Attu Battle Ended as U S Forces Recapture Island
United States troops completed the recapture of Attu, ending a 20 day battle. The Navy and War Department described the victory as the final blow against the main Japanese force on the island. Reports from Tokyo and military broadcasts note Japanese resistance collapsed with only scattered snipers and small pockets remaining.
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Attu
Navy
R. Ernest Dupuy
War Department
Memy
Tokyo
al Palace
Japan
Pacific
Kiska
Aleutian
Amchitka
RAF Pounds Germany With 7000 Tons Of Bombs In Week
London AP records show British fliers dropped more than 7000 tons of bombs on Germany in the last week. The offensive centers on factory areas as principal RAF targets amid a fierce air war.
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Germany
London
RAF
Local notices collect greetings and visits
Fragmented OCR reveals a community notice with names like Alix Betty Barnett and Mary visiting relatives. References to Wednesday activities, weekends, guests, and family events are scattered with partial lines and unclear duties or dates.
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Alix
Betty Ve
Barnett
Iday
Ima Bueltehead
Ma Umily
Sid
Red Reed
Ohio Legislature to Reconvene June 10 for Final Work
The Ohio Assembly plans to reconvene June 10 to finish work over two to three days. House and conference committees will seek to resolve differences in several bills. Last session, lawmakers introduced about one thousand bills, approving many while vetoes numbered eight.
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Ohioattire
Hazardous devices reported at Japanese airfields during dawn raid
A vessel reportedly attacked Boram and other airfields near Wewak with numerous IEDs before dawn, triggering multiple fuel camps and aircraft raids. The incident spanned three days and followed a heavy blast sequence. Official statements mention attempts to establish relations with Russia.
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Wewak
Newea
Tegion
Exva
Boram
Giraud and De Gaulle Set Up French Governing Committee
A seven man executive committee was formed in Algiers under Gen. Charles De Gaulle and Gen. Henri Giraud to govern liberated French men and territory and direct the war effort until France is freed. The provisional capital effectively moved to Algiers with a plan to form a full government after Allied victory.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
France
United States
Britain
de Gaulle
Algeria
Giraud
Berlin
Alexandria
Lorraine
Duquesne
Tourville
Souffren
Duguay-Trouin
Paris
New York
Richelieu
Dakar
French Empire
Martin urges wartime production rise despite costs
Governor Edward Martin urged Americans to boost war production without regard to profits or social gains. Speaking from Gettysburg on a radio hook up, he said victory hinges on industrial and labor leaders unselfishly using power to produce ships planes guns and munitions.
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Gettysburg
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln
Martin
America
Time Short for Peace Preparations Warns Relief Chief
Swarthmore Pennsylvania relief official Herbert H. Lehman warned that time may run out for postwar feed and clothing preparations for liberated peoples. He said US resources will be inadequate for the job and urged concerted action by the United Nations.
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Swarthmore
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
United States
United Nations
Liquor Rationing To Start Tuesday in Ohio
Ohio announces liquor rationing starts Tuesday. Registered customers at state monopoly retailers will receive one quart or fifth or two pints between tomorrow and June 26. Future allotments may change, says Don A. Fisher, director of the monopoly.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don A. Fisher
German Quakes Hit South Western Germany May 28
A Berlin broadcast reported heavy damage from a series of earthquakes in south western Germany on May 28. Many homes were destroyed by fires from upset stoves and factories suffered damage from falling smokestacks.
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London
Germany
DNB
Berlin
Silver Star for Bruce Frye and Marines at Guadalcanal
War Department awards two Silver Stars and two Soldiers Medals for Guadalcanal actions. Bruce W. Frye, Sergeant, Marine Corps from McArthur Ohio, volunteered with another to advance under fire and use improvised bombs to destroy an enemy machine gun, killing two gunners.
