RAF Blitz Repeats Berlin Attack Amid Kiel Flensburg Firebombing
British Mosquito and RAF bombers strike Berlin for the third time in a week, with American Flying Fortresses targeting Kiel and Flensburg yards. Night raid details are undisclosed. German planes engage off the south coast but are repelled by anti aircraft fire. Mosquitos hit Ghent barges and a Tangerbrugge factory, while Beaufighters bomb five Lys River barges and disrupt trains near Poley and Sens.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Reich
Germany
Kiel
Flensburg
Air Ministry
France
Europe
Netherlands
Poix
Amiens-Glisy
Crecy En Penthieu
Gamaches
Ghent
Churchill signals potential shift in Allied strategy
The War Today notes Churchill’s remarks in Congress on aiding China and testing air power against Germany and Italy. The piece argues these statements do not indicate a change from the 1942 policy, and that aid to China boosts the Pacific war effort without relaxing the focus on Hitler.
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Churchill
China
Germany
Italy
High Command
Hitler
Japan
Pacific
Attu Operation Shows Satisfactory Progress
Secretary of War Stimson reports U S troops on Attu Island Aleutians making satisfactory progress under difficult conditions. Maj. Gen. Eugene M Landrum commands the force with Holtz Bay and Massacre Bay landings following a naval bombardment and fog cover. The operation began with a surprise landing by army scouts and small follow up waves overcoming light Japanese resistance.
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Washington
Attu Island
Aleutians
Stimson
Holtz Bay
Eugene M. Landrum
Attu
Massacre Bay
Frank L. Culin, Jr
Aerial War Against Japan Foreseen From Aleutian Bases
Washington May 2014 The United States plans a sustained aerial offensive against Japan as the ultimate goal of the Aleutian campaign From bases near the enemy's heart bombers could reach Tokyo this summer with smaller planes raiding Kurile posts and supporting an amphibious assault The reconquest of the Western Aleutians signals this broader strategy.
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Washington
Japan
Aleutians
Pacific Theater
Acress
North Pacific
Tokyo
Kuriles Islands
Attu
Kuriles
Lewis Returns to AFL Folds Shocks Labor Circles
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, seeks readmission to the AFL prompting stunned reaction. AFL says the move is welcomed and under orderly review as labor circles weigh unity implications for CIO and 1944 politics.
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United Mine Workers
AFL
CIO
Lewis
Air Power Of Axis Battered In Huge Raids
Allied fighters and bombers scored a major victory destroying 73 Axis planes in a day of heavy fighting. American bombers hit Trapani and Sardinia airfields while dogfights over Sicily and Sardinia downed many enemy aircraft and damaged ground installations.
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Axis
Tunisia
Sardinia
Sicily
United States Flying Fortresses
Trapani
United States
Monserrato
Elmas Air Field
Cagliari
Milo Field
Milos
Villacidro
Villadidro
Sicilian
Egadi Islands
Sfax
Oran
Algeria
Campidano
Day Workers In Chrysler Plants Stage Walk-Out
In Detroit at the Kercheval and Jefferson plants United Automobile Workers CIO Local 7 president Ed Carey announced that day shifts at both plants walked out. About 4,000 employees were involved. A Chrysler spokesman confirmed the walkout and said union pickets were at plant gates, calling the strike clearly union authorized and organized.
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Detroit
Kercheval and Jefferson
Chrysler Corporation
Ed Carey
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Carey
New German Counterattack Smashed In Kuban Valley
Moscow reports a second failed German attempt to cross a Kuban river as Red Army artillery and air power inflict heavy losses. German air raids on Leningrad are repulsed with at least eight planes shot down. Soviet forces massed in Kuban Izyum Donets area as fighting roars along the front.
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Moscow
Kuban
Red Army
Karelian
Leningrad
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Izyum
Donet River
Kharkov
Red
Lewis Orders Coal Diggers Back To Work
A district UMW chief, James Mark, returns from New York as John L. Lewis orders 4 000 soft coal diggers to resume work. Nine Central Pennsylvania mines closed and 45 000 miners affected. a tenth pit with 900 workers voted to return. Strikes spread to District 5 Pittsburgh area with 380 workers stopping work. Protest centers on War Labor Board contract talks and May 31 working deadline. In Ohio at St Clairsville the Big Willow Grove Mine faced a stoppage of 700 workers over missing contract terms.
