Three Italian Warships Blazed in Med and Tunisian Front Grinds On
British submarines sunk ten enemy ships in the Mediterranean including a large tanker near Milazzotto and another off Italy’s west coast. Allied HQ reports heavy fighting in Tunisia with gains and losses. air forces hit Axis shipping with multiple vessel sinks. American and British forces made limited advances in Medjerda area as Montgomery’s Eighth Army pressed on. Desert air forces claim successes against shipping and air transports with several enemy aircraft downed.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Thedold
Miarlttimo
Tubis
Ampire
Italy
Island of
Monte Cristo
Corsica
Carolina
Sisty
Tunisig
North Africa
Tunisia
Axia
James
Doollitle
Cap Bon Yea- Corday
Ibn
Fond Lon
Montgomery
Desert Air Force
PAL
Desert Air Farea
RAF Hits Ruhr Again In Heavy Night Raid
London reports a heavy RAF attack on Essen and Ruhr targets in western Germany with American Liberators and Fortresses, while daylight bombers aimed at Cherbourg peninsular submarine bases. Air Ministry notes 13 bombers lost in April’s fourth raid, pushing total Allied losses in 1944 past 602. Monthly bomber losses rise from January to April.
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London
RAF Mvade
Essen
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Cherbourg
Hitler
Air Ministry
Rube Valley
Apri
Senator Johnson Holding His Own in Bethesda Hospital
Washington May 1 Senator Hiram Johnson 74 of California is reported to be holding his own in Bethesda Hospital after entering Wednesday with a respiratory infection and pleurisy. Hospital official Captain Robert E Dimean said the senator is not worsening.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
Bethesda
Mii
Robert E. Dimean
Efe
Texas Hits Bond Drive Quota in War Bond Push
Texas exceeded its quota in the second war bond drive as of Friday midnight. State Bond Officer Frank Scofield announced Austin that Texas had surpassed its $400,259 target, part of the national effort to raise 15 billion dollars.
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Axwell
Texas
Frank Scofield
Austin
Mass on Despite Criticism Stirs San Antonio Mis sion Officials
Kelly Field plans a Sunday mass for 25 000 visitors at the golf course with Archbishop Luty presiding and Catholic clergy from across the state assisting. Protestant ministers protest as an affront to religious freedom while field orders relieve soldiers to attend. The event is described as non sectarian though framed as a Catholic service with prayers for victory and lasting peace.
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Kelly Tad
San Antonio
3. S. Cadwallacer
Riverside Baptist Church
Floyd Allan Bush
The
Ministerial Association
Central Christian Church
A. L. Wolff
St. John's Lutheran Church
Richard J. Spann
Laurel Helghts Methodist Church
Stalin Calls For Complete Victory In Global War
Moscow May 1 Stalin issued a May day message pledging two front assaults against Hitler Germany with Soviet troops and Allied forces delivering decisive blows from east and west. He warned that only unconditional surrender and total rout would bring peace, while praising Allied air campaigns and noting heavy Axis losses. A second item reports Wilmington shipyards delivering 165 Liberty freighters in 12 months, 19 in April, as a shipbuilding record.
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Prerdler Stalin
Europe
Hitler
Stein
Sthoed
Miniter ” Churaill
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Germany
Prage
Soviet Union
Itelr
Red Army
Wilmington
Gallf
California Shipbuilding Corporation
Ats Alze
Veteran U S flier hails Rangoon win and India air effort
Brooklyn born Corporal Emmett O’Donnell reports Rangoon harbor effectively under Allied control after heavy bomber operations. He cites strikes on bridges, supply dumps, and rail links in Burma while praising the 10th and 14th Air Forces for their work in India and China and the importance of 24 hour alert teams for early warning against Japanese raids.
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Rangoon
Washington
Ufe
Jos UW Gs
Air Force
Rangoon Harbor
Biicnin
Emmett Odon
Burma
United States
O'Donnel
India
China
O'Donnell
O'Donnall
Brooklyn
Hawaii
Philippines
Islands
Igi
Manila
Wigan
Minedana
Java
10Th Air Force
Te: Waa
Ititu Rre
Allies to Expand U-Boat Offensive
Washington May 1 Canadian announcement signals a shift in undersea warfare as Allied powers expand convoy protection and plan offensive anti submarine actions. Canada will command northwestern Atlantic with supreme operational control while Britain leads the eastern Atlantic and the United States oversees western Atlantic convoy routes to North Africa.
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Washington
Jaysulw
England
MacArthur
Australia
Coral Sea
Atlantic
Ottawa
Ransmands
North Aantic
United States
Royal S. Ingersoll
Atlantic Fleet
North Africa
Bandit Robber Threatens Gun Ter Garage Night Manager
The blonde headed bearded bandit entered Gun ter garage at 214 East Travis Street at 7 20 a m Saturday and held up night manager G R McNeill with a 22 pistol stealing 75 dollars. It marks his third straight day of successful downtown robberies over four days as police planned a trap Friday but did not arrest him.
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G. R. McNeil
Gunter Garage
East Travis Street
McNeill Ws
Coal to Last Three Weeks
Washington reports steel plants rely on coal, with only three weeks of supply on land. A Carnegie steel representative warns a coal shutdown could cut U S steel output by up to ten percent in Pittsburgh and Youngstown. Fuel stocks for railroads and home use vary, with forecasts of 10 to 30 days. Public fears and general energy shortages loom as Ickes notes a months‑long national coal supply.
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Washington
Carenegie-Tminois
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Ohle, S
United States Steel
Chicago
Missouri Pacific
German salvage forts and a pontoon sunk by mines
Two German salvage forts and a pontoon were sunk yesterday by magnetic mines in the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. Reuters reported from Stockholm.
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London
Gersund
Denmark
Swe-den
Reuters
Stock
Next Move by Roosevelt Amid Coal Mine Strike
President Roosevelt prepared a radio address to discuss the coal mine work stoppage. Union leader John Lewis refused to predict government action while thousands stayed away from work. 167,060 soft coal workers joined the strike, defying a War Labor Board order to maintain production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
ALS
P.m. Co
W. F
White Mouse
Stephen
MIT
Associated Press
United Mine Workers
Jobin K. Lewis
White Horsee
Lewis
War Labor Board
Brotel Roosevelt
New York City
Waldenistoria
Poemagivatne
Army
WLB
William. Davis
Ng Pot
Ming
Patriotism Appeal Sparks UMW Strike Debate
Washington reports a heated exchange over coal miners strike actions as Elmer Davis and Prentiss Brown urge patriotism to avert wartime shortages. Senators Taft, Andrew, and Hartley accuse Lewis of undermining national effort, calling for legal action if needed.
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Davis
United Mine Workers
Appenist Prentiss
Elmer Davis
Offige
Brown
Africa
Dohn
Lewis
UMW
Wim
Capitol Hill
Taft
Andrew
Hartley
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