Japanese Step Up Offensive In China
Japanese land armies push their offensives in India and China while a Nipponese convoy in the Dutch East Indies is blocked by Allied air power. Mountbatten reports intensified action near Imphal Kohima and Loyang with heavy losses on both sides. Allied forces advance in Burma and strike targets in the Dutch East Indies and Northern Kurile region.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
India
China
Dutch East Indies
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Imphal
Aima
Snia
Manipur
Burma
Kohima
Japan
Arakan
Buthedaung
Loyang
Henan
Lunghai
Celebes
Boeroe
Timor
East Indies
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Kai Islands
British New Guinea
New Britain
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Kurile Islands
Japanese advance alarms Chinese defense in Henan
Chinese dispatches report Japanese troops advancing toward Loyang and threatening the heart of China. Fighting rages across the Henan front as the North South Peiping Han Kow railway narrows under Japanese control.
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Chungking
Henan Province
Loyang
China
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Chenghsien
Siping
Chumatien
Yengchen
House Leader Praises TVA Against McKellar Amendments
Washington May 8 Leader McCormack backed the Tennessee Valley Authority urging the agency not be constrained by McKellar amendments. He called TVA a boon to free enterprise and a major national achievement. Rep Rankin urged conferees to let TVA operate without sending revenues to the Treasury or needing new congressional funds.
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Washington
Pink
McCormack
D-Mass
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
McKellar
D-Tenn
House
Rankin
Miss
Independent Offices
North Alabama
The
Treasury
Congress
Columnist Arrives Bougainville With Army Team
Pvt Henry Mc Lemore, former newspaper columnist, reached Bougainville on May 8 with the first army combat correspondent unit of the 37th Ohio division, arriving last Thursday.
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Bougainville
Solomon’ Islands
Henry McLemore
First Army
37Th
Ohio
Nazis Face Fine Decision As Invasion Looms
Washington May 8 German strategists near a crisis hour expect a choice between risking full victory by throwing all forces at the Allied invasion or stabilizing lines for a delayed outcome. Authorities foresee six to eight days of evaluation before the foe decides on a bold assault or a cautious defense with air and rail assets also in play.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
Luftwaffe
Gandhi Released From Internment May Heal Indian Crisis
The article argues Gandhi’s release from internment could unite Indian leaders and the British Viceroy to resolve two years of political crisis. It notes Hindu Muslim disputes and the wartime context, urging cautious optimism for a settlement that could influence Allied support against Japan.
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Europe
India
Mahatma Gandhi
England
Japan
Se Penare
Gandhi
German fliers ram planes in aerial battles over Germany
Reports say German fighters rammed planes during today’s air battles over Germany. It seems unlikely the high command adopted a formal policy of plane for plane sacrifice to halt American forces, given the German air force is greatly outnumbered.
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London
Germany
Boy Killed by Electric Shock in Birmingham Yard
Nine year old Walter Grisley of the Boyles section was electrocuted yesterday afternoon while playing inside a wire enclosed area housing a high voltage transformer. Coroner Gip M. Evans reported a 13,200 volt current passed through the child.
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Birmingham
Ala
Walter Scott Grisley
Boyles
Gip M. Evans
Evans
Roosevelt back at desk talks pending bills and policy
President Roosevelt returned from a month at Baruch’s Hobcaw plantation to confer with congressional leaders on the legislative situation. Senator Barkley said the president recommended no new legislation and appeared “looking fine” after illness.
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FDR
Washington
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Bernard M. Baruch
Georgetown
White House
Wallace
Rayburn
House
McCormack Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
China
Stettinius
London
Hull
Hobcaw
Soviets Launch Major Drive Against Sevastopol
Soviet bombers and fighters battered Sevastopol as Moscow reported a weekend assault to overwhelm the German Romanian garrison. The Axis spoke of a fluctuating battle around the fortress while the Red Army claimed heavy losses on enemy troops and several ships along with ammunition dumps and artillery batteries damaged.
