Japanese Move On China In View Of War Progress
Washington May 7 British troops Diego Suarez and Burma conquests cited. Military experts foresee Japan turning full fury on China to sever UN aid, with a northern and southern main force squeezing China while Burma troops push into China. Possible further options include an attack on Russia or an assault on Australia to strike at Australian supply lines.
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Washington
Burma
Philippines
China
United Nations
Pacific
Australia
Russia
Westbrook Pegler on appeasement and traitor labels
The author rails against appeasement and disruption, labeling dissenters as traitors and sixth columnists. He argues victors may avoid reprisals or German punishment postwar, warns of anti Bolshevik fear, and decries efforts to shield Germany while risking American standards of living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyone
Germany
Adlier Tanks Roll Off Fast at Baldwin Plant
Philadelphia May 7 Army officials report Adlier tanks with armor plates and stronger early armament rolling off Baldwin Locomotive Works lines at three times the prior rate. Plant has boosted manpower tenfold in two years and doubled output for government rate agencies. New medium and heavy armored tanks entering service improve gun positions and mobility, addressing key weaknesses in enemy fire, disengagement angle, and protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tladelphia
Baldwin Locoworks
Here
Baldwin
Red Navy Sinks Axis Transport in Barents Sea
Red navy claims to have sunk a 5,000 ton Axis transport in the Barents Sea and reports Soviet forces on the Kalinin front inflicting German casualties. Comrade Timofev reports one German trek, three machine guns, and two mortars destroyed in a day of fighting. enemy losses not fully detailed.
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JOW
Red Navy
Barents Sea
Red Army
Kalinin
Soviet Information Bureau
Kalinin Front
Unn
Timofev
Pepper Urges U S to Seize French Isles in Western Hemisphere
Washington May 7 The Madagascar crisis spurred renewed calls in Congress to seize French possessions in the Western Hemisphere to bar Axis use. Senator Pepper urged immediate action without delay while Senator Connally conditioned support on a shooting war and supported targeting Martinique and other Western Hemisphere holdings. Pepper proposed trusteeship for Azores and Cape Verde to block Axis infiltration, citing French Madagascar resistance as aligning with the Axis.
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Washington
Madagascar
United States
Western Hemisphere
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pepper
Florida
Sho
Portugal
Spain
Atlantic
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Asus
Martinique
French Guiana
Mothers Visit Fort Benning Soldiers on Mother's Day
Twenty Fort Benning mothers will visit their sons at the infantry post with expenses paid as part of a Mother’s Day celebration. Thousands of registrations produced twenty selected, plus alternates, to attend Sunday events, with duties excused for the visit. Names drawn by Mrs Willis D Crittenberger included Mrs E Therrell, Essie B Prather, and Annie L Wilson among others.
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Fort Benning
USO
Willis D. Crittenberger
Second Armored Division
E. Therrell
Sardis
Miss
E. E. Therrell
Essie B. Prather
Nashville, Tenn
Lynn Prather
Annie L. Wilson
Lumpkin
Buck Wilson
Rubber shortage prompts halt to Sunday trips and sports
Washington May 7 Undersecretary Robert P Patterson said rubber is so scarce that stopping Sunday trips visits to Cousin Joe and petting parties may be necessary to conserve a million tons of rubber now on highways He noted 98 percent of crude rubber comes from the Far East and urged swift passage of a bill allowing government requisition of autos tires or parts while considering voluntary tire sales to the public.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Joe
Patterson
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Far East
Kiwanis Clubs Meet in Louisiana Tech Dining Hall Tonight
The North Louisiana division of Kiwanis International gathers for its annual meeting in the Louisiana Tech dining hall. Ivy Jordan presides as toastmaster with officers including George A. Meadows governor and Evan Carroll past governor. The program features greetings from Ruston, music by Tech Collegians, dance by Miss Beverly Helms, and addresses by A S E Barnett and Geo A Meadows with songs and adjournment planned.
