Dutch Regime-In-Exile Urges Revolt Against Nazis
The Dutch government in exile urged coordinated revolt as Roosevelt and Churchill plan new action through India.Reports from Eindhoven and other Dutch areas show martial law, executions, and curfews as German occupation tightens control. Allied observers note rising unrest and sabotage efforts across occupied Netherlands and Belgium.
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Roosevelt-Churchill
India
RAF
Germany
von Arnim
Tunisia
London
Ile
Bate
Africa
Wilt Hitler
Free Netherlands
Radio Ige
Axis
Amore
Eindhoven
Netherlands
Philins
Reuters
Stockholm
Anetope
Holland
Germai
DNB
Brussels
Bern
No. 3 Ration Book Applications To Be Mailed Soon
Philadelphia May 18 Plans for distribution of 100000 No 3 ration books in Pennsylvania were outlined today Clerical work on the new ration book for the states 2500000 families will be done by 50890 Philadelphia school pupils who will be given tims mf from listes Louis P Hoyer assistant superintendent of city Schools announced applications would be mailed between May 20 and June 1 to be returned by June 10 The books will be ready for mailing within days after that.
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Cominten Hess
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Tims
Listes
Louis P. Hoyer
Elty Schools
Annouthced
Hoyer
104 Air Raids In 120 Nights In Guadalcanal Memoir
Corp Wawrejko recalls 120 nights under bombardment on Guadalcanal. He writes of sleeping in clothes, fox holes, and being chased by crabs, with repeated shelling and machine gun fire. He notes capturing Japanese equipment and prisoners, and a harrowing escape as bombers attacked after ships left.
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Carp
Teah Frank
Wawrejko
J. Choma, Jr
The
Ely
Southwest Pacific
Corp
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Oie Island
India
Allied leaders map plans for fighting in Pacific theater
In a formal briefing Associated Press reports Admiral William Halsey Jr and General Douglas MacArthur conferred in the South Pacific. They discussed using all available means to strike back at Japan and advance Allied operations in the southwest Pacific and India-Burma theater.
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Japan
Southwest Pacific
U. S
South Pacific
Willam P. Halsey, Jr
Navy
South Seas
Douglas
Local Boards Told They Can Suspend Gasoline Rations
A Local Rationing Board member described expanded powers to revoke or reduce gasoline rations for violators of supplemental guidelines. Police will assist in policing abuses including fake travel claims, nonessential uses, and misuse of A and B books while boards may conduct hearings locally without district office referrals.
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OPA
Oftfetal
Cata Eee
Total Boards
Upset over Skip-A-Year Tax Measure Faces Senate Vote
Washington May 13 An expected shift in support tests passage of a skip-a-year tax plan. Opponents clash with the George substitution offering 5 percent of the lesser of 194 or 1943 taxes as partial relief. Administration sources say Senate divisions may decide the measure’s fate as votes hinge on timing and windfall provisions.
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Washington
Wittin
Senate
George D-Gal
Finance Counniries
George
Roosevelt
Labor Board Restores Authority To Raise Wages
The War Labor Board gains full discretionary power to adjust wages within set limits under a directive from James Byrnes. The move, aimed at avoiding a labor revolt, expands the Board’s reach despite the April six hold-the-line order and price ceilings.
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Byrnes
Associated Press
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrne
WLB
Williams
CIO
Axis command surrenders in Africa through steady collapse
Allied report from Tunisia dated May 13 describes Col. Gen. Jurgen Von Arnim refusing to sign surrender terms to Gen. E A W Anderson, then meeting in a pasture tent. Italian Marshal Giovanni Messe also surrendered to the British Eighth Army, ending Italian resistance on African soil as Mussolini signals shift.
