Reds Battle Inside Nazi Lines at Novorossisk
Moscow dispatch reports Red troops advancing under heavy German resistance at Novorossisk in a trench war. Air attacks disrupted German supply lines while Red forces pressed to seize fortifications and push toward Rostov and Bataisk gateway sectors in the Kuban.
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Moscow
Eirne
Red Air Force
Black Sea
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Rostov-Bataisk
Crussus
Mary
Kuban
Red Star
Army
Novoroveisk
Biuideysmi
Divorce Sought by Lieutenant Over Jealous Sergeant
Lieutenant Betty Ratchford files for divorce from Sergeant Macphin La Marchis in Miami Beach alleging extreme cruelty rooted in rank jealousy. They wed in Aberdeen Maryland on September 11, 1942, and lived in Brooklyn after. The suit notes she visited officers clubs barred to sergeants and claims his resentment of her officers companions.
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Miami
Fin
Poes
Betty Ratchford
Macphin
Miami Beach
Aberdeen
Brooklyn
Tired Kidneys Sleepless Nights Remedy Ad
An advertisement-style piece claims weak kidneys cause sleepless nights and a range of symptoms from backache to fatigue. It promotes a remedy titled Dean’s and urges readers to try it for relief after more than forty years of use, highlighting older testimonials and general health benefits.
Axis Readies Defense for Next Blow
Axis leaders fear a new Allied strike as Montgomery's Eighth Army holds a tense position. The riddle of where the next Western Allied push will come from remains unsolved while concern grows over the absence or regrouping of key Allied and Axis commanders. A Belgian civilian administrator was killed by unidentified assailants in what authorities term a troubling incident.
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Tonantanescu
Budapest
Russia
RTI
Montgomery
Eighth
Ti Hier
Ain Hallouf
Jurgen von Amin
Meers
von Ammim
Arica
Warshal Romane
Belgium
Fmusgels
Jap Solomons Bases Bombed
The navy reported American bombers attacked Japanese positions at Munda and Yenegavana in the Solomons. Dawnless dive bombers and Avenger torpedo bombers, escorted by fighters, scored hits on anti-aircraft sites and started fires. A second raid targeted Yenagavane on Kolumbangara, with Corsair escorts.
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Washington
Navy
Munda
Vungeranga
Solomons
South Pacific
Mey Ith
Gorsaly
New Georgia
Bolomons
Danas
Yengavanea
Kolumbangara Island
United States
Planey
Five Lend-Lease Destroyers Sunk in Action
Five American built destroyers handed to Britain under the lend-lease program have been sunk in action. The loss marks the first confirmed wartime casualties among the destroyers supplied under the initiative.
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Washington
INS
Britain
Nazis Cheer On Way to Surrendering From North Africa
Allied reports from the front indicate German morale weakening as groups of German soldiers march toward voluntary imprisonment. Arab riders decorate carts while troops cheer at the prospect of exiting the war. Other units signal surrender.
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Aprica
Ben Front
Mediterranean Allied Control Seen By Knox
Navy Secretary Knox said Germany would try to keep Allied shipping from the Mediterranean routes but could not prevent the opening of the route after Tunisia. He noted Sicily must fall to reduce convoy threats and praised the Allied blockade that starved German ammunition. No American ships took part in the Tunisia blockades.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Middle East
Sardinia
Sicily
Poly
Sealy
Bley
Tunish
Tunleta
Ceiling price set on new war alarm clocks
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will cap the price of the new war alarm clocks at 3166 plus taxes starting tomorrow. Buyers will pay 10 percent federal excise tax in addition to the base price of 1.85 dollars. Reports indicate hard sleepers have paid as much as 9 dollars amid clock shortages. About 3,000 of the clocks with revised internals have been produced, with public appearance dates still uncertain.
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Washington
OPA
Crash After Heart Attack Ends Welshh's Life
Aathan Murthy Welshh died after suffering a heart attack before his car struck a tree in the 1060 block of Main Avenue. Justice of the Peace J. W Sayensley reported the death, and police noted a head laceration not fatal. An exam at Retort B. Green hospital confirmed the heart attack as the cause.
