Red Armies Launch Huge Offensive At Madagascar
British sea borne commando forces attacked toward the Diego Suarez naval base on Madagascar after a surprise landing at Courier Bay. German and French reports describe 36 hours of combat with French casualties and calls to defend the flag as authorities warned of Axis interference and potential Japanese involvement.
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Madagascar
Diego Suarez
France
Petain
Darlan
Demfeces SL
Wuc
London
Courier Bay
DNB
War Production Board halts civilian use of iron and steel
Washington AP reports General conservation order M-126 directs thousands of plants to stop within 90 days all use of iron and steel for durable goods. The ban affects over 400 common products from bath tubs to pie plates, with exceptions for repairs and hospital equipment. After 90 days only gold or silver may be used for manufacturing.
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Washington
War Production Board
Draftee Kills Self Near Coonville
Earl Bryan a 33 year old resident of Coonville killed himself Monday after despondency over impending army induction. He left home to hunt, was found by his father, and the coroner ruled death by self action. He was unmarried, survived by four brothers and one sister. Funeral set for Thursday at Starr Church with burial at nearby cemetery. Body at Stout Funeral Home in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Earl Bryan
Coonville
Charles Bryan
Frank St. Clair
Hocking County
Everett
Darrell Bryan
Union Furnace
Donald
Mineral
Clifford
Doanville
Lillian Warren
Starr Church
Stout Funeral Home
Mills To Get Half of Tonnage in Junkyards
Edgar J. Arnstine of the Bureau of Industrial Conservation warned that half the tonnage in 1 379 automobile grave yards across Southern Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Tennessee must be moved to mills before month’s end or it will be requisitioned.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Edgar J. Arnstine
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Feminine Embezzler Placed on Probation
Cleveland Miss Louise Dewald former city cemetery commissioner received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation for five years for embezzling 19750 in city funds. She has restored all but about 500.
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Cleveland
Louise Dewald
Public Sale Advertisement Seeks Cash Bidders
Advertisement urges cash bidders to place ads in the Messe or Classified Page claiming exposure to over 45 000 readers as a powerful buyers market.
Defense Against Subs Improving Says Knox
Secretary Knox told a press conference that the defense against submarine attacks is improving daily and that the defenses are being strengthened, though he did not want to boast.
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Knox
LOS Angeles
Auto Traffic Control Given To DDT Head
President Roosevelt issued an executive order transferring full control of rubber borne transportation to the Office of Defense Transportation. Joseph B. Eastman, ODT director, said the move likely aims for tighter policy over automobiles and rubber transportation with possible private car rationing of tires and gasoline.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
ODT
Eastman
Nazis Execute 72 Dutchmen
Berlin radio reports the execution of 72 Dutchmen, cited as having a "mistaken sense of patriotism." The Nazi press says the Dutch were tried for seeking contact with Germany’s enemies and that many executed were Dutch army officers, with the action framed to preserve order in occupied territory.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Netherlands
Hunt for Two Berea Boys Missing in Cleveland Area
Northern Ohio police joined a search for brothers Charles Darnell 13 and Don 10 both from Berea who have not been heard from since Friday as authorities work to locate them.
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HUNT
Cleveland
Northern
Ohio
Berea
Charles Darnell
Don
War Department Plans Army of Six Million Men
The Army aims for a 6,000,000 man strength as Undersecretary Patterson testifies on continuing civilian commissions. He cites current policy as needed to equip a larger force, arguing not all officers must be top men. He notes Sergeant York’s situation and favors flexible commissions within training pathways.
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War Department
Washington
Patterson
House Military Committee
Alvin C. York
Ork
Faddis
D.-Pa
National Guard
Reserve of Training Corps
RAF Bombers Return To Night Raids In Europe War Updates
Allied air forces renewed night attacks across Europe with raids on Skoda works at Pilsen and docks at Nantes. RAF bombers struck Vichy and Stuttgart while German night raiders attacked the English coast. Red Army offensives reported on multiple fronts near Kursk Kharkov and Taganrog with Leningrad under siege pressure.
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Semeon Timoshenko
Red
Ukraine
Kursk
Kharkov
Taganrog
Leningrad
Timoshenko
Sea of Azov
Moscow
Red Army
London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Fuehrer
Russia
Reich
Hitler
von Brauchitsch
Supreme Command
Skoda
Pilsen
Czecho-Slovakia
Vichy
France
Stuttgart
Bosch Electrical Works
Daimler and Benz
RAF
Clermont-Ferrand
Nantes
Holland
Norway
Cowes
Eastbourne
British
Air Ministry
Former Nudist Cited For Draft Evasion
U S S Commissioner B D Nicola bound Harland Glenn Call 30 of Willoughby former nudist camp operator to the federal grand jury after he pleaded innocent to a charge to report to his selective service Call identifies himself as bishop of The Liberal Church Inc
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Cleveland
U. S S
B. D. Nicola Bound
Harland
Glenn Call
Willoughby
Federal Grand Jury
Call
The
Liberal Church, Inc
Fliers Reach Australia After 44 Days in Lifeboat
Twelve airmen reached Australia after 44 days at sea in a lifeboat traveling 1500 miles from Java. Naval authorities call the voyage one of history’s great open boat crossings. D O Corner, weather observer at Canton, studies 10 years of frost records and buys greenhouses for tomatoes to guard against late frost.
