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PEOPLE OF SWEDEN
BACK ALLIED CAUSE
0).P.A. Fixes Axis Herded Traps;
~ Huge Crowds See American Anti-Axis Films _ Refail Food *
~ and Pack Cafes Despite P r o t e s t of Germans
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te first articleof Price Peaks
series by Marquis Childs.
t, describing
Thousands Surrender -

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Planes..and..Infantry..Chase . a“
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problems aifect them and the rest of the worldEd.j =

‘ BY MARQUIS CHILDS
Nunterou Beaten Remnants of Foe
All but cut off from the outside world, Sweden still clings Peak prices at which gro- ADVANCED ALLIED AIR BASE IN NORTH AF-
to a precarious neutrality, confident that the latest crisis cers may ‘sell “bread, butter RICA, May 8. (U.)—Medium bomber crews reported to-
| Amercian newspaper correspond
over the sinking of the submarine Ulven will end, as in the and a score of other staple night that nearly 50,000 Axis troops are retreating down ti +

past, with the familiar war of nerves and return to what, “dead end” highways in the Cap Bon salient of Tunisia
during the last three years, has become the “normal ten- toward i n e v i t a b l e death and destruction.
sion” of uncertainty. by the O.P.A.
The surface of life is so peace- yDeaanrise l tihne t hSewlei do ne ss ’ dh eanv ea npdl ai yt eids T h e general level o f present ALLIED H E A D Q U A R T E R S IN NORTH AFRICA, May
ful it is difficult to realize how n o t a c o m f o r t a b l e r o l e t o sus- ceilings is unchanged. However, 8. (?)—Remnants of the beaten Axis African army, devoid
a housewife will know, d o w n to
grave is Sweden's plight. Over tain. the penny, the maximum price of supply bases and air support, were herded along the
May Day week-end thousands T h e y h a v e c o n t i n u e d t h e dem- permissible in this area. bomb-ridden roads skirting the Gulf of Tunis today toward
took te the country and to island o c r a t i c w a y o f life. T h e i r p r e s s
T h e O.P.A. released ules
retreats. Others, particularly has, i n t h e past, b e e n c h a r a c t e r -
f o r small independent retailers.
students In new white caps de- i z e d b y v e t e r a n A m e r i c a n ob-
Larger-volume_ stores, having
noting senior status, filled res- s e r v e r s a s t h e f r e e s t i n t h e lower ceilings under present
taurants to overflowing. Stock- world. More and m o r e t h e press soldier in Africa i s dead or captured,
and union holm, with the possible excep- reflects the pro-Allied sentiment New O.P.A. price ceilings will ©
Dawn found stubborn Axis pockets of resistance still
PhasestaC1
2
o0
:v1erem
dp
. 4, Nabeul Bon Peninsula. Alied armor and infantry are ni re-
of the majority o f the people. be found on Page 16. Part I.
tion o f Madrid, is the last capi-
t@l in Europe where men and In the beginning, active Allied
sentiment was led by ardent regulations, must continue to ob-
fighting on isolated hill positions, after the streets of Tunis
f a t of the food busi-women in e v e n i n g clothes champions of England, whe serve their present ceilings and and Bizerte had been cleared, but the enemy is not
Mm and dairy to the throng the clubs and cafes. they will not be permitted to pected to be able to put up any real delaying action
Yet beneath all this, the ten- g r worked on theuse massthe new top prices.
o
sin is unmistakable. For three Turn to Page 12, Column 1 Separate price lists were com- possibly in the mountains and at the base of Cap Bon
puted for 150 areas in the na- ninsula.
v i n e Modified Ruml Plan tion. T h e one for the Los An.
geles' metropolitan market dis-
MOPU
-P DRIVE—Amercion forces captured Chouigui, Cut Coastal Highway
é
arrow, a n d c u t coastal rood between Bizerte ond Tunis,
trict cevers Los Angeles and 58 As other Allied troops chased the shattered enemy i
arrow, while British troops captured Creteville, arrow,
~

other cities as well as much un-

Voted by Senate Group incorporated territory in Los
Angeles, Orange and San Ber-
and French occupied Pont du Fahs and pressed eastward,
arrow. Axis forces are hemmed in at Cap Bon Peninsula
into the peninsula, American a r m o r e d
Gulf of Tunis to cut off all escape for Axis forces in north-
units smashed to the

