Draft Stays For Essential Men In 30 and Over Group
Washington reports indefinite deferment for men 30 and over in essential industries as part of a national selective service policy. The aims include bolstering morale of draft boards, preserving leadership, and shifting some 26 to 28 year olds to 2 A or 2 B statuses while expanding the list of essential industries. Major General Hershey expects the measure to last about six months and cautions that some 30 plus workers may still be drafted if their local board finds insufficient contribution to the war effort.
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Washington
Ete Tehn Naentind
Ee Ee Eee
National Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
British French pilots down five Nazi planes attacking convoy
Algiers reports British and French fighters shot down five German planes attacking a convoy in the western Mediterranean. Berlin radio claimed Nazi forces sank a destroyer and seven freighters totaling about 50,000 tons and hit a Dido class cruiser and a British destroyer, with heavy damage to transports amid a Cassino front air activity notice.
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Algiers
Mediterranean
Berlin
Cassino Front
Allied ultimatum warned Axis satellites to quit or face defeat
Washington, in a radio broadcast addressed to Hung ary, Romania, and Finland, warned the Axis satellites that they must choose to join the inevitable Allied victory or risk harsher consequences. The message urged these nations to withdraw from the war and end collaboration with Germany to shorten the conflict.
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Allied Ultimatum
Axis
Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
Hungary
Romania
Finland
Threepower
Artress
F ‘Ss
The
OWI
New York
Bulgaria
Rep Dies Announces Retirement From Congress
Beaumont Texas telegram from Rep Martin Dies a Democrat says ill health and wish to return to private life lead to his withdrawal as a candidate for re election to Congress. Dies has served fourteen years and chairs the House Committee on Un American Activities.
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Beaumont
Tex
Martin Dies
D-Tex
Congress
Dies
Beaumont Journal
Tus Teat
House Committee On UN
Plan for Labor-Employer Hearing on Elections Plan
National Labor Relations Board schedules a May 10 hearing on a proposal allowing employers to question a union’s majority and seek an election. The issue, tied to wartime disputes and the Chicago controversy, follows Sewell Avery’s challenge of union majority as he seeks agency petitions for certification or investigation of representatives.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Montgomery
Chicago
Lewis M. Gill
WLB
Ao Se
Ships With Fuel Food For Portugal Held Up
London dispatch says several merchant ships carrying coal wheat and oil for Portugal are held by British naval authorities and may remain in port until Portugal halts welfare exports to Germany. Officials cite technical reasons for the delays.
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London
Portugal
Germany
Ice Dealers Seek Action On Driver Pay Rise
No word has been received from the war labor board in Chicago regarding the telegram from Mayor J. J. Verchota urging a 10 cent per hour raise for ice and coal truck drivers. Verchota said he recommended ice dealers and officials contact the state conciliation board in Milwaukee to push action on the delivery crisis.
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War Labor Board
Chicago
J. J. Verchota
Verchota
State Conciliation Board
Milwaukee
Wis
Barkley Backs F R For Fourth Term in Colliers
In New York Alben W Barkley Kentucky senator and Senate Majority Leader criticizes the president’s veto of the tax bill but says Roosevelt is the best man to finish the task. His comments appear in this week’s Colliers.
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New York
Senate
Alben W
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Barkley
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Frank Knox
Washington, D. C
Comdr
Morton C. Mumma, Jr
USN
Allies Advance in Kohima Clash in India Front
Allied troops push to clear hillside Japanese strongpoints on Kohima outskirts while American bombers sweep three enemy air fields. Artillery disrupts concentrations south of Kohima as the largest India Burma air offensive plans to drop 200 tons of phony cargo near Bishenpur on May 8 and 9.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
India
Manipur
India-Burma
Bishenpur
Japs Report Chinese Casualties in Henan Drive
Tokyo headquarters radio bulletin says 15,500 Chinese troops killed since April 18 offensive in northern Henan and 4,031 captured. Total Japanese deaths numbered 313.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters Today
Henan Province
Fifteen May Die in California Hotel Fire
In Oroville California a three story Union hotel was destroyed by fire on Friday. The coroner reported four bodies recovered by noon with two identified and as many as 15 may have died in the blaze.
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Oroville
Calif
Union
Child Fatally Injured Run Over By Wagon in Wis
Darlene Mahalko, 5, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Mahalko of Huron, was fatally crushed when a wagon driven by her father rolled over her at the family home in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. She died Thursday night at a Stanley hospital.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Darlene Mahalko
George Mahalko
Huron
Stanley
D-Day Rumors Spark Allied Invasion Signal Reports
London and Paris radio sources claim the invasion has begun with Axis projections of a German counterattack. Rommel may tighten command and Vichy leadership shifts are discussed while Eisenhower plans civilian governance in the conquered regions.
