Allies Take Key Highway Junction In Pacific War
Allied headquarters report heavy Japanese air attacks on Darwin Australia on May 3 with 21 bombers and 30 fighters striking the airfield. Thirteen enemy planes were destroyed or damaged while Allied losses were described as heavy. Air battles extended from Darwin to the Arafura Sea and Mubo in New Guinea.
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Associated Press Wire Service
High Point
N. É
NEA
Allied
Australia
Darwin
Arafura Sea
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Timor
Mubo
Salamaua
New Guinea
Green's Hill
Kai Island
Port Moresby
Milne Bay
War of Attrition in Pacific as Japs Submarines Target Allied Shipping
Allied bombers and U S submarines report heavy shipping losses to Japan in April totaling 93 300 tons for the Allied side and 125 000 tons by U S submarines in recent operations. Bombers also claimed 68 enemy planes shot down with 28 probably destroyed. In Burma Mayu ridge clashes continue with limited changes.
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Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Navy Department
Washington
U. S
Japan
Burma
Mayu Ridge
RAF Blenheims
Chindwin
Begani
India
Mateur Falls Nazis Retreat To New Lines
Allied forces push toward Bizerte as German positions withdraw from northern Tunisia. Mateur, a key junction, lies 18 miles southwest of the naval base and 34 miles northwest of Tunis, with updated Bruce lines and French Goums advancing toward the coastal sector.
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North Africa
Mateur
Bizerte
Tunis
Algiers
Naval Base
London
Associated Press
Tunisian
United States
Kef Adpa Touila
Jenna
Sidi N’sir
Lake Achkel
Jurgen von Arnim
Medjerda
Henri Giraud
7000 Lost By Germans In Kuban Area
Moscow reports Soviet artillery pounded German positions in the Kuban sector as the bridgehead drive was declared abandoned after six days with Nazi losses totaling 7000. Soviet communiques also cite 200 enemy killed and 16 batteries silenced, while Berlin claims no Soviet gains along the front overall.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Caucasus
Berlin
High Command
Associated Press
East Prussia
Chuguev
Donets River
Kharkov
Communist Party
Pravda
Joseph Stalin
May 1943 Tunisia campaign outlook and invasion timing
General Giraud predicts May defeat of the Boche in Tunisia as Allied forces press to consolidate gains. Allied drives encircle Axis positions and prepare for further assaults with prime weather by June. Invasion plans focus on crossing to continental Europe, weather influencing timing through the Balkans or Italy.
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Giraud
Tunisia
Jaly
English Channel
Hitler
Balkans
Italy
Roosevelt nominates Kirk as Army surgeon general
Brig. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, commander of Percy Jones Hospital in Battle Creek Michigan, is nominated by President Roosevelt to be surgeon general of the Army. He previously led surgical services at Walter Reed and trained at the University of Maryland, native of Rising Sun Maryland.
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Washington
Norman T. Kirk
Roosevelt
Army
James C. Magee
Kirk
Percy Jones Hospital
Battle Creek
Mich
Army Medical Center
Walter Reed Hospital
Rising Sun
Medical Corps
Regular Army
University of Marya
House Battles Over Pay-Go Tax Plan Split Over 1942 Liabilities
Washington May 3 A split House braces for a vote on pay-as-you-go income taxation with a bill poised to wipe out half or more of the $10 billion 1942 tax assets. A 20 percent withholding on wages likely starts July 1 as Republicans back the Rum plan and Democrats push for larger abatement. The Carlson proposal would fully abate 1942 taxes for those earning up to $5,000 with others paying on the year they had the largest income.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Carlson
R-Kas
U S Bombers Hit Kiska Base in Aleutians Raid
A navy release reports American bombers attacked Kiska in the Aleutians 13 times on a Saturday, causing a heavy explosion at North Head and damaging the harbor runway. Attu was attacked the same day with unclear results, and a separate note mentions Munda in the Solomons.
