Red Army Storm Troops Break Sevastopol Axis Defenses
Russia’s Red Star reports fierce fighting as storm troops assault Sevastopol from multiple fronts. French and German positions collapse under relentless artillery and air bombardment, with 56 German planes said shot down and German-Romanian garrison in retreat toward the Black Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimea
Izvestia
Black Sea
Red Army
Red Star
MacKenzie Heights
Inkerman
Sevas
Black
Allied Troops Advance in All Sectors Around Imphal Plain
Allied forces push in all sectors around the Imphal Plain as Mountbatten announces gains north of Imphal and Palel while Japanese attacks falter in the Fort Hertz valley and near Myitkyina. Casualties rise in Kohima and Mogaung Valleys as Chinese and American units threaten Myitkyina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imphal Plain
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Rirat
Louis Mountbatten
Fort Hertz
Burma
Myitkyina
Kohima
Imphal
Tank
Bishenpur
Palel
Resignation at North Carolina State Shifts Livestock Leadership
Dr. A O Shaw head of the animal industry department at N C State College resigns effective July 1. He will become superintendent of Coble Dairy Farms near Lexington and oversee two large herds of pure bred cattle. Dr. L D Bauer will lead the department temporarily until a new livestock expert is hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
A. O. Shaw
N. C. State College
L. D. Bauer
Shaw
Coble Dairy Farms
Lexington
Walter J. Peterson
Baver
Selective Service Finishing Up Program On 26 Plus Men
Washington May 9 The selective service is finishing a policy clarifying the status of men over 26 and likely to be announced by week’s end The plan aims to show when or if these men will be called and to define occupational deferment standards more clearly State draft directors have been in conferences with officials to finalize details, with an announcement expected by Thursday or Friday from Maj General Lewis B Hershey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Jap Outposts Are Declared Vulnerable
U S Pacific Fleet reports intensified air strikes on Guam Truk Ponape and Carolines showing growing vulnerability of Japan’s Pacific outposts. Liberators and Venturas attack Guam Truk Ponape Woleai Paramushiro and nearby bases while defense forces respond with antiaircraft fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Marbor
Guam
Kuriles
Carolines
Japan
Pacific
United States
Manila
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas
Truk
Central Pacific
7Th Army Air Force Liberators
Nimitz
Ponape
AAF
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Puiap
Woleai
Paramushiro
CIO Leader Endorses Roosevelt for Fourth Term
In Cleveland at the United Steelworkers convention, CIO President Philip Murray urged unity at home and with the United Nations and urged Franklin D. Roosevelt to seek re election. He praised Roosevelt as a wartime leader who embodies the four freedoms and would secure victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
CIO
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers of America
Murray
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Orlando Flier Dies As Plane Is Struck
Captain Norman Ek Olsen, 29, a leading ace from Orlando, Florida, was shot down over Brunswick Germany while strafing a Nazi airfield. He and his formation destroyed six German planes on the ground during the raid on Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Flier
Britain
Norman Ek. Olson
Orlando
Fla
Brunswick
Germany
Olson
Nazis Continue Shelling Rail Station In Italy Front
Allied and German actions in central Italy and the Cassino area are reported with German withdrawals near Palena and Letto Palena. bridges and tunnels destroyed. On the Fifth Army front heavy shelling south of Cassino and patrols near San Appolinaire are noted as Allied forces press positions. Allied air forces claim several German vehicle and supply losses south of Rome and at Drebic in Yugoslavia amid Balkan targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Cea
Italy
Allied T
Palena
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Letto Palena
Sulmona
Maiella
Fifth Army
Cassino
San Appolinaire
Garighiano
Minturtis
Ausonia
Anzio
Balkan
Rome
Tiber
Three Japanese Women Face Treason Charge in Colorado