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Australia
Melbourne
Java
Canton
D. O. Corner
Corner
Gas Rationing May Spread Across Nation
Deputy petroleum coordinator Ralph K. Davies warned that gasoline shortages could extend beyond the East Coast as oil transportation facilities are redirected to aid eastern states. He noted curtailments affect the East and Pacific Northwest and that East Coast rationing via a card system began May 15. Harold Ickes planned to advise Henderson on needed levels.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
Davies
East
Pacific Northwest
Harold L. Ickes
Leon Henderson
Solons Admit Possible Need For Subsidies
Washington lawmakers considered government subsidies to sustain the frozen price level. Senator George of Georgia said subsidies would be paid to ensure essential production if the March OPA ceiling is kept, targeting manufacturers and processors of canned fruits, clothing, sugar, coal, and related goods.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Confusion in State Trucking Laws Draws War Board Criticism
Donald M. Nelson chairman of the War Production Board urged state officials to remove non essential laws hampering transport of war materials. He cited confusion between state and local regulations limiting truck size cargo and other features of commercial trucking.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Four Democrats to Speak at Victory Dinner in Columbus
Four candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination will speak at the party’s third Victory Dinner in Columbus tonight. Named are State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson former Congressman John McSweeney Clarence H. Kinsley of the Industrial Commission and Frank A. Dye of Columbus.
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Columbus
William E. Donahue
Joseph T. Ferguson
John McSweeney
Clarence H.kinsley
The
Industrial Commission
Frank A. Dye
Social Justice Magazine Ends After Ban Announcement
The weekly Social Justice, banned as seditious, ceases publication. Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, founder six years ago, announced the shutdown in Washington.
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Social Justice
Washington
Charles FE. Coughlin
U S Bombers Attack Japanese Air Base Near Rangoon
U S bombers under Major General Brereton struck Mingaladon Airdrome just north of Rangoon. The raid involved 70 enemy aircraft sightings and dropped 250 and 500 pound bombs causing multiple fires and large explosions. Eight Japanese fighters engaged but did not impede the American raid. two lieutenants led the flights and all bombers returned safely.
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New Delhi
United States
Rangoon
Lewis H. Brereton
Mingaladon Airdrome
Willard A. Fountain
James H. Kennan
War dead list includes four Southeastern Ohioans
Included in the first Navy Department list of war dead are 123 Ohioans among them four residents of Southeastern Ohio. Charles Walters of Chauncey seaman whose parents were notified months ago. James Boring of Radcliffe Clyde F Hoffman of South Bloomingville Joseph B Runyan of McArthur storekeeper.
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Washington
Navy Department
Charles Walters
Seaman
Chauncey
James Boring
Radcliff
Clyde F. Hoffman
South Bloomingville
Joseph B. Runyan
McArthur
Japanese Armada Reported Operating in Bay of Bengal
A Japanese fleet including three battleships five aircraft carriers and several destroyers and cruisers was reported in the Bay of Bengal. German dispatches said British naval and air forces appeared off Diego Suarez and Gov Gen Armand Annet rejected a seven hour ultimatum. The British attack began with a landing around 3 am British Time.
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Bay of Bengal
Diego Suarez
Armand Annet
French Troops Order To Oppose Invasion By British
A German broadcast quoted Vichy official Fernand de Brinon saying French troops on the island had orders to oppose the British invasion. London strategists hailed the Madagascar coup as boosting Allied standing in the Indian Ocean and warned against further Vichy concessions to the Axis.
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Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Island
London
Indian Ocean
U. S
Washington
North Carolina
Vichy
Japan
Nomura
Abe
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
Madagascar
France
Pierre Laval
Tokyo
Britain
Dakar
Africa
British Madagascar Occupation Boosts Allied Morale
War Today columnist notes the Madagascar seizure strengthens Allied morale and signals blunt Washington warning to Laval. The piece argues the move blocks Japanese gains and underpins US backing, with Dakar as a possible next target to control Atlantic shipping lanes.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Madagascar
United States
Pierre Laval
Washington
United Nations
Laval
Primary Elections Held in Four States
Voters in Alabama Florida Indiana and South Dakota cast ballots in primaries selecting candidates for 28 House seats and two Senate seats. The issue focus is domestic policy with little international concern and expected voter interest to dip amid war preoccupations.
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Washington
Alabama
Florida
Indiana
South Dakota
House
Senate
Guerrillas Stage Raids in Jap-Occupied Cities
Chinese guerrillas have carried large scale raids since April 20 on 15 Japanese occupied cities including Shanghai Nanking Hangchow Nanchang Ningpo Wuhu and Amoy. Loyal inside the cities cooperated by throwing bombs starting fires and creating turmoil.
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Chungking
China
Chinese Central News Agency
Shanghai
Nanking
Hangchow
Nanchang
Ningpo
Wuhu
Amoy
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Italy
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Burma
Lashio
Mandalay
Reuters
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Burma-China
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
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Rabaul
New Britain
Port Moresby
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Mindanao
Manila
Manila Bay
Jonathan Wainright
Corregidor Island
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