Great Naval Battle May Affect Course of War Short Gas Supply For Pleasure
Washington report on May 8 quotes Price Administrator Leon Henderson detailing a government gasoline ration for the eastern seaboard. non essential car use limited to three gallons weekly, about one third of cars affected. Henderson notes possible 2 to 3 gallons weekly, no plan to exceed 3. He discusses four groups and per unit rationing, with total May demand projected at about 56.7 million barrels, down 7 percent from prior.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Seaboard
Henderson
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Petroleum Co-Ordinator
Bureau of Mines
Naval Battle Seen Crucial To Pacific War Effort
Canberra reports Prime Minister Curtin told the House the southwest Pacific naval battle is crucial to the war, with no clear result yet. He warned of a sterner ordeal if advantages are not gained, and said the battle will shape immediate tactics rather than decide the war.
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Canberra
Australia
John W. Curtin
House of Representatives
Southwest Pacific
United States
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Wreck Survivors Claim German U-Boat Attack
Fourteen survivors arrive in Key West after two US merchant ships were sunk in the Caribbean. The Navy reports 28 and 27 men believed dead from each vessel, with 4 saved from the first ship and 10 from the second by a Navy plane. A crewman from Beaumont, Texas, glimpsed a submarine with a large black swastika on the conning tower.
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Key West
Fla
United States
Caribbean
Onan
Navy
Preston Carpenter
Beaumont
Texas
Military leaders weigh odds in Pacific battles
The speaker asserts aggressive plans to defeat enemy forces, claiming bold superiority in numbers and fighting spirit. He emphasizes willingness to engage the enemy despite high casualties and argues for rapid gains once manpower parity improves.
Months May Pass Before Japs Give Out Casualties
Washington May 8 The delay in reporting American prisoners and dead from the Philippines suggests months may pass before final casualty lists emerge. Only a few hundred reports exist from over 50 000 captured or killed or wounded, with 121 officers and men killed and under 300 other deaths confirmed. Patterson urged families to accept no news as the only news, citing strained communications and the need to telegraph casualty information to next of kin.
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Washington
Philippines
Corregidor
Bataan
War Department
Robert P. Patterson
Naval
Marine Corps
Army
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Patterson
Morris Cather Wins Latin Scholarship in Virginia
Handley senior Morris Cather earned the John Stewart Bryan scholarship after being named champion Latin student of Virginia in the state Latin tournament. He will attend a Virginia Classical Association luncheon in Richmond next November to receive a special pin. Other Handley contestants Bickers, Lupas, Lupas Marsland received honorable mention.
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Handley
Virginia
John Stewart Bryan
Virginia Classical Association
Richmond
Ty Bickers
Charlotte Payey Lupas
Marsland
Founder of Mother's Day Seeks Personal Tribute This Year
Fragmentary remarks recount a 1910 campaign by Miss Jarvis to honor mothers amid modern commerce. The text sketches personal gestures and family moments, noting flowers and candy as daughters express understanding, and hints at broader questions about peace and a remark on Hitler.
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Jarvis
Hitler
Eden Calls Allies to Police World After War
Capt Eden declares allies must police postwar world and bear the burden of peace and economic reconstruction. He praises British Madagascar operations as satisfactory and notes Britain and the United States agree Madagascar remains French territory within the French Empire while maintaining contact with the Vichy government.
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Madagascar
Britain
United States
Eden
France
British Position Is Secure For Summer In Libya
British forces in Libya maintain a secure stance for summer as imperial reinforcements arrive in Ceylon and Westward operations press on Madagascar. Major-General Lewis H Brereton commands warplanes in renewed air offensives while Japan seems to have claimed another island in East Africa amid ongoing battles in Rangoon and surrounding regions.
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Libya
London
Madagascar
Stra- Celyon
Lewis H. Brereton
India
Rangoon
Uganda
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Rhodesia
Remember Mother Mother's Day Promotion At Flower Shop
Note May 10th is Mother’s Day. An old clipping mentions The Flower Shop promotional items for gifting. Also references thrift auto store and scenes around Ca 10-Tuedrhipctt high school event with a May 8 1942 baseball club.
Germans' Aerial Offensive Futile, Russians Assert
Moscow dispatch reports a German spring offensive aimed at Karelia was repulsed with heavy losses. Pravda says German incursions across the border failed, while Red Star notes Russian advances and German air bases shifting to Norway and Finland after heavy losses.
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Moscow
Finland
Pravda
Karelia
Red Star
Germany
Russia
Soviet Union
Norway
Pinland
Chinese Report Smashing Foe In Burma Road Battle
Chinese high command said two Japanese columns attacking from Wan along the Burma road were driven back with heavy losses. The clash near Chefang and Lung 25 miles inside China was described as ferocious with remnants cut off and retreat halted.
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Chungking
China
Burma
Hayden's Dry Cleaning Works Harrisonburg Va
Local dry cleaning business Hayden's operates in Harrisonburg Virginia under a 5 7 1p 3t listing. Neighborhood customers report reliable service and prompt turnaround times.
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Hayden's Dry Cleaning
Harrisonburg
Lifeboat Survivors Drifted 16 Days After Torpedoed Ship
Norfolk, May 8. Thirteen survivors from a torpedoed American cargo ship said they sailed and drifted 16 days in lifeboats covering about 1000 miles. Third Mate Clarence T. Wells of Hopewell described four lifeboats. two boats landed at Boston after two days afloat, another at Cape May, New Jersey. The ship sank within 15 minutes of the first torpedo strike. seven of the 13 survivors landed in Norfolk were hospitalized for scurvy and seasickness from drinking sea water.
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Norfolk
Clarence T. Wells
Hopewell
Boston
Cape May
N. J
Wells
Oldest sugar ration registrant noted in Winchester
95-year-old Confederate veteran George W. Dellinger was among the oldest registered for a sugar ration card in Winchester yesterday. Authorities have no leads in Clarke county cattle rustling where John Burns lost 11 Angus steers amid unclear chatter about local events and a Winchester festival.
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George W. Dellinger
Winchester
Clarke County
John Burns
Seog
S.W. Luckner
Naval battle near Australia limited reports slow to emerge
Bulletin from Sydney notes little news on the major engagement in the seas east of Australia. Allied headquarters rely on brief US sea force communiques, which indicate enemy concentrations suffered heavy damage from the American Navy as the battle intensifies since early this week.
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Sydney
Australia
United States Sea Forces
Great naval battle of the Coral Sea reported elating officials
Secretary Hull said Washington is much elated by preliminary reports on the Coral Sea engagement. Allied HQ in Australia reported the battle off the Solomon Islands as decisive for Australia's fate, with Japanese losses including carriers and cruisers, and British admiralty denying British ships sunk or damaged.
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Washington
Foe
North America
Hull
Coral Sea
London
Solomon Islands
Australia
Commonwealth
United States
Great Britain
Admiralty
Japan
Louisiade Islands
Warsprite
New Guinea
Rival Jutland Fight Reported in Coral Sea Siege
A dramatic clash described as a Jutland style battle unfolds in the Coral Sea indicating a potential breakthrough by Japanese forces. The report notes intensified fleet actions and strategic confrontation beyond the outer screen as officials consider implications.
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Orthopedi
John Bulkeley
Edward E. Bomar
Morris Cather
Mother’s Day
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Drew Middleton
Thrift Auto Store
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Piccadilly St
Henry C. Cassidy
Henry Keller
Eagles
Aerie
Lions Club
Bulletin
Allied
Allied Headquarters
Jutland
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