British Escape Jap Force Defend India Amid Bombing Raid
British forces withdraw through central Burma with no contact from Japanese while Japanese bombers strike the Chittagong coast for the second time in 24 hours. The air attacks cause little military damage but may have harmed civilian refugees en route to India. The last imperial troops in the Chindwin Valley pull back to a stand near the Indian frontier as bombardment continues.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Chittagong
Chindwin
Mandalay
Karnaphuli
Bay of
Benee
Dopey Cat Rescued After Eleven Days Hidden
Dopey a cat trapped in a house wall for 11 days appeared alive today after workers failed to find it. A long silence and scattered digging misled rescuers before Dopey was found to be napping, delaying the effort since April 29 when Otto E. Tamm first heard faint meows.
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Indianapolis
Dopey
Otto E. Tamm
Theatre Ticket Present This Clipping for Ad Mission
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Vivian Reese of 152 Pearl Street to attend tonight's showing of Orson Welles Kane at the Strand or Hands on the Clock with Morris and Lone Star at Shelia Ryan venue.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Vivian Reese
Pearl Street
Welles
Kane
Strand
Morris
Lone Stars
Shelia Ryan
Trene Hedrick
Ons Street
Una Merkel
Eleven Navy Craft Rushed To Meet War Needs at Newport News
Eleven new aircraft carriers of a modern design and four cruisers of a modified class are being rushed at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. under wartime orders. Work has doubled in two years, with similar ships under construction at Bethlehem Quincy. Congressional hearings indicate two more carriers have been authorized for the American battle fleet.
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Roy P. Porter
Newport News
Navy
India
Pearl Harbor
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
You Have A Rather Good Brush Keep You Have A Rather Good Brush
Cleveland May 9 The brush maker argues American hogs yield better pork than bristles. He says China grows long lean hogs with heavy bristles for protection, while U S hogs are raised for meat making bristles inferior in quality.
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Cleveland
China
I'll Take My Exercise Singing Says Gertie
Pittsburgh May 9. Gertrude Niesen, a well known singer, argues calisthenics cannot replace a blonde entertainer with a pleasant smile and a throaty voice for morale. She says a good entertainer lifts spirits while mere sit ups by a sergeant fail to inspire.
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Gertie
Pittsburgh
Gertrude Niesen
Calisthenics
Moose Home Event Promises Monday Morning Update
A fragment notes a Moose Home item dated Monday May 11 at 8 p.m. Details are incomplete but indicate a scheduled event or notice for the Moose Home. The readable snippet preserves timing and weekday but lacks names or locations.
French Claim Two Spots In Hills Of Madagascar
Paris radio reports two resistance centers remain in the Madagascar hills south of Diego Suarez. The interior fighting has already seen twelve British planes shot down.
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Madagascar
London
Paris
Radio x
Diego -Suarey
Lea Battles for Railways
Washington May 9 The House Interstate Commerce Committee seeks to revise a bill freeing railroads from government obligations under the 1850 land grant deal. Chairman Lea of California says the panel aims to persuade the House to reconsider its rejection of legislation allowing railroads to charge full prevailing rates for government traffic. The 1850 policy granted about 130 million acres and 21,500 miles of track to promote western settlement, with railroads obligated to haul federal traffic at reduced rates.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committe
Dakotas
Nebraska
Lea
D-Calif
House
U.S. Gr
California
Dollar Artist Boosts War Bond Drive in Atlanta
In Atlanta on May 9, posters advertising the war bond campaign delight streetcar and bus passengers and win praise for the artist. Treasury officials recall a past run in with agents who once jailed him at the Atlanta penitentiary for counterfeiting.
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Atlanta
Treasury Department
Treasury
Eagles Invite Uniformed Men To Be Guests
May 11 at 8 PM a local Eagles event invites men in uniform to join as guests, with no additional details on location or activities.
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The
Eagles
Gas Ban Hits Many States Across the East
Three former governors senators Maybank Brewster and Aiken warn rigid gasoline rationing starting May 15 will slash state and local tax revenues. Henderson orders nonessential motorists to three gallons per week while war workers receive more. Ration zone spans from Maine to Florida and hits school funding.
