Yanks take main Jap position on Attu and Centaur sunk
The Australian hospital ship Centaur was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Brisbane with 73 crew and 245 medical staff lost. MacArthur condemned the attack as savagery. Burma front actions saw a daring British raid on Maungdaw with casualties on both sides.
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Associated Press
Touk
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Red Cross
Brisbane
Eleanor Savage
Sydney
Deite
Burma
Maungdaw
Enly
Maung- W
Akyab
Imperial Tokyo
Indo-Burma
Iron
Nazi War Plants Flooded During Allied Raids
Allied daylight raids and night attacks flood German industry as dams are destroyed in the Ruhr and Weser valleys. Flooding cripples power plants and transport while Duisburg and Dortmund face inundation and rising casualties. The raid force also strikes Bordeaux Lorient Keroman and Calais as RAF and US bombers push toward the continent. The Windsor couple arrives in Washington for an overnight stay at the British embassy.
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France
Belgium
Calais
Bordeaux
Lorient
Keroman
French
Hitler
Europe
Alghero
Sardinia
Aegean Sea
Greece
RAF
Ruhr
Weser
Morocco
Duisburg
Mohne
Dortmund
Berlin
U. S
Marine Flier Receives Medal From President
Captain Seh Foss, US Marine Reserve, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by the president for extraordinary heroism at Guadalcanal. Foss, 28, from South Dakota, shot down a record 26 Japanese planes as executive officer of a marine fighting squadron.
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Washington
Seh Foss
United States Marine
US Reserve
West
South Dakota
Guadalcanal
Oregon to Celebrate North Africa Victory
Oregon plans war celebration activities tomorrow for the Tunisian victory Armistice of 1918. Portland shops will close mid day as church bells and sirens mark the event with parades and curbstone shows and evening dances.
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Steaday
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Dutch Strikers Face Death Penalty Decree
London dispatch reports a Dutch decree by Arthur Seyss-Inquart declares strikes or slowdowns in occupied Holland punishable by death. The law applies even without martial law and targets labor actions affecting production and public order.
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London
Aneta
Netheritt
Arthur Seye-Inquart
Holland
Republicans Move to Pass Skip Year Tax Plan Over Roosevelt Veto
In Washington Republicans push the Senate approved skip a year income tax bill to the White House despite a Roosevelt veto threat. President Roosevelt calls the plan highly inadequate and opposed to canceling a year's tax burden for upper income groups during wartime. House leaders and opponents foresee final enactment today with unlikely defeat after previous near miss.
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Washington
White House
Tucu Piromucavuasivu
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Gearhart
California
Clare Booth Luce
Connecticut
Japan First Plea Voiced By Senators
Senator Chandler urges that Germany be defeated first to ensure Britain and Russia aid in beating Japan, amid a Capitol Hill clash over shifting U S military focus to the Pacific. The President told Stalin of progress on both fronts and expressed hope Allied forces will strike Japan in Asia soon.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Capitol Hill
Senate
Pacific
Chandler
D.-Ky
Germany
Britain
Russia
Retribution Promised Hitler Tojo by Knox
Navy Secretary Frank Knox vowed that Hitler and Tojo would face strict accounting for their crimes. He told the Massachusetts Committee of the Conference of Christians and Jews that a long record of their brutal acts in Europe and Asia has been kept.
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Boston
Hitler
Tojo
Navy
Frank Knox
Europe
Asia
Knox
Massachusetts
The
Conference of Christians and Jews
Indiana Floods Ravage Central and North Regions
One of the worst floods since 1913 swept Central and Northern Indiana with at least four deaths. Over 500 families were forced from their homes in Marion Frankfort Wabash and Indianapolis as the Wabash River reached nine feet above flood stage and continued rising. Officials warned of rapid stream increases and further flood dangers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Marion
Frankfort
Wabash
West Fork
White River
Food Points Not To Change In May
The Office of Price Administration said May point values for processed foods will stay the same. It noted the program has settled to an even keel, making mid month changes unnecessary after March and April adjustments.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
5 000 Casualties Among Yanks in North Africa
The Associated Press reports American casualties in the Tunisian campaign are estimated at about 5,000 over the last four weeks, adding to more than 80,000 listed in 17 months of fighting. Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard total casualties reach 23,955, with 7,218 killed, 4,683 wounded, 12,054 missing. Army losses through May 7 total 56,942, including 6,076 killed and 14,244 prisoners. Attlee states Axis losses in Africa and the Middle East nearly triple Britain’s since 1940, with British Empire losses around 220,000. German casualties 1,? and Italian 400,000.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Philippines
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Africa
Middle East
Britain
Italy
Attlee
Calls Fail to Win Quick Marriage for Soldier
Private Marvin Rubin made 140 phone calls in 11 hours pleading for Beatrice Brown to marry him now. Brown, engaged two months earlier with plans to wed after the war, remained unavailable as the mother noted Rubin hoped to overwhelm parental objections with constant calls.
