Yanks Take Three Positions On Mateur Road Planes Deal
Allied forces advance on the north Tunisian front capturing Talient hill near Mateur and advancing toward the road from Bizerte to Mateur. Allied aircraft sunk two destroyers and three other ships and destroyed five Axis air transports while downing 18 enemy planes in a Friday air battle. The British First and Eighth Armies report heavy fighting with some local gains and delaying resistance as they push toward Tunis.
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North Africa
Talient Hill
Mateur
United States
Tahent Hill
Hill 609
Lake Achket
Bizerte
Tebourba
First Army
Djebel Bou Aaukaz
Medjez el Bab
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Cagliari
Tunis
Lyons
Tunisian
West Central
Medjez
Cairo
Messina
Tunisia
United States Army
Second Corps
Hiram Johnson's Condition Worse
Senate Republican Leader McNary said Sen. Hiram Johnson's condition had taken a serious turn for the worse at Naval Medical Center Bethesda where he has been ill for several days.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Hiram Johnson
Minority Split Over Democrats Tax Plan Faces Senate Review
Nine Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee attack the administration pay-as-you-go proposal calling it a political pressure tactic and a loan shark plan. Democrats defend the 50 percent relief while criticizing the Carlson-Ruml forgiveness features as unfair.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Likely Cost Of Ellis Course Season Passes
City officials discussed season passes for Ellis park golf course at 7.50 with Burgus Stefan and Miller set to report to the council. Course opens Sunday with 18 holes 45 cents and nine holes 25 cents. weekday rates are 35 cents for 18 holes and 25 cents for nine holes.
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Ellis Course
Cedar Mapies
Ellis Park
L. D. Burgus
Ed Stefan
Walter Miller
Stefan
U. S. Torpedo Boats Join Tunisian Fight
United States torpedo boats have joined Royal Navy forces in the Mediterranean to harass Axis convoys to Africa. The American boats and British torpedo craft patrol the Sicilian Narrows and approaches to Tunis and Bizerte nightly, targeting small convoys supplying German and Italian troops in Tunisia.
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Mediterranean
United States
Royal Navy
Africa
Sicilian
Tunis
Bizerte
Germany
Italy
Nazi Reports Of Allied Ship Move Stir Speculation
Berlin radio claimed a huge Allied armada moved east through the Straits of Gibraltar though unconfirmed. The report suggested possible aims including Tunisian front action, cutting off Axis escape from North Africa, or targeting Sicily and Sardinia with notes of ships Rodney Malaya Renown Furious Illustrious and Argus.
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Berlin
Straits of Gibraltar
Gulf of Tunis
Sicily
Sardinia
la Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Rodney
Malaya
Renown
Furious
Ilustrious
Argus
Mediterranean
French
Morocco
Anderson to Speak To Knox Graduates
Dr. Charles A. Anderson president of Coe College will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Knox College Galesburg on June 13 during the ninety eighth annual commencement activities. Governor John W Bricker of Ohio will speak on June 14 announced Knox College officials Saturday.
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Cedar Rapid News
Charles A. Anderson
Coe College
Knox College
Galesburg
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Brooke Named Premier of Northern Ireland
Sir Basil Brooke was appointed prime minister of Northern Ireland by the Duke of Abercorn, governor, on Saturday in Belfast.
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Brooke New
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Basil Brooke
Duke of Abercorn
Raid on Essen Keeps German War Plants In Focus
London reports the RAF heavily bombed Essen in the Ruhr on Friday night targeting Krupp works. Thirteen British bombers did not return, with prior raids in April and January noting escalating losses. German claims of civilian casualties and five RAF shot down are noted, while Allied aircrews face rising but manageable losses amid heavier bombloads.
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London
INL
Essen
Krupp Armaments Works
Royal Air Force
Germany
Ruhr
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Man Arrested in Betty Letter Scheme at Post Office
A 53 year old man was arrested at the central post office delivery window in Johnstown after two years of writing to men in the service under the name Betty. He admitted trying to give the boys a thrill and was charged with disorderly conduct.
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Johnstown
Betty
Frank M. Sehranko
U S Pacific Submarine Campaign Aims East of Australia
Gen. Douglas MacArthur disclosed a Japanese submarine offensive in waters east of Australia as Allied forces report earlier Japanese setbacks. The communiqué notes two transports sunk in late April, while Allied air power continues to harass Japanese positions from New Guinea to the Solomons and beyond along the shipping lifeline toward Hawaii.
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MacArthur
Australia
Japan
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Tokio Radio
Southwest
Pacific
Atlantic
New Guinea
Solomons
Coral Sea
New Zealand
Hawaii
Mubo
Lae
New Ireland
New Britain
Staffenstrait
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
British Subs Sink Ten Axis Vessels in Mediterranean
Ten enemy ships were sunk by British submarines in the Mediterranean, the Admiralty announced. A large tanker torpedoed near Marseille Island while westbound to Tunis, escorted by many surface ships and aircraft, plus another tanker sunk off Italy, and a large ammunition ship blown up between Italy and Corsica. Additional sinkings occurred off Corsica’s east coast, northwest Sicily, and near Tunisia’s northern tip. One vessel had earlier been damaged by air attack.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Marittime
Tunis
Italy
Monte Cristo
Corsica
Sicily
Tunisia
Stalin Rejects Separate Peace and Foresees Allied Second Front
Stalin in a May Day address rejected any separate peace with Axis powers and hailed Allied air and ground blows. He said the eastern Red Army and western Allied forces now form a joint front and that only total defeat and unconditional surrender can bring peace to Europe.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Russia
Tunisia
Europe
F¢R
Stalin
Germany
United States
Britain
Red Army
Beverley Navy Destroyer Lost After Transfer
The H.M.S Beverley formerly the American destroyer Branch has been lost. The Branch was a 1190 ton destroyer launched in 1919 and handed to Britain by the United States in 1940.
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London
Brown Orders General Rollback of Out of Hand Prices
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown announced a four point program to extend controls to all major goods, roll back inflated prices, set fixed food prices, and prosecute profiteers. He argued wages now exceed living costs while miners gain content from higher pay, urging public support to preserve industrial peace.
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Brown
Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ickes Directed to Take Over Struck Coal Pits
President Roosevelt orders Interior Secretary Ickes to seize coal mines affected by strikes or threats and to organize operation for war needs. He directs protection for resuming workers and may call on the Army for support, with War Department coordination and regional Army protection as needed. Davis denounces John L. Lewis in radio address over wartime strike impact.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interior Ickes
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Army
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Stimson
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Tunisia
John. L. Lewis
Davis
North Africa
Pacific
Asia
America
Tokio
John Lewis
War Labor Board
Labor Board
Congress
White House
Bellaire
Ohio
Adolph Pacifico
District 6
UMW
Mr. Roosevelt
New York City
Federal
Bituminous Coal Division
David Mc Coach
Army Engineers
War Department
McCoach
Cox
Axis Radio Portrays U S Strike Amid North Africa Coverage
Axis radio stations broadcast in multiple languages claiming the United States coal strike shows Americans oppose Roosevelt and his administration. Stars and Stripes and Allied stations in the area made no mention of the walkout.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Axis
United States
United States Army
Stars and Stripes
Allied
Roosevelt
Chinese Consul Calls U S Behind in War for Democracy
In Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Chinese consul general at Chicago Dr Chen says China leads in the war for democracy while the United States lags. He claims China has five million soldiers at the front five million in reserve and tens of millions in training and urges pooling resources with the U S.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
China
United States
Chen
Chicago
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