San Diego had blackout
San Diego, Cal., May 12 –
A five-minute blackout was ordered in San Diego last night because of the presence of an unidentified plane, which was later identified as friendly.
On the home front –
Air cadets awaiting call receive free mail rights
Postmaster explains men who draw pay from U.S. on enlistment come under ruling
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Simms says –
U.S. reluctant to use force in Martinique
Prefers assurances that island won’t be turned over to Axis
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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Burma border battle rages
Reinforced Japs attack Chinese positions
By Robert P. Martin, United Press staff writer
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Ever hear of the ‘grit girl’? She’s our wartime female!
Mary Astor says this new type has taken the place of he 'glamor gal’
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They plot in ‘paradise’ –
Enemy diplomats live in real luxury in world’s swankiest internment camp
But they fight among selves as Nazis hate Italians and Japanese
By David Charnay and William Wallace (as told to Warren Hall)
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U.S. War Department (May 13, 1942)
General MacArthur’s Headquarters No. 26
Northeast sector.
Weather conditions limited air activity throughout the area.
There was only routine activity in other areas.
The Pittsburgh Press (May 13, 1942)
Bodies of 56 recovered in mine tragedy
70 others escape blast near Morgantown at change of shifts
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