RAF Bombardment Across Berlin Paris and Austrian Target
Washington reports Roosevelt nominates James V. Forrestal as Navy secretary. London dispatches detailed night raids by RAF and US bombers on Berlin Paris Wiener Neustadt Annecy Gennevilliers and other targets as Allied air offensive continues into its 26th day with heavy losses on both sides.
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Sevastopol Falls After Six Day Assault by Soviets
Soviet armies captured Sevastopol in a three day push led by Marshal Vasilevsky, destroying German and Romanian defenses and sinking ships in the Black Sea bay. Stalin praised 54 commanders as the city lay in ruins and evacuation ships were sunk.
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Estonia
Phoenix Flier Wins Air Medal Award
Staff Sgt. Raymond Lawson, 21, of Phoenix, has been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement as a navigator with the Marine Air Corps during an aerial flight at Munda New Georgia. The honor was presented Saturday at Camp Kearny San Diego, where Lawson has served as an instructor since August 1943. He also received a group citation from President Roosevelt for aiding in flying supplies under fire to Henderson Field in August 1942.
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Raymond Lawson
Air ‘Medal
Munda
New Georgia
Marine Air Corps
Camp Kearney
San Diego
Calif
Lawson
Roosevelt
Henderson Field
Commercial Vehicles Entering State Drop Significantly
Arizona traffic figures show 8 999 commercial vehicles entered the state last month versus 9 737 in April 1943. State highway department officials reported a notable decline in commercial entries.
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Saiinani
Arizona
State Highway Department
Halifax Says Hitler Looked Like a Bully in Talks
Lord Halifax described Hitler as a bully with no regard for others during a five hour meeting in fall 1937. He said the two spoke at length on Nazi aims and warned that the bully is being stopped, noting a gulf between their values.
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Confidence Felt By Halifax On War's Outcome
Lord Halifax the British ambassador to the United States spoke at the Arizona Inn press conference today, urging continued resolve despite Allied blows to Germany and Japan. He praised the pace of Allied advances from Nimitz and MacArthur and noted steady Russian gains, stressing no civil air base or shipping disputes should derail unity as the war moves forward.
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Arizona Inn
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British War Cabinet
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William R. Mathews
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Admiral Nimitz
General MacArthur
Suspect Admits Slaying Wife In Chicago Los Angeles Trunk
Crystal City Texas May 10 A confession by Sayla Ville gas 26 Deputy Sheriff Garrett Barnes says Villegas killed his wife Louise Villegas by striking the back of her head with his fist and shipping the body in a trunk from Chicago to Los Angeles He says he did not know she was dead until trying to revive her and hid the trunk with a friend and a cab driver after the assault
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Louise Villegas
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Garrett Barnes
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Villegos
Halifax Speech Stresses Mutual Understanding for World Peace
Lord Halifax urged US and Britain to foster understanding to cement cooperation among the four great powers. He spoke at the University of Arizona in a packed auditorium, received an honorary degree, and radio coverage by KTUC. He warned of a grim ongoing war and praised universities for truth seeking and war effort.
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University of Arizona
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U. of A. College of Law
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Europe
Chicago Plant Case Ended By Federal Judge
Federal Judge William H. Holly dismissed injunctive action over government seizure of Montgomery Ward Chicago plants without ruling on legality. Ward officials regain plant control as the judge notes mootness and plans a Friday decision on dismissal with or without prejudice.
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Local Man Killed in Arizona Motorcycle Crash
A.R. Floyd Griffith, 45, of Tucson, was killed when his motorcycle collided with a truck in San Simon Arizona at 9 02 a m. The truck driver was Bob Paulson of Casa Grande, a System Freight Lines employee. Inspector T A Guayante reported the incident to the highway patrol.
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Highway Patrol
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Casa Grande
System Freight Lines
Adm Denebrink To Talk Here Friday
Lord and Lady Halifax visit city hall in a brief ceremony at 11 12 a m greeted by Mayor Jaastad and a group including Sheriff Echols and council members. Police guard from Capt Roy G Robinson Sgt A G Jackson and Patrolman Reginald Proper plus two FBI agents.
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A. G. Jackson
Reginald Proper
FBI
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Ed Echols
Forrest G. Priser
R. H. Martin
County Board of Supervisors
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Paul Cella
Albert Hesselberg
Sylvia Powell
Power Company Incorporated In State
Phoenix May 10 The Arizona Power company of Prescott yesterday filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona corporation commission. Allen Blair of Evanston IL and Howard W Voss of Chicago were listed as incorporators. Capital stock was listed at 60 000 shares with par value of 100 each.
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Arizona Power Company of
Prescott
Arizona Corporation Commission
Allen Blair
Evanston, NL
Howard W. Voss
Chicago
Capital
Naval officer to speak at University of Arizona graduation
Rear Adm. Francis Comp ton Denebrink of the eleventh naval district will address Class 9 44 at the naval indoctrination school graduation exercises Friday at the University of Arizona. Denebrink, Annapolis graduate, served in destroyer forces in World War I and held multiple commands and staff posts through 1942 including North African campaign duty and rescue operations in the Atlantic.
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Nazis Tighten Defenses In Invasion Area
The Germans push to strengthen western defenses on the fourth anniversary of their Low Countries drive as Allied air power targets invasion fleets. Pelz is named to command western air forces and reorganize into three corps to fight back.
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Belgium
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Dunkerque
France
Adolf Hitler
Pelz
Europe
Hitler
Japs Threaten To Knock Gallant China Out Of War
The Allied front faces a danger as China could be knocked out of the war before Europe is finished. Japan presses west along the Yellow River and south along the Peiping Hsinkow Canton line threatening Chiang Kai-shek’s last routes, resources, and Chungking capital.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Japan
Hitler
Henan
Great Yellow River
Peiping-Hinkow-Canton
Chiang
United Na
Four Years Since Nazi Blitz on Low Countries
Four years ago today Germany began the invasion of the Low Countries overwhelming Holland Belgium and Luxembourg in 18 days. On the same day Neville Chamberlain resigned and Winston Churchill became prime minister as Hitler faced rising Allied pressure and a shifting European balance of power.
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United Press
Europe
Holland
Belgium
Luxenburg
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
European
Berlin
Nichols Grants Firm Access To Local Utility Books
C. H. Nichols, president of the Federal Light & Traction Co., arranged access for Duff & Phelps to inspect the Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Co. books. He notified Mayor Henry O. Janstad by telegram, enabling an official evaluation of the utility’s physical property and financial data.
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Duff & Phelps
Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Co
C. H. Nichols
Federal Light & Traction Co
Henry O. Janstad
Nichols
Pooler
Roosevelt foe trails in West Virginia primary results
Former U S senator Rush D Holt trails by nearly three to one in the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary as late returns show. Ohio mayors lead their tickets for governor while Democrats select delegates to the national convention and Republicans split support between Dewey and Bricker. Roosevelt support appears among West Virginia delegates and Ohio delegate choices.
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United Press
U. S
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Ohio
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Joseph T. Ferguson
4Kron
Forest Myers
Phoenician Pilot Shoots Down Nazi Plane Over Europe
Lt. William A. Jones led a Mustang fighter crew in Europe reporting the downing of a German Messerschmitt 109. He chased the plane to 500 feet, forcing the pilot to bail out.
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