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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1942
Page
8
Moscow reports from Tass and Tavestia claim Allied aid will steadily strengthen the Soviet push against Germany. They credit increased American, British, and Allied material support as decisive to victory, reinforcing Stalin's May Day orders to the army.
A wartime notice to Blytiadrate draft boards announces a liberalization of furlough policy for new inductees. Furloughs may be granted for periods over 10 days starting within five days after induction, with boards sending lists of recommended names. Inductees must handle their own travel and expenses to and from the reception center.
A farmers group in northeastern Ohio plans a suit in district courts to challenge the national wheat referendum's validity. They accuse AAA policies of rationing and voter denial, labeling the referendum a fraud and a joke. Association leaders name Claude R. Wickard as a party in the defense.
Ohio forecast calls for showers and pebly thunderstorms today and tonight with moderate temperatures. Tonight remains mild with limited cooling and unsettled skies.
British forces press a land sea and air assault against Diego Suarez in Madagascar to seize the fortified northern base. French and Malagasy troops defend in entrenched positions as operations continue amid heavy fighting and naval support reports.
Graduation season soon starts with Eaton High on May 19 followed by diplomas across nine other high schools that week and seven more the next. Dates list Eaton Avon Crownhelm Areshside South Amherst Cam fies Penfield Henrieta Lee Grange Kelden Columbia Clearview Ridgeville Gratton Brighton Wel Mirtion Avon Lake and a May 7r junior high ceremony at Markley Elyzia Township.
War summary reports on May 1 details Corregidor and Manila Bay surrender signs and unknown fate of garrison and nurses in the Philippines. In Europe Allied forces blast Stuttgart while in Madagascar British troops advance 20 miles, and in Burma Japan gains against Chinese positions as it eyes India.
A Baltimore and Ohio train struck a car on county road 313 near Newark killing five youths aged 14 to 18 and 37. Engineer C P Tutcher reported he did not see the car. an inquest was ordered. Names listed include Dean Bush 15 Barbara Deutsch 14 Fred Ehlersmann 18 Harry Sullivan 37 Kenneth Stockdale 17.
County Auditor C. 5 releases January February read estate taxes. Deputy Arthur Giles notes total tax 2003 40 current levy and 391 335 current year. schools receive 711 077. county share 145 87 for general operations and 2017 for bonds. municipalities and townships receive rest. Inheritance taxes total 24 706 split with state half. Fayria township 5 563. Elyria 2774. Lotain 1708. Oberlin 100. other grants under 1000. Probate Judge WH I Sue fees 716 this distribution year. Page 8.
Washington May 6 The American light cruiser Math Head limped into an east coast port for repairs after a three month voyage from the battle of the Dutch East Indies. Senate panel reports Patterson and Henderson favor a bill allowing government to requisition private automobiles for war effort with fair compensation. London May 6 German High Command says a planned attack broke Russian lines and reached an isolated base near Staraya Russa as troops of the 16th Army face prolonged Russian pressure.
Vichy May 6 two French cruisers the Marseillaise and the Lantiette Virquet were reported missing since the British attack on Madagascar. It was unknown if they rallied to the British or tried to rejoin French ships in Indo China. The Marseillaise is a new cruiser about the war start tonnage 7.6K. The Lanvitte Viequet of 7 250 tons was built in 1926.
American heavy bombers struck the airbase area north of Rangoon Burma under heavy antiaircraft fire. The raid began early today and was described as successful by All India Radio. Fires were started in the airdrome area according to the broadcast.
Japanese mechanized forces push into Southern China along the Burma Road toward the American volunteer group air base at Panstan amid Chinese resistance, as a China front dispatch notes tonight.
The United Automobile Workers Union demanded that the War Labor Board immediately meet the challenge of General Motors refusal to accept a board order extending double time Sunday and holiday pay until May 18.
The Navy announced that a small Norwegian merchant vessel was torpedoed off the Milansic coast. Survivors were landed at eastern port cities.
London May 6 official communique reports stiffening Vichy resistance along the northern Madagascar coast near the naval base. Casualties mount as British forces press the push toward the objective.
London dispatch reports German Spring reserves thrown in by Nazi General von Kleist to blunt steadily increasing Red Army offensives on the Russian front as World War II battles continue.
Oil from a derailed Maltimore Chin tank train set three derailed cars ablaze near Toll Gate. Firefighters lacked chemicals to combat the blaze and aimed to protect a town of under 500 residents. No casualties reported. AKRON WOMAN KILLED in Canton auto crash when Grace Channels, 43, Akron, dies after collision involving Floyd Channels and Alva L. Gordon.
Cincinnati police uncovered a bingo racket involving churches and fraternal groups as victims. Five men and one woman were held on suspicions. duplicate bingo cards were seized. The scheme used stamped cards and a window operator aided by a phone. Police linked the racket to Hamilton and Dayton areas. A Dayton church was cited as using similar cards in the raid. Also, Richard Mika, 8, was treated for a facial injury after being struck by a baseball bat at Lake Avenue.
General Jonathan M. Wainwright, 58, veteran Cavalry officer and commander at Corregidor, praised by friends as never outfought. Born 1883 in Walla Walla, Washington, West Point graduate nicknamed Skinny for his lanky cavalry frame, he served in the Philippine campaigns and WWI, later commanding the Presidio at Monterey. His son Jonathan Jr, 2, is an officer in the merchant marine.
In a May 6 report from NONOLULY the Navy states Japanese forces have attacked Midway Island five times since the war began. Each assault was repelled by the Marine garrison, with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz credited for defense.
Washington reports praise for Corregidor garrison and other forts for last ditch resistance against the Japanese. Officials say defenders did their job, with Roosevelt recognizing Wainwright and four Marines for repelling a March attack and honoring heroic effort amid hunger and exhaustion.
A group of Elyria property owners met with Congressman Don W. Harter to urge a review of the proposed location for a low cost housing project between Gull and Glenwood Boulevards. They fear neighborhood property values would fall if built near defense plants, noting an option on about 22 acres and pending approval from the Lorain County Metropolitan Housing Authority and the Federal Public Housing Authority.
The War Department disclosed that Corregidor capitulated after new 94-inch Japanese batteries concentrated in the Patan mountains battered beach defenses and forced a beach head. About 7,000 American and Filipino defenders, plus 3,000 civilians and nurses, remained on the fortresses as Japanese reinforcements moved through Mindanao and Pulanglo River areas.
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