Wounded Navy and Marines Show High Recovery Rates
A wartime OWI report details medical care results through March 31, noting 97 percent of naval and marine wounded recovered and only 2.6 percent died. Breakdown by group shows high return-to-duty percentages, ongoing treatment, and small invalidation rates across officers and enlisted personnel. The piece praises US medical support in North Africa and other theaters.
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Pearl Harbor
OWI
Army
Navy
North Africa
United States
Red Cross
Mediterranean
Helicopters to Battle U Boats Move in Wartime
The British rush a helicopter program to counter submarines while the U S Navy lags. The Maritime Commission and Coast Guard back practical experiments and Henry Kaiser builds orders for merchant ship helicopters. Each ship could deploy a deck based helicopter to scout subs and drop charges without needing runways.
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Hitler
Maritime Commission
Coast Guard
Henry Kaiser
New Law Sought After Axis Air Raid on Sardinia
A call for a ban on aerial exploits follows the action of American Lieutenant Frank L. Dunn of San Antonio Texas who was obtaining reconnaissance photos when Axig planes landed near Cagliai Sardinia. Dunn reportedly circled the harbor shot an Italian cruiser and escaped before anti aircraft gunners or Axis divers noticed.
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Axig
Frank L. Dunn
San Antonio
Texas
Dunn
Cagliai
Sardinia
Eden Warns Anglophobes Japan Threat Needs United Front
Anthony Eden rejects fears Britain will quit the war after Germany’s defeat and vows to fight Japan with China. Churchill adds that multiple measures are needed and parades show public morale. The piece notes Allied campaigns in Africa and Europe, with Germany and Italy to follow.
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Eden
Anthony Eden
Denmark Sabotage Surges as Nazi Win Trust Fails
May 20 Stockholm dispatch reports that Denmark defies Nazi rule with sabotage despite lenient Occupation. King Christian appeals to curb acts while Germans threaten death penalties. Danes retain a self elected government. underground papers circulate, radios trusted, and Elections yield high turnout with Nazi votes down.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Poland
Christian
Europe
Yvyv
Copenhagen
von Hanneken
British Broadcasting Corp
Draft fairness for babies born during wartime
Ruth Millett argues mothers face a hard time accepting draft rules that distinguish between fathers of pre Pearl Harbor babies and those conceived after. She suggests treating all babies equally, noting homes with new infants deserve support and babies have a right to be born even in war.
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Ruth Millettt
America
Pearl Harbor
Armoriza
World War Era Leaders Call for United Foreign Policy
Madame Chiang Kai-shek urges equal development opportunities for all nations and warns against exploitation as a moral failure. Sidney Hillman stresses labor's demand for no strikes during wartime. Landon supports independent nations and US inspiration for peace. Roane Waring warns against wartime optimism harming production. Stalin and allies stress decisive action against fascism and open US foreign policy dialogue.
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Landon
Ernie Pyle in Africa Shares Foxhole With Snakes
War correspondent Ernie Pyle writes from Tunisia about writing in a sunlit foxhole while bullets hissed past. He recalls a poisonous adder nearby and a legged snake lizard, then notes fellow Corporal Redman’s snake scare and his own creeping fear during the night on the front.
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Ernie Pyle
Africa
Snake
Tunisia
Tom
Tyou
Batalion
Thad
Richard Redman
Struthers
Ohio
Redman
Redm
Tieally
William Otter
Hazelton
Pennsylvania
Divorce Granted to Jess Pitham in Huron Circuit Court
Jess Pitham of Huron was granted a divorce in circuit court by Judge Boyd M. Benson. He charged Harriet Pitham of Chicago with desertion. The couple married January 2, 1934, and there were no children.
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Jess Pitham
Huron
Boyd M. Benson
Harriet Pitham
Chicago
Germans Boast Of Defense System As Allies Prepare Invasion Thrust
Swedish reports quote German officials boasting the Atlantic wall as superior to the Maginot Line and claim fortifications span from northern Norway to southern France. They describe bricked openings, barbed wire mazes, coastal batteries, and heavy air and sea defenses designed to deter invasion and buy time for German reserves.
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Edwin Shanke
Stockholm
Adolf Hiler
France
Maginot Linn
Atlantic Wall
Norway
Hitler
Maginot Line
West Wall
Berlin
Channel
Atlan
Vance
Gi Ymany
Broadway vegetables invade the war effort in humor
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Broadway figures embrace victory gardens and wartime vegetable advocacy. Comedians and performers from the Lindy era lend influence, with Bill and Cora Baird producing a color film on vegetables for Inter-American Affairs while gags about victory gardens boost public awareness of food shortages.
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Bill
Cora Baird
Fred Allen
War Calendar City Ration Dates And Civil Defense Notices
May 21 to June 1 lists fuel gasolines ration coupons, stamps and expiration dates for books No 1 and No 2 including stamps for coffee sugar shoes and processed foods. Weekly Civil Defense classes meet Wednesdays 7 to 9 pm at Junior High School Room 103 with instructor C P Parrott. Red Cross contacts at Odd Fellows Building room 3 and home service chair Ruth Lewallen.
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Messenger Service
Sciool
C. P. Parrott
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By Raymond Clapper
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Sidney Hillman
International Ladies Garment Workers
American Legion
Roane Waring
Stalin
Ale MaLandon
By Galbraith
Nea Bervice
Dorothy Kilgallen
G. Hand J
Odd Fellows Building
Red Cross Home Service
Ruth Lewallen
Lorraine
Wagner
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