Allies pound German ports in nonstop air offensive
Allied air forces struck Germany and occupied territories in a sustained raid plan. British bombers hit Duisburg and targets along the Ruhr. American and British aircraft attacked Meault St Omer and coastal zones. RAF missions damaged Dortmund and Duisburg, with heavy losses to bombers. Russian bombers hit Warsaw, while London faced a German raid near dawn.
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Annorakia
Ruhr
Germany
Jeading
Duisburg
Meault
St. Omer
Dortmund
Channel
French
Calais
Dunkerque
Czechoslovakia
Skoda
Pilsen
Stettin
Rostock
Air Ministry
France
Boulogne
England
Air and Home Security
Europe
Warsaw
Poland
London
Iow
RAF
Abbeville
Cherbourg
Stockholm
Army Engineers Reinforce Levees in Arkansas Flood Battle
Army engineers joined flood-wise residents along the lower Arkansas River Valley to reinforce earthen levees guarding river communities and hundreds of thousands of acres of cotton and crops as the Surly stream unleashed the greatest flood in its history across the region.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas River
Troops on French Island Reported by Paris Radio
London dispatch says a Paris radio reported American troops landed on Saint Lucia, 25 miles south of Martinique. No independent confirmation from Allied sources. The claim notes Saint Lucia is under debate and may carry no immediate strategic significance.
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London
Paris
Saint Lucia
Martinique
Desperation Drive by Nazis In Russia Predicted
Washington reports say qualified authorities foresee a desperate German thrust at Russia to offset losses in Africa. Roosevelt and Churchill discuss strategy in a third day of talks. No public details released. Churchill to speak in England and next Wednesday to address Congress.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Africa
Roosevelt
Churchill
England
Congress
First Ration Is Pint a Person in Ohio Plan
Ohio Liquor Director Don Fisher announced the first ration of liquor will be one pint per person for a two week start on June 1. Registrations indicate about 1,350,000 people will qualify for the initial ration period. Retail stocks exceed earlier expectations with daily distillery deliveries planned. May commitments total around 200,000 cases as in prior months.
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Columbus
Don Fisher
Fisher
High School Senior Killed in Accident
Marietta reports Nelson Rummer an 18 year old Lowell High School senior died last night when his car left the road near his Coal Run home on the way back from a senior class party He was slated to graduate May 20.
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Marietta
Nelson Rummer
Lowell
Burns Suffered Fire Fatal to Anna Mae Rhoden
A kitchen blaze caused by a can of kerosene tossed during burning led to the death of eight year old Anna Mae Rhoden, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Rhoden in Portsmouth. The incident left the family grieving and investigators seeking details.
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Portsmouth
Anna Mae Rhoden
Jack Rhoden
European Revolt Rumors Signal Potential Allied Invasion Shifts
The piece suggests Europe may rise against German occupation and notes the crucial cross-Channel invasion as potentially decisive. It discusses how uprisings could force rapid Allied action, while British and American bombing continues to weaken Germany as a prelude to a major invasion.
Roosevelt Says Axis Prisoners Likely Brought to U S
President Roosevelt indicated a large number of Axis prisoners captured in Tunisia would likely be brought to the United States though plans are not yet final. He suggested Italian prisoners might be used for farm work and emphasized resolving transport, feeding, and security issues before any relocation. He cautioned against treating prisoners as ballast and noted possible safety considerations in separating Italian and German prisoners.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tunisia
United States
Africa
Tax Abatement Battle Nears Senate Floor
Senate rejection 55 to 21 of an amendment to credit current payments and tax 1942 income in 16 semi annual installments from March 15. Showdown looms as new back-tax plan seeks full year's tax in 10 semi annual installments beginning next March 15. Also notes House bill on reciprocal trade powers and War Manpower Commission byzan.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Commission
Aid to China Is Promised By Churchill
Churchill told Chiang Kai shek that the day will come when the United Nations will drive the Japanese from China. The note followed Chiang’s congratulations on Allied victory in Africa. The exchange signals new, massive blows at Japan may be planned in wartime strategy talks with Roosevelt. Eisenhower meanwhile pledged that Allied forces will keep pounding until Hitlerism is exterminated.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai- Shek
United Nations
China
Africa
Roosevelt
Japan
Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North
Joint Staff College Is Planned for Services
Secretary Stimson announced a joint army and navy staff college to foster closer coordination among the Army Air and Navy high commands. He also urged raising the WAAC strength by 500,000, noting broad requests across services after WAACs proved their devotion and capable work.
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Washington
Army
War Stimson
Army and Navy Staff College
Stimson
Expect Dispute Over Judges Pension Bill in Ohio
The judges pension bill becomes a hot political issue as the Ohio Legislature nears a Monday vote on a motion to reconsider the measure passed Wednesday. Officials say the bill would require a reserve fund costing about $50,000 for the state and $375,000 to $500,000 for cities and counties in the first year.