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Washington
Maybank
D.S.C
Brewster
R-Me
Aiken
R.-Vt
Leon Henderson
Maine
Florida
These Bees Prefer It Just Slightly Colder
SANTA BARBARA Calif May 9 With 32 years experience in bee culture C Elmer Morgan finds his bees grow lazy in warm California summers He ships them north to Brooks Alberta Canada each year in wire cages in railway express cars When ready to return home Morgan reports honey yields well above normal.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
C. Elmer Morgan
California
Brooks
Alberta
Canada
Morgan
Nippon Navy Losses Hit Japan Hard At Coral Sea
Washington reports estimate Japan’s Coral Sea losses as heavier than Allied ships, with one carrier, one heavy cruiser, and one light cruiser sunk. Observers note Japan’s ship production lags behind Allied rebuilding while the sea battle rages.
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Washington
Japan
Coral Sea
Australia
Tokyo
Navy Department
Nippon Navy
Los Angeles Looks To Quiet Palm Tree Fires
Los Angeles experts warn that annual drying of palm fronds creates flammable buildup around trunks. With trimming costs between eight and twelve dollars per tree, the city council weighs safe removal of dead whiskers to ease owners’ burden while reducing fire risk.
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Los Angeles
Juror Delays Federal Condemnation Trial by Home Scout
In New Orleans on May 9 a federal condemnation trial paused for a 10 minute recess but extended as a juror stayed away thinking the case ended. A court attache tracked him down at his home after the misunderstanding.
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New Orleans
Reno Famed Divorce Mill Now Having Marriage Room
Reno county clerk Elwood H. Beemer, 64, defends allowing soldiers sailors and marines to marry before deployment. He says marriages give service members motivation to return home and happiness of married life before going overseas. A steady stream of servicemen visits for licenses as Beemer facilitates the process.
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Reno
Elwood H. Beemer
Beemer
Six Persons Die In Truck Auto Collision At Mercer
A truck and an automobile collided at a highway intersection in Mercer Pennsylvania killing six people including a young father and his three children. One vehicle rolled over and emergency crews fought to reach victims as fatalities were confirmed at the scene. authorities investigated the crash and identified the deceased from the vehicles involved.
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Mercer
Pennsylvania
British raid hits German aircraft works in Rostock area
RAF crews bombed Warne rmuende Baltic port Rostock in heavy night raids 400 to 800 feet level attacks faced intense defense. Air ministry logs 19 planes lost in the operation marking a high priority target in the campaign to cripple the German air force.
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London
Warnermuende
Baltic
Rostock
Jia
Air Ministry
B&O Agrees To Pay Tollgate Bridge Repair Costs
Charleston reports the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will cover all costs for Tollgate Bridge repairs after an oil train wreck on U S Route 50. Ten spans were inspected with one seriously damaged by flames. estimated damage set at ten thousand dollars. Beam buckling and concrete cracking noted. further defects to be disclosed.
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Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Tollgate
William Brewster
Brewster
Public Roads Administration
NWLB Secures C10 Contract Action
The United States Steel Corp. will maintain membership contracts between its Federal Ship Building and Drydock Co. in Kearny New Jersey and the CIO Marine Shipbuilding Workers union as directed by the National War Labor Board. The move ends a months long dispute after Navy operation of the yards during a strike while union demands remained.
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New York
Big Steel
United States Steel Corp
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Kearney
N. J
CIO
Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers
National War Labor Board
Navy
Federal Yards
NWLB
Gent Forgets After He Read I Cant Forget
Chicago May 9 Noble McFarland a hotel official received a letter from a former patron asking him to find a book he forgot It might be in his room or the lobby The book was Robert J Casey s I Cant Forget
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Chicago
Noble McFarland
McFarland
Robert J. Casey
Two Men Force Garage Attendant. Safe Found Empty
In New York on May 9 two men forced a garage attendant into a back room and took the company safe. The attendant told police the safe was empty when they opened it.
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New York
YANK LOSSES FAR LIGHTER THAN JAPAN SAYS
Allied Forces report lighter American losses than Japan claims after repelling the invasion armada at Coral Sea. Gen Douglas MacArthur asserts a clear naval victory and vows continued attacks while dismissing Tokyo’s casualty figures as false and fantastical. 日本 underwater actions follow with Allied pursuit of fleeing units.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Coral Sea
Tokyo
MacArthur
United States
Prof Peterson on War Time Propaganda Aims
Lexington Kentucky May 9 University of Oklahoma professor H C Peterson spoke to the Mississippi Valley Historical Association on Propaganda in War Time. He urged that war aims propaganda be clear so soldiers know what they die for and that all war aspects be understood to avoid waste of ideas lives time and money. He criticized simplistic propaganda that the enemy must be crushed as old chestnut.
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Lexington
H. C. Peterson
University of Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Peterson
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