Yanks Seize Wakde Island in New Guinea Leapfrog Drive
Allied forces launched a rapid amphibious assault along the Dutch New Guinea coast seizing Wakde Island near Toem and pushing inland within 36 hours. The operation backed by air and naval bombardment aimed to base fighters, strike Halmahera and Palau, and press toward the Philippines. In Burma, Stilwell’s troops pushed toward Myitkyina after securing the airfield, while Indian forces cut the Imphal road and isolated Japanese defenses.
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Southwest Pacific
Burma
Wakde
Dutch New Guinea
Myitkyina
Sixth Army
Hollandia
MacArthur
New Guinea
Palau
Philippine Islands
Wakde Island
Halmahera
Philippines
Carolines
Netherlands East Indies
Hollandia- Aitape
Toem
Insoemanai
Insoemoear
Joseph W. Stilwell
Frank Merrill
Mogaung
Batavia Radio
Soerabaja
Java
Japan
Darwin
Australia
India
Tiddim
Imphal
Russian Bombers Raid Finland Seven Downed
Russian dive bombers attacked Kotka in southern Finland, 70 miles east of Helsinki, early today. Seven bombers and fighters were shot down, the Finnish communique said. Finnish planes raid a Soviet air base on the Aunus Isthmus last night, the communique added.
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London
Kotka
Finland
Helsinki
Aunus Isthmus
Herbert Asks Recount In Stark Precincts
Supporters of Attorney General Thomas J Herbert, runner up for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, asked a vote recount in 30 of Stark County's 287 precincts. The board of elections will meet today to set the time for the recount, covering 15 precincts in Canton, four in Alliance, two in Massillon and nine in rural areas.
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Canton
Thomas J. Herbert
Stark County
Board of Electiors
Alliance
Massillon
Recruitment drive nets 1400 recruits for war plants
A four day drive in Cincinnati to recruit labor yielded 1400 persons referred to war plants for employment. John Baker, director of the Cincinnati War Manpower Commission, announced the result yesterday.
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Cincinnati
John Baker
Cincinnati Frea War Manpower Commission
RAF Fliers Shot After Dresden Prison Break
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said 47 RAF officers were killed by Germans during a mass escape from a war prison near Dresden on March 25. Seventy six took part, 15 captured alive, 14 at large. some died resisting capture or during a new escape attempt. The men included Battle of Britain heroes from RAF Dominion Allied forces.
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London
Anthony Eden
RAF
Dresden
Eden
House of Commons
Switzerland
Air Ministry
RCAF
RAAF
RNZAF
Britain
Lovell Rites Scheduled In Amesville Sunday
Mrs. Addie Hobson Lovell 87 died at her Amesville home. Funeral at Amesville Methodist Church Sunday at 3 pm led by Rev. C. L. Strecker. She was a former Athens County farmer widow of Oliver M. Lovell and survived by daughter Mrs. Linscott and granddaughter Mrs. Tom Biddle, plus two sisters.
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Amesville
Addie Hobson Lovell
Owen Linscott
Amesville Methodist Church
C. L. Strecker
Cincinnati
Linscott
Railroad Employe Hansel Dies in Logan at 46
Oliver Ding Hansel, 46, a C and O Railroad employee from Columbus, died after a week long illness at his Court Park Apartment in Logan. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Monday at Woodard Funeral Home. He is survived by his father William Hansel, sister Katherine of Columbus, and brothers Charles of Chillicothe, John of Hines, Wis., and Sheridan of Denver, Cal. His wife passed away five years ago.
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Logan
Oliver
Ding) Hansel
Columbus
Court Park
Woodard Funeral Home
Mr. Hansel
William Hansel
Katherine
Charles
Chillicothe
John
Hines
Wis
Sheridan
Denver
Cale
Little Likelihood of More Gas in Midwest
Rep Clarence Brown of Blanches ter D said at a hearing that there is little likelihood of a gasoline ration increase in the Midwest while supplies stay at a low level.
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Midwest
Washington
Clarence Brown
Blanchester
Rouse
Missionaries Killed in Allied Strafing off New Guinea
Allied planes strafed a Japanese prison ship off the New Guinea coast killing a Roman Catholic bishop and 59 other missionaries. Father Willem Van Baar in Australia of the Society of the Divine Word relayed the report asserting outright deaths or deaths from injuries.
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Australia
New Guinea
Willem van Baar
Society of the Divine Word
Wartime Labor Strikes Blur Production Across Regions
More than a dozen labor disputes in scattered areas kept about 15 000 workers off the job. Secretary Patterson said any wartime strike on war production is inexcusable, citing the Detroit foremen's stoppage and stressing the worker’s sacrifice beside those on the front. Eleanor Roosevelt moved through Cleveland en route to powers east and west.
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Patterson
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Eleanor Roosevelt
Powers East
Tragedy Involving Trailer In Ohio Woman Dead
Mrs. George Ellsworth aged 24 of Grafton Ohio was killed when a trailer she rode in overturned yesterday in Erie Pennsylvania.
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Erie
George Ellsworth
Grafton
Stalin urged to seek Vatican contact in Moscow visit
The Pilot editorial argues Stalin should approach Pope Pius XI for Moscow diplomacy, not unofficial figures. It states Stalin knows he must seek the Vatican head and would welcome a Vatican mission, while labeling Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski as representing nobody.
