U S Forces Seize Ridge in Attu Island Victory
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced American troops captured a ridge likely the main Japanese defense on Attu, as forces push north and south across the eastern neck. He said casualties were lighter than expected and operations had strong naval and air support with mopping up expected after this key height seizure.
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Washington
Attu Island
Knox
United States
Aleutians
Attu
U. S
Navy
Radio sketch contest winner sparks valley interest
Mrs. Harry Reeves of Mound Street won a prize of 10 for naming songs turned into radio sketches in the Long Title Contest by W. E. N. S. Columbus. Lt. Kenneth Evans, former Blosser's Restaurant manager, tours the British Isles on leave, sending Edinburgh postcards to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blosser. Evans is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Evans of Depot Street.
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Arry Reeves
Mound Street
Columbus
Kenneth Evans
Blosser’s
British Isles
Clarence Blosserve
Lt. Evans
Logan
Scotland
Edinburgh
A. F. Evans
Depot Street
Clock at state court house tolls at midnight twice
The county clock faced a dual time issue with veiled suggestions to hide its dial and mute its strike. In the early hours of Tuesday it marked 1 A M and 2 A M Eastern War Time, signaling confusion and emotional strain in the timepiece.
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Court House
Beat Japan First senators urge focus on Pacific war
Capitol Hill echoed a three hour Senate dispute over diverting American military strength to the Pacific. Senator Chandler said he was encouraged to urge a "Beat Japan First" approach while sources indicated the President told Premier Stalin of Russia allied gains on both fronts and urged joint action with Chiang Kai-Shek. Navy sub victories and Aleutian operations suggested the island phase moving toward a swift cleanup.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Capitol Hill
Senate
Pacific
Chandler
Chiang Kai-Shek
Asia
Navy
Aleutians
Chiang Kai-Shek Praises Chinese Christian Church
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek praised the Christian church and its missionaries in China saying the abolition of unequal treaties freed the church from association with foreign imperialism or aggression. He spoke as China moves to consolidate faith and national independence amidst global tensions.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Christian Church
China
Loss of Centaur hospital ship shocks Allied command
Allied Headquarters reports the Australian hospital ship Centaur was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Australia. Of 363 aboard 299 died, including 245 medical staff and 43 crew. Survivors eight women nurses, including Sister Eleanor Savage, were rescued after 36 hours in shark crowded seas. The ship, illuminated and marked as a hospital ship, carried no patients.
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Allied
Australia
Sydney
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Brisbane
Eleanor Savage
Savage
Coor
Jenkins to Succeed Atkinson as BUC Administrator
Gov Bricker named Hugh S Jenkins chairman of the state Board of Tax Appeals to become administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation in a day or two. He will replace Herschel C Atkinson who resigned to take a railroad job. The $7,500 a year post awaits Senate confirmation.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Hugh S. Jenkins
State Board of Tax Appeals
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Jenkins
BUC
Herschel C. Atkinson
Northeastern Ohio Railroad
Senate
Canton man ordered to Lima State Hospital for murder
Canton Ohio May 18 Minis Mikels 63 was charged with first degree murder in the fatal clubbing of his daughter Eva 26 and ordered committed to Lima State Hospital for the criminally insane.
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Canton, Q
Minis Mikels
Eva
Lima State Hospital
Churchill to address Congress in House chamber
Prime Minister Winston Churchill will speak to a joint session of Congress tomorrow in the House chamber at about 12 30 P M eastern war time officials said He will likely speak from notes for about 20 minutes as in his December 26 1941 address in which he warned that 1943 would see the United Nations taking the initiative and that the Axis would be given a lesson the world will never forget
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Congress
House
Senate
United Nations
Plan to Induct 4F Registrants and War Manpower Shifts
Washington May 18 Plans to draft millions in classes deferred for physical defects or deemed necessary to industry may delay fathers' induction. The War Manpower Commission filed replacements for about 3,000,000 workers in essential industries by 5,500 firms. Senatorial testimony indicated many 4-F men with minor defects will be drafted. Paul V. McNutt affirmed the yearly induction rate may average 12,000 daily despite a winter slowdown.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Senate
Paul V. McNutt
Airport contract awarded for Zanesville project
The Civil Aeronautics Administration reports a contract valued at 1,047,328 dollars for building a new airport at Zanesville Ohio has been granted to N E Daugherty Construction Co of Bloomington Indiana.