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Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
Ickes Warns Coal Rationing May Be Hard to Avoid
Washington reports that Solids Fuel Administrator Ickes told Congress rationing of soft coal may be unavoidable next year due to manpower shortages and other production deterrents, a point he made in a letter to the Congressional Record via Senator Guyffey of Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Congress
Ickes
Congressional Record
Guffey
D-Pa
To Seek More Winter Wheat
Washington reports War Food Administrator Chester C. Davis plans to ask farmers for a sharp rise in winter acreages next farl to meet anticipated European needs in 1944. Grain experts expect at least a 26 percent increase from this year's 52,000,000 acres. Davis cautions cautious wheat allocation for livestock feed amid possible Allied invasion and higher demand for food for freed peoples.
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Washington
United States
Europe
War Food Administration
Chester C. Davis
Agricultural Department
Davis
Free Worship Right at Stake In Test Suit
Mount Vernon church seeks to bar 16 members from Vine Street Church of Christ alleging disruption of services. Common Pleas Judge Hayden refused temporary injunction citing free worship rights and set a five week hearing for a permanent injunction. Attorney C. B. McClintock said the case could go to the highest courts.
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Mount Vernon
Vine Street
Church of Christ
C. B. McClintock
Canton
Church Board
Common Pleas
Charles D. Hayden
McClintock
Henry C. Mayhew
Allies Lose 770 Planes To 2,000 for Enemy
Washington report details Allied air forces in North Africa destroying about 2,000 Axis planes while losing around 770 from the landings in French North Africa to the collapse of Axis resistance, marking a six months and three days span. The War Department credits the Allied air team under Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder.
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Washington
North Africa
French North Africa
War Department
Arthur W. Tedder
Soap and cleanser prices standardized by OPA
The Office of Price Administration standardized prices for soaps washing powders and cleansers today. OPA said the new prices average the same as current levels. Previously each store could set charges as it wished in March 1942.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Navy Dept Announces Invasion of Attu Island
United States forces landed on Japanese held Attu Island in the Aleutians Tuesday and are in battle with enemy troops. Navy spokesmen gave no further details while Japanese radio claimed the landing began Wednesday and fierce fighting continued.
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Navy Department
Aleutians
United States
Attu Island
Tokyo Radio
Imperial
Washington
CMN
Russell Islands
Solomon Group
Navy
Federal Communications Commission
Atsuta Island
Attu
Atsuta
Nagoya
Japan
Kiska
Attu Island Key To U S Aleutian Weather Strategy
The piece notes Attu 1 778 miles from Tokyo and 600 miles west of Dutch Harbor, with Attu’s weather station crucial to air and sea operations in the Aleutians. It describes U S aims to seize Attu and encircle Kiska, leveraging Amchitka base as a staging point for further bombardment and potential moves toward Japan.
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Attu
Tokyo
U. S
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Japan
Kurile Islands
Kiska
Aleutians
United States
Attu Island
U.S
Amchitka Island
Andreanos
Allied pressure mounts in Tunisia and Sicily campaign
Allied forces launched a softening offensive across the Mediterranean after Tunisia's campaign. Pantelleria was bombarded by warships while Augusta Sicily harbor was pounded by Liberator bombers and naval guns. Other raids hit Cagliari Naples and Pantelleria’s coast remained under tight blockade as Axis defenses offered minimal retaliation. Meanwhile the Red Army advanced near Novorossisk despite German counterattacks.
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Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pantelleria
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Augusta
Sicily
Cagliari
Sardinia
Naples
Italy
Sicilian
George Tucker
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Fathers May Be Drafted As War Dept Extends Furloughs
The White House and Congress clash over drafting fathers as Allied offensives loom. The Army lengthens new inductee furloughs from seven to 14 days with plans to reach three weeks by September 1, signaling a likely large scale induction of fathers. Senator Wheeler backs an exemption change while hearings begin with War Department officials. Director Hershey warned of drafting fathers by August 1 to meet a demand for 2.5 million more troops this year under a House bill shifting quotas and prioritizing single men with no dependents first.
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Tion
War Department
Wheeler
D-Mont
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House
Rep. Kilday
D-Tex
Clothing Rationing Eyed By War Production Chief
Washington reports war production chief Donald M. Nelson warned Congress that clothing and textiles rationing in the United States is imminent unless industry leaders mobilize all resources. Nelson testified on a deficiency bill before the House Appropriations Committee, saying rationing might be avoidable but many disagree.
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Washington
Congress
Donald M. Nelson
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Nelson
WPB
Furlough Dates Set for New Inductees in Four States
Fifth Service Command announces a 4 day furlough for new inductees starting June 1 in Ohio and June 15 in Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia. Senator Reynolds moves to press hearings on the Kilday bill seeking a 1943 exemption for fathers, signaling a congressional fight over the measure.
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Columbus
Fifth Service Command
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Committee
Apology to Lewis Riles Legion Chief
The Pennsylvania legion post apologized to John L. Lewis after a denunciation by Roane Waring. Waring demanded the post’s ouster or his resignation as national commander at the Florida state convention. He backed unionism aimed at honest patriotic citizens, not the kind led by Lewis.
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Fla
Pennsylvania Legion Post
John L. Lewis
Roane Waring
American Legion
Florida
Pennsylvania Post
South Fork
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Waring
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