21 May 1942
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
1
Allied bombers struck Dutch Timor Koepans and Dili harbor yesterday destroying two grounded Japanese planes and starting large fires. The raid also targeted military objectives in Dili harbor as part of the Australia based Allied operations.
London May 21 Britain's House of Commons heard a carefully planned invasion of Nazi Europe is in preparation while the RAF continues air pressure. Sir Stafford Cripps, standing in for Churchill, said bombing Germany assists Russia until a continent invasion can be planned. Critics pressed for Churchill, but Cripps defended leadership and stressed priority to Soviet aid. Hore-Belisha warned against rushing a western front, fearing a risky historic undertaking.
Kathryn Grayson stars in The Vanishing Virginian at the Colonial Theatre today with Frank Morgan as the title figure. She performs three songs including The World Was Made For You, Steal Away, and Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey, and leads the Yancey family in In the Evening the Moonlight.
The piece notes a troubled English boy Hugh trying to stop a runaway American youth nicknamed 588. A pivotal intervention ultimately shifts him toward light, with the event staged at Henre's. It also mentions 5,681 medical profession auditions in 1941 across U.S. territories and possessions.
Wallace Beery delivers a tough hearted sergeant performance in The Bugle Sounds at the Academy Theatre. The War Department approved authentic maneuvers with two camera units at Fort Knox Fort Lewis and Beery filmed at Fort Ord providing vivid Army realism.
A vivid portrayal shows an avalanche of roaring tanks crossing the frame, delivering a cinéma vérité moment that emphasizes the authenticity of armored warfare on screen. The sequence underscores the spectacle and scale of modern tank forces in action.
A U S district court jury convicted Herbert Glassman president of the Sun Cab Company and Joseph I Zucker accountant and instructor of accountancy of tax evasion. Glassman faced charges of evading nearly 350000 in federal income taxes between 1934 and 1938. Zucker was convicted of aiding and abetting the cab company head.
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