Tunis Welcomes Allied Forces as Tunis Falls
Joyful crowds greet British and American troops as armored cars and Sherman tanks enter Tunis. Skirmishes in the Kasbah gateway yield German and Italian prisoners, with about 1,500 captured and 400 Germans freed from a prison yard. Sergeant W. F. Lovell and driver Aloysius Ansen document the action from the streets.
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Daniel de Luce
Tunis
Kasban
Italy
Medjerda
11Th Hussars
Tripoli
Eighth Army
W. F. Lovell
Malden
Mass
Aloysius Ansen
Dubuque
Iowa
Bombing Raids Hit Attu and Kiska in Aleutians
US Navy reports seven Attu air raids by heavy and medium bombers and Lightning fighters with direct hits and fires. Five raids on Kiska by Warhawk planes targeted installations. A prior April 30 task force bombardment destroyed an ammunition dump with no Japanese reply.
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Washington
Attu Island
Navy
North Pacific
Kiska Island
Japan
Aleutians
Attu
Amchitka
Kiska
Citizens urged to grow victory gardens statewide
Idaho's elderly recipients of public assistance report active gardening as H. C. Baldridge, commissioner, notes letters from all parts of the state. He said his urging letter emphasized the value of gardens for the aged and their families.
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Boise
Idaho
H. C. Baldridge
State Department of Public Assistance
Idaho Cattle Producers Reelect Staff at 29th Annual Meeting
Idaho Cattlemen's association condemned the Jackson Hole national monument move as a violation of democracy and urged immediate reversal while reelecting officers and directors for another year. Roland Hawes was reappointed president with a slate including vice presidents Swanson Starr and Nettleton and directors from multiple Idaho towns.
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Boise
Jackson Hole National Monument
Idaho Cattlemen's Association
Jackson Hole
Roland J. Hawes
Ray V. Swanson
Pocatello
Clyde Starr
Salmon
Joe H. Nettleton
Murphy
Vic
Albert Campbell
New Plymouth
Max Cohn
Arimo
A. R. Babcock
Moore
Seth Burstedt
Challis
C. W
Van
Idaho
War Department
OPA
Tax Proposal Passes 13 7 In Committee
The Senate Finance Committee approved 13 to 7 a pay as you earn tax bill halting either 1942 or 1943 taxes for those with net income. It would apply a 20 percent withholding on wages to shift earners up to $2,500 single and $3,200 married to a current basis.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Beardsley Ruml
New York Reserve Bank
Rep. Carlson
Bkan
Senate
Clark
Missouri
Walsh
Massachusetts
Lucas
Illinois
Radcliffe
Maryland
Gerry
Rhode Island
Soviet Okays Polish Division to Fight on Soviet Soil
Moscow announced the formation of a Polish division on Soviet territory to join the Red Army against Germany. The move deepens Moscow and Sikorski government tensions over Poles in Russia and lingering exile government disputes. Soviet officials accused Sikorski representatives of espionage amid stalled talks on Polish armies.
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London
Red Army
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Russia
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Wladyslaw Anders
Middle East
Sikorski
Stalin
Poland
New York Times
Andrei J. Vishinski
Withholding Levy To Start July 1
Washington officials said all tax plans in Congress call for a July 1 start on withholding levies against wages and salaries. Taxpayers on a quarterly basis must pay the second installment by June 15 regardless of action. If pay as you go is enacted, the March and June payments on 1942 taxes will be credited toward the taxpayer's obligations when he files his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Four Die As Army Bomber Crashes En Route to Base
A four engined army bomber crashes in northeastern Arizona while en route from Biggsfield Texas to the local army air base. Four man ferry crew aboard are killed and names withheld pending next of kin notification. A technical team from Albuquerque is dispatched to the scene.
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Arizona
Biggsfield
el Paso
Tex
Army Air Base
Albuquerque
N. M
Sunday to Be Fair By W. E. M.
A weather summary notes Sunday could prove fair for Mothers Day with a high near 60 and a low around 32 the day before. Wind carries chimney smoke and lilac fragrance, then shifts to mild promise of fair skies.
Tide Turning Heavily in Allied Favor
By Glenn Babb the drive to Tunis and Bizerte completed a decisive Allied victory, eroding axis strength in Africa and expanding the Casablanca plan for 1943. The Tunisian capture marks one of the war’s two greatest Allied successes, second only to Stalingrad in historical turning points.
