Allied Forces Seize Kohima Ridge as Salween Offensive Rages
Reuters dispatch from Kohima reports Allied capture of Kohima Ridge signaling the end of a major Indo-Burma battle. China’s Salween offensive advances through strategic points while Tokyo claims a potential airbase within striking distance of Japan. Allied confirmations remain pending.
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London
Reuters
Kohima
India
Kohima Ridge
Indo-Burma
China
Salween River
Tokyo
Formosa
Philippines
Suichwan
Canton
Suidiwan
Claire L. Chennauilt
14Th Airforce
Luzon
Japan
China Sea
Hsiao I-Hsu
Wei Li-Lung
German Planes Raid England For Second Consecutive Night
German air force sent up possibly 300 planes to strike the southern English coast for a second night, concentrating on Portsmouth. Six enemy planes were shot down as waves hit coastal towns, with a hospital damaged and casualties reported.
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London
England
Berlin
Portsmouth
Paris
Ludwigshafen
Germany
France
Luftwaffe
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Yugoslavia
Italian
Allies smash Liri River line and advance in Italy
Allied forces drive toward the Liri River breaking the last German front line south of the river. American and French troops report gains in the Garigliano Valley and near Ausonia and Monte Fammera while British and Indian units repel German counterattacks southwest of Cassino. Prisoner numbers rise as offensive actions widen.
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Spigno
Garigliano
Monte Fammera
Ausonia
Tyrrhenian
Cassino
Alexander
Italy
Anzio
Rome
44Th
Hoch Und Deutschmeister
Ger
War Production Board Sets Iron Quotas for 376,768 More Units
Washington reports the War Production Board announced action quotas for 376,768 electric irons across eight manufacturers, bringing the total authorized to 769,333. The program calls for 2,000,000 irons this year.
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Washington
War Production Board
Theogram
OhioanConvicted For Draft Order Violation In Cincinnati
William Omas Klopp 37 of Franklin, Reed Furniture Co. officer, was convicted in federal court for failing to report as a conscientious objector. He faces five years in prison and a $3500 fine. Civilians are reassigned to Army desk jobs at Fort Hayes as about 175 soldiers depart. Two teens Orlando A Del Greco and Sterling Von Gunten, 16, die in Akron crash.
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Cincinnati
William Omas Klopp
Franklin
Reedopp Furniture Co
Middlen
Columbus
Army
Ser
Fort Hayes
Ron
Akron
Orlando A. del Greco Sterling von Gunten
Five Children Trapped on Trestle Die Three
Five children cross a railroad trestle and are struck by a freight train near Springfield. Beverly Green and Daniel Green survive while twins Paul and Caroline Morgan and Shirley Morgan perish. Engineer Frank Bidwell says the train moved about 20 miles per hour on the curve. Mrs Gordon Morgan was at a hospital. her husband serves in the Pacific.
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Springfield
Beverly Green
Daniel
Paul
Caroline Morgan
Shirley
Beverly
Caroline
Frank Bidwell
Trenton
Mich
Gordon Morgan
Pacific
Poll Tax Bill Shelved Again
Washington observers say the poll tax ban in federal elections will not be acted on this session after Senate motions pigeonholed the measure. Senator Bilbo noted it could reappear next year as a southern filibuster stretched four days and five hours. Some supporters persisted with outside picket lines around the Capitol.
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Washington
Senate
Bilbo
D.-Miss
Congress
Capitol
Max Brand, Noted Writer, Dies in Action
Allied officials report Frederick Faust known as Max Brand, veteran author and war correspondent for Harper's Magazine, killed Thursday night on the lower Garigliano sector while serving as a war observer.
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Allied Headquarters
Naples
Frederick Faust
Harper's Magazine
Max Brand
Garigliano
Claypool Becomes U S Marshal for Southern Ohio District
Harold K. Claypool of Chillicothe assumes duties today as U S Marshal for the Southern Ohio District succeeding the late Charles H. Sisson. The appointment follows his recent selection to the post.
