Allies Take All Axis Forces In Tunisia
Allied forces in North Africa report complete capture of Axis troops in Tunisia after the surrender of the last pockets. Pantelleria harbor area near Tunisia was heavily bombarded by Allied warships and air units. Naples and Cagliari targets were attacked as part of ongoing operations in the Mediterranean theater. Eisenhower announced no Axis troops remain free in North Africa, with the final surrender confirmed at 11:45 a.m. May 13. Wellington bombers attacked Naples rail yards and docks Wednesday night, generating fires and explosions at the port.
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Pierre J. Huss
Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Naples
Cagliari
Sardinia
Reuter
Malta
Eisenhower
Strategic Air Force
Frost hits area as gardeners cover plants overnight
Active gardeners sheltered tomato and other plants last night as frost struck the area with temperatures near 34 degrees. Youthful bicyclists on Highland avenue ride against traffic while a Highland bus veered to avoid a rider. Cherry trees bloom with displays of special varieties brightening the city while lawns receive their first trim after neglect.
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Pa Nene
Highland Avenue
Highland
Avoie
Daily Weather Report for US period ending nine AM
United States weather data shows the 4 hour period ending at nine A.M. with a maximum of 60 and a minimum of 33 degrees. Precipitation frost is noted and the river stage at 7.8 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 87 and the minimum 37 with no precipitation.
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United States
May Be Planning To Strike At Japs
The article discusses evolving global strategy in World War II as of May 14 in Washington. Major Paul C. Raborg analyzes how after Pearl Harbor the United States and allies began comprehensive global planning. He notes the arsenal for democracy is nearly at full efficiency with trained personnel and units ready for war in both Europe and the Pacific. <END>
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Far East
Paul C. Raborg
Internaional
New York
Washington
United Nations
Hitler
Hirohito
Pearl Harbor
United States
German Soldier No Superman
Allied Headquarters in North Africa May 14 Brig Gen Theodore Roosevelt Jr son of the 26th president says the American doughboy is a lot like his father and that the soldier in this war is basically the same. Roosevelt calls the 1943 model an enthusiastic booster of American troops and praises their fighting principles.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
United States
International News Service
North Africa
Roosevelt
Clinton Green
Allied
Theodore “Teddy Roosevelt, Jr
America
Gen. Roosevelt
New Command May Be Given To Gen Wavell
Washington May 14 talk in White House talks between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill discussed giving Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell a new command. If assigned, he could return to India to lead an autumn offensive against Japan or move to Europe for the summer campaign against Germany and Italy.
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Kingsbury Smith
Washington
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Germany
Taly
White House
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Wavell
Sir Claude Auchinleck
Eighth Army
Egypt
SPARS May Get Overseas Duty
The Coast Guard plans to deploy SPARS for overseas service if new legislation is secured. Vice Admiral R R Waesche testified to a House subcommittee that shortages of personnel at shore units in Puerto Rico and Alaska require female administrative assistants to free able bodied men for sea duty.
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Nternational News Service
Washington
Coast Guard
R. R. Waesche
House
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Waesche
Two Axis Torpedo Boats Sunk Off Holland Coast
British light coastal forces clashed with an Axis flotilla off Holland last night, sinking two torpedo boats of 600 tons each. No casualties were reported among His Majesty's ships.
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International News Service
London
Holland
Admiralty
Mandalay Rail Yards Attacked in Burma Air Raids
New Delhi May 14 American air forces bombed Mandalay rail yards and a Myitnge bridge in Burma, causing large fires and destruction at the main station and rolling stock. A Mitchell formation attacked the Myitnge bridge, reporting no losses, while British forces withdrew from Maungdaw to restructure defense lines.
