Night Fight for Every House in a Soviet Front Town
Soviet war correspondent describes a western Dvina town under German occupation where Red Army troops fight house to house. German garrisons of 25 to 30 hold forts amid stairwell grenades and cannon shelling as battles flare for each room. The town burns, civilians are killed, and the fighting shifts toward the river as tanks arrive.
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United Press
RED Army
Kalinin Front
Kharkov
Karelia
Dvina
Hell
Izyum-Barvenkova
Semyon ‘Timoshenko
Red Star
Donets
Izyum
Tass
Sea of Azov
Gaulle asks UN to recognize Free French as political entity
London May 27 Gen Charles De Gaulle urged the United Nations to treat Combatant France as both a political administration and a fighting force. He criticized Allied methods on Martinique and said the Free French movement could broaden its base by inviting other personalities to join the national committee.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
United Nations
Martinique
de Gaulle
France
Free French Movement
May Defense Bonds quota near in Potter County drive
The May defense bonds drive shows $277,800 in yesterday sales and $250,804 total May sales with 26,096 short of goal. Only two banking days left in May. officials warn the county may or may not meet the quota.
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Potter County
Comics Going On War Basis For Wartime Reading
The Globe-News will launch a streamlined wartime comic section this Sunday in tabloid size with the same page count as the previous issue. It features favorites such as Superman Tarzan Blondie and new Off The Record and aims to conserve paper printing plates labor and dyes amid government requests.
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Uncle Sam
Globe- News
Superman
Boots
Joe Palooka
Tarzan
Li'l Abner
Blondie
Globe-News
Italian submarine torpedoes U S cruiser in Atlantic dawn
The high command said an Italian submarine fired two torpedoes at a United States 9,100 ton Pensacola class cruiser serving as convoy escort in the Atlantic at dawn Saturday. It was the second unreliably claimed torpedo attack on a U S warship by Italy.
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Rome
High Command
United States
Atlantic
Barbarigo
U. S
Miss Webb Shouts at Judge and Prosecutor
New York May 27 Angry shouting by Madeline Webb disrupted court during second day of murder trial. The 28 year old model berated Assistant District Attorney Jacob Grumet and shouted at the judge General Sessions Judge Jonah J. Goldstein demanding fair treatment. Webb insisted she is not used to being pushed around as she faced questioning over the suffocation slaying of Mrs Susan Flora Reich.
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New York
Madeline Webb
Jacob Grumet
General Sessions
Jonah J. Goldstein
Stillwater, Okla
Susan Flora Reich
United air attack near London signals major Allied offensive
London dispatch reports a planned intensified Allied air campaign against Germany with 200 tons of bombs nightly and the possible build up for a future invasion. The U S mission led by General Somervell coordinates supply while allied commanders discuss a joint Anglo American assault.
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London
United States
Germany
Brehon B. Somervell
United
Somervell
United States Army
Leroy Lutes
Charles P. Gross
William C. Lee
Daily Telegraph
Britain
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
John H. Towers
Naval Aeronautics
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Department General Staff
Mark W. Clark
Army Ground Forces
Heydrich Wounded in Prague Attack Says Broadcast
Berlin broadcasts reported by Prague say Reinhard Heydrich the Reichs protector for Bohemia and Moravia was wounded in an assassination attempt. Reuters noted a reward of 10,000,000 crowns for the attacker and Heydrich was seen in Paris and the Netherlands directing measures to suppress revolt.
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Berlin
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia and Moravia
DNB
Prague
Reuters
Heydrich
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Bohemia and
Moravia
Paris
Netherlands
Amarillo Area Forecast With Strong Winds Today
Forecast shows hot and windy conditions this afternoon in Amarillo and vicinity with a much cooler night ahead. West Texas and Panhandle regions will see cooler temperatures and continued warmth with strong winds. New Mexico expects cooler west and central areas this afternoon with windy conditions eastward tonight. Today's noon temperature is 89, with a 24 hour high of 95 and low of 67.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
New Mexico
Sub Chased By Warship Off Brazilian Coast
A Recife report says a United States warship chased and likely sank an enemy submarine after torpedo and incendiary attacks on the Brazilian freighter Commandante Lyra on May 18. The Lyra crew were evacuated and the ship towed to port as American planes and depth charges pursued the sub. Brazil press urges stronger defense while government bans publishing details of submarine sinkings.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Recife
United States
Brazil
Fernando Noronha
Severino Sotero
Germany
Diaro Carioca
Japs Raid Port Moresby In Night Attacks
Gen Douglas MacArthur reports Japan sent big flying boats against Port Moresby New Guinea in two raids Monday night and last night. Aircraft dropped bombs near the airfield with no damage. anti aircraft fire damaged one plane that disappeared while losing altitude. A second pair of planes also caused no damage. Canadian forest fires sweep Northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, causing heavy property toll as timber dries.
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Melbourne
Japan
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Axis Drive and Red Army Counter Moves Reported
Across North Africa and the Kharkov front, Axis columns push from Mekili toward Bir Hacheim amid British resistance as Rommel seeks a broader advance. In the Soviet theater near Kharkov, Red Army forces repulse German attacks, retake heights, and halt counter thrusts as heavy fighting and aerial activity continue.
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Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Rommel
Mekili
Tmimi
Derna
Egypt
Mediterranean
London
Cairo
Hitler
Middle East
Suez Canal
Matador Editor Told He Has No War Deferment
In Austin a state selective service ruling says 41 year old Douglas Meador editor and publisher of the Matador Tribune has no grounds for occupational deferment. A Motley County draft board reply, signed by Capt. George S. Nalle, states Meador would be better serving the country at the front than in a newsroom.
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Matador
Newse
Austin
Selective Service
Motley
Glamorous Ann Foster in Romance and Holiday Schemes
Ann Foster confronts a marriage dilemma as sister Julia pushes her toward wealthy Vince Ogden while sales at Marks Park Avenue shrink after Christmas. Vince spoils Ann with gifts and cocktails, staging a glittering Broadway holiday to sway her heart, with Julia watching closely.
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Ann Foster
Case
Julia
Ann
Vince
Broadway
East Side
Miami
Bomb Nazis Bomb Nazis Raid Lightning Threatened Europe
Royal Air Force bombers swept the southeast coast in a major raid toward Belgium. In Messina Sicily two waves of British planes dropped high explosives and incendiaries damaging the cathedral royal university and several houses. Seven killed and 26 injured.
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London
Royal Air Force
Belgium
Rome
Messina
Sicily
Royal University
High Command
Birth rate booms in threatened Australia
Melbourne reports maternity wards booked to capacity through December and January as birth rates rise. Public hospitals cope with the poor, while private facilities serving the middle class face overcrowding, with women turned away seeking care.
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Melbourne
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