Four Day Toll Of Axis Aircraft Increases To 305
Allied reports from North Africa say four days of bombing by British and American bombers against Pantelleria and Sardinia left 305 Axis aircraft destroyed while Allied losses totaled 16. Pantelleria was pummeled with blockbuster bombs causing large fires and devastation. Doolittle’s NW Africa force joined with Wellingtons to continue the air assault.
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Pierre 1
North Africa
Pantelleria
Sardinia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White Island
James E. Doolittle
Panteilaria
Garlotorte
Renewal of pleasure driving ban curtails city traffic
Renewal of the bar on pleasure driving reduced downtown car crowds Sunday with only essential services allowed. A Sunday night blackout drill sounded clear across the city, heard better than past air raid tests, while farmers plowed after clear weather dried ground. A Nashua road resident delivered a large spring mushroom to The News office, noting an abundance due to heavy rains.
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Wee Ath
Bill Adams
Nashua Road
the News
Japs May Attempt Chungking Drive
Chungking dispatch reports indications of a Japanese attempt to launch a large scale offensive from Me Hupeh toward Chungking along the Yangtse River. Officials cited by the Central News Agency say the operations are not aimed at Changsha or the Hunan rice districts.
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Tater
Chungking
Yangtse
China
Central News Agency
Changsha
Hunan
Bombers hit Attu as US fighters down five of sixteen
Navy reports a second wave of Japanese bombers over Attu Island within 34 hours. Six Army Lightning fighters intercepted and shot down five of the attackers while one US fighter is missing and another was rescued. Ground fighting continues as pockets of Japanese resistance are liquidated and American forces press inland.
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Joseph. A. Boasc
N.S
Washington
Navy Today
U. S
Attu Island
Navy
Attu
Air raid drill conducted county wide with strong public cooperation
A Sunday night air raid drill and blackout was conducted with Lawrence county wardens on duty and public cooperation. Alerts progressed from Yellow to Blue to Red with an all clear at 9 59. Vehicles kept lights on blue alert and parked with lights only as allowed. Authorities praised the orderly blackout and public response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
OCD
Mgr. Round
Mopping Up Japs Battling On Attu
On Attu today American forces continued mopping up Japanese stragglers amid a desperate Allied air offensive. Navy reports said 15 twin engined Japanese bombers failed to seriously damage American surface ships in the Western Aleutians, with no change in the ground situation on Attu.
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Joseph
Bors Cron
Washington
Atti
United States
North Pacific
Navy
Wesern Aleutians
Atlou
Japan
Attack on New Britain and New Ireland Posts
United Nations Headquarters in Australia reports heavy Allied air attacks on Japanese positions at Gasmata New Britain and Kavieng New Ireland. Bombers hit dispersal areas and facilities, shooting down two fighters while preserving Allied aircraft. Port Moresby Milne Bay and Kavieng areas saw further operations with limited damage.
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Criterna Tonal News Service
United Nations
Australia
Gasmata
New Britain
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Milne Bay
Daily Weather Statistics Summary
United States daily weather totals report a maximum of 72 degrees and minimum of 55 with no precipitation. River stage is 7.4 feet. For the 24 hour period ending at 9 oclock Sunday morning, highs reached 76 and lows dropped to 44.
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United States
Four Drownings After Susquehanna Boat Sinks North of Sunbury
SUNBURY Pa May 24 The swollen Susquehanna River was searched for bodies of four men and women who drowned yesterday six miles north of Sunbury when a motorboat capsized Victims were Frank Callebrida 38 Kulpmont Mrs Ruth Kelley 40 Sunbury and her daughter Elizabeth Sprenkle 23 and her son Arthie Kelley Of Sunbury A passenger Arthur Kelley saved two others Mrs Dorothy Emerick 27 Kulpmont and Marion Sprenkle Jr 13 months old Son of Mrs Sprenkle The others disappeared beneath the swift current within moments after the boat sank
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Sunbury
Susquehanna
Frank Callebrida
Kulpmont
Ruth Kelley
Elizabeth Sprenkle
Arthie
Arthur
Kelley
Dorothy Emerick
Marion Sprenkle, Jr
Sprenkle
Ration changes announced by Office of Price Administration
The Office of Price Administration unveiled near differential rationing with a one million worker group receiving double meat rations for two months. Logging camps and similar institutions will distribute these extra rations. Other measures include June coffee ration rise to one pound per stamp through June 30, added soft cheeses to the ration list, and authorization for households to use cooking stoves despite fuel shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips J
Peck
N.S. Starr
