750 Heavy U. S. Bombers Hit Nazi Defenses on French Coast
The United States Air Force conducted its heaviest single strike against German coastal defenses at Pas De Calais with over 750 bombers and hundreds of fighters. Allied raids crossed 2000 miles from Scandinavia to France and from Hungary to Crete, targeting critical western wall installations. A Cairo communiqué reported German convoy damage near Crete, while Vichy broadcasts tallied civilian casualties on routes from Central France to Nantes and on France’s northwest coast.
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U. S
French
United States
West Wall
Pas-De-Calais
Scandinavia
France
Hungary
Crete
Pac-De-Calais
England
Eisenhower
Boulogne
Cairo
Aegean Sea
Vichy Radio
Nantes
Bricker Charges CIO PAC Seeks to Control Democratic Party
Ohio Governor John Bricker told 500 in Trenton that the CIO Political Action Committee uses money and intimidation to influence elections and dominate the Democratic Party. He denounced labor groups and linked New Deal allies to political machines, urging a free, unthreatened vote.
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Trenton
N. J
John W. Bricker
Ohio
CIO
CIO Committee
Roosevelt
Bricker
New Jersey
Trenton War Memorial
Labor
Raps Hillman
Sidney) Hillman
Tammany
New York
Hague Machine
Kelly Machine
Chicago
New Deal
Sidney Hillman
The
Hagues
Kellys
Sidney Hillmans
Army official predicts more trucks for civilian use
Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay of Army Service Headquarters says workers will be released from the job and more trucks will be available for civilian use. Chair Richard Harfst of the Detroit Transportation Emergence tree reported yesterday.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Army Service Headquarters
Richard Harfst
Detroit
Control of workers is announced for war effort
Washington reports sweeping new controls over the nations dwindling male labor supply to take effect by July 1. All job seekers must apply to the United States Employment Service for assignment to war plants, while employers may hire only men referred by the USES. Farm workers and very small businesses are exempt. The War Manpower Commission cites optimism for early peace as a recruitment challenge.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
America
United States Employment Service
Schine Theater Circuit Named In Trust Suit
In Buffalo New York the government’s anti trust suit against Schine Chain Theaters Inc proceeds with evidence from The Mount Vernon News editor Frederick Lorey about a manager’s letter favoring sale of a rival theater. The case targets Schine Theaters operating 150 plus theaters in five states and seeks to restrain acquisitions while declaring contracts and conspiracies in restraint of trade illegal under the Sherman Act.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Schine Theaters
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon News
Schine Chain Theaters, Inc
Frederick Lorey
the News
James C. Platt
Memorial Theater
Schine
Saul FE. Rogers
New York
Robert L. Wright
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Gloversville
Bulgaria forms pro Axis government under Bagrianov
Berlin announced a new Sofia regime led by Ivan Bagrianov, a former agriculture minister, replacing Dobri Bosilov as Bulgaria becomes a German puppet state. The change comes amid Berlin pressure to boost war effort and Moscow warnings. Bulgaria remains at peace with Russia.
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London
Sofia
Berlin
Bulgaria
Transocean
Ivan Bagrianov
Germany
Bagrianov
Dobri Bosilov
Moscow
Russia
Troop Landings On Biak Island And Far Pacific Raids
Allied forces push into Biak in Dutch New Guinea as Seventh Fleet units land on the beachhead and attack positions while Bougainville operations seal the island’s western flank. In China, Japanese concentrations near Hankow Canton Xiang prompt warnings of new offensives and continued Burma Road actions.
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Japan
Central Pacific
U. S
Kuriles
Wake
Guam
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Truk
Marshalls
Biak
Schoutens
Seventh Fleet
Dutch New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
Bosnek
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Tekissi River
Empress Augusta Bay
Hankow-Canton
China
Chungking
C. C. Tseng
Changsha
Tseng
Hankow
Canton
Indo-China-Yunnan
Kunming
Burma Road
Claire L. Chennault
Peiping
Hankow-Peiping
Henan
Burma
Myitkyina
Insurance on Liquor Store Stocks Cancelled
The state of Ohio faces no theft insurance for its 216 liquor stores after National Surety Co cancelled coverage. The lapse follows nine months of theft losses totaling about 54000 dollars, with a 60000 dollar three year premium for the policy taken last August. A refund of about 43000 dollars covers the unexpired portion. Officials expect ADT burglary alarms to yield lower future costs and more favorable quotes once installed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don A. Fisher
National Surety Company
Fisher
American District Telegraph
Pope warns total victory could prolong war in Rome address
Pope Pius XII urged peace but warned that demands for full victory might extend the conflict. In an Italian broadcast to cardinals, he warned that anyone striking at Rome would be guilty of matricide and face grave responsibility before God and future generations. He criticized fear of destruction and urged victors to help the vanquished.
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London
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Rome
Pius
Reclassify Striking Bus Trolley Men In St Louis
St Louis faced a transportation crisis as 3,500 striking street car operators and bus drivers stayed off the job. Draft boards ordered immediate reclassification of some workers to 1-A for refusing to work, affecting over a half million residents. Tampa also saw widespread stoppages with 175 street car workers idle. Meanwhile lumber and sawmill workers in the Pacific Northwest ended their strike, and nationwide labor disruptions involved several hundred workers, with under 20,000 idle in total.
