Troops Advance Toward Bizerte as Axis Defenses Collapse
Allied forces push toward the Tunisian port of Bizerte while German rear guards deploy noncombatants into front lines to delay capture. Capt. George Mitchell reports desertion of the town and dwindling supplies as a destroyer moves away on Lake Bizerte. The terrain remains rugged with mule teams aiding supply routes over steep trails as Djebel Chenin falls to advancing troops.
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Bizerte
Tunisia
Mediterranean
George Mitchell
Gainesville
Fla
Mitchell
Lake Bizerte
Sergt
Fred Abben
Brooklyn
Djebel Chenin
Theodore J. Conway
Presidio
Cal
Bombs drive Essen families to move amid raid turmoil
Thousands of Essen families plan to relocate within Germany after RAF strikes on the Krupp armaments center. A copy of the Essener National Zeitung says more than 10,000 tons of bombs have fallen on Essen and that postwar housing will be scarce. Residents are urged to be patient as 140 days may pass before moves are completed. The article notes postwar reconstruction will be lengthy and homes lost will not be restored soon.
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Stockholm
Essen
Germany
Armaments ‘Center
Essener National Zeitung
Reich
Royal Air Force
Krupp
National Zeitung
Fall of Tunis and Bizerte Dominates London News
London reports rapid Axis defeats as Tunis and Bizerte fall to Allied African forces. Press reaction emphasizes swift cleanup and fears for Axis troops. sea, air, and land exits appear blocked, with prisoners or death the likely outcomes.
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London
Tunis
Bizerte
British Press Association
Stalin Receives British Envoy in Moscow Interview
Premier Joseph Stalin met with Sir Archibald Clark Kerr the British ambassador to Moscow for an interview recorded and broadcast by the Soviet monitor. Foreign Commissar Molotov attended the interview announced early today.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Archibald Clark Kerr
Molotov
Seven Drowned Off California Warship During Trial Run
The 12th Navy district reports seven sailors lost and presumed drowned after a huge wave washed over a United States warship on a trial run off the central California coast on Thursday.
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San Francisco
12Th Navy District
United States
California
Senate Finance Committee backs yearlong tax relief plan
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 13 to 6 vote to abate a full year's tax under a pay-as-you-go scheme. It set aside the House bill and aims to mirror the Rum Carlson approach with windfall safeguards for upper-income war profits. Clark urged adopting the Ruml Plan with source withholding and possible windfall provisions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
George
D-Ga
Senator Clark
D-Mo
Barkley
Kentucky
Connally
Texas
Byrd
Virginia
Johnson
Colorado
LaFollette
Wis
Clark
Gerry
Rhode, Island
Radcliffe
Maryland
Walsh
Massachusetts
Lucas
Illinois
Vandenberg
Michigan
Davis
Pennsylvania
Lodge
Danaher
Connecticut
Taft
Ohio
Thomas
Idaho
Butler
Nebraska
Millikin
Bailey
D-N.c
Guffy
D-Pa
Allies Set Babo Airdrome Afire
Allied bombers raided Babo airdrome in Dutch New Guinea setting fires visible for seventy miles. Madang was also attacked twice, with 21 tons of bombs dropped. Additional raids targeted Japanese bombers and fighters in the dispersal area near Madang.
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Australia
Babo
Dutch New Guinea
Madang
New Guinea
High Command
MacCluer Gulf
Darwin
North New Guinea
Port Moresby
Miners Strike Halts Largest Pittsburgh Mine After Government Takeover
About 1,400 Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp miners walk out in Pittsburgh following Roosevelt remarks on government control of workers. District 5 head Busarello warns no work after May 18 without a contract. Company cites a $1 daily penalty for unauthorized stoppages from April 26 to 30. Unsanctioned walkout at Vesta No 4 near California, Pennsylvania prompts union officials to move to reopen the morning shift.
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Pittsburg
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Roosevelt
Washington
John P. Busarello
United Mine Workers District 5
Jones and Laughlin
Appalachian
Busarello
Vesta
Gefffornia
U S Takes Island Base Near Kiska In Aleutians
American troops seized Amchitka Island, 70 miles west of Kiska, and put a new airbase into operation on February 16. Secretary Knox called the move a step in offensive war as the Navy noted improved military position in the Aleutians.