m tg ya WASHN
IGTON, M
ya 8(#)—|the commetie over h
te futile nardino counties. ond south of Bizerte, snewhile
i another force was
indi imate trapped
front.
Territorial boundaries and city
Riding roughshod o v e r the op- opposition o f Democratic Lead- names were published in The
position o f Treasury experts and e r B a r k l e y o f K e n t u c k y and Times Friday.
at. Tebourbo. Black lines indicate approximat e front
STALIN HAILS ALLIED VICTORY ~
its o w n leaders, the Senate Fi- Chairman George (D.) Ga., both LONDON, M a y 9 (Sunday.) (#)—Premier Stalin
|Axis in Caucasus Faces
Besides bread and butter, the
nance Committee today voted o f w h o m had o t h e r ideas about n e w lists c o v e r bananas, cereals, sent a message of congratulations to President Roose- 3
roe trn
iks, n
ad h
te retail 13 to 7 approval o f a Ruml- methods through w h i c h the na- coffee, packaged flour, codfish,
flavored “pay-as-you-earn” t a x tion’s taxpayers should be p u t canned and fresh milk, lard, l a r d velt and Prime Minister Churchill on the Tunisian -
bili excusing either the 1942 o r on a current basis. Members substitutes, shortening, poultry,
1943 taxes—whichever is lower said it w a s the first time i n syrup, sugar, cooking and salad
— o f all persons with net in- m a n y y e a r s a majority had over- oils, peanut butter, dried prunes
Terrific Defeat by Reds victory, Moscow announced in a broadcast today.
Identical messages were sent to Washington and .
comes ruled both the Democratic lead- |
and raisins, packaged cheese, LONDON, May @ (Sunday.) w a s o v e r w h e l m e d i n t h i s s t e a d y London. +?)
F i v e Democrats combined e r a n d t h e c h a i r m a n o n r e v e n u e cottage cheese and canned grape- ( 7 ) — Russian troops , pouring a d v a n c e , w h i c h a i m e d t o t h r o w
with eight Republicans to send J e g i s l a t i o n . fruit and grapefruit juice. through an elaborate defens¢ the A x i s troops into the Black
ernmgst Tunisia and prisoners were counted ‘by the thou-
?

to the Senate floor a revised ver- George expressed hope that In succeeding w e e k s the belt girding Novorossisk today Sea and recover the narrow
sion of t h e Rum!iCarlson meas- Senate debate will begin Tues- O.P.A. will establish similar threatened to inflict a stagger- fringe o f the T a m a n Peninsula
u r e rejected by a four-vote day or Wednesday. He expected over-all ceilings until practically ing defeat on Axis Caucasus opposite the Crimea.
forces and produce another de-
Cashing in on the capture of Tunis and Bizerte, the
'margin in the House and called passage of the measure in some Russian airmen, many- flying
“inequitable” b y Randolph Paul, form by next week-end but n r u T Page 16, Column 4 } . - l e in quick
to succession
American to the
planes, and Red artil- Americans cut the coastal highway between the two cities
Treasury general counsel. would not predict how long it A l l i e d triumph in Tunisia. lery paved the w a y for the at a point 18 miles south of Bizerte, and the British cap-
| , | |
this
T h e amended bill c a m e o u t o f Turn to Page 11, Column 3 |THE WORLD’‘S T h e midnight Moscow com- assaulting infantry beating at
monitor
munique disclosed
recorded that a co-ordi-
by .he Soviet the outer doors o f Novorossisk,
tured Creteville, 14 miles southeast of Tunis, on the north- |
a_ T H E I M E S ’ O D A Y SUNDAY formerW home
A R of FtheR Soviet
O N TBlack S
ern side of the base of Cap Bon Peninsula..
nated Russian infantry, artillery
! ;
Sea fleet. T h e bulletin said 21 There, only 25 miles from the port of Hammamet on the
MAY 9, 1943 AFRICA—American units | ait offensive had smashed German planes were shot down southern side of the peninsula's base, British armor threat-
‘ = i m TODAY. Page 16, Brief sitdown strike here threat- Subsidy plan to cut retail food smash
cut to escapeofforTunis
off all to 2"
Axis in intricatedugouts
pillboxes, German network
and other of at a cost of 9 Russian aircraft.
German dispatches reflected a ened to bottle up the main body of enemy forces in their |