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Washington
War Department
Marine Corps
Navy
Guadalcanal
Bruce W. Frye
McArthur
Ohio
Frye
Truce in Coal Mine Dispute Ends Tonight
In Washington negotiations between the United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis and soft coal operators face a midnight deadline for a truce extension. The War Labor Board orders production to continue while talks proceed, amid ongoing disputes over portal to portal pay. Congress recessed for Memorial Day and faces taxation trade pacts and labor regulation issues when it reconvenes.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
UMW
War Labor Board
Lewis
Houses
Congress
Senate
House
Critics Challenge New Food Subsidy Plan
Washington reports that the Office of Price Administration will subsidize food prices starting with butter. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Senator Smith and House Agriculture Committee member Representative Fulmer from South Carolina ridiculed the plan. Smith warned of a proposal to forbid subsidy payments without congressional authority. Fulmer called the subsidy ridiculous and needless.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Smith
D-Sc
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rep
Fulmer
House Agriculture Committee
Ohioan in New Guinea Awarded Flying Cross
First Lieutenant Eugene M. Rogers of Newark Ohio was among 29 pilots awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in operating the Flying Freight Train over New Guinea. Each pilot flew at least 50 missions delivering troops and equipment and evacuating wounded from the front lines.
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Australia
Eugene M. Rogers
Newark
New Guinea
Tom Harmon Sent To Fly P 38 in Africa From Algiers Report
NBC correspondent Ralph Howard reported from Algiers that Lieut. Thomas Harmon former All American at Michigan arrived in North Africa to serve as a P 38 Lightning fighter pilot. Harmon was rescued in April after four days in a South American jungle following a bailout.
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New York
Ralph Howard
NBC
Algiers
Thomas Harmon
University of Michigan
North Africa
Harmon
Holiday Toll Cut in Half
NEW YORK The Memorial Day weekend ended with 136 violent deaths nationwide, less than half of last year and well below normal. War-time factors such as gasoline rationing, steady wartime plant work, and many people in the armed forces reduced traffic and other hazards. Traffic accidents still claimed 63 lives despite restrictions, according to unofficial tallies.
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New York
U.S. Bombers Aid Chinese in Yangtze Offensive
American bombers helped Chinese forces smash Japanese bases east of Tungting Lake. Chinese units retook Yuyangkwan near Ichang, with 2000 Japanese casualties reported as fronts advance toward Niehchi cho. Changyang's capture expected. Yangtze sector towns recaptured as Chungking defense threatened.
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Chungking
Tungting Lake
Ichang
Yangtze Valley
Yuyangkwan
Niehchicho
Changyang
Yangtze
Yuhsiho
Ex-Convict Sought in Slaying of Trenton Garageman
PORTSMOUTH Sheriff Earl C Brandel said an escaped convict is being sought in the slaying of Charles C Addis 38 of Trenton whose body was found on a farm near here May 15 A circulars circulated nationwide claim the suspect escaped from a London Prison Farm camp last January after a Brown County burglary sentence An Addis employee who saw prison farm photos said the suspect resembled a man who tried to sell Addis farm machinery the day he disappeared His abandoned car was found that evening in Brown County.
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Portsmouth
Earl C. Brandel
Charles C. Addis
Trenton
Here
London
Brown County
Addis
Frustrate Attempt To Wreck Canadian Train
Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigated a reported ambush on the Canadian Pacific Montreal to Vancouver Flyer near Fort William Ontario. A sectionman, Andrew Kosliuk, 50, was shot twice in the shoulder while replacing rail spikes along a 50 foot section of track.
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Fort William
Ontario
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Pacific Railway
Andrew Kosliuk
Elyria and Seville Hit by Heavy Rainfall
Residents in Elyria and Seville scrubbed out basements after three hours of heavy rain. The downpour flooded streets and homes in Elyria causing minor property damage, while Seville endured its worst flood in eight years and ruined celery crops.
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Columbus
Ohio
Elyria
Seville
Three Seattle Plants Destroyed by Blaze
A fire in Seattle's South End destroyed three industrial plants. The Nettleton Baldwin Construction Company worked on defense housing, the Johnson Manufacturing Company produced marine machinery, and the Western Mattress factory was also burned.