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St. Louis
Fight
Tampa
Fla
Pacific Northwest
Eighty Three Jobless Veterans Receive Compensation
In Ohio during the first four months of this year eighty three unemployed World War I veterans received six thousand five hundred dollars in unemployment compensation. Charles H. Jones, administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, said eligibility required at least twenty weeks work in the 15 months before entering service.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles H. Jones
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Jones
Luxuries in Ohio rise faster than other retail items 1939 1943
Ohioans boosted spending on jewelry stores and dining out more than other retail sectors from 1939 to 1943. The Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research notes 113 percent growth in jewelry sales, 80 percent in eating and drinking places, and 78 percent in family clothing stores. Food for home consumption rose 29 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Bureau of Business Research
Marshall's Stepson Killed by Grenade Near Rome
The Army reports Lt. Allen Sapper Brown, 27, stepson of General George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, was fatally wounded by a hand grenade from an ambush south of Rome. The death was announced in Washington on May 30 with few details.
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Fifth Army
Rome
Allen
Sapper Brown
George C. Marshall
Army
Washington
Motorist Falls Dead After Auto Hits Girl
Washington report: James Woodland aged 84 died shortly after his car struck 6 year old Janet Steitenberger in Bloomingburg. The girl sustained minor injuries and was not seriously hurt.
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Washington
James Woodland
Bloomingburg
Janet Steitenberger
Col Cochran Returns to Washington After Burma Air Mission
Col Philip G Cochran commanding officer of the First Air Command Force reports to Gen H H Arnold in Washington. He describes a month and a half of daily air battles over Burma with Japs and notes a day scene where his fighters claimed 43 ground kills.
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Washington
War Department
Philip G. Cochran
Burma
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Cochran
Preble County Draft Board Names Eight Recruits
The draft board has sent eight individuals to the Army including Noah Harvey Herman Daniel Boone Buster Brown and David Longworth. Official records confirm all eight given names.
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Eaton
Preble County
Solon Demands Gasoline Probe
Rep. Michael A. Feighan of Ohio prepared to introduce legislation directing the FBI to enter a major gasoline fraud case at Cleveland’s largest rationing board. He said Hoover notified him the FBI lacks jurisdiction, calling the scandal so serious it could erode public trust in the rationing system.
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Washington
Michael A. Feighan
Ohio
Congress
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Feighan
House Judiciary Committee
Legislative Reference Bureau
House
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Ebersbach Funeral Is Set for Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe Ebersbach age 52 who died yesterday at her home in Pomeroy after a long illness will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Federated Church in charge of Rev. R C Burton of Middleport Friends may call at the home at any time Interment will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery Mrs Ebersbach is survived by her husband a son Harry and her mother Mrs Ella Watson of Pomeroy and several brothers and sisters.
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Pomeroy
Joe Ebersbach
Federated Church
R. C. Burton
Middleport
Beech Grove Cemetery
Nazi Transport Is Battered In Battle of Communications
Allied briefings describe disrupted German transport as bridges and rail lines are destroyed across occupied Europe. Fifth and Eighth Armies push toward Rome while Velletri and Valmontone resist, and Russians kill 800 Germans near Lasi as Finnish fronts see Soviet pressure.
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Fifth Army
Valmontone
Tenth Army
Italy
Velletri
Alban
Rome
Naples
Monte Artemisio
Valmontone- Velletri
Eighth Army
Daniel de Luce
The
Lanuvio
Campoleone
Frosinone
Vaimontone
Lasi
Former police chief Charles B. Smith dies by self-inflicted gunshot
Charles B. Smith aged 81, longtime Point Pleasant police chief and former transfer business operator, shot himself around 9:30 am. He left home for a barber shop, obtained a pistol from Frank LeMasters, and then fired a fatal wound at LeMasters’ residence. Coroner Roy W. Eschenaur attributed the death to suicide after a period of ill health and a recent hospital stay.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Charles B. Smith
Roy W. Eschenaur
Ammunition Train Blast Wrecks British Town
An ammunition train exploded today in an East Anglia market town, lifting roofs from houses and wrecking the railroad station. The blast injured several people and was felt twenty miles away, delaying the town’s business as shops cleared debris and rebuilt stocks.
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London
East Anglia
Window Cleaner Falls Eight Floors To His Death
New York report describes Frank Pereiria a 45 year old window cleaner falling eight stories from a building while working on an eighth floor belt rig. Spectators below heard his shouts and moved to avoid the impact as police noted a safety belt was mislagging from the window.
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New York
Frank Pereiria
Gas Alert In Brooklyn After Chlorine Fumes Sickens 1000
In Brooklyn a 220 pound chlorine cylinder aboard a delivery truck leaked sending fumes across several blocks. About 350 people were hospitalized and hundreds more treated at makeshift stations as gas masked units and emergency workers responded. No deaths were reported.
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New York
Brooklyn
Red Cross
John G. Gulliver
U S Savings Accounts Reach 128 Billion
A Commerce Department official testified before the House postwar planning committee that total U S savings have climbed to 128 billion dollars from a prewar peak of 10 billion. He warned the savings backlog alone cannot sustain the economy without healthy current income.
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Washington
Commerce Department
House Special
Last of Confederate Officers Succumbs
Gen. C. R. Gellette aged 99 died of a heart attack in Shreveport Louisiana. He was the last surviving Confederate veteran in Caddo Parish and reportedly the last commissioned officer of the Confederate Army. He collapsed in the American Legion office at the parish courthouse while chatting with friends.
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Shreveport
C. R. Gellette
Caddo Parish
American Legion Service
Remark About Rommel Puts Woman in Prison
A German woman who said I had to run faster than Rommel in Africa was sentenced to three months in prison in Aachen according to the Belgian News Agency. In Lima a man from Wapakoneta died from injuries after an automobile collision that killed his wife.
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Rommel
London
Africa
Aachen
Lima
William W. Waitman
Wapakoneta
Fay
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Biak Island
Pope
Marshall
Europe
NEA
Col. Cochran
U.S
Solon
Ebersbach
Air Ministry
Seine River
C. B. Smith
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