Chinese Army to Brace Against Japs in Burma and Yunnan
Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-Shek meet a reinforced Japanese push along the Burma road and into Yunnan. Chungking reports the Japanese reached Lungling and Paoshan and press toward Kunming while British and Chinese units hold near the Assam frontier and contend with a new Mekong front from Thailand into Indo-Chinese borders.
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London
Chiang Kai-Shek
Burma
Chungking
China
Lungling
Paoshan
Yunnan
Kunming
Opnion
Chaing
Henta
Nama
Myithsina
Norett
Mekong River
Thailand
New Delh
Third Vessel Sunk By Sub in Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans reports that German submarines operating in the Gulf of Mexico sank a third Norwegian freighter early Friday, killing ten on board. Survivors were rescued by Naval planes from Pensacola and taken to Pensacola, as crews awaited confirmation of further submarine activity in the gulf.
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Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Germany
Gulf of Moxico
Ainettcs
Hoinigle Teapeda
Atik
Willey Samneaneench
Pensacola
Gulf
Dazhal
Solons Seek Unlimited Gas Rations Stirred by Pension Debate
Washington May 1 Congress faced a heated debate over gasoline rationing as members wearing A and X cards queued at special facilities to claim unlimited supply. Senators Downey and Rich Pay professed self restraint, while Rep Faddis defended trips home as official business, with Leon Henderson noting official use criterion.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Downey
Calif
Rich CR. Pay
Fitters Bloc
Faddis
D. Pa
Intersview
Price
Leon Hewderson
House Group Votes Cut In Fixing Individual Income Tax Exemptions
Washington May 3 The House Ways and Means Committee cut personal income tax exemptions to 500 for single and 1200 for married filers to raise funds for the war effort. The panel by about 21 to 1 vote abandoned 750 and 1500 levels and tied the move to earned income credits proposed to be abolished. Chairman Doughton announced plans to consider higher normal and surtax rates as rates are set no revenue estimates available. Treasury sought 34.1 million in added personal taxes. The action raises questions on a possible sales tax and its impact on workers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Soday
Treasury Department
Doughton
Treasury
Vichy Agrees to Immobilize Three French Warships at Martinique
London reports that Vichy premier Pierre Laval in a note to the United States agreed to immobilize three French warships at Martinique the carrier Bearn and cruisers Emile Hein and Jeanne d Arc. The move aligns with tensions over the status of the Caribbean isles as Vichy consults Petain and Darlan.
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Martinique
London
WPI
Pierre Laval
United States
Bearn
Emile Hein
Jeanne Daie
Berlin
Caribbean
France
Germany
Tomishé
Washington
Antilles
Bern
Switzerland
Paris
Laval
U. Ss
Marshal Petain
Francois Darlan
Pope Pius XII appeals to world leaders for peace
Pope Pius XII urged global leaders to seek a peace based on justice, calling for impartiality toward all nations and condemning anti Christian methods. He spoke on radio from Vatican City on the 28th anniversary of his consecration, noting slim chances for immediate peace amid military tensions.
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Pope Pius
World For Peace
Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XII
Two Ships Sunk Off St Lawrence. 74 Survive
May 15 report from a St Lawrence port states 14 crewmen from two torpedoed freighters are dead or missing. One ship took 48 aboard lifeboats. the other, 29 rescued, with 14 unaccounted and one death from exposure. Navy minister Angus MacDonald later confirmed two ships sunk, 41 landed safely previously announced.
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St. Lawrence River
Canda
Cren
St Lawrence
Navy
Angus Mac Donald
Allied Planes Blast Jap Indies Bases
Allied air forces attacked Dutch Indies targets in Amboina and Rabaul, sinking a 3,000-ton Japanese ship, setting others afire, and destroying bombers on runways. MacArthur headquarters said raids reached Port Moresby and residual Dutch bases burned. An afterword reports a May tremor in Ciudad Guzman with no damage.
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San Francisco
Netherlands
Fast Indies
Melbourne
Australia
CBS
Allied
Amboina
MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Stx
Tne
Netherlands East Indies
Dutch Naval
Wartime Pay Roll Savings Plan Inquiry
A wartime notice asks offices and workplaces to confirm or start a Pay Roll Savings Plan. It urges immediate action to secure employee savings during the war effort and requests implementation details.
