Vivid description of Lexington sinking by torpedoes and fire
Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman recounts the Lexington's end at the Coral Sea after Japanese planes strafed and torpedoed the carrier on May 7–8. He notes fires below decks, exploding ammunition, and heroic damage control efforts before the ship went down, marking a pivotal aircraft carrier action in the Pacific.
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U.S
Frederick C
Coral Sea
Sherman
Pacific
Misima Island
Hs Navy
Mae
Aodee
Lexington
Lex
H. R. Healy
A. W. Fitch
Naval Air Group
Admiral Fitch
State Allots Gas Business Amid War Time Contracts
Independent dealers will handle about 1s per cent of the state's gas and oil business over the next 10 months as contracts to furnish fuel in 26 counties are awarded. The Highway Department estimates needs at $270,850 from June 22, 1942, to April 30, 1949, with suppliers including Sinclair, Shell, and Texas Company among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Highway Department
Calhoun
Sinclair Refining Co
Dallas
Andrews Oil
Gan
Etowah
Shell Oi! Co
Houston
Shell Oi1 Co
Madison, Texas Co
Morgan, Alabama
OF Co
Was
Wofford O. Co
Tuscaloosa
Elks O1 Co
Wan
Wofford
Two Vessels Beat U Boats in Atlantic Actions
Five ships were reported sunk today with two vessels returning fire and striking back. The Arenas, a United Fruit banana ship, fired on a submarine and survived after a second sub opened fire. survivors said one life was lost and remaining crew were accounted for. The Norwegian freighter Wilford was credited with sinking by a Japanese sub, survivors landed in Mozambique Channel.
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Associated Press
United Fruit
Arenas
Gulf Coast
Axis Sun Line
Norwegian Information Bureau
Montreal
Canada
Costa Rica
U. & Navy
Atlantic
U. S
Brazil
United States
Adolph Anderson
Stetys
Barahona
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
New York
Clu- Gad Trujillo
Wilford
Dempsey Joins Coast Guard as Lieutenant
Jack Dempsey, former world heavyweight champion, was sworn in as a lieutenant senior grade in the U S Coast Guard. He will head the service’s physical training program at Manhattan Beach station Long Island and plans to teach the rough stuff. He will report for duty next week.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach
Long Island
Dempsey
Army
Funeral Held for Alton Key and Mother in Lawrence County
Funeral services were held yesterday for two members of the Key family from Moulton Route One. The child Alton Key died Friday night after a weeklong illness, survived by his parents a twin brother Rayburn and sister Mary Lou. The service at Aldridge Grove in Lawrence County was led by Reverend E Byers of the Church of Christ, with interment directed by McAfee Howell and Young.
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Little Alton
L. A. Key
Moulton
Route One
Rayburn
Mary Lou
Aldridge Grove
Lawrence County
RE. E. Byers
Church of Christ
McAfee, Howell and Young
Community Sing At Morgan County Courthouse Today
Bev Howell invites the public to a community singing at the Morgan county courthouse this afternoon starting at 1:30. Many singers and listeners from across the county are expected to attend.
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Bev Howell
Morgan County
Markets show mild gains on slack week
The stock market closed a quiet week with selective recoveries. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose one point to 35.6, capping the first gain since Monday but recording a weekly decline of 0.2. Bond trading was mixed amid a light week.
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New York
Associated Press
Flying Tigers Proudly Hold Own In Desperate Air War
Brig Gen Claire Chennault’s AVG could have defeated the Japanese air force with enough planes, writes Lt John Donnovan. The AVG evacuated Rangoon and Lo- ling fields as enemy ground troops advanced, with Donnovan and Ben Poshee among Alabama airmen killed or injured. Donnovan buried by enemy troops May 12.
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Montgomery
Ala
Claire Chennault
John Donnovan
Pensacola
Fla
AVG
Rangoon
Mary Stella Donnovan
Alabama
Ben Poshee
Paoshan
Donnovan
Invasion Force Grows As Allies Prepare Western Front
Troops from Pennsylvania California Georgia Illinois New Jersey Maryland West Virginia Indiana and Kentucky cheer British army auxiliary troops on British soil. U S and British staffs debate logistics for a western front as shipping limits hinder immediate invasion plans.
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Pennsylvania
California
Georgia
Illinois
New Jersey
Maryland
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Texas
Jersey
Russia
France
U U. S
Northern Ireland
Last train on Second Avenue elevated marks end of era
The final ride of the Second Avenue elevated line occurred as World War II era steel structure prepared for conversion. Commissioner George Keegan rode the last six car train with about 200 passengers, noting the Fifth Avenue war parade likely kept cars from filling.
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New York
Second Avenue
George Keegan
Board of Transportation
Fifth Avenue
Fires Cause Small Loss at Two Local Spots
Firemen reported slight loss from a blaze at Dr J G Hamilton's office on Second Avenue caused by a sterilizer igniting a partition. Earlier a basement motor on a stokers' floor at Adams Apartments caught fire from a defective motor, with minor damage noted.
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J. G. Hamilton
Second Avenue
Adams Apartments
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND CRYPTOQUOTE FUN
A mixed page features a large themed crossword with numerous clues spanning across and down and a cryptoquote puzzle. The cryptogram reads TGRCA QISB, RSK TGRCA LRAC GBML, AGJINMK OR LRAC QPUBD-AGRVBALBRPB. Yesterday’s line HOPE SHALL BRIGHTEN DAYS TO COME, AND MEMORY GILD THE PAST-MOORE.