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International News Service
New Delhi
Burma
Mandalay
Myitnge
Maungdaw
Comrounique
Potatoes Soon To Be Plentiful In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh residents facing a potato famine were cheered by an OPA announcement promising new allotments from Alabama and Florida growers. Shipments will arrive within a week, ensuring enough spuds for two square meals daily, though the agency cautioned the arrangement is authoritative you can depend on it.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
OPA
Alabama
Florida
Warning System Aids Planes In Africa
Maj. Gen. Dawson Olmstead, chief signal officer, said the air raid warning system in North Africa protected American troops from Axis air attacks and contributed to superior air strength. He returned from a 28,000 mile tour of Africa, the Middle East, China, Burma and India, noting vast communications needs beyond expectations.
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C International News Servicer
Washington
Dawson Olmstead
Army
North Africa
Olmstead
Africa
Middle East
China
Burma
India
Bombers Hit Berlin Ruhr Valley In Widespread Raids
Allied air forces conducted a large night raid blasting Berlin and Ruhr Valley targets plus Skoda Works at Pilsen and other sites in Czechoslovakia. The air ministry said 34 bombers were lost, with about 700 planes active in the night operations across a vast continental campaign.
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Berlin
Ruhr Valley
Intervesional News Serviee
London
Royal Air Force
Ruhr
Germany
The
Air Ministry Today
Europe
Skoda
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Charles A. Smith
I. N.S. Statft
Air Ministry
R.A.F
France
Pantelleria Attacked Again by Royal Navy Bombardment
London dispatch reports Royal Navy ships pounded Pantelleria off Tunisia with broadside after broadside for over 20 minutes supported by naval aircraft. The island hub reportedly suffered extensive damage in yesterday morning’s attack.
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London
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
Thalian
Pantelleria
Tunisia
Shoot Down 16 Jap Planes In Pacific Battle
The U S Navy reported heavy air actions in the Pacific. American bombers raided Jap installations in the northern Solomons while U S fighters led by Corsairs shot down 16 of 25 Zeros near the Russell Islands. Sixteen Zeros were confirmed down with two probable, and five American planes were lost. two pilots were saved.
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Hulletin
International News Service
Washington
Navy
Solomons
U. S S
Navy Corsairs
Russell Islands
U. S
Iberator
Ahi
Nether
Liberator
Bailate Island
Shorthind Island
Bicyclists Must Obey Auto Rules
Chief of Police Willis G McMullan warned that bicyclists must follow auto traffic laws here. He cited cyclists riding at night without lights and carrying extra passengers, swerving, cutting in and out, and ignoring red lights. Police will enforce traffic rules against cyclists as they pose crash risks.
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Willis G. McMuallen
Tramp Shipbuilding Slashes Float ing Workshop Time
Imlemndom News Service reports in Philadelphia on May 14 that the tramp shipbuilding company cut the construction time for floating workshops for the Navy from three months to three weeks. The yard announced two more workshop vessels to be launched tomorrow, named Dorothy Maula and Nora and Martin Renet, children of local Philadelphia shipfitters.
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Imlemndom
Philadelphia
Tramp Shipbuilding Company
Navy
Amorrow
Dorothy Maula
Lindanworld
Nora
Martin
Renet
Huge Naval Supply Bill Sent to House for 27 Billion
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $27,463,687,198 cash and $6,604,244,000 authority naval supply bill to fund personnel, maintenance, and ship and plane construction for a projected 1943–44 buildup. The plan targets over 3,000,000 naval, marine, and coast guard personnel and foresees delayed airplane output with six months’ impact on the 185,000-plane goal.
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Pearl Harbor
Hat of New Castle honors local air hero Criscito
Staff Sergeant Nick A. Criscito of 1511 Pennsylvania Avenue is named for valor by the War Department. Attached to the Eighth Air Force in England, he received the Air Medal for meritorious aerial achievement over France and Germany. Enlisted October 1941, he went overseas in September and has fought Germans. he marked his 23rd birthday last January.