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North Louisiana
Kiwanis International
Louisiana Tech
Monroe Club
Ivy Jordan
George A. Meadows
Evan Carroll
Ivy ©. Jordan
Robert Seymour
South Louisiana
O. D. Davis
North Mississippi
Lawrence James
South Mississippi
America
God Save the King
F. K. Hirsch
Reenne Obee Renthe
C. Cottings
Ruston
Hale Ww
Louie Throgmorton
Shreveport Club
Tech Collegians
Beverly Helms
Geo. A. Meadows
A. S. E. Barnett
Alexandria Club
Chicago Livestock Show Cancelled Due to War Demands
The International Live Stock Exposition the North Americas largest agricultural show will not be held this year. Directors cited transportation strain for railroads and opposition from Washington officials to large expositions. Last year the eight day event drew 12000 to 14000 animals and 400000 visitors with exhibitors realizing about 1.9 million dollars.
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Chicago
William Ogilvie
Washington
United States
Canada
Father Receives Ninth Sugar Book After Newborn Arrival
In Secaucus New Jersey a father registered his family for sugar ration books and returned an hour later demanding another. He had become a father again while signing up. The board phoned the hospital to learn the baby’s weight height hair and eye color and issued a fresh ration book.
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Secaucus
N. J
Tankers Won't Carry Oil To Eastern Coast War Time
New Orleans May 1 1943 Harold L Ickes told the American Gas association tankers would be too busy during the war to carry oil or gasoline to the eastern coast. He urged reliance on land routes and inland waterways while praising railroads and oil companies. He warned that no tankers would be available for the east coast because the army and navy need them.
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New Orleans
Harold L. Ickes
American Gas Association
United States
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
Army
Navy
Ickes
Australia
Mid-Continent
Gulf Coast
British Hit Nazis Again
Royal Air Force bombers hit Stuttgart for the third consecutive night and attacked Nantes and other targets in German occupied zones. Seven raiders were lost. Daylight raids into France followed, with Luftwaffe engaging over the southeast coast but causing no casualties.
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London
Royal Air Force
Adolf Hitler
Luttgart
France
Air Ministry
Nantes
Stuttgart
Rostock
Czecho-Slovakia
Skoda
Pisen
Trondhei
Norway
Cologne
Kiel
Gennevilliers
Paris
English Channel
Britain
Messerschmitts
Channel
Prado in U S sees Pan American unity amid war
In Miami on May 7 President Manuel Prado of Peru arrived with 13 staff aboard a four engine stratocruiser and greeted by a military welcome. He said the war strengthens Pan Americanism and pledged solidarity with the United States in defending liberty and justice.
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Miami
Fla
Manuel Prado
Peru
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Caribbean
Panama Canal Zone
Prado
Americas
State Church Meeting Ends in Monroe Louisiana
Dr E H Reed pastor of Kings Highway Christian Church Shreveport was elected president of the Louisiana association of Christian churches at their annual conference closing the three day meet in Monroe Other officers named were Rev Theodore McElroy Alexandria vice president Mrs Earl Gray Alexandria secretary Rev L L Oliver Shreveport treasurer The 1943 convention will be joint with Arkansas at El Dorado A sunrise prayer meeting was held Forsythe Park Thursday at 7 am Weather was cold and attendance limited but enthusiasm was high The Louisiana convention is hosted by Arkansas every third year The 1944 state meet will go to Arkansas and Rev Roy Sanders of El Dorado First Christian presided
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E. H. Reed
King’s Highway
Forsythe Park
State Convention of Christian Churches
Louisiana
Arkansas
Roy Sanders
el Dorado First Christian
Turkish aid pledge for Greek islands announced in Ankara
London reports the foreign office disclosed an Ankara agreement to ship 500 tons of Turkish food to the Greek Aegean islands under Red Cross supervision. The aid will travel on Turkish ships under the belligerent powers' agreement to reach Chios Mytilene Samos and Nicaria.
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London
Foreign Office
Ankara
Aegean
Red Cross
Chios
Mytulene
Samos
Nicaria
Pledges Wages to Buy War Bonds in Dallas
Dallas May 17. John Kurz a state highway department employee pledges all his wages for war bonds. He and his wife live on her income from a rural mail route and their five acre farm. They now hold 1425 dollars in war bonds, a year’s accumulation.
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Dallas
Tex
John Kurz
State Highway Department
Burns finds wreckage of big air plane search tale
Burns from Spokane found wreckage in rugged southern California mountains believed to be the army transport carrying Major General Herbert A. Dargue and seven others to death on December 12. He and a small party, including his wife, located a belt he identified as his son Lieutenant Homer C Burns, co pilot of the Dargue plane, and one body with scattered clothing. The army will assess remains and secure the scene.
