Allied aerial war goes on in Europe and Africa
Allied air forces conducted continuous raids over the English Channel and German Ruhr valley, with floodwaters from the Mohne and Eder reservoirs causing extensive destruction in Duisburg and surrounding areas. In North Africa, raids on Pantelleria and Trapani damaged docks and airfields, while Eisenhower reported over 200,000 Axis troops captured in the Russian campaign.
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London
English Channel
Europe
RAF
Boulogne
Cap Gris
Germany
Muthr and
Weser
NBC
Ina
Mohne
Air Ministry
Flordtide
Rubr
Duisburg
Kassel
Perlin
Ruhr
Moline
Rhine
Froendenberg
Dortmund
Eder
Africa
Allied
North Africa
Pantelleria
Rome
Thalian
Dwight Eisenhower
Prisor
Axis Losses From Sicily Raid Noted In Report
Continued from page one the attack description notes hits on docks and warehouse zones. Five planes smashed on the field and many boats wrecked, with the priheital building and three smaller structures destroyed in the warehouse area. Fortresses faced bad weather over Sicily but crews found a hole in the clouds over Trapani and pressed through.
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Nree
Sicily
Trapani
Allied Air Strikes Hit Axis in Sicily and Tunisia
Allied forces repelled a heavy Axis air assault over the Mediterranean theater as bombers and fighters targeted Sicily and the Mareth Line area. Fortress bombers and escort fighters claimed several enemy aircraft shot down while Malta intruders attacked factories and rail facilities. Over 287,000 Axis prisoners have been taken since the Mareth breakthrough, with 224,000 captured between May 3 and May 18 amid a major Allied push toward Tunis and Bizerte.
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Messerschmitts
Fowke-Wulf
Sicilian
Malta
Sicily
Caltanisselta
Eighth Army
Mareth
United States
Tunis
Bizerte
Jurgen van Arnin
Cap Bon
Iver
Graduation at Temple March for 1943 Class
The 1943 professional class graduation held at Temple March featured organ interludes, prayers, and a baccalaureate address on spiritual values in a new world. Rev Frank A Sharp and Rev Loveless led services while Jesse A Lubold and Edgar C Perry presented diplomas.
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Vinceunt
Bourgeois
Harold L. Loveless
First Evangelical Church of Indiana
Christiansen
Harry Canfield
Sharp
Loveless
Chapman
Frank A. Sharp
First Baptist Church
Pittsburch
Finlandia
Jesse A. Lubold
Edgar Cc. Perry
Indiana ‘Public Schools
Grieg
Weather Evacuations as Rivers Flood 20 Counties
Flooding across 20 counties prompts massive evacuations by coast guard and army. Wabash White and Mississippi rivers surge, with many streams overflowing. In St Charles and Vincennes areas, levees breach and 6000 residents flee. Indianapolis Vent Terre and nearby towns report collapsed levees and strained water supplies.
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Coast Guard
Army
St. Charles
Missuaer
Kdepe
Intl
Missouri
Vent Terre Heute
Ind
Duphin Mu
Arkatsus
Texas
Tis
Uwliness
Dca
Armament Sylow service and WAAC Signal Corps training noted
The memo cites Hurl Bungenscutt serving at Lowry Field Colorado starting July 24 1942 with postings to New Contorlands Beesley Peel Mire New Orleans La and Buckwidd Cole prior service details include a lawyer and jitter dur Walter Tomb Homer Cy R Lb 1. He is married to Batty June Scott and is among Women Who enroll in the WAAC Signal Corps for specialized training at the Danville Signal Corps School Danville Virginia per a directive from the Adjutant General's Department in Washington
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Arcmamen
Howard Lee Seoth
Waac Signal Corps
Ar Signal Corps
Danville Signal Corps
Danville
Virginia
Adjutant General's Department
Washington
Conference opens with pledges of daily bread and aid
The conference opening session featured vigorous defense of satisfying all members' daily bread needs. Judge Martin Jones, head of the US delegation, urged for substantial German aid as 43 delegates gathered, stressing societal obligation to provide adequate nutrition.
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Martin Jones
United States
Siubal
OPA suspends rights of 12 Pittsburgh retailers
Twelve Pittsburgh district retailers including Nick Herrick of Russelton lose rights to deal in certain commodities after OPA price and rationing violations. Hearings led by Commissioner Clifford Snider imposed suspensions up to 15 days for various items. Merchants argued June 1942 ceilings were used, but prices rose with wholesale costs. Snider, a former Pitt and WVU law professor, noted hearings traverse five states. A procedural issue drew concern as the OPA rule allowed hearsay evidence against court norms.
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Pittsburgh
Nick Hotrick
Russelton
OPA
Clifford Snider
Herrick
Snider
Pitt and
West Virginia University
Rochester
Equity
WAAC Signal Corps Training for Women Opens in Danville
The National War Training Program adds WAAC Signal Corps training for high school graduates. Recruits will be enrolled in WAAC, inactive duty during study, with Civil Service pay from 1020 to 1440 per year, then placed on active duty after completion. Housing and recreation facilities are arranged in Danville, Virginia. Monthly enrollment of 80 is requested, with urgent need for eligible applicants through WAAC Recruiting Offices. Inductees from Armstrong and Westmoreland counties listed as selectees for service.
