Allied Pacific Offensive Advances Across Wide Front
Allied forces pounded Japanese positions from Para mushiro to Rabaul as MacArthur reports nine ships sunk and Eniwetok secured. U S Air and Navy units bombed Kuriles and Marshalls while patrols damaged airfields and sinking vessels. Two notable events: capture of an enemy gunboat at Arawe and Hellcat fighters used in pre invasion strikes on Eniwetok.
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Marshall Atolls
Marshalls Atolls
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Associated Press
Illiam L. Worden
Gilberts
Mar
Kester W. Nimitz
Webaul
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Newea
Saidor
Arawe
Payment of Debts Cited
Washington reports millions of Americans plan to pay debts after the war. Representative George H. Bender says postwar planning American home style. He notes private and government reports show reduced spending and mortgage debt by about four million dollars this year.
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Washington
George H. Bender
Ohio
Bender
Ohio Valley Memorial Proposed by Gold Star Mothers
The Ohio Valley Chapter of the Gold Star Mothers campaigns for 4000 dollars to build a memorial in Wheeling honoring military men and women who died in this war. The drive opened yesterday in Wheeling and in Martins Ferry Bellaire and Bridgeport.
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Wheeling
W. Va
The
Gold Star Mothers
Four Year Old Texas Boy Worsens in Hospital
Billy Meers, four, treated for nephritis, remains steadily losing ground at Baylor Hospital. Dr. Charles B. Shuey reports he is confined to bed and has gained ten pounds of unhealthy weight despite regular plasma injections from donors worldwide.
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Tex
Billy Meers
Union
Charles B. Shuey
Baylor Hospital
Senator Overton Defeats Name Change For Spinach and Skim Milk
Senator Overton opposed renaming skim milk to dried milk solids and warned spinach could be labeled health and size greens. He mocked the idea and suggested renaming castor oil and oleomargarine. The senate rejected him as the bill to modernize skim milk naming passed 46 to 4.
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Washington
Overton
D.-La
Congress
Senate
Capital Attorney Held In Triangle Murder Case
Robert J. Miller aged 67, dean of Washington municipal court attorneys, is held on an open charge in connection with the fatal shooting of Dr. John E. Lind 57 senior medical officer at St Elizabeths Hospital. Police describe Mrs Miller as the other corner of a love triangle.
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Washington
Robert J. Miller
Red Army presses Krivoi Rog as German hold weakens
Soviet forces drive into Krivoi Rog threatening to sever German rail links and trap larger forces near the Dnieper Bend. Progress followed the fall of Nikopol and northern pressures push toward Pskov and Narva, while Allied beachhead fighting below Rome shows no decisive breakthrough.
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Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Red
Leningrad
Cherkasy
Kholm
Lake Ilmen
Novosokolniki
Lovat
Pskov
Gulf of Finland
Narva
Lake Peipus
18Th Army
Roosevelt vetoes new revenue bill in blunt message
President Roosevelt vetoed the $2.315 billion tax bill calling it wholly ineffective and a relief measure for the greedy. He warned it would set dangerous precedents and noted the revenue gain would be under $1 billion net per year while blaming lawmakers for drafting vague tax language. He suggested a larger bill may be needed and referenced Willkie’s proposal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Treasury
Wendell L. Willkie
Allied Bombers Press Reich with Heavy Attacks Across Europe
Allied air forces hammered Brunswick plants and Dutch and northern French targets as American Marauders struck Gilze Rijgen while Luftwaffe raids on southern England remained minimal. The day’s effort expanded to about 5 000 allied planes dropping near 8 000 tons of bombs over two days with fighters shot down and bombers sustaining light losses. Major General Frederick L. Anderson said Leipzig factories producing 38 percent of Germany’s single engined fighters were knocked out by the Sunday raid.
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U. S
Brunswick
Targest
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France
Ninth Airforce
Gilze-Rijen
England
Channel
Germany
The
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Stuttgart
Hannover
Ohio Veterans Assured Postwar Jobs Program
The Ohio Development and Publicity Commission reports postwar jobs for Buckeye veterans will be insured under a program to convert federally financed Ohio war plants into peacetime private operation. Commission Chairman H. H. Hampton said a cross section of industrial labor leaders will study five best private uses for plants to avoid closures, ensuring jobs for returning servicemen and other workers after the war.
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Nickel Plate Railroad
Hampton
More Workers To Be Needed In Wartime Economy
Canton Ohio E L Kennan director of the War Manpower Commission says 900000 additional war workers will be needed by July 1. He notes persistent male labor shortages as the nation fights on two fronts and that released workers are quickly absorbed elsewhere.
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Canton
E. L. Kennan
Ohio
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Keenan
Civilian Draft Campaign Issue Amid Debt Reductions
National service legislation was set as a campaign issue with no immediate congressional showdown. The Senate panel may delay, War Stimson endorses a work draft, and Taft cites labor opposition while Bricker urges action. the political landscape shifts as Willkie and Dewey stay silent. Ohio debt declines persist, Ferguson reports a $366 million drop since 1930 with several counties debt-free in 1942.
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Washington
Congress
Navy Department
Senate Military Committee
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Austin
R-Vt
Taft
Roosevelt
John W. Bricker
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Gallia
Highland
Champaign
Fairnes
Fayette
Willkie Returns From Enjoyable West Trip
Wendell Willkie came back from a cross country tour where he announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. His only remark at Chicago Union Station was that the trip was enjoyable.
