Yanks Attack Marcus Island from Carrier Fleet
Marcus Island, 1,190 miles southeast of Tokyo, faced heavy carrier air attacks Saturday and Sunday. Japanese broadcasts warned of air raids across northern and eastern Japan as enemy naval units, likely part of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz's Pacific fleet, advanced from the east.
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Marcus Island
Tokyo
Berlin
Japan
Pacific Fleet
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marcus
Soerabaja
Java
Bonin Islands
Wake
Marshalls
Marcus A. Liberator
Shimushiri
Kurile
Nippon
Nimitz
Nauru Island
Marshall
Pratas Island
Hong Kong
China
Philippines
Heavy Bomber Attacks Kiel and Pas de Calais Coast Defenses
Allied daylight and night air strikes target Kiel in the German submarine center and Pas de Calais forts while Duisburg endures a massive 2,800 ton attack. Up to 3,000 Allied planes, including Flying Fortresses Liberators Typhoons and Spitfires, scour Western Europe destroying locomotives trains power facilities and military targets with heavy losses on both sides.
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London
Kiel
U. S
Pas- De-Calais
France
Duisburg
Hannover
Belgium
Europe
RAF
Germany
Air Ministry
Second Tactical Air Force
Atlantic Wall
London Trains Canceled As War News Dominates
Thousands of passengers faced delays at London stations as rail schedules were cancelled without warning amid a sweeping wartime aerial offensive. Reports from Tokyo noted 32 raiding planes shot down, while MacArthur announced heavy Japanese losses in New Guinea and Wakde. Myitkyina battles in Burma showed Chinese forces advancing toward Stilwell, with Loyang and Kohima activity shaping the struggle.
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London
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
Chungking
Salween
Stilwell
Loyang
Henan
Imphal- Kohima
India
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Wakde
Hollandia
Aitape
Sixth Army
Wakde Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Four Brothers Die in Taylor Township Fire Blast
A kerosene stove exploded triggering a blaze in a Taylor Township home. Four Peary brothers Charles 6 Melvin 7 Edward 14 and Leo 18 died from burns and trauma while another son remained in critical condition.
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Detroit
Taylor Township
Frank Peary
Charlies
Melvin
Edward
Leo
Prohibition Measure Shelved in House
Congress backs and rejects a ban on beverages over half a percent alcohol after a House judiciary subcommittee indefinitely postponed hearings on Rep. Bryson's proposal. The setback delays action on the measure in Washington.
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Washington
Rep
Bryson
D-Sc
House Judiciary
Ohio veterans arrive at Crile General Hospital Parma
Thirsty and wounded overseas veterans in Ohio arrived at Crile General Hospital in Parma yesterday. The raid wounded veterans were transported to the facility for care and treatment.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Army
Crile General Hospital
Parma
Homecoming of war ace Gentile draws huge crowd in Piqua
Captain Don Gentile, credited with 23 enemy planes and seven on the ground, was welcomed home by townsfolk amid a rainstorm. Neighbors tore at his uniform and captain’s bars as he smiled, then with family rode 100 miles to Carney to honor a vow at Our Lady of Consolation shrine.
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PIQUA
Don S. Gentile
Patsy Gentile
Edith
Carney
Paula
Tommie
Tom
New York
War Department
Italy
Watkins
Fifty Army Commander Narrowly Escapes Booby Trap
On the Fifth Army front in Italy Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, commander of the Fifth Army, narrowly escaped death when a booby trap on an abandoned German artillery piece exploded about 25 feet from his jeep yesterday.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Mark W. Clark
Two Men Die In Willow Grove Mine Cave-In Near Bellaire
Two men salvaging posts from an old Willow Grove coal mine section near Bellaire were killed yesterday when a cave-in trapped them. Rescue efforts were halted by further collapses and safety concerns.
