Two Missing Airmen Declared Dead in Mediterranean Sinking
Dallas D. Watkins and Charles W. Andrews former Monrovia residents and Army Air Corps airmen were listed as dead after telegrams to relatives confirmed their disappearance aboard a transport sunk in the Mediterranean. Watkins' sister and Andrews' wife received notices, linking the loss to the war era.
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Dallas D. Watkins
Tech
Charles W. Andrews
Monrovia
Army Air
Mrs. Andrews
Officer Watkins
Sergt. Andrews
Mediterranean
Watkins
War Department
Vernon Ts. Watkins
Frederick High School
Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
Blumenauer
Edward Schade
Morton Behrend
Alice Umberger
Silver Spring
Ray Watkins
Oklahoma
Mae Andrews
Glenn L
Powerful 120 millimeter anti aircraft gun unveiled
Camp Davis North Carolina May 19 Army develops a 120 mm stratosphere piercing anti aircraft gun with four miles greater vertical range than existing models. Brigadier General C W R Schuyler and Colonel Perry W Lewis announce the weapon fires a 30 pound projectile and delivers a high rate of fire charging stratosphere areas with flak. It augments the 90 mm gun then in use and surpasses the muzzle velocity of previous rifles on front lines.
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Camp Davis
N. C
Army
Oishere
War Department
C. W. R. Schuyler
Camp Davis Training Center
Perry W. Lewis
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Board
Fear of Allied Attack on Italian Coast
Fragmentary dispatches report fear of an Allied assault along the Italian coast near Genoa and surrounding harbor areas. Towns named include Pieve, Porta Fon, Ses Levan Rapalio, Lavagea, Cravari and Santa ae while other details are unclear due to damaged text.
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P— Ph
Haan
Genoa
Geno
Aed
Pieve
Porta Fon
Allied Bombers And Naval Task Forces Hit Jap Soerabaja Base
Allied air and naval forces, including carrier task units allied with U S Pacific forces, raided Soerabaja in Java on May 17 and 18. Tokyo claimed some damage to installations and two aircraft damaged, with no defense by aircraft mentioned. The operation involved an American carrier fleet and British Eastern Fleet forces active in the region.
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New York
Soerabaja
Japan
Netherlands
Tokyo
Pacific
James Somerville
Ceylon
Sabang
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Java
Tokyo Vadin
Formia Falls in 24 Hours as Doughboys Overrun Italian Seaport
SID FEDER reports American forces captured Formia in one day after a heavy German defense. Nazis laid mines, pillboxes, and dugouts along Highway No. 7 to the Tyrrhenian port while long range guns from Gaeta pounded the area. About 200 prisoners were taken, many of them snipers, and the town was found strewn with booby traps and wrecked rails as U.S. troops cleared the final houses.
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Sid Feder
Formia
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Scauri
Gaeta
Cabinet Amenable To Tito May Be Formed
London report says King Peter seeks a Yugoslav cabinet with Tito ally. Dr Subasic may join, condition likely no post for Gen Mihailovic. developments in administration expected soon. separate briefing notes rubber program may divert to whiskey within a year and a quarter.
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Tito
London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Bozhidar Pur
Ivan Subasic
Fernment
Amenagie
Sip Broz Tito
Subasic
Croatia
Draja Mihailovic
Washington
P—Rubber
Bradley Dewey
Senate
Hille
Finals Begin On Sunday at Maryland School for the Deaf
Final commencement events unfold at Maryland State School for the Deaf starting Sunday afternoon with an address by Rev John Bayley Jones at the main ceremony. Drills by cadets on the lawn, review by Camp Detrick officers, and a 2 PM commencement address by Judge E Moylan precede student farewells. Six seniors receive diplomas from the high class department, including Robert Alte Daley and others from Crom, Issue, Cumberland, and Tas yadt.
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Maryland State School For the Deaf
John Bayley Jones
Buckey
E Moylan
Baltimore
Tas
Camp Detrick
Robert Alte Daley
Crom
James Lloyd Ferrell
Robert Bailis Hawke
Raspeou
Robert Lee Jones
Cumberland
Harold Francis Manahan Tas Yadt
James Claren Peddicard
Eshego
Ma v Heat Wave Farewell Weather Notes Decline
A garbled regional weather update reports low May rainfall and light showers Wednesday night. May total stands just above an inch, well below normal. Observers note early month precipitation from May 6-7 and hope for better conditions as summer approaches.
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King Rota
Horma
Pammers
Garde Core
Allied Push Advances as Forces Break Hitler Line Near Cassino
Allied headquarters report American and French units pressed the Cassino sector, forcing German defenses into a disorderly retreat while advancing toward Reggio Italia. Fifth Army and Eighth Army troops moved up from Liri valley toward Monte Faggetto and Sant Oliva as French and American units captured Montell and pressed Bastions along the Hitler Line.
