Soldiers land at Tunis after Axis surrender
British and American soldiers released from an Italian prison ship ashore at a Tunis beach after Allied forces captured the town from the Axis. In the foreground flies the French Tri couleur with the Cross of Lorraine. photo radioed from Algiers by Associated Press from U.S. Signal Corps radiophoto.
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Tunis
Axis
Lorraine
Algiers
Associated Press
U. S. Signal Corps
U. 8S
Bizerte
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
North Africa
Omar N. Bradley
Second Corps
Tunisia
U.S. Signal Corps
Nazis Say U. S. Moves on Island
German agency reports United States naval forces moving to seize Martinique and Guadeloupe in the West Indies. British radio says Barbados troops have embarked for Dominica. Washington and London officials declined comment as conflicting reports circulate.
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Germany
United States
Martinique
Guadeloupe
French West Indies
Dominica Island
Washington
London
Transocean Agency
United Press
Transocean
Federal Communications Commission
Africa
Dominica
Barbados
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Gasoline Dealers Warned by OPA in Butte
The Office of Price Administration warned Silver Bow county gasoline dealers in Judge Lynch's courtroom that bootleg gasoline is circulating and enforcement may be slow but violations are never forgotten. OPA legal officer R. E. Smith led the briefing, joined by E. F. Carlson W. K. Phillips Casey Jones and E. G. Leipheimer Jr. in outlining regulatory duties and possible consequences.
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Office of Price Administration
Butte
R. E. Smith
Helena
OPA
Smith
Silver Bow County
J. J. Lynch
E. F. Carlson
W. K. Phillips
Denver
The
Petroleum Administration
Casey Jones
Office of Defense Transportation
E. G. Leipheimer, Jr
Lightly Warmer Wednesday With Snow Showers
Lightly warmer Wednesday with scattered snow showers. High near 38 and low around 22. Weather outlook calls for intermittent flakes and a chilly start to the day across the region.
Wasp crew faces sinking in hail of bullets
Surviving crew members of the torpedoed aircraft carrier Wasp saved the ship and helped wounded mates as the vessel sank near Guadalcanal. Navy doctor J Bart Hogan recounted calm, disciplined action amid explosions, flames, and ship listing.
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Detroit
U.P
Wasp
J. Bart W. Hogan
Guadalcanal
Hogan
City Meat Inspector Urges residents to stop black marketing
Butte residents were urged Tuesday by Dr. W. H. Gahagan city meat inspector to cooperate in preventing any black marketing of meat. He said buyers should insist on the inspector stamp on beef and noted some violations despite most dealers following regulations.
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Butte
W. H. Gahagan
Gahagan
Bradley
Bizerte
14Th United States Infantry
U.S. Military Academy
Anti Strike Bill Wins Approval
Washington May 11 The House military committee approved by 21 to 0 a bill to curb strikes in war plants and to require periodic financial statements from unions with workers in war plants. Other labor notes include NLBR reversals on supervisory unions, Roosevelt planning talks with War Labor Board chair, and Byrd pressing fuller WLB wage- increase details. The drive follows the soft coal wage dispute and aims to pass before May 18 easing truce deadline, with John H. Lewis of the United Mine Workers keeping miners at work.
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Washington
House Military Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Capitol
Roosevelt
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
James F. Byrnes
Byrd
D-Va
WLB
Senate
John H. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Rum Plan Would Increase Levies
Sen Robert M LaFollette argues the skip-a-year tax plan would force Congress to raise taxes on middle and lower incomes later this year. He favors a pay-as-you-go approach with no forgiveness, predicting 1944 revenues could rise by about 8 billion dollars to cover war costs, while warning taxpayers plan ahead for 1943 taxes.
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Washington
U.P
Robert M. LaFollette
P.wis
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
LaFollette
Churchill and Military Aides Reach Washington for Conference With Roosevelt
Churchill and his aides travel to Washington for talks with President Roosevelt. The dispatch notes Allied talks amid ongoing Red Army advances in the Kuban and Novorossisk region, detailing heavy Soviet air and ground operations, air battles, and materiel captures as Soviet forces push along the Caucasus front.
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Churchill
Washington
Roosevelt
London
Red Army
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Red Air Force
Moscow
Red
Kiev
Bryansk
Orel
Kuban
Black Sea
Germany
Signature Had Better Be Good At Army Camp
KEARNS Utah May 11 U P The military police at this Army camp proved they are on their toes when a soldier with a verbal pass asked to visit the service club off duty. An MP halted him asking for his pass. The soldier replied I’ve only a verbal pass The MP said OK let me see.
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Kearns
Utah
U.P
M. P
Hitler Said to Be Now in West London
A Reuters broadcast reported Hitler, whose headquarters were long described as on the eastern front, is now said to be in western areas of London. No further details were provided.
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Hitler
West London
Reuters
Adolf Hitler
OPA to Roll Back Liquor Prices
The Office of Price Administration plans a substantial roll back in retail and wholesale prices for whisky gin and other liquors. Officials say ceilings will be issued this month or next based on March 1942 prices plus adjustments for costs and taxes. New rules will fix wholesale prices and retailer markups and address evasion by new brands and altered proofs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
British Breakthrough Forces Surrender on Cap Bon
Allied communique from Algiers reports German troops cut off on the Tunisian mainland surrendered unconditionally to the French after a British breakthrough at Cap Bon. The same broadcast says Allied planes bombed Sicily and Pantelleria, with Marsala attacked by bomber formations escorted by fighters as preparations for an invasion of southern Europe continue.
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North Africa
Tunisian
Cap Bon
Algiers
London
Reuters
Sicily
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Europe
Marsala
Sicilian
First Army
Republicans Split Over Roosevelt Trade Pact Veto
Washington May 11 Republican ranks split over giving Congress veto powers on Roosevelts reciprocal trade pacts. Representative Knutson demanded action while Har rison E Spangler urged caution. The split weakens a united GOP push to extend reciprocity authority for three years as Democrats warn a veto would derail the program.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Knutson
R.-Minn
Harrison E. Spangler
United Party
Baldway
R.N.Y
Spangler
Relieved of posts at Selfridge air base amid probe
Detroit May 11 Julius H Amberg special assistant to Secretary of War Henry Stimson disclosed late Tuesday that several more officers at the Selfridge field Army air base have been relieved of their posts as the result of an investigation into alleged administrative irregularities.
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Detroit
U.P
Julius H. Amberg
Secretary of War
Henry Stimson
Selfridge Field Army Air Base
Churchill in Washington for fifth war talks with Roosevelt
Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for war talks with President Roosevelt amid Allied victory in Tunisia and German jitters over invasion. A staff of military and naval experts accompanied him as plans for opening a new front are discussed. The White House released only that Churchill is the President's guest for the duration of the visit.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Tunisia
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Stephen Early
Churchill
Joseph E. Davies
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Chiang Kaishek
Japs Push Their Air Offensive
Allied reports detail Japan's third day of small scale air attacks in the southwest Pacific. Merauke in Dutch New Guinea endured nine bombers while Rabaul was hit by Fortress aircraft at an airdrome. Coastal shipping off Cape Wessel saw three float planes attack. one was shot down. Ground fighting raged near Mubo Greens Hill as Australian forces interrupted a Japanese counter effort after the seizure of nearby Bobdubi.
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Allied
Australia
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Merauke
Dutch New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Millingimbi
Darwin
Cape Wessel
Mubo
Salamaua
New Guinea
Greens Hill
Bobdubi
Poly Ines
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H. Ward W. Gilmore
NLB
Rums
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