In Denver on May 9, a jury faced indictments against Tsuruko Wallace Florence Otani and Billie Shitara Taniyoshi all residents of the Amache camp in southern Colorado. The treason count stems from the escape of two German POWs from Trinidad Colorado on October 17. The charges carry a possible death penalty or a minimum $10,000 fine or five years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Trinidad
Colo
Tsuruko
Toots) Wallace
Florence
Flo) Otani
Billie Shitara Taniyoshi
Amache
Colorado
Maverick calls for rules to save small business in war pivot
Maury Maverick told the senate small business committee that concentration of war production in big firms harms small providers. He urged immediate steps to return to civilian production with safeguards, favoring small businesses, avoiding quotas, and ensuring access to materials for profitable operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maury Maverick
The
Maverick
Senate
Small Business Committee
Gandhi's Visitors Barred As He Weakens
Mohandas Gandhi's private secretary said he was very weak and forbade all visitors. He noted Monday's rush of callers taxed Gandhi's strength after his release from detention by the British on health grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
West Virginia primary heats up as Bricker gains votes
In a contest for party control in West Virginia, Ray mond J. Funkhouser and Walter S. Hallanan lead key GOP delegate battles with 56 Bricker delegates in Ohio and strong Dewey backing noted. Dems pick 18 delegates. Holt battles Meadows for governor. Dewey faces Bricker rivals and Hannegan weighs in on Roosevelt’s potential fourth term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Bricker
Dewey
Associated Press
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Charles Town
Walter S. Hallanan
National Convention Arrangements Committee
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Rush D. Holt
United States
Clarence W. Meadows
Beckley
J. Blackburn Watts
Charleston
Grover G. McPeek
Meadows
M. M. Neely
Holt
Neely
Funkhouser
D. Boone Dawson
Erleston
Hallanan
United Mine Workers
William McKinley Garrison
Wayne
Robert E. Hannegan
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Hannegan
Franklin Roosevelt
Halleck
New Yorks
Germans Taste of War From Yanks at Anzio Beachhead
A small American force with three Sherman tanks attacked a strong German position near Cisterna at 5:45 to 6:15 am. They knocked out four Nazi tanks a self propelled gun and captured two machine guns. American losses were one infantryman wounded and one tank damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anzio
Italy
Fred Clark
Anniston
Ala
Dead Woman's Corner
Cisterna
William Campbell
Jackson Heights
New York City
Charles G. Haggerty
Chinese Troops Counter Drive Halts Japanese Advance South Loyang
Chinese forces report a successful counter-offensive south of Loyang driving the Japanese back across the Yi river. Japanese troops were said to reach within six miles of Loyang as Chinese dispatches note attempts to cross the Yellow River near Loyang were wiped out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Henan Province
Loyang
China
Yi River
Yellow River
Shansi
Tokyo
Associated Press
London
Honan
Air forces strike 10 targets across France Belgium and Luxembourg
Allied air power pounds 10 targets in three nations during a major daylight offensive early in May. A fleet of Flying Fortresses Liberators and escorts attack rail yards and airfields in Liege Thiomville St Dizier Laon and Floreennes among others as RAF bombers dump heavy tonnage on France Belgium and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Europe
France
Belgium
Pygmy
Air Ce
Tron
9Th
U. S. Air Force
Liege
Be Cium
Thiomville
Metz
Luxembourg
St. Dizier
Nancy
Laon- Couvron
Laon-Athies
Reims
Laon
St. Trond
Florennes
Germany
RAF Union
Hitler
Atlantic
Debating Postwar Germany Reckoning and Reconstruction
The piece argues Allies must harshly punish Nazi Germany for war crimes, with no separation of perpetrators from the nation. It supports dismantling Nazism and holding leaders accountable, while aiming to rebuild Germany as a democratic state, possibly including dismemberment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
War and the
Bésir Stein
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Carolina
Bernard M. Baruch
Winyah Bay
Georgetown
S. C
Red
Emma Harwell
Atlanta
Bell Bomber
Marietta, Ga
Bell
City Auditorium
Harwell
Merchant Marine
Pigebagat
N. C
Starnes
Albert Rains
Gadsden
Joe Starnes
Alabama
Dies Committee
House
Little Fellow
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!