Hitler Seeks To Prepare Europe To Meet Allies
London May 10 Nazi measures tighten across occupied Europe as Hitler braces for Allied landings. Martial law erupts in Holland and Greece tightens controls while radio acknowledges possible Allied footholds in the Balkans. Axis aims to delay Mediterranean access and await troop movements on Cyprus, Palestine, and Syria as unrest spreads.
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Charl A. Smith
Stratt
London
Holland
Greece
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Balkans
Cyprus
Palestine
Syria
Tunis
Biserle
Mediterranean
Local notices and seasonal updates on a Washington street scene
A Washington street alarm after an awning fire sparked firefighting activity on Sunday. Chick trades at the post office signal spring chicken season. County planning increases despite white weather. Victory gardens loom large with more land tilled. Dandelions bloom as residents seek neat lawns. Cascade Park season nears with autos limited. Food ration stamps expire at end May.
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Washington Street
Messina Harbor Bombed in Sicilian Raid
American heavy bombers struck Messina harbor in Sicily following a 400-plane raid on Palermo. Direct hits hit ferry slips and a locomotive roundhouse as Axis ships and other targets were attacked in Mediterranean waters.
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Clateriustionndl
Cairo
Sicilian
Messina
Palermo
Mediterranean
Aegean Spa
Greece
Daily Weather Statistics Report
United States weather data for the 24 hours to 9 AM shows a max 74 degrees and min 54 with 0.14 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 9.4 feet. For the same date last year, max 62, min 4, and 0.13 inches of rain were recorded.
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United States
Folow
Spain's Peace Appeal Rejected by U N Officials
Washington reports that Spain's latest appeal for a war end received a cool response from official circles. Authoritative sources say unconditional surrender remains the only basis for a peace settlement with the Axis powers.
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Chitarnal Larg
Sevylor
Washington
Spaiin
United Nations
Italians Admit Huge Damage To Palermo Port
A Vatican International News report from London on May 10 states an Italian communique admits “huge damage” to Palermo port caused yesterday by 400 American bombers. It also says Axis resistance has ceased in the southeast near Bizerte as the American Second Army Corps pushes toward Tunis.
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Chiternational News
Mervier
London
Sicilian
Palermo
Bizerte
Second Army
Tunis
Quintuplets Head Home After World Wide Launch
In Superior Wisconsin on May 10 the Dionne quintuplets, aboard a special train, headed back to Callander Ontario after christening five cargo ships in a historic sideways launch. The global event drew 60,000 spectators, with governors, admirals and many notables in attendance. The sisters received a brief speech and sang before the microphone to loud cheers.
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Superior
Wis
Callander
Nazis Frantic To Break Siege At Novorossisk
Soviet forces crushed frantic German efforts to break the siege at Novorossisk as Russians repelled repeated counterattacks near the Black Sea base. The noon communique said two German infantry companies were wiped out in 12 hours, with six artillery batteries, 21 machine gun nests and eight blockhouses destroyed. Far north, Soviet defense repelled three German assaults near Lake Jimen. On the Donets front, a water-crossing attempt was checked. The air war favored the Soviets, destroying 9,309 German planes to 235 Soviet losses in the week. Seventy-five Nazi fighters were downed in raids on Bryansk, Poltava, Belgorod and other Axis cities.
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Moscow
Novorogsisk
Black
Lake Jimen
Donets
Chugyeyo
Soviev
Red Army
Bryansk
Poltava
Belgorod
New Moves To Halt Soaring Living Costs In 1942
The Office of Price Administration cuts cabbage prices by seven to fifteen percent and reduces onion and frozen poultry costs to ease living expenses. Salt codfish gains new per pound maximums for processors. Price rolls back to September 15, 1942 levels, with housewives urged to monitor local grocery pricing. This action takes effect Thursday.
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Phillips J. Peck i
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prioe
Anc
OPA
Fifteen Die in Alliance Plane Crash Near OKC Depot
Alliance Neb May 10 Army officials list twelve officers and soldiers and three civilians killed in a two engine transport crash near the Oklahoma City depot Saturday night. The aircraft carried personnel from an Alliance unit bound for air base employment. Names include Cpl SR Newdry of Trenton New Jersey and PFC Clifford W Tilley of Johnstown Pennsylvania.
