Six Army Planes Crashed Leaving Dozens Dead or Missing
An Army Air Forces disaster report lists six flyers killed, ten missing, and one escapee after a series of crashes across the Pacific Northwest and southern states. Incidents include a McChord bomber sinking in Puget Sound near Ketron Island, a Phoenix collision over a residential area, and a MacDill Field bomber missing with ten aboard. Names such as Lieut. Col. Perry Hud, Capt. B. O. Alexander, and Second Lieut. John K. Austin appear alongside multiple other crew and passengers across Chicago, Atlanta, and Waukesha. The losses mark a period of consecutive air disasters during wartime training.
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Tacoma
Wash
McChord Neld
Puget Sound
Army Air-Corps
Perry O. Hud
Silver Spring
B. O. Alexander
Seattle
Angus
B. MacPhee
Ketron Taland
Ketron Island
Pacific Northwest
City
Phoenix
Ariz
Army Air Corps
Dyer
Air Force Ferrying Command
Air Corps
Lake Field
John K. Austin
Chicago
Wray B. Smith
Atlanta
Jack
Scott
Woncrete
Austin
Lakefield
Smith
H. Austin
Cregier Avenue
Hirsch Hugh School
University of Illinois
Army Air Force
Ruth Deswarte
Tampa
Fla
MacDillfield
MacDillield
Hugh W. Mills
Houston
Tex
Charles E. Thomas III
Macon
Wilbert M. George
World War Fronts Roundup From Allied and Axis Moves
The dispatch notes American and South African troops arriving in Diego Suarez as Vichy forces continue to resist on Madagascar. RAF raids devastate Rostock’s port and industrial center while Britain rushes reinforcements to Ceylon. Japanese invasion forces reportedly sail toward India as U S bombers strike Rangoon. The Coral Sea naval battle yields several enemy ships sunk or damaged, and Soviet forces repel a three way German offensive in Karelia.
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London
Diego Suarez
Madagascar
Vichy
Indian Ocean
Rostock
Baltic Sea
Heinkel Aircraft Works
Ceylon
India
Rangoon
United States
Burma
China
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Navy Department
Coral Sea
Red Army
Karelia
Finland
Arctic
Wetatts
American army sends Mothers Day message from Britain
In London on May 8 American forces in the British Isles, via their commander Maj Gen James A. Chaney, sent a Mothers Day message to the United States. The note said troops want their mothers and relatives at home to know they are ready to play their part in the joint war effort to ensure a free and happy world for future American children.
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Mervicg
London
James
Chaney
United States
United States Army
British Isles
Weather Summary for WIGAGD and Vicinity
The report covers daily weather metrics with temperatures around 67 degrees, normal 68, and a 67 percent humidity at 5:10 p.m. Acknowledges a mechanical shower pattern and mentions astronomical observations for Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars.
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BMG
Venus
Chicago
Senate approves female army auxiliary corps plan
The Senate military affairs committee backed a bill creating a women’s army auxiliary corps to free about 150000 soldiers for combat. A parallel Navy bill moves in the Senate. Women aged 21 to 45 may enlist, receive equal pay, and serve in a separate unit under the War Department. Married women are eligible and may serve abroad. they face discharge rules and lack war risk insurance. Estimated cost to launch is about 10 million dollars.
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William Strand
Chicano Tribune Press Service
Washington, D. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Hnes
Navy
Senate
House
War Department
Army
Robert R. Reynolds
N. C
Regular Army
Senate panel debates women in army corps funding role
The bill to authorize a women’s corps would not fund salaries or housing, needing appropriated funds or a separate bill. It was approved in its current form but recommitted after the War Department sought a substitute to place women in the army proper. The Senate committee rejected the "in" bill.
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War Department
Army
Senate
Panda Mei-Mei Dies Amid Brookfield Panda Standoffs
Reports say Mei-Mei the Brookfield panda is dying after long struggle despite efforts by Edward H. Bean Kragon Robert and Sam Parrett. Experts dispute Mei-Mei's sex and whether a shared malady with Sulin caused the decline as postmortems will confirm.
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Meimei
Su- Min
Brook
Edward H. Bean
Kragon Robert
Sam Parrett
Melmel
Sulin
Su-lin
Chicago
Mei-mei
Meilan
Mei-lan
Mel-mel
U S Envoy to India Ordered Rest After Strain
New Delhi May 8 Louis Johnson United States envoy to India for Roosevelt has been advised to rest for two or three days to recover from strain caused by overwork and travel duties during his mission to India and further talks with officials.
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U. S
India
New Delhi
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Mother Slain and Child Missing in Corpus Christi
In Corpus Christi Texas a mother, 39, was shot to death at her Ocean Drive home. Her 16 year old son George Clyde Hengy Jr is being hunted. his 3 year old sister Zina is missing. The 10 week old baby Julia Ann lay unharmed in a nearby crib. Evidence suggests the killer acted while the mother slept.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Ocean Drive
George Clyde Hengy Jr
Naval Air Station
George
Henry
Austin
Young George
Zina
Julia Ann
Greatest air and sea battles cease temporarily declares MacArthur
Allied naval and air forces repulsed a Japanese invasion fleet off northeastern Australia in a historic clash. The battle, described as a grim first round, left many ships sunk or damaged as Japanese forces withdrew northward while U S and British units pursued. The communiqué said the action has temporarily ceased and that attacks will continue.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
MacArthur
Coral Sea
MacArathur
High Command
United States Navy Department
Washington
Desperate Japanese Losses in Coral Sea Carrier Attack
Admiral Edward A. Evers will discuss modern naval strategy on WGN. Desperate Japanese destroyers failed to save two U S carriers off New Guinea as planes and torpedoes set them ablaze. One carrier sank, the other damaged, Japanese losses in the thousands.
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Sdmiral
Edward A. Evers
Coral Sea
Australia
United States
New Guinea
Tell
Zacape
Sea Battle Scoreboard and Jap Claims Reported
U S Navy reports Hap ships sunk including one aircraft carrier heavy cruiser and two light cruisers with two transports and cargo vessels. Japan claims heavily damaged carriers cruisers and tenders with multiple transports. Allied losses include battleships carriers destroyers and cruisers as tonnage tallies are listed.
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U. .S. Navy Coast Hap
U.S
Real estate want ads promise easy home buying
In the Tribune real estate section readers are urged to use the classified ads to save time and money. The notice claims Tribune offers a larger, more varied selection than two other Chicago papers combined and promises help in finding desired homes today.
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The
Tribune
Furethermore
Chicago
Coral Sea Victory Hype Widens In Australian Press
Australian papers hail a naval victory at the Coral Sea with bold headlines. The Sydney Daily Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald stress momentous consequences for Australia, while Melbourne's Argus notes cautious balance of losses. In London the Daily Mail calls U S forces brilliantly successful as Allied action shapes fate.
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Sydney
Australia
Coral Sea
Sydney Daily Telegraph
The
Telegraph
Douglas MacArthur
Sydney Morning Herald
Southwest Pacific
Melbourne
Australis
London
Mail
United States
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