RAF Raids Hit Hamburg and St Nazaire Amid Global Bombing
RAF hit Hamburg docks and St Nazaire shipyards in night raids as Allied and German accounts battle over sea actions near Russia convoy operations. Berlin reported a British cruiser sunk by a submarine and several ships lost, while RAF strikes continued across the Channel and French bases.
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RAF
Hamburg
St. Nazaire
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Europe
Russia
English Channel
France
Low Countries
Exeter
Berlin
Britain
Marseille
Toulon
Atlantic
Lapland
Murmansk
Lake Timen
Leningrad
Moscow
Soviet Bureau of Information
Bargain cabinets and appliances ad item
Classified notice offers three Mullins white steel overhead kitchen cabinets for about 10 dollars each or 12 dollars for the set. Also seeking a Maytag or similar gasoline engine with contact at 97 May Ave and phone number 20462.
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Mullins
May Ave
Want Ads Promote Quick Profits and Daily Use
Readers urged to rely on Want Ads for fast profits. Three ad runs cost only eight cents, highlighting habit of checking the Want Ads daily for profitable opportunities.
Tornado Toll Mounts Four States Struck
Tornadoes battered four midwestern states leaving 24 dead or missing and 100 plus injured. Northeast Oklahoma suffered massive damage with up to 20 dead or missing and 100 injured around Pawhuska. Earlier Pryor storms killed 61 and caused extensive property losses. Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois reported multiple injuries and fatalities.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Pawhuska
Pryor
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Japanese designate greater empire as Dai Nippon
A Tokyo government spokesman announced that the greater Japanese empire will officially be named Dai Nippon. The term, meaning Great Sun-Origin, has long signified Japan and its home islands.
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Berlin
DNB
Tokyo
Dai Nippon
Daughters of Revolution Convene 51st Annual Convention
The National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution opens its 51st annual convention in Philadelphia with about 100 delegates. Mrs. George E. Parker Jr. of Baltimore is slated for president. The organizing committee also formed the Daughters of the American Revolution and debated membership rules.
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Philadelphia
National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
George E. Parker, Jr
Baltimore
Daughters of the American Revolution
Pass Holders To Buy War Savings Stamps
Cleveland Indians announce that all pass holders must buy a 25 cent war savings stamp for admission to all home games as a means to support Uncle Sam's war effort. The policy applies to non paying customers and uses a squeeze play to raise funds.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Sam
Notable Ohio Lawyer John L. Merman Sr. Dies at 86
Springfield AP reports John L. Merman Sr., former president of the Wittenberg College board and a prominent Ohio trial lawyer, died yesterday at age 86.
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Springfield
John L. Merman
Wittenberg College
Ohio
Nine Killed as Army Bombers Crash in West
A four motored Boeing flying fortress returning from Las Vegas to Pendleton Field crashed on a Blue Mountains ridge 20 miles southeast of Pendleton killing six and injuring two. A second bomber crashed near McChord Field in Washington killing three and wounding one. A third bomber left Gowen Field Idaho at 2 05 pm and failed to arrive at Felts Field Spokane. fuel timed out last night.
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Pendleton
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Las Vegas
Nev
Pendleton Field
Blue Mountains
Here
Pines
McChord Field
Washington
Gowen Field
Boise
Idaho
Pacific
Felts Field
Spokane
Wash
Iranian Minister Ordered to Leave Tokyo
In Tokyo the Iranian minister to Japan was ordered to depart. Iran had severed relations with Japan on April 14 and the Japanese minister and staff left nine days later. Britain and Russia, occupying Iran, charged the legation with Axis propaganda.
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Tokyo
Japan
Iran
Legation
Ohio Legion Convention Set for Canton August
The Ohio department American Legion will hold its convention in Canton August 16 to 18. The executive committee announced the event will omit usual centerpieces and lavish entertainments due to the war, but a parade will emphasize Ohio's war effort.
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Ohio Legion
Canton
Columbus
Ohio Department
American Legion
Ohio
Death at Skeet Range For Carbon Monoxide Suicide
Alliance dispatches report a car found at a skeet shooting range with the body of Lawrence A Millison. Coroner E C Reno rules the death as death by own action caused by carbon monoxide gas.
