U S Forces Gain Ground In Attu Push
American troops push along ice bound ridges and snow fields in the Attu campaign as Navy Secretary Knox calls the assault very satisfactorily underway. Analysts foresee continued joint army navy air offensives across the Pacific with Attu serving as a base for possible strikes on Tokyo and as a stepping stone toward the Kurile islands.
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Washington
Attu Island
Aleutians
Knox
Japan
Pacific
Attu
Kiska
United States
Amchitka
Tokio
Kurile Islands
Japanese possibly admit Attu loss amid fierce fighting
London dispatch via Radio Berlin quotes military circles saying Attu fighting is very fierce. It also notes former war minister General Sadao Araki told reporters that home front morale strengthens through occasional reverses.
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London
Attu
Tokio
Radio
Berlin
Baron Sadao Araki
OPA asks large firms hold meat prices below ceilings
The Office of Price Administration urged top retail distributors to keep beef veal lamb and mutton prices at least 10 percent below new ceilings, as a temporary measure while discussions may set a special pricing class for large-volume outlets. Affected stores include Atlantic and Pacific Tea Safeway Kroger and others.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Safeway
Kroger
First National
American
National Tea Company
Colonial
Nazis Stage Sharp Attack on Leningrad
Russian lines repelled a heavy German assault described as eight waves in one day. Red Star reports Germans breached fortifications briefly before Soviet reinforcements contained the attack. Along the Kuban front, the Red Army pressed bombardments on Novorossisk while rail targets and industrial plants endured heavy shelling. The air war raged with night bombing of junctions as material flow to front lines faced interruptions.
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Leningrad
Red Star
Kuban
Red
Novorossisk
Bryansk
Orel
Allied air force downs 16 Japanese aircraft at Oro Bay
Allied fighters broke up a renewed Japanese air raid on Oro Bay near Buna. They claimed 16 enemy aircraft shot down and probably 22 more of a 45-aircraft raiding force with minimal Allied losses. Kittyhawks and Lightnings claimed seven of 20 bombers and nine of 25 escorting fighters. Beaufighters and B 25s also struck Gasmata base, destroying the runway and jetty.
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MacArthur
Australia
Oro Bay
New Guinea
Milne Bay
Buna
Waring Defied By Legion Post in Pennsylvania
South Fork American Legion post in Johnstown Pa vows to resist removal after defending John Lewis UMW president and apologizing for Roane Waring condemnation. National Commander Waring threatened resignation if the post remained. adjutant Nedelander says the post will fight to stay.
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Johnstown
Roane Waring
American Legion
South Fork
Legion
John St. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Waring
Lewis
Florida State Legion
Joseph Nedelander
South Fork Post
Pay-as-Go Bill Wins in Senate Vote
The Senate passed a pay-as-you-go tax bill by a 49 to 30 vote, with Sen. Gillette supporting and Sen. Wilson not voting. The measure would withhold 20 percent from pay and aim to forgive most 1942 and 1943 taxes, pending House action.
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Senate
Washington
Sen
Gillette
D-Ia
Wilson
R-la
House
Finance Committee
Walter F. George
D-Ga
George
Lieut Lyman Killed in Action in Asia
Cedar Rapids reports Lieut John B. Lyman son of Mr and Mrs L P Lyman was killed in action in the Asiatic area on May 8 after earlier being listed missing since May 8 He attended Franklin high school Western Military academy Alton Jr and Coe college and served in the air corps enlisting August 20 1941 receiving a lieutenant’s commission in March 1942 Surviving are his parents and two brothers, Hubert George and L P Jr
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Cedar Rapids
John B. Lyman
L. P. Lyman
First Avenue
Asiatic Area
Lyman
Franklin High School
Western Military Academy
Alton, Jr
Coe College
Air Corps
Hubert George
Oregonian Replaces Cowles in OWI Job
Washington AP reports Palmer Hoyt publisher of the Morning Oregonian Portland will become domestic director of the Office of War Information succeeding Gardner Cowles Jr. Hoyt takes over around June 20 after six months leave. Cowles returns to Des Moines Iowa and continues roles with the Register and Tribune Look magazine and other media interests. He may join Wendell Willkie if nominated and traveled with Willkie on a world tour.
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Washington
Palmer Hoyt
The
Mornin
Oregonian
Portland
Office of War Information
Gardner Cowles, Jr
OWI
Elmer Davis
Hoyt
Cowles
Des Moines
Register and Tribune
Look Magazine
Minneapolis Star-Journal
Iowa Broadcasting Company
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Greek Miss Universe 1930 divorces in Reno
Mrs Aliki Deplaraki Weiller the former Miss Universe of 1930 representing Greece obtained a default divorce from Paul Weiller a French aircraft manufacturer in Reno Nevada. The case proceeded without contest and the decree granted the dissolution of marriage.
