Yanks Seize Wakde in Amphibious Leapfrog Up New Guinea Coast
Allied forces under MacArthur pushed through Dutch New Guinea securing Wakde Island and a beachhead after fast amphibious operations from Hollandia. Marines and Sixth Army troops captured Insoemoear behind airfield fortifications as Stilwell pushed toward Myitkyina.
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Burma
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Insoemoear
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Frank Merrill
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Batavia Radio
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Java
Japan
Darwin
Australia
India
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Russian Bombers Raid Finland and Seven Downed
Russian dive bombers attacked Kotka in southern Finland near Helsinki early today, causing casualties. Seven bombers and fighters were shot down, the Finnish communique said. Finnish planes raided a Soviet air base on the Aunus Isthmus last night, the communique added.
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London
Kotka
Finland
Helsinki
Aunus Isthmus
Herbert Seeks 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 electors will meet to set the recount time, covering 15 Canton precincts, four in Alliance, two in Massillon and nine rural areas.
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Canton
Thomas J. Herbert
Stark County
Board of Electiors
Alliance
Massillon
Cincinnati Drives 1600 To War Plant Jobs
A four day drive to recruit labor referred 1 600 persons to war plants for employment. John Baker Cincinnati Are War Man power Commission director said.
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Cincinnati
John Baker
War Manpower Commission
RAF Fliers Shot After Escape From Prison Near Dresden
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons 47 RAF officers were shot by Germans following a mass escape from a war prison near Dresden. Seventy six officers joined the break. 15 were captured alive, 14 at large. The deaths triggered a request for a full report from the German government via the protecting power. The victims included Battle of Britain veterans from the 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 To Be Sunday At Amesville
Mrs. Addie Hobson Lovell 87 died at her Amesville home. Funeral set Sunday at 3 PM at Amesville Methodist Church with Rev. C. L. Strecker officiating. Calling at Linscott home after Saturday noon. Survived by daughter, granddaughter, two sisters, and several nephews and nieces.
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Amesville
Addie Hobson Lovell
Owen Linscott
Amesville Methodist Church
C. L. Strecker
Cincinnati
Linscott
Marietta
E. Rey Lash
Athens
Railroad Employee Dies in Logan After Illness
Oliver Ding Hansel aged 46, a C and O Railroad worker from Columbus, died early today at Court Park Apartment in Logan after a week of illness. Funeral services will be held Monday at Wadard Funeral Home. He is survived by his father William Hansel, a sister Katherine of Columbus, and brothers Charles of Chillicothe, John of Hines, Wisconsin, and Sheridan of Denver, Colorado. his wife had died about five years ago.
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Logan
Oliver
Ding) Hansel
Columbus
Court Park
Wadard Funeral Home
Hansel
William Hansel
Katherine
Charles
Chillicothe
John
Hines
Wis
Sheridan
Denver, Colo
Little Likelihood of More Gas in Midwest
Rep. Clarence Brown of Blanches ter D said at a hearing the Midwest faces little chance of a gasoline ration increase while supplies stay at today's low level.
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Midwest
Washington
Clarence Brown
Blanchester
Rouse
Missionaries killed in Allied air strafing near New Guinea
Allied forces strafed a Japanese prison ship off the New Guinea coast. A Roman Catholic bishop and 59 missionaries died outright or from injuries and illness, according to Father Willem Van Baar, superior in Australia for the Society of the Divine Word.
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Australia
New Guinea
Willem van Baar
Society of the Divine Word
Scattered Labor Fights Keep 15,000 Off Jobs
In scattered labor disputes across the country about 15,000 workers remained off the job, none at more than 2,000 employees per plant. Undersecretary of War Patterson called wartime strikes inexcusable, citing the Detroit foremen's action as an example and stressing wartime sacrifices by soldiers.
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Patterson
Washington
Midwest
Detroit
Tragic Trailer Siding Accident Claims Grafton Woman
Mrs. George Ellsworth, 24, of Grafton, Ohio, was killed when a trailer siding collapsed yesterday in Erie. The incident occurred as the vehicle toppled over, ending a life. Local authorities investigated the wreck and cited unsafe loading as a contributing factor.
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Erie
George Ellsworth
Grafton
Cleveland Mrs Elea nor Roosevelt Travel Note
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt was in and out of Cleveland twice yesterday on her way to points east and west, according to regional transit sightings.
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Cleveland
Eleanor Roosevelt
Stalin Must Approach Vatican, Editorial Says
An upcoming Pilot editorial says Stalin should approach Pope Pius XI rather than unauthorized figures. It asserts Stalin knows he must seek the pope for any Moscow mission and that Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski represents nobody.
