy denies Japanese broadcast claims that US forces used poison gas on Attu.
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Associated Press
Nakao Yahagi
Army
Tokyo
Aleutians
Yahagi
Washington
The
Navy Today
Navy
U. S
Tank Concentrations Reported In Orel and Belgorod Sectors
Russian reports describe large concentrations of German Tiger tanks in the Orel and Belgorod sectors as Hitler plans a possible lightning offensive to disrupt the Red Army before a second front opens. Belgorod lies 42 miles north of Kharkov and Orel 165 miles north of Belgorod.
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Moscow
U.P
Orel
Belgorod
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Kharkov
Bombers Hit Burma Rail Junctions and Yards
American bombers returning to the attack on Japanese rail installations in Burma dropped 10 tons on three junctions near Shwebo yesterday and a greater tonnage on railroad yards at Zigon 27 miles northwest of Shwebo Shwebo lies about 50 miles northwest of Mandalay.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Shwebo
Zigon
Shwebe
Mandalay
30 000 000 New Tires In 1944 Rationing To Stay
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers says 30 million tires will be produced in 1944 but non essential motorists face long waits for new tires. He notes the rubber problem is far from solved yet the situation is the best it has ever been.
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Washington
W.P
William M. Jeffers
War Labor Board Attacks Lewis Over Mine Tieup
The War Labor Board denounced President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers saying his defiance blocks a new contract for the mine workers. Washington reports the action dated May 17.
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Washington
The
War Labor Board Today
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Navy shelling hits Japanese bases in early dawn raid
A U S Navy task force approached Munda and Vila on a dark pre dawn run and unleashed thousands of explosive shells on the Japanese bases. The operation targeted airfields and facilities near the Russell Stationery Company supply lines, with Allied forces reporting heavy bombardment and disruption.
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U. S. Navy
Solomons
U.P
Munda
Vila
Hull urges two year extension of Trade Agreements Act
Secretary Hull urged renewal of the presidents authority to negotiate reciprocal trade pacts before the Senate finance committee. He said a clear cut extension would be historically significant and needed to chart postwar policy directions and decisions.
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Washington
Hull
Senate Finance Committee
Mary Lawrance Wins Globe News Tip Contest
The Globe News announces weekly winners for readers who tip in. First prize goes to Mrs. Mary Lowrance for a taxi driver story, second to Hadley Holton, a blind news stand operator, for a shoe loss recovery tale, and third to the Nina Hotel for noting Sgt. Bob Ricks’s WAAC poster lookalike. Other contributors from local addresses are listed.
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Globe News
H. H. Horne
Red Cross
Mary Lowrance
West Sixth Avenue
Lowrance
Hadley Holton
Nina
Amarillo
WAAC
Sgt
Bob Ricks
J. L. Cogdell
Parker Street
J. S. Phipps
North Arthur Street
Lay Higby
Harrison Street
Ray Scott Mills
Bowie Street
Nancy Lou Meyer
M. B Darby
P. C. Reid
Fillmore Street
G. T. Tompkins
Tyler Street
Lazelle Raleigh
Buchanan Street
Elizabeth Shipley
West Eleventh Avenue
Helium expansion plans eyed by House panel
Hearing on the Interior Department appropriation reviewed production at the two Texas plants and proposed four more new sites in Kansas New Mexico and Oklahoma to meet Navy blimp and Army Weather Bureau needs. Dr. R R Sayers said about 16 million dollars funded work at Amarillo facilities with 4 5 million more in contracts and several plants under construction.
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Texas Panhandle
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Johnson
House
R. R. Sayers
Navy
Army
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Amarillo
Exell
Shiprock
N. M
Thatcher
Cole
Cunningham
Otis
Kan
Navy Department
Jed Johnson
Sayers
Amarillo Pliant
Axis Generals Captured in Tunisia Rises to 27
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports the Tunisian victory has increased Axis general captures to 27 with 16 Germans among them. The tally continues to be updated as tabulation proceeds and no final list is yet confirmed.
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Axis
Tunisia
North Africa
Von Arnim Held in London as Victory Celebrations Begin
Col. Gen Jurgen Von Arnim arrived in London as a prisoner of war while Britain marked Allied victory in Tunisia. King George VI led a 5 000 strong home guards parade. Marshal Giovanni Messe and 31 American servicemen also featured in the ceremonies. Lieut Gen Jacob L Devers met the King during the events.
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London
Jurgen von Arnim
Britain
Tunisia
Home Guards
George VI
Giovanni Messe
North Africa
Westminster Abbey
Jacob L. Devers
U. S
King George
Corsair Victory Over Japanese Zeros In Pacific Duel
In the Southwest Pacific May 13 the Vought Sikorsky Corsair fighters destroyed 16 of 17 Zeros in a 20 minute duel from Russell Island to Savo. Maj. Robert B. Fraser praised the planes while noting four American Corsairs were lost and one Lockheed Lightning.
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Guadalcanal
Navy
Southwest Pacific
Robert 8. Fraser
United States Marine Corps
Genese
N. Y
Russell Island
Savo
Pacific
Munda
Vila
Weather outlook cools with fog and mild showers
The bureau reports no significant moisture in prospect while cooler conditions prevail tonight. Fog and drizzle touched the area, with yesterday reaching 78 degrees and a 50 degree low. wind will be fresh to occasionally strong as sunshine softens the heat.
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Bureau
Victory Gardens
Large Toll of Axis Shipping By North Africa Air Force
Allied headquarters in North Africa announced that from November 8 1942 to May 13 1943 Northwest African Air Force units sunk 71 Axis vessels and damaged 120, with 1903 probably sunk. The report covers operations over the period.
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African Air Force
Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Northwest African Air Force
Axis ships scuttled after attempting to break blockade
Two Axis vessels trying to breach the continental blockade were scuttled following interception by British warships, according to an admiralty communiqué. The report also notes unrelated items: Deere plant production resuming after welders dispute, Spanish envoys returning to Madrid, and Brazil sinking a U-boat off Maceio.
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Admiralty
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