Russians Drive Wedge Between German Romanian Army Forces
Moscow reports Red Army advances at the Kuban in the Caucasus stiffened by air power. German and Romanian troops, beset by casualties and desertions, defend key approaches near Novorossiysk as Soviet forces cut supply routes and seize positions. Axis counterattacks and heavy losses are noted by both sides.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Caucasus
Novorosisk
Red Star
Novorissik
Berlin
Associated Press
Leningrad
Izvestia
Wen
Krymekaya
Oddities in the News Highlights Strange Local Tales
A South Carolina store cashier finds a customer’s ration book holds two complete sets of coupons and awaits correction by the state. In Media, a patron pockets two potatoes from a restaurant after claiming en route. A 57 year old deed from 1886 is recorded in Raleigh. In New York, Antunzio Immediato faces time in Sing Sing for talking in his jeep. A man deserts his wife, remarries, then returns to wife one.
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Cette Tel Press
Spartansburg
S. C
Locotation Board
Raleigh
N. C
M. J. Jackson
J. L. Jackson
Hunter Ellington
Jackson
New York
Antunzio Immediatw
Sing Sing
Kormedisto
Sedition convictions loom for 12 in wartime case
In Los Angeles on May 7, twelve Californians including two women were convicted of conspiring to violate wartime sedition. They faced possible prison terms and fines as the trial of 16 residents wrapped after five weeks. Several acquittals followed a 14 hour jury deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Activites of Mankind United
Leon R. Yankwich
Liberty
Bel
Unian
California
Adolph Hitler
Arthur L. Bell
San Francisco
Mankind United
Pearl Harbor
Bell
George C. Ashwell
Romer G. Wilcox
Ray B. Sharpe
Eugene W. Brown
A. Ray Elsen
J. F. Burkey
Max Theodore Miller
Maude Askew
Laurence Cook
Edwin O. Gilson
Shanna Theusen Jakeman
Mother Held After Two Children Slain
In Dallas Texas Mary K Frailey 41 was charged with murder after she killed her children Louise Besimont Martin six and Watt Martin eleven in her apartment following a custody dispute with their father Watt Martin Jr of Miami Beach Florida Det Insp Will Fritz filed the charges and Frailey signed a written statement witnessed by reporters saying she did not want to give her children to their father or anyone else Custody had been split and Martin was to regain them until September 14 under a judge s judgment in district court as he prepared to take them back to Miami Beach
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Dallas
Tex
Mey
Mary K. Frailey
Louise Besimont Martin
Watt Martin
Frailey
Will Fritz
Watt Martin, Jr
Miami Beach
Fla
Quintuplets Christen Ships In Superior Event
Superior Wis May 1 The city prepares for a record ship launch and a grand ceremony as the Dienne quintuplets arrive to sponsor five new freighters built for Britain under lend lease Each girl will christen a boat drawing attention beyond the ships amid a crowd of dignitaries and spectators from three nations and local residents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Ontario
Great Lakes
Great Britain
Lendlease
Quints
Two Presbyterian Churches May Unite
Atlanta May 1. A plan to unite the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America will be studied at the 83rd general assembly in Montreal from May 27 to June 2. The plan will be presented without recommendation and distributed to ministers and laymen for study. Southern committee members note no vote will be considered until after the war ends and armed forces have time to study the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Presbyterian Church
United States
United States of America
General Assembly of the United States Church
Montreal
N. C
Dunbar H. Ogden
New Orleans
Assembly
Permanent Committee of Cooperation and Union
Legion picks Omaha for 1945 convention dates
Indianapolis May 7 The American Legion executive committee chose Omaha Nebraska as the site for the 1945 convention to be held September 21 22 and 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Indianapolis
American Legion
Ex-Service Men's Organization
Omaha
Neb
Officer Trial Defense Rests in Battery Case
The defense rested in the district court trial of Police Officers Carter Wood and Minor for aggravated battery after two rebuttal witnesses. Carter testified on cross examination about not carrying a blackjack for years and his involvement with Felix Terzia Jr. in front of the Monroe hotel. He denied striking prisoners with a blackjack and disputed Mayor Benoit’s conference remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Carter
George Wood
Robert Minor
David J. Garrett
Carter
Tom Davenport
Felix Terzia, Jr
Monroe
Terzia
William Cautey
Cartez
Monroe Hotel
Roosevelt Not Expecting Mining Strike
Washington May 1 President Roosevelt said at a press conference he expects no strike by coal miners against the government. He noted government employees do not strike against the government and he has no plan to stop mine operations yet, despite taken over mines during negotiations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Four Men Sentenced for Draft Violations in Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana four men were sentenced in federal court for selective service violations by Judge Ben C Dawkins. Stanley of Natchitoches received one year in jail after a jury trial. Tony Lewis of Bossier City drew eighteen months. Richard William Marshall of Shreveport got a year and a day after a jury trial. Smith of Shreveport pleaded guilty and received one year in jail.