(1 of 128)
e a t h e r - w i s ¢ tank output. Page 19, — mem- northernmost Tunisia. while | “¢!!-prepared fortifications with- growing nervousness over the last refuge on the African continent,
|Pert Allied divisions chase re- |'"_nine miles of mighty the keyRussian
port. onslaught. The
ove for return of Japs to coast Organized labor's demand for Furi
area assailed by State Junior Cham- “piace at top” in W.P.B may be | mainder of enemy toward
granted soon, Page 19, Part [. Cap Bon Peninsula. Nazis
urious German _ resistance T u r n t o P a g e 10, Column 1 T h o u s a n d s of Prisoners
The United States 2nd Army Corps, operating under a
q
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Markets and
y e
Presto ye,
THE WEST. Tegisiature ends
ll; ‘wartime session. Page 14,
Boost for California's elementary
teachers now up to GOY-
Part I.
N
AUCTIONS. Page 10, Part 1.
ART. MUSIC. BOOKS, EDUCA:
and Italians are being ca
tured by thousands. Page L
BUSSIA—Nazis facing an-
MITCHELL BOMBERS SINK |new commander, Maj. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, who relieved
|miles
Lieut, Gen. George S. Patton Jr., captured Chouigui, 21

e g a7 P,
t s e v r a loss. h
passed to
Warren, Page
veterans
rout and homes. Page 14, Part I.
Part I.
, .
TIONAL—SCHOOLS. Part III.
REAL ESTATE AND INDUS.
other disaster in Caucasus
as Reds pound closer to No-
where
JAP TROOP TRANSPORT.
GEN. MAC ARTHUR'S HEAD.
west of Tunis, and pressed on against enemy rear
guards. The Allies held Chouigui Pass, which guards the
o n t h e c o n v o y , d r o p p i n g 500- road to the junction of Tebourba. d
i
Victory in GENERAL EASTERN. Coal strike Page 16, Part IDA. set nI progress. rage ,1 /QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, p o u n d b o m b s f r o m m a s t h e a d The 19th French Corps occupied Pont du Fahs and Brit- &

. “= 1, Part n. situation, with about 2000 out, re THIS WEEK MAGAZINE. As A L E U T I A N S — American May 9 (Sunday.) U.P)—Hard-hit-height.
| T w o h i t s w e r e scored o n
Padres, 3.2 Page Part Allies Win; Mother's Day: Mc- bombers give Attu heaviest (ting Billy Mitchel! bombers, es-| t h e c a r g o vessel, w h i c h w a s s e t ish armored forces quickly took over three towns between
ASHINGTON Modified Ruml
arry . . . “Gambler,” Too Much pounding as fighter planes (| corted by twin-tailed Lightning|afire a n d left o n its side. that a n c h o r of the enemy’s southern f r
ale; GoodS t a n d i n g . " | raid K i s k a installations, | fighters, sank a troop-jammed T h e ships were sighted off the Bab-Ksar Tyr, Ain el Asker and Bir M’Cherga.
o n t a
M
a Medjez el
and
ne. Page 1, Part TIMES HOME MAGAZINE. Motn- |
8, Part I.
day, Page 3, er ot Aviation; Paint Your Out-
C H I N A —Fierce Chinese trance to Madang harbor
entrance to Madang harbor, 300
on | With the new Allied offensive less than 72 hours old, a -

miles northwest o f Buna. T h e

for REMEMBER THIS counterattacks d r i v e off New Batty and super- spokesman said the number of enemy prisoners captured in
| staple Big Ideas; Catchall Room; Short- terday and destroyed a small en- transport’s w edecks
l l i help!
w é PA. Page 1. The hel cargo vessel r e crowded with this terrific push alone would total “many thousands,” and
to the cakes: Today's Challenge; Herb | strong Jap force in new | ony structure
.
tng
S i s and dairy.
present belongs Garden; Plant Peas; Desert Rub- | thrust at Changsha. capital
living, not to the dead or the ber; Flower Arrangements. of Hunan Province. Page 8,
Japanese troops, apparently be- there are indications that the number will go beyond 10,000.
Gen. Douglas’ MacArthur's i n g brought in to reinforce the
(The Algiers radio said n
i a broadcast recorded in London
|
Ces. Page unborn. THE WAR. Pages 1, 4, 5, 6,7, | Part I. headquarters announced that the |enemy garrisons along the north-

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ern | Turn to Page 3, Column 1
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