Unrelenting Allied Attacks On Italian Islands
Allied air force Wellingtons bombed Alghero Sardinia targeting airfield and port amid fires. Night raids under bright moonlight near Rome and Cagliari damaged freight yards gasworks and oil storage. Beau fighters shot down two Junkers transports and a Heinkel 111. Malta intruders hit southern Italian railways and a locomotive exploded.
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William B. King
North Africa
Italy
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
RAF
Alghero
Sardinia
Rome
Cagliari
Malta
RAF Pours Destruction On Germany In New Raid
British bombers attacked targets in southern Germany last night while fighters swept northern France and Belgium. Coastal aircraft damaged five ships in an enemy convoy, officials announced.
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RAF
Germany
London
Europe
France
Belgium
Aleutians Defenses and Allied Raids In World War II
Analysis outlines the strategic value of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians, noting their defensive role and potential as bases. It also reports coastal command actions against a Dutch coast convoy, raids on Germany’s dams and German targets, and night bombings affecting London with casualties in Cardiff.
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Europe
Royal Air Force
Mohne
Eder
Rhineland
America
Attu
Kiska
Alaskan
Unalaska
Coastal Command
Germany
U. S
Lorient
Bordeaux
Keroman
Italy Assured By Nazis She Won't Be Alone
London reports Germany reassured Italy of mutual defense on the southern front in dispatches from Bern. The Axis aimed to bolster Italian morale amid invasion threats while planning a high psychology campaign with raids toward Rome and aerial overflights to show the capital is vulnerable.
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London
Germany
Italy
Bern
Deutsche Diplomatische Korrespondenz
Hitler
Axis
Rome
Eternal City
Mussolini
Tar Heel Dies In Army Plane Crash
At Corinth Mississippi airport two army training planes collided killing Lieut. Robert L. Wilson 23 of Greensboro NC an instructor and another man not identified. Three others injured Lieut Kenneth M. Ledy Lawrence NY Sgt R G Casillas Santa Monica Calif. The third injured man was not named.
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Courtland
Ala
Corinth
Miss
Army Air Base Public Relations Office
Robert L. Wilson
Greensboro
N. C
Kenneth M. Ledy
Lawrence
N.Y
Flood Waters Claim Four In Indiana
One of the worst floods since 1913 devastates central and northern Indiana with at least four deaths. Over 500 families evacuated in Marion, Fort Wayne? No,Frankfort, Wabash, Indianapolis and other areas as floodwaters inundate acres of lowlands. Wabash River at Wabash hits nine feet over flood stage as seventy five homes are cleared. Weather bureau warns of rapid rises along lower Wabash and White River forks.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Marion
Frankfort
Wabash
Weather Bureau
West Fork
White River
Several Commanders May Lead European Invasion
The invasion of Europe may be directed by multiple commanders rather than a single supreme chief. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are presumed to have set the course, with Sir Harold Alexander Dwight Eisenhower and George C. Marshall among names speculated for leadership. A multi prong assault could expand command roles for Alexander and Eisenhower if such a plan is chosen.
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William Frye Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Harold R. L. G
Alexander
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Eisenhower
Germans Renew Kuban Assaults Near Novorossisk Front
German forces push with tanks planes and heavy artillery across forested Kuban hills aiming to retake positions near Novorossisk. Russian reports say every German attack stalled with heavy losses. at least 200 killed, several tanks destroyed. Sharp battles also rise on Donets River front near Kharkov as German raids lose 27 planes in two days.
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Black Sea
Novorossisk
Lishchansk
Donets River
Kharkov
Moscow
Schigry
Kursk
Voronezh
Truce Renewal Averts Soft Coal Walkout
Washington May 18 The soft coal walkout was postponed by renewing the truce to May 31 at midnight. John L. Lewis urged miners to continue work under the retroactive extension agreement, while Interior Secretary Ickes and the war labor board clashed over who may negotiate.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Lewis
War Labor Board
United States
Wayne Morse
Department of the Interior
Senate group urges cotton price law to curb undercutting
The Senate agriculture committee voted to recommend passage of a bill by Senator Thomas to prohibit a government held raw cotton price below 23 1/2 cents until its value reaches 25 cents. The measure also targets preventing sale of government cotton at a price under 23 1/2 cents.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
D-Okla
Centaur hospital ship torpedoed and sunk off Australia
The Australian hospital ship Centaur was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Australia. Of 263 aboard, 64 were saved, 199 perished including 43 crew and most medical staff. No Americans were aboard. the ship carried no patients. Survivors were rescued after 36 hours. General MacArthur condemned the attack as savagery.
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Allied
Australia
Centaur
Sydney
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Brisbane
Power Limit Is Urged On Trade Pacts
Washington voices from farm and labor groups urge the Senate finance committee to curb executive power in negotiating postwar trade agreements. Matthew Woll advocates ratification of pacts with cost of production safeguards and a six month postwar suspension. Charles Holman calls for congressional termination rights six months after the war. Fred Brenckman supports majority disapproval by Congress of any detrimental agreement.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Executive Department
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Senate
United States
Woll
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Association
Congress
Fred Brenckman
National Grange
American forces seize ridge at Attu Island
Secretary Knox announced U S troops have captured the ridge believed to be the main Japanese defense position on Attu Island in the Aleutians. The attack pushed north and south along the coast as ships and planes support the operation, signaling a potential end to the Attu campaign with heavy enemy resistance and higher than expected American casualties.
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Washington
Ridge
Att Island
Knox
United States
Coat Neck
Aleutians
Attu
U. Island
Navy
West
Attu Island
Holtz Bay
Massacre Bay
Mascre Bay
House rejects skip-a-year income tax bill amid veto threat
The House voted 194 to 70 to instruct delegates to a joint conference to accept the Senate skip-a-year tax measure, rejecting its own Robertson-Poland bill which would suspend one year of tax payments for about 60 percent of taxpayers. Speaker Rayburn warned the modified plan would be vetoed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Rayburn
D-Tex
Reid Monfort Dies AP Charlotte Bureau Chief at 16
Reid Monfort, chief of the Charlotte bureau of the Associated Press, died at his home after a brief illness. He had led the bureau for nearly a decade, joining AP in 1926 and previously serving in Atlanta Richmond and Washington offices. Survived by widow Vivian, mother, a brother in the Army, and a sister. Body to be taken to Greensboro for burial.
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Charlotte
Reid Monfort
Associated Press
Monfort
Greensboro
Atlanta
Richmond
Washington
Emory University
University of Georgia
Columbia University
ATO
Elberton
Florida
Vivian Monfort
C. E. Monfort
Clarence
Engineer Corps
Army
Republicans Ride Full Tilt For Ruris Plan Showdown
Republicans press a final House push to send the Senate approved skip a year income tax plan to President Roosevelt despite his veto threat. The move centers on a pay as you go bill with 75 percent tax abatement for 1942 and a 20 percent withholding, with possible paths including compromise, withholding only, or deadlock.
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FDR
Francis M. Lemay
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Capitol
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Sonally
Case Democratic
Senate
U. S. Bombers Hit Wake Island and Pacific Actions
Navy report details Army Liberator bombers striking Wake Island installations on May 5 with limited results due to weather. It notes 22 Japanese Zeros engaged and possibly destroyed. Also cites Dauntless dive bombers at Rekata Bay on May 16 with fighter escorts and Attu Island ground actions on May 17. Casualties described as light.
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Washington
Wake Island
Saturda
Navy
Central Pacific
Wa Island
United Stat
Holtz Ba
United States
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