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Service 1
Alliance
Neb
Army
Oklahoma City
Okla
Cpl
SR. Newdry
Trenton
N, J
Clifford W. Tilley
Johnstown
Precedents Fall In Tunisia Victory
Major Paul C. Raborg analyzes a United Nations victory in Tunisia that shattered Axis plans, forced the Afrika Korps into retreat, and left Allied forces poised to mop up remaining German and Italian units. Eisenhower’s strategy forced a rapid collapse of Axis resistance in Tunis and Bizerte.
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United Nations
Tunisia
Paul C. Raborg
International News Service
New York
Tunis
Bizerte
Eisenhower
Hitler
Afrika Korps
Fuehrer
Two Mighty Hitler Armies Beaten In Battle Of Tunisia
Allied forces in North Africa report a decisive victory in Tunisia on May 10 as American, British and French troops rout two major Nazi formations and Mussolini’s expeditionary force, fighting fiercely across Bizerte Tunis and the Cap Bon peninsula on the eve of the third anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Western Europe.
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Hitler
Tunisia
North
Africa
Mussolini
Italy
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Holland
Bizerte
Tunis
Cap Bon
Queen Wilhelmina Sees Liberation Nearing Victory
London broadcast marks third anniversary of Germany’s invasion of Holland. Queen Wilhelmina tells subjects that liberation is near and expresses faith in victory of liberty and justice over barbarism and slavery.
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International News Service
London
Holland
Wilhelmina
New President of Allegheny College Elected by Board
Dr Norris A White and Dr W A Womer attended a Pittsburgh trustees meeting where acting president Dr John R R Schultz was elected president of Allegheny College. Schultz had been dean of men in 1930 and acting president since 1942.
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Allegheny College
Norris A. White
W. A. Womer
Pittsburgh
John RR. Schultz
Schultz
Allegheny
US flier downs 22nd plane in North Africa sweep
Squadron Leader Lance Wade of the desert air force reportedly shot down his 22nd enemy aircraft during an April northern Tunisia sweep. Wade, 28, from Tucson, Arizona, is now tied with Neville Duke for most aerial victories in the North African theater.
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Allied
North Africa
Lance
Wade
Desert
Air Force
Tunisia
Tucson
Aziz
Dieut
Neville F. Duke
North African
Canning Sugar Plans Are Made
The OPA authorized a maximum sugar allowance of 25 pounds per person for home canning this summer enabling 100 quarts per family member. Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown unveiled the simplified regulations effective next Saturday urging full use of the new crop. Applications may be made in person or by mail to local offices.
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International News Service
Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
German Officers Surrender Men on Tunis Front
General Fritz Krause surrendered unconditionally to Major General Ernest Harmon commander of the American First Armored Division near Djebel E Faour on the Bizerte peninsula. The capitulation followed a sequence of surrenders beginning yesterday. General Wile bald Borwicz commanded the Axis sector opposite the American front as radio confirmation came before noon.
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Graham B. Hovey
Koon
Africa
Fritz Krause
Ernest Harmon
First Armored Division
Krause
Nea Djebel E Faour
Bizerte
Harmon
Wilebald Borwicz
Death record for John Sonntag dated May 10, 1943
John Sonntag died at 183 East Washington Street. The deceased was 7 percent and resided with Mrs. Jamen N. Patison, age 41, Union Township.
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John PL
Sonntag
Washington
Atreet
Jamen N. Patison
Union Township
Germans Fight to Evacuate Tunisia Under Allied Air Strikes
Allied forces smashed a German evacuation attempt from Cap Bon into a blazing ruin as Tunisia neared axis collapse. American and British ships and aircraft targeted barges and landing craft, halting the retreat of 75,000 axis troops. Luftwaffe and German ground forces suffered heavy losses while smaller escape efforts continued along the Cap Bon coast.
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Pierre Uoaoe Mos
Braff Worrespou
North Africa
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Adolf Hitler
North African
Tunis
Hammam Lif
Herman Goering
Sicilian
Dunkirk
Simul
Aman
Anis
Portrait of a Patient Man on a Winter Day
A reflective piece on Arthur Mometer Me hes isa dispositions. The speaker notes his calm winter mood and steady routines like shoveling snow, despite minor irritations. At seventy two, he remains composed though a two foot pull test reveals a rare temper flare.
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