Japanese Reinforce Drive Toward Chungking With 200 Planes
A Chinese military spokesman said Japan is sending tanks and mechanized units plus 200 airplanes to push through Western Hupeh toward Chungking. He warned of a huge decisive battle to decide if China can defend its wartime capital and avoid knockout.
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Changking
U.P
Hupeh
Chungking
China
Yochow
Tung Ting Lake
Yangtze
Ichang
Yuyangkwan
Changyang
Japanese Offensive Aims at Chungking Amid Yangtze Advance
A government spokesman described a major Japanese push along the Yangtze River toward Chungking. He estimated 70 000 to 80 000 troops assembling to seize forts east of Chungking and push into the city, with river craft and transports moving from Shanghai to central China.
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Yangtze River
Ichang
Chungking
Yangtze
Shanghai
Tehane
Allied Bombers Hit Axis Isles In World War II Push
Allied air forces in Northwest Africa renewed heavy assaults on Axis bases in Sicily Sardinia and Pantelleria. Flying Fortresses led strikes on Comiso Sicily and other Sicilian targets. medium bombers hit Sardinia while American fighters supported with bombs and cannon fire.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
Italy
U. S
Africa
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Comiso
German Troops Evacuate Kuban Bridgehead In Soviet Offensive
Reuters quoted German news agency dispatch broadcast by Berlin radio reporting that German troops retreating before a Soviet offensive evacuated a Kuban bridgehead strip several miles wide and about a mile and a half deep.
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London
Reuters
Berlin
Radio Tonight
War updates and Axis raids on Mediterranean theatres
Allied raids hit Sardinia and Sicily as Axis positions in Corsica and Pantelleria faced bombardment. German and Russian reports describe furious fighting in the Kuban Valley near Novorossisk with many aircraft shot down. Attu and other Pacific battles show limited new news while Moscow reports Stalin’s envoy Davies departs with a sealed message to Roosevelt. Italian casualties and Axis bombers target Egypt railways. Mussolini orders civilian evacuations in Sardinia and Sicily.
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Kuban
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Red Army
Ie Pacific
Attu Island
Aleutians
Chicago Harbor
Lake Nicholas
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Roosevelt
United States
Stalin
Davies
London
Italy
Hame
Ministry of Information
Mersa Matruh
el Daba
Egypt
Don Cossack Chorus to Open Civic Music Season
Panhandle Civic Music Association reports strong membership drive with Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers chosen as first fall attraction. Serge Jaroff directs the world touring ensemble known as a great organ of 32 voices. The group, now U.S. citizens in progress, will headline a four to five concert series. a strong turnout is expected as membership nears 1000 by Saturday.
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Panhandle Civic Music Association
BE. L. Roberts
Don Cossack
Serge Jaroff
United States
Don Cossack Chorus
Russia
America
New Jersey
U. S
Roberts
Civic Music Association
Junior Welfare League
Stuart Browning
Rose Bowl Tea Room
Attu Fighting Advances to Ridge as Attu Coast Tightens
U S forces on Attu push forward amid heavy combat and bomb Kiska as the campaign to expel Japan from the North Pacific proceeds. Secretary Stimson reports light American casualties at Attu with heavier Japanese losses and tallies North Africa tolls.
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Washington
Attu
Stimson
North Africa
Kiska
North Pacific
Germany Prepares Summer Defense as Allies Consider Offense
Dispatches from Berlin say Germany plans summer defensive warfare while Nazi leaders hope to delay a large Allied push until losses in the Donets Basin Stalingrad and Tunisia are rebuilt. Some Berlin voices anticipate a Russian summer offensive between Kursk and the Crimea with no major action for at least a month.
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Berlin
Germany
Donets Basin
Stalingrad
Tunisia
Kursk
Crimea
Stockholms Tidningen
Buses and Taxis in East Ordered To Cut Mileage
The Office of Defense Transportation directs bus and taxicab operators in the Eastern shortage area to cut mileage by 20 percent immediately as part of a 40 percent overall gasoline ration reduction for commercial vehicles. The move targets reducing fuel use across the region.