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fourteen Die In Camden Train Wreck In New Jersey
Camden N J May 24 In a candid statement the Pennsylvania Railroad blamed its own engineer for a wreck on a 14 degree curve near Camden that killed 14 people including an infant More than 100 passengers were injured and hundreds shaken up with 1200 aboard on a week end trip from Atlantic City to New York The engineer 60 J Pitcnek of Lambertville was blamed after a 12 hour inquiry showing the throttle closed and reverse bar hooked back The engineer survived with minor cuts and was cited for exceeding the speed limit on the curve
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Atlantic City
New York
Camden
Railroade
J. Pitcnek
Lambertville
N. J
Nighterpress
W. Cc. Higgenbottom
Anniversary At Christian Church Sees 78th Dedication Day
Large crowds attended all services as First Christian church marked its 78th anniversary of dedication. Speakers included Judge John G. Lamoree, Dr. G. S. Bennett, Judge Walter Braham, Chaplain Virgil Elliott, Rev. Herman Patton, and Dr. Dol Ferguson. Choirs and organists featured, with reminiscence tea for members after the evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Lamoree
G. S. Bennett
Marning
Walter Braham
Virgil Elliott
Bedford Springs
Braham
Davie Reese
E. E. Branstetter
Anna Perry
Mfss
Grace Phillips Johnson
Reese
Mr. Branstetler
Detroit Strikers Return To Work After Four Day Idle
War production resumed today in five Chrysler plants as 28,000 striking UAW members returned to work after four idle days. Union leaders had urged a return, ending a wave of wildcat strikes that stalled war effort following speeches by R. J. Thomas and other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloternationil News Service
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Uaw-Olo
Peny Harbor
R. J. Thomas
UAW
New Castle School Board Votes 19 Mills Budget
The New Castle School Board, in a five to four vote, adopted the upcoming year budget and set the tax levy at nineteen mills. The plan totals about $1,210,000 with minor adjustments and includes reconsideration of a $850 teacher bonus. Despite opposition, the levy passed as board members Brindle Jackson Preston Shira and Thomas voted Yes over Cleland Hyde Ira Alford and Woodcock.
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New Castle
Gal. Ww
Pullen Jackson
Camp Pickett
J. Uf. Genkinger
Genkinger
Leslie Brindle
Fulton Jackson
Robert J. Preston
CL. Shira
Grit Thomas
W. D. Cleland
A. C. Hyde
Ira i, Alford
Daniel B. Woodecock
Big Truck Bill Approved In War Powers Move
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Edward Martin signed the war powers bill dubbed the Big Truck measure, plus 60 other acts, before adjournment May 9. The truck bill raises weight limits to 45,000 pounds for interstate trailer-tractor combos and requires certified action by state and federal authorities for wartime powers. A separate tax relief lens cuts the levy on gross receipts of transportation and power businesses.
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Navy
House
Senate
Medway
Ann Sothern to Wed Actor Robert Sterling in Santa Barbara
Hollywood reports film star Ann Sothern has secured a divorce and plans to marry actor Robert Sterling, an Army Air Forces cadet. The couple drove to Santa Barbara on Friday to obtain a marriage license, with a wedding date to be set before Sterling returns to his post in Arizona this week.
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Talernatinna
Heavy Attacks Across Aegean and Southern Italy Reported
Cairo report says RAF strikes hit shipping in the Aegean and the West Coast of Greece and a heavy attack on the San Giovanni rail ferry terminal in southern Italy. Shipping around Greece was targeted Saturday and Sunday with bombers hitting railroad sidings near San Giovanni berths Saturday night.
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News Servieey
Cairo
Aegean Sea
Greece
San Giovanni
Italy
Middle East
Command
Surprise Raid by Reds Deepens Soviet Advance Near Moscow
Soviet reconnaissance raid northwest of Moscow established a foothold in a new village as Red Army units held despite German counterattacks on Kalinin Avenue. Moscow announced heavy Nazi losses in recapture attempts and broad air superiority with 212 German planes shot down for 61 Soviet aircraft. An entire Novi truck column was routed on the Central front and German pillboxes smashed by Soviet artillery and infantry actions across multiple fronts.
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Natalia Renk Sin
Verve Spend
Moscow
Red Army
Kalinin Tran
Causasus
Anisheld
Novorossisk
Sevsk
Leningrad
Lisichansa
Donets
Flood Waters Moving South Amid Widespread Midwestern Floods
Flood waters moved south from Missouri and Illinois as many rivers rose, flooding farm land and towns. At least 18 people died, 125,000 were homeless, and over 1.5 million were inundated with crop losses near 40 million dollars. Levee breaks and backwater threatened St Louis, Beardstown, Vincennes, and Port Smith areas, with spillover into the Mississippi, Illinois, Wabash, and Arkansas rivers. Authorities warned of continued flood risk and damage to communications and public utilities.
