Floods Swamp Midwest As Rivers Cut Wide Mississippis Rise
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers flood the Midwest, displacing about 100,000 people in Illinois, Missouri and surrounding states. Red Cross mobilizes relief as farmers face crop damage, while Allied air actions strike Italy and Sardinia in major raids.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Mid-West
Alton
Lal
Red Cross
St Louis
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Kansas
Chicago
FDR Churchill Review New Air War Plans
President Roosevelt said the British American chiefs of staff would submit preliminary recommendations tonight to him and Prime Minister Churchill with final decisions likely next week. He noted most U.S. forces abroad are in the Pacific and praised Merchant mariners on National Maritime Day. American planners expect decisions on air and naval actions as Attu nears collapse and Kiska faces blockade and possible surrender.
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John M. Hightower Washigton
Kiska Island
Attu
Aleutians
Chichagof
Kiska
Amchitka
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
Pacific
Congress
The
U. S
Negro Admits Murder Before Gas Execution
Lew Moody, 26, a Negro of Northampton County, was executed in the gas chamber at central prison for the murder of John Arthur Key last summer. He admitted the crime during religious rites an hour before execution and said he was saved. Moody was convicted in August 1942 and he died at 10:10 a.m. after the mask was placed. He requested his body be sent to a sister in Franklin, Virginia. Moody’s crime involved beating, stabbing, and burning the victim. Governor Broughton refused clemency, calling it a particularly aggravated offense. Moody was the 261st execution in the state and the 89th by gas.
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Raleigh
Lewis Moody
Northampton County
Central Prison
John Arthur Key
Ralph McLean
Moody
Lawrence A Watts
Sven
Nklin
Northampton
Key
Broughton
Soviets Strike German Positions Across Black Sea Front
Soviet fronts report success against German forces near Novorossisk and the Taman Peninsula. Red fleet ships and air units sank six enemy troop barges near Anaps and Kerch, while Axis troops are pressed into four districts in the Taman area. The German force retains numerical superiority but struggles against sharp Soviet assaults.
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William Meegape
Moscow
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Red Fleet
Kerch
Anapa
Taman Peinsula
Crimea
Taman
Sub Sailors Smash Up CIO Gathering
In Groton Connecticut on May 21 submarine sailors disrupted a CIO luncheon at the Electric Boat plant. They tore down union signs and a microphone, stamped on buttons, and smashed a table during organizer Maurice Miller’s remarks. Police escorted Miller away after several calls as 35 to 40 sailors interrupted the event.
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Groton
Conn
Electric Boat Company
CIO
H. T. Perry
Maurice Miller
Miller
Perry
Thames River Bridge
New York
Bernard Chapman
Chapman
Air War Intensifies Over Mediterranean Front
Allied forces report massive air actions with 91 Axis planes destroyed on the ground and 22 Axis pilots killed in fierce battles near Sassari and the Gulf of Asinara. Merseburg transports among seven shot down. Total Axis planes downed in two days reach 186, with 73 more accounted for in prior strikes. U.S. and RAF claim 5,172 Axis planes destroyed in the Mediterranean since Italy entered the war, with 3,415 by Middle East commands and Malta units. One U.S. plane lost amid the carnage.
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Sassari
Gulf of
Asinara
RAF
U.S
Mediterranean
Milas
Sardinia
U. S
Admiral Yamamoto Killed On Front Lines Of South War Zone
Tokyo announces Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto chief of the Japanese fleet was killed in action while directing operations against Allied naval forces. The broadcast places his death on the front lines in the south likely near New Guinea or the Solomon Islands.
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Tokyo
New York
Tokyo Radio
Isoroku Yamamoto
White House
Australia
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Yamamoto
United States
Japan
Navy
Perry
Pearl Har
Roosevelt reacts to Yamamoto death prompt
President Roosevelt commented on the reported death of Japanese Admiral Yamamoto with the exclamation Gosh. A Tokyo radio announcer relayed the official Japanese announcement dated May 21 noting Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, was killed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Yamamoto
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Japan
Isoroku Yamamoto
Chrysler War Effort Hit By CIO Strike
Detroit May 21. Up to 20,000 UAW CIO members walk out at Chrysler for a second day, threatening war production. Three plants closed yesterday and another disrupted as 35,000 workers face possible spread. CIO president R J Thomas says grievances are legitimate though strikes were not authorized.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
UAW - Cio
Pearl Harbor
Chrysler Tank Arsenal
Chrysler
Uaw-Cio
R. J. Thomas
Berlin Again Bombed By RAF Airmen
Swift mosquito bombers of the RAF bombed Berlin last night for the second successive night and the fifth time since May 13. Simultaneously other British bombers and fighters struck at enemy industries and communications in France and Germany including Bremen and Essen. Mines were laid in enemy waters. All RAF planes except one returned safely. The Berlin radio called the raids an ineffective nuisance. Details of attacks on transport were released by the air ministry news service.
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London
RAF
Berlin
France
Germany
Bremen
Essen
Air Ministry
High Command
OPA Weighs Further Gas Ration Cuts Across Nation
As eastern shortages deepen, the Office of Price Administration and War Food Administration face possible reductions in T and supplementary gas coupons for commercial transport. Officials warn midwest supply lines and farm machinery are strained, with potential impacts on planting and food output nationwide.
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War Food Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
WFA
Office of Price Administration
The
Petroleum Administration
OPA
Midwest
Virginia
New England
Six Army fliers killed in B-25 crash near Houston
Six army airmen died when a B-25 bomber exploded and crashed in a pasture 18 miles north of Houston at Ellington field. The plane was identified as from Greenville South Carolina. initial reports listed De Ridder Field Alabama as the origin. None of the crew had been identified.
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Houston
Tex
Ellington Field
Greenville
S. C
de Ridder Field
Ala
Veto Threat Plagues Solons On Tax Issue
Washington May 21 Senate and House conferees broke into committees after a stormy session over a tax cancellation bill. A presidential veto threat loomed as Roosevelt criticized the measure for unjust enrichment of upper income taxpayers in his letter to Chairmen George D. of the Senate Finance Committee and Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Washigton
Senate
House
George D-G
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
House Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Sportsman's Wife Faces Manslaughter Verdict
In Annapolis Maryland on May 21 Mrs Helen Aileen Randle 31 wife of a wealthy sportsman was found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 17 year old Allen Willey. An all male jury deliberated about two hours and a quarter after hearing her deny intentional firing.
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Annapolis
Helen Aileen Randle
Washington and Annapolis
Allen Willey
Randle
Alma
House Approves Over Six Billion Lend Lease Measure
The House appropriations committee sent a $6,273,629,000 lend-lease supplemental appropriation to the floor. Edward Stettinius testified that aid would shorten the United Nations’ war effort via food, machinery, and ships. The panel cut $150,000,000 from the request, with most funds earmarked for food shipments and shipping costs.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
United Nations
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Lendlease
Lend-Lease
Edward Stettinius
Stettinius
Lend Lease
Lend Lease Administration
UMW Leader Lewis to Visit Capitol in Washington
United Mine Workers officials announced that President John L. Lewis would travel to Washington and that the union headquarters in New York would close immediately. Vice President John O Leary heads to Pittsburgh, with no further details given. The War Labor Board dispute and a 15 day truce extension remain central to the unfolding tensions.
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New York
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Washington
Lewis
War Labor Board
John O'Leary
Pittsburgh
Thomas Kennery
WLB
Sof
Ickes
Roosevelt
Union
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