War causes redraw of borders and new fronts foreseen
The piece argues postwar Europe may see altered borders for Poland and Russia, with possible returns of Baltic states and Bessarabia, plus expected readjustments of Romania and Danube access. It notes Axis priorities, Dutch martial law, and Axis moves in the Balkans and North Africa.
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Poland
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Hitler
Bessarabia
Danube
Romania
50 000 Prisoners Fall To Avenging Allied Steamroller
Allied forces encircled Cap Bon and sank escape ships as Axis troops in Tunisia faced near total surrender. Major General Krause negotiated an unconditional surrender with General Bradley, ending large-scale German resistance in the northern Tunisian theater. Over 50,000 prisoners were captured and German armor largely surrendered.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Cap Bon
Amarizan Cas
Cnaeneah
SRT
Bizerte
Tunisia
Africa
Krause
Africa Corps
Omar N. Bradley
Tunis
Climax Near In Tunisia's Bloody War
On the Cap Bon front in Tunisia May 8 a German debacle nears its end as 80,000 Axis troops are said to be trapped. Allied First Army attacks press a two day finish as Germans rely on stationary tiger tanks behind barns to slow the advance toward Soliman and Hamman Lif near Tunis.
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Cap Bon
Tunisia
Jurgen von Arnim
Mediterranean
First Army
Porto Farina
Bizuerte
First
Soliman
Hamman Lif
Tunis
World War II Front Lines Shift Across Tunisia and Europe
Nazi forces suffer heavy losses in Tunisia as 15 000 surrender east of Bizerte and Axis boats are sunk while Allied naval blockades tighten on Cap Bon. In Europe Franco calls for peace as Red Army attacks Black Sea perimeter and Holland enacts martial law amid broader war developments. Mediterranean raids target Palermo Messina while US air power hits Canton in China.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Holland
Axis
English Channel
Netherlands
Aneta
Associated Press
Tunisia
U.S
Bizerte
Cap Bon
Franco
Spain
Hitler
Red Army
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Mediterranean
U. S. Amies
Red Army Breaches Fortifications at Novorossisk amid Fierce Air War
Soviet troops report outer fortifications at Novorossisk as fighting rages in trench clashes and artillery barrages. In another week of air combat, the Red Air Force claims 930 German planes destroyed while losing 235 of its own. The campaign targets German communications behind the Ukrainian, central and Kalinin fronts as long range raids continue.
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Red Airmen
Moscow
Red Army
Novorossisk
Kuban
Lishchansk
Donets
Red Airforce
Ukranian
Central
Kalinin
Solons Finish New Version of Pay-Go Tax Plan
A bipartisan coalition finalized a revised pay go tax plan known as the Rum principle. The Senate Finance Committee approved the measure 13 to 7 and will send it to the floor for debate soon, with leaders predicting passage amid House resistance and talks of possible compromise.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
Senate Finance
Republian Committee
George
D-Ga
House
Vanderberg
R-Mich
Battle Opens In Congress On President's Trade Pact Powers
The House begins a two day debate on extending the reciprocal trade act for three years beyond June 12. Republicans say the measure unconstitutional and claim it cedes Congress tariff and treaty making powers. Democrats support Hull's push to extend authority to pursue reciprocal trade for world peace and postwar participation.
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Congress
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Hull
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of State
Jap Island Shelled By Allied Sub
Tokyo radio said a submarine shelled a village on Hokkaido just before midnight, with shells missing their target and landing in a field. Japanese reports claim jungle troops advanced to Buthedaung, near Akyab, Burma, as RAF and American planes intensified raids on Japanese positions, bridges, railways, and air bases across Asia.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hokkaido
Buthedaung
Akyab
Burma
Chittagong
New Delhi
Maundaw
Bay of Bengal
India
RAF
China
Canton
Formosa
Aturdk
Tenatches
Halifax Says Nazis Punished Or Killed 8 Million Poles
The British ambassador Lord Halifax today charged that more than 8,000,000 Polish men and women suffered barbarous punishment or death at Nazi hands. Estimates show 150,000 died in fighting, with 400,000 to 1,500,000 Polish Jews dying by execution or maltreatment and 2,000,000 Poles sent to forced labor in Germany.
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Chicago
United States
Lord Halifax
Germany
OPA Reduces Margins on Cabbage Onion and Poultry
The OPA cut profit margins on grocery store sales of cabbage onions and some poultry and lowered salt codfish prices in an effort to reduce living costs. The move accompanies plans for a June 1 ten percent retail cut in veal lamb mutton coffee and butter and faces opposition from AFL leader George Meany who calls it peanuts. Officials note price ceilings in 130 metropolitan areas and announce regional price plans for beef veal lamb and mutton along with new ceilings on soap and canned goods.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Meany
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Franco Appeals for World Peace from Almeria
Generalissimo Francisco Franco urged world peace in Almeria declaring neither Axis nor Allies could destroy the other and that delaying peace is senseless. The address follows a prior peace feeler in Barcelona by Gen. Gomez Jordana and comes as Axis forces face setbacks in Tunisia and Russia.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Almeria
Axis
Francisco Gomez Jordana
Barcelona
Franco
Italy
Germany
Tunisia
Adolf Hitler
Russia
London
France
Casablanca
Memorial Day Observed In State Capitol
Memorial Day in Raleigh featured the Confederate flag over the State Capitol with a sparse ceremony. Graves of soldiers were decorated while banks closed and state offices remained open. only 25 of 125000 North Carolinians who wore gray were on pension rolls. The state contributed to 717 widows and two Black servants. North Carolina lost 41000 to the Civil War.
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Raleigh
United Daughters of the Confederacy
North Carolina
Air raid alert sounded in parts of London
London reports an air raid alert in several areas around 7 30 p m with Britain noting wartime timing as 1 30 p m Eastern War Time.
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London
Allied Tunisian Drive Ushers End of Blitzkrieg Tactics
Allied forces push into Bizerte and Tunis in two days, rendering German blitzkrieg obsolete. The advance used modern weapons and coordinated air and ground assaults, contrasting with the Nazis earlier low countries campaigns.
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William B. King
North Africa
Bizerte
Tunis
Tunisian
Germany
Low Countries
Holland
Belgium
France
Tunisia
Turks Pleased By Smashing Allied Victory
Ankara reports the Allied victory at Bizerte and Tunis lifts Turkish prestige and boosts expectations of a Mediterranean role for Allied invasion. Officials note Turkey’s opposition to German influence in the Balkans and the potential impact on its future stance.
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Axis
Sicilian
Palermo
Hitler
Mediterranean
Balkans
Hungary
Greece
Yugoslavia
Europe
Ankara
Stockholm
Germany
Nazi Gestap
Heinrich Himmler
Geneva
Tass
Balkan
Cyprus
Palestine
Syria
Dodecanese
Cyclades
Sporades
Aegean Islands
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
London
Rommel
Bulgaria
Associated Press
le Havre
Vichy
Bizerte
Tunis
Turkey
Tunisia
Senior Court Judge Burne hears petition over town name change
In Raleigh on May 10 Judge John J Burne heard petitions seeking a restraining order against the State Board of Municipal Control for altering the town name from Hemp to Robbins. He weighs legality and implications of the name change.
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Raleigh
Sunior Court
John J. Burne Eard
State Board of Municipal Control
Hemp
Robbins
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