British Lancasters Strike Ruhr Dams Aims at War Industry
The piece argues the RAF raid on the Ruhr dams delivering hydro power to Germany will disrupt munitions output and signal vulnerability of Italy to air power. It notes the dams power key industrial valleys and suggests Allied bases in North Africa could extend similar strikes to disrupt Germany's power supply.
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Britain
Lancaster
Germany
Ruhr
Weser
Reuters
Berlin
Damy
RAF
United Nations
Fuhr
France
Great Britain
Niais
Italy
Maly
Mary
U S Planes Hit Jap Positions on Wake Island
U S Army heavy bombers flying over 1000 miles from Midway attacked Wake Island installations. Navy communique reports two Japanese Zero fighters destroyed and one probably. May 16 raids by Dauntless and Wildcat fighters hit Rekata Bay, Santa Isabel. Ongoing operations since December 1941 after Marine garrison fell.
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Washington
Wake Island
Navy
Central Pacific
United States
South Pacific
Marine Corps
Dauntless
Wildcat
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Jng
Freessault
William E. Halsey, Jr
Americas
Midway
British Submarines Sink Six Italian Vessels
British submarines torpedoed and sank an Italian destroyer and at least five supply ships in the Mediterranean in a series of encounters. The destroyer was sunk off north Sicily. several ships were damaged. Additional hits included two small supply ships off Sardinia and a medium supply vessel in Porto Torres harbor.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Sicily
Palerno
Aegean
Sardinia
Porta Torres
Platamune
Gulf of
Phessalonike
Two Arkansas Boys Wounded in Africa
War Department releases names of two Arkansas soldiers wounded in action in North Africa. The suspending list includes Pvt. Henry C. Duncan and Pvt. Thomas G. Mindleton, brothers and sons of local residents Mrs. Addie Duncan of Trehnor Pfe and Mrs. Pearl Rige of Blytheville Route 1 Box 82.
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Washington
War Department
Arkansas
Arkansans
United States
Henry C. Duncan
Addie Duncan
56 Seniors to Be Graduated Thursday Night
Hope High School will hold graduation exercises Thursday at 7 80 p m in the high school stadium with a backup in the auditorium if weather fails Miss Berydemy will deliver the commencement address The program includes invocation hymns, patriotic songs, speeches on world federation and other topics, diploma awards and the presentation of certificates The graduating class features a long list of students and the board president presides with a superintendent announcing plans
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Hope High School
Faddin
Dee
Thoms Toneyentt
Gilson Ross
Jean Pierre Stanford
Waymond Taylor
John Paw Urban
Char Weal
Virginia O'Neal
Beryl Henry
Vining
Board of
Bonection
Frances Thelma Harveil
Rose Marie Hendrix
Charles Coerbeliusenry
Thomas Don
Honeycutt
Austin Denver Hutgon
Billye
Irene James
Edna Virginia Keith
Beat Japan First Feeler Move in Senate Row
Senatorial wrangle over shifting US military strength to the Pacific hints at a Roosevelt Churchill talks outcome. Sematary Chandler of Kentucky praised the speech while cautiously saying a decision may come from wartime conferences. Reports say Roosevelt told Stalin of possible gains on western fronts and Chiang Kai-shek’s forces may take the lead in Asia. Navy notes 100 American submarines active in the Pacific as Attu continues toward driving Japan from the Aleutians.
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Boad Dian
Daciay
Senate
Pacific
Sematary Chandler
D-Ky
Germany
United States
Wille
Britain
Russia
Japan
Stalin
Gener Wiisshoy
Chiang Kai-Shek
Dapat Do Asia
Mear
Navy
Attu Island
Roosevelt
Point Values on Foods Unchanged This Month
Washington reports no changes to processed food point values for May. The Office of Price Administration says the program has settled to an even keel and mid month adjustments made in March and April are unnecessary. Consumers urged to shop early to ease store congestion.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
WLB to Stand Put Against John L. Lewis
The War Labor Board in Washington on May 1 pressed its claim to sole authority over the soft coal dispute, demanding that John L. Lewis recognize WLB power or face continued production restraints. Lewis signaled willingness to renew contracts but refused to bow to a board order, while a three man panel prepared a report ahead of the May 31 truce expiration. Some operators hoped to bargain directly to end the clash and lift government controls. Secretary Ickes urged continued coal output as a condition for resuming talks.
