Americans Driving On Two Jap Airfield
Allied air fleets hammered Nazi Europe in a record mass daylight raid. Up to 8,000 planes struck from Britain and the Mediterranean, hitting aircraft plants in Poland and Germany, oil works near Berlin, and front lines in Italy and Yugoslavia. Heavy losses were reported on both sides as U S bombers supported the strike with long range fighters.
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Austria
ITM
Yugoslavia
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Ninth Air Force
Paris
Eighth Air Force
Stockholm
Sweden
Angers
Wigshafen
France
Allies Press Toward Rome as Fifth Army Pummels Alban Hills
American artillery scorched the Alban Hills while U S tanks and infantry pressed toward Rome from the Anzio beachhead. German counterattacks using troops and Tiger tanks were repelled along a 17 mile front near Valmontone Campoleone and Lanuvio. Allied forces advanced near Valmontone Velletri Lanuvia and Sermoneta Bassiano as French troops moved through mountain terrain and Japanese targets were hit in New Guinea.
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Hunan
Central China
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Myitkyina
Postmasters' Salary Increases Approved in Congress
INGTON Congress approves five to twenty percent salary boosts for postmasters now earning up to a year, overriding Senator Reed. President asks Congress for a 90,130 dollar appropriation to cover government employes amid war conditions and property concerns.
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Ice Cream Output To Be Increased
Washington reports the War Food Administration will allow about 30 million more gallons of ice cream than last summer thanks to a strong milk supply. The increase aims to boost production for the upcoming season.
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War Food Administration
Dewey Advises Closer Watch On War Lords
Governor Thomas E. Dewey urged Americans to unite to prevent future wars and warned against regimentation and centralized power. He spoke to the National Conference of Governors stressing vigilance on wartime unity and foreign policy to avoid repeat catastrophes abroad.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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Hull as Candidate Mentioned by DNC Chair
Robert E. Hannegan said Roosevelt would likely accept a fourth term but if he declined the party had several options including Cordell Hull. He offered no indication from the president on his view of a fourth term.
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Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Mr. Hull
Cordell Hull
Hannegan
Flying Cross Awarded To C. W. Robb in Logan
The War Department announced the Distinguished Flying Cross award to six Ohio members of the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force. Recipients include Charles W. Robb Staff Sergeant 532 Kenrietta Ave Logan and other airmen recognized for their bravery.
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Ohio
U. S. Army
Eighth Air Force
War Department
Charles W. Robb
Kenrietta Ave
Logan
Apple Price Rules To Be Revised by OPA
The Office of Price Administration forms an apple industry advisory committee to rewrite rules on fresh apple pricing. Members include C. E. Dutton of Milford Center Ohio.
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OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
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C. E. Dutton
Milford Center
Union County
Ohio
Munitions Output Behind Schedule, Nelson Says
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board said munitions output in April lagged about three percent behind schedule and two percent under the March quota. He noted 1944 production was cut from 82 billion dollars to just under 69 billion.
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Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production. Board
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Water Main Break Floods Mansfield Downtown Basements
An eight inch water main ruptured yesterday in Mansfield causing flooding in downtown basements. Damage was reported in 13 stores with cellar levels affected. restoration crews estimate costs in the thousands as investigations continue.
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Mansfield
Allotments To Veterans Hiked
President Roosevelt signed measures increasing veteran compensation for World War I and II service connected disabilities by 15 percent and expanding benefits for permanently and totally disabled veterans. Non service connected cases rise from 40 to 50 dollars monthly, with higher limits for long-term or age 65 recipients. A retirement pay pension eligibility bill also allows retired officers to waive pay to receive pension.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Newark Rubber Plant Employes Resume Work
Four to nine boiler room workers at the Pharis Tire and Rubber Co in Newark returned to work Monday under a War Labor Board request ending a stoppage that began last Tuesday. A Cleveland conference between Newark Local No 21 CIO United Rubber Workers and WLB officials failed to settle the dispute.
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Pharis Tire & Rubber Co
War Labor Board
Cleveland
Newark Local No. 21
CIO
United Rubber Workers of America
WLB
New Auto Tax Stamps Go on Sale June 10
The $5 automobile use tax stamps for the coming year go on sale June 10 at post offices and internal revenue collectors’ offices. They cover the tax for the fiscal year starting July 1 and must be displayed on windshields after that date.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Collectors
Golden Rule Is Held Best Peace Foundation
Dr. Howard Landis Bevis, president of Ohio State University, urged at West Virginia University’s 77th commencement that peace starts with the golden rule for nations and people. He spoke in the Field House before 169 graduates who received degrees.
