Allied Air Raids Pound Axis Rail Hubs Across France
Allied bombers from American and British forces conducted heavy daylight and night raids on rail junctions in France and northern Italy. In total, more than 60 attacks targeted rail yards and coastal defenses, with losses on both sides and dozens of enemy aircraft shot down.
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Acheres
Paris
Somain
Lille
Air Ministry
Germany
Naples
Genoa
Milan
Italy
Livorno
Leghorn
Monfalcone
Adriatic
Trieste
Somaia
France
Amiens
United States Army Air Forces
English
James H. Doolittle
United States
Eighth Air Force
Doolittle
Strategic
United States Ninth
Tactical) Air Force
Eighth
Britain
Berlin
Bordeaux
Clermont-Ferrand
Toulon
Yugoslavia
la Spezia
Pas-de- Calais
Lyon
Clermont- Ferrand
Ninth Air Force
Arras-Cambrai
Itching Relief Claim for First Application
An advertisement asserts first application of GSH STAR GINTMENT relieves itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and scabies. If the first jar does not satisfy results it urges a repeat use as nature helps heal with money back guarantee.
Cystex Prescription Ad Warns of Nighttime Kidney Trouble
An ad touts Cystex as a remedy for nighttime awakening, fatigue, and non organic kidney and bladder symptoms. It claims fast action, a money back guarantee, and three package sizes priced 35 cents, 75 cents, and 1.59 dollars.
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Pune
Florida May Runoff Set After Closed Primary Battle
Florida voters face a tight Democratic runoff path with Pepper in strong position while Wat son pushes a reform platform. The campaign centers on open versus closed shop, with Florida Republicans scarce and service ballots possibly affecting absentee totals amid wartime disruptions.
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Alabama
Supreme Court
Texas
Florida
J. Tom Watson
Herbert Hoover
Pepper
J. Ollie Edmunds
Jacksonville
Roosevelt
M. F. Conklin
Daytona Beach
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Associated Press
America
Oliver S. Morton
Navy
Allied Air Raids Hit Biak and Surrounding Areas in Pacific Drive
Allied forces conducted a major Saturday bombing campaign across Dutch New Guinea and nearby targets. Biak island airstrips faced a 77 ton strike crippling Mokmer and Sorido. Rabaul, Hansa Bay, and Jeffman airdrome also endured heavy attacks with fighters downed and airfields damaged.
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Guinea
Hansa Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Fifth Army Air Force
Biak
Schouten
Geelvink Bay
Hollandia
Manokwari
Mokmer
Sorido
Philippines
Jeffman
Serong
Turkey
Dutch New Guinea
May big month unfolds in GOP and Democratic delegate battles
The piece details pledged and unpledged delegates in the GOP race led by Bricker and Dewey with counts for Stassen Griswold and MacArthur, while the Democratic side credits Roosevelt with 363 of 430 delegates. Maryland voters head to state meetings amid a tense senatorial contest featuring Tydings and Jones.
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Bricker
Roy Moore
Dewey
Harold &. Stassen
Simeon
Willis
Kentucky
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Joseph B. Ely
Maryland
Tydings
Willis R. Jones
Baltimore
Florida
Alabama
State Institutions Committee Recommends Expanded Reform
The report urges expansion of mental health and correctional facilities including a new state hospital near New Orleans and a tuberculosis hospital for mental patients. It calls for more outpatient clinics, revised commitment laws, better staff, and stronger central services plus a nine member board for the department of institutions.
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New Orleans
State Colony
New Orleans Charity Hospital
State Industrial School
Department of Institutions
Board of Institutions
Jones
Benjamin Y. Wolf
Lennon L. Meak
R. N. Amacker
M. E. Dodd
Charles Degravelles
Marvin Lipp
Joseph Francis Rummel
Marion B. Smith
Dean Elizabeth Wisner
Negro Soldier Trial Details Bus Crash Testimony
The Negro soldier case continues with witnesses describing a school bus incident. D H Curry the driver says he flagged the bus with a red flag while the army truck allegedly struck it. Ira Moss behind the bus did not see the flag get hit and notes the truck’s speed. Proceedings to resume at 1:20 pm.
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Guerriero
D. H. Curry
Columbia
Curry
Ira E. Moss
Shreveport
War Work Committee
Louisiana State Bar Association
Floods Strike Rivers as Levees Fail and Bridges Break
Army engineers and coast guard boats aided evacuations after multiple floods. A levee at Chateau failed upstream. A Beards Town bridge span on the Illinois River collapsed after being hit by a large boat out of control, causing casualties.
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Coast Guard
Chateau
Ilinois
Beardstown
Hudson Says Bonnet Carre Spillway Unneeded Now
New Orleans May 1 district army engineer George H Hudson said it would be unnecessary to open the Bonnet Carre spillway above New Orleans unless the current high water nears the level that would threaten the city.
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New Orleans
George H. Hudson
Bonnet Carre
New Orleanns
Spillway helps push flood waters toward Gulf in 1937 test
River gauge near Carrollton shows 168 feet and flood stage at 17 feet with crest predicted at 18 feet between May 12 and 16 due to upper valley flood. The $12,060,000 spillway about 25 miles above New Orleans carries a mile wide sluice between guide levees toward Lake Pontchartrain five miles inland. Army engineers note the 1937 spillway test lowered New Orleans water levels by about two feet and helped avert disaster seen in 1927 and Ohio river floods with stronger levees preventing widespread damage.
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Carrollton
United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Mississippi
Lake Pontchartrain
Army
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
May Day Observances and Salute Across Nations
Stalin ordered a 20 salvo artillery salute in nine Russian cities at 8 p.m. to honor the Red army workers and intelligentsia. May Day rallies spread through England with UN forces visible in uniforms. In Naples Italy more than 5,000 Italian workers gathered in Garibaldi square for the first open May Day demonstration in 20 years with other Southern cities also holding meetings.
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Red Army
England
United Nations
Italy
Naples
Garibaldi
Allied Losses and German Claims Mark April War Reports
The army reports sinkings including the Cynthia Olsen on December 7, 1941 and the Royal T. Frank on January 28, 1942 with missing personnel. It also notes Langley and various transports sunk early in the war and minimal loss during North Africa actions. London reports German high command claims 23 Allied ships sunk in April, not yet confirmed.
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South Pacific
Army
Cynthia Olsen
Royal T. Frank
Hawaiian
Navy
Langley
London
High Command
New U S Radio Campaign Nerves Germans For D Day Invasion
An American radio campaign targets German listeners with messages designed to induce invasion jitters amid the long wartime strain. The approach leverages the tense atmosphere on the continent as Allied preparations for D-Day continue.
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English Channel
Dawn of the Invasion Fear Quietly Grips London
Residents in London face mounting anxiety as the impending invasion nears. The nonstop aerial defense and wartime drills keep civilians tense, hoping the countdown ends soon and the enemy feels the strain as well.
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Europe
Early Greek Bedspring Design Described
The Greeks pioneered bedsprings using braided leather thongs suspended between heavy boards at the bed’s sides, a primitive yet effective support system.
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