Germans Shocked By Capitulation Of Crack Troops
Informational News Service reports shock among German and Italian leaders as crack Axis troops surrender to American forces in Tunisia. Allied air raids on Sicily and Pantelleria spark panic in Sicily while Moscow radio cites riots and looting as civilians flee coastal areas. Fuermann Goering visits Rome and Naples for talks with Mussolini and commanders amid urgent secret sessions.
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London
Germany
Tunisia
Sicily
Pantelleria
Europe
Moscow
Reichsmarshal Fuermann Goering
Rome
Mussolini
Naples
Mediterranean
Goering
T Duce
War bond drive and food security theme in local notices
Local column notes clusters of blooms at a residence in East Washington Street and reports Red Cross blood processing for army use. It promotes war bonds and stamps, cites the second war loan drive raising 18.533 billion dollars, and discusses farming a path to security as families return to the soil amid rationing and wartime needs.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Daily Weather Report and 24 Hour US Stats
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. show a maximum temperature of 77 and a minimum of 66 with precipitation of 0.14 inches and a river stage of 8.8 feet. Year ago values for the same date are 73 maximum, 32 minimum, trace precipitation.
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United States
Allied Capture Of Tunis Transforms New Castle Soldier
Sgt. Stanley Jaskiel, son of Mrs. Josephine Jaskiel of 1614 South Jefferson street, was moved from prisoner of war to captor when British tanks broke through Tunis last Friday. After serving seven years in the U S Army, he joined the Twenty sixth Infantry and later the Eighteenth. He and buddy Pic Joe Karski, also from New Castle, survived the sudden turn of events as Axis guards panicked and surrendered rifles.
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Stanley Jaskiel
Josephine Jaskiel
South
Jefferson Street
Aix
Tunis
Preas
Tunisia
Jaskiel
United States Army
Twenty-sixth Infantry
North Africa
Eighteenth Infantry
Pic
Joe Karski
Europe
Terrace ‘Avenue
Ben Franklin School
Captured German Generals Surprised At Meals Served
In Tunisia Sgt Larry Petit of New Castle says German generals Fritz Krause and Willibald Borowietz and staff enjoyed their first American meals after surrendering at Bizerte. They ate steak potatoes spinach white bread and peaches amid hearty appetites.
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New Castle
Tunisia
Fritz” Kradse
Willibald Borowietz
Bizerte
Larry Petit
Burlington
Hed Cook
Nantucket
Petit
Corp
Harry D. .Diakovasilis
Pau
Diakovasilis Brothers Serve in War Effort From DeLuxe Cafe Tie
Corp MW D Diakovasilis, new to service from Logan West Virginia, aided in feeding captured German officers. He moved to Local Board Two of New Castle, Inducted April 23 1942 after requesting a transfer March 13 1942. His brother George DeVasil, proprietor of 22 East Long avenue then 1203 South Jefferson street, was inducted last October but released April 9 for age. George is a Perry S Gaston American Legion member.
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Jefferson Street
Perry S. Gaston
American Legion
Surrender Ends North Africa Siege Drawn by Harmon
Maj. Gen. Ernest Harmon of the First Army Moved to secure terms as Gen Krause sought surrender. Harmon warned of heavy bombardment if no capitulation, then at 11:40 a.m. his staff relayed that the Nazi commander accepted unconditional surrender terms from Gen. Bradley. Borowiec/tz’s capitulation confirmed. Rommel ill, Dietloff von Arnim remained in Tunisia.
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Ernest Harmon
Krause
Harmon
Omar Nelson ‘Bradley
Second Corps
Denver
Colo
Sidi Fl Faour
Bradfey
Borowietz
Borowiletz
Erwin Rommel
Germany
Dietloff von Arnim
Tunisia
Man
Tunisie
Bradher
Ten Die in Praco Mine Gas Explosion Near Birmingham
Conternational News Service reports a gas explosion at the Praco coal mine 30 miles west of Birmingham, killing ten men and injuring twelve others, five critically. Rescue squads recovered the bodies. the mine is operated by the Alabama By-Products Corporation, per president John W. Porter.
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Birmingham
Ala
Praco
John W.porter
Alabama By-Products Corporation
Senate Backers Of Rums Plan More Confident
Senate sponsors of the modified Rums skip a year tax plan grew more confident of final enactment as debate looms. Sen Walter F George of Georgia chairs the finance panel with action anticipated within two days while house Republicans vow another vote if the senate passes the revised measure.