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von Arnim
Italy
Marshal Messe
Daniel DE Luce Sint
First Army
Tunisia
Jurgen von Amim
Africa
E. A. W. Anderson
von Amim
Gai. Anderson
Gen. Anderson
Tve
North Africa
Giovanni Messe
Eighth Army
Witf
Emanuele
Marshal Giovenni Messe
Mussolini
Rome
Associated Press
Messe
Hitler
Priedericn ‘von Paulus
Red Army
Stalingrad
War updates and political notes from May wartime dispatches
May reports cover Russian fighting near Lisizhansk in the Donets valley, Churchill to address U S Congress, Axis tensions in North Africa and Mussolini’s plea for anti aircraft weaponry, a Galesville crash killing an Army pilot, Roosevelt seeking 400 million for war housing, Allied shipping losses, and treasury figures through May 18.
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Galesville
West River
Oscar E. Harige
Naval Academy
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
India as war base looms in Roosevelt Churchill talks
Washington reports that Roosevelt and Churchill weigh India as a base for major operations against Japan. Wavell arrives with Somersett and Sleuthard to discuss a possible expansion of the Burma front and a supply route to China and the American air force.
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Associated Brox Washington
India
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Archibald
Wavell
India-Burma
Adimiend
James Somergutty
Britain
Ashern Teen
Ceylon
Air Gt
Mediterranean
Attica
North
Africa
China
Europe
Ickes Sees Mine Crisis As Government Next Step
Fuel Administrator Ickes said the U S government must take the next steps to settle the coal mining dispute. He avoided proposing an extension of the 10 day truce and expressed a hopeful view. He noted 40 UMW district presidents warned miners would strike if no contract by truce expiry. Prisoners of war announced: Tech Francis J Grolemund and Francis Hamer Jr, and George S McClure are held by Italy.
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Bren
Washington
Tckes
Skeney
Ickes
UMW
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Illinois
George 5. McClure
East Fourth Street
Tech
Set
Francis J. Grolemund
Seneca
Francis Hamer, Jr
R.D
Thdisua
Italy
Six Perish In Arkansas River Flood
Flooding along the Arkansas River in Fort Smith caused at least six deaths and extensive damage. The crest reached 4.7 feet above previous records with widespread homelessness and property loss as Oklahoma and local crews aided rescue efforts.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Fort Smith
Kiely
Oklahoma
Como Gruber
Oki
Unemployment Threatens War Production Centers
Washington reports that the War Production Board will halt nonessential plant construction not finishing by October, delaying thousands of workers. Officials say unemployment will be temporary and scattered as industries shift to shipbuilding and aircraft, with some reconversion to civil rail production possible.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Wer
WEB
AWP
Philip Murray
Hiss
Delayed Forms for Sugar Canning Distribution
Local office reports that complete instructions and forms for the sugar canning allowance have not arrived yet. Distribution details are expected within a few days and an official announcement will be issued then.
Albert Stoessel Dies Suddenly at Concert
Albert Stoessel, 49, noted composer, conductor, and violinist, collapsed and died yesterday while leading a performance before more than 500 people at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences auditorium in New York.
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Albert Stoessel
Associated Press
New York
Cone Sudler
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Axis Defeat Declared as War Fronts Collapse
Germany admits defeat in Africa as Allied forces press home. Mussolini announces Axis collapse after intensified aerial attacks. Generals including Von Arnim and 12 others implicated in the surrender within the North African theater.
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AXIS
Cologne
Mussolini
Africa
von Arnim
Axis Prisoners in North Africa Reach 150000 Since May Fifth
Allied forces report capturing about 150000 Axis troops since May 5 as the Tunisian campaign ends with Axis surrender. The Duisburg raid and an air assault on Duisburg marked the heaviest bombardment of the war to date. The Italian and German fronts show heavy losses including hundreds of tanks and generals, with Gen. Sturgen Von Arnim among the fallen.
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Associated Press
Germany
Nawtransport
Duisburg
Tn Byrgie Sunlight
Hittler
England
Gir
Cologne
Italy
Mussolini
Tunisia
Fabre
Sturgen von. Arnim
Russia
Dwight D
le al- Hed
Pantelleria
Igland
Cape Bon
Mediterranean
Sicly
Sth
Egypt
Tohich
Siice
London
Africa
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Ste. Marie du Zit
Gen.Anderson
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Lisizhansk
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Winston Chwirehill
American Congress
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Senate House
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Aaron Ward
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