German Aerial Attacks Against Russia Meet Heavy Russian Resistance
Red Star reports futile German northern offensive aimed at isolating the Soviet Union. In six weeks German raids damaged 64 aircraft over Murmansk while the Soviet air force strikes back, forcing Luftwaffe shifts to remote bases in Norway and Finland. Allied supplies to Murmansk flow in as Nazis target rail lines and stations. Meanwhile Soviet forces strike Ukrainian front lines and near Leningrad with repeated attacks repelled by German accounts.
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Russia
Soviet Union
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Murmansk
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Finland
Moscow
Arctic
Lapland
United States
Hitler
Ukraine
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Leningrad
Volkhov River
Quezon Arrives in San Francisco En Route to Washington
Manuel Quezon president of the Philippines commonwealth arrives in San Francisco with family and executive staff. After rest he will proceed to Washington to meet President Roosevelt. He has been sheltered in Australia as Japan pounds the Philippines. He is met by Dr. Oscar L. Chapman and Lt. Gen. J. L. DeWitt.
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Manuel Quezon
Philippines Commonwealth
Quezon
Washington
Roosevelt
Australia
Philippine
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
J. L. Dewitt
Western Defense Command
Women May Enter Non-Combatant Army War Service
The Senate military committee approved a bill to create a uniformed women’s auxiliary for noncombatant war service under Army direction. Women aged 21 to 45 could enlist and would receive pay and allowances equal to men in corresponding ranks.
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Senate Military Committee
House
Army
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Society urges Roosevelt backing to ban neckties in summer
The Society for Eliminating the Strangle Hold of Convention on Mankind seeks Roosevelt's support for its first act. It endorses a resolution urging the elimination of neckwear in summer to save wool, cotton, silk and rayon, with ties saved for reclamation.
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Society
Roosevelt
Japanese Strategic Moves Reported In Indian Ocean Raids
Asahi and Comei reports describe Japan expanding bases in Akyab and potentially threatening Trincomalee in Ceylon. They claim Corregidor’s fall aids operations in the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean, aiming to undermine British rule and aid Indian independence. Japanese forces allegedly inflict heavy Chinese losses along Shan tung Henan Hopei borders with ongoing offensives.
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India
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Baseball scores from today's National and American League games
National League games showed Brooklyn at Chicago with Sewell and Phelps racing against Mooty and McCullough while Cincinnati hosted St. Louis with Wammeke and O'Dea facing Riddle and Lamanno. American League action had Philadelphia hosting a 2-0 game with Wagner Peacock and Marchilddon Wagner. Only game scheduled.
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St. Louis
Wammeke
O'Dea
Riddle
Lamanno
Fox Breeders Hear War Reform Plans
A meeting of directors of the Intermountain Fox Breeders Association was held Friday at the Bannock hotel. Fred Critfield of Oakley served as president and J S Reeves of Pocatello was secretary. Reeves said officers are pursuing reorganization plans due to the war situation.
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Bannock Hotel
Fred Critfield
Oakley
J.S. Reeves
Pocatello
Nazi Spring Offensive Fails on Karelian Front
Soviet dispatches from Moscow say a German spring push into Karelia across three points was repulsed with heavy losses. Pravda reports the sector stayed quiet through winter as German troops faced Russian counterattacks and limited gains in a harsh tundra, swamps, and hills.
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Associated Press
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Pravda
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Communist Party
DAR Designs New Flag
Chicago DAR hears proposal for a flag with 13 original colonies in a circle of stars and other states grouped in constellations by admission. Miss Dolly Breitenbaugh notes Alaska’s future star and says Congress never approved the current flag design.
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Germans execute five in Paris incident
German authorities announced that five people were executed and fifty condemned for a May 2 incident in the Clichy district involving a member of the occupation forces.
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Clichy
Netherlanders Sentenced to Death by German Court
Aneta reports six Dutch nationals were sentenced to death by a German court in Amsterdam for breaking into a food control office.
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Netherlands
Aneta
Amsterdam
Desperate Japanese destroyers fail to save ships off New Guinea
Advanced Allied base reports Japanese destroyers failed to rescue aircraft carriers sunk or damaged in U S air and naval attack off New Guinea. Japanese losses may reach into the thousands as crews dove overboard amid smoke and flames from sinking vessels. Also news from Idaho and Washington covers mine labor shortages, railroad abandonments, and a proposed lumber sales freeze to aid war effort.
