Soviet Red forces attack Sevastopol as Axis claims gains
London reports Soviet bombers and fighters striking Sevastopol amid heavy fighting in the Crimean port. German high command says Russians attacked with great strength and stalled near the Tess area while Soviet claims of heavy naval and air losses are noted.
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London
Moscow
Crimean
Sevastopol
Red Army
Sevastopolka
Aton
Romania
Siret
Prut
Moldova
Ammuniships
Black Fleet
Effo
Gandhi release seen as path to unity in India crisis
Allied wartime leaders hope Gandhi's release from internment can unite Hindu and Muslim factions behind a joint effort with the British viceroy. A national coalition could bolster India's role in the war and shape postwar relations with the western world. Negotiations face hurdles as leaders gauge the bloodshed past and the ETA of a broad compromise.
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Mbs
India
Ders
Ing Gandhi
Gandhi
Supreme Court Refuses Rehearing Texas Vote Case
The Supreme Court rejected two rehearing requests in the case about Negro voting rights in Texas Democratic primaries. Texas Attorney General Grover Sellers and two Houston election judges argued the ruling misstates state law and party autonomy. The court's 8-1 decision held the Texas Democratic Party must follow state procedures to select nominees, treating the party as a state agency.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Grover Sellers
Houston
Maus Supreme Court
S. FE. Allwright
James E. Liuzza
Democratic Party
Debt Ceiling Boosted to 240 Billion
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill raising the public debt limit from 210 to 240 billion dollars amid Republican opposition. The administration had resisted a 260 billion demand, with Treasury undersecretary Daniel W. Bell signaling approval of the cut, contingent on a future request for a higher ceiling next year. Representative Knutson and others argued for a tighter limit and warned against further increases.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Daniel W. Bell
Knutson
R-Minn
Roosevelt
Northern textile firms oppose wage rise before WLB panel
Representatives of northern cotton and rayon manufacturers prepared to present arguments against wage increase demands by the Textile Workers Union of America CIO. The three day hearing before the National War Labor Board was scheduled to begin.
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Boston
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
National War Labor Board
WLB
Workers End Pisgah Mills Walkout After 6 AM Return
Workers returned to Pisgah Mills at 6 o'clock ending a Friday walkout that halted operations at the thread manufacturing firm. More than 80 percent of its production goes to Army and Navy contracts, and the return resumes work across the plant.
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Brevard
Pisgah Mills
Thread Manufacturning Company
Russians and Czechs Reach Agreement
London May 8 The Russian and Czechoslovak government signed an agreement for the administration of areas liberated by the Red army in Czechoslovakia. The accord, announced in London and Moscow, sets the relationship between Soviet commander in chief and the Czech administration in exile.
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London
Cech
Red Army
Moscow
Carpathians
V. Z. Lebedev
H. Ripka
Japanese Offensive Advances Near Loyang and Rail Line
Japanese forces push toward Loyang with six miles to the ancient city as they clear the Peiping-Hankow railway. Chinese and American air units report strikes south of Chenghsien, heavy anti-Japanese counterattacks, and ambiguous aims behind the renewed offensive.
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Ince
Loyang
Gd Oy
China
Henan
Peiping- Hankow
Chenghsien
Siping
Chumatien
Yengchen
Germans Not Expected To Adopt Airplane Ramming Policy
London May 8 A number of German fighters rammed American planes in today’s air battles over Germany but it seems unlikely the German high command will adopt suicide plane dives as official policy. The German air force is currently greatly outnumbered by American forces.
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London
Germany
Trains to be Curtailed in France From May Fifteenth
German controlled Vichy radio announced passenger train services will be seriously curtailed in all areas of France starting May 15. The move is viewed as an anti invasion precaution to clear civilian roads for military movements.
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London
Vichy Radio
France
Japan to Pick Up Supplies for American War Prisoners
The Tokyo radio reports Japan will dispatch a vessel to Vladivostok to collect relief supplies from the United States for American prisoners and civilian internees in Japanese hands. The move follows U S charges over mistreatment of prisoners and includes protests about unjust treatment of Japanese nationals by American authorities.
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Tokyo Radio
Vladivostok
United States
Japan
United Ggg OE
United To
Inter- 5
Rocky Mount Hosts York Rite Masons Convention
About 250 Masons gathered in Rocky Mount for the York Rite grand bodies of North Carolina convention. Grand Commander Luther T. Hartsell Jr of Salisbury presided at the Grand Commandery opening. The Grand Council session was led by Arthur Chesson of Wilson. A memorial service will be held for Michel Saliba of Wilson and Fred Bahnson of Winston-Salem tomorrow.