Quezon Arrives in National Capital with Family
President Manuel Quezon, a Filipino refugee, arrived in Washington by Union Station and was welcomed by President Roosevelt. He will stay two weeks, traveling with Filipino and American forces after their defense of Bataan and Corregidor, with his wife and three children accompanying him.
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Washington
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Union Station
Roosevelt
Quezon
O Jong
Bataan
Corregidor
Australia
Germans Press Kerch Offensive and Piercing Crimea
London reports German forces, backed by 2 million troops, widen the Kerch assault from multiple points toward the Caucasus. Claims include reaching the Sea of Azov, disrupting Soviet evacuations, and destroying aircraft, while observers stress air control as key to breaking the peninsula.
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London
Germany
Crimean Kerch Penivsna
Caucasus
Hitler
Ukraine
the Isthmus
Rostov
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Kharkov
Crimean
Kerch
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Japs Detained in Vancouver Stage Riot at Immigration Building
Japanese detainees in Vancouver staged a riot at the immigration building, smashing upper-floor windows and shouting at bystanders, while chunks of plaster and paper were flung onto the street. Army guards patrolled outside as authorities offered no immediate comment.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Bee
Tose Upi
Dimigration
Wulren
Mul
Earl
Immigration i
Nire
Austin ¢. Taylor
Erith Columbian Security Commission
All-Negro Division to Be Formed Friday
San Antonio Texas May 13 PP The first all Negro division of this war will be formally organized next Friday at Fort Huachuca Arizona third Army headquarters said today. Some officers will be white including Maj Gen Charles P Hall commanding general The reactivated unit will be the 92nd infantry division.
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San Antonio
Texas
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Third Army
Charles P. Iall
Ldrd Infantry Division
House Approves Army Pay Rise at $50 Monthly but Slashes to $49
Washington May 13 with the House backing a 350 monthly pay scale for low ranking Army men, though final figures suggest $42 to $50 depending on rank. Senate support keeps $423, while members debate postwar bonuses. The measure, approved 331 to 28, would raise all enlisted grades and alter officer stipends under conference plans.
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Washington
House
Senate
Nankin
Moss
Disney
Okla
Bombed Malta and Hanoi raids dominate May reports
May 1 Maltese raids report 128 total raiders destroyed or damaged since Saturday. Victoria bombed as four Messerschmitts strafed streets. May 13 Flying Tigers claim three grounded planes destroyed at Hanoi airfield with 25 more Japanese planes damaged. London reports Vichy shipping threatened. Tass cites 80,000 Yugoslav deaths in Baczska after Hungarian occupation.
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Valletta
Malta
Victoria
A.V.G
Chungking
Flying Tigers
Hanoi
Indo-China
Moscow
Tass
Baczska
Yugoslavia
Large Fund Released For Cuban Sugar By U S Defense Body
Navana May 1. Sugar money exceeds 150 million dollars, with funds advanced by the Defense Supplies Corporation of the United States for sugar in warehouses. Observers predict a business boom in Cuba as the release may reach 200 million dollars. The corporation bought Cuba's entire 1942 export sugar crop.
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Navana
Defense Supplies Corporation
United States
Cuba
Big Red Offense At Kharkov Still Advancing
The Moscow regime reports Soviet forces are advancing near Kharkov while denying German claims of Kerch victory. It notes heavy fighting on the Crimean front, Soviet losses of 17, while 43 German planes were destroyed May 12. A separate bulletin cites Soviet ships sinking a 12,000 ton enemy transport in the Barents Sea.
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Kharkov
Crimean
Semeon Tim Moshenkoo
Red Army
Moscow
Staraya Rusen
Leningrad
Lakemen
Whit Hattle
Foray
Kerch
Donets
Barents Sea
Russians deny Nazi claim of decisive Kerch victory
War brief notes that Soviet forces deny Hitler’s boast of a conclusive victory at Kerch. The Red Army says it is retiring in good order while inflicting heavy losses, casting doubt on the claimed annihilation offensive and the opening of a major eastern offensive. The dispatch hints at continued fighting near the western neck of the Kerch isthmus.
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Hitler
Kerch
Nagi
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