Three Powers Ultimatum to Axis Satellites in War Urgency
The United States Britain and Russia issued a virtual ultimatum to Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland urging immediate choice between fighting with Germany or facing harsher terms and a swifter path to Allied victory. The declaration warned that continued collaboration would bring greater disaster and stricter consequences, noting occupation and devastation in the four nations.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
Hungaria
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Hungary
Applicants Hit By Ration Board Order
Applicants for grade 1 tires filed since May 1 will not have their applications certified before July 15 at the earliest, as the ration board reports 638 on file and unable to fill due to an inadequate quota. The board notes 560 grade 1 tire approvals this month and the May quota exhausted.
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Baltimore
OPA
Schools Buy 1000 Fairchild PT-19 Planes by Bonds
The Fairchild Aircraft Division announced the Treasury Department verified that schools and colleges have subscribed to war bonds and stamps to acquire 1000 PT-19 trainer planes. Officials expect the total to double by campaign end and foresee a Washington ceremony with President Roosevelt and other officials next month to honor the record.
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Fairchild Aircraft Division
Treasury Department
United States
Fairchild
Roosevelt
Washington
Non-Stop Pre-Invasion Blitz In Its 28th Day
Allied air forces launch a nonstop pre invasion blitz on day 28, attacking Leipzig and Brux oil plants while German defenses clash. A vast force of nearly 2,000 planes, including American heavy bombers and RAF bombers, strikes across western Germany and France coast targets from Cherbourg to Boulogne.
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Reich
London
Leipzig
Germany
Brux
Old
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Berlin
Europe
France
Channel Coast
Folkestone
Cherbourg
Boulogne
RAF
Tain
England
Rommel
la Suisse
Geneva
Stay Draft Of Older Groups Induction Frozen By Stay Order
A stay order from Selective Service froze induction for older registrants in two age bands 26 through 29 and 30 through 37. The halt, while in effect, applies only to essential industry workers and delays calls even after pre induction physicals. Local draft boards now decide if men over 26 qualify, with potential reactivation if they quit defense plant jobs. The 18 to 26 group faces no occupational deferments and quotas are expected to shrink to cover fallen eligible numbers.
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Selective Service
Gaid
County Boys Earn Commendations At Anzio Beachhead
Two county soldiers from Funkstown and Hagerstown received simultaneous commendations from the Fifth Army commander for keeping every anti aircraft weapon on the Anzio beachhead in top firing condition. Sgt. Walter J. Byrem and Cpl. Benjamin T. Barger perform daily weapon checks and replace guns needing overhaul, a dangerous task amid combat conditions. Both are veterans of the ordnance company and arrived on the beachhead in February after intense early Army training.
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Fifth Army
Anzio
Walter J. Byrem
Funkstown
Benjamin T. Barger
Hagerstown
Byrem and
Barger
Wonder Drug Treatment Made Here
Washington county hospital began treating a patient with penicillin before its first monthly supply arrived. A borrowed stock nearly equal to the hospital's quota is held in reserve. The drug, produced from bread mold, will be distributed monthly to civilian hospitals.
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Washington County
Reduction of Canning Sugar Ration Implemented Today
An amendment to sugar ration rules limits canning sugar to 10 pounds per person on initial applications until July 31, with a further 10 pounds per person available on a second application from August 31 to October 15. The second request requires a statement of how the first allotment was used, including Stamp 40 purchases. The change aims to curb overissuance after reports of 17 pounds per person in April, despite no fresh produce.
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Ration Board
OPA
Lodge Faces Operation Washington News
War Department reports Major Henry Cabot Lodge former Massachusetts senator now at Walter Reed hospital with acute intestinal disorder possibly requiring surgery. Lodge 41 resigned Senate seat earlier this year to reactivate reserve commission and serve on active duty.
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Lodge
Washington
War Department
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachuusetts
Italy
Walter Reed Hospital
Senate
Army
Retreat Barred To Chinese Army
CHUNGKING May 12 The Chinese high command said Japanese forces slashing across the Yellow river southward cut the Lunghai railway about 40 miles west of Loyang in Henan province barring Chinese retreat. Two Japanese columns of 5 000 men part of an invasion force using 600 light tanks armored cars ford the Yellow river from Shansi. The Japanese push to drive Chinese into the hills from the Henan plains aims to safeguard their hold on the Peipin Hankow railroad. They are using 1 000 trucks tanks and armored cars making the drive the heaviest mechanized offensive in China since Hankow 1938. A spokesman attributed the swift advance to Japanese tank use and Chinese lack of anti tank guns and heavy armaments.
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Chungking
Yellow River
Lunghai
Loyang
Henan
Shansi
Great Henan Plains
Peipin-Hankow
China
Hankow
Government Petition In Montgomery Ward Suit Is Dismissed
Federal Judge William H. Holly dismissed the government petition for an injunction against Montgomery Ward and Company officials. The order was issued after the government’s Tuesday action returning control of Chicago plants to the firm, making the case moot. The dismissal is without prejudice, leaving room for a new action later.