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London
Britain
Erwin Rommel
Jean Paquis
Paris
France
England
Rommel
Berlin
la Suisse
Geneva
Hitler
Europe
Low Countries
Mediterranean
Vichy
Petain
Marshal Petain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Reich
Ottawa
Middle East
J. A. Mackinnon
Big Synthetic Fuel Centers Are Bombed
Allied air forces attack four major German synthetic oil plants near Leipzig and one in Czechoslovakia as 2,000 heavy bombers strike in a broad campaign. RAF and American aircraft target rail hubs in France and Belgium as the 28th day of the air offensive features heavy bombing across northern Europe.
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London
Leipzig
Germany
Brux
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Berlin
Leuna
Merseburg
Lutzkendorf
Halle
RAF
France
Belgium
Channel
Channel Coast
Boulogne
Louvain
Europe
Italy
Britain
Lied
Allied Air
Sa Ane
Ee Ae
Axis Warplanes Downed By Allied Airforces
London report states that about 26,000 German and Italian planes have been shot down by Allied airforces since the war began, not counting losses on the Russian front. Sir Archibald Sinclair, secretary of State for Air, disclosed the figure in the Commons on Friday.
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London —i
Archibald Sinclair
Air
Commons
Three die from Lake Geneva crash after weekend wreck
Carene Rader, 40, died in a hospital Friday from injuries in the Saturday collision at Lake Geneva. She is the third fatality from the crash. Two others remain in critical condition.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Carene Rader
House approves revised Lend-Lease extension bill
The House passed the Senate version by voice vote and sent the measure to President Roosevelt for signature. The extension allows continued lend-lease aid for another year beyond June 30, backing over $22 billion in war materials to Allied nations while requiring Congress approval for postwar commitments.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Battle Progressing Favorably at Gustav Line
Report from Lynn Heinzerling with the Eighth Army in Italy notes the Gustav line battle opening with Polish Indian and British troops advancing on German fortifications. Heavy ground mist aided operations as several German prisoners were taken and a few tanks were knocked out while German counterattacks occurred in multiple sectors.
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Italy
Gustav Line
Evacuation Hospitals All Set As Allied Offensive Is Opened
Moscow reports a strong German assault near Tiraspol was repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. A Red army communique says about a regiment of German infantry was wiped out, while German claims differ. Elsewhere on the eastern front the lull continued.
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Moscow
Red Army
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Yanks Lose After Gain Nazi Claim Near Castelforte
Berlin radio reports a main American offensive near Castelforte 13 miles south of Cassino failed after initial gains. German account says U S forces faced heavy artillery and decisive counterblows, with heavy American casualties as counterattacks forced withdrawal.
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London
Berlin
Castelforte
Cassino
U. S
5Th Army
la Ambrogio
Minturno Castelforte
First Casualties As Zero Hour Arrives On Italian Front
Quiet, cheerful wounded wait through a long night at the 8th Evacuation Hospital as German artillery opens at zero hour. Corps Urbain and Pvt Richmond report the first casulaties, while surgeons treat shock and blood loss. Allied air and naval support pound Nazi positions from Cassino to the Liri valley ahead of a major assault.
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Italy
Cassino
Henry Urbain
Patton
William Richmond
Charleston
W. Va
Urbain
Abilene
Tex
Greenfield
Mass
Oliver Leese
Montgomery
8Th Army
Gustav Line
Jap Landing Strips and Bases Hit in Pacific Raids
American bombers struck four Japanese bases in the Caroline islands and surrounding areas on Wednesday. Navy reports two reconnaissance attacks hit Kusaie and Murilo near Truk, while eastern Carolines and Marshall Islands targets received renewed air strikes.
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Washington
Caroline Islands
Central Pacific
Navy
Kusaie
Truk
Murilo
Carolines
Ponape
Marshall Islands
5th and 8th Armies Drive on Gustav Line
Allied dispatches report the 5th and 8th armies launching a major spring offensive on the Gustav line in Italy. They advanced more than a mile on a 25 mile front from Cassino to the sea, with air support and heavy artillery, crossing the Rapido and Gari rivers, while Germans resist fiercely and flood the Rapido reservoir. General Clark vows to destroy the German forces.
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Garigliano
Cassino
Rapido
Gari
Gustav Line
Douglas Amazon
Liri
Mark W. Clark
5Th
Tyrrhenian Sea
8Th Army
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Anzio
Rome
Naples
Italy
Rom
5Th Army
Troo
Allied Bombers Hit Italian Harbors and Rails
Allied heavy bombers struck Italian west coast harbors and rail centers during the ground offensive. Masses including Massa dAlbe near Avezzano were targeted by Flying Fortresses with reported good results among the bombing area.
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Naples
Massa d’Albe
Avezzano
Bing
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