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Columbus
Harold K. Claypool
Chillicothe
U. S
Southern
Ohio
Claypool
Charles H. Sisson
Yank Sells Real Estate From Pacific Fox Hole
Newport Kentucky dispatch reports Sgt. Oscar G. Bauman a former local real estate salesman lists and sells three parcels by correspondence while in a fox hole in New Guinea. His former employers confirmed the transactions and Bauman remains in active service.
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Yank
Pacific Fox Hole
Newport
New Guinea
Oscar G. Bauman
Bauman
Drowning of 6 year old at coal conveyor pit in Lima
Donald Lyle, six, drowned in five feet of water at a coal company's conveyor pit in Lima after failing to reach a nearby ladder. Authorities reported the tragedy occurred today with rescue efforts unsuccessful.
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Lima
Donald Lyle
Authorization Needed To Draft Men Over 25
Ohio Selective Service announces that effective immediately no registrant over 25 may be inducted without specific written authorization from state headquarters. Local boards may induct volunteers and delinquents 26 and over without approval. other cases require headquarters permission. Induction decisions hinge on written justification and uniformity goals.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
William P. Averill
Averill
Flattery Aids Flight From Nazis Into Spain
Mrs. Esti Freud recalls fleeing Nazi Europe in 1941 by flattering a Spanish border official after a 400 mile bicycle ride across France. She and her daughter endured nine months in Southern France with scarce food awaiting a visa to enter Spain.
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Cleveland
Esti Freud
Sigmund Freud
Europe
France
Portugal
America
Charge Theft Of Gasoline Ration Stamps In Cincinnati
Stanley Katz, 47, former adding machine company employee, is charged with breaking and entering Clark County Ration Board No 1 on April 14 and theft of ration stamps valid for 65 000 gallons of gasoline. He recently surrendered to federal officials on a separate charge of possessing stolen coupons and was released on 1000 bond for a June 13 hearing. Katz, married, had worked as a typewriter and adding machine repairman. Six others were arrested in a nationwide syndicate operation involving counterfeit ration stamps and stolen coupons.
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Cincinnati
Stanley Katz
Adding Machine Company
Springfield
Clark County
Katz
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Urge 12 Foot Channel Depth for Ohio River
Ohio River interests pressed for a 12 foot channel depth at a public hearing in Cincinnati while opposing more high fixed dams. Most speakers urged movables or combined approaches, warning fixed dams may hinder navigation and questioning the corps of engineers cooperation. The Ohio Valley Improvement Association stressed benefits depend on a free enterprise system and sound ICC regulation of river rates.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Upper
Wil Elsey
American Rolling Mill Co
Corps of Engineers
Clack Barret
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ward Contract Talks Under CIO Union
Leaders of a CIO union which won a bargaining election at Montgomery Ward and Company planned a meeting with company officials to negotiate a new contract. The union demands include a closed shop and checkoff system, which chairman Sewell L. Avery says will not be granted. The union asks the War Labor Board to extend and enforce the expired agreement, as the strike and government seizure last month led to a return to private operation last week.
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Chicago
CIO
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sewell L. Avery
War Labor Board
Polish Priest Near Nervous Breakdown
The Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski, suspended by his bishop for an authorized flying trip to Moscow, was confined to bed in the rectory today and a physician said he was on the verge of a complete physical and nervous breakdown.
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Springfield
Mass
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Moscow
Toledo Council raises wages for municipal workers
The Toledo city council approved a monthly $10 raise for 1,582 municipal workers earning under $3,000 annually, boosting their pay effective next month. The action affects employees in the city department payrolls and reflects council action on wages.
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Toledo
Crash of U S Bomber In Denmark Reported
London dispatch says a night-flying United States bomber crashed in Denmark at 1 am and exploded with its bomb load in the village of Gamtofte, killing four crew. Berlin had claimed Anglo American raids while the USAAF has not confirmed such operations.
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London
Transocean
United States
Denmark
Gamtofte
Berlin
USAAF
Hummel halts second tabulation of votes in Ohio race
Columbus report states Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel ordered a halt to a second tabulation in Hamilton County for the Republican gubernatorial race. He barred opening any ballot box or bag in precincts where tally sheets did not match precinct certification figures.
