First Blows By U Boats In That Area
In the Gulf of Mexico the U.S. Navy announced the first appearance of fast U boats in the area along with the loss of two merchant vessels. A medium U.S. freighter and a smaller Honduran ship were torpedoed and shelled, with no deaths. Survivors reported fearful engagements, with one passenger noting the torpedo warning and the sub firing upon the stricken ships.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Eighth Naval District
Gulf
United States
Augusto J. Senna
New Bedford
Mass
Senna
J. L. Splane
Worcester
Marine underwriters lift Gulf cargo war risk gates
New York report notes marine underwriters sharply increased cargo war risk insurance gates covering voyages within the Gulf of Mexico and withdrew from their schedules quotations on tanker shipments, affecting freight costs and routing.
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New York
Marine
Gulf of Mexico
French Fight On in Madagascar Hills
Paris radio reports two resistance centers in Madagascar highlands south of Diego Suarez and that 12 British planes have been shot down in interior fighting. News remains scarce but resistance persists, aided by French forces retreating from Diego Suarez.
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London
Paris
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
Cuban Clash in Sancti Spiritus Sparks Fatalities
In Sancti Spiritus a clash between Communist supporters and followers of former president Ramon Grau San Martin left three dead and at least ten seriously wounded. The report, issued Saturday, details a volatile confrontation amid political tensions in Havana.
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Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Sancti Spiritus
R A F Resumes Heavy Raids on Baltic Coast
London dispatch reports a major RAF bombing raid on Rostock Warnemunde and naval targets in occupied France. Royal Air Force losses included 19 bombers as fleets struck Heinkel works naval yards and a U boat base while Norwich endured Luftwaffe bombing with civilian casualties. An American pilot, J A Lumley, helped a Boston bomber strike a Norwegian ship, with crew uninjured.
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London
INL
Royal Air Force
Rostock
Warnemuende
Navi
France
Calais
Folkestone
Heinkel
Neptune
Baltic
Denmark
Norway
DNB
R.A.F
Boarlin
Norwich
Air Ministry
England
RAF
J. A Lumley
Pittsburgh
Lumley
Boston
Norwegian
Ahagesund
Sip
Hns
Doubt Japan's Shipyards Can Match Losses
Washington observers say Japan faces naval exhaustion from Coral Sea losses though an all out Allied victory hinges on long term shipbuilding limits. Officials note American yards outpace Japanese production, while Japan still boasted a strong fleet and bases from Japan to New Guinea. legislators remain confident in U.S. readiness to defend Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
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Washington
Japan
Coral Sea
Australia
Nippon
Pearl Harbor
New Guinea
America
United States
Alaskan
Pacific Northwest
Reds Report Nazis Using Poison Gas
Tass reported that on May 7 German troops in Crimea used several mines filled with poison gas. A Krasnodar report noted gas affects the respiratory system and disables men. Pravda carried the dispatch amid Friday communiques. Authorities see it as the first formal Soviet claim of gas use and note possible experimental intent.
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Moscow
Tass
Krasnodar
Northern Caucasus
Crimean
Pravda
Soviet Information Bureau
A E F Jams Cable Office to Dispatch Mothers Greetings
Thousands of American soldiers crowded cable offices in Melbourne to send Mother s Day messages home. Communications companies drafted all operators clerks and censors to handle the surge and fear late messages despite early filing.
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Melbourne
Australia
Message to mothers from Major Gen Chaney in London
Major Gen James E Chaney, commander of American forces in the British Isles, sends a Mother's Day message. He notes U.S. troops want mothers and relatives at home to know they are well and ready to play their part in the joint fight. He praises British kindness and fortitude and says their example inspires better work toward a victorious outcome.
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London
James E Chaney
British Isles
United States
Mother’s Day recordings sent to Hawaii unit wives
The mother of every soldier in a Hawaii stationed unit will receive recordings of a Mother’s Day service held at Schofield Barracks. The recordings will include the name of every man in the unit.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Schofield Barracks
U S Steel Ends Feud With Shipyard Union Pact
U S Steel announced a maintenance of membership contract with members of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock. The agreement, reached amid wartime urgency, ends months of dispute that even saw a navy takeover of the yard. The company called the directive unwise, marking a first maintenance of membership accord by a Steel subsidiary.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
C.10
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Navy
War Labor Board
Steel Corporation
Wallace Foresees Japanese Attack on Alaska 1942
Vice president Wallace warned of a possible Japanese assault on Alaska and a German-led Latin American uprising in the summer. He compared Hitler to a wounded fighter rallying remaining forces and said the United States would face a coordinated fifth column effort aided by governments allied with the Axis. He named Laval Quisling and Mussolini as aides and urged vigilance against fascist influence.
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New York
Henri A Wallace
Alaska
Hitler
United States
Wallace
Free World Association
Japan
Dakar
Latin America
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Norway
Quisling
Italy
Mussolini
Laval
May Flowers Bring Drenching Weather For Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area faced scattered showers this afternoon and tonight with cooler conditions expected Sunday forenoon. Temperatures hovered around 65 degrees amid cool winds as Iowa's inter squad football practice in Iowa City continued. By 12:30 pm the thermometer read 66, up 13 degrees from an early low near 8 am. Friday peaked at 72 between 4:30 and 5:30 pm, with 7 pm at 68 and midnight at 55. Early-morning rain totaled .05 inch.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Wage scale agreed for all Hawaii war project workers
Prolonged talks between labor representatives and army and navy officials culminated Saturday in Hawaii with adoption of a standard wage scale for all workers on war projects. The action aligns pay across sites and applies to both construction and maintenance tasks under wartime programs.