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Washington
Japan
Aleutians
Kiska
Navy
North Head
Kiska Harbor
Attu
Munda
Solomons
South Pacific
Central Solomons
Allied Bombers Press Through Stiff Opposition in Europe
RAF heavy bombers and escorts encountered strong German fighter opposition while striking targets in the Dutch port of Ymuiden and the St Nazaire submarine base in France. Mosquito raids hit railroad shops at Thionville as American aircraft lost seven bombers at St Nazaire. British and American losses cited amid weather and heavy German resistance. British Mosquitoes delivered delayed action bombs on key industrial sites. U S bombers based in England take part in first major raid since Breman attack. observer praises American air power and calls for reinforcements and better training.
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London
Royal Air Force
Lmuiden
St. Nizaire
France
Thionville
Lorraine
Paris
Brussels-Saarbruecken
St. Nazaire
U. S
England
Bremen
Colin Bednall
London Daily Mail
United States
Europe
Supreme Court Overrules Tax on Religious Literature
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, voided municipal ordinances taxing the sale of religious literature. Chief Justice Stone wrote the opinion vacating the June 8 ruling, reversing state court judgments upholding the taxes. Justices Reed, Roberts, F. Murphy, and Jackson dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Stone
Reed
Roberts
Frankfurter
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Patterson and Jeffers Plan Field Inspection to End Bottlenecks
Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson and Rubber Director William Jeffers will conduct a joint field trip to inspect rubber and gasoline plants. Patterson said the aim is to resolve a priorities dispute and to identify bottlenecks that hinder the Allied air offensive, notably a shortage of 100 octane gasoline.
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Patterson and Jeffers
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
William Jeffers
Senate
Truman Comittee
Patterson
Jeff
Jeffers
Buna
Truman
DMO
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Supreme Court Upholds Labor Order Against Telegraph Union
The Supreme Court, in an 8 to 0 decision, upheld a National Labor Relations Board order directing Southern Bell to disestablish a union of company employees active in nine southern states. Justice Reed authored the ruling. Justice Roberts did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southern
Reed
Southern Association of Bell Telephone
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Justice Roberts
Nazis Seek 300000 to 500000 Russian Troops for Baltic Army
Stockholm reports the German high command plans to recruit 300000 to 500000 captured Russians and civilians in the Baltic to form a new army under a former Soviet general now in Nazi hands. The move follows hardships in mobilizing sufficient manpower and limits in leveraging wartime workers.
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Stockholm
Baltic States
Reich
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Andreia A. Vlasov
Tak
Miners Order Return to Work Amid War Pressure
Miners resume digging as John L. Lewis announces a 15 day truce and President Roosevelt urges production for the war effort. In Western Pennsylvania towns miners and families react with relief and resolve, citing support for the troops and potential new contracts. Local unions plan meetings and celebrations.
15 Day Truce Accompanies Work Return in Coal Mines
Washington reports a staged return to work as the United States government under President Roosevelt intervenes in the coal strike. Miners resume activity in a 15 day temporary truce, with full operation expected by tomorrow morning. Fuels Coordinator Harold Ickes cites improved stock and eases the in transit coal freeze.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Government
President Roosevelt
Jonasl. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Gallatzin
Fayette, Co
Penn
Ohio
Harlan County
Illinois
AFL
Sam
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Bureau of Mines
Soviet To Get Supplies Via Alaska Route
Stockholm reports that Russia would receive a steady stream of war materiel from the United States via Alaska and the Arctic Ocean this summer. Convoys would depart from U.S. and Canadian West Coast ports, travel 6,000 miles to Khabarovo on the Kara Sea, and push a 200 mile rail link to Vorkuta. The north west passage may be more successful this year due to a milder winter and early spring.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Idninge
Russia
United States
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Canadian
Khabarovo
Kara Sea
Kharbarovo
Vorkuta
Archangel
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