U S Slowly Winning Battle Of Atlantic
U S naval experts say the Atlantic campaign shows slow American gains despite heavy losses to coastal shipping by Nazi submarines. They warn only rising production of war and merchant ships will clinch victory while noting several convoy losses and torpedoed vessels.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Atlee
Asia
Australia
Atlantic
Jacob Jones
New
Allied airmen destroy four Japanese planes in New Guinea raid
Allied airmen reported four Japanese planes destroyed and several damaged in attacks over inland areas northeast of Australia. MacArthur headquarters said Lae air dromes were raided with good effect starting fires at Rabaul. Two interceptors were destroyed and five damaged. one Allied plane was shot down in heavy action near Port Moresby.
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Associated Press
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
United Nations
Port Moresby
Brazil Battles Axis Submarines Along Atlantic Coast
Brazilian armed forces reportedly destroyed two Axis submarines and captured another, while a German mother ship was seized near Recife. Official sources warned of possible war with Germany as propaganda and submarine attacks escalated, prompting Brazil to protect sovereignty and sailors.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
A Manha
Germany
Diario Carioca
Air Ministry
Bri
Diario Carieca
Recife
Legion Urges Flags Display For Memorial Day
Commander W J Donnealy of Hammord Post No 3 American Legion urged Kingsport homes and businesses to display a flag on Memorial Day. Flags should be flown by rules from before noon to sundown with half mast used appropriately. A small flag in windows was encouraged but none should remain out after sundown. Chapel Hill health officer Dr W F Richardson found a sugary package donated to the health department.
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W. J. Donnaeily
Hammord Post No. 3
American Legion
Kingsport
Toc
Tfe
Chapel Hill
N. C
W. FP. Richardson
Health Department
Richardson
Cso
Biddle Seeks Supreme Court Ruling On Bridges Case
Attorney General Biddle invites a Supreme Court test of his deportation order against Harry Bridges. He aims to route the matter through federal courts starting with habeas corpus in San Francisco, then to the circuit, and finally the Supreme Court. Bridges denies Communist ties and calls the order misstatements and prejudice.
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Biddle
Supreme Court
Harry R. Bridges
Wast Coast Cio
Board of Immigration Appeals
Bridges
Australia
Federal District Court
San Francisco
Circuit Court of
Communist Party
United States
Biddie
Russians Shell Kharkov as Battle Drags On
Vichy radio reports say Russian artillery blasted the German held city of Kharkov as the battle raged with no clear result. Soviet forces claimed crushing German tank and infantry attacks in all night fighting on the southern front while Nazi leaders boasted of progress elsewhere.
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Kharkov
Thy
Associated Press
Redia
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Timoshenko
Hitler
Axis
Moscow
Mexico Moves Toward Formal War Declaration
Mexico steams toward a formal declaration of war with the Axis as President Manuel Avila Camacho seeks authority to govern by decree and suspend constitutional guarantees. Congress committees prepare proposals while envoys abroad are instructed Mexico is in a retroactive state of war from 22. Military leaders map defense plans as governors gather to discuss civilian impact.
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Blexico City
Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
Congress
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Jstates
Congress backs Morgenthau in tax problem
Washington, backed by an unanimous vote of two congressional committees, the treasury moves to halt what Morgenthau calls unpardonable tax avoidance by unusual salaries and bonuses. He cited 241 returns and gave examples, including rent paid to a president’s wife and high salaries to a key employee’s relatives, as proof of schemes to dodge taxes.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Capitol
Congress
Boughton
D-Nc
Two Kingsport Doctors Called For Army Service
The Army medical procurement program will take two Kingsport doctors for active service in June. Dr. B. Roy Howard leaves June 19 for Camp Forrest Tennessee with a captain's commission and field duty with troops. Dr. M. D. Massengill leaves June 9 for Lawson General Hospital Atlanta Georgia as first lieutenant for hospital duty. Three other Kingsport physicians were taken on Army examinations and await notification of commissions and orders.
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Army Medical Procurement
Kingsport
B. Roy Howard
Camp Forrest
Tennessee
M. D. Massensgill
Lawson General Hospital
Atlanta
Georgia
Howard
Massengill
Army Medical
Roosevelt Blamed For Sub Sinkings In Cuban Waters
Survivors of a US cargo ship torpedoed off Cuba say the Axis submarine commander blamed President Roosevelt for their plight. The navy announced the sinking with probable loss of two crew members from a 39 merchant crew and 35 gunners.