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Seattle
Wash
South End
Nettleton Baldwin Construction Company
Johnson Manufacturing Company
Western Mattress Factory
Flying Fortress Downs Nazis in record raid over Wilhelmshaven
First Lieut. Robert H. Smith of Lamesa Texas piloted a Flying Fortress that shot down 11 enemy planes in a single European theater combat. The bomber crashed into the North Sea on return. all crew survived after 30 hours in rubber dinghies. The raid struck five German industrial centers including Wuppertal, Dortmund and Düsseldorf. A German day raid on Britain caused multiple fatalities and casualties, including 21 children in Torquay. Rescue workers recovered victims from a ruined parish church.
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London
Robert H. Smith
Lamesa
Texas
Wilhelmshaven
North Sea
Berlin Radio
Torquay
Focke-Wulf
Anglican
RAF
Mandeville
Caen
France
Wuppertal
Lan
Air Ministry
Bishops’ Fund
Frank Perrott
Michael
Mary
Attu Island Grabbing Echoes Guadalcanal Scale
Attu Island, a small Aleutian mass, is highlighted as a second target for Americans to seize from Japanese control. The piece notes Attu’s rugged terrain and compares its size to Guadalcanal, stating both could fit in Connecticut and that Guadalcanal was the first island where enemy forces were driven off.
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Attu
Aleutians
Guadalcanal
Connecticut
Allied Air Forces Pound Italy As Invasion Looms
Allied air forces mauled Italian targets from Naples to Foggia in a wide strike. Over 300 aircraft hit Naples, Foggia, Pantelleria, Sardinia and other targets as Mussolini’s air bases appear crippled and Axis morale wanes. Eisenhower and other leaders reportedly met in Gibraltar as Cyprus reinforcements arrive. In the Russian front, fierce air battles continue over the Kuban and Leningrad with heavy German losses.
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United Nations
Mussolini
Italy
Allied
North
Africa
Naples
Foggia
Pompigliano
Capodichino
Pantelleria
Chilivania
Alghero
Aranct
Sardinia
Bari
Adriatic
Potenza
Northwest African Air Force
Madrid
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Bernard L. Montgomery
Georges Catroux
Gibraltar
Churchill
Berlin
United States
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Crete
Greece
Aegean
Balkans
Kuban
Stalin
Soviet Union
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Leningrad
Bricker Warns On Federal Ties To Colleges At OWU
Governor John W. Bricker told Ohio Wesleyan University's 193 graduates that colleges risk a national strait-jacket as they become dependent on federal contracts. He urged leaders to free education from government control once the war burden ends.
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Delaware
John W. Bricker
Ohio Wesleyan University
Bricker
Methodists Open Week-Long Ohio Conference in Columbus
Bishop H Lester Smith of Cincinnati will open the annual Ohio Methodist Conference in Columbus at King Avenue Church. The session agenda includes activities for women and youth led by Mrs Albert G Schatzman of Columbus and Mrs Howard Bevis, wife of the Ohio State University president.
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Columbus
H Lester Smith
Cincinnati
Ohio Methodist Conference
King Avenue
Albert G. Schatzman
Ohio Conference Methodist Ministers’ Wives Association
Howard Bevis
Ohio State University
Newark Man Elected Federation President
Emerson Fishbaugh of Newark is named president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers at the annual Columbus convention. George Wilson of Marion becomes vice president, Harriet Schwimmer of Cleveland secretary, and R. D. Ashbaugh of Portsmouth sergeant at arms.
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Columbus
Emerson Fishbaugh
Newark
Ohio Federation of Teachers
George Wilson
Marion
Harriet Schwimmer
Cleveland
R. D. Ashbaugh
Portsmouth
Ohio Honors War Dead With Special Services
Ohio observed a day of remembrance with roll calls and victory tools produced by factories while farmers fed America and allies. Towns held observances and parades with church services and grave ceremonies, schools closed, and sports events and picnics noted in Cincinnati Cleveland and Youngstown. Veterans marched in Columbus Dayton and Toledo with James K P Barker 95 and Rev W L Hooper 96 among honorees.
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America
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Youngstown
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
James K. P. Barker
Statehouse
W. L. Hooper
Death reported of Lin Sen 81 longtime China president
The Office of War Information reported Melbourne radio quoted a Chinese communique announcing the death at Chungking of Lin Sen eighty one year old president of China.
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New York
Office of War Information
Melbourne
Chungking
Lin Sen
China
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