America at war! (1941– ) (Part 1)

Bomber crash fatal to seven

Plane torn to pieces by fall into ocean

Ford inventor urges freight airplanes

Two admirals retired on reaching age limit

Industry protection units set up by WPB

Gandhi’s post-war plans similar to Roosevelt’s

Fighter pilot killed

San Francisco, May 16 –
2nd Lt. Edward R. Cahill, Newark, NJ, was killed last night when his pursuit plane crashed and burned three miles north of Hamilton Field, San Rafael. Cause of the crash was not determined immediately.

Louis to exhibit in Army camps

Henderson tells what’s ahead: 'Sacrifice, victory’

They plot in ‘paradise’ –
Gestapo big shot kept eye on Nazi diplomats interned at swanky hotel

German envoy’s wife hates Hitler
By David Charnay and William Wallace (as told to Warren Hall)

Goodman turned down by Army; late getting here

Swing leader insists on waiting in line with other draftees

The transportation headache –
Inland waterway system is only one worry-free

By Dale McFeatters, Pittsburgh Press staff writer

Freedom flier lost in action

Bombardier missing in Far East war theater

FDR to his secretary: “Give this to Brigadier General Eisenhower, but not for 14 1/2 years.”

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The Pittsburgh Press (May 17, 1942)

U.S. pledges offensive war
Japanese losses in Coral battle listed as severe

Army and Navy report reveals Bataan heroes lived on 15 ounces of food daily

Serves 14 months –
President sets Browder free

Attorney General ignored in commutation

Rationing of bicycles due in three weeks

There’s a limit to everything –
High cost of living ceiling goes into effect tomorrow

Loco lizard lingo – that’s Darwin life

’How are we doing?’ –
Two-year effort converts nation into vast arsenal

By Walter Leckrone, Scripps-Howard staff writer

U.S. to make arms, cut plant building