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Reno, Nev
Aliki Deplaraki Weiller
Greece
Paul Weiller
Elks Establish Five Thousand Dollar Postwar Fund
Cedar Rapids Elks lodge 251 created a $5,000 rehabilitation fund for service members returning to civilian life after the war. Gov. Bourke B. Hick en looper and Leo J. Custer proposed the idea, with a committee named to administer the fund.
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United States
Cedar Rapids
Elks Lodge No
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Leo J. Custer
Lodge
Board of Trustees
Willard J. Chadima
Custer
Robert Vesely
John Reid
Fred Niesz
Giles Joyce
David Bleakley
Bob Vlach
Chadima
James R. Nicholson
Elks National War Commission
New York
Nicholson
Order of Elks
Allies Capture 525 Axis Planes in Tunisia Drive
Allied HQ in North Africa reports 525 Axis planes captured in Tunisia with 250 near El Aouina 90 by Bizerte and Sidi Ahmed and 180 on Cap Bon. Med route reopened. Luftwaffe morale dropping. Simultaneous raids hit Civitavecchia Olbia and targets in Sardinia Messina and Pantelleria. Two Allied planes lost. 490 prisoners including a German general.
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Allied
North Africa
Arthur Tedder
Mediterranean Sea
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Hun
Luftwaffe
el Aouina
Bizerte
Sidi Ahmed
Cap Bon Peninsula
Olbia
Sardinia
Alghero
Porto Torres
Europe
R.A.F. Wellingtons
Cagliari
RAF
Messina
Sicily
Cairo
Pantelleria
Cap Bon
Three Month Extension of Coal Act Passed by House
Washington AP reports the House approved a three month extension of the bituminous coal act beyond May 23 by unanimous consent to study a two year renewal. The act creates machinery to set a minimum soft coal price to curb destructive price cutting and stabilize the industry.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hitler timetable in Tunisia ends as Allied tactics shine
Edward W Beattie describes how Allied supply work and tactics broke the Axis hold in Tunisia. He credits British and American staffs with moving 17 000 tons of supplies weekly and forcing German lines to collapse at Tunis and Bizerte, despite Nazi propaganda.
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Edward W. Beattie
Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Tunisia
Tunis
Bizerte
Hitler
Massicault
St. Cyprien
G Men Arrest 552 on Draft Law Charges
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said 552 men were arrested in 20 cities Friday on draft law charges. New York City saw 137 arrests and San Francisco 81 with all cases stemming from delinquencies or failure to report for examinations. Hoover noted no mass raids and urged vigilance with draft boards. He reported over 200,000 investigations and 4,002 willful violators convicted since October 1940.
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Hoover
Third Linn County death by own action reported
The third Linn County death by own action in four days was recorded by County Coroner R. Munden. Joe F. Serbousek, 51, of 1426 M Street SW, hanged himself about 2 a.m. Saturday using a clothesline. His wife found the body at 3:50 a.m. after going to the room to close windows during rain. Serbousek had suffered a recent heart attack and poor health. He was born in Johnson County May 27, 1891, lived on a farm there until 1929, then moved to Cedar Rapids. Surviving are his wife Alice four daughters two grandchildren three sisters and a brother. The body is at Kuba funeral home. Charles D. Melloy, 50, of 2039 Park Avenue SE, a railway mail clerk, died at 9 a.m. Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the heart, according to Deputy Coroner F. W. Mulsow. Melloy had been despondent about his health since early in the year. His report was not yet formal.
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R. Munden
Munden
Joe F. Serbousek
Serbousek
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids
Penick and
Ford
Alice
Ray Crosby
Coggan
Elmer Smith
Richard Randall
Norman
Okla
LaVerge
Joseph Lopata
Swisher
Will Shupitar
North Liberty
Sylvia Lopata
Fairanne William
Rey Charles Serbousek
Kuba Funeral Home
Charles D. Melloy
Park Avenue SE
F. W. Mulsow
Linn
Mulsow
R. E. Munden
The
Gazette
Mulson
Melloy
Liewense
Kaiser Brings First Steel From New Open Furnace
Henry J. Kaiser spoke to reporters in Fontana as the first steel flowed from the initial open furnace. The moment arrived with a shout from offstage and a roar as the metal poured, signaling the start of a major steel project.
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Fontana
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser
Massive American Bomber Raid Strikes Emden and Kiel
U S heavy bombers attacked Emden harbor and Kiel with incendiaries in a large daylight raid. Losses included 11 bombers and four fighters. diversions and fighter sweeps supported the operations across Belgium the Netherlands and Germany.
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London
Germany
Emden
Son of Darlan Is At Warm Springs
Alain Darlan son of the late Admiral Jean Darlan of France is in the Warm Springs foundation hospital for treatment of a severe case of infantile paralysis.
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Darlan
Warm Springs
Warm Springs, Ga
Alain Darlan
Jean Darlan
France
Warm Springs Foundation Hospital
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