43 OF 200 RAIDERS DOWNED BY SOVIET; German Foray in Rostov Area Broken Up -- Both Sides Step Up Air Tempo
By the Associated Press
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May 11, 1943
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HEAVY RAIDS MADE; Second 100-Plane Attack in Two Days Batters Island Airfield
By the Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, May 10 -- For the second successive day the Desert Allied Air Forces sent a force of 100 bombers against the Italian island airfield of Pantelleria, forty-five miles off Cap Bon, yesterday, while Middle East bombers raided Messina in Sicily.
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Franco Issues Appeal for Peace; Says Neither Side Can Conquer; FRANCO PUTS OUT A PEACE PROPOSAL
By the Associated Press
Franco cites determination to maintain prestige in foreign relations, Almeria peace bid s
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HITLER EMPHASIZES HARDSHIPS IN EAST; Plea for Relief Funds Says Any Other Army Would Have Broken Under Sufferings
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Churchill to Talk On Tunisia Victory
By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Notable Births
1943Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician[†]
Nancy Catherine Greene Raine is a former Canadian Senator for British Columbia and an Olympic alpine champion voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Greene Raine won the giant slalom in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.