Reds Charge Nazis Use Poison Gas
The Soviet press reports German troops used poison gas on the Crimean front on May 7, via a Tass dispatch from Krasnodar. Pravda ran the bulletin, noting gas affects respiration and disables troops. Moscow questions if experimental, while Red Star urges gas defense. Leningrad road across Lake Ladoga aided siege relief. 341 decorations awarded for supply efforts.
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Moscow
Tass
Crimean Front
Communist Party
Pravda
Krasnador
Caucasia
Soviet Bureau of Information
S. A. Lozovsky
Red Star
Lake
Ladoga
Leningrad
Lengrad
British Newspapers Hail Victory Over Japs at Sea
London papers on May 9 relay headlines declaring the Coral Sea battle a repulse of Japanese naval forces. Editorials urge caution pending final tallies, noting early strokes may retaliate for Pearl Harbor.
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London
Tokyo
Evening Standard
Pearl Harbor
Evening News
the Star
The
Daily Mail
Chinese Army Reverses Japanese Advance in Burma
Chinese forces in central Burma recaptured Muaymyo and pushed toward Lashio and Mandalay, cutting off Japanese routes along the Burma road into Yunnan. One Japanese column was wiped out and the other seeks escape as Chinese forces press from Taunggyi northward, signaling a sharp reversal in the Burma campaign.
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Chungking
China
Burma
Muaymyo
Lashio
Mandalay
Taunggy
Yunnan
Laskio
Army Camp Named For Helena Resident Camp Young honors Gen Samuel B M Young
The War department names the new desert training center near India California Camp Young after the first army chief of staff Lieut General Samuel B M Young. He served as chief of staff from 1903 to 1904 and later led the US Soldiers Home. He lived in Helena Montana for years and his widow Mrs Annie D Young died in Helena last year.
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Washington
War Department
Desert
India
Calif
Camp Young
Army
Samuel B. M. Young
Young
United States Soldiers’ Home
Montana
Helena
General Young
Annie D. Young
Price controls take effect nationwide Monday
The United States will begin government price controls at 12:01 a.m. local time Monday, making wholesalers and manufacturers licensees required to sell goods at prices fixed by the Office of Price Administration. The ceiling aims to curb rising costs and applies to about 1,900,900 retail establishments nationwide.
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Washington
Aneay
United States
Office of Price Administration
Amerca
Sea Victory Seen as Proof Forces Are Sufficient to Stop Japs
Washington reports flooding through Capitol and White House that the Coral Sea battle proves enough men and materiel have reached the Australian area to halt the Japanese southward push. Some lawmakers envision an early Pacific offensive as officials gauge the Allied victory. Secretary Hull cautions withholding full comment until all facts arrive.
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Washington
Coral Sea
Hull
Japan
Last U. S. Correspondent To Leave Corregidor
The last American newspaperman to depart Corregidor after Bataan reports a miraculous escape. Dean Sthedler of Associated Press details a 204 mile dash to safety with Capt. Sneed and Lieut. Franks of the U S Army Air Force. They landed on a makeshift field, survived anti aircraft fire, and made a perilous desertion to a small island amid heavy fog before reaching Australia.
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U. S
Corregidor
Dean Sthedler
Associated Press
Wide World
Philippines
Bataan
Australia
C. Yates McDaniel
Charles Sneed
Parry L. Franks
Amy Air Force
Jonathan Wallwight
Sneed
Frank
Two Montana Men Decorated by Army on Corregidor
In Washington on May 9 the Army announced that 176 Marines and eight others were decorated for valor. Among them were two Montanans from Butte and Sweet Grass who served with the Fourth Marines on Corregidor and later in Cavite and the Philippines. They are identified as George WHHL of Sweet Grass and another Montanan from Helena.