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Los Angeles
B. Burns
Herbert A. Dargue
Burns
Spokane
Wash
California
Homer C. Burns
Marchfield
Calif
Dargue
Army
Army Air Force
L. I
J. O. Leavitt
Stephen Hoffman
March Field
Samuel J. van Hamm
Good Farmer Aids Young Delinquent
In New Orleans on May 7 Judge Frank Bicek of Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Court urged farm placement for borderline juvenile cases. He cited a 90 percent success rate and said a farm environment provides physical outlets, guidance from a farmer, and can prevent crime better than institutional care.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Frank Bicek
Cook County Juvenile Court
Association of Juvenile Court Judges of America
Bicek
Lehman says he will not seek reelection in New York
Governor H. H. Lehman announced he will not run again and would not accept the nomination if offered. In a 37 word statement he said after his governorship ends he will devote all time to the war effort.
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Albany N. Y
H. H. Lehman
New York
General Wainwright Possibly Among Captured by Japs
The War Department announced an estimate of about 11,574 soldiers sailors marines and civilians captured by Japan on Corregidor and Manila Bay forts. The communique cited reports up to April 15 1942 and noted casualties since then were not included. General Jonathan M Wainwright was presumably among the captured.
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Washington
War Department
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Philippine Commonwealth Army
Robert P. Patterson
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Johnson Revives Plan to Seize Private Cars in War Measure
Sen Johnson denounces a bill to requisition private motorcars and seize vehicles of speeders as officials push for rubber and fuel savings. OPA limits non essential gasoline to two to six gallons weekly after May 15 amid tanker shortages. Ickes Patterson Henderson and others back the seizure plan as war needs grow. Johnson says existing authority suffices and opposes new law.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Johnson
Colorado
Eastern Seaboard
District of Columbia
OPA
Ickes
New Orleans
Leon Henderson
Robert P. Patterson
Senate Military Committee
Government launches campaign to drum up fighting spirit in India
New Delhi May 7 The government started a vigorous drive to instill a fighting spirit in India after Congress decided that non violent non cooperation was the way to oppose a potential Japanese invasion. Morning papers carried full page ads urging action over words. The campaign will extend to radio broadcasts posters and more ads a government spokesman said.
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New Delhi
Government of
India
Congress Party
Police official struck by car in Shreveport accident
SHREVEPORT La May 7 J Denzell Kendrick 45 assistant superintendent of police tire alarm system was critically injured early today when struck by an automobile at a street intersection while preparing to fix a street light.
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Shreveport
J. Denzell Kendrick
British Capture Diego Suarez as Madagascar Campaign Surges
Allied forces seized the Madagascar naval base Diego Suarez within 48 hours of British landings after attacking Antsirane. French defenders surrendered as British tank led commandos moved in from the south. MacArthur announced air strikes near Bougainville and Allied planes targeted the Japanese fleet in the Solomons amid mounting threats north of Australia.
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Diego Suarez
Madagascar
Australia
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Eral Douglas MacArthur
Antsirana
Admiralty-War Office
Antsirans
Vichy
Diego
Antsirane
Middle East
India
China
Down
Vote Near On Income Taxes
Washington May 7 The House Ways and Means committee moved toward a vote on new individual income tax rates. Projections show a $2.5 billion impact on seven million filers last year paying $5,000,600,009. Treasury proposals call for a 60 percent revenue rise, retention of four percent normal tax, removal of earned income credit, and a higher surtax on incomes up to 8,000 to 10,000 with a 12 percent minimum on the first 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Treasury
Sugar Violation Case Studied in Wilmington
OPA officials and U S attorney examined action against Charles Wright who allegedly illegally possessed 40 pounds of sugar. Detectives Enger and Howell found the sugar at Wright’s home after he claimed no sugar on hand when registering for rationing. OPA attorney Elsbree saidwillful violation by selfish individuals will not be tolerated and noted penalties of up to ten years in prison and a ten thousand ninety dollar fine. The sugar was confiscated by OPA authorities.
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Wilmington
Del
OPA
United States Attorney's Office
Earl Enger
Henry D. Howell
Charles Wright
Wright
Wayland H. Elsbree
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Lehman
Wainwright
MacArthur
Roger D. Greene
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