Current Events May 16, 1942: SUB ATTACKS CONTINUE IN GULF OF MEXICO:

                            The Titusville Herald

                    TITUSVILLE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1942

Russians Pound Steadily Toward Kharkov,

Stubborn Defense Continues in Kerch Area;

U. S. Cruiser, Destroyer Sunk, Nazis Claim

___American and British

Warplanes and Tanks

In Thick of Struggle

NAZI LOSSES HIGH

BULLETIN

LONDON, Saturday, May 16.—

(AP)—German troops occupied all

save the harbor area of the city oi

Kerch at the eastern end of the

Crimea, but a Russian counter-attack

drove them out of the town,

Reuters said today in a dispatch

from "the German frontier."

By HENRY C. CASSIDY

Vessel SunkOff Mouth of Mississippi;

27 Lose Lives

Large Cargo Ship Hit

By Three Torpedoes

While Lying in Gulf

Awaiting River Entry

FIFTH SUB ATTACK

IN GULF OF MEXICO

13 Others of Crew

Dangerously Burned,

Only One Uninjured

By The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, May 15.—One of the

boldest attacks yet made by Axis submarines

along the United States and

Gulf coasts—the destruction by torpedoes

of a large cargo vessel a short

distance off the mouth of the Mississippi

river—was announced today by

the Navy.

Increasing Jap Air Strength

North of Australia Reported

Further Indicated

Japanese May Be Using

Inexperienced Pilots

BULLETIN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Australia,

Saturday, Slay

General MacArthur's headquarters

announced today that Allied planes

bombed the air field runway and

buildings at the Japanese base at

Lae, New Guinea, yesterday In a

surprise attack which left large

fires in its wake.