Hungary Romania Hit By Allied Bombers Of Labor Draft
The Senate Military Committee faced strong opposition to a Bailey Brewster work or be drafted bill aimed at forcing about a million 4 F men into war jobs. Supporters cited House backing, while key senators warned such labor drafts could disrupt production and scuttled by labor groups. Leaders promised a vote within 30 days.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
House
Kilgore
W. Va
Senate
Johnson
D-Coro
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Costello
Calif
Rep
Luce
R-Conn
Senate Committee
Reynolds
D-Nc
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Robert P. Patterson
Navy
Ralph Bard
Bard
Liberators raid Pas-De-Calais as 21st straight Allied air offensive continues
American heavy bombers raid Romania and the Pas-De-Calais region in France as Allied air forces press a 21st day of assaults. Liberators with Mustang escorts strike German military installations while Thunderbolt fighters hit rail yards at Valenciennes and Somain. Flak remains light and no Nazi fighters are reported. Allied operations also report attacks on Crete and Aegean targets with ships set afire and airfields damaged.
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Italy
Budapest
Hungary
Berlin
Romania
Pas-De-Calais
France
English Channel
Britain
Eighth Air Force
Ninth U. S. Air Force
Valenciennes
Somain
Middle East
Crete
Aegean Islands
Monemvasia
Maleme
Casualties Rise Week Over Week Across U S Armed Forces
Washington reports total war casualties at 197 841 since outbreak. Army totals reach 153 302 with 26 575 killed and 62 312 wounded while Navy totals stand at 44 539 with 18 992 killed. Missing and prisoners of war also cited.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Stimson
INS Correspondent Repeats Prisoner Of War Tag
I N S war correspondent Lowell Bennett, who escaped a German camp after bailing out from a British bomber during a Berlin raid last December, reports in a letter to the London Bureau that he is once more a prisoner of war. He writes he is in the clink again.
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New York
Lowell Bennett
International News Service
Royal Air Force
Berlin
London
INS
Election Hosiery Headlines Nix New Nylon Ban
Rep. E Rowe of Akron Ohio said nylon hose will be available again this election year. The remark came during a House session as hosiery access tied to political timing.
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Washington
E. Rowe
Akron
House
Infant Surgeon Successes At Williamsport Hospital
Surgeons at Williamsport Hospital report a successful appendectomy on a 116 day old infant weighing five pounds.
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Williamsport
Williamsport Hospital
Invasion War and Election Fraud Reported Across Europe and Gallia
American and German wartime claims spread fear as Brig. Gen. Henry Sayler asserted superior U S weapons while Goebbels hinted at unknown defenses. In Gallia County, Perry Bailes and four Columbus individuals were indicted over a plot to forge absent voter ballots in the primary.
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U.S
Gallia
Henry Sayler
U. S. Army
Fraudulent absent voter applications in Gallia County probe
Bartlett noted that 60 applications filed by four Columbus residents at Bailes' request were examined. Only four were valid. 56 signatures were fraudulent or invalid due to minors signatures, lack of residency, or a California resident signature since 1926. A 16 year old signed for herself and her parents.
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Bartlett
Columbus
Gallia County
California
Smith
Allied Victories Press Toward Japan Across Pacific
Allied forces under Nimitz MacArthur and Mountbatten push toward Japan as Hollandia landings trap troops and rail and air strikes target Wake Island Truk Rabaul Wewak and other targets. China fronts report growing pressure on Loyang with Linju captured and Chinese forces engaged.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Japan
Hollandia
Wewak
British New Guinea
Wake Island
Dutch New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Dutch Timor
Woleai
Carolines
Central Pacific
Truk
Ponape
Marshalls
China
Mandalay
Burma
Loyang
Linju
Farm Machines Turned Out for 1945 in Cleveland
H Dale Rue deputy director for the War Production Board reports 79 plants in the Cleveland region are one to eight months behind on production for 1945 crops. Delays blamed on manpower shortages and lack of malleable castings despite 1944 schedule failures.
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Cleveland
H. Dale Rue
War Production Board
Rue
Mississippi Delegates Back Bricker At National Convention
Mississippi Republican delegates to the Chicago national convention will be uninstructed but are nearly solidly in favor of Ohio Governor John W. Bricker. In New York, steel firms producing over 90 percent of output earned 200.8 million dollars last year, down from 221.2 million in 1942 per the American Iron & Steel Institute.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio
New York
American Iron & Steel Institute
Commander of Jap Fleet Dead
The Tokyo radio announced Adm. Mineichi Koga, commander of the Japanese combined fleet, was killed on active duty. He died at his post in March while directing operations from an airplane at the front. This follows the death of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto a year earlier in a war plane.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Adm
Mineichi Koga
Isoroto Yamamoto
U.S
Imperial Headquarters
Koga
Tokyo
Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor
White House
South Pacific
Whiskey manufacture three to four months away
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board said there is no prospect for resuming whiskey making for at least three or four months. He testified before the Senate special liquor shortage committee that there will be no holiday from industrial alcohol manufacture in the immediate future.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate
Nelson
Ferguson
R-Mich
Women street cleaners sought amid manpower shortage
Walter Majewsky secretary of the Civil Service Commission advertised for women street cleaners due to a manpower shortage. President Roosevelt proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day in Washington.