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Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Lewis
WLB
New York
Ickes
Nazis Launch Offensive in Kuban Area
Moscow reports a new Nazi push in the Kuban front with infantry supported by tanks planes and artillery attacking Russian lines. Russian dispatches cite heavy German losses and ongoing fighting at Lishchansk and on the Donets front while observers warn a possible broader summer offensive forming near Kuban Leningrad and southwest of Moscow.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Novorossis
Lishchansk
Donets River
Kharkov
Schigry
Kursk
Voronezh
Reuters
London
Kuban
Leningrad
Tragic Centaur Sinks Off Australia After Japanese Torpedoing
Allied headquarters report the Australian hospital ship Centaur was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine off Brisbane. 209 lives lost, 64 saved, including one nurse. Survivors told of flames, sharks, and a desperate struggle as rescue came six hours later.
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Allied
Australia
Warren
Sydney
New Guinea
Douglas MacArshup
Brisbane
Eleanor Savage
Sister Savage
Savage
Frank Davidson
Centatwe
80 000 U S Casualties in 17 Months
Washington reports the combined war toll from 17 months of combat, with Army losses totaling 56,942 through May 7 and Navy Marine Coast Guard casualties at 24,985. The latest Tunisia drive is expected to push total casualties over 80,000, while about 74,244 prisoners and 24,345 missing are noted, largely from the Philippines.
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Washington
Tunisia
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Army
Philippines
Oil Pipeline Breaks From Flood Waters
The Big Inch pipeline running Texas to Illinois was ruptured by Arkansas River flood. Pressure drop first noted north of the river, Civil Air Patrol spotted an oil slick in 16 minutes, and War Emergency Pipelines Inc. cut off flow. Extent of damage undetermined at first. WEP spokesman said they are not pulling pressure for the time being.
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Little Rock
Texas
Illinois
Eastern Seaboard
Eergenemy Pipelines, Inc
Civil Air Patrol
WEP
Predicts Veto of Rums Skip Year Tax Plan
Washington, May 18. Speaker Rayburn predicted President Roosevelt will veto the modified Ruml bill if House Republicans move the Senate approved skip a year income tax measure to the White House. Republicans pressed for final passage amid Roosevelt's stated opposition to eliminating a full year's tax burden for upper income groups during the war period.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Capitol Hill
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Congress
Levees Hold As Crest Reaches Pine Bluff
The Arkansas river flood crest reached 32.8 feet at Pine Bluff with no major levee breaks. sandboils prompted evacuations for about 300 families across 30 blocks. Temporary sandbag levees and a pontoon bridge system ease flood pressures as Fort Smith works on a $50,000 two lane trestle and pipeline. Red Cross sets rehab hubs along the river valley as authorities monitor conditions. A separate hearing for freight rate revisions was rescheduled to May 2 at 10 a.m. due to high water.
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Lille Rock
Arkansas River
Pine Bluff
Tucker Lake
Fort Smith
van Buren Bridge
Camp Chaffee
Red Cross
Main Ridge of Defense Taken by Americans
Washington reports that American forces have captured the ridge believed to be the main Japanese defense position on Attu Island. Knox said troops advanced from two landings at Holtz Bay and Massacre Bay, with naval and air support. The victory tightens the encirclement as fighting continues and casualties are lighter than expected.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Aitu Island
Knox
United States
The
Aleutians
Attu
Attus
U.S
Navy
Attu Island
Holt# Bay
Massacre Bay
Holtz Bay
Holla Bay
Navy Department
Blird Cove
United States Naval
United States Army
Chicago Harbor
Allies Continue Pre Invasion Air Offensive
Allied air operations against Europe persist with British bombers targeting southern Germany while fighters sweep northern France and Belgium. Coastal aircraft sink two ships in an eight-ship convoy off the Dutch coast. Calais air defense quiets as Axis radios report ongoing daylight raids.
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Londo
VPI
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
Coastal Command
Calais
U. S
Lorient
Bordeaux
Bergman
Alghero
Sardinia
Allied Air Raids Bomb Sardinia and Rome Area
Allied Wellingtons bombed Alghero and Cagliari on Sardinia destroying air facilities, gasworks and docks while strafing targets from 200 feet. Beaufighters shot down two Junkers transports off Sardinia. fighters downed Heinkel 111 and Junkers 88. Malta intruders attacked southern Italy railways and roads. Porto Empedocle power station and nearby buildings were hit. no Allied losses reported.
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William B. King
North Africa
Taly
Mediterranean
Air Force
RAF
Alghero
Sardinia
Rome
Cagliari
Sacdinia
Malta
Italy
Sicila
Augusta
Porto
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Londai
I l
Reich
Fernand Grenier
Gymimnist
Vichy
Grenier
Immedaately
Council of Registance
Africa
iFi
Corporation Commission
Western Arkansas
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