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Glenn Babb
Tunisian
Hitler
Europe
Tunis
Bizerte
United Nations
Africa
Suez
Mediterranean
Casablanca
Fuehrer
Red Army
Stalingrad
Bombers Raid Madang Feeder Base In New Guinea
Allied high command said Madang on New Guinea’s north coast, a key supply feeder base 350 miles northwest of Port Moresby, was attacked again after a Friday raid. A small Japanese transport and a cargo vessel were damaged or sunk, and one Japanese plane was shot down with another damaged as Allied forces reported no losses.
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Australia
Madang
New Guinea
High Command
Japan
Lae
Salamaua
Port Moresby
Summer Campaign to Pinch Hitler From North and South
London reports a British outlook for summer assaults around Hitler's fortress from Norway to Greece following Tunisia. The Telegraph cites hope that the African campaign enables a deep European penetration this year, with feints and decisive strikes possible.
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Hitler
E. C. Daniel London
Adolf Hitler
Norway
Greece
Tunisia
London
Thomas Supports Plan to Speed Pay as You Go Tax Action
Idaho Senator John Thomas replies to Wallace board of trade urging prompt tax action. Representative Dworshak also responds. The board sends a resolution urging quick enactment of the pay-as-you-go tax plan.
Chinese Push Japs Back Near Capital
Chinese high command reported strong Japanese forces that landed near Tungting lake were driven off after a fierce counter attack. The Japanese beachhead at Yulangchow May 5 fled after heavy fighting, survivors returning to Yochow. Amsiang was evacuated after street fighting that inflicted 600 plus casualties. Japanese air raids struck Changsha about 50 miles south.
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Chungking
Tungting Lake
Changsha
Hunan
Yulangchow
Yochow
Yangtze River
Amsiang
Quintuplets Visit Glimpse of Shipyard Christening
Five Dionne quintuplets arrived in Superior Wisconsin with their party to witness the christening of five cargo ships in Walter Butler Shipbuilders yard. An armed US Marine guard watched the special railway coach as crowds and riveters drew cheers and the girls explored the busy scene with wide eyes.
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Superior
Wis
Dionne
Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc
United States
Annette
Remnants of Beaten Axis Army Chased Across Tunisia
Allied forces pursue a retreating axis army through Tunisian towns and hills after clearing Tunis and Bizerte. American and British units cut coastal routes, trap pockets near Cap Bon, and push toward Hammamet amid thousands of axis prisoners.
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North Africa
Gulf of Tunis
Cap Bon
Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
Tunisia
Miners Strike Over Dollar Fines in Ohio and Pa
About 2 000 coal miners walked off to protest $1 a day fines for stoppages. Ohio operations shut at two plants. 1400 returned at California Pennsylvania. Union leaders seek settlement while Adolph Pacifico sees little hope of work resuming until talks.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
International
UMW
New York City
California
Shannopin
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Bobtown
Columbus
Adolph Pacifico
District 6
Willow Grove
Neffs
Rail and River
McClainsville
Pocatello Fire Chief Rumor Denied by A L Brown
A L Brown of the Pocatello fire department said Saturday night he had not circulated a petition to remove Fire Chief A A Girard and wished to correct a rumor that has gained local credence.
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A. L. Brown
Pocatello Fire Department
A. A. Girard
OPA Cuts Prices by Ten Percent in Subsidy Plan
Washington officials said subsidies will be paid at the processor level to meat packers butter makers and coffee importers to back a 10 percent retail price cut on June 1. The move aims to boost production by raising raw material prices while lowering retail costs, drawing congressional protests and potential RFC funding restrictions.
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Washington
OPA
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Cannon
R-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
British Lines In Danger In Burma As Japanese Advance Threatens
British and American air forces pounded Japanese positions in Burma as Japanese troops moved east of the Mayu ridge and established a foothold on the Maungdaw Buthedaung road four miles west of Buthedaung. RAF and U S bombers hit enemy concentrations and supply dumps in the Mayu peninsula and Mandalay freight yards and Akyab port.
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New Delhi
India
Buthedaung
Burma
Mayu
Maungdaw - Buthedaung
Akyab
RAF
Mayu Peninsula
Mandalay
10Th
United States Air Force
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Mary Moore Thomson
Glendale
Golden Rule Foundation
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Chicago
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David Eisenhower
Abilene
Kansas
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Emma van Coutren
New York
Navajo Reservation
Pocatello Army Air Base
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Daily Telegraph
Britain
Telegraph
Thomas
Quints
Creteville
Hammamet
VU. 8
Sinander
Chouiqui
Chouiqui Pass
Tebourba
Pont du Fahs
Medjez-el-Bab-Ksar Tur
Ain el- Asker
Bir M'Cherga
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