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Honolulu
INS
Army
Navy
Hawa
Chinese Cut Line of Jap Spearhead in Burma Push
Chinese forces moving from Taunggyi recaptured Matmyo and established a line 25 miles northeast of Mandalay along the severed Burma rail route to China. Allied high command says the main Japanese supply line has been cut while Japanese counterattacks are being bottled up and facing annihilation. Chinese communiques claim heavy counterattacks northeast of Wanting along the Burma road with 1,000 killed and 400 trapped in Salween gorge. AVG air units reported no enemy air activity despite engaging troops and trucks on Thursday.
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Chungking
Burma
Taunggy
Matmyo
Mandalay
China
Yunnan Province
Yunnan
Wanting
Salween
Thursda
Bombing of Chittagong and Burma Front Developments
British reports say Japanese air raids hit Chittagong near the Karnaphuli river and damaged ships with casualties among civilians while their airmen struck again Saturday morning. Separately the Chindwin valley withdrawal near Mandalay continued as forces retreated to mountains amid dive bombings and air attacks with no contact with land forces.
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New Delhi
India
Chittagong
Karnaphuli
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Burma
Hulls
Assam-Bengal
Chindwin
Mandalay
Indian
Corregidor Fortified by 15 Miles of Tunnels Described
A United Press dispatch from Melbourne details Corregidor's fortress tunnel system in Manila Bay. It describes Malinta tunnel as the nerve center with adjacent quarters for Gen Wainwright and MacArthur staff, the Queens and Navy tunnels, and multiple hard rock galleries housing hospitals, ordnance shops, signal corps, and mine control equipment amid siege conditions.
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tEditor
United Press
Manila Bay
Melbourne
Australia
Corregidor
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Malinta
Douglas MacArthur
Wainwright
Little Island
Navy
Queens
Queens Tunnel
Bataan Peninsula
Signal Corps
Japs Dive From Bombed Carrier as Coral Sea Battle Rages
Allied statements recount a carrier being hit and torpedoed by dive bombers and torpedo planes during the Coral Sea engagement. Up to two thousand Japanese officers and sailors were feared dead or forced into the sea. Australian Prime Minister Curtin praised Allied naval effort and urged Australians to follow the example of the fighting forces as more battles loom.
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Allifd
Australia
Upi Fast Cirect
Coral Sea
United States
Ingis
Pausa
Austrata
John Curtin
Gama Oo
Austria
Churchill Man Wins Commons Election By Lopsided Vote
London report: H WN Linstead a government candidate won the by election by a wide margin, defeating Capt Bernard Acworth an independent by 8,788 to 2,939 in Putney. Churchill intervened in the campaign calling Acworth a defeater while Acworth accused Liberals and Laborites allied with the national government of cynical campaigning for Linstead. Linstead served as a retired naval captain and demanded Churchill quit as prime minister and minister of defense, while Acworth urged negotiated peace with Japan to free Allied strength against Germany.
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London
ULP
H WN Lainstead
House of Commons
Commons
Linstead
Bernard Acworth
Putnew
Churchill
Acworth
Lirstead Acworth
Natal Critain
Japan
Nazis Face German Cardinal Fury Over German Policy
Michael Cardinal Faulhaber, archbishop of Munich, denounced Nazi oppression of the Catholic Church in Germany and warned of a cultural war led by the Hitler regime. The New Year speech, delivered at Munich Cathedral, was published Saturday in Die Nation.
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Bern
Switzerland
Michael Cardinal Faulhaber
Munich
Germany
Die Nation
Battered Enemy Fleet Withdraws From Australian Zone
The Allied communique says Japan likely suffered a naval disaster of first magnitude seen as the enemy pulled back from the six day battle near Australia. It notes lighter Allied losses compared with Japan and hints at remnant invasion forces failing to break Australia’s defenses.
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Douglas
Musala Papcr
Japan
Australias
Australia
U S Survey of Raw Materials Sources Is On
United States launches a special mission to assess raw material sources in Africa and Asia for Allied supply lines. Key figures Colin Wickersham and Price will map mineral potential, with WPB and State Department arranging contracts for needed materials.
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U.S. Survey of Raw Materials
Washington
United States
Axi
Indian Ocean
Sh P
India
Middle East
Sidagmeia Muld Pooh
Dado
Sharpstone
Woeckersham
State Department
Observer Declares Seafight Continues
In New York the UP reports a BBC quote that an Australian naval observer says the Battle of the Coral Sea is continuing with ongoing naval actions and no clear resolution yet known.
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New York
British Broadcasting Company
May Freeze Sale of Soft Lumber
Washington AP reports the War Production Board plans to freeze sales of soft wood construction lumber to private buyers to reserve supplies for the army navy and shipbuilding program.
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Washington
War Production Board
Army
Navy
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Rita Fost
Australis
Imperial Tokin
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Tokio
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