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Boston
Pilot
Stalin
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Moscow
Pius XI
GOP Trend In Oregon Shapes Republican Nomination Battle
Oregon's preferential primary sets up write in votes to allocate 14 GOP convention delegates. Dewey leads with 324 delegates, Bricker at 56, Stassen hints at running. Oregon echoes nationwide as leaders seek grass roots backing. District of Columbia endorses Dewey, Illinois completes slate, Mississippi and Alabama delegate actions unfold ahead of Chicago convention.
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Oregon
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Bricker
District of Columbia
Illinois
South Carolina
Chicago
Mississippi
George L. Sheldon
Perry Howard
Alabama
Chicago Sun Sued by Avery for 1.6 Million
Sewell L. Avery seeks 1.6 million in a federal suit against Marshall Field publisher editor of The Chicago Sun. Filed in U S District Court alleging malicious false and defamatory statements by Sun Washington Bureau reporters Reynolds and Gridley about Avery and Montgomery Ward. Field comments on government action rationale.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
Chicago Sun
U. S. District Court Today
Sewell L. Avery
Montgomery Ward and Company
Field
Avery
New York
Illinois
The
Sun
Washington
Thomas F. Reynolds
Charles O. Gridley
Turks Face Plot by Pro Nazi Group Pan Turanken Leaders
London dispatch reports Ankara broadcast stating martial law in Istanbul after arrests of leaders of the Turkish pro Nazi organization Pan Turanken accused of planning to overthrow the neutral government in Turkey.
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London
Pan-Turan- Jen
Turkey
Ankara
Istanbul
Allied Forces Push Germans Back Near Rome In Italy
Allied troops and tanks drove toward a second line of defenses south of Rome as Fifth Army units reached 17 miles from their line and French forces advanced toward Esperia. Air and naval strikes supported the ground push plus operations in the Balkans and Eastern Europe.
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Adolf Hitler
Italy
Berlin
Hanover
Brunswick
Appian Way
Itri
Gaeta
Terracina
Pontine
Cassino
Via
Casilina
Esperia
Monticel
Florence
Liri Valley
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Fadera
Stri-Picoad
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Santa Olivia
Mark W. Clark
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Ploesti
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Belgrade
Nis
Romania
Turnu- Severin
Aquino
Rapido
Moscow
Bosnia
Josip Broz
Tito
Dalmatian
Lika
Croatia
German gliders transport massed for counter invasion
London reports German gliders and transport planes massed along the European coast capable of dropping an airborne division on Britain. The Daily Mail cites six engined Dorniers and Junkers transports amid nerves over a potential D-Day invasion.
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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 Strains Ohio Laundries Amid Shortage
A Columbus based survey shows manpower shortages driven by low wages pressuring commercial laundries across Ohio cities. Firms report backlogs of shirts and linens as war workers' families turn to commercial services, with supervisory staff helping finish garments to cope.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Kenny
Cleveland Laundry Institute
Neal Wheeler
Cincinnati Laundry Owners Asociation
Arnold outlines Allied air strength and aims in press conference
General Arnold describes a 2.3 million strong air force, its reach into all German held regions, and questions its ultimate effect on Germany. He cites 746,353 sorties and 468,391 tons of bombs dropped to May 15, with 20,174 enemy planes destroyed and German shipping sunk at 320,489 tons in early 1945. The RAF's primary mission remains crushing the Luftwaffe, not yet achieved.
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William Frye
Washington
Europe
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
Germany
Jesse
Army Fair
RAF
Luftwaffe
No Gas Issued to Chicago Executive Over Ration Violation
West Palm Beach rationing board rules no gas for Col. Robert H. Morse president of Fairbanks-Morse Co Chicago after a Morse chauffeur used fleet coupons for four private family cars. The ruling cites ration violation and final denial of fuel allotment.
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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 for Veterans
Washington notes the House approved a broad veterans benefits measure by 387 to 0 after weeks of debate. The bill funds hospitalization unemployment education job placement and loans for service members since the 1940 draft law, with cost estimates between 3 and 6.5 billion dollars as it heads to Senate for conference.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Senate
Washington to Name Avenues for Ohio Missouri California and Washington
District of Columbia commissioners urged the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to name four new Washington avenues after Ohio Missouri California and Washington. The move adds unrepresented states to the city’s street grid, noting a California street already exists.
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Washington
District of Columbia
National Capial Park and Planning Commission
Ohio
Missouri
California
General Arnold backs WASP program to save manpower
General Henry H. Arnold defended the Women's Airforce Service Pilots saying women should remain in ferrying roles to conserve manpower. He noted civilian instructors can qualify for Army flying commissions, despite protests from about 12 000 male instructors. In Lima, 15 year old Charles Little was killed by lightning while fishing.
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Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Army
Arnold
House Civil Service Committee
Lima
Charles Little
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