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Washington
ODT
Akron Rubber Strike Eases as Workers Return Under Roosevelt Deadline
The noon Roosevelt deadline for resuming operations in Akron’s rubber plants passed with about 7 000 of 18 000 workers reporting. Four major companies showed mixed returns while Goodyear Firestone and General Tire expected near normal by afternoon. Union locals supported the international board and the president’s call to end the strike.
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Akron
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
B. F. Goodrich Co
United Rubber Workers
CIO
International
General Tire and Rubber Co
Goodrich
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
International Board
Germans Say British Planes Aid Yugoslav Guerrillas
A German broadcast quoted by the Associated Press says British planes are aiding Yugoslav guerrillas against Axis forces. Novo Vreme reported prisoners said some planes arrived, with some shot down and others delivering propaganda material.
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London
Associated Press
Belgrade
Novo Vreme
Red Cap Prohibition Sparks Oslo Police Campaign
Stockholm reports the Norwegian police chief in Oslo has launched a nationwide action against Norwegians wearing red caps or red clothing. The move is justified as targeting pro Russian demonstrations, with advices reaching Sweden today.
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Stockholm
Rhe
Quisling
Oslo
Sweden
Martial law proclaimed after disorder in occupied Holland
The Netherlands News Agency reported more than 1,000 people killed in Nazi occupied Holland early this month as disorders led to martial law.
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Holland
London
Aneta
Netherlands
Aday
Young Jugoslav King May Wed Greece Princess
Reliable reports say King Peter of Jugoslavia seeks a hurried marriage to Princess Alexandra of Greece, prompting a cabinet crisis amid refugee government tensions in London.
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London
U.P
Jugoslav
Peter
Alexandra
Greece
Weatherman Hailed for Forecast as Hail Hits City
The article notes a weather forecaster who missed last night’s rain, while hail damaged front yards on Monroe Street and spared nearby areas. It reports heavy hail in many city sections, substantial rainfall in Randall County, and flood conditions on farms and streets. The storm produced loud lightning, and the forecast calls for scattered showers and little temperature change with moderate winds.
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H. C. Winburn
Monroe Street
Randall County
Glenn Casey
Western Avenue
San Jacinto
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Waynoka
Pampa
Spearman
Stratford
Clarendon
Elk City
Okla
Canyon
Clyde ‘Warwick
Canyon News
Bureau
Jap Warning Is Weighed By U S Lawmakers
House immigration chairman Dickstein weighs testimony that Japan would seek a separate peace with China and attack the United States this summer. The informer Kilsop K Haan, a Washington representative for pro Korean groups, warned of Pearl Harbor plans.
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Washington
Japan
China
United States
High Command
Dickstein
New York
House Immigration Committee
Pearl Harbor
Kilsop K. Haan
Korean National Front Federation
Sino- Korean Peoples’ League
Haan
New Yorker
Pacific
Hawaii
Italy to be bombed to completion within two months
Fort Worth May 27 Italy will be bombed to full mission within two months in the opinion of Dr. Richard Struna radio commentator and European authority. He spoke to 800 delegates at the Texas Bankers Association Convention in Fort Worth and predicted Germany would fall 12 months after the Allied invasion began. Election of officers was on today's agenda.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Italy
Richard Struna
White Plains
N. Y
Texas Bankers’ Association
Struna
Germany
Railroads Break Records Transporting Petroleum on East Coast
Elizabeth New Jersey May 27 Railroads broke all previous records by transporting to the East Coast an average of almost one million barrels of petroleum daily the Central Railroad of New Jersey reports through its general solicitor.
