War Today: Axis morale and internal pressures observed
DeWitt Mackenzie reports from Portugal on American correspondents, jailed in Germany and Italy, detailing Axis morale. He argues that fatigue, antiwar sentiment, rationing, and black markets reveal a weakening home front and support for a Western Europe front to hasten victory.
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Germany
Italy
United States
Third Reich
Brenner Pass
Portugal
Gestapo Watcheus
Gestapo
Europe
Theirithey
Farm Bloc And Economy Group Clash On Agriculture Bill
Senators clashed over the 680 million dollar agriculture appropriations bill as a farm bloc and a small economy group pressed for a compromise on surplus sales. A proposed deal would let the government sell up to 725 million bushels of stored wheat and set corn at a minimum 83 cents per bushel for livestock feed. Oregon Senator McVarvay warned the dispute would likely move to the floor.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Orn
Agriculture
Caton-Growing
Mcvary
Oregon
Eadet
Explosion at Hitchman Coal Mine Kills One, Injures Two
Three men are reported dead or missing after a powerful blast at the Hitchman Coal Mine near McMechen West Virginia. The company says ten miners were in the area and escaped unhurt. Harry Parks and the Pals were recovered, while John Mojzer remained missing. The blast was heard miles away and blew the shaft open, with flames seen at the mine entrance.
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Mcmechen
W. Va
Ree Me
Hitchman Céal d Iron Company
Mina
Pliaire
Ohio
RAF Pounds Coast Held By Germans
The German hold on the English Channel shore remained firm as RAF daylight raids hit Dunkerque Boulogne and Calais after a pre dawn attack. Canadian bombers then struck Dutch air dromes, while air battles over Northern France left at least nine German and eight British planes downed. The British air ministry said Rostock raids last month halted Baltic war supply shipments.
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Associated Press
London
English Channel
RAF
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Dover Strait
Calais
English
Holland
France
Air Ministry
Baltic
Rostock
Nepture
Heinkel Aircraft Works
Two Army Officers Killed in Separate Plane Crashes
Two Army officers died in separate crashes near Morris Field north of Charlotte. Second Lieutenant Edward K. Goode, 23, of New Orleans, and Lieutenant John D. Gaskin, 29, of Jacksboro, Texas, were killed during routine training flights. A P-40 from Goode’s crew crashed six miles south of Gastonia, while Gaskin’s observation plane collided during a takeoff attempt. Two unidentified enlisted men suffered minor injuries. Causes were not announced.
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Charlotte
Edward K. Goode
New Orleans
Lee
John D. Gaskin
Jacksboro
Tex
Morris Field
U. S. Army Air Base
Here
Sessions for Farmers Raleigh May 18
Meetings were held at Albemarle and Kinston to acquaint farm families with the administration seven point program to control living costs. Under supervision of the North Carolina State College Extension Service more sessions will be held tomorrow in Shelby and Lumberton and then Wednesday in Rocky Mount Thursday in Edenton and Friday in Winston-Salem.
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Raleigh
Albemarle
Kinston
N.C. State College Extension Service
Shelby and
Lumberton
Rocky Mount
Edenton and
Winston-Saiem
Big Nazi Cruiser Believed Damaged By British Planes
London reports that the German cruiser Prinz Eugen was attacked off southern Norway after a long chase by British aircraft. Early word says aerial torpedo hits may have gravely damaged the vessel as it attempted to reach a German port from Trondheim, after prior damage by a British submarine.
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London
Norway
Air Ministry
Trondheim
Royal Navy
Air Force
English Channel
Postwar reconstruction plan steady, seeks broad economy future
Financial advisers tied to the War Production Board and the Department of Commerce unveil a postwar reconstruction program aimed at preserving an expanded U S economy. They assume a minimum national income near 100 billion dollars annually and weigh output, materials, costs, payrolls, and consumer purchasing power through surveys of industry and labor. A precise chart remains uncertain as to the United States role after the war.
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Ashington
Ray Tucker
United States
Daniels distances the good old days myth in Raleigh editorial
Josephus Daniels, age 80, reflects on 62 years as editor from Wilson to Raleigh. He rejects the idea of the “good old days” as a myth, praises Jefferson and Franklin, and notes modern gadgets would have impressed them. He writes longhand with a pencil, claiming a typewriter hinders thought. Daniels has edited since age 18 and began in Raleigh in 1885.
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Raleingh
Josephus Daniels
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Jefferson
Franklin
Mr. Daniels
Mr. Jefferson
Dr. Franklin
Daniels
Ambassador
Wilson
N. C
Raleigh
Germans Claim Sinking of 17 Merchant Ships
Berlin reports a special communique from the German high command stating submarines sunk 17 enemy merchant ships totaling 105000 tons and damaged two others in American waters. The announced successes occurred off the U S east coast the Caribbean and the Mississippi estuary during the period covered.
