Chinese Rout Japanese Troops On Burma Road
Chinese counterattacks routed Japanese columns attempting to advance along the Burma Road northeast of Chefang. A thousand Japanese were killed or wiped out in one column, another was crushed with only half its force remaining. The invaders were described as mechanized spearheads with air support reaching Kefang in Yunnan. Chinese communique noted Japanese forces had artillery and tried to push deeper into Yun province. Japanese HQ claimed the Lungling area was occupied.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Burma
Chefang
Kesman
Warane
Kefang
China
Unian
Wirma
Delayed Naming of U S Prisoners in War Slowness
Washington May 8 The long Japanese delay in verifying the names of American sower s taken early in the war suggests weeks may pass before those who fell at Corregidor and Bataan are listed as missing or dead The War Department has struggled to answer thousands of inquiries since officers and men await word Next of kin will be telegraphed as casualty information becomes available The department has only reported names of officers and men killed in the Philippines and fewer than 300 army personnel captured in other Pacific theaters Meanwhile the Red Cross Geneva lists prisoners and interned civilians as far as the war extends.
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Washington
Coral Sea War Shifts Command in Pacific War
Allied and Japanese fleets clash in the Coral Sea as Allied units claim 123 ships sunk or damaged in five days while Tokyo contests the figures. Analysts say the battle could decide Pacific naval dominance and Australia’s role as a United Nations base amid strategic threats to American supply lines.
British Position In Libya Is More Secure
A military briefing states Libyan defenses are tighter as Axis efforts to open Mediterranean supply routes falter. Sir William Dobbie, Malta governor, is succeeded by Viscount Gort as governor and commander in chief of Gibraltar. Maj. Gen. Sir Colin Jardine takes Gibraltar’s post. Dobbie to rest. Rommel not strong enough to mount large-scale action.
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Drew Middleton Indon
Libya
Madagascar
Malta
Union
Diego Suarez Bay
In- Qecan
William George Ion Dobbie
Viscount Gort
Imperial Staff
Lord Gort
Tiger Gort
France
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Colin Jardine
Dobbie
England
Edwin Rommel
Ghormley In Command Of South Pacific
Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley of the U S Navy will oversee land sea and air forces of four Allies in a vast South Pacific area as Japan may target Allied lines to Australia and America. The command will include bases in New Zealand Australia the Free French United States and some British possessions like the Fiji Islands, with Ghormley reporting to Admiral Nimitz. The move mirrors MacArthur's Southwest Pacific authority and aims to defend distant sea routes. Continued on page 2 Col 1.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Robert Lee Ghormley
United States Navy
South Pacific
Ghormley
Australia
Free French
United States
Fiji Islands
London
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacifi
Pacific War Council
Washington
Navy Department
U. S. Navy
Big Bomber Missing From Training Flight Near MacDill
A TAMPA reporting says a heavy bomber with ten aboard including two passengers failed to return from a routine training flight from MacDill Field Wednesday afternoon. Crews searched with no trace found. Crew listed includes Second Lieut. Hugh W. Mills, 23, pilot, Houston. Second Lieut. Charles E. Thomas II, 23, co pilot, Wellston Air Depot. Staff Sergeant Wilbert M. George, 21, of Tampa. and several other soldiers from Pennsylvania, Georgia, Louisiana, and Wisconsin. Two passengers were Pvt. Gordon J. Howard of Green Bay and Sergt. Eugene L. Kasmer of Chicago.
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Tampa
Fla
MacDill Field
Lsted
MacDill
Hugh W. Mills
Houston
Texas
Charles E. Thomas IT
C. E. Thomas
Wellston Air Deport
Macon
Wilbert M. George
Caroline C. George
Fampa
Katie George
Pierce St
Landsvale
Robert R. Pigman
North Carolina Bomber Crash Deaths Five Officers
In Alexandria Louisiana five second lieutenants and a staff sergeant from Esler Field died in a bomber crash twelve miles east of the city. The victims include Merton Ortmann, pilot, Clinton Wisconsin. Edward Walters, co pilot, Ogden? Jac George Edwards of Lubbock Texas. Thomas Gilliam of Statesville North Carolina. Charles Wilfork Jr of Winthrop Massachusetts. and Thomas Number of Glendale California.
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Alexandria
Esler Field
Here
Merton W. Ortmann
Clinton
Wis
Edward N. Walters
Qdobert
Ja.c George S. Edwards
Lubbock
Tex
Thomas S. Gilliam
Statesville
N. Co
Charles T. Wiflock, Jr
Winthrop, Mass
Thomas R. Number
Gendale
Calif
Furniture Makers Turn To War Goods Orders
The War Production Board reports the furniture industry, which last year produced a billion dollars in goods, will maintain that value next year while converting to military production. Orders already total 300 million dollars for airplane parts, ammunition boxes, fuel lines and related items. Woodworking plants will build wooden aircraft and sub assemblies for training, with several plants already producing plywood parts.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Wpbs Furniture Branch
Four Escaped Convicts Still Being Hunted
Four convicts remain at large after overrunning a guard and seizing weapons from a prison truck in Anson County. Described as armed and desperate, they were last believed to be near Woodleaf in Rowan County with authorities expecting capture soon. Names include William Goss Wade Loftin Gaston Morris and Avery Butler. Louis Johnson, Roosevelt envoy to India, advised to rest for two to three days to recover from strain.
