Allied Bombers Attack Italian Ports From North Africa
Allied bombers struck the Italian mainland port of Civitavecchia north of Rome and the Sardinian ports of Cagliari Olbia in raids aimed at immobilizing Axis bases. American flying fortresses hit ships in harbor while British Wellington bombers attacked Cagliari. Targets included airfields and rail lines near Alghero Porto Torres.
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Fyrere J. Hoss
Stasf
Allied
North Africa
Rome
Sardinia
Sicily
Pantelleria
Tunisian
Talian
Civitavecchia
Cagliari
Olbia
Alghero
Porto Torres
Cairo
Messina
Lilac bloom and war bonds in wartime America
Lilac bushes bloom slowly amid cool weather as war bonds are urged for steady purchases to fund equipment for fronts. Firemen checked 213 Meyer avenue for a reported fire and found no blaze. Seventeen high school students helped a Lawrence county farmer husk corn. Summer road work is limited due to wartime conditions. Law rence County commencements begin with baccalaureate services as dates shift because of weather.
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Lawrence County
Dayton
North
Beaver Township
Daily Weather Report for 9 a.m. period United States
Daily weather report shows the 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. with a maximum temperature of 63 and a minimum of 44 accompanied by precipitation notes. A year ago the maximum reached 84 and the minimum was 1 with a trace of precipitation. River stage listed at 7.1 feet.
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United States
Bey of Tunis 15 Ousted From Post
London May 15 The Bey of Tunis has been deposed by Henri Honore Chraud high commissioner for French North Africa for endangering the security of Tunisia the Algiers radio said today according to Reuters
Japs Lose Half Of Air Raiding Force In Clash
Allied airmen near Oro Bay New Guinea knocked out about half of a 45 aircraft Japanese raid. MacArthur reports 16 destroyed and six probably done, with nine zeros and seven bombers confirmed. The attack, first large-scale on Buna area since April, caused minor Allied losses. A later raid hit Gasmata on New Britain, making the airfield inoperable.
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Lee van Atta
United
Nations
Australia
Oro Bay
New Guinea
Douglas MacaArthur
MacArthur
Buna
Attacks Extend Into Jap Bases in Pacific War
United Nations Headquarters in Australia reports a dramatic Pacific phase shift as American A-20A bombers strike the Cape Gloucester area on New Britain, targeting a strong Japanese base well beyond New Guinea. Operatives say the action aligns with MacArthur's pledge to push bombing lines deeper into the Japanese arc, reaching over 300 miles from normal bases.
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Lee Natta
O. S
New Guinea
Girl Gunners In Nazi Planes
International dispatches report young German girls served as tail gunners in Nazi bombers during North Africa fighting. A convoy of wounded arrived at Valley Forge General Hospital. Sergeant Victor R. Woodard says girls could shoot as well as men and have the skill to operate tail positions in Carman bombers.
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Phormixville
Valley Forge General Hospital
Victor R. Woodard
Seymour, Tne
Carman
African Front
Woodard
War Labor Board Orders Lewis to Drop Coal Strike
The War Labor Board ordered United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis to cancel his threatened nationwide coal strike and to return to collective bargaining with coal mine operators. The board urged renewed talks for 10 days and a report on progress, effectively pushing Lewis to extend the truce to May 27. Whether Lewis will accept remains uncertain as he has refused to appear before the board.
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War Labor Board
Lewis
Statf
Washington
War Labor Board Today
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
U. M.W. Chieftain
WLB
Roosevelt
Harold Tl
Ickes
Glawis
Drive crackdown planned for pleasure drivers in region
CFA officials announced a new intensive drive against pleasure drivers to begin this week. The area covered includes eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware, with officials urging compliance.
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International
Philadelphia
CFA
Pennsylvania
Jersey-Delaware
House Vote On Ruris Tax Plan Likely Monday
House Republicans say they have sufficient votes to pass the senate version of the Rumi pay-As-you-do ax plan. The measure, approved 49 to 80 in the Senate, faces action in the House Monday amid past close calls and margin concerns.
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House
Robert Humphreys
Starr
Washington
Rep. Knutson
Minnesota
Ways and Means Committee
Allied Bombers Hammer Western Europe In Night Attacks
London May 4 British mosque and typhoon bombers kept up intensified air assaults on western Europe. Bombers plus intruder planes hit rail yards and enemy airfields to support American raids that set new bomb totals in the past 48 hours. A railway yard near Mons France was struck and a 2 000 ton ship damaged.
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Charles A Smmc
Soblatft
London
Western
Europe
Air Ministry
Germany
Mons
France
Spectacular Turn To Black Market War In New York
International News May 15 reports a dramatic shift in the drive against the meat black market. Detectives acting for the OPA raided a midtown hotel room and arrested Edward G. Byrne of Brooklyn on meat price regulation violations. Byrne, who identified as a Liebman Packing Co salesman, was later taken to police HQ. Police found $38,000 in cash in Byrne's hotel room, claimed to be a week’s receipts from clients.
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International News
New Yori
OPA
Edward G. Byrne
Brooklyn
Byrne
Liebman Packing Co
Green Bay
Wis
Newark
Bhick Marke
Allies Take 111 Axis Generals in World War II Push
London dispatch reports British and American forces have captured 111 Axis generals since the war began. Of the 111, 92 are Italian and 19 German, signaling Mussolini's weakened command structure and the accelerating Allied advance.