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Alliance
Stark County Sheriff's Patrol
Lawrence A. Millison
Here
E. C. Reno
War Rationing Begins Warn of Hardship Ahead
Washington AP reports Americans obtain their first sugar ration books amid warnings of shrinking output and rising shortages. Price Administrator Henderson says per capita consumer goods output may fall to 1935 levels by 1942 and to 1932 levels by 1943, with shortages likely and rationing expanding.
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Washington
Riley
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
OPA
Ersatz Rubber Formula Lost In Kidnapping
Two New Jersey men were charged with assault robbery and kidnapping a Brooklyn research chemist Samuel B Sklar who said he had perfected a synthetic rubber process and was abducted while being lured into a car believed to head to police headquarters He escaped a few blocks from his home and said the formula was missing.
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New York
Kane
Improvements at Boys Industrial School Ohio Report
Dr. T C Holy of Ohio State University Bureau of Educational Research says 66 of 97 recommended changes in Lancaster facility have been made in two years. Twenty six fully completed and forty partially completed improvements shown by survey comparing 1939 40 practices with current measures.
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Columbus
Lancaster
T. C. Holy
Ohio State University Bureau of Educational Research
Launch Four Destroyers In War Against Axis
A quartet of destroyers slid down the ways into the Hackensack River in 50 minutes. The four ships Fletcher Radford Mervine and Quick were 90 percent complete and will be turned over to the Navy soon as American seapower aids the United Nations drive to defeat the Axis.
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Kearny
N. J
United Nations
Axis
Hackensack River
Navy
Fletcher
Radford
Mervine
Quick
Brazilian Freighter Sunk Near Trinidad
The Brazilian freighter Parnahyba was torpedoed and sunk near Trinidad. A Spanish liner rescued one lifeboat with 23 survivors. This marks Brazil’s sixth vessel lost, likely due to Axis action, in about three months.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Trinidad
Australian Fliers Operating in Iceland Under US Command
Allied Headquarters in Australia announced that RAAF pilots were in Iceland under United States command. Air Minister Arthur S. Drakeford said the Australians were protecting British and Russian supply lines, destroying enemy raiders, and aiding valuable operations.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Arthur S. Drakeford
RAAF
Iceland
United States
Iron ore shipments on Great Lakes set record in April
In April this year 12.6 percent more iron ore moved on the Great Lakes than any previous April. The Lake Superior Iron Ore Association reported shipments totaling 7,789,182 tons, versus the prior April record of 6,918,914 tons.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association
All Clear Declared After San Francisco Blackout
An all clear signal was given at 12 02 a m Pacific War Time ending a 48 minute blackout that covered most of the San Francisco Bay area according to AP reports from the city.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
War costs exceed WWI total as 1940s spending soars
United States fiscal officials report that cash spending for the current war has surpassed the total cost of World War I, with WWI costs totaling about 45 billion dollars and current-year spending near 28 billion, while projections for the next fiscal year reach 70 billion.
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Washington
United States
Budget Bureau
Deny Giraud In Nazi Hands
Official sources deny reports that General Henri Giraud was handed to German forces. A Reuters dispatch from Bern says he may be visiting relatives in Lyon, unoccupied France, with authorities insisting he remains free from German control.
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VICHY
Henri Honore Giraud
Switzerland
France
Reuters
Bern
Lyon
Moulins
Giraud
US Navy Chief Sees Offensive Potential in War
Admiral Harold R. Stark, commander of US naval forces in European waters, said the United States looks forward to the time when it can take the offensive and persist. He warned against fighting recklessly against overwhelming odds, noting the 25th anniversary of US ships arriving at Queenstown, now Cobh, in Ireland.
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London
Harrold R. Stark
United States
Ukrainians Urged to Carry On Behind Enemy Lines
Marshal Semen Timoshenko urged Ukrainians to persist in resistance behind German lines. In a proclaimed message dropped over occupied territory, he promised liberation as Soviet forces brace for a summer of offensives and urged civilians to guide Red Army detachments along safe routes.