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William & Neal
Stef
Washington
Senate
Walter PF. George
Finance Committee
House Republicans
House
Four Die in San Diego Base Plane Crash
Four killed and about seventy injured when a four motor bomber plunged from a dive into Marine Corps base structures in San Diego California. Pilot R A Memakin of San Diego died at the scene. Marines among the wounded were treated on the grounds and inside the damaged buildings. Names of the dead and injured were not announced.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Marine Corps
R.A. Memakin
Strong Attack Upon Messina Reported By RAF Bombers
Cairo May 1 The Middle East command announced a strong new assault on Messina's ferry terminal in Sicily by heavy RAF bombers. Defense installations were severely blasted and two sailing ships were badly damaged and left sinking. All British planes returned safely to base.
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Cairo
Messina
Sicily
Middle East Command
R.A.P
Aegean Sea
Tornado at Laird Hill Causes Heavy Damage and Four Deaths
International News Service reports a tornado near Laird Hill west of Henderson causing about 1 million dollars in damage. Many injured, including pupils from Laird High School which housed 105 students. several children were thrown by the wind but none seriously hurt.
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International News Service
Henderson
Tex
Laird Hill
Laird High School
Fnr
Red Army Gains New Headway In Black Sea Drive
Soviet air force intensified assaults along the Russian front as Red Army troops recaptured the Black Sea base of Novorossisk in the West Caucasus. The communique lists targets from Bryansk to Novosokolniki, with heavy strikes on rail points supplying the Nazi war effort. German raids on Rostov Bataisk were repelled by Soviet fighters, shooting down 43 aircraft.
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Red Army
Black Sea
Natalia Rene Ciln
Germesbeauean
Moscow
Novorossisk
West Caucasus
Bryansk
Belgorod
Kharkov
Lozovaya
Kramatorsk
Ovet
Misensk
Nevel
Vitebsk
Novosokolniki
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Rostov- Bataisk
Tire Shop Blaze Ravages East Falls Street Garage
Fire crews battled a blaze at Travers Tire Service 117 East Falls Street after an explosion of a barrel of cement and rubber set off the flames. Damage estimated near 5 000 dollars, with most new tires ruined and Charles Cover injured by burns. Firefighters confined the fire quickly after an alarm from box 114.
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Travers Tire Service
East Falls Street
Charles Cover
Halls Avenue
Tunisian Leaders Are Congratulated Leaders Congratulate Eisenhower over Tunisian victory
London May 11 Prime Minister Churchill officially congratulated Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Gen Sir Harold Alexander for the Tunisian victory. He sent heartfelt congratulations praising the North African campaign and the allied advance into Tunis and Erdeverte as a hopeful sign for the future world. He also praised Eisenhower and his deputy for a glorious chapter to the annals of the British Commonwealth.
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London
Winston Churchill
Dwight. D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
North Africa
United States
Tunis
Eiverte
Eisenhower
Churchill
Bernard Law Montgomery
Eighth Army
Dutch New Guinea Jap Base Raided
Allied air forces bombed the Japanese base at Babo Dutch New Guinea destroying or damaging about 230 ground units. MacArthur's HQ also reported seven other raids north of Australia and a nine plane strike on Millingimbi Australia with several Japanese planes shot down or damaged. The Babo attack was the highlight of the communique.
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Lee van Atta
Ho N. 8
United Nations
Australia
Babo
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacaArthur
Australis
Mikingimbi
Millingimbi
Hess family not in Britain denies claims in Commons
London May 11 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden dismissed Labour MP William Thorne’s suggestion that Rudolf Hess’s family or securities were in Britain. Eden said Hess brought no British securities or family members to the United Kingdom and that he remains confined under prior conditions. He noted Hess possessed only a few German marks and notes deemed worthless here and had no investments in Britain.
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International News
Larylee
London
William James Thorne
Rudolf Hess
Britain
House of Commons
Anthony Birden
Thorne
Hess
Scotland
Germany
Eden
Noi
Hiller
Victory Arch Planned for Times Square by Broadway Association
New York May 11 A Victory Arch for Times Square was planned today by the Broadway Association. Plans call for a temporary arch to be replaced later by a permanent structure on the National War Memorial site near the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa. Architects and sculptors invited to discuss plans and submit sketches with the four freedoms theme emphasized.