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London
Sevastopol
Moscow
Red Army
Crimean
Romania
Gaye
Iasi
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Romanian oil cut to a fourth by Allied bombing says Eaker
Lt Gen Ira C Eaker in allied headquarters report states Romanian oil output reduced to 25 percent of normal due to bombing. He notes Allied and RAF raids disrupted vital wartime supply routes to the Eastern front. since Nov 8 1942, Allied bomb tonnage in the Mediterranean surpasses 200000 tons.
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Allied
Naples
Ira C. Eaker
Mediterranean
Eaker
15Th Airforce
Nathan F. Twining
Baker
Balkan
Ploesti
Germany
MAAF
Steaua Romana
Campina
American Ace Johnson Extends Korea? Not Korea. 27 Kills in European Air War
Capt. Robert S. Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma, a Thunderbolt pilot based in England, shot down two enemy planes over Germany to raise his total to 27. He becomes the first American ace in the European theater to surpass Capt. Edward Rickenbacker’s 26 air kills, tying Maj. Richard Bong’s Pacific record. Johnson is described as cool and deadly, with a background as a carpenter and amateur boxer before joining the Army.
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U.S
England
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Thunderbolt
Germany
Edward Rickenbacker
Don Gentike
Piqua
Ohio
Johnson
Rickenbacker
Bong
Gregory Boyington
Okanogan
Wash
Joe Foss
Sioux Falls
S. D
Pacific
Berlin
Army
Amteur
River Gauge Readings To Resume In Decatur Area
TVA to restore 8 am river gauge readings for Decatur after local demand. Weather Bureau in Chattanooga confirms an employee will record the Decatur gauge and forward data to The Decatur Daily, addressing fishermen and public reliance on river conditions.
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TVA
Weather Bureau
Chattanooga
J.A Thornhill
Thornhill
United States Department of Commerce
Tennessee
J. A. Thornhill
Decatur
Ala
Decatur Daily
H. C. Springman
Touching Casablanca tale helps six stranded soldiers
A London writer recalls six American front-liners stranded in Casablanca unable to be unfrozen and sent home. He reunites them with old Army friends, enlisting a high-ranking officer to intervene at the Red Cross club. The six represent about 180 men stuck at the camp, awaiting orders.
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William Robert McCutcheon
T. M. McCutcheon
Camp McQuaide
Watsonville
California
London
Casablanca
Italy
America
Nome
Offi
Sergi
James Knight
Okklahoma
Gerard Stillwell
Minnesota
Red Cross Club
Red Cross
Bombers Strike Berlin And Bruns wick In Major Allied Air Offensive
London reports near 2,000 U. S. bombers and fighters hit Berlin and Brunswick in a daylight and night campaign. Liberators and Fortresses led raids with heavy Allied escorts, pushing a 24 day offensive that pressed German defenses and caused heavy losses on both sides.
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Y Austin Bealmear
London
U. S
Berlin
Brunswick
France
Germany
Bucharest
Allied Bombers Pound Bucharest and Yugoslav Rail Links
Allied heavy and medium bombers hit Bucharest for the third time in 24 hours as RAF Halifaxes and Liberators target railyards and factories while American daylight raids strike Romanian and Yugoslav rail lines. Air battles over Bucharest cost Germans 20 fighters. Allies claim 29 enemy planes. Lighter Allied aircraft also shell shipping and ports along the Dalmatian coast near Italy.
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Britain
Italy
Hitler
Balkans
Berlin
Bucharest
RAF
Rennes
Nantes
Tours
Salbris
Orleans
Normandy
Leverkusen
Cologne
Nolan Norgaard
Naples
U. S
Belgrade- Pancevo
Yugoslavia
Lake
Rome
Rear Admiral Rodgers Dies at 84 in Bethesda Medical Center
Washington reported on May 8 that Rear Admiral William Ledyard Rodgers, the last male member of a Navy family with a long line of high ranking officers, has died at age 84 at the Bethesda Medical Center.
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Washington
William Ledyard Rodgers
Navy
Ecene
al Ead
Rodgers
Bethesda
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