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New York
Marvin Rubin
Beatrice Brown
Miss Brown
Benjamin Brown
Rubin
British Raids Over Germany Create Panic
The Soviet Information Bureau said repeated British air raids on German industrial centers are causing great losses and panic among the population. Evidence cited includes letters from German soldiers on the Russian front and a Berlin resident describing widespread fires after a raid and prolonged firefighting efforts.
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London
Soviet Information Bureau
Germany
Berlin
New Chemical Makes U. S. Bombers Safer
Pittsburgh report states a secret chemical develops to raise bomber safety by allowing extended high altitude flight. The discovery at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co claims a chemical ingredient increases the life of carbon brushes for airplane generators by about fiftyfold.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Churchill to Speak in House Wednesday
Winston Churchill will address a joint session of Congress in the House chamber around 12 30 p m Eastern War Time. British sources say he will speak from notes for about 20 minutes, as in his December 26 1941 address.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Congress
House
Toledo Boys Share Found Money After Police Turnover
Six eager boys aged 12 to 14 found three hundred dollars and turned it to police on March 14. After 60 days with no claim, Toledo authorities divided the money among the youths.
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Toledo
Fast Time For Summer Time Proposed In Ohio Senate
Ohio Senate considerations center on restoring Eastern War Time during summer months. A House survey shows seven supporters versus 58 against, delaying introduction. Mechem plans a fast time period April to October, while rural blocs oppose changing the system.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
House of Representatives
Willis S Cory
Seneca County
Dayton
Senate
House
Stanley Mechem
Athens
William H. McCulloch
Gary
Mechem
Knox Says Submarine Situation Is Improving
Navy Secretary Frank Knox said the submarine war outlook for the United Nations is improving with ups and downs. He warned the Navy has not yet peaked and that by end of 1943 there will be about twice as many ships in use as at end of 1942.
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Boston
Navy
Frank Knox
United Nations
Jenkins Named Chief of Ohio Unemployment Bureau
Governor Bricker announced the appointment of Hugh S. Jenkins as administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation to replace Herschel C. Atkinson who resigned for a railroad position. In Port Clinton Port Clinton Ohio the National Housing Agency approved a project to build 200 publicly financed family units for war workers.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Hugh S. Jenkins
State Board of Tax Appeals
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Jenkins
BUC
Herschel C. Atkinson
Northeastern Ohio Railroad Company
Washington
Port Clinton
National Housing Agency
Youngest Service Mother Nora St. John Highlighted
Houston mother Nora L. St. John 29 is profiled as the nation’s youngest service mother. Her son, Pvt. James Curtiss Simmons, 19, is stationed in San Diego California.
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Nora L. St. John
Houston
Tex
Pvt
James Curtiss Simmons
San Diego
Calif
Nazis Vow Not to Desert Italians Amid War Strain
London reports Germany formally reassured Italy that the southern front would be defended jointly. Berlin cited in Bern dispatches as pledging solidarity, amid press claims Rome may be abandoned. Italian outlets retaliate with anti British propaganda while Greek reprisals rise in Macedonia.
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London
Germany
Italy
Bern
Deutsche Diplomatische Korrespondenz
Hitler
Rome
Macedonia
Algiers
Miners Will Stay on Job
Washington reports the soft coal strike was averted as John L. Lewis, UMW president, urged miners to continue under the retroactive extension until midnight May 31. The dispute's settlement authority remained unnamed.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ickes
Tne
Award Contract for Airport at Zanesville
Award of a 1 047 228 dollar contract for construction of a new airport at Zanesville Ohio has been granted to N FE Daugherty Construction Co Bloomington Indiana per the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Chicago
Zanesville
N. FE. Daugherty Construction Co
Bloomington
Ind
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Drafting of Previously Deterred Men May Postpone Induction of Fathers
War Manpower Commission filed replacement schedules aiming to draft about 3 million workers in essential industries. Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey testified before the Senate Military Committee that many 4-F cases would be drafted to meet armed forces needs. He warned halting father inductions in non-defense jobs would hasten a general father induction.
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War Manpower Commission
Senate Military Committee
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
War and Navy Departments
Reynolds
D.-N.c
Senate
Paul V. McNutt
Attu Ridge Capture Signals End of Aleutian Campaign
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced American forces captured a ridge on Attu Island, a key Japanese defense position, as troops closed in from two beachheads. He said casualties were lighter than expected and that mopping up would follow as air and sea support intensifies. General Chiang Kai-shek praised the Christian Church in China and the abolition of unequal treaties.
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Washington
Attu Island
Knox
United States
Aleutians
Attu
U. S
Navy
Holtz Bay
Chichagof Harbor
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Christian Church
China
Davies in Russia Bearing Roosevelt Message to Stalin
Diplomatic sources say Joseph E. Davies former U S ambassador to Russia arrived in Kuibyshev with a message from President Roosevelt for Premier Stalin.
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