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Chiternational News
Searyhery
London
United States
Mussolini
Airplane Crash Kills Two Naval Aces Near Peru Base
Rochester Indiana May 16 International News Service reports Auls Shorvilles investigates a fresh crash in a field near Ite wanna that killed two naval aviators. Victims are Lewis W Shahley 22 of Drexel Hill Pennsylvania and A Hardin 41 of Lewan. Plane from the Peru naval training base.
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International News Service
Rochester
Ind
Auls- Shorvilles
Naval Aviation
Itewanna
Lewis
W. Shahley
Drexel Hill
A. Hardin
Ewan
Peru Naval Training Base
Soviet Airmen Hammer Nazis
Soviet air force delivered heavy blows on the central front as part of a growing campaign to destroy German war power. The high command reported shattering aerial blows across the front from the southern area to Russia’s western border, with further advances in the central sector and Beyansk area details withheld.
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Natalia Rene
Moscow
Nagi
Beyansk
Air Raids Reduce Nazi Production
STOCKHOLM May 15 April air raids on German industrial centers reduced the capacity of many Nazi war industries by more than 50 percent the Swedish newspaper Arbetaren said today The Allies have shown that no part of Europe is safe from air raids One newspaper pointed out and added The Skoda raid in Czechoslovakia is a grim reminder of what may happen any day to other so called safe war plants in eastern Czechoslovakia Austria and other countries
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International News Service
Stockholm
Naab
Arbetaren
Europe
Csafe
wThe
Skoda
Cauchaslovakia
Celns
Cachaslovakia
Austria
Death Record: Anna Woodsinder McMullen 82 in Newcasthe
Mrs. Anna Woodsinder McMullen, aged 82, died in Newcasthe. Also noted is Miss Martha Buchanan, 84, of Bevu oils Cubity.
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Anna. Woodsinder McMullen
Vente L
Newcasthe
Martha Buchanan
Arrest 552 Men For Draft Violations Friday
International News Service reports that 552 men were arrested yesterday in the largest roundup of selective service violators since the war began. In New York City 137 were taken, while San Francisco saw eight arrests. J Edgar Hoover of the FBI noted no raids or dragnet tactics were used.
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International News Service
Washington
FBI Today
New York City
J. Edgar Hoover
PBT
San Francisco
Hoover
Bombers Hit Messina Ferry Base in New Allied Blows
The Royal Air Force heavy bombers struck the ferry terminus at Messina Sicily in a fresh allied assault aimed at crippling the Axis base opposite the toe of the Italian peninsula. RAF long range fighters reportedly damaged an Axis minesweeper off the coast of Greece as the operation unfolded.
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Cinternational News Service
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Messina
Sicily
March On Tokyo Hinted As Attu War Move Declares Chandler
Washington May 15 Congress member A B Chandler of Kentucky, then head of the military affairs subcommittee, argued the invasion of Attu marks the start of a march toward Tokyo. He said Allied forces would gain a base 9,000 miles from Tokyo and warned the enemy could reach Seattle if unchallenged, claiming the Japanese had been surprised at Attu.
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Washington
A. B. Chandler
Bat
Japan
Aleutians
Attu Island
Donkyo
Chandler
Tokyo
Mrch
Kiska
Dutch Harbor
Seattle
Local Soldier Dies In Tunisia
Pvt. Walter Mundziak of the 26th Infantry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mundziak of 1237 Finch Street, died in Tunisia on April 23. He would have turned 25 on July 22 after 15 months in service, entering January 29, 1942, with overseas service since July 1942. He attended Ben Franklin Trade School and worked at Blair Strip Steel Co before enlistment. Survived by parents and four siblings Genevieve, Helen, Anthony, and Frank.
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Anthony Manic
Finch Street
War Department
Pvt
Walter Mundziak
26Th Infantry
Tin
Mundzink
Ireland
Tanisia
Novus Arrivan
Novemer
Ben Fraklin Triode
Blair Strip
Axis losses in North Africa noted as 1696 planes
London reports Sir Archibald Sinclair says Axis lost 1,696 aircraft in the North Africa campaign while Allies claim 657 enemy planes down. Last week Allied air raids dropped 10,000 tons of bombs on docks ships landing craft and frontline positions and sank at least 28 enemy ships. New York reports all major networks to broadcast Winston Churchill address next Wednesday at 12:30 pm.
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London
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Nehar
New York
Winston Chores
Navy Withholds Details Of Action In Attu Battle
On Attu in the Aleutians the fifth day of fighting sees American forces advancing along the northern route to Tokyo while Navy officials withhold specific battle details. Reports note heavy Japanese resistance as U.S. units press the offensive and supplies are discussed at a high political level.
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Attu
William ‘Phets
Pes Paiadar
Washington
Tokyo
Aleutian
North Paere
Japan
Baccalaureate at Westminster
Special to The News from New Wilmington Pa reports Westminster College holding a baccalaureate program during commencement week. Morning services at United Presbyterian Church feature Rev Charles W Palton of Pitt delivering a sermon at 11 o clock followed by an organ recital in the college auditorium. The baccalaureate sermon will be given to the college audience in the evening at 7 30 o clock with President Dr R L F Gar breath delivering the address. Final exams begin next Monday and the school term ends Thursday with commencement day Saturday.
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New Wilmington
Mey i
Westminster College
United Presbyterian
Christian Associations
Charles W. Palton
Pitt
Coineck
Colleen Auditors
RL FL Garbreath
Westminster
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