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Cincinnati
Walter Majcewsky
The
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Roosevelt Oday
Bricker Proposes Nationwide Social Security Poll
Gov. John W. Bricker on a Town Meeting of the Air urges national decision on social security scope and administration. He says the country has long had social security and must decide how extensive it should be which agencies should run it and how private and public sectors share duties.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Brickner
Furloughs for More Army Men Announced
The War Department announced a plan allowing indispensable Army personnel in war zones to take furloughs and then return to overseas posts. The measure covers officers and enlisted men distinct from those under the rotation program and applies to all theaters except Europe and the Central Pacific.
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Washington
War Department
European
Central Pacific
Gallia County Prosecutor Hopeful After Indictment
Perry J. Bailes Gallipolis attorney announces that the Franklin County grand jury indicted him on charges of conniving to vote illegally as he campaigns for Gallia County prosecuting attorney. He cautions voters that an indictment is not guilt and urges continued support for the May 9 primary.
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Columbus
Perry J. Bailes
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Franklin County
Grand Jury
Ralph J. Bartlett
Bailes
Land
Franklin County Grand Jury
Ohio Democrats Split as Jones Endorses Lausche for Governor
Long smoldering dissension erupts as State Chairman Darrel S. Jones says he will not seek reelection and endorses Cleveland Mayor Frank Lausche for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Huffman and Reams demand his resignation while opposing the Lausche endorsement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Darrel S. Jones
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Jones
James W. Huffman
Frazier Reams
Toledo
Lausche
Parents Settle Hospital Suit in Out of Court Deal
In Los Angeles James Hardwig and his wife Lorraine reached an out of court settlement of their $500000 damage suit against a hospital. Mrs Hardwig claimed she was told she bore a son but six days later learned the child was a girl. The settlement was announced before testimony and a birth certificate showing Richard Allen Hardwig was born June 27 1943 was produced.
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Los Angeles
James Hardwig
Lorraine
Hardwig
OPA Expects No Extra Gas Before Election
C. F. Phillips of the Office of Price Administration told a House subcommittee there is no likelihood of finding large civilian gasoline reserves just before the November elections. He spoke after Representative Brown asked about meat item removals from the ration list.
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Washington
OPA
House
C. F. Phillips
Office of Price Administration
Brown A
Ohio
Meigs Woman Held in Death Of Husband
Mrs. Albert E. Brumley of Meigs County, mother of two, charged with first degree murder in connection with her husband Albert Brumley's death. She pleaded not guilty, held without bond, with a hearing set next Wednesday. authorities say she admitted striking him with a club during questioning.
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Middleport
Albert E. Brumley
Dana Peoples
Meigs County
Albert Brumley
Casto
Brumley
Increase in Alcohol Imports Is Proposed
Washington reports the senate liquor investigating committee recommends importing more industrial alcohol from the Virgin Islands Cuba and Puerto Rico while reducing rum and gin imports Senator Murdock Utah says too much focus on industrial alcohol quality and too little on beverage alcohol quality for consumption.
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Washington
Senate
Virgin Islands
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Murdock
Utah
Army to Spend 35 Million on New Rocket Gun
Washington report says armed forces developed a rocket gun in great demand. House Naval Affairs Committee recommends 65 million dollars for ordnance manufacture. No details on device nature disclosed.
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
House set to approve streamlined tax bill in Washington
The House prepared to pass a new streamlined tax bill aimed at freeing 30 million taxpayers from filing returns and simplifying the process for 120 million more, signaling a major overhaul of the tax system.
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Washington
House
British Sub Marines Mass in Pacific for Targeted Japanese Lines
The Evening Standard reports British submarines massing in Far Eastern waters for a crushing blow at Japanese sea communications. Admiralty bulletins note undersea operations achieving successes, including sinking a Japanese destroyer and four additional vessels.
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London
Far
Evening Standard
Asiatic
Admiralty
Allied Bombers Hit Rail Yards in Italy and Bucharest
Allied daylight raids damaged rail bridges at Grosetto Albino Torre and Fabriano in Italy while fighter bombers struck rail communications near Terni Sulmona and areas around Rome. Four Allied planes missing one enemy shot down.
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Grosetto
Albino
Torre
Fabriano
Italy
Terni
Sulmona
Rome
Naples
Stanislawow
Tiraspol
Moscow
Old Poland
Crimean
Sevastopol
Britain
Dismissals Under New Federal Rules Stalled
Chicago report says employees at Montgomery Ward Chicago properties face government approval for dismissals after government control began April 26. An executive, Paul D. Sowell, was arrested while removing a placard and charged with taking government property. He pleaded innocent and posted $250 bond ahead of a May 11 hearing.
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Chicago-7
Montgomery Ward and
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Paul D. Sowell
Sowell
Methodist Church Bets on Allied War Support
The General Conference adopted a resolution declaring God has a stake in the war and committing the church to active support of the Allied cause. It asserts the necessity of military force to resist aggression that would overthrow rights held sacred by civilized men, marking a shift from an anti war stance.
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Kansas City
Methodist Church
Lynn Harold Hough
Drew University
Madison
N. J
General Conference
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North Sea
Zeeland
Holland
Lester W. Edler
Ohio Ave
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Harris Ave
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Atcheson St
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High St
Edward J. Hummel
Leland S. Dougan
George H. Houston
Hummel
NEA Telephoto
Bricker
Nation
Denver
Elaine Manfredi
Elisworth Wisecarver
Elaine
James E. Childers
James Manfredi
Compton
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Yuma
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Wisecarver
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