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Allel
Fifth Army
Saint’ Oliva
Waly
AL 19
Hitler Line
Naples
Uri
Gavia Point
Eighth Army
Piedemunio
Cassino
Rome
Liri
Monte Faggeto
Ithi-Pico
Montell
Esperia
Sant’ Oliva
Montiesli
Lie Lim
1500 U S Planes Renew Attack On Nazi Area
Allied air forces resumed a heavy offensive after a five day pause striking Berlin and Brunswick areas. News reports say about 40 000 tons of bombs have fallen on Berlin and surrounding regions as American heavy bombers and RAF formations renewed operations over Germany.
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London
Berlin
Brunswick
Gien
Ho Arild
So Army Air Porves
Mitany
Germany
Geran
Strategic Air Force
RAF
USAAF
France
Hannover
Brandenburg
Tast
Britain
Mediterranean
DNB
High Command
Criminal Case To Be Reopened Here Today
Lester Brown, 17, who got a suspended sentence in a pocketbook snatching case, will face reopens this afternoon before Judge Selmannidler and Judge Woodward. County authorities say Brown was arrested on Ridge Road in Crout te Corp. Edwond O'Hara and Deputy Paul Buhsman report the restraining order violation as the reason for the reappearance. The court had granted a suspended sentence earlier.
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Lester Brown
Patrick M. Selmannidler
Charles W. Woodward
Tf Lavor
No Hitler Line In Italy German defense lines disputed
A garbled report claims experts dismiss a Hitler line in Italy as the war continues. The source mentions Italian fronts, German positions, and defensive lines with uncertain details about their existence and effectiveness.
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Italy
Remains of Sevastopol Battle Reveals Another Hitler Blunder
War correspondent reports the smoldering remains and battered streets of Sevastopol after German assaults on the Crimean port. He describes mined cliffs, beached barges, and hundreds of German dead, noting miscalculations amid the battle and the high casualties as Soviet defense halted the advance toward Romania.
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Eddy Gilmort
Sevastopol
Chersanmio
Rertiy
Ariig
Nazis Conceal Glider Craft Across European Coast
London reports via the Daily Mail that German forces may have hidden gliders and transport planes along the European coast, possibly able to drop an airborne division at Britain. The piece cites an “excellent scarey” source and notes British defense officials consider a potential German counter-strike and nerve-center targeting as part of any invasion plan.
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London
Britada
Lande Daily Mail
Fadel Mariste al Lodfraneide
Heane Suards
Piperial Defense Staf
Ois
Sohea
Dajiv Mailaki
Peper
Germany
Cristoi
Berit Geonen
47 Officers Of RAF Shot By Germans
London May 1 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed that five RAF officers were killed after a mass escape attempt from a wartime camp on March 25. Seventy six officers took part in the break. fifteen were captured alive and four are still at large. Some were shot during arrest and others in the course of the escape. Eden said it was the first such episode of the war and the government has requested Switzerland through which no lineation of the deaths came to the relatives and the Air Ministry to demand a full report from the German government.
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London
Anthony Eden
S Today
RAF
Oma Wecape
Den
Eden
House of Commons
Drees
Switzerland
Air Ministry
Water Line Relocation Lowers City Water Pressure
Water pressure fell three days as the Lin fanore supply line was relocated at the filtration plant for improvements. Pressure dropped five to ten pounds late morning, then edged up in the afternoon as officials enforced a three day household use ban and checked points citywide. A line break in the Tuscarora mountain area occurred last night with repairs completing around midnight.
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Linfanore
Singapore
Tuscarora Mountain
Toe Break
Aoc
Punt
Staley Farm Fishing Creek
Pusedrera
Chinese At Loyang Completely Cut Off
A Chinese Army spokesman said defenders of Loyang in Horan province were surrounded and cut off. The claim cited wire cuts west of Lary and a railway disruption as forces pressed westward toward Tungkwan. The statement tied the operation to Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell's North Burma forces and a reopened navigation on the Salween.
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Tungkwan
Yurran
Joseph Wo Stilwell
Burma
Vaneye
Salween
Troops Break Through in Burma and India Fronts
Allied forces report airdrome capture saved in a surprise strike and advances across Nay and Chiv Sakan corridors. Gurkha brigade drives through jungle to hamper Japanese S3rd division near Imphal Kohima roadblock held with night-action repulsed and equipment seized.
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Aca
Coston
Rem Frick Merriis
Ameren
Waparburne West Cements
Muthsara
Tawi
Bitien
Joseph W. Stilwells
Farses
Ginother Merrit
Imphal
Kohima
Japs Call For More Troops On Salween Front
Military dispatch reports Japanese reinforcements arriving to meet the Chinese offensive along the Salween front. Heavy casualties cited as fighting rages in four sectors from Chaitow to Pingka, with American General Dorn praising Chinese units and forces converging to clear Japanese positions.
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Salween
Salween River
Chaitow
Shweli River
Mamien Pas
Mamien Pass
Chaitou
Hosiery Garter Tug Idea Prompts War Savings
In Cislahoma City on May 19, Luis E discusses a plan to pull garters up to save hosiery. Miss Whitney confirms potential savings could reach thousands, aiding wartime fabric and parachute material needs. New York rayon executive Nayara notes the broader impact.
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Cislahoma City
Luise
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