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Chicago
Zanesville
N. E. Daugherty Construction Co
Bloomington
Ind
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Allies Press Into Seventh Day Of Air Offensive Across Europe
Allied air powers maintain a sweeping campaign against Axis targets across Calais Bordeaux Lorient Keroman and coastal defenses. Bombers struck Alghero in Sardinia and an Aegean vessel while mine blasts wrecked two German dams triggering floods that disrupted Ruhr and Weser industry and transport. An Australian hospital ship was lost with 299 dead and 64 rescued after a sudden torpedoed sinking. Secretary Knox predicted an imminent Allied strike on Axis fortifications in Europe and Asia.
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Germany
France
Belgium
Calais
Bordeaux
Lorient
Keroman
French
RAF
Ruhr
Weser
Hitler
Australia
Boston
Knox
Europe
Asia
Knox assails Hitler and Tojo in Boston speech
Navy Secretary Frank Knox denounced Hitler and Tojo by name, vowing Axis leaders will be held to account for their crimes. He dismissed peace fronts, said outer enemy bastions are broken, and that the hour to strike main fortifications in Europe and Asia draws near.
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Boston
Hitler
Tojo
Navy
Frank Knox
Europe
Asia
Knox
Massachusetts
Conference of Christians and Jews
Allied Invasion May Be Under Joint Direction
Washington May 18 The Allied invasion of Europe may be directed by several commanders rather than a single supreme leader. Presidents Roosevelt and Churchill likely set the course with multiple invasion spearheads. Top names in speculation include Sir Harold Alexander Dwight D Eisenhower and George C Marshall with Marshall less favored if a multiple invasion is chosen.
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Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Time bill before solons in Ohio Senate
Legislation to restore Eastern War Time in Ohio during the summer months was ready for introduction in the Ohio senate but held up pending a House sentiment survey. Senators favored a return to fast time while a rural bloc leader reported only seven representatives support, 58 oppose.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
House of Representatives
Willis I. Cory
Seneca County
Dayton
Senate
House
Truce Renewed In Coal Dispute
Washington May 18 The soft coal walkout set for midnight has been averted by renewing the truce until May 31 The move came as John L Lewis UMW president answered Ickes appeal and urged miners to keep working under the retroactive extension agreement through midnight May 31.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ickes
Ohio shoe factories land war contracts
The Army Quartermaster Depot awarded contracts for 385,066 pairs of women’s low service shoes. The awards list Selby Shoe Co of Portsmouth Ohio with 45,000 pairs and Irving Drew of Lancaster Ohio with 19,000, among others.
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Boston
Army Quartermaster Depot Today
Selby Shoe Co
Portsmouth
Irving Drew
Lancaster
9000 Casualties Added to U S List
An estimated 5,000 Tunisian campaign casualties in the last four weeks will be added to the total of over 80,000 battle casualties in the first 17 months of the war. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard casualties reach 23,955 with 7,218 killed, 4,683 wounded, 12,054 missing. Army casualties through May 7 total 56,942 with 6,076 killed, 12,277 wounded, 24,345 missing, and 14,244 prisoners, many from the Philippines.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Philippines
Attlee cites Axis and Allied casualties in Africa and Middle East
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the House of Commons that Axis casualties in Africa and the Middle East are nearly triple Britain's losses since Italy entered the war on June 10 1940. He said British Commonwealth and Empire losses total about 220000 killed wounded and missing while German casualties reach 227000 and Italian casualties about 400000.
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London
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Africa
Middle East
Britain
Italy
Attlee
GOPS IN FINAL DRIVE TO PASS RUMS TAX PLAN
Republicans mount final push in the House to send the Senate approved skip a year income tax bill to the White House amid a looming veto. Roosevelt called the plan highly inadequate while Congress debates Pacific strategy anti strike and wage issues as coal talks ease.
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Gops
Washington
White House
Congress
Hoosier State Faces Serious Flood Threat
One of the worst floods since 1913 hits central and northern Indiana with at least four deaths. Over 500 families relocated from flood homes in Marion Frankfort Wabash Indianapolis and other towns. Levee and Charles Mills dam at Marion strained by the swollen Mississinewa River. three hundred area families evacuated.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Marion
Frankfort
Wabash
Charles Mills
Mississenewa
Point values for processed foods unchanged in May
The Office of Price Administration announced last night that point values for processed foods will remain unchanged during May. They said the program has settled down to an even keel and midmonth changes are no longer necessary.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
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