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Raleigh
Rowan
Randolph County
Woodleaf
Rowan County
Oscar Pitts
Anson County
Kyle Mathews
William Goss
Kannapolis
Wade Loftin
High Point
Gaston Morris
Chadbourn
Avery Butler
Charlotte
New Delhi
India
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Transportation squeeze from Atlantic fuel shift hits motorists
The article notes Washington’s move to withdraw tankers from dangerous Atlantic routes and shift petroleum to railroads barges and trucks. It warns motorists face severe auto fuel rationing potentially down to 2.5 gallons weekly, with coastwise shipping reduced from 95 to five percent capacity and a 38 percent load shift offshore.
Naval battle near Australia claims sixteen Japanese ships sunk or damaged
Allied reports from Australia claim a massive sea clash east of the continent with ten Japanese ships sunk and six badly damaged. Allies say battleships carriers and escorts were involved while Japan claims several Allied vessels sunk, with both sides reporting no confirmed own losses. Prime Minister Curtin called the action crucial to wartime strategy as heavy fighting continued over the Coral Sea and adjacent waters.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Allied Headquarters
Australia
Loupsinde Islands
Batte
Coral Sea
New Guinea
Salomon Islands
Jutland
John Curtin Gravely
House of Representatives
Wiliam Morris Hughes
Jaye
AIP Australia
Nazis Press Aerial Attack In Far North
Moscow May 8. Germany presses a futile aerial offensive against Russia's far northern rail and water routes to isolate the Soviet Union. Red Star says 500 Nazis wiped out in the northwest and 64 enemy planes destroyed or damaged over Murmansk. Russian air force responds strongly, forcing German bases to retreat to Norway and Finland.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Soviet Union
Red Star
Murmansk
Norway
Finland
German spring offensive repulsed on Karelian front
Pravda dispatch reports German and Finnish forces withdrawn from Russian territory with heavy losses after an attempted three point breakthrough on the Karelian frontier. Red Star notes 14 raids on German air bases in the north last month and 43 German planes destroyed in recent days.
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Moscow
Maya
Finland
Pravda
Arctic
Murmansk
Lapland
Red Star
United States
Hans Juergen Stumpf
Norway
Netherlands
Denmark
Axis diplomats on liner bound for Swedish city
Swedish liner Drottningholm sails from Jersey City toward Lisbon with Axis officials and nationals. The ship carried exchanges with North and South American officials as it departed at 12:30 p.m. Eastern War Time yesterday.
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AXIS
Swedish City
Washington
Drottninghol
Lisbon
Drottningholm
Jersey City
Small Gas Quota Seen By Henderson
Price Administrator Leon Henderson told reporters on the eastern seaboard that non essential driving would face a gasoline allowance of no more than three gallons per week. He indicated the basic ration would run about two to three gallons per car, with work vehicles possibly exempt. He testified before the House Interstate Commerce Committee amid questions on gas supply and tire shortages.
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Washington
May
Leon Menderson
Seaboard
Henderson
House Interstate Commerce
Gulator
Japanese Rush Troops Into Manchuria Seen for Siberian Move
Tokyo based dispatches report Japan is rushing troops into Manchuria from Manchukuo to ready for a possible move toward Siberia next month. Wang Ching-wei traces in Hsinking on a state visit to Emperor Kang Teh as staff discussions with General Seishiro Ttagaki stir speculation of northern operations.
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London
Pi Reuters
Manchuria
Chungking
North China
Wang Ching-Wei
Manchukuo
Siberia
Wang
Hsinking
Machukuo
Kang
British offer repatriation to French in Madagascar
London May 80 The British offered to repatriate any Frenchmen on Madagascar who refused to cooperate with the United Nations and pledged restoration of the island to France with the first landings. The Diego Suarez base was captured on Thursday, with subsequent landings needed for key targets like Tulcar air base. Churchill noted the French mobilized up to 15 000 troops. British casualties are said to be low.
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London
Madagascar
United Nations
France
Foreign Office
Diego Suarez
Tulcar Air Dase
Diaco Suarez
Iisland
Diego Suarez Bay
Churchill
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Burma Road
Lungling
Qunnan
Chefang Hatle
U.S
Edward E. Bomar
War Department
Ugh
International Red SS
Geneva
Nippon
Indonesia
Tokyo
Saratoga
Curtin Maday
Pacific
Japan
Harry E. Yarnell
New York
Ibya
By Clark Lee
North Carolina
Bulkeley
John D. Bulkeley
Philippines
San Francisco
Far East
Philippine
Cebu
Lieut
Ray Tucker
Uncle Sam
Atlantic
Leon Henderson
Oracle
Harold L. Ickes
Witter
Maine
Carolinas
U. S
Canon
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