05 May 1942
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1942
Page
1
British forces land at Courier Bay Madagascar advancing across the isthmus toward Diego Suarez to defend the strategic island from axis aggression. US and UK say the operation has US approval and will protect Madagascar while keeping France's status intact.
Seventeen members of the contingent that left Friday were tentatively rejected by the Army induction center. Twelve remain at the station while officials review their cases. Some may have remediable physical defects and be given corrective treatment at Army expense before possible reentry.
Former major league star Dale Alexander runs for the Democratic nomination for sheriff in Greene County Tennessee. He has long resided in Greene County and faces competition as the primary nears on Saturday in the Appalachian League area.
Allied air power blasted Japanese bases in the Pacific as forces attacked Port Moresby New Guinea Lae and Rabul Rabul providing bombardment and fighter interception. The Australian cabinet formed the Allied Supply Council chaired by Beasley with US representation to coordinate planning and advice to Prime Minister Curtin.
In a night statement Laval said France would not initiate rupture with the United States. Meanwhile British forces landed on Madagascar’s northern tip as Vichy claimed attacks on the Diego Suarez base from the rear and frontal assaults on Narhar, with colonial secretary Brevie praising the defendable valor of Vichy troops on the island.
Undersecretary Patterson urged Congress to preserve civilian commissions for admin and technical officers as the army expands toward six million personnel. He warned broad restrictions would hamper the effort, stating York could not be commissioned under a civilian ban. House members discussed amending the proposal to broaden workable paths to commissions.
A London source says Field Marshal Von Brauchitsch and allied generals warned Hitler that if the 1942 Russian drive fails they will pursue an alternate plan ending Nazi rule. Hitler reportedly kept calm and retained Von Brauchitsch in a top role while backing his intuition. The group, distrustful of Hitler’s broader powers, may seek peace or a shift to defensive warfare, with Goering’s political role also hinted.
Marshal Semeon Timashenko’s Fed armies hammer three key German bases in Ukraine near Kursk Kharkov and Taganrog while Leningrad line defenders strive to break the siege. British aircraft bomb Skoda works at Pilsen Vichy and Stuttgart targets, with RAF raids across France Holland and Norway as German counterattacks claim success. Siege news from Leningrad notes eleven hundred enemy dead in yesterday’s assaults.
RAF Wing Commander Teudwine told how the eight Australians and four Britons sailed 1500 miles in life boats and a motorboat from Java to Australia. They faced calm seas storms and a whale and were nearly wiped out when the motorboat and one lifeboat wrecked.
Washington reports a sweeping War Production Board order halting civilian use of iron and steel within 80 days to divert materials to military needs. Thousands of plants, wholesalers, and workers face shutdowns. some repairs or hospital equipment exceptions apply. After 90 days limited production resumes with metal use restricted to gold or silver only.
From Washington School on Monday night sugar rationing registration was discussed as draft registration lingers in confusion. A man asked where to sign up for the draft while another in April sought guidance on sugar registration and timing.
Harlan Ky sheriff reports three men detained in Fredericksburg on auto theft charges related to the death of taxi driver Joe Christian 48. Christian disappeared April 25 after his taxi was found burned. his body was discovered on Black Mountain near Lynch more than 40 miles away. The suspects Howard Hensley Sherman Clouse and Manzo Shepherd had earlier been questioned and released.
Japanese forces pounded Corregidor with five hour artillery bombardment and thirteen air strikes as US defenders held. A new land operation pressed on Mindanao from four transports aimed at key airfields near Manila Bay, while Mindanao’s gunboat Mindanao was sunk with no crew casualties. General Wainwright’s forces remained entrenched on Corregidor.
United States naval aircraft rescued more than half of 44 men from lifeboats in the Atlantic after a British freighter on her maiden voyage was sunk by a submarine. Twenty four were picked up at sea and brought to Bermuda or a Florida naval air station, while the remaining 20 were saved by passing ships as lifeboats drifted in a tropical storm.
NLRB investigator John Penelo arrived in Bristol to probe a stoppage by 96 drillers at a river diversion tunnel project for the South Holston Dam. Protesters, led by Eugene Worrell, allege discharge for refusing a closed shop, with 80 ordinary laborers at work and 96 idle skilled drillers seeking reinstatement with back pay.
Japanese forces pushed along the Burma Road reaching Wanting area 670 miles from Chungking amid fierce fighting. China vows scorched earth if needed as Burma Road sections face destruction and Japanese forces move toward Bhamy and northern Burma to sever allied links to India.
U S bombers attacked Mingaladon airbase just north of Rangoon after breaking through a thunderstorm. They reported 70 enemy aircraft present, with Japanese fighters observed but did not engage. All American planes returned safely to base.
President Manuel Prado of Peru arrives in Miami as the first South American chief executive to visit the United States while in office. He is the guest of the government on a goodwill mission, invited by President Roosevelt, to observe wartime material production in U S factories.
Members of the Pacific War Council met at the White House to discuss the occupation of Madagascar and praised it as a vital strategic step. The seven nation council canvasses war strategy and supply, with Walter Nash calling the action a good job that aids Indian Ocean defense and benefits France and the French people.
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