Allied claims sea and air gains in Pacific area
Allied headquarters report sinking a 7200-ton cruiser of the Kako class and two merchant ships totaling about 35 000 tons in the Southwest Pacific. Also said to have destroyed or damaged 14 Japanese planes in New Guinea raids. In Paris, French poet and dramatist Hugue Belorme dies at age 18.
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Lone Pilot Fights 30 Jap Bombers Over Port Moresby
A Melbourne CBS broadcast recounts a United Nations fighter pilot who halted a group of more than 30 Japanese bombers during a raid on Port Moresby. He damaged two bombers and engaged across cloud cover, forcing enemy planes to break formation and lose altitude while narrowly avoiding collision with the Owen Stanley range.
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Idea Men Have Rubber Answer
Washington May 21 With the rubber shortage urgent the National Inventors council has received many ideas from amateur inventors including springs as substitutes for inner tubes and leather in place of rubber. The proposals come asBroits stones and amateurs press to solve the shortage.
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Ayres Slated For Barkeley At Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis Washington May 22 Ayres film star Ley Ayres to join medical corps after army induction. He will be sent to the mental training center at Champ Barkeley Texas in the near future. Ayres known for All Quiet on the Western Front and Dr Kil dare pictures holds an instructor's certificate in first aid and previously sought ambulance corps service.
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New Standard OU Process Doubles Rubber Output
New Standard Oil Company announces a new synthetic rubber process said to double output by using petroleum-derived materials with minimal equipment changes. The technique aims to boost aviation fuel components and polymer feedstocks while keeping rubber production scaling for synthetic materials.
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War 25 Years Age Today War 25 Years Age Today
War 25 Years age today compiled by T N May 22 1917 notes Finnsk dependence from separation movement to lows Russi revolution. Crew of British liner carrying in an American purlelt of Ifnir narrow escape from elie torpedoed by a German submarine off the 1 Germans lavith strane attacks against the French in the western Champagne sector north of Mont Carnislet in France. One year ago today Germans stiic two polite along the northerds coast of Crete also claim they mile the die ways over the stand. Nazis claim their dive bombers sank four British cruisers of Crete President Roosevelt considers either aftering or repealing the reniteality act.
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Nazis Conceal Damage But British Raids Hit Morale
In wartime reports by Louis P Lochner from Lisbon, German civilian morale and war production are shaken by RAF bombing. Authorities veil damage while large plants show repairs and foreign journalists tour sites to mask impact. Casualties among troops are rarely disclosed, and key plants like Augsburgs Diexel works face heavy damage, with selective public acknowledgment.
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Bombings Lower Italian Morale Dip Highlighted
British bombers raid Italian cities including Naples and Palermo, targeting industrial hubs in a campaign that weakened morale in southern Italy and Sicily. Reports note heavy raids last October and November and repeated attacks on naval bases and seaports from Cairo and Malta.
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Junkers Downed Camo Intercept North of Caled
Junkers downed Camo intercept north of Caled, May 22.1 A. The brief report notes an aerial action with a Junkers aircraft brought down during a mid shutdown, tied to Baby Bighters in a tight engagement.
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Firms Blamed in Rubber Inaction
Washington reports Alfred B. Katin of the Justice Department told the Senate patents committees that major American rubber firms bears blame for inaction on monopoly in their raw material supply. He cited Goodrich as leading in synthetic rubber, while Goodyear, U.S. Rubber, and Firestone owned plantations abroad. He warned holdings may preserve the status quo in the Far East and support price regimes, with profits tied to rubber production costs.
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