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Signal Corps
Louella M. Jones
Harrisburg
WAAC
Danville
Waac Signal Corps
Virginia
Army
Armstrong County
Armstrong Ci
Pittsburgh
Nick Stefancik
Yatesboro
Harry Starr
Sagamore
Everett Clements
John Buchanan
Dayton
Ivygin Whittaker
Frank Solters
Paul Pagliarini
Herman Venesky
NuMing
Richard J. Beranty
Yatesho
Victor Morris
Nick Shish
First woman president named for Allegheny Medical Society
Pittsburgh May 19 AP Election of Dr Zoe Allison Johnson radium and x ray therapy specialist as first woman president of the Allegheny County Medical Society announced last night. Dr C C Rinard of Horiseatega installed as head. Dr Johnson to serve at Rinard’s term end next year. She was elected by mail ballots without opposition.
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Pittsburgh
Zoe Allison Johnson
Allegheny County Medical Society
C. C. Rinard
Horiseatega
Johnson
Rinard
Food conference delegates call for postwar policy
Chairman P W Kuo of the Chinese delegation outlines three tangible outcomes from the talks. He urges practical gains including exchange of views to shape national policies, agreement on general postwar food and agriculture principles based on human needs, and plans to establish ongoing machinery to advance the conference’s work.
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P. W. Kuo
Kuo
Cartography Course Highlights War E r gency Training
The Geography Department presents Aeronautics cartography and map interpretation as a major summer session offering. A Refresher course with college credit lets teachers observe Demonstra tion School classes and confer with supervising staff. Three summer sessions run June 28 onward, with options to join one or more blocks. bulletin lists full offerings and can be requested from the college.
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pMeuwla
Allied and Japanese forces clash across multiple theaters
Allied and Japanese actions span Attu and the Aleutians, North Africa, Sicily, Pantelleria, and the Ruhr. U S troops close in on Holtz Bay Attu while Mosztair operations target Salamaua and Wau. MacArthur hammers Rabaul and surrounding bases as RAF raids deter Indian invasion workups.
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Japan
Attu Island
U. SS
Holtz Bay
Pacific
Attu
Aleutians
Washington
Kiska
Guadalcanal
Papuse
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
Wau
Douglas MacArthur
Bobdubi
MacArthur
Rabaul
Gusmata
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Lae
Finschhafen
Torengau
Admiralty Islands
Burma
Strike halts food trucks in New Jersey and Philadelphia
About 1,000 trucks carrying food and other goods were idle between Philadelphia and the Vineland area as unions in Philadelphia and Vineland blocked cross-border entry. Harry Adler, counsel for Vineland Local 676, said Philadelphia Local 109 refused trucks into Philadelphia and Vineland locals retaliated. An estimated 600 Philadelphia drivers and 200 New Jersey-area drivers were affected. some perishable deliveries were allowed by both sides. Officials could not be reached for comment.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Harry Adler
Vineland Local No
South Jersey
Vineland
Adler
New Jerrady
Schools Vacation Schedules and Health Report
The document lists Thanksgiving vacation dates as November 45 and 28 and Christmas break December 24-3 with Easter April 7-10 and Memorial Day. It notes four typewriters granted by the War Production Board for term use. Health entries include measles totaling 100 cases, 12 mumps, and single cases of other illnesses. Absences total 136 across Horace Mann, Thaddeus Stevens, High School, and Parochial schools.
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Ihe
War Production Board
Horace Mann
Thaddeus Stevens
Man struck by own house in Duncan flood
C. F. Sikes was knocked down near his Duncan Oklahoma home when a wall of water lifted and tossed the house onto him. He emerged with only a head scrape, describing being swept into the creek as the house passed over.
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Duncan, Okla
C. F. Sikes
Truce Efforts in Steel Mine Fight Spotlighted
In Kansas City suburb Chicago era, Frank J Tigleman urged operator to reach Charles Cannady while a caller in Edmonton claimed a different number. The dispute involves Ickes Stabilization, Byrnes, and WLB leaders with talks on collective bargaining and a fact finding panel report awaited. The board signaled no other agency would act in the case.
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Kansas City
Frank J. Tigleman
Charles Cannady
Lake City
Cannady
Hla Phette
Edmonton
Canada
Ickes
Tettar
Lewis
James F. Byrnes
WLB
William Ho Davis
Icken
Iinitia~tive
Fekes
New York
Mitzi Gives Birth on Roof Amid Cat Crisis
Mrs Anita Silverman sought a safe birthing site for her cat Mitzi as a neighborly bulldog named Mike menaced the mother. Mitzi chose the roof of Mrs Vion Vowels home for the delivery. Five kittens arrived as Mrs Vogel’s cocker spaniel Laddie barked. Mike offered no comment.