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Howard Landis Bevis
West Virginia University
Bevis
Ohio State University
Russian Planes Hit German Airdromes Near Roman and Husi
Soviet communique says Red air force attacked airdromes near Roman and Husi in Romania, destroying or disabling at least 60 German planes. All Soviet planes returned safely. Ground activity minimal. Luftwaffe claimed strikes on Soviet rail stations at Shepetovka and Korosten.
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Red Air Force
Roman
Husi
Siretul
Prut
Carpathian Mountains
Dnester
Rusian Communitne Regarc
Moscow
Shepetovka
Korosten
45 Farm Production Quotas To Be Slashed
Washington The War Food Administration plans sharp 1945 cuts in quotas for hogs poultry eggs turkeys and cattle due to depleted livestock feed reserves. Field crop production goals are expected to stay high as tentative plans outline reduced livestock outputs for next year.
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War Food Administration
WFA
Chinese Liberty ship Chung Cheng sunk by sub
The Chinese steamer Chung Cheng, built in the United States as a Liberty ship, was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Arabian Sea early last February. Survivors have been landed at United States east coast ports.
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Chung Cheng
Arabian Sea
United States
Guayaquil Seized in Ecuadorian Revolution
Rebel troops seized control of Guayaquil, Ecuador, after an uprising linked to exiled former president Velasco Ibarra. At least 40 killed as efforts to block weekend elections unfolded. Quito reports silent radios and cut telegraph lines amid the turmoil.
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Ecuador
Velasco Ibarra
Quito
York bans Gerald Smith from Greenville rally talk
Charles F P York of the Darke County fair board says Gerald Smith would be forbidden to speak at an American First Committee rally in Greenville on Sunday.
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Charles FP. York
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Kimmel demands public court martial over Pearl Harbor
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel insists the full Pearl Harbor story has not been told and calls for a free public court martial at the earliest date. Senate Judiciary action followed Ferguson's resolution setting September 8 as a trial deadline amid House Rules moves to bring Kimmel Short and others before June 7, 1945.
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Pearl Harbor
Husband E. Kimmel
Kimmel
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Rules Committee
Walter C. Short
Court marshal demand by Kimmel on Pearl Harbor case
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, among officers blamed for the Pearl Harbor disaster, urged a free open public court-marshal at the earliest practicable date in a Senate letter. He asserted that the whole Pearl Harbor story has not been told.
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Pearl Harbor
Marine Father Is Chosen as Dad of the Year
Maj. Fred D. Conderman of New Bern North Carolina was named Fighting Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Committee. He entered the Marine Corps after his son Second Lieutenant Robert J. Conderman was killed at Wake Island in 1941, and he later joined the Guadalcanal landings before contracting malaria and returning to the United States where he serves as a mail officer at Camp Lejeune.
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Fred D. Conderman
New Bern
N. CC
Marine Corps
Robert J. Conderman
Wake Island
Pacific War Zone
Guadalcanal
Conderman
United States
Camp le Jeune
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Stay on Jobs Without Pay at Brewster Plants
More than 8,000 workers at the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation plants in Long Island City and 300 at Johnsville Pa remain at work without pay after Navy contract termination set for July 1. UAW CIO VP Richard T. Frankensteen said management accepted the offer as goodwill, with workers to be housed and fed at the plants under union arrangements.
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Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Long Island City
Johnsville
Richard T. Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Pastor gets year for wife assault with miniature bat
Uniontown Pa. George Elmer Schott 54 a preacher was convicted in January of assaulting his wife with a miniature baseball bat. He was sentenced Monday to one year in the workhouse and costs about 100. Schott who had served 27 years as a minister resigned his Vanderbilt charge after the conviction. He and his wife Garnet aged 50 were married 16 months ago.
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George Elmer Schott
Schott
Vanderbilt
Garnet
Methodist Bishop To Reside in Columbus
The Ohio Methodist conference voted to buy a home in Columbus for Bishop H. Lester Smith and relocate the Episcopal residence from Cincinnati to the capital city. Churches will pay one half of one percent of pastor salaries to cover the property costs.
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Ohio Methodist Conference
H. Lester Smith
Cincinnati
War Labor Board Schedules Hearing Over Park Davis Strike
Washington reports the War Labor Board has summoned Park Davis and Co. Detroit officers to a public hearing Wednesday as a possible prelude to penalties.
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War Labor Board
Park Davis and Co
Detroit
Hull Ready For Four Power Talk
Secretary of State Hull announced readiness to begin discussions with Great Britain, Russia, and China on an international security body. The first phase with the Senate Postwar Advisory Committee on foreign policy has concluded, paving the way for four power talks and a broader postwar framework.
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Hull
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China
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Advisory Committee On Foreign Policy
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