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Itternational News Service
Midwest
St. Louis
Beardstown
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash
City
Missouri
Ulinois
Arkansas
Indiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mississippi
Tinois
Claryville
Lowlands Ville
McBride
Ween Ste
Mwinois
RL St
Mintissippi
Hood
Clary- Belgique
Beenevieve
St. Mary's
Murphysboro
Fort, Smith
Rver
Port Smith
Mighty British raid drops 2000 tons on Dortmund and Ruhr
More than two thousand tons of bombs fell on Dortmund and Ruhr industrial sites in western Germany in the war’s biggest air attack. Observers said the force was vast, with about 900 bombers taking part. reports noted the operation lasted hours and smoke obscured targets. Continued on page two.
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Dortmund
Bulletin Cinternationss
London
Ruhr Valley
Air Ministry
British Press Association
Charles A. Smith
Ruhr
Germany
RAF
Eidhr
England
Missing Technical Sergeant Willis Cheek Reported
Mrs. Maxine Cheek of West Cherry street received word from the Adjutant General in Washington that her husband Technical Sergeant Willis Cheek is missing in the Southwest Pacific. He enlisted January 3, 1940, served in the Air Corps, and was last stationed in Florence, South Carolina.
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Maxine Cheek
West Cherry Street
Adjutant General
Washington, D. C
Willis Cheek
Southwest Pacific
Cheek
Vivis
Willis
Skird Cheek
Chery Street
Death Notices Totals and Addresses From Local Record
A death list includes Mrs David W Ayers 357 26 North Lee Avenue and Mrs Emma H DeNormandie 79 208 Fdgewood Avenue plus several others such as Mrs Joseph Simon 55 Ellipart Mrs John G McCandless Tulsa Oklahoma and Thomas Sankey W Sharon. The record also mentions Robert M Alexander 67 OU City Pa and Caruthers 74 909 Rose Avenue with notes of four days.
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David W. Ayers
North Lee Avenue
Times
Caruthers
Rose Avenue
Robert M. Alexander
OU City
Thomas Sankey W Sharon
Emma H. DeNormandie
Fdgewood Avenue
Joseph Simon
John G. McCandless
Tulsa
Okla
Washington drivers cited for violating pleasure ban
Nearly 700 residents in the Washington metropolitan area were cited by the OPA for violations of the pleasure driving ban during the weekend. Inspectors checked parked cars at golf and country clubs and theaters in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia, underscoring the need for vigorous enforcement of the essential military needs ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C International News Service
Washington
Metropolitan
OPA
Maryland
Virginia
Pa- Nee
No Agreement On Pay As You Go Tax Struggles Continue
Washington May 24 The Senate House conference on Pay As You Go taxation again failed to reach an agreement today. Members refused to acknowledge any progress and a new session was set for tomorrow. Conferees plan separate meetings while seeking a basis for compromise between the Senate version and the House bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuington
Senate House
Senate
Crashed Army Bomber Kills Six in Colorado Springs
A four motored Army bomber from Peterson Field crashes in Colorado Springs. Six persons, including three army nurses, die during an orientation night flight. Nurses were en route for duties aiding wounded soldiers evacuated from battle zones by air.
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Cuupamor Tona
Naas
Colorado Springs
Col
Board of Amy
Laday
Peterson Field
Bersons
Cape
Township Home Fire Damaged After Gasoline Explosion
A noon Sunday blast at the Har lansburg road residence of Mrs. Carmelo Pandolo damaged the home about 700 dollars. Firemen from Botrueck, aided by Central water pumps, saved a horse. Victor Pandelo suffered a burn on his right hand while handing the hot fuel tank and received medical care at Jameson Memorial Hospital.
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Carmelo Pandolo
Harlansburg
Botrueck
Central
Victor Pandelo
Court Street
George Harper
Inter
Mont al
Jameson Memorial
Stacion Cistern
Hidden Social Trap Within Visiting Soldier Visit
A veiled note warns of a plan to lure a visiting young man into a home for improper ends. The speaker implies coercion, urging secrecy and suggesting the target is a distant hometown recruit whose uniform provokes attention. The message hints at fear of discovery and manipulation.
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PA Newc
Atty
Aleutian War Zone
Kuriles
Tokyo
Kiska
Amchitka
New Ireland
Daily
Weather Report
Camden, N. J
Pennsylvania Train
Christian ‘Church
Martin
Robin Sterling
Robert Stertin
Wm. Hart
Ann Sothern
Reds
Kalinin Front
Mid-West
Sergt. Willis Cheek
War Department
Seventh Ward Aviation Corps
Arthur Mometer
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