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Montana
Washington
Minin Wen
Mien Serne WU
Weyt
Reras
Walindven
Suny Hinerichets
Cortera
Cavite
Tlangape
Vata Et
Pawards
Peyt
Ailves Stars Corp Remexs
Great Patts
Mont
Tine
Heart Field
T Teguins
Keun
Mont Lather
George Whhl
Sweetgrass
War Brought Closer To Calcutta
New Delhi May 9 AP Japanese bombers raided Chittagong in eastern Bengal for the second time in 24 hours bringing the war closer to Calcutta. The raids marked the third and fourth attacks on the Indian mainland with damage and casualties reported from Chittagong. British forces in Burma withdrew in face of air attacks as Japanese activity increased in the Chindwin region near Mandalay.
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New Delhi
India
Chittagong
Bengal
Calcutta
Hittish
Chittasong
Yague Avis
Akyah
Tarma
Angel Delta
Indias
Burma
Chindwin River
Mandalay
Graham McNamee Dies Of Brief Illness
New York May 8 Graham McNamee 38 veteran radio broadcaster and newsreel commentator died tonight in St Elmos hospital after ten weeks of illness. Born in Washington he reported baseball and prize fights and wrote You're on the Air in 1928 becoming a contributor to national magazines.
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New York
Graham WeNamee
Tadin
St. Tahes Hospital
McNarmee
Washington
Dani Minn
Allied air and sea actions in Coral Sea and Europe update
Allied bombers damaged a seaplane tender and a tanker in the Coral Sea and Louis iade islands, with four sea planes destroyed or damaged. no new contact with retreating Japanese fleet. British bombers over Germany after a lull. German raiders over East Anglia caused minor damage. one raider downed, another destroyed by RAF. A Panamanian merchant ship was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast.
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Allied
Australia
Coral Sea
Louisiade Islands
MacArthur
London
May
Germany
The
Reich
Fast Anglia
Britain
Jap Invasion Menace Is Stopped By Allied Forces
Allied bombers damaged two additional Japanese vessels raising total sunk and damaged to 11 ships sunk and eight damaged. MacArthur’s headquarters report no contact with Japanese naval forces near Australia as the Coral Sea battle continues with Allied initiative, while warnings of larger forthcoming engagements persist.
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Vatel Mdantel
Allied
Australia
Japan
MacArthur
Paul
Moresby
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Coral Sea
Ira
Iis
Vis
War Bulletina
United Nations
John Curtin
New Britain
Axis Submarines Reported in Gulf of Mexico
Washington May 9 reports said Axis submarines were sighted in the Gulf of Mexico. The first advices noted attempts to attack merchant ships at entering or leaving ports. Navy observers described a new propulsion theory and discussed German sub activity in Gulf waters near New Orleans.
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Axis
Gulf of Mexico
Washington
Mexican Gulf
Cyreles
J. Nard Ween
AVIS
Port Narions
Japan
Gulf
Atlantic
Sea Power
Navy League
Orleans
O. K
Anron Edgar von Spiegel
Gasoline Rations Set At Three Gallons For Nonessential
The Office of Price Administration announced a ration plan starting May 15 for nonessential motorists in the eastern seaboard. A ration card holder with seven units will be able to buy 21 gallons during the 1 3 to July 1 period. War Production Board limits are expected to cut eastern deliveries by 50 percent, leaving about 401.8 million gallons for private cars in the rationed area over 47 days, excluding trucks buses and nonhighway users.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Easserm Seaboard
O P
War Production Board
War Interpretations Shift in Indian Ocean and Coral Sea
Wide World War Analyst Thamatic notes oiling war developments in the Indian Ocean and the Coral Sea that shift tone in Moscow and London. Critics say Hitler’s pace in Russia stalls, while winter offensives may beat his timing. Spring offensives by Allies could open on all fronts. Britain’s Madagascar occupation alters strategic calculations.
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Kirket. Simpson
Indian Ocean
Coral Sea
Moscow
London
Hitler
Russia
Leningrad
Red Army
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Madagascar
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Shirley Dalin
St. John's Hospital
Serve Tog
SH. Dalin
Lewis Street
Maymyo
Lashie
Army Camp
U.S
By Dean Schedler
Franks
U. S. Weather Bureau
Graham McNamee
Bulletins
Panama
Navy
von Speigel
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