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Bellaire
Willow Grove
Ohio federation reelects Mabel M Dickson as president
The Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs yesterday reelected Mabel M Dickson of Toledo to again lead the organization. Her recurring presidency underscores continuity in statewide advocacy for women professionals and business leaders.
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Columbus
Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Mabel M. Dickson
Toledo
Logan Flier Downs Nazi Over Romania Oil Fields
Allied headquarters in Naples reports Harold L. Cruea of Logan Ohio downed an enemy plane in yesterday's Ploesti air raid. The incident highlights the air raid over Romania's oil fields and notes Cruea's role in the Allied effort.
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Logan
Romania
Allied
Naples
Harold L. Cruea
East Second St
Ohio
Ploesti
Ohio Woman Dies on Hike Near Challis Idaho
Mrs Eva Roberta Gellispi 21 of Canton Ohio set out to hike 20 miles for a steak dinner and was found dead 14 miles southwest of Challis in rugged snow covered country. Sheriff Lee Clark said her body was sent to Marion Ohio for burial after she disappeared Friday morning. She left here with plans to walk through the area she and her husband Joseph now in the Navy hiked three years ago.
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Challis
Idaho
Eva Roberta Gellispi
Canton
Here
Lee Clark
Marion
Bayhorse
Joseph
Navy
Horstman Slated for More Power in Ohio
The Columbus report says Buckeye delegates to the Democratic National Convention will likely name Albert Horstman of Dayton as national committeeman to succeed Charles Sawyer. A separate step tomorrow could see Horstman named chairman of both the state central and executive committees.
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Columbus
Albert Horstman
Dayton
Ohio
Buckeye
Roosevelt
Horstman
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Lightning Strikes Kill Soldier in Texas Incident
Mineral Wells Texas officials report Lt King S Udall 26 of Phoenix Arizona was killed and Pvt Robert J Watt Alliance Ohio burned seriously after a lightning strike at Camp Wolters. Both men were struck while outdoors during duty hours.
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Tex
Camp Wolters
King S. Udall
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert J. Watt
Alliance O
Lend-Lease Total Tops 24 Billions for War Aid
President Roosevelt told Congress that U S lend-lease supplies valued at 24.225 billion have been shipped, with Britain and Russia receiving the bulk. More than 2,100 planes and 2,000 tanks were sent in early 1944, and almost 4.75 billion went to Russia in the past year.
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Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Russia
United Kingdom
Germany
Africa
Middle East
Mediterranean
China
India
Australia
New Zealand
Latin America
Pacific
Far East
Japan
Curtailing Chick Hatching May Be Asked
The War Food Administration may curtail hatching of chicks and starting of commercial broilers in June through August due to potentially depleted feed bins. It may also urge farmers to produce fewer pigs this fall and to start a dairy cattle culling program. Walter C. Berger called the feed supply situation acute, noting wartime reserves have been exhausted and drastic adjustments are needed.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Walter C. Berger
WFA
Office of Production
Stoves to Be More Widely Available Under OPA Action
The Office of Price Administration authorized dealers to stock more cooking and heating stoves to meet rising demand for ration certificates. The move follows a War Production Board review of Rep. Johnsons proposal to remove stoves from rationing, with a decision expected this week.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Rep
Johnson
R-Ill
Naturalization Push Tied to Zanesville Airport Taxiways
U S Attorney General Francis Biddle spoke at an I Am An American Day event as about 400,000 aliens have become citizens in the past year and naturalization demands rise. The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced a $292,520.50 contract to three Ann Arbor contractors for two 75 foot taxiways at Zanesville Airport.
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Middletown
United States
U.S
Chicago
Ann Arbor
Mich
Zanesville
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Ward Subsidiary Resumes Production Under Army Orders
The Hummer Manufacturing Company, a Ward subsidiary, reopened under government operation after Army possessors took control under President Roosevelt's order. About 550 workers, including 100 office staff, are reported, with 70 percent on first shift and the rest at night. Seventeen days of stoppage followed AFL machinists’ strike over a War Labor Board contract dispute.
