Americans Bomb Axis Holland Airfield In World War II
Flying Fortress crewman Staff Sgt. Everett L. Dodd from Walnut Ridge Arkansas returns to be with his critically ill mother Mrs Mary Pauline Dodd in Poplar Bluff Missouri after completing 25 missions over Europe. The airman described the homeward flight as a race against time with his mother living day to day awaiting his arrival.
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Everett L. Dodd
Walnut Ridge
Ark
England
Europe
Mary Pauline Dodd
Poplar Bluff
Roosevelts Fourth Term Endorsed At North Carolina Convention
The North Carolina State Democratic convention endorsed a fourth term for President Roosevelt and backed Governor Broughton for vice president. The platform urged increased state efforts, praised national and state leadership, and pledged loyalty in a time of national peril.
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Raleigh
Roosevelt
Broughton
Robert R. Williams
Asheville
Josephus Daniels
Mr. Roosevelt
Rivers Johnson
Warsaw
Willis Smith
Japanese assault on Imphal and Kohima faces monsoon rush
The war report describes a fierce push by Japanese forces to seize Imphal and Kohima before the Monsoon floods turn the northeast frontier into a maze. About 30,000 Japanese troops risk being cut off if they fail, while New Delhi warns British Indian units may annihilate them if they retreat.
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India
Imphal
Kohima
China
New Delhi
Bucharest Night Raid by Allied Bombers
Allied headquarters in Naples reports a night air raid on Bucharest using Halifaxes Liberators and Wellingtons. Bombs hit two mile rail yards and repair shops, setting freight cars ablaze. Casualties include three allied planes lost and two enemy aircraft destroyed. A total of 1,250 sorties flown. Indian troops repelled a small enemy attack in the Adriatic sector.
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Naples
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Two American Planes Victims of Jap Gunfire
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS reports the Rabaul area in northeast New Britain was hit by an 88-ton bombing and strafing assault. Two American planes were shot down by anti-aircraft fire as heavy bombers and fighters attacked Rakada airstrip and surrounding targets.
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New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Rakada
Duke of York Island
Vunakambi
Hill Wins Democratic Senate Nomination in Alabama
Senator Lister Hill leads by about 25,000 votes in an unofficial statewide tabulation. With 2,077 of 2,320 boxes counted, Hill has 116,438 to 91,687 for James A. Simpson. Democratic nomination in Alabama is tantamount to election.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lister Hill
Hill
James A. Simpson
Alabama
Senate
Roosevelt
Germany Considers Third War Says Diplomat
Netherlands ambassador Alexander Loudon said Germany’s high command has tasked generals with preparing World War II. He quoted General Von Stuelpnagle on weakening neighbors for future conquest and urged Germans to accept full responsibility, denounce Pan-Germanism, and dismantle secret gestapos linked to Nagis scheme.
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Washington
Netherlands
Alexander Loudon
Institute of Women's Professional Relations
Loudon
von Stuelpnagle
Stuelpnagle
Germany
High Point Leaders Named Delegates to National Democratic Meet
Raleigh dispatch lists delegates and alternates chosen to attend the Democratic national convention in Chicago. Earl Phillips of High Point is named delegate for the Sixth district with Louis Fisher of High Point as alternate. High Point and Guilford officials join district and state committees.
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Point
Ilford County
Earl Phillips
High Point
Louis Fisher
Guilford County
Ben Ward
Greensboro
Lynn Hunt
Pleasant Garden
J. Frankfort
R. S. Wimbish
Byron Haworth
Dr. McDonald
Raleigh
Chicago
Emmet Bellamy
Wilmington
S. Britt
Lumberton
A. E. Powell, Jr
Whiteville
W. G. Ewing
Fayetteville
H. J. Rhodes
Burlington
German losses mount as Soviet forces slow attack
Army dispatch reports 600 Germans killed as red forces repulse Nazi assaults southeast of Stanislawow and near Tiraspol. Other fronts show a lull in activity with tanks and self propelled guns burned or disabled. Romanian radio cites heavy fighting near Iasi oil fields and multiple Soviet vehicles knocked out. Air raids strike Poland and Romania targets including Lwow and Stanislawow.
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Ack Ticaiant Telen
Reema
Stanislawow
Tiraspol
Stanene
Odessa
Bucharest Radio
Targu- Frumos
Iasi
Lwow
Simbor
Poland
Roman
Romania
Japs Chinese In Struggle for Railway Town
Chungking May 4. Japanese troops from north and south narrowed the Chinese held gap along the Peiping Hankow railway in Honan to 75 miles. An invader column captured Minkiang 23 miles north of Sin yang base. Yencheng 90 miles south of Chenghsien was threatened as Chinese forces resisted near Hsuchang.