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Los Angeles
Mitzi
Anita = Silverman
Mike
Vion
Miners Face War Labor Board Battle Over Pay Increase
In District 2 miners resist WLB forms tied to a $2 daily raise. UMWA leader Lewis Evans reports mass reluctance to extend the truce beyond May 31. Local 1386 Nanty Glo to reconvene Sunday. unrest also involves Helsley Cardiff Springfield and district president James Mark Sr in New York. District 2 includes about 45,000 miners with normal operations continuing. Smokeless Works at Pennsylvania Electric No. 5 mine resumed after Local 980 voted to end a two day walkout over deferment policy.
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War Labor Board
WLB
Little Steel
Lewis Evans
District 2
UMWA
Lewis
Miters
Nanty- Glo
Pennsylvania Electric Company
No. 5
Seward
Smokeless
United Mine Workers of America
Utility Concern
Plts
Churchill Addresses Joint Session Amid War Talks and Allies
Churchill, in a rare public appearance with Roosevelt in a joint session, says Britain will fight Japan side by side with the United States if ordered. He cites logistics and Allied air offensives draining German forces, and hints at future meetings with Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek. He forecasts Japan’s cities and industries reducing to ashes before peace.
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America
House
Senate
Churchill
Roosevelt
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Mikado
Japan
Thare
Congress
Stalin
Russia
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Britain
Germany
Safety Patrol Day Saturday in Harrisburg
Governor designate Saturday as School Safety Patrol Day to honor boys and girls for distinguished service protecting school children from traffic hazards. He praised their work in saving lives and preventing accidents amid wartime traffic conditions.
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Harrisburg
Martin Lodey
Churchill Addresses Congress in Capitol Visit
Winston Churchill spoke before Congress amid tight security, stressing Allied air power, intensified anti submarine efforts, and the need to strike Germany, Italy, and Japan. He praised American production and Canada’s wartime contributions, noting limited prospects for a Stalin-Chiang meeting and urging early action against Japan.
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Europol
Axis
Germany
Italy
Matong
Churchill
Britain
Roosevelt
Japan
Australia
Churgehill
Hns
Maly
Rayburn
D-Tex
Congress
Churnbilt
Stalin
Chiang
Mackenzie King
Canada
America
Rommel
el Alamein
Acros Africa
Capitol
District of Columbia
Secret Service
Nunlding
United Nations
Tax cuts loom as solution in tax bill talks
Washington May 19 AP A hard planned conference seeks a mutual pay as you go tax bill acceptable to House Senate and President Chairman George of the Senate Finance Committee said if the bill lingers past next week it cannot take effect July 1. He noted no irreconcilable differences between branches despite House rejection of the Senate Rumakipayours plan. The Senate favored canceling a full year of income tax with exceptions and reinstating a 20 percent withholding on wages. A middle ground proposal would grant 75 percent horizontal abatement of 1942 or 1943 taxes for full payers with 25 percent due over two years.
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Washington
House
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Gas dealers charged in Pittsburgh federal informations
Six Pittsburgh gasoline dealers including a wholesaler were named in federal informations. Henry Sherman Klages faces charges of selling 126 000 gallons to retailers without coupons, exceeding CPA price limits, and buying bulk coupons. The five retailers are accused of buying gas without surrendering coupons and reselling at above maximum prices.
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Pittsburgh
OPA
Louis George Feldmin
Henry Sherman Klages
CPA
Klages
Obituary notes for Yankivich Hill Fridley and Craig
Obituary notices report Anthony Yankivich of Pine township Heilwood died at home Monday night. Surviving are son John and six daughters in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Ruth Imogene Hill of Cherrytree dies at state hospital. service in Cherrytree. Severly Ann Fridley dies in Lovejoy. service in Fridley home and East Mahoning Cemetery. Mrs Sarah Marie Craig buried in Smyrna Cemetery after services in Smyrna Church.
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Anthony Yankivich
Poland
Pine Township
Heilwoods
St. John
Pearl
Esther
Jarsey City
Cecilia Parker
Derry
Genevieve
Sybilla
St. John Church
A. C. Marzhauser
Cameron's Bottom Cemetery
Ruth Imogene Hill
Cherrytree
David B
Gerda (Armstrong) Jill
Pennsylvania State Hospital
Tormance
Everett
Emelyh
Alfred
Wilmer
Lawrence
Cleveland
Eugene Hill
Camp Padre
Calif
Wilmer Hill
Cole Fellows Cemetery
California
Severly Ann Fridley
Calvin W
Virginia (Stewart) Fridley
Lovejoy
Joan Beth
Clark Stewart
Merle Fridley
Commodore and
Hilsdale
East Mahoning Cemetery
Sarah Marie Craig
Lons
Angeles
Tust
Smyrna
Ramey W. Marshall
Home
Philip L. Marshall
Canton
John S. Marshall
Russell BE. Marshall
Nut
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Donald L. Wolford
Cokeville
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Ward H. Nevins
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Joseph HH. Shomo
William J. Maffe
Hravis W. Clawson
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Eyrest
H. Sticler
Barry L. Ross
Robert G. Flickinger
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J. McElwee
Alpha
P. Sampson
Charles KR. Rhoades
Michael Brezinski
James R. Bowers
New Florence
Kally KR
Brinker
Joseph G. Omellle
New Derry
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Frank A Sabik
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MouKilveen
Roy W Willard
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Red Cross
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