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Johnstown
United Mine Workers
James Mark
New York
UMW
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
War Labor Board
St. Clairsville
Raymond Wilhelm
Big Willow Grove
Columbus
Wilhelm
Pleasure Driving Ban Returns to Eastern States
The OPA reinstates the pleasure driving ban in the District of Columbia and 15 eastern states and eight western counties, with strict enforcement to curb non essential use as gasoline shortages threaten farm fuel and wartime needs. The move follows last January's ban and March's lift, targeting non essential trips and preserving essential work and family needs.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Seaboard
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
West Virginia
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Brown
FDR Seeks Congress Boost for Army Funds and Aircraft
President Roosevelt asked Congress to provide about 71.9 billion for the Army next fiscal year, plus 12.5 billion in unobligated balances. The plan includes a large aircraft program, overseas air transport facilities, and pay and rations for over 8 million personnel, with WAAC recruiting continuing.
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Washigton
Roosevelt
Congress
Tonetet Cve
Rer
White House
Stephen Early
Early
Rayburn
War Department
Congress In Accord With War Pledges
Congress largely approved Prime Minister Churchill's pledge that Britain will fight with the United States until Japan and other enemies are crushed. Senators voiced mixed questions, but most welcomed the speech as reassuring about allied efforts and plans.
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Washington
Halls of Congress
Britain
Churchill
United States
Japan
United Nations
Sen. Chandler
D-Ky
India
Burma
Russia
Sen. McNary
Floods Threaten Farmland Along Mississippi River States
Emergency relief crews and troops battle floods from Missouri to Indiana as levee breaks threaten thousands of acres of farm land. Officials warn Mississippi River levees between St Louis and Cape Girardeau may be wiped out while St Louis crest could reach near 37 feet. Death toll rises to 10 with 22,000 displaced across six states.
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St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Midwest
Vern Alexander
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Oklahoma
Alexander
East St. Louis
Ill
Reau
Indiana
Ilinois
Arkansas
Kansas
Osage River
Missouri River
Jefferson City
St. Charles
Begwell
Roy Wingate
Red Cross
Riverton
Tri-State
Missouri-Kansas- Oklahoma
Wabash
Ind
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Tokyo Radio Admits Faws Thrown Back
Tokyo radio admits flaws in its Attu battle report. Domei dispatch notes U S planes and warships blasted Japanese troops from ridge positions and killed over two thirds of a Japanese force. AP listening post in New York recorded the broadcast.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Domei
Attu
U. S
New York
Allies seal Attu encirclement after storming airfield
U S forces complete encirclement of Japanese remnants on Attu Island in the Western Aleutians after seizing a partially built airfield. Japanese troops at Sarana Pass were flanked from the southeast as American warships controlled the sea and aided in breaking resistance at the northeastern Attu front.
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Washington
Attu Island
Aleutians
Chicago Harbor
Attu
United States
Sarana Pass
Japanese claims of Pacific losses questioned by U S sources
The report cites Secretary Knox noting lighter American losses than expected. A Japanese radio account claims heavy battleship or cruiser fire and a massive water plume after a May 14 explosion, but U S observers dispute these assertions. The piece describes Allied air and naval bombardments at Holly and Massacre Bays, foggy conditions, and a long eight hour May 12 bombardment per the broadcast.
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Washington
Knox
Navy
United States
Latin America
America
Holly
Massacre Bays
U. S
Holtz Bay
Search Underway for Alleged Negro Slayer in Tennessee
Police in Tullahoma say a search is proceeding for a Negro case operator named by others as the killer of Norma Faye Scogin, 19, wife of Lieut. George L. Scogin. Her body was found near a road three miles away after a coroner's jury ruled murder and criminal assault. A 20 year-old Negro civilian, Pittman Ward, is held as a material witness.
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Tullahoma
Tenn
W. C. Hale
Norma Faye Scogin
George L. Scogin
Des Moines
Iowa
Camp Forrest
Hale
Pittman Ward
Navy Funds Bill Passed By House Unanimously
The House approved a $29.46 billion naval appropriations bill by a 360 to 0 roll call. The measure, described as the largest one year allotment for the sea forces, was sent to the Senate with expectations of quick approval.
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House
Senate
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