[Homer_J_Simpson]

The microfilm for May is fair to good for the most part but I sometimes struggled to get the correct type of paper for the printer. Today’s faint copy is an example of what happens when the wrong paper is used – HJS.

Lewis is Unshaken (by Joseph Shaplen, first-time contributor) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
Tunisia Line Afire (Kluckhohn) – 4-5
Stalin Applauds Allies’ Aid; Sees 2d Front and Victory – 5
Yugoslavs Admit War on Partisans – 5
Text of Stalin’s May 1 Order of the Day – 6-7
Red Army Storms Key Kuban Points – 7
Japanese Submarines Attacking ‘In Force’ to East of Australia – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 9-10
Tokyo Raiders Still Blasting At the Japanese (photo) – 10

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/may1943/f01may43.htm

Axis defenses in Tunisia still holding
Saturday, May 1, 1943 www.onwar.com

Italian troops defending the line in Tunisia [photo at link].

In Tunisia... US forces complete the occupation of Hill 609 in “Mousetrap Valley.” The Axis defenses hold American attempts to advance further.

[Lancey Howard]

I still marvel at the power the communists (unions) had in this country 70 years ago that they could hold the nation over a barrel during wartime.