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Columbus
Hamilton County
Secmany
Edward J. Hummel
Hummel
Washington Chamber President Plans Rus sia Plant Visit
Eric Johnston, president of the WA Chamber of Commerce, intends to depart within days for Russia to inspect Soviet industrial plants and assess their operations and potential trade implications.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
New Jersey Delegates Back Dewey in GOP Fight
New Jersey plans to back Governor Thomas F. Dewey for the Republican nomination, with 35 delegates pledged after today’s primary. California delegates have pledged to Governor Earl Warren, leaving the GOP convention with 1,059 delegates and 401 undecided among unpledged groups awaiting bargaining.
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New York
California
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Thomas F. Dewey
Earl Warren
Dewey
Walker FE
Edge
Warren
Montana
McHugh Elected Deputy at Ohio Knights of Columbus
Edward P. McHugh of Cleveland was elected yesterday as deputy of the Ohio Knights of Columbus during the closing session of the 45th annual convention.
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Columbus
Edward P. McHugh
Cleveland
Ohio Knights of Columbus
Invasion Vessels Shown in Press
London newspapers published photos of British transports and landing craft massed at bases with captions claiming they are ready for the invasion call. Other images show country roads lined with parked United States trucks and equipment.
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London
United States
Allied forces push German remnants toward Cassino flank
In the Garigliano Valley the division pursued battered German units north and west capturing San Giorgio just south of the Lirt River. The rapid move places Allied forces to flank the German defense around Cassino and threatens the Rapido bridgehead held by the Eighth Army.
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Garigliano
San Giorgio
Lirt
Cassino
Eighth Army
Rapido
Spigno Captured as Allied Drive Advances in Italy
Allied forces push from the Garigliano toward the Arunci Mountains capturing Spigno and Capo Dacqua, seizing Monte Le Civita and two hills. French units take Cresta Santa Lucia and Laforche, while Gen Juin’s troops eliminate the 19th German Grenadier Regiment commander and HQ. Naval bombardments support the push around Formia and Itri.
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Garigliano
Arunci
Spigno
Capo Dacqua
Monte le Civita
Hill 108
Fifth Army
San Giorgio
Cresta Santa Lucia
Laforche
Casale
Annunzita
Castel Nuovo
Ausonia
Formia
Itri
Major World War II Front Updates From Italy and Beyond
Artillery and tanks clash near the Rapido River as British Indian forces push toward Pignataro while Cassino remains contested. French and British advances threaten the Cassino ruins and Monastery Heights, with German defenses along the Liri Valley still strong.
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Rapido
Pignataro
Liri
Cassino
House Studies Rewritten G I Bill of Rights
Washington debates a rewritten G I Bill of Rights with a clash over education benefits for World War Two veterans. States rights supporters push for state control via the Barden bill, replacing VA administration with state standards and funds for half the extra costs. Veterans' leaders defend federal oversight and centralized school authority.
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Washington
Senate
House
Veterans’ Legislation Committee
House Education Committee
Rep
Barden
D-Sc
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans' Committee
Rankin
D-Miss
Veterans' Legislation Committee
Rep. Scrivener
R-Kas
Aged Logan Resident Rebecca Iles Dies at 91
Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca Jane Iles age 91 will be held at the Phillips home on Thursday at two o clock with Rev A G Greuser in charge. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. She was widow of Henry Iles who died in 1914 and leaves daughter Mrs Tom Phillips two sons Jasper Iles and B Hes and a grandson F E Ies. Born in Washington Township she spent most of her life in Logan.
Post Office Lifts Ban on Strange Fruit Book
The Post Office ends the mailing ban on Lillian Smith novel Strange Fruit, allowing delivery at the publishers risk. Curtice Hitchcock, president of Reynal and Hitchcock, confirms the policy change and accepts the risk.
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Post Office
New York
Lillian Smith
South
Post Office Department
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