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Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Ukraine
Russia
Red Army
Columbus man drowns after being knocked from boat
Richard D. McCoy of Columbus was knocked from his boat by high waves and drowned in Buckeye Lake, authorities said. The incident occurred at Buckeye Lake where McCoy disappeared under turbulent waters during a boating mishap.
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Newark
Richard D. McCoy
Columbus
Buckeye Lake
War Department Opposes Ban on Quick Commissions
The War Department pressures against an amendment to halt civilian quickie commissions as the army faces officer shortages. Rep. Faddis argues favoritism and low qualifications in high-ranking postings, while a Senate committee member warns such limits would slow rapid army expansion and field officer release.
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Washington
War Department
Fema Eame
Mne Pupusa
House
Rep
Faddis
D-Pa
Senate Military Committee
Seven Allied Vessels Sunk Off U S Atlantic Coast
Submarine attacks last week sunk seven Allied merchant vessels in the Atlantic, raising total Allied ships sunk to 157 since Pearl Harbor. Six victims were along the U S east coast between April 27 and May 3, with one in the Caribbean. Canadian and South American waters saw no new sinkings. Three of the losses were U S registered, plus ships under British, Panamanian, Swedish, and Dutch registry.
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Atlantic
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Caribbean
South American
Fifty Five French Hostages Executed in Lille
Reports reaching New York say fifty five French hostages were executed by German occupation forces in Lille. The toll of French men ordered killed in reprisal rises to at least seven hundred seventy seven over several months as hostages are shot in retaliation for attacks on German troops in France.
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New York
Lille
France
Ohio Farmers Approve Wheat Program in Referendum
The AAA reports Ohio voters favored the national wheat marketing program 57.6 percent, below the two thirds threshold. Despite the margin, Ohio farmers will keep the program as the quota system received 75 percent favorable in the national vote.
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Ohio
Columbus
AAA
Steel Workers Back Murray in Show of Confidence
The SWOC delegates in Pittsburgh voted to back CIO President Philip Murray, pledging loyalty and condemning any effort to undermine his leadership. They took no action on Roosevelt’s wage stabilization plan, while Murray said the CIO and AFL oppose national wage freezing.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Philip Murray
SWOC
Murray
Roosevelt
AFL
Woman Discovered In Ohio River Near Swan Creek
The nude, decomposed body of an estimated 45 year old white woman was found in the Ohio River near Swan Creek. Gallipolis police held the body for identification with no signs of violence reported.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Swan Creek
Indictment Dismissed In Sister Slaying Case
Kansas City circuit judge Emory H. Wright dismissed an indictment charging George W. Welsh Jr. with the butcher slaying of his 24 year old sister Leila in her bedroom over a year ago.
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Kansas City
Emory H. Wright
George W. Welsh, Jr
Leila
Heroism During Heavy Bombardment Wins DSC
First Lieutenant Robert F. Augur of Portland Oregon receives the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism during a heavy artillery bombardment of Manila Bay island fortresses. He rescued wounded men and extinguished fires under shelling, dashing from shelter to protect comrades and then returning to fight fires. Four more Corregidor soldiers hold Silver Star for brave dash to restore the Stars and Stripes atop the fortifications.
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Washington
War Department
Robert F. Augur
Portland
Ore
Manila Bay
Department
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippines
Augur
Corregidor
Ma‘nila Bay Island
Burma and Port Moresby Fronts See Intensified Japanese Pressure
Japanese forces push toward Chungking and India as Mandalay falls to a wedge drive through Burma. British and Chinese troops retreat toward Bengal while air raids menace Port Moresby and Akyab. Stilwell remains in reserve as Japanese air power threatens New Guinea coast defenses. Corregidor endures artillery and air bombardment.
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Burma
China
India
Yunnan
Bengal
Mandalay
Irrawaddy
Chungking
Rangoon
Monywa
Chindwin
Joseph W. Stilwell
Stilwell
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
All- India Congress Party
Chakravarth Rajagopalachanar
Australia
United Nations
Port Moresby
United States
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomon Islands
Lae
Markham Valley
Nadzab
Douglas MacArthur
Manila Bay
Corregidor
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Greater Empire
Daughters of Revolution
West
Treasury
Roberto Fierro
Gustave Beekman
Steel Workers
By James M. Long
Taunggyi
Lashio
Burma Road
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