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Roosevelt
Navy
West Point General Foresees Allied Invasion of Europe
General George C. Marshall told the West Point graduating class that American troops are landing in England and will land in France, signaling a promised invasion of the European continent by Allied forces during World War II.
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West Point
George O. Marshall
Stail
England
France
Virginia Plans Statewide All Night Blackout Test
Virginia will conduct an all night blackout on June 17 affecting the entire state with traffic halted and pedestrians leaving streets. University of Virginia aircraft will drop sandbags in Charlottesville while local defense groups rehearse air raid procedures as part of a nationwide blackout drill to study state wide effectiveness.
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Richmond
Virginia
Grady Culay
Scott County
Defense Headquarters
Clinchport
Morton Asbury
Wise, Yn
C. B. Jackson
Wise County
Commonwealth
Robert Ely
Jonesville
Lee County
J. H. Wyse
State Defense
John J. Howard
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Charlottesvillé
U, & Army
OCD
England
Two Local Men Enlist in Navy
Thomas Oakland Braley and William Edwin Weil left Thursday for Nashville to seek enlistment in the U S Naval Reserve as apprentice seamen, announced today by Chief R N Runjon of the Navy Recruiting Station. Braley is 18, son of Mrs Edith Marie Arnold of 2193 Biuit Street, Neil 28 is the son of Mrs Pherevelyn Neil of Route 2 Kings Part.
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William Edwin Weil
Nashville
U. S. Naval Reserve
R. N. Runjon
Navy
Bralley
Edith Marie Arnold
Biuit Street
Neil
Pherevelyn Neil
Kings- Part
Executions Start Nazi Revenge For Prague Attack
Reports from Berlin radio said six Prague residents were executed in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, with Germany arresting hundreds of officials and students. Berlin enforcements closed borders as Oslo and Istanbul dispatches noted purges and strikes against Nazi leaders, while fears spread of wider killings across occupied Europe.
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Adolf Hitler
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia
Moravia
Gestapo
Prague
Berlin
Hitler
Istanbul
Fuhrer
Walther von Brauchitsch
Walther Daree
Nawi
France
von Brauchitscch
Hitler Stodi
Daree
Germany
Gas rationing power sparring dominates Henderson plan debate
Congress opposition to nationwide gas rationing grows as Speaker Rayburn and Rep Lea challenge Henderson authority while urging continuation of eastern rationing. Sen Steagall questions concentrated power. rubber plan aims to retain 20 million cars by promoting retreads despite tire conservation doubts.
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House
Congress
Leon Henderson
Sam Rayburn
Lea
D-Calif
House Interstate Committee
Steagell
D-Ala
House Banking Committee
Henderson
Steagall
Sen
Arthur
Newhall
Ellender
T-La
Nazi Flank Move Is Repulsed In Libyan Desert Conflict
German armored forces were repulsed after slipping around British positions to Sidi Rezegh in a 40 mile wide belt between Ain El Gazala and the Tobruk region. The battle centered near Knight Bridge with Ed Duda and Sidi Rezegh on the coastal highway as Axis forces pressed China. The RAF reported reduced Axis air activity and British commanders warned the situation remained fluid and potentially dangerous for both sides.
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Sidi Rezegh
Ain el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Bataillon du Pacifique
Tahiti
Pacific
RAF
Arca
Thas
Knigt Bridge
el Adem
Ed Duda
Knights Bridge
Enwin Rommel
New School Projects Approved In Tennessee
Tennessee education officials announced federal approval of 30 new school and addition projects with a total cost of 1,860,648 dollars. Eight projects in defense areas received federal assistance for maintenance and operation of schools.
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Nashville
Federal World Agency
Tennessee
H. C. Headden
Department
Utilities Commissioner Files Bid For Reelection Coalition Ticket
Nashville AP reports State Utilities Commissioner Leon Jourolman Jr. announced his bid for reelection on a coalition ticket with Governor Cooper and Senator Tom Stewart. He cited a broader coalition to unify interests and advance war efforts for Tennessee.
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Nashville
Leon Jourolman, Jr
Cooper
Tom Stewart
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