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Shreveport
Ben C. Dawkins
Stanley
Natchitoches
Tony Lewis
Bossier City
Tral
Richard William Marshall
Smith
Junegro
Tax staff chief cites bite of House plan on pay as you go
Washington May 1 Congress tax chief Colin F Stam told Senate finance committee that the House revenue bill fails to put all taxpayers on a pay as you go basis and would provoke resentment among those who pay 69 percent of taxes. He described the plan to substitute the Ruml Carlson skip a year version for current taxation as costly and ineffective.
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Washington
Colin F. Stam
Congressional Tax Staff
Senate Finance Committee
Congressional
House
Ouachita Parish Bonds Exceed War Loan Quota by 1 Million
Official tabulations show Ouachita parish surpassing its 3.5 million war loan quota by about 1 million, with 2.04 million from individuals and firms and 1.46 million from local banks, totaling 4.40 million. Jack Rogers praises citizens and committee members for strong turnout and credit goes to Clifford Strauss and C D Oakley for leadership and publicity efforts across schools, newspapers, radio, and local facilities.
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Quachita Parish
Co. D. Oakley
North Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Jack Rogers
Ouachita
Clifford Strauss
C. D. Oakley
W. R. Younger
West Monroe
Ben Campbell
Strauss
Selman Field
Dixie Ordnance Plant
Sub skipper Gilmore dies heroically on final mission
Commander Howard W. Gilmore, 40, of New Orleans, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Roosevelt for his sacrifice in a night battle in the Pacific. He ordered “Take her down” as the conning tower captain went down with his submarine to save the boat and crew, after wounding. Navy communique credits successful attacks on three Japanese ships during his fourth war patrol, including sinking a medium cargo ship and damaging others.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Navy
Pacific
Howard W. Gilmore
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Solomon Islands
Gilmore
Soviet claims Polish government in exile spies in Russia
Moscow May 17. Andrei Vishinski vice commissar for foreign affairs said Polish representatives in London engaged in espionage in Russia and some had admitted guilt and been sentenced. He claimed former ambassador Kot admitted involvement and regret. He questioned why Poles would spy in a friendship treaty state and said relations consequences depend on concrete steps by Poland.
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Moscow
Andrei J. Vishinski
London
Russia
Stanislaw Kot
Vishinski
Kot
Wishinski
International Red Cross
Smolensk
Roosevelt says Davies to carry letter to Stalin from Washington
President Roosevelt announced that Joseph E. Davies will depart for Moscow to deliver a personal letter from the president to Joseph Stalin. The president would not reveal contents or whether a reply would be sought. Davies, a former ambassador to Russia, would return soon after briefing in Moscow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Davies
Russia
Winston Churchill
Rail workers dispute remains unsettled after fact-finding panel
Chicago May 7 The emergency fact finding panel failed to settle the wage dispute between about 900,000 railroad non-operating workers and major railroads. Chairman J L Scharfmay of the University of Michigan said the three member panel had made every reasonable effort and will report to President Roosevelt after an executive session.
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Chicago
J. L. Scharfmay
University of Michigan
Roosevelt
We Have Reached the Last Phase of This Campaign
General Sir Harold Alexander declared in an order of the day to the 18th army group that Allied forces have reached the final phase of the campaign and will drive the enemy into the sea. The Algiers radio, cited by the Associated Press, quoted the call to victory as the eve of a new Allied offensive approaches.
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London
Harold Alexander
Algiers
Associated Press
North
Africa
Japanese U boat sinks five Allied freighters in Pacific waters
Allied HQ reports Japanese submarines sank five freighters east of Australia, including one American, while Allied shipping remains broadly undiminished under naval and air protection. Survivors rescued. captains praised as ships went down. New Guinea offensives at Salamaua and Lae advance.
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Australia
C. C. C. Endstorm
Alameda
Calif
Atlantic
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Pacific
America
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Sur
U S raid on Italian boot toe reported by U S fliers
May 7 Cairo reports more than 30 American Liberator bombers dropped about 250000 pounds of explosives on Reggio di Calabria in daylight. Colonel Comp ton praised accurate hits on two merchant vessels. One Liberator did not return. at least one enemy plane was shot down. British raids observed prior night.
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Cairo
Reggio di Calabria
United States Army
Keith K. Compton
St. Joseph
Final phase in Tunisia nears as Allied push advances
Allied HQ reports penetrations near Bizerte and Tunis with heavy fighting. US Second Corps and British First Army exploit collapsed Axis positions, seize Le Bardo suburb, and capture prisoners. Air forces dominate skies as German resolve weakens amid a final drive toward victory.
Misprision Trial Nears Jury Deliberation in Detroit
Theodore Donay 43, head of a German American importing house, faces misprision of treason charges in Detroit for allegedly concealing aid to an escaped prisoner of war. A nine woman, three man jury heard testimony as federal judge urged faster presentations to reach possible deliberations this afternoon.
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Detroit
Theodore Donay
Frank A. Picard
Donny
Petanonen
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Miyako
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Stalin
U.S
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North Africa
Bizerte
Tunis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States Second Corps
British First Army
Tunisian
First Army
le Bardo
Grant Parr
NBC
Parr
Ludwig Sertorius
Reuters
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