Pacific Area Fliers Win Medals in Rapid Honors
General Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific reports Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses to five Texans for extraordinary air achievement and, over successive days, additional DFCs, Air Medals, and other honors to dozens of officers and men including Capt. Percy C. Stoddart and Tech. Sgt. Bernardino Charles S. Savoini for long hours of operational flights against Japanese targets.
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Southswest Pacific Area
Aardins
George C. Wenney
Arding
Allied Airr Forers
Southwest Pacific
Kensney
Leutenant
Wid Nurs
Percy C. Stoddart
Saugerties
N.Y. Sul
Daniel J. Skandera
Danbury
Hope Fund Drive May Reunite AFL CIO Elements
New York labor leaders launched a 4 000 000 war relief fund drive aiming to unite AFL and CIO factions. Sidney Hillman and Matthew Woll urged sit-down unity to form a permanent labor coalition, with funds aiding Britain China Russia and local relief agencies including the Red Cross USO and Greater New York Fund.
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AFL
United Labor Movement
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Ac. Io
Matthew Woll
A. F. of L
Labor ‘War Chest
Great Britain
China
Russia
Greater New York Fund
American Red Cross
USO
Allies Sink Jap Armada Of 22 Ships In Central Pacific
Allied air units pursue and sink a 22 ship Japanese convoy near Lae and Huon Gulf. Mitchell bomber crews led by Maj. Ed Larner and Lt. Edward Soloman score direct hits on cruisers and transports as Fortresses, B 25s, and Catalina planes press constant attacks. Fourteen or more enemy ships are destroyed or likely destroyed while several Japanese fighters are shot down.
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New Britain
Lae
New Guinea
Yracuse Herald-Journal
Ed Larner
San Franscisco
Edward 'S
Soloman
Suffolk
Huon Gulf
Bismarck Sea
Catalina
Mitchells
MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Navy
U. S. Pacific
South Pacific
Rabaul
Solomon Islands
Salamaua
Starkville helper sinks transport then hits destroyer
Starkville, Mississippi, reported helpers who sank a 9 000 ton transport on Tuesday and scored a direct hit on a destroyer yesterday. Fortress pilots named include Capt Arthur A Fletcher Washington DC Capt James G De Wolf Kearney Nebraska Capt Kenneth D McCullar Courtland Mississippi Capt Charles Giddings Monday Texas Capt Marshall B Nelson Fisher Illinois Capt Daniel H Cromer Jasper Texas First Lt Joseph L Diece Beach North Dakota First Lt James L Easter Lakewood Ohio First Lt Charles A Olson Salt Lake City Utah First Lt John M Woodward Loring Texas Second Lt Arthur L McMullen Akron Ohio Second Lt Robert L Schultz Norwood Ohio Second Lt Charles E Smith Pennington Virginia Second Lt Waldo A Schauweker Bowling Green Ohio.
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Starkville
Miss
Fortress
Arthur A. Fletcher
Washington, D. C
James G. de Wolf
Kearney
Neb
Kenneth D. McCullar
Courtland
Charles Giddings
Monday
Texas
Marshall &. Nelson
Fisher, I
Daniel H. Cromer
Jasper
Joseph L. Diece
Beach
N. D
James L. Easter
Lakewood
Ohio
Charles A. Olson
Salt Lake City
Utah
John M. Woodward
Loring
Arthur L. McMullen
Akron
Robert L. Schultz
Norwood
Charles E. Smith
Penington
Waldo A. Schauweker
Bowling Green
Princeton adopts four equal terms to aid wartime service
Princeton University announces a calendar change to four equal terms replacing two terms and a short summer session. The year begins July 4 and runs through the war and one year after to assist students called for military service. The president, Dr. Harold W. Dodds, outlined the plan and offered Herald journals to service members worldwide.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Harold W. Dodds
Australian House Cheers Victory News
Canberra reports the Australian House of Representatives erupting in cheers as Prime Minister John Curtin reads General MacArthur's communique announcing the rout of a 22 ship Japanese convoy bound for New Guinea. Curtin lauds MacArthur's airmen and asserts Allied resolve across fronts. confidence in victory rises.
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Canberra
Australia
Australian House of Representatives
John Curtin
MacArthur
New Guinea
Commonwealth
Curtin
More Jap Ships Destroyed Than Men Lost in Attack
An Allied air victory over a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea is described with pilots reporting more ships destroyed than Allied losses. Fifth Air Force officers praise the production and impact of air power as the operations wrap up.
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New Guinea
Fifth Air Force
Bismarck Sea
Flying Fortress
Pat
Sea Victory Echoes Far Across Pacific War Front
Allied reports flag a far reaching sea victory with potential for another Guadalcanal. The Lae New Guinea fight hinges on Japanese reinforcements and the balance of naval losses. Observers weigh cruiser versus destroyer losses and the impact on Japan’s fleet as Allied strategy lines up with Rabaul and Salamaua.
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Australia
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Lae
Middletown to List Business Men for Work on Farms
The Middletown Chamber of Commerce will register business and professional men to volunteer on nearby farms. Registrants will specify suitable farm tasks and available hours from May to October. Merchants and managers will be urged to close one day weekly to allow workers time for farm work. Local clubs will help sign up workers and arrange wages and transportation.
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Middletown
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
New York State
Chamber of Commerce
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