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Willkie
New York
Wendell Willkie
Chicago
Kennedy Offered Post in FDs Cabinet
Boston report says Joseph P Kennedy former ambassador to the Court of St James invited by President Roosevelt to serve in his cabinet as secretary of commerce The Boston Herald quotes a reliable authority that Jesse Jones would replace Henry Morgenthau Jr as secretary of the treasury.
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Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy
Court of St. James
Roosevelt
Commerce
Boston Herald
the Herald
Jesse Jones
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
the Treasury
McGregor and Vorys Seek Re nomination in Columbus
Congressmen J Harry McGregor of West Lafayette and John M Vorys of Columbus announced their candidacies for renomination yesterday in Columbus. Both incumbents seek to extend their terms amid party efforts to retain control of the district.
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Columbus
J. Harry McGregor
West Lafayette
John M. Vorys
Japanese Naval Leadership Shakeup After Truk Action
In the wake of a U S naval strike on Truk Admiral Osami Nagano lost his post as chief of the naval general staff and Admiral Shigetaro Shimada was appointed to lead the navy by Emperor Hirohito's personal order.
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U. S
Hedickens
Truk
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Osami Nagano
Shigetaro Shimada
Hirohito
West Virginia Gas Boom Sparks Taylor Ridge Strike
In Moundsville Marshall County reports indicate a new gas boom after Dinsmore and Tedrow drillers from Pennsylvania struck a 1 100 000 cubic feet gas well on Taylor Ridge. The company plans to immediately begin work on a second well on the same holdings.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Marshall County
Taylor Ridge
Pennsyvania
Dinsmore
Tedrow
Pennsylvania
Goodyear Unveils Anti Ice Boot for Aircraft Propellers
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co reports development of a new anti ice boot designed for airplane propeller blades, aiming to improve performance in icy conditions.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Allied Leaders Maintain Unity as War Stretches On
Churchill asserted that the three major Allies remain absolutely united despite Soviet articles and disquieting press pieces. He warned of intensified Allied bombing and a final push by American and British invasion forces toward Germany, while stressing cooperation with Russia and sympathy for Poland amid frontier concerns.
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Churchill
World Today
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Moscow
Teheran
Sian
Russia
Churchill’s First War Review Highlights Allied Air Power
Churchill told Commons that the U S bomber force in Britain now surpasses Britain and will grow further as long range raids on Germany increase. He warned of German plans for attacks on Britain, noted Italian and Tito forces aiding the Allies, and cited naval losses on both sides with 100 Italian ships in the Med and Tito’s 250,000 partisans fighting Germans in Yugoslavia. Greece’s turmoil was described as aiding the German invasion.
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Cairo
U. S
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Germany
Italy
Japan
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Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
Josip Broa
Tito
Balkans
Col
Deaking
Greece
Administration Seeks Federal Ballot to Break Vote Deadlock
The administration proposed a state controlled federal ballot bill to end a congressional stalemate over military voting. Rep Worley offered to drop a federal poll tax waiver and local registration in exchange for a uniform absentee ballot for overseas service members and civilians. Rep Rankin supported keeping states the final judge of ballot validity.
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Worley
D.-Tex
Rep
Rankin
D.-Miss
Allies refuse Axis stolen gold to neutral markets
Washington reports that Allied powers reject accepting gold stolen by Germany and its allies. Berlin is said to have used gold to maintain foreign supply lines, with increasing amounts entering neutral markets in Turkey, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
Berlin
Turkey
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Gandhi's Wife Dies in London
Mrs Mohandas K Gandhi, wife of the Indian leader, has died in London according to New Delhi radio reports.
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Gandhi
London
Mohandas K. Gandhi
New Delhi
Knox reports 92 Japanese ships sunk in last three weeks
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced 92 Japanese vessels destroyed in three weeks amid caution that there is little basis for early victory in the Pacific. He warned against optimism, noted two American submarine losses, and said the Allies have not yet faced Japan's inner defenses.
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Washington
Knox
Pacific
Navy
Truk
Empire
Italy
China
Japan
Russia
Port Arthur
Pearl Harbor
Woman Indicted in Theft of FDR Mail By Postal Clerk
Washington postal clerk Mrs. P Elaine Pond was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of stealing from three letters addressed to President Roosevelt. The letters reportedly contained a total of five dollars sent to the Infantile Paralysis Fund.
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Washington
P. Elaine Pond
Roosevelt
Tojo Explains Shake-Up In Jap High Command
The Tokyo radio quoted Premier Hideki Tojo explaining cabinet changes and military reshuffles. He emphasized his determination to carry the war to its conclusion.
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Tojo
Jap High Command
New York
Tokyo Radio
Hideki Tojo
Is Pittsburgh a heavy cruiser launches today
The U S S Pittsburgh, third naval vessel to bear the name, was launched today, marking a notable entry for the U S Navy. The vessel, a heavy cruiser, represents continued maritime strength and shipbuilding progress.
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Pittsburgh
Quincy
Mass
U. SS
United States Naval
Stormy Coast Los Angeles Slams Area With Wind and Rain
A fierce storm swept the coast of Los Angeles causing downed trees and power lines as rainfall accumulated to 5.67 inches over two days. In Xenia at a crossing, Clarence Newkir k, 53, of Peebles, died when his truck struck a wagon at the crossing.
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Xenia
Clarence Newkirk
Peebles
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