Hitler Counter Invasion Plan Smashed by African Fall
Allied reports say Hitler's Tunisian holdfast plan failed as Rommel's retreat and Col. Gen. Jurgen von Arnim's defeat exposed a Berlin strategy to defend the Tunisian bridgehead until October. Arnim pressed holds, but Allied pressure and air and sea losses doomed the effort.
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Hitler
Huss
Allied
North Africa
INS
United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Wehrmacht
Jurgen von Arnim
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Africa Corps
Fuehrer
Djebel
Mel
Tunisia
Arnim
Desert Fox
Gabes
Denmark
High Command
Italy
Gestapo
Messe's Capture Ends Tunisia Campaign as Axis Surrenders
UP reports Field Marshal Messe and General Liebling surrendered to a British division near Enfidaville. A separate dispatch notes the last air raid of Tunisia with the 90th German light division surrendering in the Zaghouan hills. Bombardier Albert P. Muska of Perth Amboy and pilot George A. Young of Wellington led 18 American Mitchells in the attack.
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Allied
North Africa
Tunis
Dana Schmidt
Giovanni Messe
Liebling
Enfidaville
Messe
Tunisia
Zaghouan
Albert P. Muska
Perth Amboy
N. J
George A. Young
Wellington
Kan
Eisenhower Thanks American Industry
General Dwight D. Eisenhower thanked American industry for its role in the Tunisia victory. He praised workers and management for munitions and support alongside Allied forces, saying the fighting men, with British and French, drove the enemy from North Africa and shared in the glory.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
North
Africa
Navy urged to free fit men for sea duty
A House naval affairs subcommittee accused the Navy of using healthy young enlisted men for desk jobs in Washington calling the practice inexcus able. It urged releasing fit men for sea duty and pushing Waves and civilian recruitment while boosting selective service and training of women.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs
Navy Department
Navy
Congress
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Turkey's Envoy to London Goes Home
London dispatch reports Turkish ambassador Rauf Orbay left London for Ankara for consultations as Germany watched Turkey for possible entry into the war. The move signals shifting diplomatic maneuvers amid wartime uncertainty.
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Turkey
London
Germany
Rauf Orbay
Ankara
Child Gardeners Soon to Realize Fruits of Labor
Cedar Rapids children will soon see garden results after planting last week. Supervised by Mrs. Leonard J. Smith and Mrs. H. R. Hickey they will visit plots from 4 p.m. with routes including Arthur and Tyler, Harrison and Johnson, Fillmore and Lincoln, Cleveland and Kenwood, plus the Children’s Home, peany at 9 a.m., Polk and Garfield.
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Gazette-Lux
Kenwood Victory Garden
Eugene Feller
Thirty-third Street
Leah Rosenberg
E Avenue
Roma Rosenberg
Dorothy Engel
Thirty-fourth Street
H. R. Hickey
Leonard J. Smith
Kenwood Plot
Cedar Rapids
Victory Garden
Arthur
Tyler
Harrison and Johnson
Fillmore
Lincoln
Cleveland
Kenwood
Children’s Home
Polk and Garfeld
Radio Milan of the Truth urges Italians to oust Germans
In London the clandestine station Radio Milan of the Truth urged Italians to throw out the Germans before an Allied invasion. It declared, Here speaks the free Italian people, and called to throw the foreigners' agents out.
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London
Radio
Milan
Italy
Trigamist Ruby Gaines Sentenced in Arizona
Ruby Gaines, 19, pled guilty to bigamy in Phoenix and will serve one to two years in state prison. She admitted having three husbands including a sailor and two soldiers.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ruby Gaines
Allied Air Forces Hit Jap Forward Units Near India
Allied bombers and fighters struck Japanese forward units near the southeastern approaches to India on Saturday. British imperial troops retreated in Burma as evacuation of Maungdaw signaled the end of the first Allied attempt to contest the Burma jungle.
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India
New Delhi
Burma
Bengal
Rheu by-Johore
Arakan
Maungdaw
Mayu Peninsula
Trade Pact Fight Looms In Senate
Washington awaits a Senate clash over a three year extension of the reciprocal trade act after the administration rejects two year limits and veto power proposals. Sen. Walter F. George supports a three year extension. Sen. McNary urges a two year limit and veto rights. Taft proposes six month postwar termination of treaties. Western senators vow tough fight to require congressional approval.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Walter F. George
D-Ga
State Finance Committee
House
Congress
George
Finance Committee
State Hall
Charles McNary
Oregon
McNary
Taft
Ohio
Sen. George
United States
Renewal of A Gas Rationing Books by Mail Authorized
Washington AP The government authorized renewing A gasoline rationing books by mail for motorists and D coupon books for motorcycles. Price Administrator Prentiss M Brown said mail renewals save time by avoiding extra trips to schools or ration boards. A books expire July 21 in most states, with longer validity in the East due to shortages.
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Washington
APF
Tiss M. Brown
OPA
Renewal plan for wartime A books aims for July distribution
Plans to distribute renewal application forms to service stations around June 22. Motorists who receive forms must complete and mail them with the back cover of their current A book and tire inspection records. New A books are to be mailed before July 21, with motorists urged to act promptly to avoid expired A books. Motorcyclists outside the East follow the same renewal process. The plan excludes B and C gasoline ration books.
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OPA
East
Linn County Extends Scrap Metals Drive to June 15
The Linn County scrap metals drive is extended two weeks to June 15 due to weeks of bad weather. Salvage chairman Elmer Wickham said planting delays slowed progress but reports from four mile squares suggest the county will again exceed its farm scrap quota. Charles Gunn of Cedar Rapids succeeds James Manville as county scrap metals chair man after Manville joined the navy.
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Linn County
Elmer Wickham
Wickham
Charles Gunn
Allies Snare 92 Italian Generals in War
British and United States forces have captured 111 German and Italian generals since the war began, with 92 of them Italian. The tally signals major depletion of Mussolini's top command.
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London
INS
United States
Mussolini
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