War Today: Japan's China Campaign Expands in 1942
DeWitt MacKenzie argues the Japanese push into China is now a direct U.S. concern, linking the China front to the wider Allied war. He notes multiple fronts from Inner Mongolia to the South China Sea, with Burma Road operations and preparations for larger assaults as Japan seeks to cripple Chiang Kai-shek and threaten Allied Southeast Asia aims.
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China
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. 8
United Nations
Crimean
Kharkov
Hitler
Soviet Union
Japan
Hankow
Australia
India
Burma
Yunnan
Free China
Inner Mongolia
South China Sea
Saiyaun
Shansi
Hanan
Hupeh
Hopeh
Hunan
Kiansgi
Chekiang
Yunan
Yunhan
Mounains
Chiang
Kaihek
Mekong
Jalween
Chungking
Shuroku Hata
Ching
Hina
Russia
Europe
Gasoline Pipeline Rumors Stir North Carolina Ration Talk
In May 1644 Raleigh Governor Tor Broughton stated that gasoline from North Carolina pipelines was moving into unrestricted areas. He condemned the practice as discriminatory and noted a halt order from the national Price Administration, while confirming ongoing transfers to Tennessee and other non rationed regions.
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Raleigh
Nartin Carolina
RAF Bombers Hit German Supply Ships in North Sea Raid
RAF Hudson bombers attacked two convoys off the Frisian Islands in the North Sea, setting fire to three German supply ships and damaging several others. Five RAF aircraft failed to return as escorts defended the targets with heavy fire.
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London
Frisian
North Sea
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Hudsons
Frisian Islands
Teft
Berlin
High Command
Europe
Netherlands
English Channel
Helgoland Bight
Danish
Bso
Conservation Of Tires Stressed At Atlanta Meet
Government spokesmen presented sweeping tire, truck, and bus conservation plans at a Atlanta meeting, urging dealers, operators, and public utilities officials to rally the Southeast to use transportation only on the road to victory.
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Atlanta
Southeast
Italian claim sinks British submarine in central Mediterranean
From a Malian broadcast dated May 16 the Italian high command reports that Italian torpedo boats escorting a convoy sunk a British submarine in the central Mediterranean. The message presents a wartime claim with no independent verification.
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Rome
Malian
High Command
Tkalian
Mediterranean
Chinese Commando Reports Japanese Offensive in Chekiang
Bulletin from Chungking states Japanese forces opened an offensive in Chekiang Province south of Shanghai. Chinese commando reports many columns driving southward as of May 16.
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Chungking
Chekiang
Japanese Fail To Achieve Lightning Victory In Yunnan
Henderson County prison guards clash with a road gang prisoner Alam Duke, 23, shot and wounded in an escape attempt near Catawba camp. Three white prisoners Carl Nelms, Frances Rice, and Marvin Riddle escaped from the camp. Duke, last living in High Point, remains in critical condition in Henderson County hospital.
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Raleigh
Henderson County
Freedom
Oscar Pitts
Catawba
Alufard Duke
Guilford County
Pitts
Duke
Cr. C. Jackson
Hugh Point
High Point
Carl Nelms
New Hanover County
War Fraud Cases to Be Probed by Grand Juries
Attorney General Biddle says evidence on alleged war contracts fraud will be presented to federal grand juries nationwide. The War Frauds unit, now expanded, will pursue indictments tied to price administration abuses and wartime profiteering. Upcoming cases reportedly involve faulty materials and conspiracies to raise plant costs, with several million dollars at stake.
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James J. Strebig
Washington
Biddle
Justice Department
Office of
Clarken
Army
Tom C. Clark
Earl Browder To Be Freed
President Roosevelt commuted the four year sentence of Earl Browder, former Communist Party leader in the United States, after about 14 months in the Atlanta penitentiary for passport fraud. Browder will be released once arrangements are set, with the commutation noting the sentence was longer than typical for such offenses and aiming to promote national unity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Atlanta
Browder
White House
Tornado Hits Pisgah Church in Rural South Carolina
May 15 Camden South Carolina A tornado demolished Pisgah church in a rural area yesterday as resident J L Shivar watched. He warned his family to lie flat as the twister passed, narrowly missing them while damaging the church and nearby structures.