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New Castle
War Department For
Serpente
Nick A. Criscita
Pennsylvania Avenue
Frank Criscito
Set. Criscita
Eighth Air Force
England
France
Germany
Set
Criscilo
Allied invasion of Norway seen by Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated at a news conference that an Allied invasion of Norway is a certainty and that a functioning Norwegian government would be available in liberated areas. He rejected general plans to deal only with conquering generals, saying the situation will vary by territory.
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Internationaal News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Norway
United Nations
London
Navy announces U S forces landed on Attu Island
The Navy reported U S forces landed on Attu Island in the western Aleutians on May 11 and are fighting Japanese forces there. Details will be released as the situation clarifies. The operation followed months of bombing, with Attu near Kisukan island and Amehitka base nearby, amid difficult terrain and rugged coastal features.
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International News Service
Washington
Navy
U. S
Attu Island
Aleutians
Aleutian
Tokio
North Pacific
U. S.orces
Attu
U.S
Aitu
Kiska
Amehitka Island
van Attu
Pacific
Unac
Avi
Near Island
Tokyo
Enemy Lost 2,000 Planes In Tunisia
The War Department disclosed that U S army Air Forces and Britain's RAF destroyed about 2,000 enemy planes in North Africa, with around 770 losses for Allied airmen since November 8, 1942. Under Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Allied airmen attained overwhelming air superiority in the campaign's final phase.
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International News Service
Washington
U. S. Army Air Forces
Britain
North Africa
War Department
Arthur W. Tedder
Bute
Senate backs partial income tax abatement to run pay as you go
Washington May 4 The Senate favored abatement of some individual income taxes to establish a pay as you go system in the first test vote over the Ranul bill. It rejected 55 to 21 an amendment applying 1942 tax payments to 1943 liability and spreading 1942 taxes over five years.
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C International News Service
Washington
Senate Today
Elender Dy la
Heavy frost noted across area this morning
A substantial frost was recorded here this morning with the U S Weather Observing Station reporting 33 degrees. Outlying districts showed slightly higher readings while tender Victory Garden plants likely suffered some damage.
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Victory Gardens
U. S
Cover, 76, B.D. 3, New Castle
Local catalog entry lists dimensions and page designation for the 76th issue in section 4A, covering the New Castle area. No additional context or narrative text is provided in the fragment.
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New Castle
Artillery Duel At Novorossisk Rages Northeast of Sea Base
Moscow reports a fierce artillery duel northeast of Novorossiisk as Russian and German guns exchange heavy fire. The two sides claim demolishing Nazi blockhouses and pillboxes while Moscow says air strikes hit troop and supply concentrations and rail hubs behind Nazi lines. German airmen reportedly attacked Liski near Voronezh.
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Moscow
Novorissisk
Air Force
Liski
Voronezh
Many Persons Lose Ration Books in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh district OPA reports an average of 25 housewives lose ration books since the March 1 start of canned goods rationing, with losses rising to 50 daily. Officials note a second book covers temporary shortages, as households sign affidavits proving the original booklet strayed.
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International News Services
Pittsburgh
OPA
Joan D. O'Connell
Heavy RAF raids cause heavy damage in Germany
Cisternational News Service reports the Air Ministry in London says preliminary reconnaissance shows heavy damage from recent RAF raids on Dortmund and Duisburg. Duisburg received a record bomb-load assault Wednesday night, while Dortmund was attacked a little over a week ago.
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Cisternational News Service
London
Air Ministry Today
Dortmund
Duisburg
Germany
Dortmlund
Fragmentary weather chat sparks quirky quotes on tempera
A garbled dialogue mentions temperature, warmth, and future plans as characters debate meaning of patting and gentle food versus a sock. The speaker notes seventy six degrees today amid the playful, confused exchange.
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Joon W. Jarrell
N.S. Sint
Sons of Nippon
Lorraine Rogers
Chicago
Lorraine
Erwin D. Stas
N.S. Saale
House Appropriations Committee
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Novorossisk
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Arthur Mometer
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