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Australia
U. S
New Guinea
Yankees Hit At Rangoon
Long range United States bombers operating from bases in India carried out another attack on Rangoon, starting many fires in the target area. The communique from Major General Lewis H. Brereton reported the raid faced thunderstorms and Japanese fighter opposition but was a great success and all aircraft returned safely.
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United States
India
Rangoon
Lewis H. Brereton
Japs Move Into Manchuria and Burma Fronts
Reuters dispatch from Chungking reports Japanese troops rushing into Manchukuo and preparing to attack Russian Siberia next month. British reinforcements land on Ceylon as Burma battle nears conclusion. Tokyo HQ says troops advance 50 miles into China and seize Lungling and Bhamo while British troops retreat toward Mandalay.
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Reuters
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Siberia
India
Burma
London
Ceylon
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
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Middle East
China
Imperial Tokyo
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Bhamo
Mandalay
Harold Alexander
Chindwin
Paletwa
Flood Threat Diminishes in Malheur Valley
Beulah irrigation dam gates restrain water after breakage triggered flood risk in Vale area. Co C Ketchum reports gates fouled by cables causing high flows but improvised repairs using dam gates and anchors reduced discharge from 2500 to 1500 second feet. Farms across about 1000 acres in the north fork Malheur valley were flooded during the danger.
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North Fork
Ma’heur
Oregon
Hold Church Party Sponsored by WSCS at Methods Church
The WSCS of Methods Church invites mothers and daughters to a party in the church parlors on Saturday at 7 p m. Luncheon chair man Mrs Thurman Ogee program chairman Mrs Karin Witty and entertainment chairman Mrs Donald Campbell oversee the event.
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the Methods Church
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Produce Company Strike Ends in Four Cities
Officials of the Pacific Fruit and Produce company said employees in Ogden Salt Lake City Provo and Boise returned to work ending a strike that began March 4. About 50 members of the teamsters and chauffeurs union AFL affiliate walked out over a wage dispute and a new contract providing an average five cent an hour increase was signed.
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Te Pacific Fruit and Produce Company
Ogden
Provo
Boise
Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union
AFL
Chinese rout invaders near Chefang. 1000 Japanese killed
Chinese communique reports Japanese columns attempting to outflank Chinese wings northeast of Chefang were routed. One column of about 1000 men was wiped out and another heavily defeated, as Chinese counterattacks continued.
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Burma
Chefang
Chefange
Doctors Urge Public to Curb Aches for War Duration
Chicago doctors faced with wartime staff losses urge citizens to reduce personal health needs at home. With over 10 000 physicians in uniform and 16 000 more sought by December 31, officials recommend visiting clinics, using hospitals, and taking Red Cross first aid and hygiene courses. Women are advised to train as nurses aides to assist care.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
American Red Cross
Fort Hall Indian Shot injures man in jealousy incident
Fort Hall resident Frank Coby received one to two years in prison for assault with a deadly weapon after pleading guilty to firing a shot through a cabin door on the Fort Hall reservation last week. Oxema Moshe was injured in the incident. Judge Guy Stevens imposed the sentence.
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Fort Hall
Oxema Moshe
Sea Battle Near Australia Rivaled Jutland in Scale
Allied and Japanese warships fought in the Pacific off the Solomon Islands with claims and counterclaims from Washington Tokyo and London. Officials reported no clear outcome as May battles continued, while Hull said the United States was much elated by early announcements.
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Base Secures Position of English Army
The British hold in Libya is reinforced by Madagascar's Diego Suarez base and Malta fending off axis air attacks. Capitulation near Diego Suarez Bay eases Indian Ocean supply threats. Malta’s air defense reduces German Italian raids as Viscount Gort succeeds Sir William Dobbie as governor and commander.
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Diego Suarez
Malta
London
Wiego Suarez Bay
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean
William George Sheddon Dobbie
Viscount Gort
Imperial Staff
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Tiger Gort
France
Two Survive Air Crash Near Antelope Island
Two army airmen, 2nd Lt. Irving C. Eels and Robert E. Fabian, survived a training plane crash into Great Salt Lake north of Antelope Island. They clung to wreckage from Wednesday night until rescued Thursday afternoon by sheriff’s deputies arriving by horse and boat. They were uninjured, wrapped parachutes for warmth, and endured hunger and thirst.
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Irving C. Eels
Los Angeles
Robert E. Fabian
Kansas City
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