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Chungking
Pieping-Hankow
Honan
Minkiang
Sinyang
Yencheng
Chenghsien
Hsuchang
Yang
Tengfeng
Loyang
Peiping-Hankow
Navy Captain Dies in Plane Crash at Pollocksville
Capt. Dean B. Raymond U S M C R son of Mrs Permelia Raymond 301 West Lincoln Streator Ill was killed Wednesday when his navy plane crashed at the U S Marine Corps air facility Pollocksville N C the naval district reported today
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Norfolk, Va
Dean B. Raymond
U.S.M. C.R
Permelia Raymond
Lincoln Avenue
Streator
Ill
U. S. Marine Corps Air Facility
Pollocksville
N. C
On Naval District
Hitler moves top troops to France amid invasion rumors
London reports Hitler shifts Lt. Gen. Kurt Student and more parachute forces from Italy to the Atlantic Wall. German broadcasts claim troops in danger zones await an Allied landing while London press notes feints and rehearsals, with Churchill cited on false alarms.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Kurt Student
France
Moreilie
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Berlin
Churchill
Jean Paquis
Paris
Governments Crack Down On 15,000 Firms Aiding Axis
Washington reports the United States and Britain have blacklisted about 15 000 businessmen and firms for alleged assistance to Germany and Japan. The step aims to deter trade with the Axis and extend economic warfare into the postwar period, signaling penalties for those in neutral regions aiding the enemy. Francis H. Russell outlined the plan at Hot Springs Virginia to the American Drug Manufacturers Association.
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Axis
Washington
United States
Germany
Japan
State Department
Britain
United
Francis H. Russell
Division of World Trade Intelligence
American Drug Manufacturers Association Today
Hot Springs
Penicillin to Be Available After This Week
Chicago reports that penicillin will be widely available to civilians after this week. Dr. John N. McDonnell says 1000 depot hospitals in every region have been notified and orders filled rapidly. The system will stock a nucleus group first with expansion allowed, enabling any doctor to obtain penicillin at depot hospitals as needed.
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Chicago
John N. McDonnell
Office of
OCPD
McDonnell
Ward Leader Seized By Government
Paul D. Sowell assistant operating manager of Montgomery Ward and Company was seized by FBI agents at a government controlled mail order plant and charged with stealing or injuring U. S. government property. Lowell arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Edwin K. Walker posted $250 bond and pleaded innocent for a May 11 hearing.
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Chicago
Paul D. Sowell
Montgomery Ward and Company
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
William J. Connor
Walker
Lowell
Connor
John D. Goodloe
CIO
United
Goodloe
Edwin K. Walker
Conner
Driver dies in Dillon collision with train
Andrew Huggins aged 68 was killed when his soft drink delivery truck collided with a Seaboard Air Line freight train near Dillon South Carolina today. Two companions Roy Lane 18 and Herbert Cook were injured in the crash.
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Dillon
S.C
Andrew Huggins
Seaboard Air Line
Roy Lane
Herbert Cook
Accuracy In Air Attacks Is Essential
London reports expert air war observers including US Air Force officers cautioning that Allied bombing should not be judged by tonnage. They note precision in clear weather outperforms clouds and saturation, with a single 500-pound direct hit often better than large but scattered tonnages.
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London
United States Air Force
RAF
USAAF
Berlin
DFC Awarded to Jim Stewart for Flying Service
Major James Stewart, star of Hollywood, received the Distinguished Flying Cross at a U S Liberator base in England for leadership and piloting the first bomber in the February 20 raid on Nazi aircraft factories at Brunswick Germany. He has the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster and recently became operations officer after being promoted from squadron commander.
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England
James Stewart
Brunswick
Germany
Stewart
Pre Invasion Bombardment On 20th Day
London reports American Flying Fortress and British bombers attacking targets in Holland and northern France on the 20th day of pre invasion aerial assaults. RAF losses totaled 49 planes, with one German aircraft confirmed down by Captain Frank O Connor.
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London
Hitler
Holland
France
Foremen's strikes disrupt war plants around Detroit
A spreading foremen strike halts production at 11 plants in Detroit area as Ford Windsor remains closed for the twelfth day. Packard, Briggs, Hudson, and Murray facilities see 1,000 to 850 foremen idle as the Foreman's Association seeks recognition while the National War Labor Board orders return to work.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Windsor
Detroit River
Packard Motor Car Co
Foreman’s Association of America
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Hudson Motor Car Co
Murray Ae of America
Packard
National War Labor Board
Foreman’s Association
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