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Boston
Pilot
Stalin
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Moscow
Pius XI
Oregon GOP delegate tally creates write-in stakes
The Oregon preferential primary shapes the GOP race as write-in votes will allocate 14 convention votes to the winner. Dewey leads with 324 of 898 delegates, Bricker holds 56, while Stassen, allegedly running if nominated, eyees other contests including District of Columbia and Illinois delegations. Alabama, Mississippi, and Nebraska scenes touch the broader battle as party groups position for the Chicago convention.
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Rank and
Oregon
GOP
Thomas Ewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Bricker
District of Columbia
Illinois
Chicago
Mississippi
George L. Sheldon
Perry Howard
Alabama
Chicago Sun Sued by Avery for 1.6 Million
Sewell L. Avery, chairman of Montgomery Ward, sues Marshal Field publisher editor of The Chicago Sun for 1.6 million dollars in federal court claiming malicious libel against Avery and his company. The complaint cites articles by Washington Bureau reporters Reynolds and Gridley and invokes federal jurisdiction due to residency differences. Field commented that people are entitled to know why the government acted.
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Chicago
Marshal Field
Chicago Sun
U. S. District Court Today
Sewell L. Avery
Montgompe Ward and Company
Field
Avery
New York
Illinois
The
Sun
Washington
Thomas F. Reynolds
Charles C. Gridley
Nazi Plot in Turkey Stuns Ankara Broadcast
London reports that leaders of the pro Nazi Pan-Turanian group in Turkey were arrested after an Ankara broadcast announced martial law in Istanbul and said the organization planned to overthrow the neutral government. The broadcast named several leaders and described the plot as serious.
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London
Pan-Turanian
Turkey
Ankara
Allies Drive Germans Back Near Hitler Line South of Rome
Allied forces push deep into central Italy driving back German defenders along the Hitler Line. Fifth Army units reach within miles of strategic roads near Esperia and Monte Faggero as air and naval support disrupts German positions north of Terracina and along the Cassino front. Reports note large air operations, Polish and British advances from Cassino, and continued Allied pressure from Anzio while Yugoslav Partisans and Balkan targets see heavy action.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Berlin
Hanover
Brunswick
Appian Way
Itri
Gaeta
Terracina
Pontine
Cassino
Via
Casilina
Esperia
Monticelli
Anzio
Florence
Liri
Fifth Army
Monte Faggero
Stri-Pico
Santa Olivia
Mark W. Clark
Formia
Gaeta Point
Balkans
Ploesti
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Nis
Romania
Turnu- Severin
Aquino
Rapido
Moscow
Bosnia
Josip Broz (Tito
Dalmatian
Tito
Naal
Lika
Croatia
German gliders transports massed for counter invasion
War front and home front reports cross paths as Germany amasses gliders and transport planes on the European coast for a possible airborne assault on Britain. The Daily Mail cites sources on huge Dorniers and Junkers 52s while British leaders warn of possible invasion attempts.
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London
Britain
London Daily Mail
Lord Ironside
Home Guards
Imperial Defense Staff
Daily Mail
Channel
Germany
Moscow
Reich
DNB
Berlin
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Bristol
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Labor Scarcity Hits Laundries Across Ohio
A survey shows manpower shortages in Ohio metropolitan laundries due to low wages. A Columbus firm reports a backlog of 5,000 dirty shirts while others face mountains of soiled linens. supervisor workers must finish clothes to cope. War workers’ families are sending laundry to firms, creating an unprecedented jam.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Kenny
Cleveland Laundry Institute
Neal Wheeler
Cincinnati Laundry Owners Asociation
Arnold outlines vast air force reach in Europe
General H H Arnold presented a plan for a 2.3 million strong air force, claiming unprecedented power to attack Germany. He said the outcome remains unclear but expected to yield a clearer view in future operations, noting 746,353 sorties and 468,391 tons of bombs dropped through May 15.
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William Frye
Washington
Europe
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
Germany
Hse
Army Air Forces
RAF
Luftwaffe
No Gas Ration Violations Strike Morse Leader
West Palm Beach rationing board finds Col. Robert H. Morse president of Fairbanks Morse Co. in Chicago guilty of ration violation after a Morse chauffeur used fleet coupons for four private family cars amid ongoing gas rationing.
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Col
Robert H. Morse
Fairbanks-Morse Co
Chicago
West Palm Beach Rationing Board
Morse
House Passes G I Bill Of Rights In Congress Confrontation
The House approved broad principles of the G I Bill of Rights by a 387 to 0 vote and sent the measure to a House Senate conference. It covers hospitalization unemployment education job aid and government loans for veterans who served since September 1940 with an estimated cost between 3 and 6.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Senate
Washington Streets Honor Four States Naming Plan
District of Columbia commissioners urged the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to name four new Washington avenues for Ohio Missouri California and Washington. The move fills gaps in the city grid where only these states were unrepresented among avenues.
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Washington
District of Columbia
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Ohio
Missouri
California
General Arnold backs WASP program to save manpower
General Henry H. Arnold asserted that women should stay on plane ferrying jobs to conserve manpower and aid Army aviation. He testified before a House civil service committee that civilian instructors are being given opportunities to qualify for Army flying commissions despite protests from some about the WASP emphasis. In Lima, Charles Little, 15, was killed by lightning while fishing.
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Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Arnold
House Civil Service Committee
Lima
Charles Little
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Stark
Lovell
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Ohia Gardon and Parole Commission
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Stockholm
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