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Camden
S. C
Pisgah Church
J. L. Shivar
Shivar
Exchange Of Diplomats At Lisbon Begins
Lisbon May 16 AP The diplomatic exchange ship Drottningholm docked after anchoring offshore as Germans Italians Hungarians and Bulgarians began disembarking Many refugees were women with children facing wartime dangers An American repatriation party arrived including Rev Hiram Gruber Woolf and NYT reporter Harold Denny Also Major Michael Buckley The German legation planned to house diplomats in Lisbon hotels and 12004 officers handled 12000 bags Three German trains were due later for the first sailing Louise Lynch wife of Paul Getty arrested Dec 12 was among the notable figures on the Roma train Continued on Page 2 Cot 1
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Europe
Germany
Washington
Italy
Drottningholm
Hiram Gruber Woolf
Elmira
St. Paul’s American Episcopal Church
Rome
Woolf
Harold Denny
Des Moines
New York Times
Libya
United States Army
Maj
Michael Buckley
Vittorio Emanuele
United States
Denny
Gestapo
Berlin
Legation
Lisbon
Louise
Teddy) Lynch
New York
Paul Getty
Los Angeles
Siena
Inimedi
Big Victories Claimed By Both Sides In War News
Allied dispatches report Soviet forces pressing Kharkov offensive with fierce fighting in northeast Kharkov and Lozovaya while German claims cite Kerch control and heavy losses. Reports mention tank battles creating a cemetery of German tanks and looming threats to Caucasus oil fields amid fluid frontline claims.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Crimean
Kere
Caucasus
Bi Ukraine
Kharkov
Semeon Timoshenko
Stockholm
Lozovaya
Bey Kharkov
Stalino
Nazic
Donieperdpetrovsk
Crimea
Sea of Azov
Hitler
Reuters
Yenikale
Ker
Great Caucasus
Kerch Strait
Kerch
Ker Strait
Kerk
Red Army
Alarshal Timoshenko
Fedor von Bock
Vichy Chief Laval Rejects U S Terms Over Martinique
Pierre Laval, head of Vichy France, announced that Martinique rights would not be relinquished to satisfy United States conditions. He called American demands a grave blow to French sovereignty and said France would not yield Martinique under any circumstances. Washington says Laval’s stance does not affect negotiations at Port De France with Admiral Georges Robert, the chief French commissioner, who leads moves toward neutralization.
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Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Washington
United States
Laval
West Indies
Martinique
Strange Malady Strikes Birds In South Carolina
In PAGELAND on May 16, several hundred small birds fell dead or dying while in flight. Police reported they tumbled like rain before dawn with an estimated 500 to 1,000 casualties. Health officers sent samples to Columbia and the federal wildlife service in Washington. Game Warden A A Richardson suggested toxic pond substances. Prof P J Philson identified the species as Maryland yellowthroats, the black masked ground warblers.
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Pageland. S
Columbia
Federal Wildlife Service
Washington
A. A. Richardson
P. J. Philson
University of South Carolina
Maryland
Gas Shortage Grips Nation Driving at a Standstill
Gasoline rationing and shortages sweep the eastern seaboard as stations run dry and drivers curb travel. New York State Police report few cars on the roads while rationing records may soon be public. Canada curtails non essential driving with low weekly allowances and New York City storage rules tighten amid stiffer enforcement. Public reaction includes fines for hoarding and theft as communities adjust to the pipeline fuel crisis.
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New York
Office of Price Administration
Washington
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Canada
Nova Scotia
New Bruns
About 85 000 Japs Moved From Military Area
SAN FRANCISCO May 16 Approximately 53 000 Japanese have been moved from a military area No 1 covering Southern Arizona and western portions of California Oregon and Washington or are under orders to evacuate by May 22 The army issued a summary of evacuation activities after General J L Dewitt issued five more exclusion orders bringing total orders to 81 since March 23 Lieut Col Martin F Hass in charge said orders affecting Japanese still in the area would follow rapidly.
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San Francisco
Arizona
California
Oregon
Washington
Army
J. L. Dewitt
Martin F. Hass
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Glenn Babb
Pays
Kharko
Kerci
Bulletin
U.S
Corregidor
Pearl Harbor
Yuman
China Province
Daniel de Luce
Calcutta
Paoshan
Aj Foush
AVG
Salween River
Tengyueh
Flying Tigers
Lung Yur
Lung
Cinnesfe
Salween
West Bank
South Carolina
Richard G. Maslock
Lozovayan
Churchi
U. S
Seaboard
Wick
Prince Edward Island
New York City
Richmond
James K. Gashaw
Edgar James Greene
Samuel Collier
William 4. Fraley
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