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New York
Times Square
Broadway Association
House of Parliament
Ottawa
Share The Ride Program Enforced In Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH May 1 The OPA office here has started an intensive drive against motorists holding B and C ration books who refuse to enter into a share the ride program Loran L Lewis chief OPA enforcement officer for Pittsburgh said many of the me only drivers who promised to pick up neighbors and now were forgetting about it would have their ration books revoked.
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Conternational News Service
Pittsburgh
OPA
Loran L. Lewis
Pantelleria Is Left Burning After Allied Attacks
Pantelleria in the Mediterranean suffered major fires as Allied air raids hit the Axis base with more than 200 bombers taking part over three days. The airfield and harbor facilities were heavily blasted, with nearly 300 bomb craters visible on reconnaissance photos and only one enemy fighter engaged.
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Clinton Green
U.S
Allied
North Africa
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Importa Rasbor
Ohe Island
Resume Attacks After Heavy Gale Across English Channel
London news reports that after a deadly gale, large Royal Air Force bomber formations with fighters crossed from England to Northern France in daylight, signaling a renewed offensive against the European continent. German long range guns fired across the Dover Strait in a brief exchange.
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London
Royal Air Porce
English Channel
Frince
Straits of Dover
Attempt on Himmler's life reported in Zagreb
Moscow radio quoted by CBS said two assailants fired on Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler on arrival in Zagreb but Lausanne report claims he escaped injury. The report did not provide specifics on attackers or motive.
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Iinternational Nave Service
New York
Gestapo
Beinrich Himmler
Zagreb
Moscow
CBS
Lausanne
Himmler
Munda Base Is Again Bombed In Solomons Raid
Navy reports Japanese bases at Munda and Vangavanga in the central Solomons raided by Dauntless dive bombers and Avenger torpedo bombers escorted by fighters. May 10 raids hit anti aircraft positions and started fires. all planes returned safely. This raid marks the 119th since November 23 as shuttle assaults from Guadalcanal continue. Corsair Wildcat and Lightnin fighters accompanied the raiders.
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William Theis Ch
Washington
Navy
Munda
Vangavanga
Solomons
Vangaranga
Kolombangara Island
U. S
Guadalcanal
Wancaranga
Muay 4
Wildcat
Road Into Berlin Photographed but Route Secret
Chicago May 11 The road into Berlin has been photographed but the specific route remains a military secret Col James G Strobridge of the army production division told reporters at a Chicago news conference He noted photographs exist but would not reveal the route despite early war efforts
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Conernational News Service
Chicago
Berlin
James G. St Bridge
Army Man Service
Strobridge
Bern
Col. Strobridge
Potatoes Move Through Trade Channels Amid Irish Shortage
New York on May 1 reports California potatoes totaling 252000 pounds have begun moving through regular trade channels. No normal sale of Irish potatoes in New York for almost two weeks. Forty two more car loads of potatoes enroute, per market news service of the department of agriculture.
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Conternational News Service
New York
California
Market News Service
Department of Agriculture
Death record for Margaret Shangrive in Ellwood City
Margaret Shangrive, 89, of Ellwood City died. Services and further details follow in accordance with family notices. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Margaret Shangrive
Ellwood City
Cap Bon Axis trap collapses as Allied drive closes
Allied headquarters report Britain’s First Army sealed off about 80 000 Axis troops on Cap Bon Tunisia. Royal Navy bombarded beaches while First Army seized Soliman Grombalia Metzz Bou Zella and Hammamet, forcing mass surrenders and wrecking any potential Dunkirk style escape. Mopping up continues with isolated pockets in Hammamet while US Second Army Corps ends its campaign role.
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Allied
North Africa
Cap Bon
First Army
Britain
Cap Eon
Tunisia
Royal Navy
Soliman
Grombalia
Metzel Bou Zella
Hammamet
Dunkirk
Reuter
Anis
Wuey
Cap Bon Hisell
United States Second Army Corps
German in Tunisia and the Yanks in combat memory
An imperfect field transcription conveys a wartime sentiment about Germans in Tunisia facing American forces. The speaker claims Germans fear American losses and brutal engagement, noting civilians and soldiers alike endure bombardment and hunger as Allied troops advance. It reflects morale and fear during Tunisia campaigns.
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Mahara
Trapa
Marsalis
Agrigans
Naval Base Air Base
Victorie
Lontan Sea
Cape Bon
Palermo
Livily
Conternnational News Service
British Army
Pierre J. Huss
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