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Rocky Mount
York Rite
North Carolina
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
Grand Council of Royal and Select Masons
Grand Royal Arch
Luther T. Hartsell, Jr
Salisbury
John Foreman
Asheville
Arthur Chesson
Wilson
D. E. Bullock
Michel Saliba
Fred Bahnson
Winston-Salem
J. Edward Allen
Warrenton
Supreme Court to Review Government Versus Associated Press Case
The Supreme Court announced it would review the Government against the Associated Press case brought jointly by the Government and the AP. No hearing date was set.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Associated Press
Bucharest Bombed Again by Allied Air Raids over Romania
Allied heavy and medium bombers pounded Bucharest for the third time in 24 hours, guided by fires from yesterday's daylight raid. Bombers attacked rail yards, refineries, and industrial targets. American and British aircraft suffered losses, while Luftwaffe fighters contested the raids over the Romanian capital.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Bucharest
U.S
Belgrade-Pancevo
Yugoslavia
Dalmatian
Italy
Lake Bracciano
Rome
Areton
Reginald W. Brown
Gilman
Paul R. Bumgardner
Birmingham
Ala
Raymond Carpenter
Gordonsville
CIO Leader Proposes 30-Hour Work Week
R. J. Thomas president of the United Automobile Workers CIO told a mass meeting in St Paul that a 30 hour work week across industry would guarantee full post war employment. He said more people would be employed on shorter hours and national production would rise, ending postwar low mood concerns.
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ST. Paul, Minn
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Thomas
Trapshooters to Meet Vandalla Grand American Aug 23 24 25
Ray E. Loring manager of the amateur trapshooting association announced the 1944 Grand American Trapshoot would be held Aug 23 24 and 25 on a bring your own shells basis.
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Vandalla
Ray E. Loring
Amateur Trapshooting Association
Attorney General Tackles Veterans Jobs Questions
The attorney general investigates how returning G I Joes and Josses regain prewar jobs under the 1940 selective service act. Veterans have 40 days after discharge to apply, with local committees and district attorneys aiding expedites. Many seniority, shop, and government issues remain unsettled as the AG seeks official guidance.
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Washington
Attorney General's Office
G. I. Joes
G. I. Josses
Draft Board
Selective Service
Covington
Allied Landings In Northwestern Italy Reported
A Geneva dispatch quoted fascist officers claiming Allied commandos based in Corsica and Sardinia landed on the Ligurian coast of Northwest Italy in the last days for patrols ahead of an invasion. Some troops were reportedly killed or captured while others returned with fortification data after Rommel met Kesselring in Italy.
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Bern
la Suisse
Geneva
Corsica
Sardinia
Italy
Erwin Rommel
Albert Kesselring
Maly
Record Air Blitz Rains on Berlin and Brunswick Fronts
Nearly 2,000 U. S. bombers and fighters struck Berlin and Brunswick as daylight raids continue for a fourth day. Liberators and Fortresses, supported by Lightning Thunderbolt and Mustang escorts, dropped thousands of tons of explosives and faced German fighter defenses in heavy combat over northern France and Romania.
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Austin Bealmear
London
U. S
Berlin
Brunswick
Liberator
France
Germany
Bucharest
Britain
Theiterranean
Geremany
Balkans
Romania
Ninth Air Force
Rouen
Liberators
Lt. L. Houston
Sixth Ave
Helena
Montana
Focke-Wulf
Romanian Oil Output Cut 75 Percent
Naples May 8 Lt Gen Ira C Eaker Allied Air Commander in the Mediterranean said Romanian oil output had been cut to a quarter of normal by bombings. He added American and RAF bombers disrupted vital war material flows to the Eastern front by bombing key supply routes, noting Ploesti refining supplied over 30 percent of Germanys needs. He said Aug 1 1943 low level attack disrupted output for months though most major plants were restored before recent MAARF unit strikes.
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Allied
Naples
Ira C. Eaker
Mediterranean
Eaker
Ploesti
Germany
MAAF
French Manned Ships Attack German Convoy in Channel
British admiralty reports French crews in light coastal forces attacked a German convoy in the English Channel early today. A supply ship and a trawler were probably sunk. Allied vessels damaged other enemy boats and returned to harbor with only superficial damage.
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London
English Channel
Admiralty
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