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Berlin
United States
Caribbean
Mississippi
Allied Fliers Trade Blows With Japanese
Allied and Japanese air forces clashed over New Guinea and the Louis iade archipelago with ten Japanese planes reported destroyed and three damaged. No Allied losses were announced. Allied raids on Lae ground targets destroyed eight enemy bombers and a Zero. Another raid damaged a Japanese seaplane at Deboyne Island while Zeros pressed Port Moresby before being repelled by anti aircraft fire.
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Associated Press
Allied
Australia
New Guinea
Louisiade
Lae
Coral Sea
U. S
Tokyo
United States
Hornet
Enterprise
Solomon Islands
Shanghai
Paris
Deboyne Island
Port Moresby
Chinese Claim To Be Holding Japs In China
A Chungking communique says the Salween River western bank northeast of Lungling in Yunnan has been cleared of Japanese, easing threat to Paoshan and the Burma road. Japanese thrusts between the Salween and Meking rivers near Kengtung were repulsed, while British forces in Burma reportedly withdraw toward Assam. Fresh British troops are replacing tired units as Indian command shifts to the frontier. The report also notes progress in the Chekiang campaign with a Japanese column moving south along the railway from Siaoshan toward Hangzhou.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Salween River
Lungling
Yunnan Province
Burma Road
Paoshan
Vancing
Salween
Burma
Meking
Burema
Yunnan
Kengtung
Chindwin
Assam
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Harold Alexander
Ugged
Chekiang
Shanghai
Siaoshan
Chientang
Hangehow
Allegiance Reaffirmed by Australian Prime Minister Curtin
Sydney May 18 Prime Minister John Curtin reaffirmed Australia’s loyalty to the British empire while saying he had to appeal directly to the United States due to Britain’s peril. He spoke to the Royal Empire Society and stressed Australia’s aim to remain an integral part of the British commonwealth amid wartime strain.
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Sydney
Australia
John Curtin
British Empire
United States
Britain
Canada
New Zealand
Germany Fears Allied Thrust Into Norway
British sources report Hitler has deployed 50,000 combat troops to Norway since March while pressuring Vichy to send nearly 500,000 tons of goods and troops to Dakar. Indications of fear of an Allied northern Norway assault include a German order restricting road traffic north from Narvik to military transport and Austrian mountain units moved toward the Narvik Kirkenes corridor.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Norway
Vichy
Dakar
French West Africa
Narvik
Tromsoe
Ceiling Price Ceiling Halts Price Rise Across Retailers
Washington May 18 14 The price ceiling is reset to March levels halting further increases. The OPA distributes a guide for 2,000,000 retailers detailing five tests to set maximum prices. Rules cover delivered March prices, shelf prices, similar articles, competitive benchmarks, and regional appeals.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War on U S Brings New German Restrictions
Lisbon dispatch from May 18 reports Adolf Hitler’s war declaration on the United States triggers sharp German rationing, revealing growing shortages and a string of measures. The list includes window display limits, field kitchen meals, tobacco rationing, ban on clearance sales, revised blackout hours, 10 pm restaurant closings, cancellation of fairs, mourning clothes restrictions, and dancing bans.
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Lisbon
Adolf Withers
United States
Bad Nauheim
Ers
Germany
Leipzig
Russians Drive Strong Assault Across 100 Mile Front
Soviet dispatches report Red Army advances along a 100 mile front near Kharkov Volchansk to Krasnodar The drive pushes through German lines with heavy armor and airborne troops in counterattacks described by Pravda as failed attempts to halt the Soviet thrust Gun and tank losses are noted on both sides while air landings suffer high casualties among paratroopers Red Star proclaims German resistance “definitely taken” in one sector.
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Henry CG. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Khakov
Pravda
Timoshenko
Volchans
Khark
Krasnoderod
Kharkov
Sam Places
Communist Party
Orgay
I m
Red Star
Crimean Front
Lew Ayers Enters U S Army for Medical Duty
Hood River Ore May 18 Lew Ayers the War hating Hollywood actor who sacrificed his career for principles left a conscientious objectors camp to enlist in the army He said he would be assigned to medical duty and has training for that role His stance on arms remains unchanged as he begins military service
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Hood River
Ore
Lew Ayres
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China
Wavell
Curtin
Lews P. Lochner
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Louis PY. Lochner
Lew Ayers
U. S. Army
James K. Gashaw
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