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Elizabeth
N. J
East Coast
The
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Record May 21 raid yields 74 German planes destroyed
United States Eighth Air Force reports in England that heavy bombers stationed there destroyed 74 German aircraft in a single day during unescorted raids on submarine construction yards at Emden and Wilhelmshaven.
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U. S
Eighth Air Force
England
United States
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Stalin Delivers Sealed Letter to Roosevelt Through Davies
In Moscow on May 27, Joseph E. Davies announced that Premier Stalin handed him a sealed letter for President Roosevelt at the Kremlin. Davies said the letter’s contents are for the U S president only and that he will depart for the United States immediately.
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Moscow
J.P
Joseph E. Davies
Josef Stalin
Roosevelt
Kremlin
United States
Davies
Amarillo Invites CAA Engineers For Airport Expansion
Civil Aeronautics Authority engineers have been invited to Amarillo to inspect expanding the citys major airport. The inspection party is expected the week of June 14. The invitation comes from the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce aviation committee chaired by attorney Robert A. Stone.
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
Amarillo
Jap Rear Admiral Yanagimoto Dies With Crew On Sinking Ship
Berlin reports from Tokyo via radio say Rear Admiral Ryusaku Yanagimoto drowned with his crew when his ship sank after a heroic battle. No date or theater given. He was among 75 naval officers killed in action honored on Japanese navy day. He commanded an aircraft carrier and fought near Wake Island and in the Indian Ocean.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Ryusaku Yanagimoto
Yanagimoto
Associated Press
Wake Island
Indian Ocean
Liberators Raid Jap Base Dropping Heavy Explosives
Allied report details Liberator bombers attacking the Japanese base at Madang on the New Guinea northeast coast, delivering up to a ton of bombs. Beaufighters strafed the area in a follow up, while Liberators fought off interceptors as weather hampered Southwest Pacific air action.
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Allied
Australia
U.P
Madang
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Mubo
Langgoer
Kai Islands
Arawe
New Britain
Watergate? No. Victory Garden pressure cookers to rise
The War Production Board announced that pressure cookers for preserving Victory Garden products will be available in increasing numbers as the harvest season begins.
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Washington
Victory
War Production Board
Senate group opposes $50 deduction in tax plan
Senator Byrd of Virginia said the pay as you go tax conference decided taxpayers should not receive a $50 deduction in addition to the 75 percent abatement of one year's taxes.
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Washington
Byrd
Virginia
Senate House
Railroads in Greece Placed Under German Control
Reports from Greece state all railroads in the country are now under direct German control. The dispatch from Ankara dated May 27 notes the seizure of Greek railway operations.
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Greece
Ankara
Front door burglar threatens Amarillo residents
Early today Amarillo households were awakened by a flashlight wielding intruder who demanded calm with the phrase dont move or Ill blow your head off. The prowler entered multiple homes on North Hughes and nearby streets, stealing pants and small sums while leaving a knife at one scene.警方追捕中, 并留下一串脚印。
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Sid” Harper
Edith Miller Vann
North Hughes Street
J. Reed Reed
North West Second Avenue
Mr. Reed
N. E. Lockhart
North Adams Street
Charles Thurston
North
Harrison Street
Kentucky
Alabama
Machinists quit AFL to stay independent
The International Association of Machinists announced it is leaving the AFL effective May 3 amid a long running jurisdictional dispute centered on the Carpenters Union led by William L. Hutcheson. IAM aims to remain independent while noting hopes for equal consideration among unions.
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Washington
International Association of Machinists
American Federation of Labor
AFL
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William L. Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
AFL Executive Council
Machinists
Harvey W. Brown
Brown
IAM
Weather report for Amarillo and West Texas area
The forecast notes little temperature change tonight and Friday with scattered thunder showers and moderate to strong winds. In West Texas a small temperature change continues with showers in Panhandle South Plains and east of the Pecos. A 24 hour period ends with high 86 and low 58, noon at 73 and .39 inches precipitation.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
New Mexico
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