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Chicago
William H. Holly
Montgomery Ward and Company
Tuecsay
British Eighth Army Attacks Gustav Line In Italy
May 12 report from the Eighth Army and Fifth Army describes a coordinated assault against the German Gustav line in Italy just after midnight. The opening barrage dwarfed previous offensives, with British, Polish, and Indian troops advancing on the left flank while American forces struck the right. Polish units moved along mountain roads to join the fight in their first major western Europe engagement.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Eighth Army
Italy
Fifth Army
BH Alamein
North Africa
Africa
Europe
Nazis Hint Rommel Defends If D Day Invasion Hits
London reports from May 12 say Nazi radios claimed the Allied invasion has begun and hinted Rommel could mount a counter invasion of Britain. UK observers question the claim, suspecting it’s Nazi propaganda rather than a serious strategic forecast.
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London
Britain
Erwin Ronmel
Jean Paquis
Paris
France
Axis
Bri
Allied Air Armadas Move To Isolate Gustav Line
Allied air forces sweep the Italian skies at dawn to support the ground assault against the Gustav and Hitler lines. Tactical bombers target communications and transport to isolate dug-in defenders while weather hampers close air support. Brig. Gen. Seville's 12th Tactical Air Command presses the pressure with longer-range strikes on road junctions and bridges.
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Italy
Hitler
al- Hed
Gustav
Eighth Army
Seville
Tactical Air Command
Twelfth Air Support Command
Rita Hayworth Expects Child in November
Hollywood May 12 actress Rita Hayworth and husband Orson Welles announce they are expecting a child in November. Hayworth, 24, born Margarita Cansino, and Welles 28, are noted for multiple talents including acting, producing and writing. They wed in a Santa Monica ceremony Sept 7, 1943.
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Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Welles
Washington
Miss Hayworth
Margarita Cansino
Wellies
Santa Monica
Cal
Edward Charles Judson
Girl Scouts Earn Check For Memorial Fund Effort
Hancock War Memorial Fund receives a five dollar contribution from Girl Scout Troop No with Miss Triplett and Miss Lee as leaders. Members include Louise Rauth Eleanor Norris Jane Grove Catherine Carpenter Merle Younker Mary Frances Carpenter and Lalla Heller following hours of lawn raking and cleanup improving town grounds.
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Hancock
Hancock War
Miss Triplett
Miss Lee
Louise Rauth
Eleanor Norris
Jane Grove
Catherine Carpenter
Merle Younker
Mary Frances Carpenter
Lalla Heller
Auto destroyed by fire near East Franklin street
An automobile owned by Mr. Maser was destroyed by fire around 2 to 3 o'clock this morning in the rear of 120 East Franklin Street. The incident occurred in a residential area and is being investigated by local fire officials. No injuries are reported.
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Maser
East Franklin Street
Allied Drive Opens On Gustav Line Across 25 Mile Front
Allied forces launch a major spring offensive in Italy driving toward the Gustav line from Cassino to the sea. American British Dominion Polish French and Italian troops lead a coordinated attack with heavy artillery and air support, aiming to breach entrenched German defenses along the Liri valley and Rapido sector. Front reports note intensified fighting as the assault seeks to advance inland despite German counterfire.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Hitler
Italy
Cassino
Puoluivaid
Mark W. Clark
Tryghenian Sea
Adriatic
Liri
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Anzio
Rome
Rapido
Bernard Montgomery
Africa
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Oliver Leese
Montgomery
Sth Army
Sth
Gustav Line
Adolf Stmtler
Russian Romanian Peace Parley Afoot
London reports say peace talks between Russia and Romania are being considered based on the Molotov declaration. Molotov stated the Romanian invasion did not seek Romanian territorial gains. The proposal reportedly asks Romania to capitulate, cede Bessarabia and Bucovina to Russia, and pay an indemnity, with Transylvania to be returned to Romania.
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London
Algiers
Russia
Romania
Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov
Red Army
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Soviet Union
Transylvania
Hungary
Hitler
German Assault On Dnestr Bridgehead Repulsed
Moscow reports that a strong German assault northwest of Tiraspol on the Dnestr river was repulsed with heavy losses. The Red army communique said large infantry and tank forces were used and that about a regiment of German infantry was wiped out.
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Moscow
Red Army
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Lions Convention Opens Today in Maryland District
More than 450 Lions Club members from Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia arrived in Hagerstown for the 22nd District Lions Convention at Hotel Alexander. Housing was arranged in nearby towns and tourist facilities to resolve a room shortage as delegates registered and the meeting opened led by Oram Fisher and introduced by Floyd Akers, district governor.
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Lions
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hagerstown
22Nd District of Lions Clubs
Alexander
Waynesboro
Lawton Brant
Oram &. Fisher
Hagerstown Lions Club
Floyd Dp. Akers
22Nd Lions District
Akers
Herbie Kay Band Leader Dies in Dallas
Funeral services planned for Herbie Kay aged 40 in Dallas after a months long illness. Kay notable band leader credited with discovering film star Dorothy Lamour who once sang with his orchestra. A Northwestern University alumnus, he began his career leading a campus band.
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Dallas
Herbie Kay
Dorothy Lamour
Kay
Tinois
Northwestern University
Racing at Charles Town Opens Monday May With Eight Races
Post time at Charles Town for the first race is set for 1 p m on Monday May as racing officials announce a daily program featuring eight races per card.
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Charles Town
Poet Nime
Doopcom
Pacre
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