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Moore
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Cologne Raid Devastates City Center and Factories
A British air ministry report details the May raid on Cologne, describing about 300 acres of central Cologne destroyed with 250 factories damaged or ruined and 3,000 homes destroyed. The BBC and German broadcasts provide differing perspectives on the extent of the damage and the impact on rail traffic.
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London
Rhineland
Cologne
Air Ministry
BBC
German Army Seeks Warm Welcome for Allied Expedition
Passage notes Germany and its Bolshevik allies share a hope that any Allied expeditionary force entering Moscow's demand would face a warm reception from German troops and their collaborators, reflecting a paradoxical unity amid pressures.
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Les
Moscow
Goodyear Employee Enlists After Saving For Uncle Sam
Gadsden Alabama June 13 Cr W Atkins a Goodyear Tire and Rubber worker invested his life savings of 1200 in defense stamps and bonds then enlisted in the U S Army War savings officials said here today The former Jasper Alabama resident said Uncle Sam needs all the money he can get now so I'll loan him what I have till I get back
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Gadsden
Ala
Cr. W. Atkins
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
U. S. Army
Jasper
Sam
Naval War in Aleutians Stretches Into New Phase
Allied and German broadcasts debate the Aleutian actions with Japan still active near Attu and Kiska. U S naval spokesmen warn that the dispute and danger to American shores remain, as foggy seas and rough terrain complicate assessments of Japanese bases and future operations.
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Russia
United Nations
Japan
Germany
United States Navy
Navy
Attu Island
Aleutians
Kiska Harbor
Tokyo
Aleutian Islands
United States
Midway
Dutch Harbor
Malaya
Burma
Back to Work Orders Upheld for Fall River Strikers
The War Labor Board ordered 125 workers at Arkwright Corp textile mills in Fall River Massachusetts to return to work or lose their jobs. The strike began last Monday over pay raises from 31.97 to 35 dollars weekly. The board stated the no strike production pledge cannot be ignored by a small group.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Arkwright Corp
Fall River
Mass
William H. Davis
CIO
Davis
War Fronts Roar Across Europe Africa and Pacific
United States forces escalate aid to Britain, and air units target Axis in Russia and the Aleutians. Attu and Kiska are under combat pressure as Japan faces American hunter-killer patrols. Tobruk battles tighten in Libya while Sevastopol defends Crimea. Kharkov frontline actions push German breakthroughs back.
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Europe
United States
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Hitler
Libyan
Tobruk
Acroma
Mediterranean
el Adem
Bir Hacheim
Sevastopol
Crimea
Kharkov
Red Army
Negro farmer pledges $1,000 for war bonds in Winston county
Alabama war savings officials received a letter from Guy Ray stating every Negro farmer in Winston county signed a pledge to spend $1,000 on war bonds in the coming year. The note praised Black farmers but revealed only one Negro farmer in Winston county.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama War Savings
Winston County
Guy Ray
Haleyville
Alabama Boys State elects Dent governor at Talladega
George Dent of Eufaula was installed as governor of the Alabama Boys State while Chief Justice Lucian B. Gardner swore in Dent and other officers. About 150 youths from civic groups and Legion posts attended the week long event in Talladega where officers include Floyd Clark lieutenant governor and Robert Sawyer chief justice, among others.
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Talladega
Ala
George Dent
Eufaulo
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
American Legion
Dent
Lucian B. Gardner
State Supreme Court
Legion
Floyd Clark
Anniston
Robert Sawyer
Oneonta
Supreme Court
Jim Callahan
Bessemer
Henry Hattemer
Montgomery
Henry Campbell
Court of Appeals
Jim Harber
Fr. Deposit
Chinese Fight Bitterly In Eastern China Rail Battle
Chinese troops press to seize the Chekiang Kuangsi rail line in Eastern China, trading land gains for Japanese lives as several hundred adversaries die in a Tsungten thrust. Outlying fighting continues near Kinki 80 miles east of Nanchang with persistent German air and sea pressure cited.
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Chekiang-Kiangsi
China
Tsungten
Chekiangpe
Kinki
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Murmansk
RAF
Germany
England
France
United States Navy
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John W. Standridge
Danville
Route 3
U. S. Air Corps
Augusta
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Alton
Wall Street
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O'Hara
Chicago
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Grady
Ricks
Dlotha Ricks
J. F. Ricks
Camp Chaffe, Ark
Tigers
Daily Crossword
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Father
Pines
Steminci
Agjinmk
LRAC
Agrvbalbrpb
Ars
Malcolm Ernest Cheatham
Cullman
Route 5
Great Lakes, Ill
West Point High School
J. W. Cheatham
Homer Cheatham
Falkville
Route 2
A. F. Laine
Manchester
Tenn
Black Sea
Ukraine
Attu
Aleutian
Alaska
Kiska
North Africa
Fred Callwell
Montgo
Boye Miller
Sylacatt
R. J. Craig
John Hudson
Sylacauga
Clyde W. Bolton
Dick Compton
Public Service Commission
Dan Stafford
Army Medical Corps
Red Cross
Angels of Mercy
U.S. Treasury
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