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Aathan Murthy Welshh
Rosewood Avenue
Main Avenue
Justice of the Peace
J. Wsayensley
Welshh
Ain
Hin Bory
Retort B. Green Hospital
Jigge Saye
Admiral Blamed In Italy Explosion
New York May 11 The allied general staff dismissed Vice Admiral Marin Palanggio chief of the Naples naval port and eight Italian officers after an explosion March 28 at the Naples arsenal The Stefani report cited 72 killed and 1179 injured civilians and soldiers in the blast
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New York
Alian Wenerel
Marin Palanggio
Naples
Magcow Radio
Leg & Slefani
Stefani
Fliers Bomb Palermo in Sicily Raid Report
Reported U S bombing raid on Palermo Sicily by 406 aircraft including bombers and fighters. Survivors say 26 city blocks of industrial areas and docks wrecked as 14 000 foot plumes rose, with officials praising precision and heavy load, framing it as a strong opening to the Tunisian campaign.
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Ehlet
Palermo
North Africa
Tuessy
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West
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Tedlan
Branen
Africa
San Antonio
Col. J. WK. Brown
Midland
Wanh+ington
Mediterranean
Seabee Officer to Talk to Applicants
Lieut J A T Garfney, a Seabees discription officer, will visit the Navy recruiting office in the Federal Building on Thursday to interview applicants for petty officer ratings. The Seabees are the Navy construction engineering corps.
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Seabees
Navy
Federal
Construction Engineering Corps
Mexicans to Help Texas Farm Harvest
A bi district Texas extension service meeting at the Gunter hotel announced plans to import Mexican farm laborers to assist Texas farmers with this year’s harvest. Officials G E Adams Mildred Horton and John Wenmoke outlined funding from a federal appropriation of 9 to 39 million dollars to recruit and sustain farm labor, with 50 counties from the San Antonio and Henderson districts represented at the gathering.
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Mexico
Texas
Texas x
Gunter Hotel
G. E. Adams
Mildred Horton
John Wenmoke
Adams
America
Fund
San Antonio
Henderson
Railroads to Use 6000 Mexicans
Six thousand unskilled Mexican laborers will leave this week to work for U S railroads under six month contracts. Labor ministry sources said the contracts were slowed by U S manpower commission and the labor ministry. Wages start at 146 cents an hour.
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Marico Cyly
United States
Labor Ministry
British Trap ermans on Cap Bon and Sicilian air raids
Allied air forces pounded Ban ellaria island airfield and targets across Sicily and Italy. Bombers struck air fields railway stations and power plants while fighter bombers disrupted enemy air and ground targets. Losses included five Allied planes with four enemy aircraft shot down. In the campaign the US Eighth Army advanced along Cap Bon coast with prisoner totals reaching 29,003 in Northern Tunisia. Fria county received rain with Pearsall reporting one inch.
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Ban‘ellaria
Jap Bon
Portressea
Milo
Borlazo
Sicily
Matta
Risoart
Marsaly
Porto
Manes
Messinia
Pantelslanie
Mirrlosnes
Cap Bon Peninauty
Eighth Army
Campaian
Thulsia
Five Prisoners Escape From County Home Custody
Mrs Elsie P L Sommers superintendent of the County Home for Boys and Girls brought five of her charges to town for treatment when two 12 year olds escaped through a window. Two older youths, 14 and 16, pursued them. By the time she returned only five remained in custody and officials expected the boys to turn up later.
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Iit
Elsie PL Sommers
Robert B. Grean
George Pickeng
Ned
Birs. Sommers
Pickens
Churchill F D R Conference Seen
London editors quote a New York dispatch saying Allied successes in North Africa would lead to allied conferences in Washington to decide next Axis targets. No other London papers carried the dispatch and no official comment was available from Washington.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard Today
New York
Washington
North Africa
Yio
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