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Washington
Amchitka Island
Kiska
Knox
Aleutians
Tokyo
Adak Island
Hiska
United States
Amchitka
North Pacific
Navy
Attu
Japan
China
Kartles
North
South Pacific
Russell Islands
Solomons Chain
Ellice Islands
Alaskan
Associated Press
Segregation Of Japs Advised By Committee
A Senate subcommittee urged abolition of relocation centers and segregation of loyal and disloyal Japanese. The War Relocation Authority runs ten centers with a 70 million dollar budget. Chairman Chandler said good and bad Japanese are mixed, causing unrest. About 50,000 of 105,706 residents are paid 12 to 19 dollars monthly for duties in the camps.
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Washington
Senate
War Relocation Authority
Chandler
D.-Ky
WRA
Indicted Foundry Over Faulty Castings For Warplanes
A federal grand jury charged National Bronze & Aluminum Foundry Co. and seven executives under the wartime sabotage act. They allegedly conspired to supply defective castings for Rolls Royce aircraft engines to injure interfere with and obstruct the United States and Britain in wartime production.
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Cleveland Upi
National Bronze & Aluminum Foundry Co
United States
Great Britain
Convention Cancelled In Chicago By Kiwanis International
Kiwanis International cancelled its 28th annual convention scheduled for Chicago from June 19 to 24 at the request of Joseph B. Eastman director of Defense Transportation. The decision ends the event plans for the gathering in the city this year.
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Chicago
Kiwanis
International
Joseph B. Eastman
Diirector
Defense Transportation
Price Cut On Food Ordered By War Measures Board
Washington ordered a 10 percent price reduction on meats coffee and butter with subsidies if needed to protect production. Beef veal pork lamb and mutton cuts take effect June 1 with subsidy funded by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Brown estimated pork beef veal butter and coffee price drops per pound. The War Labor Board sought White House wage clarification while stressing it supports a wage stabilization program in line with cost of living rollback.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Prentiss Brown
Brown
War Labor Board
White House
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Dress Trimmings May Be Restricted by War Board
The War Production Board plans to issue an order within ten days limiting material used in dress trimmings for women’s garments. Collars cuffs jabots and other neckwear are to be restricted. Matching collars and cuffs as sets are unlikely to be curtailed.
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Washington
War Production Board
Allies Drive to Capture Tunis and Bizerte in North Africa
Allied forces seized Tunis and Bizerte in a mid afternoon assault by land and air. American and British units pushed deep into the bases, with heavy enemy retreat toward Cap Bon as Axis defenses collapsed across North Tunisia. Gen. Charles Mast named resident general of France in Tunisia as fighting raged into the night.
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Bizerte
Cap Bon
Europe
North Africa
Tunis
First Army
Africa
North
Tunisia
Enfidaville
Eighth Army
Pve Ae An
Henri Giraud
Charles Mast
France
Ferryville
Red Army closes on Novorossisk in Caucasus drive
London reports a massive Soviet artillery and air barrage near Novorossisk has broken another German defense line as Red Army gains ground toward the Black Sea. Moscow broadcasts say German and Romanian units are being destroyed, with heavy Axis losses and several ships sunk in Black Sea attacks.
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Associated Press
London
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Black Sea
Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Taman Peninsula
Red Fleet
Mnovorossisk
Axis view glosses Tunisian success as delaying Allied invasion
Axis View Berlin Newspapers said Axis troops in Tunisia achieved brilliant military results gaining six months of valuable time for Europe’s defenses. It claimed Germans fought fiercely, noting British advances toward Tunis and Le Bard, home of the Bey of Tunis, just before the break into Tunis. Continued on page fifteen.
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Berlin
Africa
Tunisia
Europe
Tunis
le Bardo
Quintuplets to launch ships in Superior ceremony
Dionne quintuplets travel from Callander Ontario to Superior Wisconsin for a five ship launching ceremony tomorrow. Mrs. Dionne celebrates her thirty fourth birthday during the trip as the family adds four other children to the journey. Officials note Emilie Dionnen is left handed causing a minor puzzle for launch preparations.
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Sant Ste. Marie
Mich
United States
Superior
Wis
Callander
Ont
Dionne
Northern Ontario to Superior Wis. Dionne giants launch plan
Emilie Bruce Mines Ont and others report the Dionne giants passing through, with anecdotes about a ship launch. One Emile expresses a wish about Hitler at the launch as foremen explain the ships would slide left of the platforms, allowing Annette Cecile Marie and Yvonne to splash water on the bows.
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Bruce Mines
En Toute
Superior
Wis
Ontario
Emile
Hitler
Richard Jarvinen
Annette
Cecile
Marie
Yvonne
Emilie
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