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Springfield, Ill
Hummer Manufacturing Company
Montgomery Ward
Nee Pneres Army
Roosevelt
Ward
Nelson Talbott
War Department
J. T. Farr
AFL
War Labor Board
SEC Approves Ohio Gas Deal Between Ohio Fuel and East Ohio
The SEC approved a property exchange between Ohio Fuel Gas Company and East Ohio Gas Company, subsidiaries of Columbia Gas and Consolidated Gas. Ohio Fuel trades 74 Stark County wells for 88 East Ohio wells plus equipment in several Ohio counties and a compressor station, with East Ohio paying $89,997 and delivering 1,648,647 thousand cubic feet of gas to Ohio Fuel to balance the deal.
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Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
East Ohio Gas Company
Columbia Gas & Electric Company
Consolidated Gas Company
Ohio Fuel
Stark County
Ohio
East Ohio
Ashland
Coshocton
Holmes
Knox
Medina
Wayne Counties
Shrebe
Wayne County
Six German Divisions Fight Partisans Patriots
Allied headquarters reported that 25 German divisions were in Italy with six sent north to battle Patriots and Yugoslav Partisans along the Italian border.
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Naples
Italy
Soldier on furlough drowns in Eagle Creek
Pvt. Charles Jamison, 20, on furlough from Camp McCoy Wisconsin, drowned in Eagle Creek near Winchester while attempting to save another drowning victim Emerson Ayers, 18, as reported by Coroner George Tyler Sr. Jamison died yesterday in Ohio Creek area incident.
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West Union
Charles Jamison
Camp McCoy
Wis
Eagle Creek
Winchester
Emerson Ayers
George Tyler Sr
Ohio Contributes About Ten Percent to War Output
Joseph H. Liston told the state war conference in Columbus that Ohio accounts for roughly 10 percent of the nation’s war production. He spoke as special assistant to War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph H. Liston
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Cleveland Rationing Board No. 6 Closed Indefinitely
Birkett L. Williams of the Office of Price Administration ordered Local Ration Board No. 6 in Cleveland closed indefinitely pending an investigation into rationing irregularities involving about 1,000,000 gallons of gasoline.
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Cleveland
Birkett L. Williams
Office of
Price Administration
Athens Youth Homeward After Missing in Action Reunites
Staff Sgt. Thomas B. Watkins, U S Army Air Forces radio operator, returning from a B-17 mission over Hungary arrived home in Athens after 27 days with the crew and 14th mission. He was wounded in the left elbow but recovered and earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
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Athens
Arthur Watkins
W. State St
Thomas B. Watkins
Hungary
Mrs. Watkins
Mr. Watkins
Italy
Het
Yugoslavia
Watkins
New York
States
Michael Olasin
Eula Mae Carr
C. W. Carr
Jane A. Watkins
W. Hubbard Ave
Columbus
Terracina Taken After Swift Allied Drive
U S troops entered Terracina the Germans coastal anchor twenty four miles from Anzio as the Hitler Line cracked along the front. To the northwest a Liri Valley bastion fell and another was besieged while Fifth Army pushed toward Pico. Light German rearguards defended Terracina and the Navis defense wall beyond lay the Pontine.
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Naples
U. S
Terracina
Anzio
Liri
Rome
Fifth Army
Pico
Navis
Pontine
Pontecorvo
Pontecorvo- Pico
Monte Leucio
Italy
Adriatic
Portoferrain
Piombino
Elba
Japanese Peace Demands Published in Meiho Spark Controversy
A Berlin broadcast reports Meiho magazine in Japan proposing terms to the United States that include confiscation of the U S Navy and destruction of all naval bases and educational centers. The item appears amid World War II dispatches detailing Allied advances from Anzio toward Rome and ongoing Italian front actions.
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London
United States
Meiho
Berlin
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